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Gīta-govinda · Sarga 7 of 12

The Cunning Lover Nārāyaṇa

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Gīta-govinda 7.1

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अत्रान्तरे च कुलटा-कुल-वर्त्म-घाट सञ्जात-पातक इव स्फुट-लाञ्छन-श्रीः । वृन्दावनान्तरम् अदीपयद् अंशु-जालैर् दिक्-सुन्दरी-वदन-चन्दन-बिन्दुर् इन्दुः

atrāntare ca kulaṭā-kula-vartma-ghāṭa sañjāta-pātaka iva sphuṭa-lāñchana-śrīḥ | vṛndāvanāntaram adīpayad aṁśu-jālair dik-sundarī-vadana-candana-bindur induḥ

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To light the mazy paths that unchaste women take across the wood of Brindavan, there swells the eastern moon: a saffron mark like spot disfiguring some beauty’s face.

Gīta-govinda 7.2

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प्रसरति शश-धर-बिम्बे विहित-विलम्बे च माधवे विधुरा । विरचित-विविध-विलापं सपरितापं चकारोच्चैः

prasarati śaśa-dhara-bimbe vihita-vilambe ca mādhave vidhurā | viracita-vividha-vilāpaṁ saparitāpaṁ cakāroccaiḥ

English translation

Mādhava is lonely. She laments. A hare-marked disc of light hangs low.

Gīta-govinda 7.3

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कथित-समयेऽपि हरिर् अहह न ययौ वनम् । मम विफलम् इदम् अमल-रूपम् अपि यौवनम् यामि हे कम् इह शरणं सखी-जन-वचन-वञ्चिता ॥ध्रुव॥

kathita-samaye'pi harir ahaha na yayau vanam | mama viphalam idam amala-rūpam api yauvanam yāmi he kam iha śaraṇaṁ sakhī-jana-vacana-vañcitā ||dhruva||

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She says: no meeting Hari in the wood: in vain the radiant figure of my youth. What refuge is there when a friend deceives?

Prabandha 13 · mālava-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.4

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यद्-अनुगमनाय निशि गहनम् अपि शिलितम् । तेन मम हृदयम् इदम् असम-शर-कीलितम्

yad-anugamanāya niśi gahanam api śilitam | tena mama hṛdayam idam asama-śara-kīlitam

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In dark frequenting of that wood was where unequally love's arrow caught my heart. What refuge is there when a friend deceives?

Prabandha 13 · mālava-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.5

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मम मरणम् एव वरम् इति वितथ-केतना । किम् इह विषहामि विरहानलम् अचेतना

mama maraṇam eva varam iti vitatha-ketanā | kim iha viṣahāmi virahānalam acetanā

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Shamed and useless, it is better death than burn continually as one apart. What refuge is there when a friend deceives?

Prabandha 13 · mālava-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.6

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माम् अहह विधुरयति मधुर-मधु-यामिनी । कापि हरिम् अनुभवति कृत-सुकृत-कामिनी

mām ahaha vidhurayati madhura-madhu-yāminī | kāpi harim anubhavati kṛta-sukṛta-kāminī

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I am alone this ardent, sweet spring night while she, more merited, with Hari sports. What refuge is there when a friend deceives?

Prabandha 13 · mālava-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.7

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अहह कलयामि वलयादि-मणि-भूषणम् । हरि-विरह-दहन-वहनेन बहु-दूषणम्

ahaha kalayāmi valayādi-maṇi-bhūṣaṇam | hari-viraha-dahana-vahanena bahu-dūṣaṇam

English translation

My jewelled ornaments in glints convey too well the fires of Hari fled from me. What refuge is there when a friend deceives?

Prabandha 13 · mālava-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.8

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कुसुम-सुकुमार-तनुम् अतनु-शर-लीलया । स्रग् अपि हृदि हन्ति माम् अतिविषम-शिलया

kusuma-sukumāra-tanum atanu-śara-līlayā | srag api hṛdi hanti mām ativiṣama-śilayā

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So delicate my body, as a flower, both barbs and garlands hung there hurt the heart. What refuge is there when a friend deceives?

Prabandha 13 · mālava-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.9

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अहम् इह निवसामि न-गणित-वन-वेतसा । स्मरति मधुसूदनो माम् अपि न चेतसा

aham iha nivasāmi na-gaṇita-vana-vetasā | smarati madhusūdano mām api na cetasā

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I wait, contemptuous of forest reeds, which he, in reminiscing, never sees. What refuge is there when a friend deceives?

Prabandha 13 · mālava-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.10

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हरि-चरण-शरण-जयदेव-कवि-भारती । वसतु हृदि युवतिर् इव कोमल-कलावती

hari-caraṇa-śaraṇa-jayadeva-kavi-bhāratī | vasatu hṛdi yuvatir iva komala-kalāvatī

English translation

May words of Jayadeva fall at Krishna's feet as skilful woman will enchant the heart. What refuge is there when a friend deceives?

Prabandha 13 · mālava-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.11

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तत्-किं काम् अपि कामिनीम् अभिसृतः किं वा कला-केलिभिर् बद्धो बन्धुभिर् अन्धकारिणि वनाभ्यर्णे किम् उद्भ्राम्यति । कान्तः क्लान्त-मना मनाग् अपि पथि प्रस्थातुम् एवाक्षमः सङ्केती-कृत-मञ्जु-वाञ्जुल-लता-कुञ्जेऽपि यन् नागतः

tat-kiṁ kām api kāminīm abhisṛtaḥ kiṁ vā kalā-kelibhir baddho bandhubhir andhakāriṇi vanābhyarṇe kim udbhrāmyati | kāntaḥ klānta-manā manāg api pathi prasthātum evākṣamaḥ saṅketī-kṛta-mañju-vāñjula-latā-kuñje'pi yan nāgataḥ

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My love is somewhere wantoning or held by relatives or lost his way, his mind confused, the forest dark, to nowhere find the assignation of that thicket place?

Prabandha 13 · mālava-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.12

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अथागता माधवम् अन्तरेण सखीम् इयं वीक्ष्य विषाद-मूकाम् । विशङ्कमाना रमितं कयापि जनार्दनं दृष्टवद् एतद् आह

athāgatā mādhavam antareṇa sakhīm iyaṁ vīkṣya viṣāda-mūkām | viśaṅkamānā ramitaṁ kayāpi janārdanaṁ dṛṣṭavad etad āha

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Returned without her Mādhava, the friend so tongue-tied and dejected, Rādhā knew he sported fecklessly with someone else. As though she spied on him, now Rādhā said:

Prabandha 13 · mālava-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.13

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स्मर-समरोचित-विरचित-वेशा । गलित-कुसुम-दर-विलुलित-केशा कापि मधुरिपुणा विलसति युवतिर् अधिक-गुणा ॥ध्रुव॥

smara-samarocita-viracita-veśā | galita-kusuma-dara-vilulita-keśā kāpi madhuripuṇā vilasati yuvatir adhika-guṇā ||dhruva||

English translation

Bedecked as courtesan, the hair is shaken in love's long tournament where stems are broken. Krishna's garland is some other girl.

Prabandha 14 · vasanta-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.14

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हरि-परिरम्भन-चलित-विकारा । कुच-कलशोपरि तरलित-हारा

hari-parirambhana-calita-vikārā | kuca-kalaśopari taralita-hārā

English translation

In shimmering necklaces above each breast, by Hari stirred and changed in each embrace. Krishna's garland is some other girl.

Prabandha 14 · vasanta-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.15

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विचलद्-अलक-ललितानन-चन्द्रा । तद्-अधर-पान-रभस-कृत-तन्द्रा

vicalad-alaka-lalitānana-candrā | tad-adhara-pāna-rabhasa-kṛta-tandrā

English translation

Around her moon-like face drift clouds of hair as now, exhausted, of his lips she drinks. Krishna's garland is some other girl.

Prabandha 14 · vasanta-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.16

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चञ्चल-कुण्डल-दलित-कपोला । मुखरित-रशन-जघन-गति-लोला

cañcala-kuṇḍala-dalita-kapolā | mukharita-raśana-jaghana-gati-lolā

English translation

To and fro his earrings strike her cheeks, and then the stirrings of her girdle zone. Krishna's garland is some other girl.

Prabandha 14 · vasanta-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.17

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दयित-विलोकित-लज्जित-हसिता । बहु-विध-कूजित-रति-रस-रसिता

dayita-vilokita-lajjita-hasitā | bahu-vidha-kūjita-rati-rasa-rasitā

English translation

She laughs, is bashful at her lover's eyes, and then what murmuring, and long, she makes. Krishna's garland is some other girl.

Prabandha 14 · vasanta-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.18

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विपुल-पुलक-पृथु-वेपथु-भङ्गा । श्वसित-निमीलित-वकसद्-अनङ्गा

vipula-pulaka-pṛthu-vepathu-bhaṅgā | śvasita-nimīlita-vakasad-anaṅgā

English translation

With bristling hair and trembling, so with sighs she has the love god under shuttered lids. Krishna's garland is some other girl.

Prabandha 14 · vasanta-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.19

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श्रम-जल-कण-भर-सुभग-शरीरा । परिपतितोरसि रति-रण-धीरा

śrama-jala-kaṇa-bhara-subhaga-śarīrā | paripatitorasi rati-raṇa-dhīrā

English translation

Her body fortunate and dewed in sweat, his chest in joy she rests on after fight. Krishna's garland is some other girl.

Prabandha 14 · vasanta-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.20

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श्री-जयदेव-भणित-हरि-रमितम् । कलि-कलुषं जनयतु परिशमितम्

śrī-jayadeva-bhaṇita-hari-ramitam | kali-kaluṣaṁ janayatu pariśamitam

English translation

May, pleasing Hari, Jayadeva’s words destroy the darkness of the Kali age.

Prabandha 14 · vasanta-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.21

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विरह-पाण्डु-मुरारि-मुखाम्बुज- द्युतिर् अयं तिरयन्न् अपि वेदनाम् । विधुर् अतीव तनोति मनो-भुवः सुहृद् अये हृदये मदन-व्यथाम्

viraha-pāṇḍu-murāri-mukhāmbuja- dyutir ayaṁ tirayann api vedanām | vidhur atīva tanoti mano-bhuvaḥ suhṛd aye hṛdaye madana-vyathām

English translation

The moon-pale splendour of the lotus face of Mura's enemy may cure my pain. To one left solitary, the moon, alas, must light for lovers what they too must miss.

Prabandha 14 · vasanta-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.22

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समुदित-मदने रमणी-वदने चुम्बन-वलिताधरे । मृग-मद-तिलकं लिखति सपुलकं मृगम् इव रजनी-करे रमते यमुना-पुलिन-वने विजयी मुरारिर् अधुना ॥ध्रुव॥

samudita-madane ramaṇī-vadane cumbana-valitādhare | mṛga-mada-tilakaṁ likhati sapulakaṁ mṛgam iva rajanī-kare ramate yamunā-pulina-vane vijayī murārir adhunā ||dhruva||

English translation

The face in rapture for a kiss he marks with musk as antelope attend the moon.

Prabandha 15 · gurjarī-rāgaika-tāli-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.23

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घन-चय-रुचिरे रचयति चिकुरे तरलित-तरुणानने । कुरुबक-कुसुर्नं चपला सुषमं रति-पति-मृग-कानने

ghana-caya-rucire racayati cikure taralita-taruṇānane | kurubaka-kusurnaṁ capalā suṣamaṁ rati-pati-mṛga-kānane

English translation

On sandy Yamunā's thick-wooded shore triumphantly is Krishna revelling now.

Prabandha 15 · gurjarī-rāgaika-tāli-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.24

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घटयति सुघने कुच-युग-गगणे मृग-मद-रुचि-रूषिते । मणि-सरम् अर्नलं तारक-पटलं नख-पद-शशि-भूषिते

ghaṭayati sughane kuca-yuga-gagaṇe mṛga-mada-ruci-rūṣite | maṇi-saram arnalaṁ tāraka-paṭalaṁ nakha-pada-śaśi-bhūṣite

English translation

A flower he places in the tumbling hair: as fast as deer or lightning to the mouth. On sandy Yamunā's thick-wooded shore triumphantly is Krishna revelling now.

Prabandha 15 · gurjarī-rāgaika-tāli-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.25

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जित-बिस-शकले मृदु-भुज-युगले कर-तल-नलिनी-दले । मरकत-वलयं मधु-कर-निचयं वितरति हिम-शितले

jita-bisa-śakale mṛdu-bhuja-yugale kara-tala-nalinī-dale | marakata-valayaṁ madhu-kara-nicayaṁ vitarati hima-śitale

English translation

He hangs a pendant on her musky breasts that shine resplendent as the deer-marked moon. On sandy Yamunā's thick-wooded shore triumphantly is Krishna revelling now.

Prabandha 15 · gurjarī-rāgaika-tāli-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.26

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रति-गृह-जघने विपुलापघने मनस्त्ज-कनकासने । मणि-मय-तशनं तोरण-हसनं विकिरति क्त्त-वसने

rati-gṛha-jaghane vipulāpaghane manastja-kanakāsane | maṇi-maya-taśanaṁ toraṇa-hasanaṁ vikirati ktta-vasane

English translation

Her arm he subdues with an emerald clasp as bees cool-clustered on a lotus shoot. On sandy Yamunā's thick-wooded shore triumphantly is Krishna revelling now.

Prabandha 15 · gurjarī-rāgaika-tāli-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.27

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चरण-किसलये कमल-निलये नख-मणि-गण-पूजिते । बहिर्-अपवरण् अं य-वक-भरण् अं जनयति हृदियोजिते

caraṇa-kisalaye kamala-nilaye nakha-maṇi-gaṇa-pūjite | bahir-apavaraṇ aṁ ya-vaka-bharaṇ aṁ janayati hṛdiyojite

English translation

Around that golden house of love, the hips, he hangs a joyous girdle arch of gems. On sandy Yamunā's thick-wooded shore triumphantly is Krishna revelling now.

Prabandha 15 · gurjarī-rāgaika-tāli-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.28

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रमयति सुभृशं कम् अपि सुदृशं खल-हल-धर-सोदरे । किम् अफलम् अवसं चिरम् इह विरसं वद सखि विटपोदरे

ramayati subhṛśaṁ kam api sudṛśaṁ khala-hala-dhara-sodare | kim aphalam avasaṁ ciram iha virasaṁ vada sakhi viṭapodare

English translation

The feet that touch his heart he paints with lac, as tender jewels to honour Lakshmi’s house. On sandy Yamunā's thick-wooded shore triumphantly is Krishna revelling now.

Prabandha 15 · gurjarī-rāgaika-tāli-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.29

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इह रस-भणने कृत-हरि-गुणने मधु-रिपु-पद-सेवके । कलि-युग-रचितं न वसतु दुरितं कवि-नृप-जयदेवके

iha rasa-bhaṇane kṛta-hari-guṇane madhu-ripu-pada-sevake | kali-yuga-racitaṁ na vasatu duritaṁ kavi-nṛpa-jayadevake

English translation

He's mesmerized by beauty's eyes, while I— say why, my friend—must hide in sapless shoots. On sandy Yamunā's thick-wooded shore triumphantly is Krishna revelling now.

Prabandha 15 · gurjarī-rāgaika-tāli-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.30

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नयतः सखि निर्दयो यदि शठस् त्वं दूति किं दूयसे स्वच्छन्दं बहु-वल्लभः स रमते किं तत्र ते दूषणम् । पश्याद्य् प्रिय-सङ्गमाय दयितस्याकृष्यमाणं गुणैर् उत्कण्ठार्ति-भराद् इव स्फुटद् इदं चेतः स्वयम् यास्यति

nayataḥ sakhi nirdayo yadi śaṭhas tvaṁ dūti kiṁ dūyase svacchandaṁ bahu-vallabhaḥ sa ramate kiṁ tatra te dūṣaṇam | paśyādy priya-saṅgamāya dayitasyākṛṣyamāṇaṁ guṇair utkaṇṭhārti-bharād iva sphuṭad idaṁ cetaḥ svayam yāsyati

English translation

Jayadeva echoes Hari's taste; let Kali’s discord end at Krishna's feet. On sandy Yamunā's thick-wooded shore triumphantly is Krishna revelling now.

Prabandha 15 · gurjarī-rāgaika-tāli-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.31

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अनिल-तरल-कुवलय-नयनेन । तपति न सा किसलय-शयनेन सखि या रमिता वन-मालिना ॥ध्रुव-पदम् ॥

anila-tarala-kuvalaya-nayanena | tapati na sā kisalaya-śayanena sakhi yā ramitā vana-mālinā ||dhruva-padam ||

English translation

He's false and hurts my messenger. He has too many loves, my friend: he will not come. Yet I am drawn to think on him and burst with longing that my soul would go with him.

Prabandha 16 · deśavarāḍi-rāgeṇa rūpaka-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.32

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विकसित-सरसिज-ललित-मुखेन । स्फुटति न स मनसिज-विशिखेन

vikasita-sarasija-lalita-mukhena | sphuṭati na sa manasija-viśikhena

English translation

His eyes are round her like the wind-tossed lotus: a palliasse of leaves will never scorch her when she’s pleasuring one forest-wreathed.

Prabandha 16 · deśavarāḍi-rāgeṇa rūpaka-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.33

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अमृत-मधुर-मृदु-तर-वचनेन । ज्वलति न स मलयज-पवनेन

amṛta-madhura-mṛdu-tara-vacanena | jvalati na sa malayaja-pavanena

English translation

His mouth voluptuous as open lotus, her blossoms will not break with love-god's arrows when she’s pleasuring one forest-wreathed.

Prabandha 16 · deśavarāḍi-rāgeṇa rūpaka-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.34

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स्थल-जल-रुह-रुचि-कर-चरणेन । लुठति न सा हिम-कर-किरणेन

sthala-jala-ruha-ruci-kara-caraṇena | luṭhati na sā hima-kara-kiraṇena

English translation

With words so much alive and soft and sweet, she will not blaze up in malaya breezes when she’s pleasuring one forest-wreathed.

Prabandha 16 · deśavarāḍi-rāgeṇa rūpaka-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.35

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सजलजलद-समुदय-रुचिरेण । दलति न सा हृदि चिर-विरहेण

sajalajalada-samudaya-rucireṇa | dalati na sā hṛdi cira-viraheṇa

English translation

As the land-borne lotus are his hands and feet: the cool of moonbeams will not hurt her when she’s pleasuring one forest-wreathed.

Prabandha 16 · deśavarāḍi-rāgeṇa rūpaka-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.36

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कनक-निकष-रुचि-शुचि-वसनेन । श्वसिति न सा परिजन-हसनेन

kanaka-nikaṣa-ruci-śuci-vasanena | śvasiti na sā parijana-hasanena

English translation

Coalescing, radiant of the clouds, no separation there can hurt the kindness when she’s pleasuring one forest-wreathed.

Prabandha 16 · deśavarāḍi-rāgeṇa rūpaka-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.37

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सकल-भुवन-जन-वर-तरुणेन । वहति न सा रुजम् अतिकरुणेन

sakala-bhuvana-jana-vara-taruṇena | vahati na sā rujam atikaruṇena

English translation

His shining clothes must leave the touchstone gold: nor does she hear or heed the servants sighing when she’s pleasuring one forest-wreathed.

Prabandha 16 · deśavarāḍi-rāgeṇa rūpaka-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.38

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श्री-जयदेव-भणित-वचनेन । प्रविशतु हरिर् अपि हृदयम् अनेन

śrī-jayadeva-bhaṇita-vacanena | praviśatu harir api hṛdayam anena

English translation

This youth is better than a world of people, despite the pain and pity and the sorrow when she’s pleasuring one forest-wreathed..

Prabandha 16 · deśavarāḍi-rāgeṇa rūpaka-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.39

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मनो-भवानन्दन-चन्दनानिल प्रसीद रे दक्षिण मुञ्च वामताम् । क्षणं जगत्-प्राण निदाय माधवं पुरो मम प्राण-हरो भविष्यसि

mano-bhavānandana-candanānila prasīda re dakṣiṇa muñca vāmatām | kṣaṇaṁ jagat-prāṇa nidāya mādhavaṁ puro mama prāṇa-haro bhaviṣyasi

English translation

May Jayadeva's singing words so give, my friend, this Hari entrance to your thinking when she’s pleasuring one forest-wreathed.

Prabandha 16 · deśavarāḍi-rāgeṇa rūpaka-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.40

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रिपुर् इव सखि-संवासोऽयं शिखीव हिमानिलो विषम् इव सुधा-रश्मिर् यस्मिन् दुनोति मनो-गते । हृदयम् अदये तस्मिन्न् ऐवं पुनर् वलते बलात् कुवलय-दृशां वामः कामो निकाम-निरण्कुशः

ripur iva sakhi-saṁvāso'yaṁ śikhīva himānilo viṣam iva sudhā-raśmir yasmin dunoti mano-gate | hṛdayam adaye tasminn aivaṁ punar valate balāt kuvalaya-dṛśāṁ vāmaḥ kāmo nikāma-niraṇkuśaḥ

English translation

The sandal-winds delight and fill my mind, but move so variously in love or spite. The life-breath of the world you bring me for a moment, then as Mādava you're gone.

Prabandha 16 · deśavarāḍi-rāgeṇa rūpaka-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.41

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बाधां विधेहि मलयानिल पञ्च-बाण प्राणान् गृहाण न गृहं पुनर् आश्रयिष्ये । किं ते कृतान्त-भगिनि क्षमया तरङ्गैर् अङ्गानि सिञ्च मम शाम्यतु देह-दाहः

bādhāṁ vidhehi malayānila pañca-bāṇa prāṇān gṛhāṇa na gṛhaṁ punar āśrayiṣye | kiṁ te kṛtānta-bhagini kṣamayā taraṅgair aṅgāni siñca mama śāmyatu deha-dāhaḥ

English translation

My friends deceive me, chilly wind is fire, the sweet light venom, and a scourge my mind: how forcibly the heart is drawn to pain: one look from him and I am loving-mad.

Prabandha 16 · deśavarāḍi-rāgeṇa rūpaka-tālena gīyate

Gīta-govinda 7.42

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प्रातर्-नील-निचोलम् अच्युतम् उरः संवीत-पीतांशुकं राधायाश् चकितं विलोक्य हसति स्वैरं सखि-मण्डले । व्रीडा-चञ्चलम् अञ्चलं नयनयोर् आधाय राधानने स्वादु-स्मेर-मुखोऽयम् अस्तु जगद्-आनन्दाय नन्दात्मजः

prātar-nīla-nicolam acyutam uraḥ saṁvīta-pītāṁśukaṁ rādhāyāś cakitaṁ vilokya hasati svairaṁ sakhi-maṇḍale | vrīḍā-cañcalam añcalaṁ nayanayor ādhāya rādhānane svādu-smera-mukho'yam astu jagad-ānandāya nandātmajaḥ

English translation

Afflict me, sandal wind, with love's five arrows, take my life-breath back, I have no home. My sister-death, the Yamunā, relieve this conflagration in your cooling waves.

Prabandha 16 · deśavarāḍi-rāgeṇa rūpaka-tālena gīyate