Position 1
Sourceनिकुञ्जे मञ्जूषद्विविधमृदुपुष्पैकनिचयैः समाकीर्णं दान्तं सुमणिजटितं केलिशयनम् । हृदि प्रादुर्भूतोद्भटविरहभावैः सपदि यत् करे कृत्वा पत्रव्यजनमुपविशन्तीं हृदि भजे ॥ १॥
nikuñje mañjūṣadvividhamṛdupuṣpaikanicayaiḥ samākīrṇaṃ dāntaṃ sumaṇijaṭitaṃ keliśayanam | hṛdi prādurbhūtodbhaṭavirahabhāvaiḥ sapadi yat kare kṛtvā patravyajanamupaviśantīṃ hṛdi bhaje || 1||
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I worship within my heart Rādhā seated in the bower beside a jeweled play-bed strewn with heaps of many soft flowers. Intense separation has suddenly arisen in her heart, and she holds a leaf-fan in her hand.
Anonymous hymn transmitted in the Puṣṭimārgīya Stotraratnākara
Position 2
Sourceविदित्वा गोपीशं श्रमविहितनिद्रं हृदि भिया रणत्कारैर्भूयान्न खलु गतनिद्रः परमिति । द्वितीयेन स्तब्धाचलनचपलं कङ्कणचयं वितन्वन्तीं मन्दं व्यजनमथ राधां हृदि भजे ॥ २॥
viditvā gopīśaṃ śramavihitanidraṃ hṛdi bhiyā raṇatkārairbhūyānna khalu gatanidraḥ paramiti | dvitīyena stabdhācalanacapalaṃ kaṅkaṇacayaṃ vitanvantīṃ mandaṃ vyajanamatha rādhāṃ hṛdi bhaje || 2||
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Knowing that the Lord of the gopīs sleeps from weariness, she fears that the ringing of her bracelets may wake him. She steadies the restless cluster of bangles with her other hand and gently fans him; I worship that Rādhā in my heart.
Anonymous hymn transmitted in the Puṣṭimārgīya Stotraratnākara
Position 3
Sourceविधायाच्छैः पुष्पैर्विविधरचनां चारुमृदुलां पदप्रान्तालम्बां स्वकरकमलाभ्यां पुनरसौ । स्थितं स्वप्राणानां प्रियतममनन्यं निजपुरो- ऽवगत्यातन्वन्तीमुरसि वनमालां हृदि भजे ॥ ३॥
vidhāyācchaiḥ puṣpairvividharacanāṃ cārumṛdulāṃ padaprāntālambāṃ svakarakamalābhyāṃ punarasau | sthitaṃ svaprāṇānāṃ priyatamamananyaṃ nijapuro- 'vagatyātanvantīmurasi vanamālāṃ hṛdi bhaje || 3||
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With her lotus hands she fashions a lovely, tender garland of pure and varied flowers, long enough to reach the feet. Seeing before her the incomparable beloved of her life, she stretches the forest garland across his chest; I worship her in my heart.
Anonymous hymn transmitted in the Puṣṭimārgīya Stotraratnākara
Position 4
Sourceपुरा रासारम्भे शरदमलरात्रिष्वपि हरि- प्रभावाद्युल्लीढस्मरणकृतचिन्ताशतयुताम् । हृदि प्रादुर्भूतं बहिरपि समुद्वीक्षितुमिव स्वतो वारं वारं विकसितदृगब्जां हृदि भजे ॥ ४॥
purā rāsārambhe śaradamalarātriṣvapi hari- prabhāvādyullīḍhasmaraṇakṛtacintāśatayutām | hṛdi prādurbhūtaṃ bahirapi samudvīkṣitumiva svato vāraṃ vāraṃ vikasitadṛgabjāṃ hṛdi bhaje || 4||
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At the ancient beginning of the rāsa on stainless autumn nights, remembrance of Hari's majesty fills her with a hundred thoughts. As though wishing to see outwardly the one who has appeared in her heart, her lotus eyes open again and again; I worship her in my heart.
Anonymous hymn transmitted in the Puṣṭimārgīya Stotraratnākara
Position 5
Sourceविचिन्वन्तीं नाथं निरतिशयलीलाकृतिरतं प्रपश्यन्तीं चिह्नं चरणयुगसम्भूतमतुलम् । प्रकुर्वन्तीं मूर्धन्यहह पदरेणूत्करमपि प्रियां गोपीशस्य प्रणतनिजनाथां हृदि भजे ॥ ५॥
vicinvantīṃ nāthaṃ niratiśayalīlākṛtirataṃ prapaśyantīṃ cihnaṃ caraṇayugasambhūtamatulam | prakurvantīṃ mūrdhanyahaha padareṇūtkaramapi priyāṃ gopīśasya praṇatanijanāthāṃ hṛdi bhaje || 5||
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Searching for her Lord, absorbed in unsurpassed play, she sees the incomparable marks made by his two feet and places even their gathered dust upon her head. I worship in my heart the beloved of the Lord of the gopīs, bowed before her own Lord.
Anonymous hymn transmitted in the Puṣṭimārgīya Stotraratnākara
Position 6
Sourceनिजप्राणाधीशप्रसभमिलनानन्दविकस- त्समस्ताङ्गप्रेमोद्गतमतनुरोमावलिमपि । स्फुरत्सीत्कारान्तःस्थितसभयभावैकनयनां पुनः पश्चात्तप्तामतुलरसपात्रं हृदि भजे ॥ ६॥
nijaprāṇādhīśaprasabhamilanānandavikasa- tsamastāṅgapremodgatamatanuromāvalimapi | sphuratsītkārāntaḥsthitasabhayabhāvaikanayanāṃ punaḥ paścāttaptāmatularasapātraṃ hṛdi bhaje || 6||
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The forceful meeting with the Lord of her life makes every limb blossom with joy and raises a fine line of horripilation born of love. Her gasps tremble, her eyes hold a tender fear, and afterward separation burns again. I worship this incomparable vessel of rasa in my heart.
Anonymous hymn transmitted in the Puṣṭimārgīya Stotraratnākara
Position 7
Sourceलसद्गोपीनाथाननकमलसंयोजितमुखां मुखाम्भोधिप्रादुर्भवदमृतपानैकचतुराम् । परीरम्भप्राप्तप्रियतमशरीरैक्यरसिकां तृतीयार्थप्राप्तिप्रकटहरिसिद्धिं हृदि भजे ॥ ७॥
lasadgopīnāthānanakamalasaṃyojitamukhāṃ mukhāmbhodhiprādurbhavadamṛtapānaikacaturām | parīrambhaprāptapriyatamaśarīraikyarasikāṃ tṛtīyārthaprāptiprakaṭaharisiddhiṃ hṛdi bhaje || 7||
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Her mouth joins the radiant lotus-face of the Lord of the gopīs; she alone is expert in drinking the nectar arising from the ocean of his mouth. In their embrace she relishes bodily oneness with her beloved and manifests love's consummate perfection; I worship her in my heart.
Anonymous hymn transmitted in the Puṣṭimārgīya Stotraratnākara
Position 8
Sourceन मे वाञ्छ्यो मोक्षः श्रुतिषु चतुरात्मा निगदितो न शास्त्रीया भक्तिर्न पुनरपि विज्ञानमपि मे । कदाचिन्मां स्वामिन्यहह मयि दासे कृपयतु स्वतः स्वाचार्याणां चरणशरणे दीनकरुणा ॥ ८॥
na me vāñchyo mokṣaḥ śrutiṣu caturātmā nigadito na śāstrīyā bhaktirna punarapi vijñānamapi me | kadācinmāṃ svāminyahaha mayi dāse kṛpayatu svataḥ svācāryāṇāṃ caraṇaśaraṇe dīnakaruṇā || 8||
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I do not desire the fourfold liberation proclaimed in the Vedas, nor devotion as codified in scripture, nor even spiritual knowledge. O Mistress, may your spontaneous compassion, flowing through refuge at the feet of our teachers, someday show mercy to me, your helpless servant.
Anonymous hymn transmitted in the Puṣṭimārgīya Stotraratnākara