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Sāyam-utsava: The Evening Festival

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सुर-रिपु-सुदृशां उरोज-कोकान् मुख-कमलानि च खेदयम् अखण्डः चिरम् अखिल-सुहृच्-चकोर-नन्दी दिशतु मुकुन्द-यशः-शसी मुदं वः

sura-ripu-sudṛśāṃ uroja-kokān mukha-kamalāni ca khedayam akhaṇḍaḥ ciram akhila-suhṛc-cakora-nandī diśatu mukunda-yaśaḥ-śasī mudaṃ vaḥ

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The beautiful moonlike glories of Mukunda give distress to the lotuslike faces of the wives of the demons and to their raised breasts, which are like gleaming cakravāka birds. Those glories, however, are pleasing to all His devotees, who are like cakora birds. May those glories forever give pleasure to you all.

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अपि च: अष्टौ प्रोक्ष्य दिग्-अङ्गना घन-रसैः पत्राङ्कुराणां श्रिया कुर्वन् मष्जु लता-भरस्य च सदा रामावली-मण्डनम् यः पीने हृदि भानुजाम् अतुल-भां चन्द्राकृतिं चोज्ज्वलां रुन्धानः क्रमते तम् अत्र मुदिरं कृष्णं नमस् कुर्महे

api ca: aṣṭau prokṣya dig-aṅganā ghana-rasaiḥ patrāṅkurāṇāṃ śriyā kurvan maṣju latā-bharasya ca sadā rāmāvalī-maṇḍanam yaḥ pīne hṛdi bhānujām atula-bhāṃ candrākṛtiṃ cojjvalāṃ rundhānaḥ kramate tam atra mudiraṃ kṛṣṇaṃ namas kurmahe

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Let us offer our respectful obeisances to the dark cloud of Lord Kṛṣṇa, which showers the goddesses of the eight directions with a rain of sweetness, which eternally decorates the gopīs with beautiful vine-grown leaves and flowers, and which embraces to its chest the peerlessly splendid moon of Śrī Rādhā.

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नन्द्य्-अन्ते सूत्रधारः: अलम् अति-विस्तरेण. समन्ताद् अवलोक्य. हन्त भोः. सन्तत-वृन्दाटवी-निकुष्ज-वेदिका-निवास-दीक्षा-रसज्षस्य स्फुरद्-उद्दण्ड-पुण्डरीक-मण्डली-मण्डित-ब्रह्म-कुण्ड-तिरोपान्त-स्थली-महा-भौमिकस्य भगवतो गोपीश्वरतया प्रसिद्धस्य चन्द्रार्ध-मौलेः स्वप्नाव्रिभूतम् आदेशम् आसाद्य दीपावली-कौतुकारम्भे गोवर्धनाराधनाय राधा-कुण्ड-रोधसी माधवी-माधव-मन्दिरस्य पूर्वतः सङ्गतानि वैष्णव-वृन्दानि स्व-प्रबन्धेन ललित-माधव-नाम्ना नटकेनाहम् उपस्थातुं पर्युत्सुको ऽस्मि.

nandy-ante sūtradhāraḥ: alam ati-vistareṇa. samantād avalokya. hanta bhoḥ. santata-vṛndāṭavī-nikuṣja-vedikā-nivāsa-dīkṣā-rasajṣasya sphurad-uddaṇḍa-puṇḍarīka-maṇḍalī-maṇḍita-brahma-kuṇḍa-tiropānta-sthalī-mahā-bhaumikasya bhagavato gopīśvaratayā prasiddhasya candrārdha-mauleḥ svapnāvribhūtam ādeśam āsādya dīpāvalī-kautukārambhe govardhanārādhanāya rādhā-kuṇḍa-rodhasī mādhavī-mādhava-mandirasya pūrvataḥ saṅgatāni vaiṣṇava-vṛndāni sva-prabandhena lalita-mādhava-nāmnā naṭakenāham upasthātuṃ paryutsuko 'smi.

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Sūtradhāra: (After the nāndī-ślokas are finished) Enough with these pompous words! (Glancing over the audience) Ah! Ah! Lord Śiva, who is crowned with the half-moon, who is expert in tasting the sweetness of always living in the groves of Vṛndāvana, who is the lord of Brahma-kuṇḍa's shores decorated with hosts of great lotus flowers, and who is famous as the master of the gopīs, appeared to me in a dream and ordered me to write this play, named Lalita-Mādhava, which I am now eager to present to the many Vaiṣṇavas assembled on this holy day of Diwali to worship Govardhana Hill at the entrance of the Mādhavī-Mādhava temple on the shores of Rādhā-kuṇḍa,

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निज-प्रणयितां सुधाम् उदयम् आप्नुवं यः क्षितौ किरत्य् अलम् उरीकृत-द्विज-कुलाधिराज-स्थितिः स लुष्चित-तमस्-ततिर् मम शची-सुताख्यः शशी वशिकृत-जगन्-मनाः किम् अपि शर्म विन्यस्यतु

nija-praṇayitāṃ sudhām udayam āpnuvaṃ yaḥ kṣitau kiraty alam urīkṛta-dvija-kulādhirāja-sthitiḥ sa luṣcita-tamas-tatir mama śacī-sutākhyaḥ śaśī vaśikṛta-jagan-manāḥ kim api śarma vinyasyatu

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The moonlike Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is know as the son of mother Śacī, has now appeared on earth to spread devotional service of Himself. He is emperor of the brāhmaṇa community. He can drive away all the darkness of ignorance and control the mind of everyone in the world. May that rising moon bestow upon us all good fortune.

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(आकाशे) किं ब्रविषि. भोः हन्त कथम् अत्र महा- साहसे कृताध्यवसायो ऽस्/इति (सूत्रधारः:)भोः सत्यम् इदं विदन्-करवाणि तथापि परवान् अस्मि श्रुयताम्

(ākāśe) kiṃ braviṣi. bhoḥ hanta katham atra mahā- sāhase kṛtādhyavasāyo 's/iti (sūtradhāraḥ:)bhoḥ satyam idaṃ vidan-karavāṇi tathāpi paravān asmi śruyatām

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A Voice from the sky: What are you saying? How have you become so bold to try this? Sūtradhāra: I must follow this order. I have the order from my superior. Listen:

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क्वेयं सभा गुणवती बत मुग्ध-रूपः क्वाहं जितो ऽस्मि गुरुणा गुरु-गौरवेण आद्या ममाद्य शरणं शरणम्-गतानां दत्तोत्सवस्य करुणा करुणार्णवस्य

kveyaṃ sabhā guṇavatī bata mugdha-rūpaḥ kvāhaṃ jito 'smi guruṇā guru-gauraveṇa ādyā mamādya śaraṇaṃ śaraṇam-gatānāṃ dattotsavasya karuṇā karuṇārṇavasya

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Who is this audience? The people in this audience are filled with all good qualities. Who am I? I am foolish Rūpa Gosvāmī. I am awed by this exalted audience. Today I take shelter of they who have taken shelter (of Lord Kṛṣṇa). Today (I pray for) the mercy of He who is an ocean of mercy and a festival of transcendental bliss..

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(पुरस्ताद् अवलोक्य) हन्त भोः कृष्ण-पदारविन्द-भृङ्गाः प्रसादं विदधत भवद्-विधानाम् एव कृपावलम्बनात्र निरातङ्कम् उद्यतो ऽस्मि.

(purastād avalokya) hanta bhoḥ kṛṣṇa-padāravinda-bhṛṅgāḥ prasādaṃ vidadhata bhavad-vidhānām eva kṛpāvalambanātra nirātaṅkam udyato 'smi.

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(Glancing at the audience before him) O devotees like bumble-bees in the lotus flower of Lord Kṛṣṇa's feet, please give your mercy to me. By resting on the mercy of great souls such as yourselves, I shall become free of all fear.

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यतः: शान्त-श्रियः परम-भागवताः समन्ताद् द्वैगुण्य-पुष्जम् अपि सद्-गुणतां नयन्ति दोषावलीम् अपरितापतया मृदूणि ज्योतींषि विष्णु-पद-भानि विभूषयन्ति

yataḥ: śānta-śriyaḥ parama-bhāgavatāḥ samantād dvaiguṇya-puṣjam api sad-guṇatāṃ nayanti doṣāvalīm aparitāpatayā mṛdūṇi jyotīṃṣi viṣṇu-pada-bhāni vibhūṣayanti

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Great devotees are peaceful and filled with spiritual opulences. They double others' virtues and are cool to others' faults. They are softly shining, cooling stars that decorate the evening sky of Lord Viṣṇu's feet.

Note: "Doṣa" here means both " faults" and "evening" and "viṣṇu-pada" means both Lord Viṣṇu's feet" and "sky".

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(इति मूर्धन्य् अष्जलिम् आदाय) वक्तुं पारमहंस्य-पद्धतिम् इह व्यक्तिं गतानां हि यः सिद्धानां भुवने बभूव सनकादीनां तृतीयः पुरा सङ्गं भक्ति-रसं रहस्यम् अधुना भक्तेषु सष्चारयन्न् एकः सो ऽवततार विश्व-गुरवे पूर्णाय तस्मै नमः

(iti mūrdhany aṣjalim ādāya) vaktuṃ pāramahaṃsya-paddhatim iha vyaktiṃ gatānāṃ hi yaḥ siddhānāṃ bhuvane babhūva sanakādīnāṃ tṛtīyaḥ purā saṅgaṃ bhakti-rasaṃ rahasyam adhunā bhakteṣu saṣcārayann ekaḥ so 'vatatāra viśva-gurave pūrṇāya tasmai namaḥ

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(Placing folded palms to his head) Of the four Sanakādi-kumāras, the perfect souls that in ancient times appeared in this world to describe the path of the swanlike pure devotees, the third one has now descended to teach the devotees the secret nectar of pure dveotional service, I offer my respectful obeisances to him, the spiritual master of the world.

Note: Here Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī describes his elder brother, Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī, who was an incarnation of Sanātana Kumāra.

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यद् अहं निरवद्य-सङ्गीत-विद्यायां विद्याधरीं माननीयां मे नट-वृन्देश्वरीं वृद्धां रङ्गे सन्निधापयितुम् इच्छामि.

yad ahaṃ niravadya-saṅgīta-vidyāyāṃ vidyādharīṃ mānanīyāṃ me naṭa-vṛndeśvarīṃ vṛddhāṃ raṅge sannidhāpayitum icchāmi.

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Now I want the very honorable, elderly queen of actresses, who sings like a demigoddess, to come here on the stage.

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नटी: (प्रविश्य) वच्छ रङ्ग-मङ्गल-सम्विहाणे सम्पदं अण-हिणि-इट्ठ-मणी-सह्मि.

naṭī: (praviśya) vaccha raṅga-maṅgala-samvihāṇe sampadaṃ aṇa-hiṇi-iṭṭha-maṇī-sahmi.

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Naṭī: (enters) Dear friend, my heart is not eager to accept this role (as a villaness) in this auspicious play.

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सूत्रधारः: आर्ये किम् इत्य् एवम् उच्यते. पश्य पश्य. चकास्ति शरद्-उत्सवः स्फुरति वैष्णवानां सभा चिरस्य गिरिर् उद्गिरत्य् अमल-कीर्ति-धारां हरेः किम् अन्यद् इह माधवो मधुर-मूर्तिर् उद्भासते तद् एष परमोदयस् तव विशुद्ध-पुण्य-श्रियः

sūtradhāraḥ: ārye kim ity evam ucyate. paśya paśya. cakāsti śarad-utsavaḥ sphurati vaiṣṇavānāṃ sabhā cirasya girir udgiraty amala-kīrti-dhārāṃ hareḥ kim anyad iha mādhavo madhura-mūrtir udbhāsate tad eṣa paramodayas tava viśuddha-puṇya-śriyaḥ

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Sūtradhār: Noble lady! What are you saying? Look! Look! It is now the festive autumn season, the Vaiṣṇavas are all assembled here, Govardhana Hill is (like a volcano) erupting the splendid, pure, transcendetal glories of eternal Lord Hari, and furthermore, the charming deity form of Lord Mādhava is also present. Now you should be on your best behavior.

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नटी: वच्छ महानुभा-अ-जण-व्वसण-सम्भुदा एस मे आदङ्क-सिङ्खला ण क्खु लो-अ-चरीया साहारणी.

naṭī: vaccha mahānubhā-a-jaṇa-vvasaṇa-sambhudā esa me ādaṅka-siṅkhalā ṇa kkhu lo-a-carīyā sāhāraṇī.

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Dear friend, I am chained by shackles of fear that these great souls will become unhappy (because of my part in the play). I am not worried about the opinions of ordinary people.

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सूत्रधारः: आर्ये नियमितम् अनैकान्तिकानि भवन्ति महानुभावानां व्यसनानि. तथा हि: विपिनं यदि वा दिग्-अन्तराणि त्रि-दिवं वा गमितं रसातलं वा स्व-पदान्तिकम् आनयत्य् अवश्यं भगवान् भक्त-जनं न मोक्तुम् इष्टे

sūtradhāraḥ: ārye niyamitam anaikāntikāni bhavanti mahānubhāvānāṃ vyasanāni. tathā hi: vipinaṃ yadi vā dig-antarāṇi tri-divaṃ vā gamitaṃ rasātalaṃ vā sva-padāntikam ānayaty avaśyaṃ bhagavān bhakta-janaṃ na moktum iṣṭe

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Sūtradhāra: Noble lady, great souls are always saved from sufferings. Even if, somehow or other, a devotee takes birth (as an animal) in the jungle, (as human being) in one of the directions (of this world), (as a demigod) in the three celestial planets, or (even as a resident) of hell, the Supreme Personality of Godhead always brings him to His (lotus) feet. The Lord never wishes to abandon him.

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नटी: पुत्त सच्चं भणासि; तहवि सिनेहाणं क्खु विवे-अ-हारिणी प-इ-दित्ति मुज्झह्मि.

naṭī: putta saccaṃ bhaṇāsi; tahavi sinehāṇaṃ kkhu vive-a-hāriṇī pa-i-ditti mujjhahmi.

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Naṭī: My son, you speak the truth. Still, my better discrimation has been robbed by love for a certain person, and I am now bewildered.

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सूत्रधारः: आर्ये कथय कुत्र निबद्ध-स्नेहासि. नटी: पुत्त अत्थि चारण-उल-णन्दणो कोवि कलाणिही-नाम.

sūtradhāraḥ: ārye kathaya kutra nibaddha-snehāsi. naṭī: putta atthi cāraṇa-ula-ṇandaṇo kovi kalāṇihī-nāma.

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Sūtradhār: Noble lady, please tell: to whom are you bound with love? Naṭī: My son, He is a descendent of the Cāraṇas. His name is Kalānidhi.

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सूत्रधारः: कस् तं न जानीयात्. यतः: वर-तण्डव-वीथि-पण्डितो गुण-शाली नव-यौवनोन्मुखः प्रथितो भुवि सङ्गराङ्गने रिपु-भङ्गोद्धुर-धीः कलानिधिः

sūtradhāraḥ: kas taṃ na jānīyāt. yataḥ: vara-taṇḍava-vīthi-paṇḍito guṇa-śālī nava-yauvanonmukhaḥ prathito bhuvi saṅgarāṅgane ripu-bhaṅgoddhura-dhīḥ kalānidhiḥ

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Sūtradhāra: Who is he? I don't know. (I only know that the name) Kalānidhi means: He who is an expert dancer, endowed with all noble qualites, charmingly youthful, famous in this world, and intent on breaking his enemies in the batlefield.

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नटी: विहिणो आणु-उल्लेण उवत्थिदो णत्तिणी बुड्ढि-ए मे ए सम्भाविदा. तारा णाम लो-अ-ओत्तरा कण्ण/-अ तस्स दादुं सङ्कप्पिदा.

naṭī: vihiṇo āṇu-ulleṇa uvatthido ṇattiṇī buḍḍhi-e me e sambhāvidā. tārā ṇāma lo-a-ottarā kaṇṇa/-a tassa dāduṃ saṅkappidā.

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Naṭī: By the kindness of fate I, an old lady, have obtained an extraordinary daughter-in-law named Tārā. Now I will give Her to Kalānidhi.

Note; Tārā is another name of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.

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सूत्रधारः: लोके धिक्-कार-भिया विधिस् तथा साधु-वाद-लोभेन मिथुनं मिथो ऽनुरूपं घटयति दुर्घटम् अपि प्रसभम्

sūtradhāraḥ: loke dhik-kāra-bhiyā vidhis tathā sādhu-vāda-lobhena mithunaṃ mitho 'nurūpaṃ ghaṭayati durghaṭam api prasabham

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With fear of criticism in this world, and with a desire for praise, with both these motives the creator Brahmā created this exquisite girl.

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नटी: णं क्खु अहिलसन्तेण देसाहि-आरिणा किराद-रा-एन णच्चण-विलो-अण-छलादो कलाणिहिं आ-आरि-अ इमस्स पराभवो अज्झवसीयदित्ति.

naṭī: ṇaṃ kkhu ahilasanteṇa desāhi-āriṇā kirāda-rā-ena ṇaccaṇa-vilo-aṇa-chalādo kalāṇihiṃ ā-āri-a imassa parābhavo ajjhavasīyaditti.

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Naṭī: The Kirāta-king (Kaṃsa) desires this girl. On the pretext of seeing a dancing festival, he has called Kalānidhi to the capital and is now trying to defeat him.

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सूत्रधारः: आर्ये मां ज्योतिर्-विदं विद्धि. तद् अद्य वर्तमान-लग्नानुसारेण तत्त्वं ते वर्णयामीति. (विमृश्य स-हर्षम्) हन्त मा ते चिन्ता भूत्.

sūtradhāraḥ: ārye māṃ jyotir-vidaṃ viddhi. tad adya vartamāna-lagnānusāreṇa tattvaṃ te varṇayāmīti. (vimṛśya sa-harṣam) hanta mā te cintā bhūt.

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Sūtradhāra: Please know that I am a learned astrologer. I shall now explain to you the effect of the heavens on this present moment. (He thinks for a moment, and then happily says:) Don't worry.

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तथा हि: नटता किरात-राजं निहत्य रङ्ग-स्थले कलानिधिना समये तेन विधेयं गुणवति तारा-कर-ग्रहणम्

tathā hi: naṭatā kirāta-rājaṃ nihatya raṅga-sthale kalānidhinā samaye tena vidheyaṃ guṇavati tārā-kara-grahaṇam

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While dancing on the stage after having killed the ruler of uncivilized men [Kaṃsa], Kalānidhi [Lord Kṛṣṇa], master of all arts, will at the proper time accept the hand of Tārā [Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī], who is qualified with all transcendental attributes.

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(नेपथ्ये) हन्त राधा-माधवयोः पाणि-बन्धं कंस-भूपतेर् भयाद् अभिव्यक्तम् उदाहर्तुम् असमर्थो नटता किरात-राजम् इत्य् अपदेशेन बोधयन् धन्यः को ऽयं चिन्ता-विक्लवां माम् आश्वासयति.

(nepathye) hanta rādhā-mādhavayoḥ pāṇi-bandhaṃ kaṃsa-bhūpater bhayād abhivyaktam udāhartum asamartho naṭatā kirāta-rājam ity apadeśena bodhayan dhanyaḥ ko 'yaṃ cintā-viklavāṃ mām āśvāsayati.

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Paurṇamāsī: (from behind the scenes) Afraid of King Kaṃsa, and thus unable to directly announce the marriage of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, a certain person instead tells this story of the dancer and the king of the Kirātas. By this trick this fortunate person tells me the truth and comforts me, who had been filled with anguish.

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सूत्रधारः: (नेपथ्याभिमुखम् अवलोक्य) पश्य पश्य: अम्ब सान्दीपनि-मुनि-पतेर् अत्र शिष्येति साध्वी याता लोके परिचयम् ऋषेर् वल्लकी-वल्लभस्य काश-श्रेणी-धवल-चिकुरा व्याहरन्तीह गार्गीं रङ्गे धन्या प्रविशति पुरः सम्भ्रमात् पौर्णमासी तद् एहि तूर्णम् उत्तर-भूमिकं ग्रहितुं प्रयाव. (इति निष्क्रान्तौ) प्रस्तावना.

sūtradhāraḥ: (nepathyābhimukham avalokya) paśya paśya: amba sāndīpani-muni-pater atra śiṣyeti sādhvī yātā loke paricayam ṛṣer vallakī-vallabhasya kāśa-śreṇī-dhavala-cikurā vyāharantīha gārgīṃ raṅge dhanyā praviśati puraḥ sambhramāt paurṇamāsī tad ehi tūrṇam uttara-bhūmikaṃ grahituṃ prayāva. (iti niṣkrāntau) prastāvanā.

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Sūtradhāra: (Looking behind the scenes) Look! Look! Famous in this world as Sāndīpani Muni's mother and Devarṣi Nārada's saintly student, fortunate Paurṇamāsī, whose white hair is decorated with kāśa flowers, now hastily enters the stage as she eagerly talks with Gārgī. Come quickly. Let us go and see what happens now that this first scene is over. (They both exit. Thus ends the introduction).

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(ततः प्रविशति यथा-निर्दिष्टा पौर्णमासी), पौर्णमासी: (हन्त राधा-माधवयोर् इति पठित्वा) वत्से गार्गि श्रूयताम्: कृष्णापङ्ग-तरङ्गित-द्युमणिज-सम्भेद-वेणी-कृते राधायाः स्मित-चन्द्रिका-सुरधुनी-पूरे निपीयामृतम् अन्तस्-तोष-तुषार-सम्प्लव-लव-व्यालीढ-तापोच्चया क्रान्ताः सप्त जगन्ति सम्प्रति वयं सर्वोर्ध्व-मध्यास्महे

(tataḥ praviśati yathā-nirdiṣṭā paurṇamāsī), paurṇamāsī: (hanta rādhā-mādhavayor iti paṭhitvā) vatse gārgi śrūyatām: kṛṣṇāpaṅga-taraṅgita-dyumaṇija-sambheda-veṇī-kṛte rādhāyāḥ smita-candrikā-suradhunī-pūre nipīyāmṛtam antas-toṣa-tuṣāra-samplava-lava-vyālīḍha-tāpoccayā krāntāḥ sapta jaganti samprati vayaṃ sarvordhva-madhyāsmahe

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(Paurṇamāsī, appearing as described in the previous text, enters.)

Paurṇamāsī: (repeats Text 23 of the introduction, and then says) Child Gārgī, listen: As we drink the nectar of the overflowing celestial Ganges of Rādhā's moonlight smile touching the wave-filled Yamunā of Kṛṣṇa's sidelong glance at the Triveṇī of Their rendezvous, a flood of pleasant coolness licks away our sufferings and pleases our hearts. Crossing over the seven worlds, now we stand above them all.

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गार्गी: अज्जे अहिमण्णुना राही-ए उव्वाहो तु-ए च्चे-अ करिदो त कित्ति पुणोवि हरिणा समं अहिलसिज्ज-इ.

gārgī: ajje ahimaṇṇunā rāhī-e uvvāho tu-e cce-a karido ta kitti puṇovi hariṇā samaṃ ahilasijja-i.

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Gārgī: O noble lady, you yourself arranged Rādhā's marriage with Abhimanyu. Why would She desire to meet with Kṛṣṇa?

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पौर्णमासी: पुत्रि माया-विवर्तो ऽयम्. न चेद् विरि २४चेर् वरामृतेन समृद्धेर् विध्यनगस्य तपः-प्रसूनैर् गुम्फितं माधव-हृन्-मेदुरता-कारि-माधुरी-मकरन्दं राधिका-वैजयन्तीं पृथग्-जनः पाणौ कुर्वीत.

paurṇamāsī: putri māyā-vivarto 'yam. na ced viri 24cer varāmṛtena samṛddher vidhyanagasya tapaḥ-prasūnair gumphitaṃ mādhava-hṛn-meduratā-kāri-mādhurī-makarandaṃ rādhikā-vaijayantīṃ pṛthag-janaḥ pāṇau kurvīta.

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Paurṇamāsī: Daughter, this (marriage) is an illusion of māyā. How could the vaijayantī garland of Śrī Rādhā, which was strung with Brahmā's sweet nectar and Mount Vindhya's austerity flowers, be placed in the hands of an ordinary man?

Note: The word "pṛthag-janaḥ" (an ordinary man) may also be interpreted to mean "anyone other than Kṛṣṇa".

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गार्गी: केरिसं तं वरामि-अं.

gārgī: kerisaṃ taṃ varāmi-aṃ.

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Gārgī: What is this "sweet nectar"?

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पौर्णमासी: तद् अभिष्टम् एव धुर्जटेर् जित्वर-जामातृकं विन्ध्य गुण-विस्मापित-भुवनं भविता तव बालिका-युगलम्

paurṇamāsī: tad abhiṣṭam eva dhurjaṭer jitvara-jāmātṛkaṃ vindhya guṇa-vismāpita-bhuvanaṃ bhavitā tava bālikā-yugalam

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Paurṇamāsī: It is Brahmā's words "O Mount Vindhya, to fulfill your desire you will have two daughters that will give you a son-in law who will defeat Lord Śiva and whose virtues will fill thw world with wonder."

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गार्गी: पुत्तं मुक्कि-अ कण्ण-आ कहं विष्झस्स अहिट्ठा संवूत्ता.

gārgī: puttaṃ mukki-a kaṇṇa-ā kahaṃ viṣjhassa ahiṭṭhā saṃvūttā.

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Gārgī: Why did Mount Vindhya desire a daughter and not a son?

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पौर्णमासी: जामातृ-सम्पद्-गर्वितस्य गौरी-पितुर् गिरीन्द्रस्य विस्पर्धया.

paurṇamāsī: jāmātṛ-sampad-garvitasya gaurī-pitur girīndrasya vispardhayā.

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Paurṇamāsī: He had become the rival of king Himalaya, who is the father of Gaurī and very proud of the opulence of his son-in-law, ( Śiva).

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गार्गी: अम्महे स-गोत्तू-क्कुरिसं सोढुं एसो ण क्खमो यं पुरा मेरुं जेदु-कामो वि कुम्मजोणिं सम्माणि-अ उण न बड्ढिदो.

gārgī: ammahe sa-gottū-kkurisaṃ soḍhuṃ eso ṇa kkhamo yaṃ purā meruṃ jedu-kāmo vi kummajoṇiṃ sammāṇi-a uṇa na baḍḍhido.

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Gārgī: He could not tolerate the glory of his own family. In ancient times He tried to defeat Mount Meru. He could not rise again after he bowed down to offer respects to Agastya Muni.

Note: Mount Vindhya grew taller and taller until he challanged even his relative, Mount Meru. Agastya Muni visited Mount Vindhya. The mountain bowed down to offer respects. Agastya asked Munt Vindhya to remain in that position until he returned. Agastya never returned and Vindhya could not raise his head again. In this way Mount Vindhya's pride was humbled.

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पौर्णमासी: बढम् ईदृग् एव स्व-भावो मनस्विनाम्.

paurṇamāsī: baḍham īdṛg eva sva-bhāvo manasvinām.

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Paurṇamāsī: Yes. The intelligent are like that.

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गार्गी: केन राही विष्झादो गो-उलं लब्भिदा.

gārgī: kena rāhī viṣjhādo go-ulaṃ labbhidā.

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Gārgī: How did Rādhā go from Mount Vindhya to Gokula?

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पौर्णमासी: जात-हारिण्या पूतनया.

paurṇamāsī: jāta-hāriṇyā pūtanayā.

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Paurṇamāsī: She was taken by Pūtanā, the kidnapper of children.

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गार्गी: (स-भयम्) अज्जे जाद-हारिणीहि क्खु बाल-आ भु २४जी-अन्ति ता दिट्ठि-आ उव्वरिदा कल्लाणी.

gārgī: (sa-bhayam) ajje jāda-hāriṇīhi kkhu bāla-ā bhu 24jī-anti tā diṭṭhi-ā uvvaridā kallāṇī.

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Gārgī: (with fear) Witches that steal children generally eat their victims. This girl is very fortunate to be saved.

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पौर्णमासी: पुत्रि लोकोत्तराणां कुमाराणं संहाराय कुमारीणां पुनर् अपहारयैव कंसेन सा नियुक्ता.

paurṇamāsī: putri lokottarāṇāṃ kumārāṇaṃ saṃhārāya kumārīṇāṃ punar apahārayaiva kaṃsena sā niyuktā.

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Paurṇamāsī: O daughter, Kaṃsa ordered her to kill any extraordinary small boys and kidnap any small girls.

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गार्गी: कथं एत्थ उहयस्मिं रण्णा प-उत्तं.

gārgī: kathaṃ ettha uhayasmiṃ raṇṇā pa-uttaṃ.

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Gārgī: Why did the king ask her to do those two things?

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पौर्णमासी: देव्या देवकी-बालिकाया व्याहारेण.

paurṇamāsī: devyā devakī-bālikāyā vyāhāreṇa.

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Paurṇamāsī: (He was pushed) by the words of the Devakī's demigoddess daughter.

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गार्गी: केरिसो व्याहारो.

gārgī: keriso vyāhāro.

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Gārgī: What were those words?

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पौर्णमासी: यस् तुङ्गेन पुरोत्तमङ्गम् अहरच् चक्रेण ते सङ्गरे यं वृन्दारक-वृन्द-वन्दित-पद-द्वन्द्वारविन्दं विदुः आनन्दामृत-सिन्धुभिः प्रणयिनां सन्दोहम् आनन्दयन् प्रादुर्भावम् अविन्दद् एष जगती-कन्दो ऽद्य चन्द्रोदये

paurṇamāsī: yas tuṅgena purottamaṅgam aharac cakreṇa te saṅgare yaṃ vṛndāraka-vṛnda-vandita-pada-dvandvāravindaṃ viduḥ ānandāmṛta-sindhubhiḥ praṇayināṃ sandoham ānandayan prādurbhāvam avindad eṣa jagatī-kando 'dya candrodaye

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Paurṇamāsī: She said to Kaṃsa: "The same person who in your previous birth severed your head with a cakra raised in battle, the same person who the sages know as He whose two lotus feet are worshiped by the demigods, the same person who pleases His loving devotees (by showering them) with oceans of the nectar of bliss, the same person who is the root from which the universe (has sprouted) has now appeared (in this world) at the time of the moon's rising."

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किं च: मत्तः सत्तम-माधुरीभिर् अधिकाः स्वो वा परश्वो ऽथवा गन्तारः क्षिति-मण्डले प्रकटताम् अष्टौ महा-सक्तयः वृन्दिष्ठे गुण-वृन्द-मन्दिरतया तत्र स्व-साराव् उभे राजेन्द्रो भविता हरस्य च जयी पाणौ गृहीत ययोः

kiṃ ca: mattaḥ sattama-mādhurībhir adhikāḥ svo vā paraśvo 'thavā gantāraḥ kṣiti-maṇḍale prakaṭatām aṣṭau mahā-saktayaḥ vṛndiṣṭhe guṇa-vṛnda-mandiratayā tatra sva-sārāv ubhe rājendro bhavitā harasya ca jayī pāṇau gṛhīta yayoḥ

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She said: "Today or the day after, eight sublimely sweet śaktis will appear on this earth. Two sisters, who are like great palaces of beautiful transcendental qualities, will also appear. When He defeats Śiva, Lord Kṛṣṇa, the king of kings, will accept the hand of both the girls (in marriage)."

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गार्गी: का प-उत्ती दुदी-ए वहणी-ए.

gārgī: kā pa-uttī dudī-e vahaṇī-e.

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Gārgī: What happened to the second sister?

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पौर्णमासी: रक्षो-घ्न-मन्त्र-कृतिनाद्रि-पुरोहितेन वित्रास-विक्लव-मतेः समनुद्रुतायाः अद्य ततः कर-तलात् किल पूतनायाः नद्यः प्लवो परिपपात विदर्भ-गायाः

paurṇamāsī: rakṣo-ghna-mantra-kṛtinādri-purohitena vitrāsa-viklava-mateḥ samanudrutāyāḥ adya tataḥ kara-talāt kila pūtanāyāḥ nadyaḥ plavo paripapāta vidarbha-gāyāḥ

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Paurṇamāsī: When Vindhya's chief priest chanted a demon-killing mantra, Pūtanā's heart became struck with fear. As she was hastily flying over Vidarbha province the first of her victims dropped from her and fell into a river's current.

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गार्गी: अज्जे दुव्वाससो वरेण उप्पण विसहाणुणो ओरसी कण्णा राहि त्ति कहं सव्वण्णो वि तादो भणादि.

gārgī: ajje duvvāsaso vareṇa uppaṇa visahāṇuṇo orasī kaṇṇā rāhi tti kahaṃ savvaṇṇo vi tādo bhaṇādi.

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Gārgī: My father (Sāndīpani Muni) is omnicient. Why then, has he said that, (as a result of) a benediction granted by Durvāsā Muni, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī appeared from (King) Vṛṣabhānu's chest?

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पौर्णमासी: चन्द्रभानु-वृषभानु-रमण्योर् गर्भतः किल विकृष्य निनाय बालिके कमलजार्थनया ते विन्ध्य-दार-जठरे हरि-माया

paurṇamāsī: candrabhānu-vṛṣabhānu-ramaṇyor garbhataḥ kila vikṛṣya nināya bālike kamalajārthanayā te vindhya-dāra-jaṭhare hari-māyā

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Paurṇamāsī: Requested by Brahmā, Lord Hari's yogamāyā potency removed these two infant girls from the wombs of the wives of Candrabhānu and Vṛṣabhānu and placed them in the womb of Vindhya's wife.

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गार्गी: (साश्चर्यम्) किं पिदरेहिं इदं जाणी-अदि.

gārgī: (sāścaryam) kiṃ pidarehiṃ idaṃ jāṇī-adi.

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Gārgī: (With astonishment) did the two fathers know what happened?

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पौर्णमासी: अथ किम्. स दुर्वासाः कथं निजोपकारम् अनावेद्य विश्राम्यतु.

paurṇamāsī: atha kim. sa durvāsāḥ kathaṃ nijopakāram anāvedya viśrāmyatu.

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Paurṇamāsī: Certainly they understood. Why would Durvāsā Muni not help them?

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गार्गी: एदं सव्वं तु-ए कधं विण्णादम्.

gārgī: edaṃ savvaṃ tu-e kadhaṃ viṇṇādam.

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Gārgī: How do you know all this?

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पौर्णमासी: गुरोर् उपदेश-प्रसादेन येनाहं राधायां आसष्जितास्मि.

paurṇamāsī: guror upadeśa-prasādena yenāhaṃ rādhāyāṃ āsaṣjitāsmi.

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Paurṇamāsī: (I learned this) by the mercy of my spiritual master's (Nārada's) instructions, which have also made me attached to Rādhā.

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गार्गी: नूनं णिहदा-ए रक्खसी-ए से कले एक्का राहि-आ तु-ए लब्धा.

gārgī: nūnaṃ ṇihadā-e rakkhasī-e se kale ekkā rāhi-ā tu-e labdhā.

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Gārgī: Is it true that when the witch was killed you took Rādhā from her lap?

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पौर्णमासी: न केवलम् एका राधिका. पष्चाप्य् अपराः.

paurṇamāsī: na kevalam ekā rādhikā. paṣcāpy aparāḥ.

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Paurṇamāsī: (I took) not only Rādhā, but five other girls also.

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गार्गी: का-ओ क्खु ता-ओ.

gārgī: kā-o kkhu tā-o.

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Gārgī: Who were they?

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पौर्णमासी: राधा-सखीह ललिता ललितास्यचन्द्रा चन्द्रावली-सहचरी रुचिरा च पद्मा भद्रा च भद्र-चरिता शिवदा च शैब्या श्यामा च धाम-मुदिता विविदस् तवेमाः

paurṇamāsī: rādhā-sakhīha lalitā lalitāsyacandrā candrāvalī-sahacarī rucirā ca padmā bhadrā ca bhadra-caritā śivadā ca śaibyā śyāmā ca dhāma-muditā vividas tavemāḥ

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Paurṇamāsī: They were: 1. Rādhā's moon-faced friend Lalitā, 2. Candrāvalī's beautiful friend Padmā, 3. Bhadrā, who acts auspiciously, 4. auspicious Śaibya, and 5. splendid and cheerful Śyāmā.

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गार्गी: इमा-ओ केन गो-इणं सम्प्पिदा-ओ.

gārgī: imā-o kena go-iṇaṃ samppidā-o.

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Gārgī: How were these girls placed among the gopīs?

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पौर्णमासी: कुमारीणाम् आसां निभृतम् अभितः पष्चकम् अहं विभज्याभीरीभ्यस् त्वरितम् अथ राधाम् अधि-गुणाम् सुता ते जामातुर् जरति वृषभानोर् इति मुदा यशोदाया धात्र्यां रहसि मुखरायाम् अघटयम्

paurṇamāsī: kumārīṇām āsāṃ nibhṛtam abhitaḥ paṣcakam ahaṃ vibhajyābhīrībhyas tvaritam atha rādhām adhi-guṇām sutā te jāmātur jarati vṛṣabhānor iti mudā yaśodāyā dhātryāṃ rahasi mukharāyām aghaṭayam

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Paurṇamāsī: Swiftly and secretly I gave these five infant girls to five gopīs in different parts (of Vṛndāvana). In a secret place I happily gave virtuous Rādhā to Yaśodā's nurse, Mukharā, and said: "O elderly one, here is your son-in-law Vṛṣabhānu's daughter."

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गार्गी: फुडं राहि-आ-ए दुदि-आ सही विसाहा च्चे-अ गो-उलुप्पण्ण.

gārgī: phuḍaṃ rāhi-ā-e dudi-ā sahī visāhā cce-a go-uluppaṇṇa.

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Gārgī: This must be the way Rādhā's second close friend, Viśākhā, appeared in Gokula (Vṛndāvana).

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पौर्णमासी: न हि न हि. यद् एषा कालिन्दी-पूरेण वह्यमाना जटिलया लेभे.

paurṇamāsī: na hi na hi. yad eṣā kālindī-pūreṇa vahyamānā jaṭilayā lebhe.

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Paurṇamāsī: No. No. Jaṭilā found her floating in the Yamunā.

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गार्गी: न जाणे. ण-इ-पूरेण वाहिदा सा जेट्ठा विष्झ-कण्ण-आ केण लद्भा.

gārgī: na jāṇe. ṇa-i-pūreṇa vāhidā sā jeṭṭhā viṣjha-kaṇṇa-ā keṇa ladbhā.

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Gārgī: I did not know that. Who found the Vindhya's first daughter as she was floating in the river's current?

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पौर्णमासी: भीष्मकेण.

paurṇamāsī: bhīṣmakeṇa.

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bhismakena— by Mahārāja Bhismaka.

Paurṇamāsī: Bhīṣmaka.

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गार्गी: अव्वो दोणं वहिणीणं विहडण-करिणी-ए भविदव्वदा-ए निट्ठुरदा.

gārgī: avvo doṇaṃ vahiṇīṇaṃ vihaḍaṇa-kariṇī-e bhavidavvadā-e niṭṭhuradā.

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Gārgī: Alas, the cruelty of fate, who has separated these two sisters.

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पौर्णमासी: पुत्रि पुनः-सङ्गम-करिण्यास् तस्याः करुणा चावधार्यताम्.

paurṇamāsī: putri punaḥ-saṅgama-kariṇyās tasyāḥ karuṇā cāvadhāryatām.

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Paurṇamāsī: My daughter, fate then re-united them. In this way fate's mercy may be seen.

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गार्गी: कहं वि-अ.

gārgī: kahaṃ vi-a.

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Gārgī: How did that happen?

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पौर्णमासी: सैवेयं करलाया नाप्त्री चन्द्रावली. या खलु पष्च-वर्षिकी गोवर्धन-विन्ध्ययोः कन्दरावस्तव्येन जाम्बवता विन्ध्य-वासिन्या निदेशेन कुण्डिनाद् आकृष्टा.

paurṇamāsī: saiveyaṃ karalāyā nāptrī candrāvalī. yā khalu paṣca-varṣikī govardhana-vindhyayoḥ kandarāvastavyena jāmbavatā vindhya-vāsinyā nideśena kuṇḍinād ākṛṣṭā.

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Paurṇamāsī: Candrāvalī was the granddaughter of Karālā. Jāmbavān, who lived in the caves of Govardhana Hill and the Vindhya Hills, kidnapped the five-year old Candrāvalī and forcibly took her from Kuṇḍina City. He did this on the orders of (the goddess Durgā, who was) staying then in the Vindhya Hills.

Note: This goddess Durgā is the daughter of Yaśodā. After Mahārāja Vasudeva brought her back to Mathurā, and after King Kaṃsa unsuccessfully tried to kill her, she escaped to the Vindhya Hills.

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गार्गी: (स्वगतम्) सुदं म-ए ताद-मुहादो जं चन्दहाणु-पहुदीणं कन्न-आ भिस्स-पहुदीणं कन्न-आ एक्क-तत्ता वि विग्गहादिहिं भिण्णा जेव्व त्ति. त वाढं एक्क-विग्गहदा-सम्विहाणं मा-आ-ए च्चे-अ पबष्चिदम्. होदु पच्छादो जाणिस्सम्. किं दाणिं तस्स रहस्सस्स उत्तङ्कणेण. (प्रकाशम्) नूनं गो-अड्ढणादि-गो-ए-हिं चन्दा-अली-पहुदीणं उव्वाहो वि मा-आ-ए णिव्वाहिदो.

gārgī: (svagatam) sudaṃ ma-e tāda-muhādo jaṃ candahāṇu-pahudīṇaṃ kanna-ā bhissa-pahudīṇaṃ kanna-ā ekka-tattā vi viggahādihiṃ bhiṇṇā jevva tti. ta vāḍhaṃ ekka-viggahadā-samvihāṇaṃ mā-ā-e cce-a pabaṣcidam. hodu pacchādo jāṇissam. kiṃ dāṇiṃ tassa rahassassa uttaṅkaṇeṇa. (prakāśam) nūnaṃ go-aḍḍhaṇādi-go-e-hiṃ candā-alī-pahudīṇaṃ uvvāho vi mā-ā-e ṇivvāhido.

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Gārgī: (aside) I have heard from my father's mouth that although the (gopīs,) headed by Candrabhānu's daughter Candrāvalī, and the (Dvārakā-queens), headed by Bhīṣmaka's daughter, Rukmiṇī, are expansions of the same spiritual potency, nevertheless, their forms are separate and distinct. Now it is said that with the aid of the yogamāyā potency, each gopī is identical with a specific queen, and each pair of gopī and queen is a single person in a single form. It must be so. Later I shall perhaps understand it. What can I understand now of these confidential matters? (Openly) It is not that the yogamāyā potency forcibly prevented the marriage of Govardhana and the other gopas with Candrāvalī and the other gopīs?

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पौर्णमासी: अथ किम्. पति-मन्यानां बल्लवानां ममता-मात्रावेशा कुमारीषु दारता यद् एषं प्रेक्षणम् अपि ताभिर् अति-दुर्घटम्.

paurṇamāsī: atha kim. pati-manyānāṃ ballavānāṃ mamatā-mātrāveśā kumārīṣu dāratā yad eṣaṃ prekṣaṇam api tābhir ati-durghaṭam.

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Paurṇamāsī: Yes. The gopas simply thought these girls were their wives. In fact, they never even saw each other.

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गार्गी: अदो ण क्खु अच्चरि-ओ अट्ठाणं कण्हे गरिट्टो अनुरा-ओ.

gārgī: ado ṇa kkhu accari-o aṭṭhāṇaṃ kaṇhe gariṭṭo anurā-o.

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Gārgī: Then it is not at all surprising that these eight girls have such deep love for Lord Kṛṣṇa.

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पौर्णमासी: अष्टानाम् इति किम् उच्यते गोकुले कस्याः खलु कुरङ्गी-दृशस् तत्र नानुरागः.

paurṇamāsī: aṣṭānām iti kim ucyate gokule kasyāḥ khalu kuraṅgī-dṛśas tatra nānurāgaḥ.

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Paurṇamāsī: What to speak of these eight girls, what doe-eyed girl in Gokula did not love Lord Kṛṣṇa?

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गार्गी: सच्चं भणासि. जं दाणिं सद्-उत्तरा-इं सोलह-गो-उल-कण्ण-आ-सहस्सा-इं. कात्यायनि महा-माये महा-योगिन्य् अधीश्वरि नन्द-गोप-सुतं देवि पतिं मे कुरु ते नमः एदं मन्तं जपन्तीहिं पष्चेहिं चन्दा-अली-पहुदीहिं सङ्गमि-अ उण चण्डि-अं अच्चन्ति.

gārgī: saccaṃ bhaṇāsi. jaṃ dāṇiṃ sad-uttarā-iṃ solaha-go-ula-kaṇṇa-ā-sahassā-iṃ. kātyāyani mahā-māye mahā-yoginy adhīśvari nanda-gopa-sutaṃ devi patiṃ me kuru te namaḥ edaṃ mantaṃ japantīhiṃ paṣcehiṃ candā-alī-pahudīhiṃ saṅgami-a uṇa caṇḍi-aṃ accanti.

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Gārgī: You say the truth. More than 16,100 girls in Gokula are now (deeply in love with Lord Kṛṣṇa.) Five gopīs, headed by Candrāvalī, regularly meet together and worship the goddess Durgā, chanting the mantra: "O Katyāyanī (Durgā), O Mahā-māyā (illusory potency), O mystic yoginī, O queen (of this world), O goddess, please make Nanda-gopa's son, (Kṛṣṇa) my husband. I offer my respectful obeisances to you."

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पौर्णमासी: सा कामान् परिचारिका कुमारिकाभिः कामाख्या वितरति काम-रूप-देवी इत्य् एनं व्रज-हारिणी-दृशाम् उपास्ते वर्गो ऽयं गुणवति गर्ग-भाषितेन

paurṇamāsī: sā kāmān paricārikā kumārikābhiḥ kāmākhyā vitarati kāma-rūpa-devī ity enaṃ vraja-hāriṇī-dṛśām upāste vargo 'yaṃ guṇavati garga-bhāṣitena

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Paurṇamāsī: Garga Muni told the gopīs: "Goddess Durgā is named `Kāma' because she is the personification of the fulfillment of desires. When young girls worship her, she naturally grants their requests." O pious one, because of this advice from Garga Muni, the doe-eyed girls of Vraja now worship goddess Durgā.

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गार्गी: केन सुराराहणे राही नि-उत्ता. पौर्णमासी: तव तातेनैव.

gārgī: kena surārāhaṇe rāhī ni-uttā. paurṇamāsī: tava tātenaiva.

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Gārgī: Who engaged Rādhā in worshiping the sun-god? Paurṇamāsī: Your father (Sāndīpani Muni).

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गार्गी: अज्जे सुदं म-ए ताद-मुहादो जं कण्णानं भाविणा कन्तेन सङ्गमो विप्प-ओ-अं उप्पादे-इ त्ति.

gārgī: ajje sudaṃ ma-e tāda-muhādo jaṃ kaṇṇānaṃ bhāviṇā kantena saṅgamo vippa-o-aṃ uppāde-i tti.

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Gārgī: O noble lady, I have heard from my father's mouth that the association of these girls with their affectionate lover (Kṛṣṇa) eventually leads to their separation from Him.

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पौर्णमासी: वत्से सम्यग् इदम् उक्तम्. तेन मयापि ते किशोरिका-शिरो-रत्ने निरोद्धुम् अभिमन्यु-गोवर्धनयोर् जनन्यौ जटिला-भरुण्डे निर्बन्धेन नियुक्ते.

paurṇamāsī: vatse samyag idam uktam. tena mayāpi te kiśorikā-śiro-ratne niroddhum abhimanyu-govardhanayor jananyau jaṭilā-bharuṇḍe nirbandhena niyukte.

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Paurṇamāsī: Child, he tells the truth. Both he and I have arranged that Abhimanyu's mother, Jaṭilā, and Govardhana's mother, Bharuṇḍā, again and again place obstacles in the way of (Rādhārāṇī and Candrāvalī) these two crest-jewels of adolescent girls.

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गार्गी: कहं दुवे सो-अरे तुमं न सङ्घडेसि. पौर्णमासी: सदा सष्चरतां दुष्ट-कंस-चराणां वितर्क-शङ्कया.

gārgī: kahaṃ duve so-are tumaṃ na saṅghaḍesi. paurṇamāsī: sadā saṣcaratāṃ duṣṭa-kaṃsa-carāṇāṃ vitarka-śaṅkayā.

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Gārgī: Why do you not bring the two sisters together?

Paurṇamāsī: I am afraid of wicked Kaṃsa's followers, who are always roaming about.

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गार्गी: णं अपुव्वं वुत्तन्तं अण्णो को वि जणो जाण-इ. पौर्णमासी: न हि न हि. किन्तु मद्-उपदेश-बलाद् एव केवलं हरि-रामयोर् जनन्यौ जानीतः.

gārgī: ṇaṃ apuvvaṃ vuttantaṃ aṇṇo ko vi jaṇo jāṇa-i. paurṇamāsī: na hi na hi. kintu mad-upadeśa-balād eva kevalaṃ hari-rāmayor jananyau jānītaḥ.

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Gārgī: Does anyone else know of this unusual incident? Paurṇamāsī: No one. No one. I have told only Kṛṣṇa's mother (Yaśodā) and Balarāma's mother (Rohiṇī). Only they know.

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(नेपथ्ये) मष्चेद् उत्तिष्ठ पद्मे मुकुट-विरचनं मुष्च पिष्छेन भद्रे श्यामे दामानुबन्धं परिहर ललिते पिण्टि मा जागुडानि शारी-पाठाद् विशाखे व्युपरम कवरी-सङ्क्रियाम् उज्झ शैब्ये पूर्वं वेवेष्टि काष्ठां सुरभि-खुर-पुटी-पांशु-पिष्टात-पुष्जः

(nepathye) maṣced uttiṣṭha padme mukuṭa-viracanaṃ muṣca piṣchena bhadre śyāme dāmānubandhaṃ parihara lalite piṇṭi mā jāguḍāni śārī-pāṭhād viśākhe vyuparama kavarī-saṅkriyām ujjha śaibye pūrvaṃ veveṣṭi kāṣṭhāṃ surabhi-khura-puṭī-pāṃśu-piṣṭāta-puṣjaḥ

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A voice from behind the scenes: Padmā, get up from bed! Bhadrā, stop making this crown of peacock-feathers! Śyāmā, stop stringing this flower-garland! Lalitā, don't crush this kuṅkuma into podwer! Viśākhā, stop teaching the parrot to recite poetry. Śaibyā, stop braiding your hair! The dust by the hooves of the surabhi cows has now entered the horizon!

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पौर्णमासी: पश्य पश्य हरिम् उद्दिशते रजो-भरः पुरतः सङ्गमयत्य् अमुं तमः व्रजवाम-दृशां न पद्धतिः प्रकटा सर्व-दृशः श्रुतेर् अपि

paurṇamāsī: paśya paśya harim uddiśate rajo-bharaḥ purataḥ saṅgamayaty amuṃ tamaḥ vrajavāma-dṛśāṃ na paddhatiḥ prakaṭā sarva-dṛśaḥ śruter api

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Paurṇamāsī: Look! Look! The dust from cows and calves on the road creates a kind of darkness indicating that Kṛṣṇa is returning home from the pasture. Also, the darkness of evening provokes the gopīs to meet Kṛṣṇa. Thus the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs are covered by a kind of transcendental darkness and are therefore impossible for ordinary scholars of the Vedas to see.

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ह्रियम् अवगृह्य गृहेभ्यः कर्षति राधां वनाय या निपुणा सा जयति निसृटार्था वर-वंशज-काकली दूती

hriyam avagṛhya gṛhebhyaḥ karṣati rādhāṃ vanāya yā nipuṇā sā jayati nisṛṭārthā vara-vaṃśaja-kākalī dūtī

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May the sweet sound of Lord Kṛṣṇa's flute, His authorized messenger, be glorified, for it expertly releases Śrīmatī Rādhārānī from Her shyness and attracts Her from Her home to the forest.

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(नेपथ्ये) धन्ये कज्जल-मुक्त-वाम-नयना पद्मे पदोढाङ्गदा सारङ्गि ध्वनदेक-नूपुर-धरा पालि स्खलन्-मेखला गण्डोद्यत्-तिलका लवङ्गि कमले नेत्रार्पितालक्तका मा धावोत्तरलं त्वम् अत्र मुरली दूरे कलं कूजति

(nepathye) dhanye kajjala-mukta-vāma-nayanā padme padoḍhāṅgadā sāraṅgi dhvanadeka-nūpura-dharā pāli skhalan-mekhalā gaṇḍodyat-tilakā lavaṅgi kamale netrārpitālaktakā mā dhāvottaralaṃ tvam atra muralī dūre kalaṃ kūjati

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A voice from behind the scenes: Dhanyā, you haven't decorated your left eye with mascara! Padmā, you've placed armlets on your anklets! Sāraṅgī, you've placed tinkling bells on only one ankle! Pālī, your belt is already beginning to slip! Lavaṅgī, you put tilaka markings (meant for your forehead) on your cheek! Kamalā, you put red lac (meant for the soles of your feet), on your eyes! Don't run (outside) so quickly! (Kṛṣṇa's) sweetly sounding flute is still far away.

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गार्गी: णीलम्बर-रु-इ-धारी फुडिदो गोबोडु-चक्क-बालेण सिद-गो-मण्डल-महुरो माहुर-चन्दो परिप्फुर-इ

gārgī: ṇīlambara-ru-i-dhārī phuḍido goboḍu-cakka-bāleṇa sida-go-maṇḍala-mahuro māhura-cando paripphura-i

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Gārgī: Lord Kṛṣṇa is as splendid as the darkened (evening) sky. He is like a moon shining in Vṛndāvana, surrounded by the stars of the gopas and the splendid white moonlight of the cows.

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पौर्णमासी: (सानन्दम्) बिभ्रन्-नील-च्छविम् अविषमाम् अग्र-हस्तेन यष्टिं जुष्ट-श्रोनि-तट-रुचिर् असौ पीत-पत्तांशुकेन निन्दन्न् इन्दीवरम् अविरलोत्सर्पिभिः कान्ति-पूरैर् आभीरीणाम् इह विहरति प्रेम-लक्ष्मी-विवर्तः तदावां यशोदाम् आसादयाव (इति निष्क्रान्ते). अङ्क-मुखम्.

paurṇamāsī: (sānandam) bibhran-nīla-cchavim aviṣamām agra-hastena yaṣṭiṃ juṣṭa-śroni-taṭa-rucir asau pīta-pattāṃśukena nindann indīvaram aviralotsarpibhiḥ kānti-pūrair ābhīrīṇām iha viharati prema-lakṣmī-vivartaḥ tadāvāṃ yaśodām āsādayāva (iti niṣkrānte). aṅka-mukham.

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Paurṇamāsī: (With intense happiness) The dark luster of Kṛṣṇa's body is charming. He holds a stick in His hand, and His splendid hips are wrapped in a yellow silk dhoti. The great flood of His transcendental beauty rebukes the blue lotus flower. Enjoying pastimes with the gopīs, He appears like a transformation of opulence of transcendental love. Let us go to Yaśodā-devī.

(They both exit.)

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(ततः प्रविशति वयस्यैर् उपास्यमानः कृष्णह्.) कृष्णः: सखे मधुमङ्गल पश्य पश्य अतनु-तृण-कदम्बास्वाद-शैठिल्य-भाजाम् अविरल-तर-हम्बारम्भ-ताम्यन्-मुखीयम् चटुलित-नयन-श्रीर् आवली नैचिकीनां पथि सु-वलित-कण्ठी गोकुलोत्कण्ठिताभूत्

(tataḥ praviśati vayasyair upāsyamānaḥ kṛṣṇah.) kṛṣṇaḥ: sakhe madhumaṅgala paśya paśya atanu-tṛṇa-kadambāsvāda-śaiṭhilya-bhājām avirala-tara-hambārambha-tāmyan-mukhīyam caṭulita-nayana-śrīr āvalī naicikīnāṃ pathi su-valita-kaṇṭhī gokulotkaṇṭhitābhūt

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(Accompanied by His friends, Lord Kṛṣṇa enters)

Kṛṣṇa: Friend Madhumaṅgala, look! Look! The Surabhi cows have lost interest in eating the abundant thick grasses and their voices are now choked up with constant mooing. They move their necks here and there and their beautiful eyes restlessly wander on the path. They long to return to Gokula.

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मधुमङ्गल: दित्थि-आ वच्छलाहिं सुरहीहिं कन्तार-ब्भमण-खिण्णे एत्थ बम्हणे कारुण्णं विर-इदम्.

madhumaṅgala: ditthi-ā vacchalāhiṃ surahīhiṃ kantāra-bbhamaṇa-khiṇṇe ettha bamhaṇe kāruṇṇaṃ vira-idam.

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Madhumaṅgala: This is a great kindness for a brāhmaṇa exhausted from wandering in this great forest with these surabhi cows so affectionate ot their calves.

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रमः: पश्यत पश्यत गत्वा पुरस् त्रि-चतुराणि जवत् पदानि पाश्चाद् विलोकयति हन्त तिरः-शिरोधि वत्सोत्कराद् अपि बकी-मथने गरिष्ठ- प्रेमानुबन्ध-विधुरं पथि धेनु-वृन्दम्

ramaḥ: paśyata paśyata gatvā puras tri-caturāṇi javat padāni pāścād vilokayati hanta tiraḥ-śirodhi vatsotkarād api bakī-mathane gariṣṭha- premānubandha-vidhuraṃ pathi dhenu-vṛndam

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Rāma: Look! Look! After taking three or four quick steps, the cows turn from the calves before them and crane their necks to see Kṛṣṇa behind them. They love Kṛṣṇa more than their own calves.

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कृष्णः: (प्रतीचीम् अवेक्ष्य) विचलितुम् असमर्थं व्योम्नि मुक्त-प्रतिष्ठे समय-विपरिणामाद् वीर्य-विश्रांसनेन शिठिलतर-करेणालम्ब्य भण्डीर-चूडां चरम-गिरि-शिखायां लम्बते भानु-बिम्बम्

kṛṣṇaḥ: (pratīcīm avekṣya) vicalitum asamarthaṃ vyomni mukta-pratiṣṭhe samaya-vipariṇāmād vīrya-viśrāṃsanena śiṭhilatara-kareṇālambya bhaṇḍīra-cūḍāṃ carama-giri-śikhāyāṃ lambate bhānu-bimbam

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Kṛṣṇa (looking westward) The sun is no longer able to move in this sky that now declines to support it. It's strength diminished by the transformation of time, with weakened rays the sun's disc rests first on the top of a banyan tree, and now on the western horizon.

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रमः: पश्यत पश्यत विपुलोत्पलिका-कूटैर् गिरि-कूट-विडम्बिभिर् निविडम् वयम् अभजाम करीष- क्षोद-परीतं व्रजाभ्यर्णम् तद् अद्य कालिन्दीम् अवगाढाः प्रगाढ-परिश्रान्तिम् उत्सारयामः. (इति सखिभिः सह निष्क्रान्तः)

ramaḥ: paśyata paśyata vipulotpalikā-kūṭair giri-kūṭa-viḍambibhir niviḍam vayam abhajāma karīṣa- kṣoda-parītaṃ vrajābhyarṇam tad adya kālindīm avagāḍhāḥ pragāḍha-pariśrāntim utsārayāmaḥ. (iti sakhibhiḥ saha niṣkrāntaḥ)

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Rāma: Look! Look! Here the tall lotus flowers mock the mountain peaks. Here is a cloud of cow-dung dust. We are near Vraja Village. Let us rid ourselves of this fatigue by diving in the Yamunā.

(He exits with His friends.)

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कृष्णः: सखे मधुमङ्गल पश्य पश्य द्रवन्-नव-विधूपल-प्रकर-दत्त-पद्यः शशी स-रत्न-तरलोच्छलज्-जलधि-कल्पितार्घ-क्रियः हरित्-परिजनेरित-स्फुटतरोडु-पुस्पष्जलिः स्फुरत्-तनुर् उदष्चित-स्मर-रसोर्मिर् उन्मीलति

kṛṣṇaḥ: sakhe madhumaṅgala paśya paśya dravan-nava-vidhūpala-prakara-datta-padyaḥ śaśī sa-ratna-taralocchalaj-jaladhi-kalpitārgha-kriyaḥ harit-parijanerita-sphuṭataroḍu-puspaṣjaliḥ sphurat-tanur udaṣcita-smara-rasormir unmīlati

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Kṛṣṇa: Friend Madhumaṅgala, look! Look! Creating padya-water by making the new candrakānta jewels melt and arghya-water by making jewel-filled waves in the ocean, throwing handfuls of flowers, in the form of glittering stars, to it's friends, the different directions, and making great waves in the nectar-ocean of transcendental love, the splendid moon now rises.

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मधुमङ्गल: पि-अ-व-अस्स किं इमिणा वरा-एण कलङ्किणा चन्देण. पेक्ख लदा-जालम्बरे निक्कलङ्का-इं सोलह-चन्द-मण्डल-सहस्सा-इं उन्मीलिदा-इम्.

madhumaṅgala: pi-a-va-assa kiṃ imiṇā varā-eṇa kalaṅkiṇā candeṇa. pekkha ladā-jālambare nikkalaṅkā-iṃ solaha-canda-maṇḍala-sahassā-iṃ unmīlidā-im.

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Madhumaṅgala: Dear friend, what is the use of this tiny spotted moon? Look! In the sky of the network of these vines there are sixteen thousand spotless moons.

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कृष्णः: (समीक्ष्य) सखे सम्यग् अत्थ. बहुधा सम्ये ऽपि बाढम् एकेन कर्मणा मुषितो ऽयम् ओषधीशः. तथा हि नव-नव-सुधा-सम्बाधो ऽपि प्रियो ऽपि दृशां सदा सरसिज-वनीं म्लानां कुर्वन्न् अपि प्रभया स्वया शुचिर् अपि कला-पूर्णो ऽप्य् उच्चैः करङ्ग-धरः शशी व्रज-मृग-दृशां वक्त्रैर् एभिः सुरङ्ग-धरैर् जितः

kṛṣṇaḥ: (samīkṣya) sakhe samyag attha. bahudhā samye 'pi bāḍham ekena karmaṇā muṣito 'yam oṣadhīśaḥ. tathā hi nava-nava-sudhā-sambādho 'pi priyo 'pi dṛśāṃ sadā sarasija-vanīṃ mlānāṃ kurvann api prabhayā svayā śucir api kalā-pūrṇo 'py uccaiḥ karaṅga-dharaḥ śaśī vraja-mṛga-dṛśāṃ vaktrair ebhiḥ suraṅga-dharair jitaḥ

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Kṛṣṇa: (looks) Friend, you say the truth. Although in many ways they are alike, with a single stroke these many moons have clearly eclipsed this one moon (in the sky). Even though it is filled with ever-fresh nectar, even though it is always very pleasing to the eyes, even though it's effulgence wilts the forest of lotus flowers, and even though it is very pure and splendid in it's complete fulness, this moon that bears the mark of a deer is now completely defeated by the beautiful golden faces of the doe-eyed girls of Vraja.

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मधुमङ्गल: भो व-अस्स जुत्तं उक्कणो ऽसि जं दक्खिणेण कलम्ब-कुडुङ्गं कवि आकड्ढ-मन्तं पधेति.

madhumaṅgala: bho va-assa juttaṃ ukkaṇo 'si jaṃ dakkhiṇeṇa kalamba-kuḍuṅgaṃ kavi ākaḍḍha-mantaṃ padheti.

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Madhumaṅgala: Friend, You listen with rapt attention as in a kadamba-grove to the south, a girl chants a magic spell to attract You.

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कृष्णः: सेयं दिव्यति शैब्यायाः पाविका विश्व-पाविका वेणुर् यद् विभ्रमारम्भे स्तम्भम् आलम्बते मम

kṛṣṇaḥ: seyaṃ divyati śaibyāyāḥ pāvikā viśva-pāvikā veṇur yad vibhramārambhe stambham ālambate mama

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Kṛṣṇa: Śaibya's little flute, which enchants the entire world, is now playing. This flute's pastimes have made My own flute become stunned.

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(इत्य् अग्रतो गत्वा सौत्सुक्यम्) तुम्बी-फल-स्तनीयं प्रबल-सुषमाधरा कलोल्लसिता हरति धृतिं मम भद्रा नव-वल्लरी वल्लकी चास्याः

(ity agrato gatvā sautsukyam) tumbī-phala-stanīyaṃ prabala-suṣamādharā kalollasitā harati dhṛtiṃ mama bhadrā nava-vallarī vallakī cāsyāḥ

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(Eagerly going forward) Both Bhadrā and her vīṇā are very beautiful. Both speak sweetly and both have tumbī-gourd breasts. Both are graceful as new flowering vines. Both enchant Me and rob Me of My peacefulness.

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मधुमङ्गल: व-अस्स अच्चरि-अं अच्चरि-अं मष्झे जमुणं कावि कच्छबी कुङ्कुणा-एदि.

madhumaṅgala: va-assa accari-aṃ accari-aṃ maṣjhe jamuṇaṃ kāvi kacchabī kuṅkuṇā-edi.

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Madhumaṅgala: Wonderful! Wonderful! Friend, some girl is playing a vīṇā in the middle of the Yamunā!`

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कृष्णः: (स-स्मितन्) स्मर-केलि-नाट्य-नान्दीं शब्द-ब्रह्म-श्रियं मुहुर् दधाति वहति मुदं मे महतीम् इह महिता श्यामल-महती

kṛṣṇaḥ: (sa-smitan) smara-keli-nāṭya-nāndīṃ śabda-brahma-śriyaṃ muhur dadhāti vahati mudaṃ me mahatīm iha mahitā śyāmala-mahatī

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Kṛṣṇa: (smiling) Repeatedly reciting the beautiful and spiritual invocation to the drama of transcendental amorous pastimes, Śyāmā's glorious vīṇā brings Me great happiness.

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(इति परिक्रम्य स-हर्षम्) कल-सिष्जित-कलयाराद् अविकलया मे प्रेमोद-कल्लोलम् पद्मा-कलवी निलया वलयाः कलयां बभूवुर् अलम्

(iti parikramya sa-harṣam) kala-siṣjita-kalayārād avikalayā me premoda-kallolam padmā-kalavī nilayā valayāḥ kalayāṃ babhūvur alam

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(Happily walking about) With their sweet musical tinkling, the bracelets on Padmā's wrists are now drowing Me in the waves of (transcendental) love.

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(इति परितो दृष्टिं क्षिपन्) सखे कथम् अत्राद्य नोन्मीलति चन्द्रावली-परिमलः. तद् वाम् अतः कराला-गृहोपान्त-वाटिकाम् आसादयावह्. (इति परिक्रमति)

(iti parito dṛṣṭiṃ kṣipan) sakhe katham atrādya nonmīlati candrāvalī-parimalaḥ. tad vām ataḥ karālā-gṛhopānta-vāṭikām āsādayāvah. (iti parikramati)

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(Glancing in all directions) Why is not even the fragance of Candrāvalī present here? Let us go to the garden near Karālā's house (to see if we can find her). (He begins to walk there.)

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मधुमङ्गल: (पुरो ऽवलोक्य) एष उबणन्द-पुतस्स सुहद्दस्स वहु कुण्डलदि-आ इदो आ-अच्छदि.

madhumaṅgala: (puro 'valokya) eṣa ubaṇanda-putassa suhaddassa vahu kuṇḍaladi-ā ido ā-acchadi.

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Madhumaṅgala: (looking ahead) Here comes Kundalatā, the wife of Upananda's son Subhadra.

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कुन्दलता: कण्ह अ-आले पफुल्लं वष्जुलं किस ण सलहसि.

kundalatā: kaṇha a-āle paphullaṃ vaṣjulaṃ kisa ṇa salahasi.

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Kundalatā: Kṛṣṇa, why do You not say something to glorify this aśoka tree blossoming out-of-season?

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कृष्णः: (दृशं क्षिपन्न् आत्म-गतम्) नूनं चन्द्रावली-चरण-चातुरी-चमत्कारो ऽयम्. (इति सोत्कण्ठम् अबिनन्द्य) एतानि वष्जुल-वनान्तर्-उदष्चितानि कादम्ब-कूजित-कदम्ब-विडम्बितानि मन्त्रानि कर्ण-कुहरं मम नन्दयन्ति चन्द्रावली-कनक-नूपुर-सिष्जितानि

kṛṣṇaḥ: (dṛśaṃ kṣipann ātma-gatam) nūnaṃ candrāvalī-caraṇa-cāturī-camatkāro 'yam. (iti sotkaṇṭham abinandya) etāni vaṣjula-vanāntar-udaṣcitāni kādamba-kūjita-kadamba-viḍambitāni mantrāni karṇa-kuharaṃ mama nandayanti candrāvalī-kanaka-nūpura-siṣjitāni

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Kṛṣṇa: (Glancing at the asoka tree, He says to Himself) Is this (unseasonal blossoming of the aśoka tree) not the wonderful expert work of Candrāvalī's foot? (With longing) The tinkling of Candrāvalī's golden ankle-bells are like the cooing of a flock of swans. They are a series of mystic mantras that delight My ears. They must have passed through this forest of aśoka trees.

Note: It is said that an aśoka tree will suddenly burst into bloom when kicked by a beautiful girl.

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कुन्दलता: सुन्दर भारुण्डा-ए गब्भ-घरे णिरुद्धावि चन्दा-अली म-ए चादुरी-पबन्धेन कड्ढिडो.

kundalatā: sundara bhāruṇḍā-e gabbha-ghare ṇiruddhāvi candā-alī ma-e cādurī-pabandhena kaḍḍhiḍo.

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Kundalatā: O handsome one, even though Bharuṇḍā confined her at home, I have expertly brought Candrāvalī here.

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कृष्णः: भरुण्डया कथम् अकाण्डे कार्कश्यम् आरब्धम्

kṛṣṇaḥ: bharuṇḍayā katham akāṇḍe kārkaśyam ārabdham

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Kṛṣṇa: Why has Bharuṇḍā suddenly become so harsh?

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कुन्दलता: ण के-अलं भरुण्डा-ए जडिला-पहुदीहिं वि सव्व-वुद्धि-आहिं.

kundalatā: ṇa ke-alaṃ bharuṇḍā-e jaḍilā-pahudīhiṃ vi savva-vuddhi-āhiṃ.

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Kundalatā: Not only Bharuṇḍā. Jaṭilā and all the other old gopīs also (have become very harsh).

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(पद्मया सह प्रविश्य) चन्द्रावली: (सन्स्कृतेन) रचयतु मम वृद्धा तर्जनं दुर्जनी सा कवलयतु कुलेन्दुं को ऽपि दुर्वाद-राहुः सहचरि-परिहर्तुं नाक्षि-भृङ्गौ क्षमेते मधुरिपु-मुख-पद्मालोक-माध्वीक-लोभम्

(padmayā saha praviśya) candrāvalī: (sanskṛtena) racayatu mama vṛddhā tarjanaṃ durjanī sā kavalayatu kulenduṃ ko 'pi durvāda-rāhuḥ sahacari-parihartuṃ nākṣi-bhṛṅgau kṣamete madhuripu-mukha-padmāloka-mādhvīka-lobham

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Candrāvalī: (enters with Padmā) My wicked old (mother-in-law) may rebuke me, and the rāhu planet of infamous gossip may devour the moon of my family, still, my friend, the two bumble-bees of my eyes cannot stop yearning to taste the mādhvīka nectar of Kṛṣṇa's lotus face.

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कृष्णः (चन्द्रावलीम् आसाद्य सानन्दम्) नीतस् तन्वि मुखेन ते परिभवं भ्रू-क्षेप-विक्रिडया विभ्यद् विष्णु-पदं जगाम शरणं तत्राप्य् अधैर्यं गतः आसाद्य द्विज-राजितां विजयिनः सेवार्थम् अस्योज्ज्वलश् चन्द्रो ऽयं द्विज-राजता-पदम् अगात् तेनासि चन्द्रावली

kṛṣṇaḥ (candrāvalīm āsādya sānandam) nītas tanvi mukhena te paribhavaṃ bhrū-kṣepa-vikriḍayā vibhyad viṣṇu-padaṃ jagāma śaraṇaṃ tatrāpy adhairyaṃ gataḥ āsādya dvija-rājitāṃ vijayinaḥ sevārtham asyojjvalaś candro 'yaṃ dvija-rājatā-padam agāt tenāsi candrāvalī

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Kṛṣṇa: (approaching Candrāvalī, He happily says) O slender girl, your face and the playful movements of your eyebrows have defeated the moon and forced him to flee to the sky where he restlessly moves about, unable to find shelter anywhere. To serve the face that defeated him, the effulgent moon has now assumed the form of your teeth. Because your teeth are thus many (avali) moons (candra), you are Candrāvalī.

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कुन्दलता: मोत्तिम-सर-मज्झ-ट्ठि-अ र-अणे पडिबिम्ब-दम्भ-सम्वलिदा तुह हि-अ-अं णि-अ-उ-णा मे ज-अ चन्दा-अली जादा

kundalatā: mottima-sara-majjha-ṭṭhi-a ra-aṇe paḍibimba-dambha-samvalidā tuha hi-a-aṃ ṇi-a-u-ṇā me ja-a candā-alī jādā

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Kundalatā: On the pretext of being reflected in Your pearl necklace, the expert Candrāvalī I have brought here now embraces Your chest.

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कृष्णः: (स्मितं कृत्वा) कुण्डलतिके कथं ते याता चन्द्रावली.

kṛṣṇaḥ: (smitaṃ kṛtvā) kuṇḍalatike kathaṃ te yātā candrāvalī.

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Kṛṣṇa: (smiles) Kundalatā, why have you brought Candrāvalī?

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कुन्दलता: गो-उल-जु-अ-र-अ गो-अ-उ-धनो क्खु इम-ए अलि-ओ समि. अम्ह दे-अरो च्चे-अ सच्चो.

kundalatā: go-ula-ju-a-ra-a go-a-u-dhano kkhu ima-e ali-o sami. amha de-aro cce-a sacco.

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Kundalatā: O prince of Gokula, Govardhana-gopa is an illusion. You are her real husband. So, now I am Your sister-in-law.

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चन्द्रावली: (स-भ्रू-भङ्गं अपवर्य) धिट्ठे कुन्दलदा च्चे-अ भमराकड्ढिणी होदि.

candrāvalī: (sa-bhrū-bhaṅgaṃ apavarya) dhiṭṭhe kundaladā cce-a bhamarākaḍḍhiṇī hodi.

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Candrāvalī: (resisting with knitted eyebrows) Arrogant woman! Kundalatā is (deliberately) attracting a bee (to bite me).

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कुन्दलता: दे-अर एस णि-उष्ज-घरिणि कधेदि. छ-इल्लो ण क्खु एसो वुन्द-अन-भमरो. जं पफुल्लं प-उ-मलिं न पिबेदि.

kundalatā: de-ara esa ṇi-uṣja-ghariṇi kadhedi. cha-illo ṇa kkhu eso vunda-ana-bhamaro. jaṃ paphullaṃ pa-u-maliṃ na pibedi.

English translation

Translation

Kundalatā: O Brother-in-law, this girl who lives in the forest is simply talking (idly). This bee of Vṛndāvana is not very expert, for He has not even (begun to) drink (the honey of) these lotus flowers.

Note: The word "pa-u-malim" may also be interpreted to mean "the friend of Padmā". In this way the last sentence of this verse may be interpreted: "This bee of Vṛndāvana is not very expert, for He has not even (begun to) drink (the honey) of Padmā's a friend (Candrāvalī)."

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पद्मा: अलि-आ-संसिनि चिट्ठ चिट्ठ जङ्गल-सष्चरिणो भमरस्स विसाहा-सह-अरी च्चेअ सुलहा. ण क्खु अमि-अ-उप्पन्न प-उ-माली.

padmā: ali-ā-saṃsini ciṭṭha ciṭṭha jaṅgala-saṣcariṇo bhamarassa visāhā-saha-arī ccea sulahā. ṇa kkhu ami-a-uppanna pa-u-mālī.

English translation

Translation

Padmā: Lier! Stop! Stop! This bumble-bee wandering in the forest may easily get Viśākhā's friend (Rādhā), but He shall not easily get Padmā's friend (Candrāvalī).

LM 1.111

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कुन्दलता: चन्दा-अली विडिड-उदसि. किस लज्जेसि. त अलङ्करेहि पिणुत्तुङ्ग-थण-बन्धुन अप्पनो हरेण हरि-वक्ख-थलम्.

kundalatā: candā-alī viḍiḍa-udasi. kisa lajjesi. ta alaṅkarehi piṇuttuṅga-thaṇa-bandhuna appano hareṇa hari-vakkha-thalam.

English translation

Translation

Kundalatā: Candrāvalī, we know what you want! Why be ashamed? Decorate Lord Hari's chest with the necklace that is the friend of Your large raised breasts.

LM 1.112

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चन्द्रावली: (साभ्यसूयम्) कुन्दलदि-ए णि-अ-कण्ठ-त्थिद-ए एक्क-अलि-ए तुमं च्चे-अ अलङ्करेहि.

candrāvalī: (sābhyasūyam) kundaladi-e ṇi-a-kaṇṭha-tthida-e ekka-ali-e tumaṃ cce-a alaṅkarehi.

English translation

Translation

Candrāvalī: (with jelaous anger) Kundalatā, you should decorate it with the strand of pearls on your own neck.

LM 1.113

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कुन्दलता: माधव स्थव-इणिं करेहि चन्दा-अली-ए कण्णलदि-आम्.

kundalatā: mādhava sthava-iṇiṃ karehi candā-alī-e kaṇṇaladi-ām.

English translation

Translation

Kundalatā: Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa), put flowers on the vine of Candrāvalī's ear.

LM 1.114

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चन्द्रावली: हल पि-अ-जण-पेक्खन-पज्जु-स्सु-अस्स व-इन्द-णन्दनस्स मग्गे न क्खु पदिबन्धिनि होहि.

candrāvalī: hala pi-a-jaṇa-pekkhana-pajju-ssu-assa va-inda-ṇandanassa magge na kkhu padibandhini hohi.

English translation

Translation

Candrāvalī: Don't block the path of Vraja's prince when He yearns to see His beloved!

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कुन्दलता: सहि का अण्णा तु-अत्तो इमस्स पि-अ.

kundalatā: sahi kā aṇṇā tu-atto imassa pi-a.

English translation

Translation

Kundalatā: Friend, aside from you who is His beloved?

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पद्मा: अ-इ राहा-सहि विरमेहि.

padmā: a-i rāhā-sahi viramehi.

English translation

Translation

Padmā: Friend of Rādhā, stop!

LM 1.117

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कृष्णः: सरोजाक्षि परोक्षं ते कदापि हृदयं मम न स्प्रष्टुम् अप्य् अलं बाधा राधा त्व् आक्रम्य गाहते (इति स-सङ्कं बाधा-राधायोर् विपर्यासं पठति)

kṛṣṇaḥ: sarojākṣi parokṣaṃ te kadāpi hṛdayaṃ mama na spraṣṭum apy alaṃ bādhā rādhā tv ākramya gāhate (iti sa-saṅkaṃ bādhā-rādhāyor viparyāsaṃ paṭhati)

English translation

Translation

Kṛṣṇa: Lotus-eyed one, when you are not present, suffering never touches My heart, for Rādhā at once attacks and forcibly enters it. (frightened) Oh! That's not what I mean. I mean to say that when you are not present Rādhā never touches My heart, for suffering at once attacks and forcibly enters it.

LM 1.118

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पद्मा: महा-पुरिस क्खु ण जदु असच्च-भसिणो होन्ति.

padmā: mahā-purisa kkhu ṇa jadu asacca-bhasiṇo honti.

English translation

Translation

Padmā: Great personalities (as Yourself) never speak lies. (What You first said was not a lie.)

LM 1.119

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(नेपथ्ये) कुन्दलदे साहु साहु. सच्चं ण जणसि पत्थर-पुष्ज-कठोरं गो-अ-धनम्.

(nepathye) kundalade sāhu sāhu. saccaṃ ṇa jaṇasi patthara-puṣja-kaṭhoraṃ go-a-dhanam.

English translation

Translation

A voice from behind the scenes: Kundalatā! Yes! Yes! You don't know how Govardhana has become cruel and hard as a mountain of stones!

LM 1.120

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कुन्दलता: हधी हधी. भरुण्डा चण्डी चण्डिमानं कुणदि.

kundalatā: hadhī hadhī. bharuṇḍā caṇḍī caṇḍimānaṃ kuṇadi.

English translation

Translation

Kundalatā: To hell with her! To hell with her! Angry Bharuṇḍā has made Govardhana angry!

LM 1.121

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चन्द्रावली: (स-त्रासम्) सहि प-उमे सद्दुलिव्व गज्जदि वुद्धि-अ. त अवसप्पम्ह. (इति पद्मया सह निष्क्रान्ता)

candrāvalī: (sa-trāsam) sahi pa-ume saddulivva gajjadi vuddhi-a. ta avasappamha. (iti padmayā saha niṣkrāntā)

English translation

Translation

Candrāvalī: (with fear) Friend Padmā, the old lady growls like a tigress. Let us slip away. (Exits with Padmā)

LM 1.122

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कुन्दलता: अहम् गो-उलेसरिं अनुसरिस्सम्. (इति निष्क्रान्ता)

kundalatā: aham go-ulesariṃ anusarissam. (iti niṣkrāntā)

English translation

Translation

Kundalatā: I will go to (Yaśodā-devī,) the queen of Gokula. (exits)

LM 1.123

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कृष्णः: (पुरो गत्वा सौत्सुक्यम्) मनस्य् अयं सौमनसस्य धान्वनस् तनोति तङ्कार-कदम्ब-सम्भ्रमम् अनङ्ग-खेला-खुरली-विशृङ्खलः स्खलद्-विशाखा-कल-मेखला-रवः

kṛṣṇaḥ: (puro gatvā sautsukyam) manasy ayaṃ saumanasasya dhānvanas tanoti taṅkāra-kadamba-sambhramam anaṅga-khelā-khuralī-viśṛṅkhalaḥ skhalad-viśākhā-kala-mekhalā-ravaḥ

English translation

Translation

Kṛṣṇa: (Begins to walk. With longing He says) The sweet tinkling of her sash of bells as Viśākhā's practices the archery of uninhibited amorous pastimes has become in My heart the stinging sound of Kāmadeva's bow of flowers.

LM 1.124

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(सव्यतो निभल्य) सखे सत्यम् आह कुन्दलता. यद् अद्य राधा-माधुर्यम् अपि. नानुभूयते. तद् अहम् अम्बम् एव सम्भावयेयम्. (इति निष्क्रान्तः.)

(savyato nibhalya) sakhe satyam āha kundalatā. yad adya rādhā-mādhuryam api. nānubhūyate. tad aham ambam eva sambhāvayeyam. (iti niṣkrāntaḥ.)

English translation

Translation

(Looking to His left) Friend (Madhumaṅgala), Kundalatā spoke the truth. She was not sweet as Rādhā is. I see My mother. (He exits)

LM 1.125

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(ततः प्रविशति पौर्णमासी-गार्गी-रोहिण्य्-आदिभिर् आवृता यशोदा) यशोदा: हन्त सहि रोहिणि ण जाणे किस विलम्ब-इ वच्छ.

(tataḥ praviśati paurṇamāsī-gārgī-rohiṇy-ādibhir āvṛtā yaśodā) yaśodā: hanta sahi rohiṇi ṇa jāṇe kisa vilamba-i vaccha.

English translation

Translation

(Yaśodā enters, accompanied by Paurṇamāsī, Gārgī, Rohiṇī, and others)

Yaśodā: Friend Rohiṇī, I don't know why my son is so late!

LM 1.126

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(प्रविश्य) कुन्दलता: (स-स्मितम्) अम्ब म विसिद. सो क्खु सु-विमणहिं अम्बरलम्बिणिहिं विन्द-अर-रमणिहिं हसिद-पुप्फ-वरिसेण उवसिजन्तो विलम्बदि.

(praviśya) kundalatā: (sa-smitam) amba ma visida. so kkhu su-vimaṇahiṃ ambaralambiṇihiṃ vinda-ara-ramaṇihiṃ hasida-puppha-variseṇa uvasijanto vilambadi.

English translation

Translation

Kundalatā: (enters, and says with a smile:) Dear mother, don't be unhappy. (Your son) is late because many beautiful demigoddesses flying in airplanes in the sky worshiped Him with a shower of smiles and flowers.

LM 1.127

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रोहिणि: दिट्ठं म-ए तहिं दि-अहे दोणं कुमारीणं सोन्देरं पेक्खि-अ विन्दर-अ-सुन्दरी-ओ अच्छरा-ओ वि विमच्छरा-ओ होन्ति.

rohiṇi: diṭṭhaṃ ma-e tahiṃ di-ahe doṇaṃ kumārīṇaṃ sonderaṃ pekkhi-a vindara-a-sundarī-o accharā-o vi vimaccharā-o honti.

English translation

Translation

Rohiṇī: Today I have seen the beauty of two girls (so splendid) even the most lovely demigoddesses become envious seeing them.

LM 1.128

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यशोदा: अ-अवदि चन्दा-अली ण-अ-मालि-आ राहा माहवी अ सव्व-ओ मह आसा-ओ गुण-सोरह-पुरेण पुरे-इ. तत्थवि वच्छो वि-अ वच्छा लहु-इ नेत्त-भिङ्गं सोन्देर-म-अरन्देन आनन्दे-इ.

yaśodā: a-avadi candā-alī ṇa-a-māli-ā rāhā māhavī a savva-o maha āsā-o guṇa-soraha-pureṇa pure-i. tatthavi vaccho vi-a vacchā lahu-i netta-bhiṅgaṃ sondera-ma-arandena ānande-i.

English translation

Translation

Yaśodā: O noble lady, Candrāvalī, Navamālikā, Rādhā, and Mādhavī fulfill all my desires with the great flood of their good qualities. One boy and one slender young girl especially delight the bumble-bee of my eyes with the honey of Their beauty.

LM 1.129

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पौर्णमासी: गोकुलेश्वरि सर्वेषां गोकुल-वासिनाम् ईदृग् एव समुदाचारः.

paurṇamāsī: gokuleśvari sarveṣāṃ gokula-vāsinām īdṛg eva samudācāraḥ.

English translation

Translation

Paurṇamāsī: O queen of Gokula, all the people in Gokula feel in this way.

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गार्गी: कुन्दलदे किस तुम्हेहिं सदा ग्-उलेसरि-घरे राही णिज्ज-इ.

gārgī: kundalade kisa tumhehiṃ sadā g-ulesari-ghare rāhī ṇijja-i.

English translation

Translation

Gārgī: O Kundalatā, why do you again and again bring Rādhā to the place of Gokula's queen (Yaśodā)?

LM 1.131

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यशोदा: ता-ए सक्कि-आ-इं वत्थु-इं उबभुष्जणो जणो दिह-उ हो-इ त्ति दुव्वसेण दिण्ण-वरम्

yaśodā: tā-e sakki-ā-iṃ vatthu-iṃ ubabhuṣjaṇo jaṇo diha-u ho-i tti duvvaseṇa diṇṇa-varam

English translation

Translation

Yaśodā: Durvāsā Muni gave Rādhā the benediction that whoever ate Her expert cooking would live a long life. When I heard this, I myself arranged (that Rādhā always cook for my son).

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पौर्णमासी: गोकुलेश्वरि कृष्णम् आसङ्क्य जटिला खिद्यते.

paurṇamāsī: gokuleśvari kṛṣṇam āsaṅkya jaṭilā khidyate.

English translation

Translation

Paurṇamāsī: O queen of Gokula, Jaṭilā is suspicious of Kṛṣṇa.

LM 1.133

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यशोदा: थनन्ध-अम्मि वच्छे को क्खु त-ए शङ्क-ए ओसरो.

yaśodā: thanandha-ammi vacche ko kkhu ta-e śaṅka-e osaro.

English translation

Translation

Yaśodā: Why does she suspect my little boy?

LM 1.134

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कुन्दलता: (नीचैः) सच्चं च्चे-अ थनन्ध-ओ र-उलनि-ए पुत्त-ओ; जं गिरिन्दं कन्दु-एदि.

kundalatā: (nīcaiḥ) saccaṃ cce-a thanandha-o ra-ulani-e putta-o; jaṃ girindaṃ kandu-edi.

English translation

Translation

Kundalatā: (in a low voice) It is true the queen's (Yaśodā) son is a little boy. Still, He lifted Govardhana Hill as if it were a toy ball.

LM 1.135

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पौर्णमासी: (दृष्ट्वा स-हर्षम्) प्रथयन् जगद्-अण्ड-मण्डली मुकुटारोहणायोग्यताम् असौ स्फुरति व्रज-राज-गेहिनी- खनि-जन्म पुरतो हरिण्मणिः

paurṇamāsī: (dṛṣṭvā sa-harṣam) prathayan jagad-aṇḍa-maṇḍalī mukuṭārohaṇāyogyatām asau sphurati vraja-rāja-gehinī- khani-janma purato hariṇmaṇiḥ

English translation

Translation

Paurṇamāsī: (Seeing Kṛṣṇa arrive, she happily says) Here is the person that crowns the kings of the many universes. Here is the sapphire born from the jewel-mine of Vraja's queen.

LM 1.136

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(प्रविश्य) कृष्णः: मातः. उन्मर्जय साश्रुनि लोचने. पुरस्ताद् एषो ऽस्मि.

(praviśya) kṛṣṇaḥ: mātaḥ. unmarjaya sāśruni locane. purastād eṣo 'smi.

English translation

Translation

Kṛṣṇa: (enters) Mother, please wipe the tears from your eyes. Here I am.

LM 1.137

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रोहिणी: (दीपावल्या निरज्य सन्स्कृतेन) विन्यस्य वर्त्मनि गवां नयने कथष्चिन् नीताति-दीर्घ-दिवसोत्तर-याम-युग्मम् हा वत्स वत्सलतरं भवद् एक-बन्धुं सन्धुक्षयस्व जननीम् उपगूहनेन

rohiṇī: (dīpāvalyā nirajya sanskṛtena) vinyasya vartmani gavāṃ nayane kathaṣcin nītāti-dīrgha-divasottara-yāma-yugmam hā vatsa vatsalataraṃ bhavad eka-bandhuṃ sandhukṣayasva jananīm upagūhanena

English translation

Translation

Rohiṇi: (offers ārati with a lamp and other articles of worship, and then says in Sanskrit) Fixing her eyes on the cowpath, Your mother has passed the last six hours of this very long day with great difficulty. My child, she loves You dearly. Please her with an embrace.

LM 1.138

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कृष्णः: (मातुर् उत्सङ्गे उत्तमाङ्गम् आधाय) अम्ब देहि मे मणि-मण्डनम्. (इति बाल्य-विलासं प्रपष्चयति)

kṛṣṇaḥ: (mātur utsaṅge uttamāṅgam ādhāya) amba dehi me maṇi-maṇḍanam. (iti bālya-vilāsaṃ prapaṣcayati)

English translation

Translation

Kṛṣṇa: (placing His head on His mother's lap) Mother, give Me My jewel ornament. (Kṛṣṇa plays as a child.)

LM 1.139

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पौर्णमासी: निचुलित-गिरि-धातु-स्फीत-पत्रावलीका- नखिल-सुरभि-रेणून् क्षालयद्भिर् यशोदा कुच-कलस-विमुक्तैः स्नेह-माध्वीक-मध्यैस् तव नवम् अभिषेकं दुग्ध-पूरैः करोति

paurṇamāsī: niculita-giri-dhātu-sphīta-patrāvalīkā- nakhila-surabhi-reṇūn kṣālayadbhir yaśodā kuca-kalasa-vimuktaiḥ sneha-mādhvīka-madhyais tava navam abhiṣekaṃ dugdha-pūraiḥ karoti

English translation

Translation

Paurṇamāsī: Yaśodā bathes You, washing away, with the milk mixed with the mādhvīka nectar of her love pouring from the pitchers of her breasts, the covering of dust raised by the surabhi cows' hooves and the tilaka markings drawn in mineral pigments from the (Govardhana) Hill

LM 1.140

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कुन्दलता: (स-नर्म-स्मितम्) कण्ह पिबेहि रा-उलाणी-ए थण्णामि-अम्. जं कुदुङ्गे कुदुङ्गे वहुणां केलीणं पसङ्गेण किलिन्तोसि.

kundalatā: (sa-narma-smitam) kaṇha pibehi rā-ulāṇī-e thaṇṇāmi-am. jaṃ kuduṅge kuduṅge vahuṇāṃ kelīṇaṃ pasaṅgeṇa kilintosi.

English translation

Translation

Kundalatā: (with a playful, joking smile) Kṛṣṇa, You should drink the nectar-milk from the queen's breasts. After all, You must be exhausted from enjoying pastimes with the gopīs in the forest.

LM 1.141

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यशोदा: वच्छे किस हससि. प्रेक्ख अज्जवि कोमारं ण अदिक्कन्तम्. त को क्खु दोसो थण-पाणे.

yaśodā: vacche kisa hasasi. prekkha ajjavi komāraṃ ṇa adikkantam. ta ko kkhu doso thaṇa-pāṇe.

English translation

Translation

Yaśodā: My girl, why do you smile (like this?) Look! (Kṛṣṇa) has not yet passed His early childhood. What is the fault in His drinking (my) breast-milk?

LM 1.142

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कुन्दलता: भ-अवदि सच्चं कधेदि रा-उलाणी. जं अज्ज एसो बालाणं मण्डलेण महा-रासे कीलदि.

kundalatā: bha-avadi saccaṃ kadhedi rā-ulāṇī. jaṃ ajja eso bālāṇaṃ maṇḍaleṇa mahā-rāse kīladi.

English translation

Translation

Kundalatā: Noble lady, the queen (Yaśodā) speaks the truth. After all, just today Kṛṣṇa has played the mahā-rāsa pastime with the little-boys.

Note: The word "balānām" may also be interpreted to mean "of the gopīs". In the second interpretation, the text reads: "After all, just today Kṛṣṇa has played the mahā-rāsa pastime with the gopīs."

LM 1.143

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यशोदा: भ-अवदि को क्खु महा-रासो णाम. (कृष्णः सापत्रपं भ्रू-भङ्गेन कुन्दलताम् अवलोकते.) पौर्णमासी: (स्मितं कृत्वा) गोपेश्वरि लास्य-लीला-विशेषः.

yaśodā: bha-avadi ko kkhu mahā-rāso ṇāma. (kṛṣṇaḥ sāpatrapaṃ bhrū-bhaṅgena kundalatām avalokate.) paurṇamāsī: (smitaṃ kṛtvā) gopeśvari lāsya-līlā-viśeṣaḥ.

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Yaśodā: Noble lady, what is this (pastime) named mahā-rāsa? (Kṛṣṇa enters embarrassed and glances at Kundalatā with knitted eyebrows) Paurṇamāsī: (smiling) O queen of the gopas, it is a kind of dance.

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कुन्दलता: (अपवर्य) तिन्ह-उल च-ओरि पष्जरि-अ-सम्जद चिरं जल-इ प-अं वष्जुल-कुष्जे तरहिस पसरेहि (कृष्णः भ्रू-सम्ज्षया स्वीकारं नटयति.)

kundalatā: (apavarya) tinha-ula ca-ori paṣjari-a-samjada ciraṃ jala-i pa-aṃ vaṣjula-kuṣje tarahisa pasarehi (kṛṣṇaḥ bhrū-samjṣayā svīkāraṃ naṭayati.)

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Kundalatā: (concealing her actual intention with the following enigma) A certain caged cakorī bird burns with thirst. O Lord of Rādhā, You should meet it among the aśoka trees. (Kṛṣṇa moves His eyebrows in assent.)

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(नेपथ्ये) त्वन्-मुखेन्द्व्-अनवलोकनोद्गत- स्फार-ताप-भर-धूपितात्मनः एहि वत्स मम देहि शीतलं क्षिप्रम् अद्य परिरम्भ-चन्दनम्

(nepathye) tvan-mukhendv-anavalokanodgata- sphāra-tāpa-bhara-dhūpitātmanaḥ ehi vatsa mama dehi śītalaṃ kṣipram adya parirambha-candanam

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A voice from behind the scenes: My heart is tortured with because I cannot see the moon of Your face. O child, quickly come here. Give Me now the cooling sandalwood paste of Your embrace.

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कृष्णः: पुरस्ताद् एष मद्-भावुकम् अशंसन् नावुकस् तिष्ठति. तद् एनम् आनन्दयामि. (इति यशोदादिभिर् आवृतो निष्क्रान्तः)

kṛṣṇaḥ: purastād eṣa mad-bhāvukam aśaṃsan nāvukas tiṣṭhati. tad enam ānandayāmi. (iti yaśodādibhir āvṛto niṣkrāntaḥ)

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Kṛṣṇa: Here is My father, who wishes what is best for Me . Let Me please him. (Accompanied by Yaśodā and others, He exits)

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कुन्दलता: (परिक्रम्य) दिट्ठि-अ वाणीर-वने ललिदा-ए राही आणी-अदि.

kundalatā: (parikramya) diṭṭhi-a vāṇīra-vane lalidā-e rāhī āṇī-adi.

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Kundalatā: (walking about) By good fortune Lalitā has now brought Rādhārāṇī to this forest of vānīra trees.

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(ततः प्रविशति तथा-विध राधा.) राधा: हल ललिदे. पसंसि-अदु एसा तु-ए उबत्थिदा क्खणद. ज-ए तुम्हाणं का वि सुहासा अङ्कुरी-अदि.

(tataḥ praviśati tathā-vidha rādhā.) rādhā: hala lalide. pasaṃsi-adu esā tu-e ubatthidā kkhaṇada. ja-e tumhāṇaṃ kā vi suhāsā aṅkurī-adi.

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(Then, as described, Rādhā enters)

Rādhā: Lalitā, you should glorify this evening that makes all directions sprout with happiness.

Note: If the word "āśā" is interpreted to mean desire", then the verse may be translated: "Lalitā, you should glorify this evening, which makes our desires for transcendental happiness sprout."

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ललिता: रष्जेदि त्ति र-अणी भणी-अदि.

lalitā: raṣjedi tti ra-aṇī bhaṇī-adi.

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Lalitā: I say it is a beautiful night.

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कुन्दलता: (उपसृत्य) ललिदे. अज्ज र-अणी-मुहे इसि-हसिदेण कदक्ख-कुवल-एन फुदं तुम्हेहीं ण अच्चिदो कण्हो.

kundalatā: (upasṛtya) lalide. ajja ra-aṇī-muhe isi-hasideṇa kadakkha-kuvala-ena phudaṃ tumhehīṃ ṇa accido kaṇho.

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Kundalatā: (approaches) Lalitā, this lotus flower is the smiling side-long glance on this evening's face. You do not worship Kṛṣṇa with this flower.

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राधा: (स-रोमष्चम्) ललिदे को क्खु कण्हो त्ति सुणी-अदि. जेण के-अलं कण्णस्य च्चे-अ अदिधि-होन्तेण उम्मत्ति-किज्जम्हि.

rādhā: (sa-romaṣcam) lalide ko kkhu kaṇho tti suṇī-adi. jeṇa ke-alaṃ kaṇṇasya cce-a adidhi-honteṇa ummatti-kijjamhi.

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Rādhā: (Her bodily hairs standing up in ecstasy) Lalitā, what is this word Kṛṣṇa I have heard? Now a guest of My ears, this word makes mad with bliss.

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कुन्दलता: सहि एसो लो-ओत्तरस्स वत्थुणो निसग्गो. जं क्खु सव्वदा उबभुष्जिज्जन्तं वि अभूत्त-पूव्वं जेव्व होदि.

kundalatā: sahi eso lo-ottarassa vatthuṇo nisaggo. jaṃ kkhu savvadā ubabhuṣjijjantaṃ vi abhūtta-pūvvaṃ jevva hodi.

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Kundalatā: Friend, that is the nature of this extraordinary thing. Even though again and again it is tasted, it is always as if it was never tasted before.

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ललिता; कुन्दलदे न के-अलं लो-ओत्तरस्स वत्थुणो. किन्तु गधणुर-अस्स वि. जेण नि-अ-गो-अरो जणो क्खणे क्खणे अपूरवो अपूरवो करी-अदि.

Lalitā; kundalade na ke-alaṃ lo-ottarassa vatthuṇo. kintu gadhaṇura-assa vi. jeṇa ni-a-go-aro jaṇo kkhaṇe kkhaṇe apūravo apūravo karī-adi.

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Lalitā: Kundalatā, it is not only its extraordinary nature, but also the deep love (of the hearer) that makes (this word Kṛṣṇa) newer and newer at every moment.

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राधा: ललिदे अदिण्नुत्तरो कीस अण्णं भनसि.

rādhā: lalide adiṇnuttaro kīsa aṇṇaṃ bhanasi.

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Rādhā: Lalitā, without my answering you, what further would you say about this?

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ललिता: नवाम्बुधर-मण्डली-मद-विदम्बि-देह-द्युतिर् व्रजेन्द्र-कुल-नण्डनः स्फुरति को ऽपि नव्यो युवा सखि स्थिर-पति-व्रत-निकर-नीवि-बन्धार्गल- च्छिदा-करण-कौतुकी जयति यस्य वंशी-ध्वनिः

lalitā: navāmbudhara-maṇḍalī-mada-vidambi-deha-dyutir vrajendra-kula-naṇḍanaḥ sphurati ko 'pi navyo yuvā sakhi sthira-pati-vrata-nikara-nīvi-bandhārgala- cchidā-karaṇa-kautukī jayati yasya vaṃśī-dhvaniḥ

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Lalitā: All glories to the prince of Vraja, whose bodily luster mocks the pride of the fresh rainclouds, and the sound of whose flute eagerly breaks the lock of the sashes of the most chaste girls faithfully devoted to their husbands.

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राधा (साश्रम्) कुन्दलदे अवि णाम इमस्स एकस्स वि हद-णेत्तस्स मग्गं क्खणं पि नरोहिस्सदि सो मे धण्णस्स कण्णस्स अदिधी.

rādhā (sāśram) kundalade avi ṇāma imassa ekassa vi hada-ṇettassa maggaṃ kkhaṇaṃ pi narohissadi so me dhaṇṇassa kaṇṇassa adidhī.

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Rādhā: (shedding tears) Kundalatā, how is it that even though He has become a guest in My fortunate ear, this person has never entered the path to My unfortunate eyes?

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कुन्दलता: अ-इ तिण्हा-उले कल्लं-पदोसरम्भे विसाहा-ए तुमं तिणा सङ्गमिदा सि.

Kundalatā: a-i tiṇhā-ule kallaṃ-padosarambhe visāhā-e tumaṃ tiṇā saṅgamidā si.

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Kundalatā: O thirsty one, early tomorrow evening Viśākhā will bring You to meet this person.

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राधा: साहु सुमरा-इदं पि-अ-सही-ए. जं एक्क-वरं च्चे-अ विज्जुलि-आ-विलासो वि-अ सो तुम्हाणं गो-उल-जु-अ-रा-ओ णेत्त-चमत्क्कार-आरि सम्वुत्तो इमस्स मन्द-भा-इणो जनस्स.

rādhā: sāhu sumarā-idaṃ pi-a-sahī-e. jaṃ ekka-varaṃ cce-a vijjuli-ā-vilāso vi-a so tumhāṇaṃ go-ula-ju-a-rā-o ṇetta-camatkkāra-āri samvutto imassa manda-bhā-iṇo janassa.

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Rādhā: My dear friend has reminded Me well. For once your prince of Gokula will appear like a splendid lightning flash that fills the eyes of this unfortunate person with wonder.

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(ततः प्रविशति कृष्णह्) कृष्ण: कलविङ्क-कलं कलङ्कयन्ती ललिता-कङ्कन-झङ्कृतिर् वरेयम् मम चेतसि वेतसि-निकुष्जं समय सङ्गमयं चकार रागम्

(tataḥ praviśati kṛṣṇah) kṛṣṇa: kalaviṅka-kalaṃ kalaṅkayantī lalitā-kaṅkana-jhaṅkṛtir vareyam mama cetasi vetasi-nikuṣjaṃ samaya saṅgamayaṃ cakāra rāgam

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(Kṛṣṇa enters.)

Kṛṣṇa: The sweet tinkling of Lalitā's bracelets, which eclipses the sparrow's singing, now lures My heart into this bamboo grove.

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(पुनर् उत्कर्णो भवन् स-पुलकम्) मधुरिम-लहरीभिः स्तम्भयत्य् अम्बरे या स्मर-मद-सरसानां सारसानां रुतानि इयम् उदयति राधा-किङ्किनी-झङ्कृतिर् मे हृदि परिणमयन्ति विक्रिया-दम्बराणि

(punar utkarṇo bhavan sa-pulakam) madhurima-laharībhiḥ stambhayaty ambare yā smara-mada-sarasānāṃ sārasānāṃ rutāni iyam udayati rādhā-kiṅkinī-jhaṅkṛtir me hṛdi pariṇamayanti vikriyā-dambarāṇi

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(Again He listens with rapt attention. His bodily hairs standg up in ecstasy. He says:)

Moving through the air in waves of sweetness, the tinkling sound of Rādhā's ankle-bells silences the cooing of the sarasa birds maddened with amorous passsion and fills my heart with a host of ecstasies.

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राधा: (स-चमत्कारं सन्स्कृतेन) कुल-वरतनु-धर्म-ग्राव-वृन्दानि भिन्दन् सुमुखि निशित-दीर्घापाङ्ग-टङ्क-च्छटाभिः युगपद् अयम् अपूर्वः कः पुरो विश्व-कर्मा मरकत-मणि-लक्षैर् गोष्ठा-कक्षां चिनोति

rādhā: (sa-camatkāraṃ sanskṛtena) kula-varatanu-dharma-grāva-vṛndāni bhindan sumukhi niśita-dīrghāpāṅga-ṭaṅka-cchaṭābhiḥ yugapad ayam apūrvaḥ kaḥ puro viśva-karmā marakata-maṇi-lakṣair goṣṭhā-kakṣāṃ cinoti

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Rādhā: (filled with wonder, She says in Sanskrit:) O beautiful-faced one, who is this creative person standing before us? With the sharp chisels of His loving glances, He is splitting the hard stones of many women's devotion to their husbands. And with the luster of His body, surpassing the brilliance of countless emeralds, He is simultaneously constructing private meeting places for His pastimes.

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ललिता: हल सो एसो दे परण-णाधो.

lalitā: hala so eso de paraṇa-ṇādho.

English translation

Translation

Lalitā: Ah, here is the Lord of Your life.

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राधा: (सोन्मादं पुनः सन्स्कृतेन) स एष किम् उ गोपिका-कुमुदिनी-सुधादीधितिः स एष किइम् उ गोकुल-स्फुरित-यौव-राज्योत्सवः स एष किम् उ मन्-मनः-पिक-विनोद-पुष्पाकरः कृशोदरि दृशोर् द्वयीम् अमृत-वीचिभिः सिष्चति

rādhā: (sonmādaṃ punaḥ sanskṛtena) sa eṣa kim u gopikā-kumudinī-sudhādīdhitiḥ sa eṣa kiim u gokula-sphurita-yauva-rājyotsavaḥ sa eṣa kim u man-manaḥ-pika-vinoda-puṣpākaraḥ kṛśodari dṛśor dvayīm amṛta-vīcibhiḥ siṣcati

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Rādhā: (maddened with love, She again says in Sanskrit) Is this a nectar moon to make the lotus flowers of the gopīs blossom with happiness? Is this a regal festival of youthfulness appearing in Gokula? Is this a garden of flowers to delight the cuckoo bird of My heart? O slender-waisted one, this person I see splashes My eyes with waves of nectar.

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कृष्णः: (साश्चर्यम्) असकृद् असकृद् एषा का चमत्कार-विद्या मम रस-लहरीभिस् तर्षम् अन्तस् तनोति विदितम् अहह सेयं व्यायतापङ्ग-लीला- मधुरिम-परिवाहा कापि कल्याण-वापी

kṛṣṇaḥ: (sāścaryam) asakṛd asakṛd eṣā kā camatkāra-vidyā mama rasa-laharībhis tarṣam antas tanoti viditam ahaha seyaṃ vyāyatāpaṅga-līlā- madhurima-parivāhā kāpi kalyāṇa-vāpī

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Translation

Kṛṣṇa: (filled with wonder) What wonderful mystic power is this? Again and again it strikes Me with waves of nectar, but yet it also creates a burning thirst within My heart. Aha! I know. This is a lake of bliss that overflows it's banks in the streams of sweetness that are these playful sidelong glances.

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(पुनर् निरूप्य) कथं सत्यम् एव. तथा हि यस्यां शैवल-मष्जरी विरचितासङ्गं रथाङ्ग-द्वयं फुल्लं पङ्कज-पष्चकं च बिसयोर् युग्मं च मूलेन तम् उन्मीलत्य् अति-चष्चलं च शफरी-द्वन्द्वं व्रजे भ्राजते सेयं शुद्धतरानुराग-पयसा पूर्णा पुरो दीर्घिका

(punar nirūpya) kathaṃ satyam eva. tathā hi yasyāṃ śaivala-maṣjarī viracitāsaṅgaṃ rathāṅga-dvayaṃ phullaṃ paṅkaja-paṣcakaṃ ca bisayor yugmaṃ ca mūlena tam unmīlaty ati-caṣcalaṃ ca śapharī-dvandvaṃ vraje bhrājate seyaṃ śuddhatarānurāga-payasā pūrṇā puro dīrghikā

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(again gazing at Rādhā) Is this really a lake? (These bodily hairs standing up in ecstasy) are the moss (in this lake). (These breasts) are two cakravaka birds (now swimming) apart. (This face, hands, and feet) are five lotus flowers (and these arms) are two lotus stems. (These eyes) are two restlessly moving śapharī fishes, and (this very pure love) is the clear water that fills this lake that now stands (before Me).

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राधा: हला ण जाणे कीस घुण्णिदम्हि. त देहि मे हत्थवलम्बं.

rādhā: halā ṇa jāṇe kīsa ghuṇṇidamhi. ta dehi me hatthavalambaṃ.

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Translation

Rādhā: Ah! I don't know why I have become so dizzy. Please hold Me up with your hand.

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ललिता: सहि वीसद्धा होहि. (इति राधा-भुजं स्कन्धे निदधाति.)

lalitā: sahi vīsaddhā hohi. (iti rādhā-bhujaṃ skandhe nidadhāti.)

English translation

Translation

Lalitā: Friend, be steady. (She places Rādhā's arm on her shoulder.)

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कृष्णः: (सन्निधाय) समीक्ष्य तव राधिके वदन-बिम्बम् उद्भासुरं त्रपा-भर-परीत-धीः श्रयितुम् अस्य तुल्य-श्रियम् शशी किल कृषी-भवन् सुरधुनी-तरङ्गोक्षितस् तपस्यति कपर्दिनः स्फुट-जटाटवीम् अश्रितः (इत्य् उपसर्पति)

kṛṣṇaḥ: (sannidhāya) samīkṣya tava rādhike vadana-bimbam udbhāsuraṃ trapā-bhara-parīta-dhīḥ śrayitum asya tulya-śriyam śaśī kila kṛṣī-bhavan suradhunī-taraṅgokṣitas tapasyati kapardinaḥ sphuṭa-jaṭāṭavīm aśritaḥ (ity upasarpati)

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Kṛṣṇa: (coming nearer) Rādhā, embarrassed by seeing Your splendid face, the moon has entered the forest of Lord Siva's matted hair, where he repeatedly bathes in the waves of celestial Ganges, and has become thin with austere fasting to become as beautiful as Your face. (He approaches nearer.)

Kṛṣṇa: (coming nearer) Rādhā, the moon is embarrassed by seeing You splendid face, has now entered the forest of Lord Siva's matted hair, where he repeatedly bathes in the waves of celestial Ganges, and has become thin with austere fasting in order to become as beautiful as Your face. (He approaches nearer.)

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राधा: (दृग्-अन्तेनाभिसूच्य) ललिदे रक्खेदि मं.

rādhā: (dṛg-antenābhisūcya) lalide rakkhedi maṃ.

English translation

Translation

Rādhā: (signaling with a sidelong glance) Lalitā, protect Me!

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कृष्णः: मीलितं मीलितेनयां विन्दन् फुल्लेन फुल्लताम् अपङ्गेनाति-कृष्णेन कृष्णस् तव वशी-कृतः

kṛṣṇaḥ: mīlitaṃ mīlitenayāṃ vindan phullena phullatām apaṅgenāti-kṛṣṇena kṛṣṇas tava vaśī-kṛtaḥ

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Kṛṣṇa: When it closes shut He closes shut. When it blossoms He blossoms. Kṛṣṇa is under the dominion of Your dark sidelong glance.

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राधा: (स-गद्गदम्) कुन्दलदे निवारी-अदौ एसो सुन्दरुत्तंसो. जं गुरु-पराहीणम्हि मन्द-भा-इणी.

rādhā: (sa-gadgadam) kundalade nivārī-adau eso sundaruttaṃso. jaṃ guru-parāhīṇamhi manda-bhā-iṇī.

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Rādhā: (with a choked up voice) Kundalatā, stop this crest jewel of handsome men! I am only an unfortunate girl under the dominion of My elders and superiors.

LM 1.172

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(प्रविश्य) जटिला: अरे महा-मोहन धम्म-मग्गादो पाडिदं तु-ए सव्वं च्चे-अ गो-उल-बाला-उलं के-अलं मह पुत्त-पुण्णेण वहुदि-अ उर्व्वरिदत्थि. त णाम-गहणस्स वि एक्कं रक्खेहि. (इति राधाम् आदाय द्वाभ्यां सह निष्क्रान्ता.)

(praviśya) jaṭilā: are mahā-mohana dhamma-maggādo pāḍidaṃ tu-e savvaṃ cce-a go-ula-bālā-ulaṃ ke-alaṃ maha putta-puṇṇeṇa vahudi-a urvvaridatthi. ta ṇāma-gahaṇassa vi ekkaṃ rakkhehi. (iti rādhām ādāya dvābhyāṃ saha niṣkrāntā.)

English translation

Translation

Jaṭilā: (enters) Great trickster, You have made all the young girls of Gokula fall from the path of religion. Only the young bride of my saintly son has escaped (Your clutches). Spare us from having even once to say Your name.

(Taking Rādhā and the other two girls with her, she exits.)

LM 1.173

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कृष्ण: प्रस्थिता प्रिया. तद् अहं गवां सम्भालनाय प्रयाव. (इति निष्क्रान्ताः सर्वे)

kṛṣṇa: prasthitā priyā. tad ahaṃ gavāṃ sambhālanāya prayāva. (iti niṣkrāntāḥ sarve)

English translation

Translation

Kṛṣṇa: My beloved has gone ! Let us go find the cows. (They all exit.) Sri Lalita-Madhava