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Gīta-govinda · Sarga 8 of 12

The Abashed Lord of Lakṣmī

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Gīta-govinda 8.1

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अथ कथम् अपि यामिनीं विनीय स्मर-शर-जर्जरितापि सा प्रभाते । अनुनय-वचनं वदन्तम् अग्रे प्रणतम् अपि प्रियं आह साभ्यसूयम्

atha katham api yāminīṁ vinīya smara-śara-jarjaritāpi sā prabhāte | anunaya-vacanaṁ vadantam agre praṇatam api priyaṁ āha sābhyasūyam

English translation

Having somehow spent the night's long watches, in the morning, and still stung with arrows, and he in front of her, conciliatory, and bowing to her, angrily she said:

Gīta-govinda 8.2

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रजनि-जनित-गुरु-जागर-राग-कषायितम् अलस-निवेशं । वहति नयनम् अनुरागम् इव स्फूम् उदित-रस-भिनिवेशम् हन् हरि याहि माधव याहि केशव मा वद कैतव-वादं । तम् अनुसर सरसी-रुह-लोचन या तव हरति विषादम् ॥ध्रुव॥

rajani-janita-guru-jāgara-rāga-kaṣāyitam alasa-niveśaṁ | vahati nayanam anurāgam iva sphūm udita-rasa-bhiniveśam han hari yāhi mādhava yāhi keśava mā vada kaitava-vādaṁ | tam anusara sarasī-ruha-locana yā tava harati viṣādam ||dhruva||

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With eyes still reddened from a wakeful night, how can you in such slothful condescension tender what you offered someone else?

Prabandha 17 · bhairavi-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 8.3

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कज्जल-मलिन-विलोचन-चुम्बन-विरचित-नीलिम-रूपम् । दशन-वसनम् अरुण् अं तव क्र्स्ण तनोति तनोर् अनुरूपं

kajjala-malina-vilocana-cumbana-viracita-nīlima-rūpam | daśana-vasanam aruṇ aṁ tava krsṇa tanoti tanor anurūpaṁ

English translation

I warn you, Hari, speak no lying words, nor, Mādhava, to make those eyes at me. Be off the pair of you, Keshava, Krishna, and if she pleases you, then take her too.

Prabandha 17 · bhairavi-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 8.4

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वपुर् अनुहरति तव स्मर-सङ्गर-खर-नखर-क्षत-रेखम् । मरकत-शकल-कलित-कल-धौत-लिपेर् इव रति-जय-लेखम्

vapur anuharati tava smara-saṅgara-khara-nakhara-kṣata-rekham | marakata-śakala-kalita-kala-dhauta-liper iva rati-jaya-lekham

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Besmirched by kissing of her lampblack lids, your morning lips are marked with that deep hue which is the colour, Krishna, of your shape. I ask you, Hari, speak no lying words, nor, Mādhava, to make those eyes at me. Be off the pair of you, Keshava, Krishna, and if she pleases you, then take her too.

Prabandha 17 · bhairavi-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 8.5

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चरण-कमल-गलद्-अलक्तक-सिक्तम् इदं तव हृदयम् उदारं । दर्सयतीव बहिर् मदन-द्रुर्न-नव-किसलय-परिवारम्

caraṇa-kamala-galad-alaktaka-siktam idaṁ tava hṛdayam udāraṁ | darsayatīva bahir madana-drurna-nava-kisalaya-parivāram

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Your hard-scratched body shows how battle’s been: the nail-marks driven as dark emerald bits that write your victory in their gleaming strokes. I ask you, Hari, speak no lying words, nor, Mādhava, to make those eyes at me. Be off the pair of you, Keshava, Krishna, and if she pleases you, then take her too.

Prabandha 17 · bhairavi-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 8.6

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दशन-पदं भवद्-अधर-गतं मम जनयति चेतसि खेदम् । कथयति कथम् अधुनापि मया सह तव वपुर् एतद् अभेदम्

daśana-padaṁ bhavad-adhara-gataṁ mama janayati cetasi khedam | kathayati katham adhunāpi mayā saha tava vapur etad abhedam

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At heart and printed on your belly go the trail of pale lac feet: the tree of love displays—how charmingly!—its train of leaves. I ask you, Hari, speak no lying words, nor, Mādhava, to make those eyes at me. Be off the pair of you, Keshava, Krishna, and if she pleases you, then take her too.

Prabandha 17 · bhairavi-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 8.7

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बहिर् इव मलिनतरं तव कृष्ण मनोऽपि भविष्यति नूनम् । कथम् अथ वञ्चयसे जनम् अनुगतम् असम-शर-ज्वर-दूनम्

bahir iva malinataraṁ tava kṛṣṇa mano'pi bhaviṣyati nūnam | katham atha vañcayase janam anugatam asama-śara-jvara-dūnam

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For me her tooth mark on your lip is pain, while you would urge your perjured body merge indissolubly and into mine? I ask you, Hari, speak no lying words, nor, Mādhava, to make those eyes at me. Be off the pair of you, Keshava, Krishna, and if she pleases you, then take her too.

Prabandha 17 · bhairavi-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 8.8

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भ्रमति भवान् अबला-कवलाय वनेषु किम् अत्र विचित्रम् । प्रथयति पूतनिकैव वधू-वध-निर्दय-बाल-चरित्रम्

bhramati bhavān abalā-kavalāya vaneṣu kim atra vicitram | prathayati pūtanikaiva vadhū-vadha-nirdaya-bāla-caritram

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Your mind is blacker than your colour, Krishna, deluding followers to bring them down unequally with fevers of the heart. I ask you, Hari, speak no lying words, nor, Mādhava, to make those eyes at me. Be off the pair of you, Keshava, Krishna, and if she pleases you, then take her too.

Prabandha 17 · bhairavi-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 8.9

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श्री-जयदेव-भणित-रति-वञ्चित-खण्डित-युवति-विलापम् । शृणुत सुधा-मधुरं विबुधा विबुधालयतोऽपि दुरापम्

śrī-jayadeva-bhaṇita-rati-vañcita-khaṇḍita-yuvati-vilāpam | śṛṇuta sudhā-madhuraṁ vibudhā vibudhālayato'pi durāpam

English translation

Why would your lordship wander in the woods to prey on foolish women there and suck their life out as the demoness Putana? I ask you, Hari, speak no lying words, nor, Mādhava, to make those eyes at me. Be off the pair of you, Keshava, Krishna, and if she pleases you, then take her too.

Prabandha 17 · bhairavi-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 8.10

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तवेदं पश्यन्त्याः प्रसरद्-अनुरागं बहिर् इव प्रिय-पादालक्त-च्छुरितम् अरुण-द्योति हृदयम् । ममाद्य प्रख्यात-प्रणय-भर-भङ्गेन कितव त्वद्-आलोकः शोकाद् अपि किम् अपि लज्जां जनयति

tavedaṁ paśyantyāḥ prasarad-anurāgaṁ bahir iva priya-pādālakta-cchuritam aruṇa-dyoti hṛdayam | mamādya prakhyāta-praṇaya-bhara-bhaṅgena kitava tvad-ālokaḥ śokād api kim api lajjāṁ janayati

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So Jayadeva of a girl deceived and wailing. Sages listen: not in Heaven even is there sweetness such as this. I ask you, Hari, speak no lying words, nor, Mādhava, to make those eyes at me. Be off the pair of you, Keshava, Krishna, and if she pleases you, then take her too.

Prabandha 17 · bhairavi-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate

Gīta-govinda 8.11

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अन्तर्-मोहन-मौलि-घूर्णन-चलन्-मन्दार-विभ्रंशन- स्तम्भाकर्षण-दृप्ति-हर्षण-महा-मन्त्रः कुरङ्गी-दृशाम् । दृप्यद्-दानव-दूयमान-दिविषद्-दुर्वार-दुःख-पदां भ्रंशः कंस-रिपोर् व्यपोहयतु वः श्रेयांसि वंशी-रवः

antar-mohana-mauli-ghūrṇana-calan-mandāra-vibhraṁśana- stambhākarṣaṇa-dṛpti-harṣaṇa-mahā-mantraḥ kuraṅgī-dṛśām | dṛpyad-dānava-dūyamāna-diviṣad-durvāra-duḥkha-padāṁ bhraṁśaḥ kaṁsa-ripor vyapohayatu vaḥ śreyāṁsi vaṁśī-ravaḥ

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My love is on the roads: your chest displays the decoration of her red-lac feet: my swollen heart is broken by some cheat, and worse than anguish is the shame I feel.

Prabandha 17 · bhairavi-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate