Sujān-Rasakhān 161
Sourceब्रषभान के गेह दिवारी के द्यौस अहीर अहीरनि भीर भई। जितही तितही धुनि गोधन की सब ही ब्रज ह्वै रह्यौ राग मई।। रसखान तबै हरि राधिका यों कछु सैननि ही रस बेल बई। उहि अंजन आँखिन आँज्यौ भटू इत कुंकुम आड़ लिलार दई
braṣabhāna ke geha divārī ke dyausa ahīra ahīrani bhīra bhaī| jitahī titahī dhuni godhana kī saba hī braja hvai rahyau rāga maī|| rasakhāna tabai hari rādhikā yoṃ kachu sainani hī rasa bela baī| uhi aṃjana ā~khina ā~jyau bhaṭū ita kuṃkuma ār̤a lilāra daī
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On Dīvālī day at Vṛṣabhānu’s house, cowherd men and women crowded together. Everywhere sounded the lowing of cattle, and all Vraja had become music. Then Hari and Rādhikā, says Rasakhān, planted a vine of delight through gestures alone. He lined those eyes with collyrium, friend, while she placed a streak of vermilion across His forehead.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 162
Sourceबात सुनी न कहूँ हरि की न कहूँ हरि सों मुख बोल हँसी है। काल्हि ही गोरस बेचन कौं निकसी ब्रजवासिनि बीच लसी है। आजु ही बारक 'लेहु दही' कहि कै कछु नैनन मे बिहसी है। बैरिनि वाहि भई मुसकानि जु वा रसखानि के प्रान बसी है
bāta sunī na kahū~ hari kī na kahū~ hari soṃ mukha bola ha~sī hai| kālhi hī gorasa becana kauṃ nikasī brajavāsini bīca lasī hai| āju hī bāraka 'lehu dahī' kahi kai kachu nainana me bihasī hai| bairini vāhi bhaī musakāni ju vā rasakhāni ke prāna basī hai
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She had never heard anyone speak of Hari, nor spoken or laughed face to face with Him anywhere. Only yesterday she went out to sell milk-products and shone among the women of Vraja. Today, the moment she called, ‘Take some curds!’ something within her eyes began to smile. That hostile smile has become the very dwelling-place of Rasakhān’s life.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 163
Sourceग्वालिन द्वैक भुजान गहैं रसखानि कौं लाईं जसोमति पाहैं। लूटत हैं कहैं ये बन मैं मन मैं कहैं ये सुख लूट कहाँ हैं।। अंग ही अंग ज्यौं ज्यौं ही लगैं त्यौं त्यौं ही न अंग ही अंग समाहैं। वे पछलैं उलटै पग एक तौ वे पछलैं उलटै पग जाहैं
gvālina dvaika bhujāna gahaiṃ rasakhāni kauṃ lāīṃ jasomati pāhaiṃ| lūṭata haiṃ kahaiṃ ye bana maiṃ mana maiṃ kahaiṃ ye sukha lūṭa kahā~ haiṃ|| aṃga hī aṃga jyauṃ jyauṃ hī lagaiṃ tyauṃ tyauṃ hī na aṃga hī aṃga samāhaiṃ| ve pachalaiṃ ulaṭai paga eka tau ve pachalaiṃ ulaṭai paga jāhaiṃ
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Two cowherd women seize Rasakhān’s Lord by the arms and drag Him before Yaśodā. ‘He plunders us in the forest,’ they say aloud, while inwardly asking, ‘Where else is joy plundered like this?’ The more limb presses against limb, the more their limbs refuse to remain contained within themselves. He takes one backward step, and they too turn their feet backward after Him.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 164
Sourceदूर तें आई दुरे हीं दिखाइ अटा चढ़ि जाइ गह्यौ तहाँ आरौ। चित कहूँ चितवै कितहूँ, चित्त और सौं चाहि करै चखवारौ। रसखानि कहै यहि बीच अचानक जाइ सिढ़ी चढ़ि खास पुकारो। रूखि गई सुकुवार हियो हनि सैन पटू कह्यौ स्याम सिधारौ
dūra teṃ āī dure hīṃ dikhāi aṭā car̤hi jāi gahyau tahā~ ārau| cita kahū~ citavai kitahū~, citta aura sauṃ cāhi karai cakhavārau| rasakhāni kahai yahi bīca acānaka jāi sir̤hī car̤hi khāsa pukāro| rūkhi gaī sukuvāra hiyo hani saina paṭū kahyau syāma sidhārau
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She came from afar, showed herself while still distant, climbed the terrace, and took her place at its edge. She looks somewhere and then elsewhere, but longs to feast her eyes upon someone other than all she sees. In the midst of this, says Rasakhān, He suddenly climbed the stairs and called out clearly. The tender girl stopped short, struck to the heart; making a clever sign, she said, ‘Śyāma, go now.’
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Sujān-Rasakhān 165
Sourceबंक बिलोकनि हँसनि मुरि, मधुर बैन रसखानि। मिले रसिक रसराज दोउ, हरखि हिये रसखानि
baṃka bilokani ha~sani muri, madhura baina rasakhāni| mile rasika rasarāja dou, harakhi hiye rasakhāni
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Curving glances, a smile upon turning, and sweet words, says Rasakhān— the two connoisseurs, sovereigns of nectar, met; Rasakhān’s heart rejoiced.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 166
Sourceवह गोधन गावत गोधन मैं जब तें इहि मारग ह्वै निकस्यौ। तब ते कुलकानि कितीय करौ यह पापी हियो हुलस्यौ हुलस्यौ। अब तौ जू भईसु भई नहिं होत है लोग अजान हँस्यौ सुहँस्यौ। कोउ पीर न जानत सो तिनके हिय मैं रसखानि बस्यौ
vaha godhana gāvata godhana maiṃ jaba teṃ ihi māraga hvai nikasyau| taba te kulakāni kitīya karau yaha pāpī hiyo hulasyau hulasyau| aba tau jū bhaīsu bhaī nahiṃ hota hai loga ajāna ha~syau suha~syau| kou pīra na jānata so tinake hiya maiṃ rasakhāni basyau
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Ever since He came along this road among the cattle, singing to the herd, however much family restraint I attempt, this sinful heart only surges and surges. What has happened has happened; it cannot be undone. Let the ignorant people laugh if they will. No one knows that pain except the one within whose heart He dwells, says Rasakhān.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 167
Sourceवा मुसकान पै प्रान दियौ जिय जान दियौ वहि तान पै प्यारी। मान दियौ मन मानिक के संग वा मुख मंजु पै जोबनवारी। वा तन कौं रसखानि पै री ताहि दियौ नहि ध्यान बिचारी। सो मुंह मौरि करी अब का हुए लाल लै आज समाज में ख्वारी
vā musakāna pai prāna diyau jiya jāna diyau vahi tāna pai pyārī| māna diyau mana mānika ke saṃga vā mukha maṃju pai jobanavārī| vā tana kauṃ rasakhāni pai rī tāhi diyau nahi dhyāna bicārī| so muṃha mauri karī aba kā hue lāla lai āja samāja meṃ khvārī
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I gave my life to that smile and knowingly gave my heart to that melody, dear one. Together with the jewel of my mind I gave away my honor, and offered my youth to that lovely face. I gave this body to Him too, says Rasakhān, without stopping to reflect. Now He turns His face away—what can be done? Darling, today You have disgraced me before everyone.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 168
Sourceमोहन सों अटक्यौ मनु री कल जाते परै सोई क्यौं न बतावै। व्याकुलता निरखे बिन मूरति भागति भूख न भूषन भावै। देखे तें नैकु सम्हार रहै न तबै झुकि के लखि लोग लजावै। चैन नहीं रसखानि दुहुँ विधि भूली सबैं न कछू बनि आवें
mohana soṃ aṭakyau manu rī kala jāte parai soī kyauṃ na batāvai| vyākulatā nirakhe bina mūrati bhāgati bhūkha na bhūṣana bhāvai| dekhe teṃ naiku samhāra rahai na tabai jhuki ke lakhi loga lajāvai| caina nahīṃ rasakhāni duhu~ vidhi bhūlī sabaiṃ na kachū bani āveṃ
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My mind is caught upon Mohana; why does no one who knows the cure tell me? Without seeing His form I grow frantic: hunger departs and ornaments give no pleasure. Even after seeing Him I can scarcely contain myself, and bow my head when people shame me for looking. There is no peace either way, says Rasakhān; I have forgotten everything and nothing can be done.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 169
Sourceभई बावरी ढूँढ़ति वाहि तिया अरी लाल ही लाल भयौ कहा तेरो। ग्रीवा तें छूटि गयौ अबहीं रसखानि तज्यौ घर मारग हेरो। डरियैं कहै माय हमारौ बुरी हिय नेकु न सुनो सहै छिन मेरो। काहे को खाइबो जाइबो है सजनी अनखाइबो सीस सहेरो
bhaī bāvarī ḍhū~r̤hati vāhi tiyā arī lāla hī lāla bhayau kahā tero| grīvā teṃ chūṭi gayau abahīṃ rasakhāni tajyau ghara māraga hero| ḍariyaiṃ kahai māya hamārau burī hiya neku na suno sahai china mero| kāhe ko khāibo jāibo hai sajanī anakhāibo sīsa sahero
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She has gone mad searching for Him. ‘Woman, what has happened to you—why has everything become only the darling? Your necklace has just slipped from your throat,’ says Rasakhān, ‘and you have left home to search the road.’ ‘They tell me to fear, but my heart will not listen; I cannot endure even an instant. Why should I eat, why go anywhere, companion? I shall bear hunger upon my head.’
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Sujān-Rasakhān 170
Sourceमो मन मोहन कों मिलि कै सबहीं मुसकानि दिखाइ दई। वह मोहनी मूरति रूपमई सबहीं जितई तब हौं चितई।। उन तौ अपने घर की रसखानि चलौ बिधि राह लई। कछु मोहिं को पाप पर्यौ पल मैं पग पावत पौरि पहार भई
mo mana mohana koṃ mili kai sabahīṃ musakāni dikhāi daī| vaha mohanī mūrati rūpamaī sabahīṃ jitaī taba hauṃ citaī|| una tau apane ghara kī rasakhāni calau bidhi rāha laī| kachu mohiṃ ko pāpa paryau pala maiṃ paga pāvata pauri pahāra bhaī
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Meeting mind-enchanting Mohana, I showed everyone my smile. That enchanting form, beauty embodied, conquered all; only then did I truly behold Him. He went on toward His own house, says Rasakhān, taking the road fate had laid. What sin then fell upon me? In a moment each step toward my doorway became a mountain.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 171
Sourceडोलिबो कुंजनि कुंजनि को अरु बेनु बजाइबौ धेनु चरैबो। मोहिनी ताननि सों रसखानि सखानि के संग को गोधन गैबो। ये सब डारि दिए मन मारि विसारि दयौ सगरौ सुख पैबौ। भूलत क्यों करि नेहन ही को 'दही' करिबो मुसकाई चितैबो
ḍolibo kuṃjani kuṃjani ko aru benu bajāibau dhenu caraibo| mohinī tānani soṃ rasakhāni sakhāni ke saṃga ko godhana gaibo| ye saba ḍāri die mana māri visāri dayau sagarau sukha paibau| bhūlata kyoṃ kari nehana hī ko 'dahī' karibo musakāī citaibo
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Wandering from bower to bower, playing the flute, and grazing the cows; singing to the herd amid His companions in enchanting melodies, says Rasakhān— He cast all these aside, subdued His mind, and forgot every pleasure He had known. How could He forget love alone: smiling, looking at her, and turning her call of ‘Curds!’ into an exchange of hearts?
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Sujān-Rasakhān 172
Sourceप्रेम मरोरि उठै तब ही मन पाग मरोरनि में उरझावै। रूसे से ह्वै दृग मोसों रहैं लखि मोहन मूरति मो पै न आवै।। बोले बिना नहिं चैन परै रसखानि सुने कल श्रीनन पावै। भौंह मरोरिबो री रूसिबो झुकिबो पिय सों सजनी निखरावै
prema marori uṭhai taba hī mana pāga marorani meṃ urajhāvai| rūse se hvai dṛga mosoṃ rahaiṃ lakhi mohana mūrati mo pai na āvai|| bole binā nahiṃ caina parai rasakhāni sune kala śrīnana pāvai| bhauṃha maroribo rī rūsibo jhukibo piya soṃ sajanī nikharāvai
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When love twists within me, the mind rises and entangles itself in the wringing of my turban-cloth. My eyes remain offended with me; when Mohana’s form appears, they will not return under my command. Without speaking I find no peace; hearing His sweet voice brings glorious fulfillment, says Rasakhān. Friend, the turning of brows, feigned anger, bowed glances, and reconciliation make love with the Beloved shine brighter.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 173
Sourceबागन में मुरली रसखान सुनी सुनिकै जिय रीझ पचैगो। धीर समीर को नीर भरौं नहिं माइ झकै और बबा सकुचैगो।। आली दुरेधे को चोटनि नैम कहो अब कौन उपाय बचैगौ। जायबौ भाँति कहाँ घर सों परसों वह रास परोस रचैगौ
bāgana meṃ muralī rasakhāna sunī sunikai jiya rījha pacaigo| dhīra samīra ko nīra bharauṃ nahiṃ māi jhakai aura babā sakucaigo|| ālī duredhe ko coṭani naima kaho aba kauna upāya bacaigau| jāyabau bhā~ti kahā~ ghara soṃ parasoṃ vaha rāsa parosa racaigau
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I heard the flute in the gardens, says Rasakhān; once heard, it delights the heart until the heart is consumed. I shall not go to fill water in the gentle breeze; mother may start in alarm and father grow ashamed. Friend, what remedy can save one from the unerring wound fired from afar? How shall I leave the house in two days, when He will arrange the rāsa nearby?
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Sujān-Rasakhān 174
Sourceबेनु बजावत गोधन गावत ग्वालन संग गली मधि आयौ। बाँसुरी मैं उनि मेरोई नाँव सुग्वालिनि के मिस टेरि सुनायौ।। ए सजनी सुनि सास के त्रासनि नंद के पास उसास न आयौ। कैसी करौ रसखानि नहिं हित चैनन ही चितचोर चुरायौ
benu bajāvata godhana gāvata gvālana saṃga galī madhi āyau| bā~surī maiṃ uni meroī nā~va sugvālini ke misa ṭeri sunāyau|| e sajanī suni sāsa ke trāsani naṃda ke pāsa usāsa na āyau| kaisī karau rasakhāni nahiṃ hita cainana hī citacora curāyau
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Playing the flute, singing to the cattle, He came through the lane among the cowherds. Within His flute He called out my own name, pretending it was the name of a fine cow. Companion, hearing it and fearing my mother-in-law, I could not even sigh as I went near Nanda’s house. What can I do? There is no comfort, says Rasakhān; the thief of hearts has stolen peace itself.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 175
Sourceएरी चतुर सुजान भयौ अजान हि जान कै। तजि दीनी पहचान, जान अपनी जान कौं
erī catura sujāna bhayau ajāna hi jāna kai| taji dīnī pahacāna, jāna apanī jāna kauṃ
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Friend, that clever and discerning One became a stranger while knowingly recognizing me. He cast aside all acknowledgment of the one He knows to be His very own life.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 176
Sourceपूरब पुन्यनि तें चितई जिन ये अँखियाँ मुसकानि भरी जू। कोऊ रहीं पुतरी सी खरी कोऊ घाट डरी कोऊ बाट परी जू। जे अपने घरहीं रसखानि कहैं अरु हौंसनि जाति मरी जू। लाख जे बाल बिहाल करी ते निहाल करी न विहाल करी जू
pūraba punyani teṃ citaī jina ye a~khiyā~ musakāni bharī jū| koū rahīṃ putarī sī kharī koū ghāṭa ḍarī koū bāṭa parī jū| je apane gharahīṃ rasakhāni kahaiṃ aru hauṃsani jāti marī jū| lākha je bāla bihāla karī te nihāla karī na vihāla karī jū
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Through merits earned in former lives, these eyes beheld that smile-filled Lord. One woman stood rigid as a doll, one was stricken at the bathing-place, and one fell upon the road. Those who remained at home, says Rasakhān, died merely from longing to go. The child who made hundreds of thousands distraught also made them blessed—He did not truly ruin them.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 177
Sourceआजु री नंदलला निकस्यौ तुलसीबन तें बन कैं मुसकातो। देखें बनै न बनै कहतै अब सो सुख जो मुख मैं न समातो। हौं रसखानि बिलोकिबे कौं कुलकानि के काज कियौ हिय हातो। आइ गई अलबेली अचानक ए भटू लाज को काज कहा तो
āju rī naṃdalalā nikasyau tulasībana teṃ bana kaiṃ musakāto| dekheṃ banai na banai kahatai aba so sukha jo mukha maiṃ na samāto| hauṃ rasakhāni bilokibe kauṃ kulakāni ke kāja kiyau hiya hāto| āi gaī alabelī acānaka e bhaṭū lāja ko kāja kahā to
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Friend, today Nanda’s darling emerged from the tulasī grove arrayed like the forest itself and smiling. One can neither bear to look nor bear not to; the joy of it cannot be contained in speech. To behold Him I struck from my heart every concern for family restraint, says Rasakhān. The carefree girl arrived suddenly—friend, what business had modesty there?
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Sujān-Rasakhān 178
Sourceअति लोक की लाज समूह में छौंरि के राखि थकी वह संकट सों। पल मैं कुलमानि की मेड नखी नहिं रोकी रुकी पल के पट सों। रसखानि सु केतो उचाटि रही उचटी न संकोच की औचट सों। अलि कोटि कियो हटकी न रही अटकी अँलिया लटकी औचट सों
ati loka kī lāja samūha meṃ chauṃri ke rākhi thakī vaha saṃkaṭa soṃ| pala maiṃ kulamāni kī meḍa nakhī nahiṃ rokī rukī pala ke paṭa soṃ| rasakhāni su keto ucāṭi rahī ucaṭī na saṃkoca kī aucaṭa soṃ| ali koṭi kiyo haṭakī na rahī aṭakī a~liyā laṭakī aucaṭa soṃ
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She exhausted herself trying to preserve the vast weight of worldly shame amid that crisis. In a moment she knocked down the boundary of family honor; the thin veil of an instant could not stop her. However much she tried to remain detached, says Rasakhān, she could not escape the sudden assault upon restraint. Friend, millions tried to hold her back, but she remained caught—entangled in those curling locks.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 179
Sourceअधर लगाइ रस प्याइ बाँसुरी बजाइ, मेरो नाम गाइ हाइ जादू कियौ मन मैं। नटखट नवल सुधर नंदनंदन ने, करि कै अचेत चेत हरि कै जतन मैं। झटपट उलट पुलट पट परिधान, जानि लागीं लाजन पै सबै बाम बन मैं। रस रास सरस रँगीलो रसखानि आनि, जानि जोरि जुगुति बिलास कियौ जन मैं
adhara lagāi rasa pyāi bā~surī bajāi, mero nāma gāi hāi jādū kiyau mana maiṃ| naṭakhaṭa navala sudhara naṃdanaṃdana ne, kari kai aceta ceta hari kai jatana maiṃ| jhaṭapaṭa ulaṭa pulaṭa paṭa paridhāna, jāni lāgīṃ lājana pai sabai bāma bana maiṃ| rasa rāsa sarasa ra~gīlo rasakhāni āni, jāni jori juguti bilāsa kiyau jana maiṃ
English translation
Fresh editorial translation from the Rasakhān Granthāvalī authority
Placing it to His lips, making it drink nectar, playing the flute, and singing my name—alas, He worked magic within my mind. That newly graceful, mischievous son of Nanda made me senseless; regaining awareness, I tried every means to steady myself. In haste the women of the forest reversed and rearranged their garments, suddenly remembering modesty. The charming sovereign of the nectar-filled rāsa came, says Rasakhān, and knowingly devised a playful meeting among His people.
All 256 roots printed in the retained Granthāvalī witness.
Sujān-Rasakhān 180
Sourceकाछ नयौ इकतौ बर जेउर दीठि जसोमति राज कर्यौ री। या ब्रज-मंडल में रसखान कछू तब तें रस रास पर्यौ री। देखियै जीवन को फल आजु ही लाजहिं काल सिंगार हौं बोरी। केते दिनानि पै जानति हो अंखियान के भागनि स्याम नच्चौरी
kācha nayau ikatau bara jeura dīṭhi jasomati rāja karyau rī| yā braja-maṃḍala meṃ rasakhāna kachū taba teṃ rasa rāsa paryau rī| dekhiyai jīvana ko phala āju hī lājahiṃ kāla siṃgāra hauṃ borī| kete dināni pai jānati ho aṃkhiyāna ke bhāgani syāma naccaurī
English translation
Fresh editorial translation from the Rasakhān Granthāvalī authority
A fresh cowherd costume, a fine waist-cord—at one sight Yaśodā’s darling reigned over every heart. From that moment, says Rasakhān, the nectar of rāsa flooded all the land of Vraja. Behold today the fruit of life itself; tomorrow I shall cast away shame and immerse myself in adornment. After so many days I know the fortune of these eyes: dark Śyāma has danced, friend!
All 256 roots printed in the retained Granthāvalī witness.