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Premavāṭikā · Complete roots 1–20

Premavāṭikā · 1–20

Unit 14 of 19Premavāṭikā 1Premavāṭikā 2020 source entries

Premavāṭikā 1

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प्रेम-अयनि श्रीराधिका, प्रेम-बरन नँदनंद। प्रेमवाटिका के दोऊ, माली मालिन द्वंद्व

prema-ayani śrīrādhikā, prema-barana na~danaṃda| premavāṭikā ke doū, mālī mālina dvaṃdva

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Glorious Rādhikā is the dwelling-place of love, and Nanda’s son is love’s very form. Together, gardener and gardener’s wife, the pair tend the garden of love.

All 53 numbered dohās of the complete received work.

Premavāṭikā 2

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प्रेम-प्रेम सब कोउ कहत, प्रेम न जानत कोय। जो जन जानै प्रेम तो, मरै जगत क्‍यौं रोय

prema-prema saba kou kahata, prema na jānata koya| jo jana jānai prema to, marai jagata kyauṃ roya

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Everyone speaks of love, love—yet no one truly knows love. If a person knew love, says Rasakhān, why would he die grieving for the world?

All 53 numbered dohās of the complete received work.

Premavāṭikā 3

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प्रेम अगम अनुपम अमित, सागर सरिस बखान। जो आवत एहि ढिग, बहुरि, जात नाहिं रसखान

prema agama anupama amita, sāgara sarisa bakhāna| jo āvata ehi ḍhiga, bahuri, jāta nāhiṃ rasakhāna

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Love is inaccessible, incomparable, and immeasurable—described as an ocean. Whoever comes near it never turns back again, says Rasakhān.

All 53 numbered dohās of the complete received work.

Premavāṭikā 4

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प्रेम-बारुनी छानिकै, बरुन भए जलधीस। प्रेमहिं तें विष-पान करि, पूजे जात गिरीस

prema-bārunī chānikai, baruna bhae jaladhīsa| premahiṃ teṃ viṣa-pāna kari, pūje jāta girīsa

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After straining the wine of love, Varuṇa became lord of the ocean. Through love itself, Lord Śiva drank poison and came to be worshiped.

All 53 numbered dohās of the complete received work.

Premavāṭikā 5

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प्रेम-रूप दर्पन अहो, रचै अजूबो खेल। यामें अपनो रूप कछु लखि परिहै अनमेल

prema-rūpa darpana aho, racai ajūbo khela| yāmeṃ apano rūpa kachu lakhi parihai anamela

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Behold the mirror formed of love—it stages a marvelous play. Whoever glimpses his own image within it will find that image transformed.

All 53 numbered dohās of the complete received work.

Premavāṭikā 6

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कमलतंतु सो छीन अरु, कठिन खड़ग की धार। अति सूधो टेढ़ो बहुरि, प्रेमपंथ अनिवार

kamalataṃtu so chīna aru, kaṭhina khar̤aga kī dhāra| ati sūdho ṭer̤ho bahuri, premapaṃtha anivāra

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Finer than a lotus fiber, yet harder than a sword’s edge; perfectly straight and yet winding—such is love’s irresistible path.

All 53 numbered dohās of the complete received work.

Premavāṭikā 7

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लोक वेद मरजाद सब, लाज काज संदेह। देत बहाए प्रेम करि, विधि निषेध को नेह

loka veda marajāda saba, lāja kāja saṃdeha| deta bahāe prema kari, vidhi niṣedha ko neha

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Worldly custom, Vedic rule, every boundary, shame, duty, and doubt— love carries them all away, together with attachment to prescriptions and prohibitions.

All 53 numbered dohās of the complete received work.

Premavāṭikā 8

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कबहुँ न जा पथ भ्रम तिमिर, दहै सदा सुखचंद। दिन दिन बाढ़त ही रहत, होत कबहुँ नहिं मंद

kabahu~ na jā patha bhrama timira, dahai sadā sukhacaṃda| dina dina bār̤hata hī rahata, hota kabahu~ nahiṃ maṃda

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Upon this path the darkness of delusion never comes; the moon of happiness shines forever. Day by day its light continues to increase and never once grows dim.

All 53 numbered dohās of the complete received work.

Premavāṭikā 9

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भले वृथा करि पचि मरौ, ज्ञान गरूर बढ़ाय। बिना प्रेम फीको सबै, कोटिन किए उपाय

bhale vṛthā kari paci marau, jñāna garūra bar̤hāya| binā prema phīko sabai, koṭina kie upāya

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You may struggle and die in vain, swelling with the pride of knowledge. Without love everything remains tasteless, though millions of methods be tried.

All 53 numbered dohās of the complete received work.

Premavāṭikā 10

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श्रुति पुरान आगम स्‍मृति, प्रेम सबहि को सार। प्रेम बिना नहिं उपज हिय, प्रेम-बीज अँकुवार

śruti purāna āgama smṛti, prema sabahi ko sāra| prema binā nahiṃ upaja hiya, prema-bīja a~kuvāra

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The Vedas, Purāṇas, Āgamas, and Smṛtis all hold love as their essence. Without love, the sprout born from love’s seed never rises in the heart.

All 53 numbered dohās of the complete received work.

Premavāṭikā 11

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आनँद अनुभव होत नहिं, बिना प्रेम जग जान। कै वह विषयानंद के, कै ब्रह्मानंद बखान

āna~da anubhava hota nahiṃ, binā prema jaga jāna| kai vaha viṣayānaṃda ke, kai brahmānaṃda bakhāna

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Know, world, that without love no experience of bliss can arise— whether one speaks of the enjoyment of the senses or the bliss of Brahman.

All 53 numbered dohās of the complete received work.

Premavāṭikā 12

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ज्ञान करम रु उपासना, सब अहमिति को मूल। दृढ़ निश्चय नहिं होत-बिन, किए प्रेम अनुकूल

jñāna karama ru upāsanā, saba ahamiti ko mūla| dṛr̤ha niścaya nahiṃ hota-bina, kie prema anukūla

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Knowledge, action, and worship all have the sense of ‘I’ at their root. Firm certainty does not arise unless they have first been made favorable to love.

All 53 numbered dohās of the complete received work.

Premavāṭikā 13

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शास्‍त्रन पढ़ि पंडित भए, कै मौलवी कुरान। जुए प्रेम जान्‍यों नहीं, कहा कियौ रसखान

śāstrana par̤hi paṃḍita bhae, kai maulavī kurāna| jue prema jānyoṃ nahīṃ, kahā kiyau rasakhāna

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One may study the scriptures and become a paṇḍita, or read the Qur’ān and become a maulavī. If one has not known love, says Rasakhān, what has any of it accomplished?

All 53 numbered dohās of the complete received work.

Premavāṭikā 14

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काम क्रोध मद मोह भय, लोभ द्रोह मात्‍सर्य। इन सबही तें प्रेम है, परे कहत मुनिवर्य

kāma krodha mada moha bhaya, lobha droha mātsarya| ina sabahī teṃ prema hai, pare kahata munivarya

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Desire, anger, pride, delusion, fear, greed, hostility, and envy— love lies beyond all these, declare the great sages.

All 53 numbered dohās of the complete received work.

Premavāṭikā 15

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बिन गुन जोबन रूप धन, बिन स्‍वारथ हित जानि। शुद्ध कामना तें रहित, प्रेम सकल रसखानि

bina guna jobana rūpa dhana, bina svāratha hita jāni| śuddha kāmanā teṃ rahita, prema sakala rasakhāni

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Without regard for virtue, youth, beauty, or wealth, and recognizing no self-interest in affection; free from every impure desire—that is love in its fullness, says Rasakhān.

All 53 numbered dohās of the complete received work.

Premavāṭikā 16

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अति सूक्षम कोमल अतिहि, अति पतरो अति दूर। प्रेम कठिन सबतें सदा, नित इकरस भरपूर

ati sūkṣama komala atihi, ati pataro ati dūra| prema kaṭhina sabateṃ sadā, nita ikarasa bharapūra

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Exceedingly subtle and tender, exceedingly delicate and distant; love is always the hardest of all, yet eternally full of one unchanging essence.

All 53 numbered dohās of the complete received work.

Premavāṭikā 17

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जग मैं सब जायौ परै, अरु सब कहैं कहाय। मैं जगदीसरु प्रेम यह, दोऊ अकथ लखाय

jaga maiṃ saba jāyau parai, aru saba kahaiṃ kahāya| maiṃ jagadīsaru prema yaha, doū akatha lakhāya

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Everything in the world may be known, and everything can be spoken and named. But the Lord of the world and love—these two remain beyond all telling and seeing.

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Premavāṭikā 18

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जेहि बिनु जाने कछुहि नहिं, जात्‍यौ जात बिसेस। सोइ प्रेम, जेहि जानिकै, रहि न जात कछु सेस

jehi binu jāne kachuhi nahiṃ, jātyau jāta bisesa| soi prema, jehi jānikai, rahi na jāta kachu sesa

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That without knowing which nothing whatsoever is truly known— that is love, by knowing which nothing remains to be known.

All 53 numbered dohās of the complete received work.

Premavāṭikā 19

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दंपतिसुख अरु विषयरस, पूजा निष्‍ठा ध्‍यान। इनतें परे बखानिए, शुद्ध प्रेम रसखान

daṃpatisukha aru viṣayarasa, pūjā niṣṭhā dhyāna| inateṃ pare bakhānie, śuddha prema rasakhāna

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Beyond marital happiness, sensual delight, ritual worship, steadfast practice, and meditation lies what is called pure love, says Rasakhān.

All 53 numbered dohās of the complete received work.

Premavāṭikā 20

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मित्र कलत्र सुबंधु सुत, इनमें सहज सनेह। शुद्ध प्रेम इनमें नहीं, अकथ कथा सबिसेह

mitra kalatra subaṃdhu suta, inameṃ sahaja saneha| śuddha prema inameṃ nahīṃ, akatha kathā sabiseha

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Friends, spouses, close relations, and children awaken natural affection. Yet pure love is not contained in these; its singular story is beyond speech.

All 53 numbered dohās of the complete received work.