Premavāṭikā 21
Sourceइकअंगी बिनु कारनहिं, इक रस सदा समान। गनै प्रियहि सर्वस्व जो, सोई प्रेम समान
ikaaṃgī binu kāranahiṃ, ika rasa sadā samāna| ganai priyahi sarvasva jo, soī prema samāna
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One-pointed, causeless, of one flavor and always the same— that which regards the beloved as everything: only that is love.
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Premavāṭikā 22
Sourceडरै सदा चाहै न कछु, सहै सबै हो होय। रहै एक रस चाहकै, प्रेम बखानो सोय
ḍarai sadā cāhai na kachu, sahai sabai ho hoya| rahai eka rasa cāhakai, prema bakhāno soya
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Always reverent, desiring nothing, enduring whatever may occur, and remaining constant in longing—that is what is called love.
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Premavāṭikā 23
Sourceप्रेम प्रेम सब कोउ कहै, कठिन प्रेम की फाँस। प्रान तरफि निकरै नहीं, केवल चलत उसाँस
prema prema saba kou kahai, kaṭhina prema kī phā~sa| prāna taraphi nikarai nahīṃ, kevala calata usā~sa
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Everyone speaks of love, love—but love’s noose is hard. The life-breath writhes yet cannot escape; only sigh after sigh comes forth.
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Premavāṭikā 24
Sourceप्रेम हरी को रूप है, त्यौं हरि प्रेम स्वरूप। एक होई द्वै यों लसैं, ज्यौं सूरज अरु धूप
prema harī ko rūpa hai, tyauṃ hari prema svarūpa| eka hoī dvai yoṃ lasaiṃ, jyauṃ sūraja aru dhūpa
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Love is Hari’s form, and Hari is love embodied. They are one, yet shine as two, like the sun and its radiance.
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Premavāṭikā 25
Sourceज्ञान ध्यान विद्या मती, मत बिस्वास बिवेक।। विना प्रेम सब धूर हैं, अग जग एक अनेक
jñāna dhyāna vidyā matī, mata bisvāsa biveka|| vinā prema saba dhūra haiṃ, aga jaga eka aneka
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Knowledge, meditation, learning, intellect, doctrine, faith, and discrimination— without love they are all dust, whether applied to the moving, unmoving, one, or many.
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Premavāṭikā 26
Sourceप्रेमफाँस मैं फँसि मरे, सोई जिए सदाहिं। प्रेममरम जाने बिना, मरि कोई जीवत नाहिं
premaphā~sa maiṃ pha~si mare, soī jie sadāhiṃ| premamarama jāne binā, mari koī jīvata nāhiṃ
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The one who dies caught in love’s noose lives forever. Without knowing love’s secret, no one truly lives even after dying.
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Premavāṭikā 27
Sourceजग मैं सबतें अधिक अति, ममता तनहिं लखाय। पै या तरहूँ तें अधिक, प्यारी प्रेम कहाय
jaga maiṃ sabateṃ adhika ati, mamatā tanahiṃ lakhāya| pai yā tarahū~ teṃ adhika, pyārī prema kahāya
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In this world the strongest attachment is seen in one’s own body. Yet dear love is said to be stronger even than that.
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Premavāṭikā 28
Sourceजेहि पाए बैकुंठ अरु, हरिहूँ की नहिं चाहि। सोइ अलौकिक शुद्ध सुभ, सरस सुप्रेम कहाहि
jehi pāe baikuṃṭha aru, harihū~ kī nahiṃ cāhi| soi alaukika śuddha subha, sarasa suprema kahāhi
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Having attained it, one desires neither Vaikuṇṭha nor even Hari Himself. That is called transcendent, pure, auspicious, nectar-filled supreme love.
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Premavāṭikā 29
Sourceकोउ याहि फाँसी कहत, कोउ कहत तरवार। नेजा भाला तीर कोउ, कहत अनोखी ढार
kou yāhi phā~sī kahata, kou kahata taravāra| nejā bhālā tīra kou, kahata anokhī ḍhāra
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One calls it a gallows; another calls it a sword. Some call it lance, spear, or arrow; another, a wondrous shield.
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Premavāṭikā 30
Sourceपै मिठास या मार के, रोम-रोम भरपूर। मरत जियै झुकतौ थिरैं, बनै सु चकनाचूर
pai miṭhāsa yā māra ke, roma-roma bharapūra| marata jiyai jhukatau thiraiṃ, banai su cakanācūra
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Yet the sweetness of this blow fills every pore. One dies while living, bends yet stands firm, and becomes utterly shattered.
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Premavāṭikā 31
Sourceपै एतो हूँ रम सुन्यौ, प्रेम अजूबो खेल। जाँबाजी बाजी जहाँ, दिल का दिल से मेल
pai eto hū~ rama sunyau, prema ajūbo khela| jā~bājī bājī jahā~, dila kā dila se mela
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Yet even after hearing so much of its delight, love remains a marvelous game— a daring contest in which heart meets heart.
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Premavāṭikā 32
Sourceसिर काटो छेदो हियो, टूक टूक हरि देहु। पै याके बदले बिहँसि, वाह वाह ही लेहु
sira kāṭo chedo hiyo, ṭūka ṭūka hari dehu| pai yāke badale biha~si, vāha vāha hī lehu
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Cut off the head, pierce the heart, and tear the body to pieces if You will. In return for all this, accept only a smiling ‘Bravo! Well done!’
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Premavāṭikā 33
Sourceअकथ कहानी प्रेम की, जानत लैली खूब। दो तनहूँ जहँ एक ये, मन मिलाइ महबूब
akatha kahānī prema kī, jānata lailī khūba| do tanahū~ jaha~ eka ye, mana milāi mahabūba
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Laylā knew well the ineffable story of love: where two bodies become one by joining the mind with the beloved.
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Premavāṭikā 34
Sourceदो मन इक होते सुन्यौ, पै वह प्रेम न आहि। हौइ जबै द्वै तनहुँ इक, सोई प्रेम कहाहि
do mana ika hote sunyau, pai vaha prema na āhi| haui jabai dvai tanahu~ ika, soī prema kahāhi
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We have heard of two minds becoming one, but that alone is not love. When even two bodies become one, that is what is called love.
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Premavāṭikā 35
Sourceयाही तें सब सुक्ति तें, लही बड़ाई प्रेम। प्रेम भए नसि जाहिं सब, बँधें जगत के नेम
yāhī teṃ saba sukti teṃ, lahī bar̤āī prema| prema bhae nasi jāhiṃ saba, ba~dheṃ jagata ke nema
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For this reason, above every wise saying, love has won supreme praise. When love arises, all the rules that bind the world disappear.
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Premavāṭikā 36
Sourceहरि के सब आधीन पै, हरी प्रेम-आधीन। याही तें हरि आपुहीं, याही बड़प्पन दीन
hari ke saba ādhīna pai, harī prema-ādhīna| yāhī teṃ hari āpuhīṃ, yāhī bar̤appana dīna
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Everything lies under Hari’s command, yet Hari lies under love’s command. For this very reason Hari Himself bestowed greatness upon love.
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Premavāṭikā 37
Sourceवेद मूल सब धर्म यह, कहैं सबै श्रुतिसार। परम धर्म है ताहु तें, प्रेम एक अनिवार
veda mūla saba dharma yaha, kahaiṃ sabai śrutisāra| parama dharma hai tāhu teṃ, prema eka anivāra
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All dharma has the Veda as its root—so declare the distilled essence of revelation. Yet beyond even that stands one supreme and irresistible dharma: love.
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Premavāṭikā 38
Sourceजदपि जसोदानंद अरु, ग्वाल बाल सब धन्य। पे या जग मैं प्रेम कौं, गोपी भईं अनन्य
jadapi jasodānaṃda aru, gvāla bāla saba dhanya| pe yā jaga maiṃ prema kauṃ, gopī bhaīṃ ananya
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Though Yaśodā’s darling and all the cowherd boys are blessed, in this world the gopīs alone became wholly single-minded in love.
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Premavāṭikā 39
Sourceवा रस की कछु माधुरी, ऊधो लही सराहि। पावै बहुरि मिठास अस, अब दूजो को आहि
vā rasa kī kachu mādhurī, ūdho lahī sarāhi| pāvai bahuri miṭhāsa asa, aba dūjo ko āhi
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Uddhava tasted and praised some sweetness of that nectar. Who else now could ever attain such sweetness again?
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Premavāṭikā 40
Sourceश्रवन कीरतन दरसनहिं जो उपजत सोई प्रेम। शुद्धाशुद्ध विभेद ते, द्वैविध ताके नेम
śravana kīratana darasanahiṃ jo upajata soī prema| śuddhāśuddha vibheda te, dvaividha tāke nema
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That which arises through hearing, singing, and beholding is love. Its disciplines take two forms according to the distinction between pure and impure.
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