Sujān-Rasakhān 1
Sourceमानुस हौं तो वही रसखान, बसौं मिलि गोकुल गाँव के ग्वारन। जो पसु हौं तो कहा बस मेरो, चरौं नित नंद की धेनु मँझारन॥ पाहन हौं तो वही गिरि को, जो धर्यो कर छत्र पुरंदर कारन। जो खग हौं तो बसेरो करौं मिलि कालिंदीकूल कदम्ब की डारन॥
mānusa hauṃ to vahī rasakhāna, basauṃ mili gokula gā~va ke gvārana| jo pasu hauṃ to kahā basa mero, carauṃ nita naṃda kī dhenu ma~jhārana|| pāhana hauṃ to vahī giri ko, jo dharyo kara chatra puraṃdara kārana| jo khaga hauṃ to basero karauṃ mili kāliṃdīkūla kadamba kī ḍārana||
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If I am born human, says Rasakhān, let me live among the cowherds of Gokula village. If I am born an animal, where else should I dwell? Let me graze forever among Nanda’s cows. If I am born a stone, let me belong to that mountain Kṛṣṇa held aloft as an umbrella against Indra. If I am born a bird, let my nest be on a kadamba branch along the bank of the Yamunā.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 2
Sourceजो रसना रस ना बिलसै तेहि देहु सदा निदा नाम उचारन। मो कत नीकी करै करनी जु पै कुंज-कुटीरन देहु बुहारन। सिद्धि समृद्धि सबै रसखानि नहौं ब्रज रेनुका-संग-सँवारन। खास निवास लियौ जु पै तो वही कालिंदी-कूल-कदंब की डारन
jo rasanā rasa nā bilasai tehi dehu sadā nidā nāma ucārana| mo kata nīkī karai karanī ju pai kuṃja-kuṭīrana dehu buhārana| siddhi samṛddhi sabai rasakhāni nahauṃ braja renukā-saṃga-sa~vārana| khāsa nivāsa liyau ju pai to vahī kāliṃdī-kūla-kadaṃba kī ḍārana
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Grant that this tongue, which has found no savor in worldly tastes, may forever utter Your name. Make these hands worthy by letting them sweep the cottages in Your bowers. All powers and riches, says Rasakhān, cannot equal adorning oneself with the dust of Vraja. And if You would give me a dwelling, let it be a kadamba branch upon the Yamunā’s bank.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 3
Sourceबैन वही उनकौ गुन गाइ, औ कान वही उन बैन सों सानी। हाथ वही उन गात सरैं, अरु पाइ वही जु वही अनुजानी॥ जान वही उन प्रानके संग, औ मान वही जु करै मनमानी। त्यों रसखानि वही रसखानि, जु है रसखानि, सो है रसखानी॥
baina vahī unakau guna gāi, au kāna vahī una baina soṃ sānī| hātha vahī una gāta saraiṃ, aru pāi vahī ju vahī anujānī|| jāna vahī una prānake saṃga, au māna vahī ju karai manamānī| tyoṃ rasakhāni vahī rasakhāni, ju hai rasakhāni, so hai rasakhānī||
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That speech alone has worth which sings His virtues, and those ears alone which are steeped in His words. Those hands alone have worth which serve His body, and those feet which follow wherever He goes. That life alone has worth which remains beside Him, and that pride which lovingly wins its will from Him. So too, says Rasakhān, the true mine of rasa is the Lord who becomes a treasury of love for His lover.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 4
Sourceकहा करै रसखानि को, को चुगुल लबार। जो पै राखनहार हे, माखन-चाखनहार
kahā karai rasakhāni ko, ko cugula labāra| jo pai rākhanahāra he, mākhana-cākhanahāra
English translation
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What can any gossip or liar do to Rasakhān when his guardian is the very One who tastes the butter?
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Sujān-Rasakhān 5
Sourceविमल सरस रसखानि मिलि, भई सकल रसखानि। सोई नव रसखानि कों, चित चातक रसखानि
vimala sarasa rasakhāni mili, bhaī sakala rasakhāni| soī nava rasakhāni koṃ, cita cātaka rasakhāni
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Pure and simple, the cowherd girls met the treasury of rasa and became wholly one with that treasury. For that ever-new, compassionate mine of rasa, Rasakhān’s heart is a rain-thirsting cātaka bird.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 6
Sourceसरस नेह लवलीन नव, द्वै सुजानि रसखानि। ताके आस बिसास सों पगे प्रान रसखानि
sarasa neha lavalīna nava, dvai sujāni rasakhāni| tāke āsa bisāsa soṃ page prāna rasakhāni
English translation
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The two wise lovers are absorbed in the fresh, luscious play of love. In hope and trust of Them, says Rasakhān, my very life is steeped.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 7
Sourceसंकर से सुर जाहि भजैं चतुरानन ध्यानन धर्म बढ़ावैं। नैंक हियें जिहि आनत ही जड़ मूढ़ महा रसखान कहावैं। जा पर देव अदेव भू-अंगना वारत प्रानन प्रानन पावैं। ताहि अहीर की छोहरियाँ छछिया भरि छाछ पै नाच नचावैं
saṃkara se sura jāhi bhajaiṃ caturānana dhyānana dharma bar̤hāvaiṃ| naiṃka hiyeṃ jihi ānata hī jar̤a mūr̤ha mahā rasakhāna kahāvaiṃ| jā para deva adeva bhū-aṃganā vārata prānana prānana pāvaiṃ| tāhi ahīra kī chohariyā~ chachiyā bhari chācha pai nāca nacāvaiṃ
English translation
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Śiva and the other gods worship Him; four-faced Brahmā deepens his dharma by meditating upon Him. Bringing Him into the heart for but a moment makes even a great fool renowned as a treasury of wisdom. Gods, spirits, and the women of earth offer Him their lives and thereby truly live— yet the cowherd girls make that very Lord dance for a little bowl of buttermilk.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 8
Sourceसेष, गनेस, महेस, दिनेस, सुरेसहु जाहि निरंतर गावैं। जाहि अनादि अनंत अखंड अछेद अभेद सुबेद बतावैं। नारद से सुक ब्यास रहैं पचि हारे तऊ पुनि पार न पावैं। ताहि अहीर की छोहरियाँ छछिया भरि छाछ पै नाच नचावैं
seṣa, ganesa, mahesa, dinesa, suresahu jāhi niraṃtara gāvaiṃ| jāhi anādi anaṃta akhaṃḍa acheda abheda subeda batāvaiṃ| nārada se suka byāsa rahaiṃ paci hāre taū puni pāra na pāvaiṃ| tāhi ahīra kī chohariyā~ chachiyā bhari chācha pai nāca nacāvaiṃ
English translation
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Śeṣa, Gaṇeśa, Śiva, the sun, and Indra sing Him without cease. The Vedas proclaim Him beginningless, endless, indivisible, uncut, and beyond all difference. Nārada, Śuka, and Vyāsa exhaust themselves seeking His limit and still cannot find it— yet the cowherd girls make that very Lord dance for a little bowl of buttermilk.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 9
Sourceगावैं गुनि गनिका गंधरब्ब और सारद सेष सबै गुन गावत। नाम अनंत गनंत गनेस ज्यौं ब्रह्मा त्रिलोचन पार न पावत। जोगी जती तपसी अरु सिद्ध निरंतर जाहि समायि लगावत। ताहि अहीर की छोहरियाँ छछिया भरि छाछ पै नाच नचावत
gāvaiṃ guni ganikā gaṃdharabba aura sārada seṣa sabai guna gāvata| nāma anaṃta ganaṃta ganesa jyauṃ brahmā trilocana pāra na pāvata| jogī jatī tapasī aru siddha niraṃtara jāhi samāyi lagāvata| tāhi ahīra kī chohariyā~ chachiyā bhari chācha pai nāca nacāvata
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Learned singers, celestial women, gandharvas, Sarasvatī, and Śeṣa all sing His virtues. Gaṇeśa counts His infinite names, while Brahmā and three-eyed Śiva cannot reach His end. Yogīs, celibates, ascetics, and perfected beings meditate on Him without cease— yet the cowherd girls make that very Lord dance for a little bowl of buttermilk.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 10
Sourceलाय समाधि रहे ब्रह्मादिक योगी भये पर अंत न पावैं। साँझ ते भोरहिं भोर ते साँझति सेस सदा नित नाम जपावैं। ढूँढ़ फिरै तिरलोक में साख सुनारद लै कर बीन बजावैं। ताहि अहीर की छोहरियाँ छछिया भरि छाछ पै नाच नचावैं
lāya samādhi rahe brahmādika yogī bhaye para aṃta na pāvaiṃ| sā~jha te bhorahiṃ bhora te sā~jhati sesa sadā nita nāma japāvaiṃ| ḍhū~r̤ha phirai tiraloka meṃ sākha sunārada lai kara bīna bajāvaiṃ| tāhi ahīra kī chohariyā~ chachiyā bhari chācha pai nāca nacāvaiṃ
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Brahmā and the other yogīs remain absorbed in meditation, but cannot discover His end. From evening until dawn and dawn until evening, Śeṣa ceaselessly repeats His name. Nārada wanders the three worlds searching for Him, vīṇā in hand— yet the cowherd girls make that very Lord dance for a little bowl of buttermilk.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 11
Sourceगुंज गरें सिर मोरपखा अरु चाल गयंद की मो मन भावै। साँवरो नंदकुमार सबै ब्रजमंडली में ब्रजराज कहावै। साज समाज सबै सिरताज औ लाज की बात नहीं कहि आवै। ताहि अहीर की छोहरियाँ छछिया भरि छाछ पै नाच नचावै
guṃja gareṃ sira morapakhā aru cāla gayaṃda kī mo mana bhāvai| sā~varo naṃdakumāra sabai brajamaṃḍalī meṃ brajarāja kahāvai| sāja samāja sabai siratāja au lāja kī bāta nahīṃ kahi āvai| tāhi ahīra kī chohariyā~ chachiyā bhari chācha pai nāca nacāvai
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A guñjā necklace at His throat, peacock feathers on His head, and the stately gait of an elephant delight my heart. Dark Nanda-kumāra is acclaimed throughout the circle of Vraja as Vraja’s own king. He is the crown of every ornament and assembly; words cannot tell the wonder of it— yet the cowherd girls make that very Lord dance for a little bowl of buttermilk.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 12
Sourceब्रह्म मैं ढूँढ़्यौ पुरानन गानन बेद-रिचा सुनि चौगुन चायन। देख्यौ सुन्यौ कबहूँ न कितूँ वह सरूप औ कैसे सुभायन। टेरत हेरत हारि पर्यौ रसखानि बतायौ न लोग लुगायन। देखौ दुरौ वह कुंज-कुटीर में बैठी पलोटत राधिका-पायन
brahma maiṃ ḍhū~r̤hyau purānana gānana beda-ricā suni cauguna cāyana| dekhyau sunyau kabahū~ na kitū~ vaha sarūpa au kaise subhāyana| ṭerata herata hāri paryau rasakhāni batāyau na loga lugāyana| dekhau durau vaha kuṃja-kuṭīra meṃ baiṭhī paloṭata rādhikā-pāyana
English translation
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I searched for Brahman in the Purāṇas and songs, and listened with fourfold eagerness to the Vedic hymns. Never anywhere had I seen or heard what that reality’s form and nature might be. Calling and searching, Rasakhān grew weary; neither man nor woman could show the way. Then I saw Him hidden in a bower-cottage, sitting there massaging Rādhikā’s feet.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 13
Sourceकंस कुढ़्यौ सुन बानी आकास की ज्यावनहारहिं मारन धायौ। भादव साँवरी आठई कों रसखान महाप्रभु देवकी जायौ। रैनि अँधेरी में लै बसुदेव महायन में अरगै धरि आयौ। काहु न चौजुग जागत पायौ सो राति जसोमति सोवत पायौ
kaṃsa kur̤hyau suna bānī ākāsa kī jyāvanahārahiṃ mārana dhāyau| bhādava sā~varī āṭhaī koṃ rasakhāna mahāprabhu devakī jāyau| raini a~dherī meṃ lai basudeva mahāyana meṃ aragai dhari āyau| kāhu na caujuga jāgata pāyau so rāti jasomati sovata pāyau
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Hearing the heavenly voice, Kaṃsa raged and rushed to kill the child destined to destroy him. On the eighth dark night of Bhādra, says Rasakhān, the Great Lord was born to Devakī. Through the black night Vasudeva carried Him across the Yamunā and brought Him here. Finding no one awake in all four ages, He found Yaśodā sleeping that night.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 14
Sourceसंभु धरै ध्यान जाको जपत जहान सब, तातें न महान और दूसर अवरेख्यौ मैं। कहै दसखान वही बालक सरूप धरै, जाको कछु रूप रंग अद्भुत अवलेख्यौ मैं। कहा कहूँ आली कछु कहती बनै न दसा, नंद जी के अंगना में कौतुक एक देख्यौ मैं। जगत को ठाटी महापुरुष विराटी जो, निरंजन निराटी ताहि माटी खात देख्यौ मैं
saṃbhu dharai dhyāna jāko japata jahāna saba, tāteṃ na mahāna aura dūsara avarekhyau maiṃ| kahai dasakhāna vahī bālaka sarūpa dharai, jāko kachu rūpa raṃga adbhuta avalekhyau maiṃ| kahā kahū~ ālī kachu kahatī banai na dasā, naṃda jī ke aṃganā meṃ kautuka eka dekhyau maiṃ| jagata ko ṭhāṭī mahāpuruṣa virāṭī jo, niraṃjana nirāṭī tāhi māṭī khāta dekhyau maiṃ
English translation
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The One on whom Śambhu meditates and whom the whole world worships—none greater than Him have I ever seen. Yet, says Rasakhān, I beheld that same One assuming the form of a child, a marvel of indescribable color and beauty. Friend, what can I say? No words can contain the condition I witnessed: in Nanda’s courtyard I saw a wonder. The vast Cosmic Person who establishes the whole world—I saw that stainless, boundless Lord eating earth.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 15
Sourceवेई ब्रह्म ब्रह्मा जाहि सेवत हैं रैन-दिन, सदासिव सदा ही धरत ध्यान गाढ़े हैं। वेई विष्नु जाके काज मानी मूढ़ राजा रंक, जोगी जती ह्वै कै सीत सह्यौ अंग डाढ़े हैं। वेई ब्रजचंद रसखानि प्रान प्रानन के, जाके अभिलाख लाख-लाख भाँति बाढ़े हैं। जसुधा के आगे बसुधा के मान-मौचन से, तामरस-लोचन खरोचन को ठाढ़े हैं
veī brahma brahmā jāhi sevata haiṃ raina-dina, sadāsiva sadā hī dharata dhyāna gār̤he haiṃ| veī viṣnu jāke kāja mānī mūr̤ha rājā raṃka, jogī jatī hvai kai sīta sahyau aṃga ḍār̤he haiṃ| veī brajacaṃda rasakhāni prāna prānana ke, jāke abhilākha lākha-lākha bhā~ti bār̤he haiṃ| jasudhā ke āge basudhā ke māna-maucana se, tāmarasa-locana kharocana ko ṭhār̤he haiṃ
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That very Brahman whom Brahmā serves night and day, on whom Sadāśiva forever fixes profound meditation; that very Viṣṇu for whose sake foolish kings and paupers become yogīs and ascetics, enduring cold and scorching heat; that very Moon of Vraja, says Rasakhān, the life of every life, for whom longing grows in a hundred thousand forms— stands before Yaśodā, lotus-eyed, scratching Himself like a little child, humbling all the pride of earth.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 16
Sourceसेष सुरेस दिनेस गनेस अजेस धनेस महेस मनावौ। कोऊ भवानी भजौ मन की सब आस सबै विधि जोई पुरावौ। कोऊ रमा भजि लेहु महाधन कोऊ कहूँ मन वाँछित पावौ। पै रसखानि वही मेरा साधन और त्रिलौक रहौ कि बसावौ
seṣa suresa dinesa ganesa ajesa dhanesa mahesa manāvau| koū bhavānī bhajau mana kī saba āsa sabai vidhi joī purāvau| koū ramā bhaji lehu mahādhana koū kahū~ mana vā~chita pāvau| pai rasakhāni vahī merā sādhana aura trilauka rahau ki basāvau
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Let others propitiate Śeṣa, Indra, the sun, Gaṇeśa, Brahmā, Kubera, or Śiva. Let someone worship Bhavānī, who fulfills every hope of the heart by every means. Let another worship Lakṣmī for immense wealth, and another obtain whatever the heart desires. But He alone is Rasakhān’s practice and refuge—whether the three worlds remain or pass away.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 17
Sourceद्रौपदी अरु गनिका गज गीध अजामिल सों कियो सो न निहारो। गौतम-गेहिनी कैसी तरी, प्रहलाद को कैसे हर्यो दुख भारो। काहे कौं सोच करै रसखानि कहा करि है रबिनंद विचारो। ताखन जाखन राखियै माखन-चाखनहारो सो राखनहारो
draupadī aru ganikā gaja gīdha ajāmila soṃ kiyo so na nihāro| gautama-gehinī kaisī tarī, prahalāda ko kaise haryo dukha bhāro| kāhe kauṃ soca karai rasakhāni kahā kari hai rabinaṃda vicāro| tākhana jākhana rākhiyai mākhana-cākhanahāro so rākhanahāro
English translation
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Have you not seen what He did for Draupadī, the courtesan, the elephant, the vulture, and Ajāmila? How He delivered Gautama’s wife, and lifted the crushing burden of Prahlāda’s grief? Why then should Rasakhān worry? What can the sun’s son, Yama, decide against him? When the butter-taster chooses to protect someone, that Protector surely keeps him safe.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 18
Sourceदेस बदेस के देखे नरेसन रीझ की कोऊ न बूझ करैगो। तातें तिन्हैं तजि जानि गिरयौ गुन सौगुन गाँठि परैगो। बाँसुरीबारो बड़ो रिझवार है स्याम जु नैसुक ढार ढरैगौ। लाड़लौ छैल वही तौ अहीर को पीर हमारे हिये की हरैगौ
desa badesa ke dekhe naresana rījha kī koū na būjha karaigo| tāteṃ tinhaiṃ taji jāni girayau guna sauguna gā~ṭhi paraigo| bā~surībāro bar̤o rijhavāra hai syāma ju naisuka ḍhāra ḍharaigau| lār̤alau chaila vahī tau ahīra ko pīra hamāre hiye kī haraigau
English translation
Fresh editorial translation from the Rasakhān Granthāvalī authority
I have seen kings of many lands, but not one of them understands how love wins the heart. Knowing this, I abandoned them; their virtues and a hundred virtues only tie more knots. The flute-player is the great lover, easily pleased if dark Śyāma bends but slightly toward us. That beloved, playful cowherd alone will remove the pain lodged in my heart.
All 256 roots printed in the retained Granthāvalī witness.
Sujān-Rasakhān 19
Sourceसंपति सौं सकुचाइ कुबेरहिं रूप सौ दीनी चिनौती अनंगहिं। भोग कै कै ललचाइ पुरंदर जोग कै गंगलई धर मंगहिं। ऐसे भए तौ कहा रसखानि रसै रसना जौ जु मुक्ति-तरंगहिं। दै चित ताके न रंग रच्यौ जु रह्यौ रचि राधिका रानी के रंगहिं
saṃpati sauṃ sakucāi kuberahiṃ rūpa sau dīnī cinautī anaṃgahiṃ| bhoga kai kai lalacāi puraṃdara joga kai gaṃgalaī dhara maṃgahiṃ| aise bhae tau kahā rasakhāni rasai rasanā jau ju mukti-taraṃgahiṃ| dai cita tāke na raṃga racyau ju rahyau raci rādhikā rānī ke raṃgahiṃ
English translation
Fresh editorial translation from the Rasakhān Granthāvalī authority
His riches make Kubera ashamed; His beauty challenges the god of love. His pleasures tempt Indra, and His yoga makes even the bearer of Gaṅgā stretch out a begging hand. Yet what use is any of this, says Rasakhān, if the tongue savors only the waves of liberation? Give your heart to Him whose own heart is wholly dyed in the color of Queen Rādhikā.
All 256 roots printed in the retained Granthāvalī witness.
Sujān-Rasakhān 20
Sourceकंचन-मंदिर ऊँचे बनाइ कै मानिक लाइ सदा झलकैयत। प्रात ही तें सगरी नगरी नग मोतिन ही की तुलानि तुलैयत। जद्यपि दीन प्रजान प्रजापति की प्रभुता मधवा ललचैयत। ऐसे भए तौ कहा रसखानि जौ साँवरे ग्वार सों नेह न लैयत
kaṃcana-maṃdira ū~ce banāi kai mānika lāi sadā jhalakaiyata| prāta hī teṃ sagarī nagarī naga motina hī kī tulāni tulaiyata| jadyapi dīna prajāna prajāpati kī prabhutā madhavā lalacaiyata| aise bhae tau kahā rasakhāni jau sā~vare gvāra soṃ neha na laiyata
English translation
Fresh editorial translation from the Rasakhān Granthāvalī authority
Build lofty palaces of gold and set them forever flashing with rubies. From dawn onward let the whole city weigh jewels against heaps of pearls. Possess such lordship over poor subjects that even Indra envies it— what use is all this, says Rasakhān, if one does not love the dark cowherd?
All 256 roots printed in the retained Granthāvalī witness.