Pātāla-khaṇḍa · Chapter 77
Sourceपार्वत्युवाच- विस्तरेण समाचक्ष्व नामार्थपदगौरवम् । ईश्वरस्य स्वरूपं च तत्स्थानानां विभूतयः १। तद्विष्णोः परमं धाम व्यूहभेदास्तथा हरेः । निर्वाणाख्याहि तत्त्वेन मम सर्वं सुरेश्वर २। ईश्वर उवाच- सारे वृंदावने कृष्णं गोपीकोटिभिरावृतम् । तत्र गंगा पराशक्तिस्तत्स्थमानंदकाननम् ३। नाना सुकुसुमामोदसमीरसुरभीकृतम् । कलिंदतनया दिव्यतरंगरागशीतलम् ४। सनकाद्यैर्भागवतैः संसृष्टं मुनिपुंगवैः । आह्लादिमधुरारावैर्गोवृंदैरभिमंडितम् ५। रम्यस्रग्भूषणोपेतैर्नृत्यद्भिर्बालकैर्वृतम् । तत्र श्रीमान्कल्पतरुर्जांबूनदपरिच्छदः ६। नानारत्नप्रवालाढ्यो नानामणिफलोज्ज्वलः । तस्य मूले रत्नवेदी रत्नदीधितिदीपिता ७। तत्र त्रयीमयं रत्नसिंहासनमनुत्तमम् । तत्रासीनं जगन्नाथं त्रिगुणातीतमव्ययम् ८। कोटिचंद्रप्रतीकाशं कोटिभास्करभास्वरम् । कोटिकंदर्पलावण्यं भासयन्तं दिशोदश ९। त्रिनेत्रं द्विभुजं गौरं तप्तजांबूनदप्रभम् । श्लिष्यमाणमंगनाभिः सदामानं च सर्वशः १०। ब्रह्माद्यैः सनकाद्यैश्च ध्येयं भक्तवशीकृतम् । सदाघूर्णितनेत्राभिर्नृत्यंतीभिर्महोत्सवैः ११। चुंबंतीभिर्हसंतीभिः श्लिष्यंतीभिर्मुहुर्मुहुः । अवाप्तगोपीदेहाभिः श्रुतिभिः कोटिकोटिभिः १२। तत्पादांबुजमाध्वीकचित्ताभिः परितो वृतम् । तासां तु मध्ये या देवी तप्तचामीकरप्रभा १३। द्योतमाना दिशः सर्वाः कुर्वती विद्युदुज्ज्वलाः । प्रधानं या भगवती यया सर्वमिदं ततम् १४। सृष्टिस्थित्यंतरूपा या विद्या विद्यात्रयीपरा । स्वरूपा शक्तिरुपा च मायारूपा च चिन्मयी १५। ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादीनां देहकारणकारणम् । चराचरं जगत्सर्वं यन्मायापरिरंभितम् १६। वृंदावनेश्वरी नाम्ना राधा धात्रानुकारणात् । तामालिंग्य वसंतं तं मुदा वृंदावनेश्वरम् १७। अन्योन्यचुंबनाश्लेष मदावेशविघूर्णितम् । ध्यायेदेवं कृष्णदेवं स च सिद्धिमवाप्नुयात् १८। मंत्रराजमिमं गुह्यं तस्य मंत्रं च मंत्रवित् । यो जपेच्छृणुयाद्वापि स महात्मा सुदुर्ल्लभः १९। राधिंका चित्ररेखा च चंद्रा मदनसुंदरी । श्रीप्रिया श्रीमधुमती शशिरेखा हरिप्रिया २०। सुवर्णशोभा संमोहा प्रेमरोमांचराजिता । वैवर्ण्यस्वेदसंयुक्ता भावासक्ता प्रियंवदा २१। सुवर्णमालिनी शांता सुरासरसिका तथा । सर्वस्त्री जीवना दीनवत्सला विमलाशया २२। निपीतनामपीयूषा सा राधा परिकीर्तिता । सुदीर्घस्मितसंयुक्ता तप्तचामीकरप्रभा २३। मूर्च्छत्प्रेमनदी राधा वरणा लोचनांजना । मायामात्सर्यसंयुक्ता दानसाम्राज्य जीवना २४। सुरतोत्सव संग्रामा चित्ररेखा प्रकीर्तिता । गौरांगी नातिदीर्घा च सदा वादनतत्परा २५। दैन्यानुरागनटना मूर्च्छारोमांचविह्वला । हरिदक्षिणपार्श्वस्था सर्वमंत्रप्रिया तथा २६। अनंगलोभमाधुर्या चंद्रा सा परिकीर्तिता । सलीलमंथरगतिर्मंजुमुद्रित लोचना २७। प्रेमधारोज्ज्वलाकीर्णा दलितांजन शोभना । कृष्णानुरागरसिका रासध्वनिसमुत्सुका २८। अहंकारसमायुक्ता मुखनिंदितचंद्रमाः । मधुरालापचतुरा जितेंद्रियशिरोमणिः २९। सुंदरस्मितसंयुक्ता सा वै मदनसुंदरी । विविक्तरासरसिका श्यामा श्याममनोहरा ३०। प्रेम्णा प्रेमकटाक्षेण हरेश्चित्तविमोहनी । जितेंद्रिया जितक्रोधा सा प्रिया परिकीर्तिता ३१। सुतप्तस्वर्णगौरांगी लीलागमनसुंदरी । स्मरोत्थ प्रेमरोमांच वैचित्रमधुराकृतिः ३२। सुंदरस्मितसंयुक्त मुखनिंदितचंद्रमाः । मधुरालापचतुरा जितेंद्रियशिरोमणिः ३३। कीर्तिता सा मधुमती प्रेमसाधनतत्परा । संमोहज्वररोमांच प्रेमधारा समन्विता ३४। दानधूलिविनोदा च रासध्वनि महानटी । शशिरेखा च विज्ञेया गोपालप्रेयसी सदा ३५। कृष्णात्मा सोत्तमा श्यामा मधुपिंगललोचना । तत्पादप्रेमसंमोहात्क्वचित्पुलकचुंबिता ३६। शिवकुंडे शिवानंदा नंदिनी देहिकातटे । रुक्मिणी द्वारवत्यां तु राधा वृंदावने वने ३७। देवकी मथुरायां तु जाता मे परमेश्वरी । चंद्रकूटे तथा सीता विंध्ये विंध्यनिवासिनी ३८। वाराणस्यां विशालाक्षी विमला पुरुषोत्तमे । वृंदावनाधिपत्यं च दत्तं तस्यै प्रसीदता ३९। कृष्णेनान्यत्र देवी तु राधा वृंदावने वने । नित्यानंदतनुः शौरिर्योऽशरीरीति भाष्यते ४०। वाय्वग्निनाकभूमीनामंगाधिष्ठितदेवता । निरूप्यते ब्रह्मणोऽपि तथा गोविंदविग्रहः ४१। सेंद्रियोऽपि यथा सूर्यस्तेजसा नोपलक्ष्यते । तथा कांतियुतः कृष्णः कालं मोहयति ध्रुवम् ४२। न तस्य प्राकृती मूर्तिर्मेदोमांसास्थिसंभवा । योगी चैवेश्वरश्चान्यः सर्वात्मा नित्यविग्रहः ४३। काठिन्यं देवयोगेन करकाघृतयोरिव । कृष्णस्यामिततत्त्वस्य पादपृष्ठं न देवता ४४। वृंदावनरजोवृंदे तत्र स्युर्विष्णुकोटयः । आनंदकिरणे वृंदव्याप्तविश्वकलानिधिः ४५। गुणात्मतात्मनि यथा जीवास्तत्किरणांगकाः । भुजद्वयवृतः कृष्णो न कदाचिच्चतुर्भुजः ४६। गोप्यैकया वृतस्तत्र परिक्रीडति सर्वदा । गोविंद एव पुरुषो ब्रह्माद्याः स्त्रिय एव च ४७। तत एव स्वभावोयंऽप्रकृतेर्भाव ईश्वरः । पुरुषः प्रकृतिश्चाद्यौ राधावृंदावनेश्वरौ ४८। प्रकृतेर्विकृतं सर्वं विना वृंदावनेश्वरम् ४९। समुद्भवेनैव समुद्भवेदिदं भेदं गतं तस्य विनाशतो हि । स्वर्णस्य नाशो न हि विद्यते तथा मत्स्यादिनाशेऽपि न कृष्णविच्युतिः ५०। त्रिगुणादिप्रपंचोऽयं वृंदावनविहारिणः । ऊर्म्मीवाब्धेस्तरंगस्य यथाब्धिर्नैव जायते ५१। न राधिका समा नारी न कृष्णसदृशः पुमान् । वयः परं न कैशोरात्स्वभावः प्रकृतेः परः ५२। ध्येयं कैशोरकं ध्येयं वनं वृंदावनं वनम् । श्याममेव परं रूपमादिदेवं परो रसः ५३। बाल्यं पंचमवर्षांतं पौगंडं दशमावधि । अष्टपंचककैशोरं सीमा पंचदशावधि ५४। यौवनोद्भिन्नकैशोरं नवयौवनमुच्यते । तद्वयस्तस्य सर्वस्वं प्रपंचमितरद्वयः ५५। बाल्यपौगंडकैशोरं वयो वंदे मनोहरम् । बालगोपालगोपालं स्मरगोपालरूपिणम् ५६। वंदे मदनगोपालं कैशोराकारमद्भुतम् । यमाहुर्यौवनोद्भिन्न श्रीमन्मदनमोहनम् ५७। अखंडातुलपीयूष रसानंदमहार्णवम् । जयति श्रीपतेर्गूढं वपुः कैशोररूपिणः ५८। एकमप्यव्ययं पूर्वं बल्लवीवृंदमध्यगम् । ध्यानगम्यं प्रपश्यंति रुचिभेदात्पृथग्धियः ५९। यन्नखेंदुरुचिर्ब्रह्म ध्येयं ब्रह्मादिभिः सुरैः । गुणत्रयमतीतं तं वंदे वृंदावनेश्वरम् ६०। वृंदावनपरित्यागो गोविंदस्य न विद्यते । अन्यत्र यद्वपुस्तत्तु कृत्रिमं तन्न संशयः ६१। सुलभं व्रजनारीणां दुर्ल्लभं तन्मुमुक्षुणाम् । तं भजे नंदसूनुं यन्नखतेजः परं मनुः ६२। पार्वत्युवाच। भुक्तिमुक्तिस्पृहा यावत्पिशाची हृदि वर्त्तते । तावत्प्रेमसुखस्यात्र कथमभ्युदयो भवेत् ६३। ईश्वर उवाच- साधुपृष्टं त्वया भद्रे यन्मे मनसि वर्त्तते । तत्सर्वं कथयिष्यामि सावधाना निशामय ६४। स्मृत्वा गुणान्स्मरन्नाम गानं वा मनरंजनम् । बोधयत्यात्मनात्मानं सततं प्रेम्णि लीयते ६५। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे पातालखंडे वृंदावनमाहात्म्ये पार्वतीशिवसंवादे श्रीकृष्णरूपवर्णनंनाम सप्तसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः ७७।
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sadāghūrṇitanetrābhirnṛtyaṃtībhirmahotsavaiḥ 11| cuṃbaṃtībhirhasaṃtībhiḥ śliṣyaṃtībhirmuhurmuhuḥ | avāptagopīdehābhiḥ śrutibhiḥ koṭikoṭibhiḥ 12| tatpādāṃbujamādhvīkacittābhiḥ parito vṛtam | tāsāṃ tu madhye yā devī taptacāmīkaraprabhā 13| dyotamānā diśaḥ sarvāḥ kurvatī vidyudujjvalāḥ | pradhānaṃ yā bhagavatī yayā sarvamidaṃ tatam 14| sṛṣṭisthityaṃtarūpā yā vidyā vidyātrayīparā | svarūpā śaktirupā ca māyārūpā ca cinmayī 15| brahmaviṣṇuśivādīnāṃ dehakāraṇakāraṇam | carācaraṃ jagatsarvaṃ yanmāyāpariraṃbhitam 16| vṛṃdāvaneśvarī nāmnā rādhā dhātrānukāraṇāt | tāmāliṃgya vasaṃtaṃ taṃ mudā vṛṃdāvaneśvaram 17| anyonyacuṃbanāśleṣa madāveśavighūrṇitam | dhyāyedevaṃ kṛṣṇadevaṃ sa ca siddhimavāpnuyāt 18| maṃtrarājamimaṃ guhyaṃ tasya maṃtraṃ ca maṃtravit | yo japecchṛṇuyādvāpi sa mahātmā sudurllabhaḥ 19| rādhiṃkā citrarekhā ca caṃdrā madanasuṃdarī | śrīpriyā śrīmadhumatī śaśirekhā haripriyā 20| suvarṇaśobhā saṃmohā premaromāṃcarājitā | vaivarṇyasvedasaṃyuktā bhāvāsaktā priyaṃvadā 21| suvarṇamālinī śāṃtā surāsarasikā tathā | sarvastrī jīvanā dīnavatsalā vimalāśayā 22| nipītanāmapīyūṣā sā rādhā parikīrtitā | sudīrghasmitasaṃyuktā taptacāmīkaraprabhā 23| mūrcchatpremanadī rādhā varaṇā locanāṃjanā | māyāmātsaryasaṃyuktā dānasāmrājya jīvanā 24| suratotsava saṃgrāmā citrarekhā prakīrtitā | gaurāṃgī nātidīrghā ca sadā vādanatatparā 25| dainyānurāganaṭanā mūrcchāromāṃcavihvalā | haridakṣiṇapārśvasthā sarvamaṃtrapriyā tathā 26| anaṃgalobhamādhuryā caṃdrā sā parikīrtitā | salīlamaṃtharagatirmaṃjumudrita locanā 27| premadhārojjvalākīrṇā dalitāṃjana śobhanā | kṛṣṇānurāgarasikā rāsadhvanisamutsukā 28| ahaṃkārasamāyuktā mukhaniṃditacaṃdramāḥ | madhurālāpacaturā jiteṃdriyaśiromaṇiḥ 29| suṃdarasmitasaṃyuktā sā vai madanasuṃdarī | viviktarāsarasikā śyāmā śyāmamanoharā 30| premṇā premakaṭākṣeṇa hareścittavimohanī | jiteṃdriyā jitakrodhā sā priyā parikīrtitā 31| sutaptasvarṇagaurāṃgī līlāgamanasuṃdarī | smarottha premaromāṃca vaicitramadhurākṛtiḥ 32| suṃdarasmitasaṃyukta mukhaniṃditacaṃdramāḥ | madhurālāpacaturā jiteṃdriyaśiromaṇiḥ 33| kīrtitā sā madhumatī premasādhanatatparā | saṃmohajvararomāṃca premadhārā samanvitā 34| dānadhūlivinodā ca rāsadhvani mahānaṭī | śaśirekhā ca vijñeyā gopālapreyasī sadā 35| kṛṣṇātmā sottamā śyāmā madhupiṃgalalocanā | tatpādapremasaṃmohātkvacitpulakacuṃbitā 36| śivakuṃḍe śivānaṃdā naṃdinī dehikātaṭe | rukmiṇī dvāravatyāṃ tu rādhā vṛṃdāvane vane 37| devakī mathurāyāṃ tu jātā me parameśvarī | caṃdrakūṭe tathā sītā viṃdhye viṃdhyanivāsinī 38| vārāṇasyāṃ viśālākṣī vimalā puruṣottame | vṛṃdāvanādhipatyaṃ ca dattaṃ tasyai prasīdatā 39| kṛṣṇenānyatra devī tu rādhā vṛṃdāvane vane | nityānaṃdatanuḥ śauriryo'śarīrīti bhāṣyate 40| vāyvagninākabhūmīnāmaṃgādhiṣṭhitadevatā | nirūpyate brahmaṇo'pi tathā goviṃdavigrahaḥ 41| seṃdriyo'pi yathā sūryastejasā nopalakṣyate | tathā kāṃtiyutaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ kālaṃ mohayati dhruvam 42| na tasya prākṛtī mūrtirmedomāṃsāsthisaṃbhavā | yogī caiveśvaraścānyaḥ sarvātmā nityavigrahaḥ 43| kāṭhinyaṃ devayogena karakāghṛtayoriva | kṛṣṇasyāmitatattvasya pādapṛṣṭhaṃ na devatā 44| vṛṃdāvanarajovṛṃde tatra syurviṣṇukoṭayaḥ | ānaṃdakiraṇe vṛṃdavyāptaviśvakalānidhiḥ 45| guṇātmatātmani yathā jīvāstatkiraṇāṃgakāḥ | bhujadvayavṛtaḥ kṛṣṇo na kadāciccaturbhujaḥ 46| gopyaikayā vṛtastatra parikrīḍati sarvadā | goviṃda eva puruṣo brahmādyāḥ striya eva ca 47| tata eva svabhāvoyaṃ'prakṛterbhāva īśvaraḥ | puruṣaḥ prakṛtiścādyau rādhāvṛṃdāvaneśvarau 48| prakṛtervikṛtaṃ sarvaṃ vinā vṛṃdāvaneśvaram 49| samudbhavenaiva samudbhavedidaṃ bhedaṃ gataṃ tasya vināśato hi | svarṇasya nāśo na hi vidyate tathā matsyādināśe'pi na kṛṣṇavicyutiḥ 50| triguṇādiprapaṃco'yaṃ vṛṃdāvanavihāriṇaḥ | ūrmmīvābdhestaraṃgasya yathābdhirnaiva jāyate 51| na rādhikā samā nārī na kṛṣṇasadṛśaḥ pumān | vayaḥ paraṃ na kaiśorātsvabhāvaḥ prakṛteḥ paraḥ 52| dhyeyaṃ kaiśorakaṃ dhyeyaṃ vanaṃ vṛṃdāvanaṃ vanam | śyāmameva paraṃ rūpamādidevaṃ paro rasaḥ 53| bālyaṃ paṃcamavarṣāṃtaṃ paugaṃḍaṃ daśamāvadhi | aṣṭapaṃcakakaiśoraṃ sīmā paṃcadaśāvadhi 54| yauvanodbhinnakaiśoraṃ navayauvanamucyate | tadvayastasya sarvasvaṃ prapaṃcamitaradvayaḥ 55| bālyapaugaṃḍakaiśoraṃ vayo vaṃde manoharam | bālagopālagopālaṃ smaragopālarūpiṇam 56| vaṃde madanagopālaṃ kaiśorākāramadbhutam | yamāhuryauvanodbhinna śrīmanmadanamohanam 57| akhaṃḍātulapīyūṣa rasānaṃdamahārṇavam | jayati śrīpatergūḍhaṃ vapuḥ kaiśorarūpiṇaḥ 58| ekamapyavyayaṃ pūrvaṃ ballavīvṛṃdamadhyagam | dhyānagamyaṃ prapaśyaṃti rucibhedātpṛthagdhiyaḥ 59| yannakheṃdurucirbrahma dhyeyaṃ brahmādibhiḥ suraiḥ | guṇatrayamatītaṃ taṃ vaṃde vṛṃdāvaneśvaram 60| vṛṃdāvanaparityāgo goviṃdasya na vidyate | anyatra yadvapustattu kṛtrimaṃ tanna saṃśayaḥ 61| sulabhaṃ vrajanārīṇāṃ durllabhaṃ tanmumukṣuṇām | taṃ bhaje naṃdasūnuṃ yannakhatejaḥ paraṃ manuḥ 62| pārvatyuvāca| bhuktimuktispṛhā yāvatpiśācī hṛdi varttate | tāvatpremasukhasyātra kathamabhyudayo bhavet 63| īśvara uvāca- sādhupṛṣṭaṃ tvayā bhadre yanme manasi varttate | tatsarvaṃ kathayiṣyāmi sāvadhānā niśāmaya 64| smṛtvā guṇānsmarannāma gānaṃ vā manaraṃjanam | bodhayatyātmanātmānaṃ satataṃ premṇi līyate 65| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe vṛṃdāvanamāhātmye pārvatīśivasaṃvāde śrīkṛṣṇarūpavarṇanaṃnāma saptasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ 77|
English translation
Pārvatī said :
1-2. Tell me in detail the importance of the meaning and the words of the hymn; so also (tell me) the nature of the god, and (about) the splendour of his places. O lord of gods, (tell me) all (about) the great abode of Viṣṇu and Hari ’s (i.e. Viṣṇu’s) different modes called eternal bliss.
The lord said :
3-6a. In the excellent Vṛndāvana (one sees) Kṛṣṇa surrounded by crores of cowherdesses. Gaṅgā is a great power there. The Ānandakānana is (also) there. It is made fragrant by fragrant breezes (blowing) over many good flowers. It is cool and has the colour of the divine ripples of the daughter of Kalinda (i.e. Yamunā ). It has come in contact with the best sages—the devotees of the lord like Sanaka etc. It is adorned with flocks of cows, bellowing joyfully and sweetly. It is covered with boys having charming garlands and ornaments and dancing.
6b-13a. There is a glorious desire-yielding tree, covered with gold. It is rich with many gems and corals. It is bright with many gem-like fruits. At its root is a jewelled altar. It is brightened by the rays of jewels. There (i.e. on it) is an excellent golden throne made of the triad (of the Vedas ); (one can see there) the lord of the world who is seated there, who is beyond the three constituents (i.e. beyond Prakṛti ), who is immutable, who resembles a crore of moons, who is bright like a crore of suns, whose handsomeness is like that of a crore of Cupids, who illumines the ten quarters, who has three eyes, two hands, who is fair and bright like heated gold, who is always embraced by beautiful women, who is always everywhere respected, who is meditated upon and influenced by Brahmā and others and Sanaka and others, who is always surrounded by crores and crores of scriptures that have obtained the bodies of cowherdesses repeatedly kissing him, embracing him and laughing, and with their hearts set upon the spirituous liquor (coming) from his lotuslike feet.
13b-18. That goddess who among them is bright like heated gold, who brightens up all directions and makes them bright as (with) lightning, is the Pradhāna (i.e. Prakṛti), who has pervaded all this. She is of the nature of creation, maintenance and destruction. She is beyond knowledge, ignorance and the triad (of Vedas). She is of (his) natural form, is of the nature of power, of the nature of illusion ( Māyā ) and is full of intelligence. She brings about the cause of the bodies of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva . The entire mobile and immobile world is grasped by illusion. Due to her similarity with Viṣṇu, Rādhā is called Vṛndāvaneśvarī. A man should meditate like this, upon him, god Kṛṣṇa, the lord of Vṛndāvana, who remains embracing her, who is shaking due to the influence of passion for kissing and embracing. He would obtain success.
19-21. That noble one, who knows this best hymn, hymn of (i.e. sacred to) him, and mutters or listens to it, is very difficult to find. (There are) Rādhikā , Citrarekhā, Candrā , Madanasundarī , Śrīpriyā, Śrīmadhumatī, Śaśirekhā , Haripriyā , beautiful like gold, deluding and shining with horripilation due to love, having paleness and perspiration, attached due to love, talking agreeably. (Then there are) Suvarṇamālinī, Śāntā , Surasā and Rasikā.
22-23. She who leads the full life of a woman, who is affectionate to the helpless, who is of a pure heart, who has fully drunk the nectar of (Kṛṣṇa’s) name, is called Rādhā. Rādhā is endowed with a prolonged smile, has the lustre of heated gold, is the river of surging love, a choice collyrium for (better) view.
24a. She who possesses pity and envy, who lives in the empire of charity, who indulges in the joyful battle of copulation, is called Citrarekhā.
24b-27a. She whose body is fair, who is not very tall, who is always engaged in instrumental music, who gesticulates helplessness, who is overcome by swoon and horripilation, who remains on the right side of Hari (i.e. Kṛṣṇa), to whom all hymns are dear, who possesses sweetness due to desire for love (-making), is called Candrā.
27b-30a. She whose gait is sportive and slow, who has charmingly closed her eyes, who is bright and full of the stream of love, who looks charming due to expanded collyrium, who is interested in Kṛṣṇa’s love, who is eager for the sound of Kṛṣṇa’s dance, who possesses egotism, who has condemned the moon with her face, who is clever in (speaking) sweet words, who is the crest-jewel of those who have curbed their senses, who is endowed with a charming smile, is Madanasundarī.
30b-31. She who is interested in the faultless dance of Kṛṣṇa, who is dark (yet) charming, who attracts Hari’s heart through love and affectionate glance, who has conquered her senses, who has curbed her anger, is called Priyā .
32-34a. She whose body is fair like well-heated gold, who has a sportive gait and is beautiful, whose figure is sweet due to the strikingness of the love caused by Cupid and horripilation, whose face endowed with a charming smile has put down the moon, who is skilled in (speaking) sweet words, who is the crest-jewel of those who have restrained their senses, and who is intent upon the fulfilment of love, is Madhumatī
34b-40a. She who is endowed with the fever of delusion, horripilation and stream of love, who diverts herself with charity (looking upon it as insignificant) as dust, who is a great dancer following the sound of Kṛṣṇa’s dance, and who is always Kṛṣṇa’s beloved, is Śaśirekhā. She is Kṛṣṇa’s soul. She is excellent, is dark, has lovely and tawny eyes. She is fascinated by the love for his feet; sometimes she is touched by horripilation. At Śivakuṇḍa she is Śivānandā; on the bank of Dehikā she is Nandinī She is Rukmiṇī at Dvārāvatī ; and in the Vṛndāvana-grove she is Rādhā. This goddess of mine has become Devakī at Mathurā ; similarly at Citrakūṭa she is Sītā . On the Vindhya (mountain) she is Vindhyanivāsinī. At Vārāṇasī she is Viśālākṣī ; and in (i.e. with) Viṣṇu she is Vimalā . Kṛṣṇa who graced her, gave her the rule over Vṛndāvana. At other places she is the goddess and is Rādhā in the Vṛndāvana-grove. Kṛṣṇa has always a happy body, who is called bodiless.
40b-48a. He having Kṛṣṇa’s body is described as the superintending deity of Air, Fire, Sky (i.e. Ether) and Earth, so also of Brahmā. Though the sun is powerful, yet is not designated with power; in the same way Kṛṣṇa endowed with brilliance, certainly deludes time. He does not have a material form, produced from marrow, flesh or bones. He possesses a wonderful power, is another lord, and having an eternal body, is the soul of all. Hardness is accidental as in the case of (particles of) hail and ghee . The surface of the foot of Kṛṣṇa of unlimited primary substance is not a deity ( obscure !). In the mass of dust in Vṛndāvana, there are crores of Viṣṇus . In Ānandakiraṇa, the Moon of the universe (i.e. Kṛṣṇa) is surrounded by a group. The souls are parts of his rays as the nature of constituents is present in the soul. Kṛṣṇa is surrounded by (i.e. having) two arms. He never has four arms. There, surrounded by a cowherdess, he always sports. Govinda (i.e. Kṛṣṇa) alone is a man; Brahmā and others are women only. From that nature appears. This lord is a mode of nature.
48b-51. Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are the first Prakṛti and Puruṣa . Except the lord of Vṛndāvana, everything is the product of Prakṛti. Due to their appearance, this world appears, and breaks on their disappearance. As gold does not perish (even though its products may perish), so Kṛṣṇa does not fall even if (his incarnation like) Matsya perishes. This expanse of the three constituents ( guṇas ) (i.e. the mundane existence) is the expanse of him who sports in Vṛndāvana. The ripple of an ocean turns into a wave; but the ocean is not (newly) produced.
52-55. There is no woman resembling Rādhikā, and no man resembling Kṛṣṇa. There is no (better) age than adolescence; that is the great innate disposition of Prakṛti. Adolescence should be thought upon. Vṛndāvana-grove should bethought upon. The greatest form is (that of) Śyāma , and the greatest delight is the first god. Childhood lasts up to the fifth year. Boyhood is up to the tenth year. Adolescence lasts for eight and five years. The limit (of it) is the fifteenth year. Adolescence, springing up from youth ( yauvana ) is called fresh youth ( navayauvana ). That age is his all-in-all; other age (than that) is unreal ( prapañca ).
56-62. I salute the charming childhood, boyhood and adolescence. I salute the young cowherd Kṛṣṇa who is of the form of Cupid-like cowherd, who is the cowherd-Cupid, of the nature of an adolescent and is wonderful, and whom they call the Cupid-enticer, whose youth has just broken up (i.e. set in), who is the great ocean of continuous, matchless nectar-like joy. The lord of Śrī is victorious. The body of him having the form of youth is hidden. Men of different minds, according to the difference in their likings, see him who is one only, immutable, ancient, who is to be known through meditation in the group of the cowherdesses. I salute him, the lustre of whose nails is Brahmā, who is meditated upon by gods like Brahmā, who is beyond the three constituents (i.e. Prakṛti), who is the lord of Vṛndāvana. Govinda never leaves Vṛndāvana. His body elsewhere is artificial. There is no doubt about it. I worship that Nanda ’s son who is easily accessible to the women in Vraja , but difficult to be reached by those who desire salvation. The hymn is the great lustre of his nails.
Pārvatī said :
63. As long as the female imp in the form of the desire for salvation or enjoyment is present in the heart, how can, till then, the delight of love rise there?
The lord said :
64-65. O good one, you have asked well. I shall tell all that there is in my mind. Listen attentively. (A devotee) remembers his virtues, his name, songs pleasing the mind; enlightens himself, and always is merged in (his) love. [1]
[1]: [1] : Some verses of this charter like 41, 44ff. are not quite clear. Some, e.g. 52bff. seem to be irrelevant.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 43966, revision 336103 (2022-04-18T11:34:37Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365389.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.