Gīta-govinda 12.1
Sourceगतवति सखी-वृन्देऽमन्द-त्रपा-भर-निर्भर- स्मर-परवशाकूत-स्फीत-स्मित-स्नपिताधरम् । सरस-मानसं दृष्ट्वा राधां मुहुर् नव-पल्लव- प्रसव-शयने निक्षिप्ताक्षीम् उवाच हरिः प्रियाम्
gatavati sakhī-vṛnde'manda-trapā-bhara-nirbhara- smara-paravaśākūta-sphīta-smita-snapitādharam | sarasa-mānasaṁ dṛṣṭvā rādhāṁ muhur nava-pallava- prasava-śayane nikṣiptākṣīm uvāca hariḥ priyām
English translation
When Rādhā's many friends were gone, he saw her smiling lower lip was bathed with love, and on his bed of leaves so bashfully but longingly she gazed, that Hari said:
Gīta-govinda 12.2
Sourceकिसलयशयन-तले कुरु कामिनि चरण-नलिन-विनिवेशम् । तव पद-पल्लव-वैरि-पराभवम् इदम् अनुभवतु सुवेशं क्षणम् अधुना नारायणम् अनुगतम् अनुसर राधिके ॥ध्रुव॥
kisalayaśayana-tale kuru kāmini caraṇa-nalina-viniveśam | tava pada-pallava-vairi-parābhavam idam anubhavatu suveśaṁ kṣaṇam adhunā nārāyaṇam anugatam anusara rādhike ||dhruva||
English translation
Lay on this leafy bed your lotus foot, and in your flowering, woman, conquer it. At once, now Rādhā, and as closely, follow Krishna as he's followed you.
Prabandha 23 · vibhāsa-rāgaikatāli-tā1ābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.3
Sourceकर-कमलेन करोमि चरणम् अहम् आगमितासि विदूरम् । क्षणम् उपकुरु शयनोपरि माम् इव नूपुरम् अनुगति-शूरम्
kara-kamalena karomi caraṇam aham āgamitāsi vidūram | kṣaṇam upakuru śayanopari mām iva nūpuram anugati-śūram
English translation
My hand a lotus to that travelled foot: as valiant anklet I have kept to you. At once, now Rādhā, and as closely, follow Krishna as he's followed you.
Prabandha 23 · vibhāsa-rāgaikatāli-tā1ābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.4
Sourceवदन-सुधा-निधि-गलितम् अमृतम् इव रचय वचनम् अनुकूलम् । विरहम् इवापनयामि पयोधर-रोधकम् उरसि दुकूलं
vadana-sudhā-nidhi-galitam amṛtam iva racaya vacanam anukūlam | viraham ivāpanayāmi payodhara-rodhakam urasi dukūlaṁ
English translation
Give words of nectar from that moon-like face while I unbar what keeps me from your breasts. At once, now Rādhā, and as closely, follow Krishna as he's followed you.
Prabandha 23 · vibhāsa-rāgaikatāli-tā1ābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.5
Sourceप्रिय-परिरम्भण-रभस-वलितम् इव पुलकितम् अतिदुरवापम् । मद्-उरसि कुच-कलशं विनिवेशय शोषय मनसिज-तापम्
priya-parirambhaṇa-rabhasa-valitam iva pulakitam atiduravāpam | mad-urasi kuca-kalaśaṁ viniveśaya śoṣaya manasija-tāpam
English translation
How fierce and difficult is that embrace of breasts whose fullness takes the love-god's heat. At once, now Rādhā, and as closely, follow Krishna as he's followed you.
Prabandha 23 · vibhāsa-rāgaikatāli-tā1ābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.6
Sourceअधर-सुधा-रसम् उपनय भामिनि जीवय मृतम् इव दासम् । त्वयि विनिहित-मनसं विरहानल-दग्ध-वपुषम् अविलासम्
adhara-sudhā-rasam upanaya bhāmini jīvaya mṛtam iva dāsam | tvayi vinihita-manasaṁ virahānala-dagdha-vapuṣam avilāsam
English translation
Revive your slave with nectar from those lips; my thoughts are by that scorching body hurt. At once, now Rādhā, and as closely, follow Krishna as he's followed you.
Prabandha 23 · vibhāsa-rāgaikatāli-tā1ābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.7
Sourceशशि-मुखि मुखरय मणि-रशना-गुणम् अनुगुण-कण्ठ-निनादम् । श्रुति-युगले पिक-रुत-विकले मम शमय चिराद् अवसादम्
śaśi-mukhi mukharaya maṇi-raśanā-guṇam anuguṇa-kaṇṭha-ninādam | śruti-yugale pika-ruta-vikale mama śamaya cirād avasādam
English translation
In cuckoo-tortured ears your echoed voice will lift as girdle gems my long disgrace. At once, now Rādhā, and as closely, follow Krishna as he's followed you.
Prabandha 23 · vibhāsa-rāgaikatāli-tā1ābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.8
Sourceमाम् अतिविफल-रुषा विकली-कृतम् अवलोकितुम् अधुनेदम् । लज्जितम् इव नयनं तव विरमति विसृज वृथा रति-खेदम्
mām ativiphala-ruṣā vikalī-kṛtam avalokitum adhunedam | lajjitam iva nayanaṁ tava viramati visṛja vṛthā rati-khedam
English translation
At last in shame you do not look on one you maimed so pointlessly with wanton anger. At once, now Rādhā, and as closely, follow Krishna as he's followed you.
Prabandha 23 · vibhāsa-rāgaikatāli-tā1ābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.9
Sourceश्री-जयदेव-भणितम् इदम् अनुपद-निगदित-मधु-रिपु-मोदम् । जनयतु रसिक-जनेषु मनोरम-रति-रस-भाव-विनोदम्
śrī-jayadeva-bhaṇitam idam anupada-nigadita-madhu-ripu-modam | janayatu rasika-janeṣu manorama-rati-rasa-bhāva-vinodam
English translation
May Jayadeva's words that gladden Krishna show love's true sentiment to men of taste. At once, now Rādhā, and as closely, follow Krishna as he's followed you.
Prabandha 23 · vibhāsa-rāgaikatāli-tā1ābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.10
Sourceप्रत्यूह-पुलकाङ्कुरेण निविड-लेश-निमेषेण च क्रीडाकूत-विलोकितेऽधर-सुधा-पाने कथा-केलिभिः । आनन्दाधिगमेन मन्मथ-कला-युद्धेऽपि यस्मिन्न् अभुद् उद्भूतः स तयोर् बभूव सुरतारम्भः प्रियम्भावुकः
pratyūha-pulakāṅkureṇa niviḍa-leśa-nimeṣeṇa ca krīḍākūta-vilokite'dhara-sudhā-pāne kathā-kelibhiḥ | ānandādhigamena manmatha-kalā-yuddhe'pi yasminn abhud udbhūtaḥ sa tayor babhūva suratārambhaḥ priyambhāvukaḥ
English translation
Clasped and brushing through such obstacles as bristling hair and blinking eyes, of talk that stops the nectar from the lips, at length entwined in happiness they were to be.
Prabandha 23 · vibhāsa-rāgaikatāli-tā1ābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.11
Sourceदोर्भ्यां संयमितः पयोधर-भरेणापीडितः पाणिजैर् आविद्धो दशनैः क्षताधर-पुटः श्रोणी-तटेनाहतः । हस्तेनानमितः कचेऽधर-मधु-स्यन्देन संमोहितः कान्तः काम् अपि तृप्तिम् आप तद् अहो कामस्य वामा गतिः
dorbhyāṁ saṁyamitaḥ payodhara-bhareṇāpīḍitaḥ pāṇijair āviddho daśanaiḥ kṣatādhara-puṭaḥ śroṇī-taṭenāhataḥ | hastenānamitaḥ kace'dhara-madhu-syandena saṁmohitaḥ kāntaḥ kām api tṛptim āpa tad aho kāmasya vāmā gatiḥ
English translation
Pressed round by arms, by breasts, by fingernails, by pounding hips, by teeth on lips, his head pulled down but mad to have the honeyed stream: how curiously will lovers take their joy.
Prabandha 23 · vibhāsa-rāgaikatāli-tā1ābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.12
Sourceमाराङ्के रति-केलि-सङ्कुल-रणारम्भे तया साहस- प्रायं कान्त-जयाय किंचिद् उपरि प्रारम्भि यत्-सम्भ्रमात् । निष्पन्दा जघन-स्थली शिथिलिता दोर्-वल्लिर् उत्कम्पितं वक्षो मिलितम् अक्षि पौरुष-रसः स्त्रीणां कुतः सिध्यति
mārāṅke rati-keli-saṅkula-raṇārambhe tayā sāhasa- prāyaṁ kānta-jayāya kiṁcid upari prārambhi yat-sambhramāt | niṣpandā jaghana-sthalī śithilitā dor-vallir utkampitaṁ vakṣo militam akṣi pauruṣa-rasaḥ strīṇāṁ kutaḥ sidhyati
English translation
Conquering impetuously she falls: her arms go limp, eyes close, the breasts shake free. She holds the mount of pleasure motionless, for such are women in their manly sports.
Prabandha 23 · vibhāsa-rāgaikatāli-tā1ābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.13
Sourceतस्याः पाटल-पाणिजाङ्कितम् उरो निद्रा-काषाये दृशौ निर्धौताधर-शोनिमा विलुलित-स्रस्त-स्रजो मूर्ध-जः । काञ्ची-दाम दर-श्लथाञ्चलम् इति प्रातर् निखातैर् दृशोर् एभिः कामशरैस् तद्-अद्भुतम् अभूत् पत्युर् मनः कीलितं
tasyāḥ pāṭala-pāṇijāṅkitam uro nidrā-kāṣāye dṛśau nirdhautādhara-śonimā vilulita-srasta-srajo mūrdha-jaḥ | kāñcī-dāma dara-ślathāñcalam iti prātar nikhātair dṛśor ebhiḥ kāmaśarais tad-adbhutam abhūt patyur manaḥ kīlitaṁ
English translation
By morning tired, unloosed, dishevelled, hair awry, the garlands broken, body clawed, but still transfixed by his, the love-god's arrows, she looked the more to him a wondrous sight.
Prabandha 23 · vibhāsa-rāgaikatāli-tā1ābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.14
Sourceव्यालोलः केश-पाशस् तरलितम् अलकैः स्वेद-मोक्षौ कपोलौ क्लिष्टा बिम्बाधर-श्रीः कुच-कलश-रुचा हारिता हार-यष्टिः । काञ्ची-कान्तिर् हताशा स्तन-जघन-पदं पाणिनाच्छद्य सद्यः पश्यन्ती सत्रपा सा तद् अपि विलुलिता मुग्ध-कन्तिर् धिनोति
vyālolaḥ keśa-pāśas taralitam alakaiḥ sveda-mokṣau kapolau kliṣṭā bimbādhara-śrīḥ kuca-kalaśa-rucā hāritā hāra-yaṣṭiḥ | kāñcī-kāntir hatāśā stana-jaghana-padaṁ pāṇinācchadya sadyaḥ paśyantī satrapā sā tad api vilulitā mugdha-kantir dhinoti
English translation
Expired the radiance of her hair and lip, the necklace broken and the girdle lost: she puts a hand to hide her modesty, ashamed and gratified at pleasing him.
Prabandha 23 · vibhāsa-rāgaikatāli-tā1ābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.15
Sourceईषन्-मीलित-दृष्टि मुग्ध-विलसत्-शीत्कार-धारा-वशाद् अव्यक्ताकुल-केलि-काकु-विकसद्-दन्तांशु-धौताधरम् । शान्त-स्तब्ध-पयोधरं भृश-परिष्वङ्गात् कुरङ्गी-दृशो हर्षोत्कर्ष-विमुक्त-निःसह-तनोर् धन्यो धयत्य् आननं
īṣan-mīlita-dṛṣṭi mugdha-vilasat-śītkāra-dhārā-vaśād avyaktākula-keli-kāku-vikasad-dantāṁśu-dhautādharam | śānta-stabdha-payodharaṁ bhṛśa-pariṣvaṅgāt kuraṅgī-dṛśo harṣotkarṣa-vimukta-niḥsaha-tanor dhanyo dhayaty ānanaṁ
English translation
Ecstatic in her half-closed lids, and bathed with play of teeth and love-words from her lips: so warm, the deer-eyed body in its tranquil beauty pours out pleasure in a kiss.
Prabandha 23 · vibhāsa-rāgaikatāli-tā1ābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.16
Sourceअथ सहसा सुप्रीतं सुरतान्ते सा नितान्त-खिन्नाङ्गि । राधा जगाद सादरम् इदम् आनन्देन गोविन्दम्
atha sahasā suprītaṁ suratānte sā nitānta-khinnāṅgi | rādhā jagāda sādaram idam ānandena govindam
English translation
Rādhā, tired but joyful at the end of sport, respectfully to Krishna said these words:
Prabandha 23 · vibhāsa-rāgaikatāli-tā1ābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.17
Sourceकुरु यदु-नन्दन चन्दन-शिशिरतरेण करेण पयोधरे । मृग-मद-पत्रकम् अत्र मनो-भव-मङ्गल-कलश-सहोदरे निजगाद सा यदु-नन्दने क्रीडति हृदय-नन्दने ॥ध्रुव॥
kuru yadu-nandana candana-śiśiratareṇa kareṇa payodhare | mṛga-mada-patrakam atra mano-bhava-maṅgala-kalaśa-sahodare nijagāda sā yadu-nandane krīḍati hṛdaya-nandane ||dhruva||
English translation
Anoint with sandal-dewy hands my breasts and, Krishna, make them worthy with your musk to be receptacles produced in thought. These words she spoke while Krishna played, delighting Yadu’s family, and her full heart.
Prabandha 24 · rāmakari-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.18
Sourceअलि-कुल-गञ्जनम् अञ्जनकं रति-नायक-सायक-मोचने । त्वद्-अधर-चुम्बन-लम्बित-कज्जल उज्ज्वलय प्न्य लोचने
ali-kula-gañjanam añjanakaṁ rati-nāyaka-sāyaka-mocane | tvad-adhara-cumbana-lambita-kajjala ujjvalaya pnya locane
English translation
Make more glistening than the massing bees the eye's collyrium you kissed away and loose the arrows of the loved-one's looks. These words she spoke while Krishna played, delighting Yadu’s family, and her full heart.
Prabandha 24 · rāmakari-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.19
Sourceनयन-कुरङ्ग-तरङ्ग-विकस-निरास-करे श्रुति-मण्डले । मनसिज-पाश-विलास-धरे शुभ-वेश निवेशय कुण्डले
nayana-kuraṅga-taraṅga-vikasa-nirāsa-kare śruti-maṇḍale | manasija-pāśa-vilāsa-dhare śubha-veśa niveśaya kuṇḍale
English translation
Let the leaping freedom of the deer return with earrings fastened, that their arc restrain the splendour in the snaring glance. These words she spoke while Krishna played, delighting Yadu’s family, and her full heart.
Prabandha 24 · rāmakari-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.20
Sourceभ्रमर-चयं रचयन्तम् उपरि रुचिरं सुचिरं मम सम्मुखे । जित-कमले विमले परिकर्मय नर्म-जनकम् अलकं मुखे
bhramara-cayaṁ racayantam upari ruciraṁ suciraṁ mama sammukhe | jita-kamale vimale parikarmaya narma-janakam alakaṁ mukhe
English translation
Forever may my presence here before you rearrange your shaken curls as bees reshape the petals of the lotus flowers. These words she spoke while Krishna played, delighting Yadu’s family, and her full heart.
Prabandha 24 · rāmakari-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.21
Sourceमृग-मद-रस-वलितं ललितं कुरु तिलकम् अलिक-रजनि-करे । विहित-कलङ्क-कलं कमलानन विश्रमित-श्रम-सीकरे
mṛga-mada-rasa-valitaṁ lalitaṁ kuru tilakam alika-rajani-kare | vihita-kalaṅka-kalaṁ kamalānana viśramita-śrama-sīkare
English translation
Remake with musk the deer-mark of the moon, and dress, O lotus-faced, that forehead damp but not as sprinkled as it was with sweat. These words she spoke while Krishna played, delighting Yadu’s family, and her full heart.
Prabandha 24 · rāmakari-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.22
Sourceमम रुचिरे चिकुरे कुरु मानद मनसिज-ध्वज-चामरे । रति-गलिते ललिते कुसुमानि शिखण्डि-शिखण्डक-डामरे
mama rucire cikure kuru mānada manasija-dhvaja-cāmare | rati-galite lalite kusumāni śikhaṇḍi-śikhaṇḍaka-ḍāmare
English translation
Replace the blossoms fallen in our play from hair as fly-whisk tossed and in a plume of love astonishing as peacock's tail. These words she spoke while Krishna played, delighting Yadu’s family, and her full heart.
Prabandha 24 · rāmakari-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.23
Sourceसरस-घने जघने मम शम्बर-दारण-वारण-कन्दरे । मणि-रशना-वसनाभरणानि शुभाशय वासय सुन्दरे
sarasa-ghane jaghane mama śambara-dāraṇa-vāraṇa-kandare | maṇi-raśanā-vasanābharaṇāni śubhāśaya vāsaya sundare
English translation
Reclothe with jewels and waist-string ornaments the cave so potent, beautiful and strong it held the elephant of love in sport. These words she spoke while Krishna played, delighting Yadu’s family, and her full heart.
Prabandha 24 · rāmakari-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.24
Sourceश्री-जयदेव-वचसि रुचिरे सदयं हृदयं कुरु मण्डने । हरि-चरण-स्मरणामृत-निर्मित-कलि-कलुष-ज्वर-खण्डने
śrī-jayadeva-vacasi rucire sadayaṁ hṛdayaṁ kuru maṇḍane | hari-caraṇa-smaraṇāmṛta-nirmita-kali-kaluṣa-jvara-khaṇḍane
English translation
Thus Jayadeva's nectar in a heart compassionate and at the feet of Hari wards off evil from the Kali age. These words she spoke while Krishna played, delighting Yadu’s family, and her full heart.
Prabandha 24 · rāmakari-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.25
Sourceरचय कुचयोश् चित्रं पत्रं कुरुष्व कपोलयोर् घटय जघने काञ्चीं मुग्ध-स्रजा कबरि-भरं । कलय वलय-श्रेणीं पाणौ पदे मणि-नूपुराव् इति निगदितः प्रीतः पिताम्बरोऽपि तथाकरोत्
racaya kucayoś citraṁ patraṁ kuruṣva kapolayor ghaṭaya jaghane kāñcīṁ mugdha-srajā kabari-bharaṁ | kalaya valaya-śreṇīṁ pāṇau pade maṇi-nūpurāv iti nigaditaḥ prītaḥ pitāmbaro'pi tathākarot
English translation
Decorate my breasts and cheeks, arrange my girdle-string and tangled hair, replace my rows of bracelets and my jewelled anklets. He of yellow robe, delighted, did.
Prabandha 24 · rāmakari-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.26
Sourceपर्यङ्की-कृत-नाग-नायक-फणा-श्रेणी-मणीनां गणे सङ्क्रान्त-प्रतिबिम्ब-सम्वलनया बिभ्रद्-विभु-प्रक्रियाम् । पादाम्भो-रुह-धारि-वारिधि-सुताम् अक्ष्णां दिदृक्षुः शतैः काय-व्यूहम् इव-चरन्न् अपचितौ भूयो हरिः पातु वः
paryaṅkī-kṛta-nāga-nāyaka-phaṇā-śreṇī-maṇīnāṁ gaṇe saṅkrānta-pratibimba-samvalanayā bibhrad-vibhu-prakriyām | pādāmbho-ruha-dhāri-vāridhi-sutām akṣṇāṁ didṛkṣuḥ śataiḥ kāya-vyūham iva-carann apacitau bhūyo hariḥ pātu vaḥ
English translation
Fresh editorial translation from the Gīta-govinda root text, corrected edition 2.00 authority
May Hari grant delight: reclining upon the jeweled hoods of the serpent king, he seems multiplied by their reflected images; eager with hundreds of eyes to behold the ocean’s daughter who holds his lotus feet, he displays the majesty of manifold divine forms.
Prabandha 24 · rāmakari-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.27
Sourceत्वाम् अप्राप्य मयि स्वयंवर-परां क्षीरोद-तीरोदरे शङ्के सुन्दरि कालकूटम् अपिबन् मूढो मृदानी-पतिः । इत्थं पूर्व-कथाभिर् अन्य-मनसा विक्षिप्य वक्षोऽञ्चलं राधायाः स्तन-कोरकोपरि-मिलन्-नेत्रो हरिः पातु वः
tvām aprāpya mayi svayaṁvara-parāṁ kṣīroda-tīrodare śaṅke sundari kālakūṭam apiban mūḍho mṛdānī-patiḥ | itthaṁ pūrva-kathābhir anya-manasā vikṣipya vakṣo'ñcalaṁ rādhāyāḥ stana-korakopari-milan-netro hariḥ pātu vaḥ
English translation
Fresh editorial translation from the Gīta-govinda root text, corrected edition 2.00 authority
‘Lovely one, when I failed to win you at your self-choice ceremony on the shore of the milk ocean, I suspect the bewildered lord of Pārvatī drank the kālakūṭa poison.’ Distracting Rādhā with such ancient tales, Kṛṣṇa drew aside the cloth from her breast; beholding its tender buds, he rejoiced.
Prabandha 24 · rāmakari-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.28
Sourceयद् गान्धर्व-कलासु कौशलम् अनुध्यानं च यद् वैष्णवं यच् छृङ्गार-विवेक-तत्त्व-रचना-काव्येषु लीलायितम् । तत् सर्वं जयदेव-पण्डित-कवेः कृष्णैक-तानात्मनः सानन्दाः परिशोधयन्तु सुधियः श्रि-गीत-गोविन्दतः
yad gāndharva-kalāsu kauśalam anudhyānaṁ ca yad vaiṣṇavaṁ yac chṛṅgāra-viveka-tattva-racanā-kāvyeṣu līlāyitam | tat sarvaṁ jayadeva-paṇḍita-kaveḥ kṛṣṇaika-tānātmanaḥ sānandāḥ pariśodhayantu sudhiyaḥ śri-gīta-govindataḥ
English translation
May music skills of Gāndharvas, the thoughts that go with love-play and belong to Vishnu, discriminate and so make Jayadeva’s tale commensurate with Krishna’s name.
Prabandha 24 · rāmakari-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.29
Sourceसाधूनां स्वत एव संमतिर् इह स्याद् एव भक्त्यार्थिनाम् आलोच्य ग्रथन-श्रमं च विदुसाम् अस्मिन् भवेद् आदरः । ये केचित् पर-कृत्य्-उपश्रुति-परास् तान् अर्थये मत्-कृतिं भूयो वीक्ष्य वदन्तो अवद्यम् इह चेत् सा वासना स्थास्यति
sādhūnāṁ svata eva saṁmatir iha syād eva bhaktyārthinām ālocya grathana-śramaṁ ca vidusām asmin bhaved ādaraḥ | ye kecit para-kṛty-upaśruti-parās tān arthaye mat-kṛtiṁ bhūyo vīkṣya vadanto avadyam iha cet sā vāsanā sthāsyati
English translation
Fresh editorial translation from the Gīta-govinda root text, corrected edition 2.00 authority
The good and those who seek devotion will naturally approve this work; learned readers, considering the labor of its composition, will honor it. I ask those intent on repeating others’ faults to examine my poem again: if they still find blame, at least its impression will remain with them.
Prabandha 24 · rāmakari-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.30
Sourceश्री-भोजदेव-प्रभवस्य रामादेवी-सुत-श्री-जयदेवकस्य । पराशरादि-प्न्य-वर्ग-कण्ठे श्री-गीत-गोविन्द-कवित्वम् अस्तु
śrī-bhojadeva-prabhavasya rāmādevī-suta-śrī-jayadevakasya | parāśarādi-pnya-varga-kaṇṭhe śrī-gīta-govinda-kavitvam astu
English translation
May such skill of Jayadeva, son of Bhojadeva and of Rāmādevī, in telling here his song of cowherds, bless the speech of Parāshara and his friends.
Prabandha 24 · rāmakari-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.31
Sourceसाध्वी माध्वीक चिन्ता न भवति भवतः शर्करे कर्कशासि द्राक्षे द्रक्ष्यन्ति के त्वाम् अमृत मृतम् असि क्षीर नीरं रसस्ते । माकन्द क्रन्द कान्ताधर धर न तुलां गच्छ यच्छन्ति भावं यावच् छृङ्गार-सारं शुभम् इव जयदेवस्य वैदग्ध्य-वाचः
sādhvī mādhvīka cintā na bhavati bhavataḥ śarkare karkaśāsi drākṣe drakṣyanti ke tvām amṛta mṛtam asi kṣīra nīraṁ rasaste | mākanda kranda kāntādhara dhara na tulāṁ gaccha yacchanti bhāvaṁ yāvac chṛṅgāra-sāraṁ śubham iva jayadevasya vaidagdhya-vācaḥ
English translation
Fresh editorial translation from the Gīta-govinda root text, corrected edition 2.00 authority
Good honey, do not be proud; sugar, you are coarse; grapes, who will look at you now? Nectar, you are dead; milk, your flavor is water. Mango, lament; beloved’s lip, abandon comparison—so long as Jayadeva’s auspicious, artful speech reveals the very essence of love.
Prabandha 24 · rāmakari-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate
Gīta-govinda 12.32
Sourceइत्थं केलि-ततिर् विहृत्य यमुना-कूले समं राधया तद्-रोमावलि-मौक्तिकावलि-युगे वेणी-भ्रमं बिभ्रति । तत्राह्लादि-कुच-प्रयाग-फलयोर् लिप्सावतोर् हस्तयोर् व्यापाराअ पुरुषोत्तमस्य ददतु स्फीतां मुदं सम्पदं
itthaṁ keli-tatir vihṛtya yamunā-kūle samaṁ rādhayā tad-romāvali-mauktikāvali-yuge veṇī-bhramaṁ bibhrati | tatrāhlādi-kuca-prayāga-phalayor lipsāvator hastayor vyāpārāa puruṣottamasya dadatu sphītāṁ mudaṁ sampadaṁ
English translation
Fresh editorial translation from the Gīta-govinda root text, corrected edition 2.00 authority
Having sported through this succession of pleasures with Rādhā on the Yamunā’s bank, Puruṣottama’s hands mistook the paired strings of pearls and fine body hair for a braid as they longed to reach the joyful confluence of her breasts. May those playful acts grant you abundant delight and prosperity.
Prabandha 24 · rāmakari-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṁ gīyate