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Lalita-mādhava · Act 3

Unmatta-rādhikā: Rādhā’s Divine Madness

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(ततः प्रविशति वृन्दया सह सङ्कथयन्ति पौर्णमासी.) पौर्णमासी: हन्त कथम् उपक्रान्तो ऽयम् अन्तिमस् तामसी-मुहूर्तः. पश्य पश्य-— दूरात् खरांसु-सरभस्य परिस्फुरन्ति विस्फूर्जितैर् उदय-शैल-तटिं विलोक्य त्रासाद् असौ विशति चन्दन-पिण्ड-पाण्डुर् अष्टाचलं मृग-कलाङ्क-मृगाधिराजः

(tataḥ praviśati vṛndayā saha saṅkathayanti paurṇamāsī.) paurṇamāsī: hanta katham upakrānto 'yam antimas tāmasī-muhūrtaḥ. paśya paśya-— dūrāt kharāṃsu-sarabhasya parisphuranti visphūrjitair udaya-śaila-taṭiṃ vilokya trāsād asau viśati candana-piṇḍa-pāṇḍur aṣṭācalaṃ mṛga-kalāṅka-mṛgādhirājaḥ

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(Conversing with Vṛndā, Paurṇamāsī enters.)

Paurṇamāsī: Ah! The darkness of night is now ending. Look! Look! Frightened by seeing the effulgent śarabha beast of the sun glowing on the eastern horizon, the lion of the moon, like a golden sandalwood ball, now runs to hide beneath the western horizon.

Note: The śarabha beast had four heads, eight eyes, and eight legs, and was so gigantic it would devour elephants in a single gulp.

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वृन्दा: भगवति मथ्यमानस्येव महाम्भोनिधेर् गम्भीरं कम् अपि कोलाहल-सम्रम्भम् आकर्ण्य सम्भ्रमेणागतास्मि. तत् कथ्यतां किम् एतद् इति.

vṛndā: bhagavati mathyamānasyeva mahāmbhonidher gambhīraṃ kam api kolāhala-samrambham ākarṇya sambhrameṇāgatāsmi. tat kathyatāṃ kim etad iti.

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Vṛndā: I heard a great sound like the roaring from the depths of an agitated ocean, and so I have quickly come here. Please tell me: What is it?

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पौर्णमासी: पुत्रि वृन्दे नेदं च ते कर्णयोः प्राङ्गनं अधिरूढम्.

paurṇamāsī: putri vṛnde nedaṃ ca te karṇayoḥ prāṅganaṃ adhirūḍham.

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Paurṇamāsī: Daughter Vṛndā, it hasn't entered the courtyard of your ears?

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वृन्दा: भगवति किं तन् नाम.

vṛndā: bhagavati kiṃ tan nāma.

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Vṛndā: Noble lady, what is it?

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पौर्णमासी: वलीवर्द-दानव-मर्दन-वर्धित-रोष-पर्वतं पूर्वे-द्युर् अपूर्व-विक्रमेण केशिनम् उत्पत्य गोष्ठम् अधितिष्ठति शिखण्डवतांसे कंसेनानुशिष्टः स खलु गण्डिनेयो नन्दस्य मन्दिरं आसेदिवान्. स च राजोपजीवी राजीव-बन्धौ पूर्व-पर्वतम् अधिरूढे स-पूर्वजं पूर्व-देवरिं पुरं नेष्यति.

paurṇamāsī: valīvarda-dānava-mardana-vardhita-roṣa-parvataṃ pūrve-dyur apūrva-vikrameṇa keśinam utpatya goṣṭham adhitiṣṭhati śikhaṇḍavatāṃse kaṃsenānuśiṣṭaḥ sa khalu gaṇḍineyo nandasya mandiraṃ āsedivān. sa ca rājopajīvī rājīva-bandhau pūrva-parvatam adhirūḍhe sa-pūrvajaṃ pūrva-devariṃ puraṃ neṣyati.

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Paurṇamāsī: Yesterday, when peacock-feather-crowned Kṛṣṇa returned to Vraja village after with unprecedented strength killing Keśī who became a mountain of anger when Ariṣṭāsura was killed, Akrūra, who had been sent by King Kaṃsa, arrived at the palace of Nanda Mahārāja. Tomorrow morning, when the sun rises on the eastern horizon, the king's messenger (Akrūra) will take Kṛṣṇa and His elder brother (Balarāma) to (Mathurā City,) the capitol of (Kaṃsa,) the great enemy of the demigods.

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वृन्दा: (क्षणं तूष्णीं स्थित्वा दीर्घम् उष्णं निश्वास्य च स-वैक्लव्यम्) वन-भुवि नव-कुष्जं कस्य हेतोर् विधस्ये धृत-रुचि रचयिष्यम्य् अत्र वा पुष्प-तल्पम् सुरभिम् असमये वा वल्लिम् उत्फुल्लयिष्ये यदि नयति मुकुन्दं गन्दिनेयः पुरय

vṛndā: (kṣaṇaṃ tūṣṇīṃ sthitvā dīrgham uṣṇaṃ niśvāsya ca sa-vaiklavyam) vana-bhuvi nava-kuṣjaṃ kasya hetor vidhasye dhṛta-ruci racayiṣyamy atra vā puṣpa-talpam surabhim asamaye vā vallim utphullayiṣye yadi nayati mukundaṃ gandineyaḥ puraya

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Vṛndā: (silent for a moment, and then with a long, warm, unhappy sigh) If Akrūra takes Mukunda (Kṛṣṇa) to (Mathurā) City, then for what purpose shall I beautify the new forest-grove? For what reason shall I make a bed of flowers, or make the fragrant vines blossom always, even after the blossoming season is past?

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पौर्णमासी: (स-व्यथम्) क्रन्दन्तीनां प्लुत-विरुतिभिर् बिभ्यतीनां विभावात् कुप्यान्तीनाम् असकृद् असकृद् गन्दिनी-नन्दनाय हा धिग् दैवं कुवलय-दृशां जाग्रतीनां समग्रा व्यग्राक्षीणां क्षणवद् अभितस् तामसीयं व्यरंसीत्

paurṇamāsī: (sa-vyatham) krandantīnāṃ pluta-virutibhir bibhyatīnāṃ vibhāvāt kupyāntīnām asakṛd asakṛd gandinī-nandanāya hā dhig daivaṃ kuvalaya-dṛśāṃ jāgratīnāṃ samagrā vyagrākṣīṇāṃ kṣaṇavad abhitas tāmasīyaṃ vyaraṃsīt

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Paurṇamāsī: (with anguish) Their lotus eyes filled with anguish, the gopīs have stayed awake the entire night, crying with long wails, frightened because of ecstatic love, and always angry at Akrūra. Now that night is over as if it had been only a single moment. Alas! Sad is the gopīs' fate!

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वृन्दा: (सास्रम्) लब्ध-भ्रमेण हरता हरि-शर्वरीशं विन्यस्यता च विरह-क्लम-कालकूटम् हा गन्दिनी-तनुज-मन्दर-भूधरेण विक्षोभितः पृथुल-गोकुल-सागरो ऽयम्

vṛndā: (sāsram) labdha-bhrameṇa haratā hari-śarvarīśaṃ vinyasyatā ca viraha-klama-kālakūṭam hā gandinī-tanuja-mandara-bhūdhareṇa vikṣobhitaḥ pṛthula-gokula-sāgaro 'yam

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Vṛndā: (with tears) Alas! By churning the great ocean of Gokula, the Mandara Mountain of Akrūra has extracted the moon of Kṛṣṇa, and created the kālakūṭa poison of the vrajavāsīs' anguished separation from Kṛṣṇa.

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पौर्णमासी: वत्से तद् इतो गोपेन्द्र-गोपुरं एवानुसरावः. (इति परिक्रम्य पुरः पश्यन्ति स-बाष्पम्) यत्र मङ्गल-सम्पदं न कुरुते व्यग्रा तदा त्वोचितां वात्सल्यौपयिकं च नोपनयते पाथेयं उद्भ्रान्त-धीः धूली-जालम् असौ विलोचन-जलैर् जम्बालयन्ती परं गोविन्दं परिरभ्य नन्द-गृहिणी नीरन्ध्रम् आक्रन्दति

paurṇamāsī: vatse tad ito gopendra-gopuraṃ evānusarāvaḥ. (iti parikramya puraḥ paśyanti sa-bāṣpam) yatra maṅgala-sampadaṃ na kurute vyagrā tadā tvocitāṃ vātsalyaupayikaṃ ca nopanayate pātheyaṃ udbhrānta-dhīḥ dhūlī-jālam asau vilocana-jalair jambālayantī paraṃ govindaṃ parirabhya nanda-gṛhiṇī nīrandhram ākrandati

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Paurṇamāsī: Child, let us go to the gate of the gopa-king Nanda. (walking, she looks ahead, and then begins to shed tears) Nanda's wife, Yaśodā, is so agitated she forgot to offer suitable prayers for her son's safe journey. She is so perplexed that she forgot to prepare a lunch for Him to take on the road. She simply embraces Him again and again, cries, and muddies the dust on His body with the stream of tears from her eyes.

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वृन्दा: शैब्यायाः सखी-जल्पितं किम् आकर्णितम् अर्यया.

vṛndā: śaibyāyāḥ sakhī-jalpitaṃ kim ākarṇitam aryayā.

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Vṛndā: Did the noble lady hear what Śaibyā said to her friend?

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पौर्णमासी: पुत्रि कीदृशम् इदम्.

paurṇamāsī: putri kīdṛśam idam.

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Paurṇamāsī: What is it, my daughter?

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वृन्दा: न निर्घोषान् मन्ये निशमयसि घोषस्य करुणान् विमुग्धे त्वं दध्नाम् इह यद् अनुबध्नासि मथनम् जपन् कर्णोत्सङ्गे सखि किम् अपि दूतः क्षिति-पतेर् मुकुन्दं मन्दात्मा नगर-गमनाय त्वरयति

vṛndā: na nirghoṣān manye niśamayasi ghoṣasya karuṇān vimugdhe tvaṃ dadhnām iha yad anubadhnāsi mathanam japan karṇotsaṅge sakhi kim api dūtaḥ kṣiti-pater mukundaṃ mandātmā nagara-gamanāya tvarayati

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Vṛndā: She said, "O bewildered girl, I think it is because you are so absorbed in churning yogurt that you do not hear the pathetic wailing of Vraja Village. O my friend, a wicked messenger of the king is now hurrying Mukunda (Kṛṣṇa) to (Mathurā) City."

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पौर्णमासी: वत्से शैब्या-विमोहतस् त्वं विक्लवा श्यामला-विलापेनाभिज्षासि.

paurṇamāsī: vatse śaibyā-vimohatas tvaṃ viklavā śyāmalā-vilāpenābhijṣāsi.

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Paurṇamāsī: Child, because you were agitated by Śaibyā you could not hear Śyamā's lament.

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वृन्दा: तथ्यं ब्रवीषि. तद् एतं वर्णय.

vṛndā: tathyaṃ bravīṣi. tad etaṃ varṇaya.

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Vṛndā: What you say is true. Tell me what Śyāmā said.

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पौर्णमासी: भानोर् बिम्बे त्वरितम् उदय-प्रस्थतः प्रस्थिते ऽसौ यत्रानन्दी पठति मुदितः स्यन्दने गान्दिनेयः तावत् तूर्णं स्फुट-खुर-पुटैः क्षोणि-पृष्ठं खनन्तो यावन् नामी हृदय भवतो घोटकाः स्फोटकाः स्युः

paurṇamāsī: bhānor bimbe tvaritam udaya-prasthataḥ prasthite 'sau yatrānandī paṭhati muditaḥ syandane gāndineyaḥ tāvat tūrṇaṃ sphuṭa-khura-puṭaiḥ kṣoṇi-pṛṣṭhaṃ khananto yāvan nāmī hṛdaya bhavato ghoṭakāḥ sphoṭakāḥ syuḥ

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She said, "The sun has now risen and Gandinī-devī's son Akrūra stands on the chariot happily reciting prayers for a safe journey. Alas, when the horses begin to gallop, they will break only the earth with their hooves, and not you, o my heart."

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वृन्दा: शृणुवः किं परिदेवयति भद्रा.

vṛndā: śṛṇuvaḥ kiṃ paridevayati bhadrā.

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Vṛndā: How does Bhadrā lament? Let us listen.

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(नेपथ्ये) तुवरन्तो तुह द-इदो स-अङ्ग-णीदं पुरो समारुह-इ तहबि न पराण-स-उणे हदङ्ग-णीदं परिच्च-असि

(nepathye) tuvaranto tuha da-ido sa-aṅga-ṇīdaṃ puro samāruha-i tahabi na parāṇa-sa-uṇe hadaṅga-ṇīdaṃ paricca-asi

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A voice from behind the scenes: O bird of my life-breath, even though in your presence your beloved (Kṛṣṇa) hastily climbed aboard the chariot, still you refuse to abandon this slain body that has become your nest.

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पौर्णमासी: (वामतो दृष्ट्व) वत्से माधवस्य माध्याह्निकं दाम निर्मिमाणायां चन्द्रावल्यां शल्यार्पिणी पद्मा-व्याहृतिर् आकर्ण्यताम्.

paurṇamāsī: (vāmato dṛṣṭva) vatse mādhavasya mādhyāhnikaṃ dāma nirmimāṇāyāṃ candrāvalyāṃ śalyārpiṇī padmā-vyāhṛtir ākarṇyatām.

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Paurṇamāsī: (glancing to the left) My child, Candrāvalī fashioned a garland for Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa) to wear at noontime. Padmā is now speaking to her some words that pierce her like a javelin. Let us listen.

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(नेपथ्ये) अज्झारूढो रहम् इह पुरा सङ्ग-रङ्गी रहङ्गी हा पुप्फाणं तुहबि चडुले गण्ठनुक्कण्ठिदासि आहीरीणं बहिरि गहिरुक्कोस-दीहा वीलाब किं दे चन्दा-अली न परिदो कण्ण-कू-अं विशन्ति

(nepathye) ajjhārūḍho raham iha purā saṅga-raṅgī rahaṅgī hā pupphāṇaṃ tuhabi caḍule gaṇṭhanukkaṇṭhidāsi āhīrīṇaṃ bahiri gahirukkosa-dīhā vīlāba kiṃ de candā-alī na parido kaṇṇa-kū-aṃ viśanti

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A voice from behind the scenes: Even though Kṛṣṇa, who carries the Sudarśana cakra, and who is very affectionate to His associates, has alredy climbed the chariot, you are still intent on stringing this flower garland. O fickle, deaf Candrāvalī, has the deep, sustained, tumultuous wailing of the gopīs not entered your ears?

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पौर्णमासी: (सोद्वेगम्) आली-व्यालीक-वचनेन मुहुर् विहस्ता हस्तारविन्द-विगलद्-ग्रथितार्ध-माल्या हा हन्त हन्त किम् अपि प्रतिपन्न-तन्त्रा चन्द्रावली किल दशान्तरम् आरुरोह

paurṇamāsī: (sodvegam) ālī-vyālīka-vacanena muhur vihastā hastāravinda-vigalad-grathitārdha-mālyā hā hanta hanta kim api pratipanna-tantrā candrāvalī kila daśāntaram āruroha

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Paurṇamāsī: (anguished) Hearing from her friend the unpleasant news (of Lord Kṛṣṇa's departure for Mathurā), Candrāvalī, alas, became overwhelmed. The half-strung flower-garland slipped from her hand, and she at once fainted as if dead.

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वृन्दा: पश्य पश्य विवशाम् एव चन्द्रावलीं स्यन्दनाग्रतो निधाय शोचति पद्मा.

vṛndā: paśya paśya vivaśām eva candrāvalīṃ syandanāgrato nidhāya śocati padmā.

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Vṛndā: Look! Look! Placing unconscious Candrāvalī in front of the chariot, Padmā cries bitterly.

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(नेपथ्ये) क्खणम् अवधेहि हदासे तिलं बि ण-अणष्चलं प-आसेहि हन्त तुवरे-इ तुर-अम् णिक्करुणो गान्दिनी-पुत्तो

(nepathye) kkhaṇam avadhehi hadāse tilaṃ bi ṇa-aṇaṣcalaṃ pa-āsehi hanta tuvare-i tura-am ṇikkaruṇo gāndinī-putto

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A voice from behind the scenes: O girl who has lost all hope, try to understand for a moment. Look a little from the corner of your eye. Merciless Akrūra, the son of Gāndinī, is quickly bringing the horse.

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पौर्णमासी: हन्त वत्से राधिकाम् अपश्यन्ती बाढम् आकुलास्मि.

paurṇamāsī: hanta vatse rādhikām apaśyantī bāḍham ākulāsmi.

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Paurṇamāsī: Child, because I cannot see Rādhā I am very worried.

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वृन्दा: (दक्षिणतः प्रेक्ष्य) ह धिक् पश्य पश्य न वक्तुं नावक्तुं पुर-गमन-वार्तां मुर-भिदः क्षमन्ते राधायै कथम् अपि विशाखा-प्रभृतयः समन्ताद् आक्रान्ता निविड-जडिम-श्रेणिभिर् इमाः परं कर्णाकर्णि-व्यवहृतिम् अधीरं विदधति

vṛndā: (dakṣiṇataḥ prekṣya) ha dhik paśya paśya na vaktuṃ nāvaktuṃ pura-gamana-vārtāṃ mura-bhidaḥ kṣamante rādhāyai katham api viśākhā-prabhṛtayaḥ samantād ākrāntā niviḍa-jaḍima-śreṇibhir imāḥ paraṃ karṇākarṇi-vyavahṛtim adhīraṃ vidadhati

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Vṛndā: (looking to the right) Alas! Alas! Look! Look! Viśākhā and the other gopīs cannot bear to either tell or not tell Rādhā the news of Kṛṣṇa's departure for (Mathurā) City. They are completely stunned. They stand together, ear-to-ear, as if they have lost all sense.

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पौर्णमासी: (स-खेदम्) यस्यालोक-सुखे कृतेन निमिषैर् आक्षिप्यमाने मनाक् प्रत्यूहेन वराक्षि तद्-विरहितास् त्वं नौषि मीनीर् अपि तस्मिन् विन्दति माधवे मधु-पुरीं दैवान् न जानीमहे हा राधे प्रणयानुविद्ध-मनसः का ते गतिर् भाविनी

paurṇamāsī: (sa-khedam) yasyāloka-sukhe kṛtena nimiṣair ākṣipyamāne manāk pratyūhena varākṣi tad-virahitās tvaṃ nauṣi mīnīr api tasmin vindati mādhave madhu-purīṃ daivān na jānīmahe hā rādhe praṇayānuviddha-manasaḥ kā te gatir bhāvinī

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Paurṇamāsī: (unhappy) O Rādhā, when the blinking of Your eyes momentarily interrupted Your seeing Kṛṣṇa, You would glorify the fish (who were so fortunate that they did not have to bother with this blinking). O Rādhā whose heart is wounded by love, what will happen to You now that fate is taking Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa) to Mathurā City?

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वृन्दा: पश्य पश्य समस्ताद् आकस्मिकेन कोलाहलेन कुरङ्गीव तरङ्गित-दृष्टिर् एशा बहिर् वीथीम् आससाद राधा.

vṛndā: paśya paśya samastād ākasmikena kolāhalena kuraṅgīva taraṅgita-dṛṣṭir eśā bahir vīthīm āsasāda rādhā.

English translation

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Vṛndā: Look! Look! The tumultous sounds (of the gopīs' crying) has made restless-eyed Rādhā run from the path as a (frightened) doe.

LM 3.027

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पौर्णमासी: हा कष्टं स्फुटं दिव्योन्मादमयीम् उद्घूर्णं आपद्यते राधिका. यद् इयम् असम्बन्ध-भूयिष्ठम् अनेक-भाषमयीं भारतीम् उद्गिरति.

paurṇamāsī: hā kaṣṭaṃ sphuṭaṃ divyonmādamayīm udghūrṇaṃ āpadyate rādhikā. yad iyam asambandha-bhūyiṣṭham aneka-bhāṣamayīṃ bhāratīm udgirati.

English translation

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Paurṇamāsī: Alas! Alas! Agitated with transcendental madness, Rādhā now babbles eloquent nonsense running from one language to another.

Note: In Rādhā's words (in the next verse) the first two lines are in Prakrit and the second two lines are in Sanskrit.

LM 3.028

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(नेपथ्ये) व-अ-णरब-इ-णन्दणं स बन्धुम् राहा-पवरोबरि पेक्खि-अ प्फुरन्तम् स्खलति मम वपुः कथं धारित्री भ्रमति कुतः किम् अमी नटन्ति नीपाः

(nepathye) va-a-ṇaraba-i-ṇandaṇaṃ sa bandhum rāhā-pavarobari pekkhi-a pphurantam skhalati mama vapuḥ kathaṃ dhāritrī bhramati kutaḥ kim amī naṭanti nīpāḥ

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A voice from behind the scenes: Now that I see Vraja's prince Kṛṣṇa standing on the chariot with His brother and uncle, who do I stumble and fall to the ground? Why does the earth move about like this? Why are the kadamba trees dancing?

LM 3.029

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पौर्णमासी: शृणूवः किम् आह ललिता.

paurṇamāsī: śṛṇūvaḥ kim āha lalitā.

English translation

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Paurṇamāsī: What is Lalitā saying? Let us listen.

LM 3.030

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(नेपथ्ये) सहि राहे मा विसीद. पव्वद-परिक्कमोबक्कमो एसो.

(nepathye) sahi rāhe mā visīda. pavvada-parikkamobakkamo eso.

English translation

Translation

A voice from behind the scenes: Kṛṣṇa is now beginning on the path around Govardhana Hill. O friend Rādhā, please do not lament.

LM 3.031

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पौर्णमासी: श्रूयतां वत्साया व्याहृतिः.

paurṇamāsī: śrūyatāṃ vatsāyā vyāhṛtiḥ.

English translation

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Paurṇamāsī: Listen to what the girl is saying.

LM 3.032

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(नेपथ्ये) सहचरि परिज्षातं सद्यः समस्तम् इदं मया पटिम-पटलैस् त्वं निह्नोतुं कियत् प्रभविष्यसि विरम कृपणे भावी नायं हरेर् विरह-क्लमो मम किम् अभवन् कण्ठे प्राण मुहुर् निरपत्रपाः

(nepathye) sahacari parijṣātaṃ sadyaḥ samastam idaṃ mayā paṭima-paṭalais tvaṃ nihnotuṃ kiyat prabhaviṣyasi virama kṛpaṇe bhāvī nāyaṃ harer viraha-klamo mama kim abhavan kaṇṭhe prāṇa muhur nirapatrapāḥ

English translation

Translation

A voice from behind the scenes: Now I know everything. My friend, what will you cleverly hide from Me? Wretched girl, stop! I will not be unhappy when Kṛṣṇa is gone. Why does this shameless breathing again and again move in My throat?

LM 3.033

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वृन्दा: भगवति विवक्षुर् इव विशाखा लक्ष्यते.

vṛndā: bhagavati vivakṣur iva viśākhā lakṣyate.

English translation

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Vṛndā: O noble lady, Viśākhā is about to say something.

LM 3.034

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(नेपथ्ये) तं विद्धंसि-अ कंसम् रत्ति-मुहे तुह मेलिस्स-इ प्पण-इ सहि मा घम्म विलक्ख क्खमावदीणां धुरीणासि

(nepathye) taṃ viddhaṃsi-a kaṃsam ratti-muhe tuha melissa-i ppaṇa-i sahi mā ghamma vilakkha kkhamāvadīṇāṃ dhurīṇāsi

English translation

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A voice from behind the scenes: After He kills Kaṃsa, Kṛṣṇa will again meet You in the middle of the night. My friend, You are the most patient and tolerant of all the gopīs. Please don't be upset.

LM 3.035

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पौर्णमासी: समाकर्णय वर-वर्णिनी-वर्णितम्

paurṇamāsī: samākarṇaya vara-varṇinī-varṇitam

English translation

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Paurṇamāsī: Listen to this eloquent gopī's words.

LM 3.036

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(नेपथ्ये) नाश्वासनं विरचय त्वम् इदं हताशे शुष्यन्-मुखी मम गुणं परिकीर्तयन्ती दूराद् अमर्दव-भृतो ऽपि मुहुः क्षमायाः कुक्षिं विदारयति पश्य रथाङ्ग-नेमिः

(nepathye) nāśvāsanaṃ viracaya tvam idaṃ hatāśe śuṣyan-mukhī mama guṇaṃ parikīrtayantī dūrād amardava-bhṛto 'pi muhuḥ kṣamāyāḥ kukṣiṃ vidārayati paśya rathāṅga-nemiḥ

English translation

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A voice from behind the scenes: Don't console Me. Hopeless girl, your mouth is dry praising Me. Far away, the wheel of Kṛṣṇa's chariot again and again breaks the belly of the hard earth.

LM 3.037

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पौर्णमासी: अहह राजीव-नेत्र-यात्रा-वित्रासित-चेताः कं अप्य् अधैर्य-दि/क्षां उरी-चकार चकोराक्षी.

paurṇamāsī: ahaha rājīva-netra-yātrā-vitrāsita-cetāḥ kaṃ apy adhairya-di/kṣāṃ urī-cakāra cakorākṣī.

English translation

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Paurṇamāsī: Ah! Her heart afraid of lotus-eyed Kṛṣṇa's journey, Rādhā, whose eyes are like cakora birds, has become restless.

LM 3.038

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वृन्दा: क्षणं विक्रोशन्ती विलुठति शताङ्गस्य पुरतः क्षणं बाष्प-ग्रस्तां किरति किल दृष्टिं हरि-मुखे क्षणं रामस्याग्रे पतति दशनोत्तम्भित-त्र्णा न राधेयं कं वा क्षिपति करुणाम्भोधि-कुहरे

vṛndā: kṣaṇaṃ vikrośantī viluṭhati śatāṅgasya purataḥ kṣaṇaṃ bāṣpa-grastāṃ kirati kila dṛṣṭiṃ hari-mukhe kṣaṇaṃ rāmasyāgre patati daśanottambhita-trṇā na rādheyaṃ kaṃ vā kṣipati karuṇāmbhodhi-kuhare

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Vṛndā: One moment She cries bitterly, the next moment She rolls about on the ground before the chariot, the next moment Her tear-filled eyes gaze on Kṛṣṇa's face, the next moment She places a blade of grass between Her teeth and bows down before Lord Balarāma and begs Him not to leave Vṛndāvana. Is there any person Rādhā will not throw into the ocean of intense compassion for Her?

LM 3.039

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पौर्णमासी: (सास्रम्) ह हन्त हन्त न हि न्यस्ता दृष्टिः क्षणं अधर-पाली-परिमले यया कंसारातेः प्रिय-सहचरीणाम् अपि पुरः गुरूणाम् अप्य् अग्रे यद् अकलित-लज्जावलिर् अभूद् इयं राधा सद्यस् तद् इह मम चेतो ग्लपयति

paurṇamāsī: (sāsram) ha hanta hanta na hi nyastā dṛṣṭiḥ kṣaṇaṃ adhara-pālī-parimale yayā kaṃsārāteḥ priya-sahacarīṇām api puraḥ gurūṇām apy agre yad akalita-lajjāvalir abhūd iyaṃ rādhā sadyas tad iha mama ceto glapayati

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Paurṇamāsī: (with tears) Although in the presence of Her dear gopī-friends She would never for even a moment glance at Kṛṣṇa with even the slightest fragrance of tears gliding to Her lips, now, without any embarrassment, even before Her superiors, (She stares at Him with tear-filled eyes). Rādhā makes my heart wilt with pain.

LM 3.040

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(पुनर् निरूप्य) रथिनः पथि पश्यतः स-खेदं बत राधा-वदनम् मुरान्तकस्य किरतो नयने घनाश्रु-बिन्दून् अरविन्दे मकरन्दवत् क्रमेण

(punar nirūpya) rathinaḥ pathi paśyataḥ sa-khedaṃ bata rādhā-vadanam murāntakasya kirato nayane ghanāśru-bindūn aravinde makarandavat krameṇa

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As Kṛṣṇa rides on the chariot, gazing at Rādhā's anguished face, how many thick tears appear in His eyes like drops of honey on a lotus flower?

LM 3.041

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वृन्दा: भगवति नूनं कुमारीणां प्राणः प्राणेश्वरेण सार्धम् एवाद्य प्रयास्यन्ति.

vṛndā: bhagavati nūnaṃ kumārīṇāṃ prāṇaḥ prāṇeśvareṇa sārdham evādya prayāsyanti.

English translation

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Vṛndā: Noble lady, the gopīs' life-breath will now follow their master Kṛṣṇa.

LM 3.042

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पौर्णमासी: पुत्रि हरेः सन्देश-हरं पश्य पश्य एतास् तूर्णं नयत किरतीर् आर्ति-मिश्रस् तमिस्रा भावी भाव्या पुनर् अपि मया मङ्गलः सङ्गमो वा इत्थं दीर्घैर् अघ-विजयिना हन्त सन्दानितो ऽभूद् आशा-पाशैः सरसिज-दृशां प्राण-सारङ्ग-सङ्घः

paurṇamāsī: putri hareḥ sandeśa-haraṃ paśya paśya etās tūrṇaṃ nayata kiratīr ārti-miśras tamisrā bhāvī bhāvyā punar api mayā maṅgalaḥ saṅgamo vā itthaṃ dīrghair agha-vijayinā hanta sandānito 'bhūd āśā-pāśaiḥ sarasija-dṛśāṃ prāṇa-sāraṅga-saṅghaḥ

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Paurṇamāsī: Look! Look! Here comes someone bearing a message from Kṛṣṇa. The message says: "O beautiful, pious gopīs, some anguished nights you may see before you again attain My auspicious company?" In this way Kṛṣṇa, the killer of Aghāsura, with ropes of hope tightly bound the deer of the lotus-eyed gopīs life-breath.

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वृन्दा: (स-व्यथम्) पिबति न मकरन्दं वृन्दम् इन्दिन्दिराणां वनम् अपि न मयूरास् ताण्डवैर् मण्डयन्ति विदधति च रथाङ्गाः स्वाङ्गनाभिर् न सङ्गम् सरति सरसिजाक्षे गोष्ठतः पट्टनाय

vṛndā: (sa-vyatham) pibati na makarandaṃ vṛndam indindirāṇāṃ vanam api na mayūrās tāṇḍavair maṇḍayanti vidadhati ca rathāṅgāḥ svāṅganābhir na saṅgam sarati sarasijākṣe goṣṭhataḥ paṭṭanāya

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Vṛndā: (with anguish) Now that lotus-eyed Kṛṣṇa has left Vraja to go to Mathurā City, the bumble-bee will no longer drink honey, the peacocks will not decorate the forest with their lively dances, and the cakravāka birds will refuse to keep company with their wives.

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पौर्णमासी: (नेमि-वर्त्मानुसृत्य स-खेदम्) अहह अद्वीपे क्षिपती समस्त-जगतीं अस्तोक-शोकाम्बुधौ राधा सम्भृत-काकुर् आकुलम् असौ चक्रे तथा क्रन्दनम् येन स्यन्दन-नेमि-निर्मित-महा-सीमन्त-दम्भाद् इदं हा सर्वंसहयापि निर्भरम् अभूद् दूराद् विदीऋणं भुवा

paurṇamāsī: (nemi-vartmānusṛtya sa-khedam) ahaha advīpe kṣipatī samasta-jagatīṃ astoka-śokāmbudhau rādhā sambhṛta-kākur ākulam asau cakre tathā krandanam yena syandana-nemi-nirmita-mahā-sīmanta-dambhād idaṃ hā sarvaṃsahayāpi nirbharam abhūd dūrād vidīṛṇaṃ bhuvā

English translation

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Paurṇamāsī: (following the tracks of the chariot-wheels, she laments) Rādhā's pathetic cries of grief plunge the entire world in an islandless ocean of intense pain. These marks in the all-tolerant earth that appear to have been made by the wheels of the moving chariot have in reality been made from far away by Rādhā's cries.

LM 3.045

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वृन्दा: हा कष्टम्. हा कष्टम्. पुरः क्वचन धावति स्फुरति चित्रितेव क्वचित् तनोति हसितं क्वचित् क्वचन तीव्रम् आक्रन्दति इयं प्रलपति क्वचित् क्वचन मौनम् आलम्बते मुकुन्द-विरहोद्गतैर् मुहुर् अधीर-धीर् आधिभिः

vṛndā: hā kaṣṭam. hā kaṣṭam. puraḥ kvacana dhāvati sphurati citriteva kvacit tanoti hasitaṃ kvacit kvacana tīvram ākrandati iyaṃ pralapati kvacit kvacana maunam ālambate mukunda-virahodgatair muhur adhīra-dhīr ādhibhiḥ

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Vṛndā: Alas! Alas! The pain of separation from Mukunda has unsettled Rādhā's mind. Sometimes She runs about and sometimes She stands still like a painted picture. Sometimes She laughs and sometimes She weeps bitterly. Sometimes She is very talkative and sometimes She is silent.

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(नेपथ्ये) क्व नन्द-कुल-चन्द्रमाः क्व शिखि-चन्द्रकालणृतिः क्व मन्द्र-मुरली-रवः क्व नु सुरेन्द्र-नील-द्युतिः क्व रास-रस-ताण्डवी क्व सखि जीव-रक्षौशधिर् निधिर् मम सुहृत्तमः क्व बत हन्त हा धिग्-विधिम्

(nepathye) kva nanda-kula-candramāḥ kva śikhi-candrakālaṇṛtiḥ kva mandra-muralī-ravaḥ kva nu surendra-nīla-dyutiḥ kva rāsa-rasa-tāṇḍavī kva sakhi jīva-rakṣauśadhir nidhir mama suhṛttamaḥ kva bata hanta hā dhig-vidhim

English translation

Translation

A voice from behind the scenes: My dear friend, where is Kṛṣṇa, who is like the moon rising from the ocean of Mahārāja Nanda's dynasty? Where is Kṛṣṇa, His head decorated with a peacock feather? Where is He? Where is Kṛṣṇa whose flute produces such a deep sound? Oh, where is Kṛṣṇa, whose bodily luster is like the luster of the blue indranīla jewel? Where is Kṛṣṇa, who is expert in rāsa dancing? Oh, where is He who can save My life? Kindly tell Me where to find Kṛṣṇa, the treasure of My life and best of My friends. Feeling separation from Him, I hereby condemn Providence, the shaper of My destiny.

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पौर्णमासी: धिक् कष्टम्. मूर्तम् एतद् दुर्णिवारं कारुण्य-डम्बरं परिलम्बते. तद् इतस् तूर्णं मे प्रस्थितिः पथ्या.

paurṇamāsī: dhik kaṣṭam. mūrtam etad durṇivāraṃ kāruṇya-ḍambaraṃ parilambate. tad itas tūrṇaṃ me prasthitiḥ pathyā.

English translation

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Paurṇamāsī: Alas! Alas! This body is now overwhelmed with pity. I must go at once.

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वृन्दा: भगवति मुखराम् अत्र सन्निधापयितुम् इच्छामि. (इत्य् उभे निष्क्रान्ते.) (विष्कम्भकः)

vṛndā: bhagavati mukharām atra sannidhāpayitum icchāmi. (ity ubhe niṣkrānte.) (viṣkambhakaḥ)

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Vṛndā: Noble lady, I would like to bring Mukharā here. (They both exit.)

(Thus ends the viṣkambhaka interlude.)

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(ततः प्रविशति सखीभ्याम् आश्वास्यमाना राधा.) राधा: (साक्रन्दम्) निपीता न स्वैरं श्रुति-पुटिकया नर्म-भणितिर् न दृष्टा निःशङ्कं सुमुखि मुख-पङ्केरुह-रुचः हरेर् वक्षः-पीठं न किल घनम् आलिङ्गितम् अभूद् इति ध्यायं ध्यायं स्फुटति लुठद् अन्तर् मम मनः

(tataḥ praviśati sakhībhyām āśvāsyamānā rādhā.) rādhā: (sākrandam) nipītā na svairaṃ śruti-puṭikayā narma-bhaṇitir na dṛṣṭā niḥśaṅkaṃ sumukhi mukha-paṅkeruha-rucaḥ harer vakṣaḥ-pīṭhaṃ na kila ghanam āliṅgitam abhūd iti dhyāyaṃ dhyāyaṃ sphuṭati luṭhad antar mama manaḥ

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(Consoled by two gopī-friends, Rādhā enters)

Rādhā: O beautiful-faced friend, I did not fully drink the nectar of Lord Kṛṣṇa's joking words with My ears. I did not fearlessly gaze without restriction on His lotus face. I did not very firmly embrace His chest, to My heart's content. Moment after moment My mind remembers all this as it trembles in pain.

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विशाखा: हला कण्हस्स पच्चा-अमण-सन्देसम् जाणन्ती बि इरिसे वे-अनाणल-झलक्कारे अप्पाणं पक्खिबन्ती कीस सहीणं पराणं करीसेण रन्धेसि.

viśākhā: halā kaṇhassa paccā-amaṇa-sandesam jāṇantī bi irise ve-anāṇala-jhalakkāre appāṇaṃ pakkhibantī kīsa sahīṇaṃ parāṇaṃ karīseṇa randhesi.

English translation

Translation

Viśākhā: Ah! Why, even though You know of Kṛṣṇa's message promising His return, do You still torture Your friends by plunging Yourself into this blazing fire of grief.

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राधा: (सन्स्कृतम् आश्रित्य) चेतः खिन्न-जने हरेः परिणतं कारुण्य-वीचि-भरैर् इत्य् आभीर-नत-भ्रुवां सखि भवेद् आलोक-सम्भावना मर्म-ग्रन्थि-निकृन्तन-व्यसनिनी तं तादृशं वैरिणी क्रूरेयं विरह-व्यथा न सहते मद्-भाग-धेयोत्सवम्

rādhā: (sanskṛtam āśritya) cetaḥ khinna-jane hareḥ pariṇataṃ kāruṇya-vīci-bharair ity ābhīra-nata-bhruvāṃ sakhi bhaved āloka-sambhāvanā marma-granthi-nikṛntana-vyasaninī taṃ tādṛśaṃ vairiṇī krūreyaṃ viraha-vyathā na sahate mad-bhāga-dheyotsavam

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Rādhā: (in Sanskrit) O My friend, the gopīs, who all have beautiful curved eyebrows, may be convinced that Kṛṣṇa's heart is flooded with waves of compassion for this downtrodden person. Still, My cruel enemy, the pain of being separated from Kṛṣṇa, is intent on cutting My heart to pieces. That enemy will not for a moment allow Me to celebrate a festival of auspicious happiness.

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(इत्य् आर्तिं नटयन्ती.) उत्तापी पूट-पाकतो ऽपि गरल-ग्रामाद् अपि क्षोभणो दम्होलेर् अपि दुःसहः कटुर् अलं हृन्-मग्न-शल्याद् अपि तीव्रः प्रौढ-विसूचिक-निचयतो ऽप्य् उच्चैर् ममायं बली मर्माण्य् अद्य भिनत्ति गोकुल-पतेर् विश्लेष-जन्म ज्वरः (इति मुक्त-कण्ठं रोदिति.)

(ity ārtiṃ naṭayantī.) uttāpī pūṭa-pākato 'pi garala-grāmād api kṣobhaṇo damholer api duḥsahaḥ kaṭur alaṃ hṛn-magna-śalyād api tīvraḥ prauḍha-visūcika-nicayato 'py uccair mamāyaṃ balī marmāṇy adya bhinatti gokula-pater viśleṣa-janma jvaraḥ (iti mukta-kaṇṭhaṃ roditi.)

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(in agony)

The blazing fire of separation from Lord Kṛṣṇa, the king of Gokula, has broken My heart. That fire is more painful than the pūṭa-pāka fire, more troubling than a strong doses of poison, more intolerable than Indra's thunderbolt, more sharp than a spear plunged into the heart, and more horrifying than the last stage of cholera.

(cries without any inhibition.)

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(नेफथ्ये) अद्य प्राण-परार्धतो ऽपि दयिते दूरं प्रयाते हरौ हा धिग् दुःसह-शोक-शङ्कुभिर् अभूद् विद्धान्तरा राधिका तेनास्याः प्रतिषेधम् आर्य-चरिते त्वं मा कृथा मा कृथाः क्षीणेयं क्षणम् अत्र सुष्ठु विलुठन्त्य् आर्त-स्वरं रोदितु

(nephathye) adya prāṇa-parārdhato 'pi dayite dūraṃ prayāte harau hā dhig duḥsaha-śoka-śaṅkubhir abhūd viddhāntarā rādhikā tenāsyāḥ pratiṣedham ārya-carite tvaṃ mā kṛthā mā kṛthāḥ kṣīṇeyaṃ kṣaṇam atra suṣṭhu viluṭhanty ārta-svaraṃ roditu

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A voice from behind the scenes: Kṛṣṇa is many millions of times more dear to Rādhā than Her own life. Now that He has gone far away, Her heart has become wounded by many sharp javelins of unbearable grief. She has become emanciated. She may roll about on the ground, and She may scream in pain. O noble, pious (Mukharā), please don't try to stop Her. Please don't try to stop Her.

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ललिता: (नेपथ्याभिमुखम् आलोक्य स्वगतम्) वुन्दे साहु साहु जं णिवारन् उम्मुही मुहरा तु-ए णिवारिदा.

lalitā: (nepathyābhimukham ālokya svagatam) vunde sāhu sāhu jaṃ ṇivāran ummuhī muharā tu-e ṇivāridā.

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Lalitā: (glancing at the area behind the scenes) Vṛndā, well done! Well done! You stopped Mukharā, who was very eager to intervene.

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राधा: (पुनश् चक्रवाकीं विलोक्य साभ्यर्थनम्) इयम् उअपगता प्राचीतस् त्वं रथाङ्गि ततो हरिस् तव पदम् अगाद् अक्ष्णोर् अस्य प्रवृत्तिम् उदीरय विनयति रथ-क्लान्तिं हन्त प्रभोः पथि तस्य कः प्रणयति जनः को वा पत्राङ्कुरादि-परिष्क्रियाम्

rādhā: (punaś cakravākīṃ vilokya sābhyarthanam) iyam uapagatā prācītas tvaṃ rathāṅgi tato haris tava padam agād akṣṇor asya pravṛttim udīraya vinayati ratha-klāntiṃ hanta prabhoḥ pathi tasya kaḥ praṇayati janaḥ ko vā patrāṅkurādi-pariṣkriyām

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Rādhā: (again seeing a cakravākī bird, She makes the following request) O cakravākī bird, because you have come here from the east you must have seen Kṛṣṇa. Please tell Me the news of His activities. Has someone acted to relieve the Lord's fatigue travelling on the highway in the chariot? Has someone decorated Him with leaves, fresh sprouts, and other forest-ornaments?

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ललिता: पि-अ-सहि वि-ओ-इणी-णि-उरम्ब-कुडुम्ब-साहि-सिहरे. महुरा-पत्थामुक्कण्ठिदं वि-अ पेक्ख वलि-पुट्ठ र-आम्.

lalitā: pi-a-sahi vi-o-iṇī-ṇi-uramba-kuḍumba-sāhi-sihare. mahurā-patthāmukkaṇṭhidaṃ vi-a pekkha vali-puṭṭha ra-ām.

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Lalitā: Dear friend, look at the king of crows sitting on top of this kadamba tree. He seems to be a relative of us gopīs suffering in separation from our beloved. He seems to be yearning to go to Mathurā City.

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राधा: (स-श्लाघम्) भ्रातर् वायस-मण्डली-मुकुट हे निष्क्रम्य गोष्ठाद् इतः सन्देशं वद वन्दनोत्तरम् अमुम् वृन्दाटवीन्द्राय मे दग्धुं प्राण-पशुं शिखी विरह-भूर् इन्धे मद्-अङ्गालये सान्द्रं नागर-चन्द्र भिन्धि रभसाद् आशार्गला-बन्धनम्

rādhā: (sa-ślāgham) bhrātar vāyasa-maṇḍalī-mukuṭa he niṣkramya goṣṭhād itaḥ sandeśaṃ vada vandanottaram amum vṛndāṭavīndrāya me dagdhuṃ prāṇa-paśuṃ śikhī viraha-bhūr indhe mad-aṅgālaye sāndraṃ nāgara-candra bhindhi rabhasād āśārgalā-bandhanam

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Rādhā: (praising the crow) O brother, O crown of all youths, after you leave Vrajabhūmi please go to Vṛndāvana's king Kṛṣṇa, offer respectful obeisances to Him, and speak to Him the following message on My behalf: "O moon of all amorous heroes, the flames of separation from You are now beginning to burn the animal of My life-breath in the house of My body. Please unbolt the firm lock of hope that keeps that animal in the burning building."

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(सव्यतः शारिकाम् अवेक्ष्य) न वेद्मि सखि शारिके यद् असि तस्य दूती हरेर् इदं प्रथमतः स्फुटं कथय मुष्च वार्तां पराम् स पिष्ट-कटु-कण्टकः सखिभिर् आवृतो वर्तते रथो रथ इति ब्रुवन् किम् अधुना प्रतीची-मुखः

(savyataḥ śārikām avekṣya) na vedmi sakhi śārike yad asi tasya dūtī harer idaṃ prathamataḥ sphuṭaṃ kathaya muṣca vārtāṃ parām sa piṣṭa-kaṭu-kaṇṭakaḥ sakhibhir āvṛto vartate ratho ratha iti bruvan kim adhunā pratīcī-mukhaḥ

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(seeing a female parrot on the left) O parrot-friend, I did not know you were a messenger from Kṛṣṇa. Tell Me the news. Has Kṛṣṇa crushed the sharp thorns of His enemies? Is He now surrounded by His friends? Does He call for a chariot (to come here)? Is He now eager to travel west (to the land of Vraja)?

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(इति विक्रोशन्ती स-शङ्कम्) किं जप्पिस्सादि सम्पदं गुरु-अणो ह वैणवं क्वामृतम् जुत्तिं सो-अ-हरं सुणामि ण कहं ह णर्म-भङ्गी क्व सा किं धारेमि न धेरि-अं क्खणं अहं ह प्राण-नाथः क्व मे कण्ठं मुष्चध रे पराण-हद-अ ह धिङ् न दृष्टो हरिः

(iti vikrośantī sa-śaṅkam) kiṃ jappissādi sampadaṃ guru-aṇo ha vaiṇavaṃ kvāmṛtam juttiṃ so-a-haraṃ suṇāmi ṇa kahaṃ ha ṇarma-bhaṅgī kva sā kiṃ dhāremi na dheri-aṃ kkhaṇaṃ ahaṃ ha prāṇa-nāthaḥ kva me kaṇṭhaṃ muṣcadha re parāṇa-hada-a ha dhiṅ na dṛṣṭo hariḥ

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(frightened and crying) What will My superiors say now? Now where will (I be able to hear) the nectar sound of Kṛṣṇa's flute? I do not hear any words that will drive away My grief. I cannot be peaceful for even a moment. Alas! Where is the Lord of My life now? O miserable life, please run out of My throat at once! No longer can I see Kṛṣṇa!

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विशाखा: (अपवर्य) ललिदे तुरि-अं कुण कम्पि उबाणं जेन एसो पराण-विद्दोहि पि-अ-सही-ए वे-अना-तरङ्गो क्खणं बि सिढिली-आदि.

viśākhā: (apavarya) lalide turi-aṃ kuṇa kampi ubāṇaṃ jena eso parāṇa-viddohi pi-a-sahī-e ve-anā-taraṅgo kkhaṇaṃ bi siḍhilī-ādi.

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Viśākhā: (aside to Lalitā) Lalitā, quickly do something to stop, even for a moment, the waves of suffering that are drowning our dear friend (Rādhā).

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ललिता: (राधाम् उपेत्य सन्स्कृतेन) अशङ्केमहि पङ्कजक्षि कुतुकी निर्माय मायां क्रमाद् अक्रूरादि-मयीं हरिः परिहसत्य् अस्मान् कलावान् अलम् मोक्तुं न क्षमते कदापि यद् अयं वृन्दाटवी-कन्दरं शक्यः प्रेक्षितुम् अष्जसा सखि स चेत् कु २४जण्तरे मृग्यते

lalitā: (rādhām upetya sanskṛtena) aśaṅkemahi paṅkajakṣi kutukī nirmāya māyāṃ kramād akrūrādi-mayīṃ hariḥ parihasaty asmān kalāvān alam moktuṃ na kṣamate kadāpi yad ayaṃ vṛndāṭavī-kandaraṃ śakyaḥ prekṣitum aṣjasā sakhi sa cet ku 24jaṇtare mṛgyate

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Lalitā: (approaches Rādhā and says in Sanskrit:) O lotus-eyed one, we think that clever, playful Kṛṣṇa is simply playing a joke on us, and these events beginning with Akrūra's arrival are all His joke, for He is not willing to leave Vṛndāvana at any time, O friend, if You simply search for Him in the forest You will quickly find Him there.

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विशाखा: ललिदे साहु साहु. सच्चं वि-अक्खणासि.

viśākhā: lalide sāhu sāhu. saccaṃ vi-akkhaṇāsi.

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Viśākhā: Well done, Lalitā! Well done! You are intelligent.

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राधा: हन्त सख्यौ नासम्भव्यं इदम्. तन् मृगयेमहि.

rādhā: hanta sakhyau nāsambhavyaṃ idam. tan mṛgayemahi.

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Rādhā: My friends, this is not impossible. Let us search (for Him).

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(इति परिक्रम्य पुरः कुरङ्गिर् विलोकयन्ती स-बाष्पम् उच्चैः.) हरि हरि भवतीभिः स्वन्त-हारी हरिण्यो हरिर् इह किम् अपङ्गातिथ्य-सङ्गी व्यधायि यद् अनुरणित-वंशी-काकलीभिर् मुखेभ्यः सुख-तृण-कवला वः सामि-लीढाः स्खलन्ति

(iti parikramya puraḥ kuraṅgir vilokayantī sa-bāṣpam uccaiḥ.) hari hari bhavatībhiḥ svanta-hārī hariṇyo harir iha kim apaṅgātithya-saṅgī vyadhāyi yad anuraṇita-vaṃśī-kākalībhir mukhebhyaḥ sukha-tṛṇa-kavalā vaḥ sāmi-līḍhāḥ skhalanti

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(After walking some distance, She sees some does. With tears in Her eyes, She calls to them in a loud voice)

Hello! Hello! O does, the grass is falling, half-eaten, from your mouths. Is this because charming Kṛṣṇa has stolen your hearts? Is it because you have met the wandering guest of Lord Kṛṣṇa's sidelong glance, or because you have heard the sweet music of His flute?

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(इत्य् अन्यतो गत्वा सात्त-हासम्) अले मोलि च्छिप्पं भण पलिहलन्ती कुडिलदं कुडुङ्गे गुढङ्गो निवस-इ कहिं पिण्छ-म-उलि नवाम्भोद-श्रेणी-स्तणित-गणतो ऽप्य् अर्बुद-गुणं पि-अं तुम्हानं मुरलि-जणिदं जस्स रणिदम्

(ity anyato gatvā sātta-hāsam) ale moli cchippaṃ bhaṇa palihalantī kuḍiladaṃ kuḍuṅge guḍhaṅgo nivasa-i kahiṃ piṇcha-ma-uli navāmbhoda-śreṇī-staṇita-gaṇato 'py arbuda-guṇaṃ pi-aṃ tumhānaṃ murali-jaṇidaṃ jassa raṇidam

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(Going to another place, She laughs loudly)

O peahens, please give up all duplicity and quickly tell Me: Where is peacock-feather-crowned Kṛṣṇa hiding in this forest? Where is Kṛṣṇa, whose flute music pleases you millions of times more than the thunder of many new rainclouds?

Note: Peacocks and peahens are pleased by the monsoon rains. The sound of thunder is, therefore, a sound especially welcome to them.

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विशाखा: (सोद्ग्रीवम् अवेक्ष्य) एस पि-अ-सही-ए कुण्ड-नि-उष्जे गुष्जा-अली दीस-इ.

viśākhā: (sodgrīvam avekṣya) esa pi-a-sahī-e kuṇḍa-ni-uṣje guṣjā-alī dīsa-i.

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Viśākhā: (eagerly craning her neck) I can see a guṣjā-necklace in the grove by Rādhā-kuṇḍa.

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राधा: (सम्भ्रमेणादाय जिघ्रन्ती सोत्कम्पम्) मणि-राज-रुचा विराजिता दनुजारेः स्फुरितासि वक्षसि इह किं लुठसि त्वम् आकुला सखि गुष्जावलि-कुष्ज-वर्त्मनि

rādhā: (sambhrameṇādāya jighrantī sotkampam) maṇi-rāja-rucā virājitā danujāreḥ sphuritāsi vakṣasi iha kiṃ luṭhasi tvam ākulā sakhi guṣjāvali-kuṣja-vartmani

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Rādhā: (with great awe She picks up the guṣja-necklace, smells it, and trembles) Reflecting the splendor of the king of jewels, you were once on the chest of Kṛṣṇa, the enemy of the demons. O guṣja-necklace friend, why do you, overwhelmed, now roll about on the ground of this forest-path?

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ललिता: मग्गणाहिनिवेसेण अविण्णाद-मग्गा-ओ अम्हे कधं सहित्थली-पेरन्तं पत्तम्ह.

lalitā: maggaṇāhiniveseṇa aviṇṇāda-maggā-o amhe kadhaṃ sahitthalī-perantaṃ pattamha.

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Lalitā: How is it that by wandering in search of Kṛṣṇa we have come near Sakhīsthalī (Candrāvalī's home)?

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राधा: हा प्रिय-सखि चन्द्रावली (इत्य् औत्सुक्यम् अभिनीय) विशाखे तम् अदृष्ट-पूर्वं वल्लभित-बल्लवेन्द्र-नन्दनं चन्द्रावलीं द्रष्टुम् इच्छामि.

rādhā: hā priya-sakhi candrāvalī (ity autsukyam abhinīya) viśākhe tam adṛṣṭa-pūrvaṃ vallabhita-ballavendra-nandanaṃ candrāvalīṃ draṣṭum icchāmi.

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Rādhā: O dear friend Candrāvalī! (very eager) O Viśākhā, I have so yearned to see Candrāvalī, who I so rarely see, and who is very dear to Kṛṣṇa, the prince of the gopas.

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विशाखा: सा क्खु कराला-ए मन्दिरे सन्दणिदा क्खिणादि.

viśākhā: sā kkhu karālā-e mandire sandaṇidā kkhiṇādi.

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Viśākhā: Confined to the house by (her grandmother) Karālā she has been wasting away in grief.

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राधा: तद् अमुं गिरीन्द्रम् एव गौरवेण गिरां पात्रं करवाणि. (इति परिक्रम्य सेर्ष्यम्) विशाखे कुतः साम्प्रतं मां प्रतारयसि. यद् अग्रे देवी चन्द्रावली.

rādhā: tad amuṃ girīndram eva gauraveṇa girāṃ pātraṃ karavāṇi. (iti parikramya serṣyam) viśākhe kutaḥ sāmprataṃ māṃ pratārayasi. yad agre devī candrāvalī.

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Rādhā: I shall go now and pray to Govardhana Hill. (She takes a few steps, and with jealous rivalry says) O Viśākhā, why do you cheat Me in this way? Candrāvalī is here!

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(इत्य् उपसृत्य स-बाष्प-गद्गदम्) कुसुमित-लता-पुष्जे गुष्जन्-मदान्ध-मधुव्रते त्रासाद् इव दृशोर् द्वन्द्वं न्यस्यन् स्मित-स्फुरिताधरः किम् इह मुरली-पानिर् व्/एणी-शिखोच्चलच्-चन्द्रकः सखि तव दृष्टः स्वैरी व्रजेन्द्र-सुतस् त्वया

(ity upasṛtya sa-bāṣpa-gadgadam) kusumita-latā-puṣje guṣjan-madāndha-madhuvrate trāsād iva dṛśor dvandvaṃ nyasyan smita-sphuritādharaḥ kim iha muralī-pānir v/eṇī-śikhoccalac-candrakaḥ sakhi tava dṛṣṭaḥ svairī vrajendra-sutas tvayā

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(She approaches and says with tears and a choked voice) O friend, have you seen your friend, the independent-minded prince of Vraja? Has He come here with glistening smiling lips, a flute in His hand, a peacock feather in His hair, and timid eyes glancing at these groves of flowering vines filled with buzzing bees blinded with joy?

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(कन्दरे निजोक्ति-प्रतिध्वनिम् आकर्ण्य स-व्यथम्) कथं सक्रन्दम् असौ माम् एवानुपृच्छति. (इति स-विधम् आसाद्य स-व्यमोहम्)

(kandare nijokti-pratidhvanim ākarṇya sa-vyatham) kathaṃ sakrandam asau mām evānupṛcchati. (iti sa-vidham āsādya sa-vyamoham)

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(Hearing the mountain cave echo Her words, She becomes uneasy.) Why does Govardhana Hill cry the same question back at Me? (Bewildered, She goes close to the cave.)

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सान्द्रैः सुन्दरि वृन्दशो हरि-परिष्वाङ्गैर् इदं मङ्गलं दृष्टं ते हत-राधयाङ्गम् अनया दिष्ट्याद्य चन्द्रावली द्राग् एनं निहितेन कण्ठम् अभितः शीर्णेन कंस-द्विषः कर्णोत्तंस-सु-गन्धिना निज-भुज-द्वन्द्वेन सन्धुक्षय (इत्य् आलिङ्गितुम् उपक्रमते)

sāndraiḥ sundari vṛndaśo hari-pariṣvāṅgair idaṃ maṅgalaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ te hata-rādhayāṅgam anayā diṣṭyādya candrāvalī drāg enaṃ nihitena kaṇṭham abhitaḥ śīrṇena kaṃsa-dviṣaḥ karṇottaṃsa-su-gandhinā nija-bhuja-dvandvena sandhukṣaya (ity āliṅgitum upakramate)

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O beautiful Candrāvalī, suffering Rādhā can see how Your body has become auspicious from Kṛṣṇa's many tight embraces. Please embrace Me with Your arms fragrant from the touch of Kṛṣṇa's flower-earrings.

(She tries to embrace her.)

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ललिता: हल-फदि-अ-सिला-पडिबिम्बिदा एसा तुमं जेव्व. ण क्खु चन्दा-अली.

lalitā: hala-phadi-a-silā-paḍibimbidā esā tumaṃ jevva. ṇa kkhu candā-alī.

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Lalitā: This is You Yourself reflected in this crystal-stone. It is not Candrāvalī.

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राधा: (निरूप्य) नातथ्यं ब्रवीषि. (इति पुरो गत्वा सोल्लासं निहस्य.) ललिते दिष्ट्याहम् अमुक्त-विग्रहाद्य सम्वृत्ता. पश्य पश्य (इत्य् अङ्गुल्या दर्शयन्ति)

rādhā: (nirūpya) nātathyaṃ bravīṣi. (iti puro gatvā sollāsaṃ nihasya.) lalite diṣṭyāham amukta-vigrahādya samvṛttā. paśya paśya (ity aṅgulyā darśayanti)

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Rādhā: (closely examining it) You aren't lying. (looks ahead and happily laughs) Lalitā, I am fortunate. Now I shall not give up My body. Look! Look! (pointing with a finger)

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विदूरे कंसारिर् मुकुटित-शिखण्डावलिर् असौ पुरा गौराङ्गीभिः कलित-परिरम्भो विलसति (इत्य् साभ्यसूयं पुनर् निरूप्य स-खेदम्) न कान्तो ऽयं शङ्के सुरपति-धनुर्-धाम-मधुरस् तडिल्-लेखा-हारी गिरिम् अवललम्बे जलधरः (इति मूर्छति)

vidūre kaṃsārir mukuṭita-śikhaṇḍāvalir asau purā gaurāṅgībhiḥ kalita-parirambho vilasati (ity sābhyasūyaṃ punar nirūpya sa-khedam) na kānto 'yaṃ śaṅke surapati-dhanur-dhāma-madhuras taḍil-lekhā-hārī girim avalalambe jaladharaḥ (iti mūrchati)

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There, in the far distance, is Kṛṣṇa, decorated with a peacock-feather crown, and embraced by the fair-limbed gopīs. (Rādhā becomes jealous. She carefully looks again, and then becomes unhappy.) No. I think it is not Kṛṣṇa. It is only a raincloud, lightning, and rainbow resting on Govardhana Hill. (She faints.)

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उभे: हला संस्सन समस्सस.

ubhe: halā saṃssana samassasa.

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Both gopīs: Don't be sad! Don't be sad!

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राधा: (समाश्वस्य सादरम्) गिरीन्द्र त्वं प्रेम्णा प्रवर-वरिवस्य-विरचने वरीयान् इत्य् अङ्के तव वसति शङ्के प्रभुर् असौ (इति काकुम् आतन्वति) दरी-द्वारम् दूराद् द्रुतम् इह दरोद्घत्य दयया दुरन्तं दैन्योर्मीन् मम दमय दामोदर-दृशा

rādhā: (samāśvasya sādaram) girīndra tvaṃ premṇā pravara-varivasya-viracane varīyān ity aṅke tava vasati śaṅke prabhur asau (iti kākum ātanvati) darī-dvāram dūrād drutam iha darodghatya dayayā durantaṃ dainyormīn mama damaya dāmodara-dṛśā

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Rādhā: (becomes revied. She says with great respect:) O Govardhana Hill, O king of mountains, you are the best of the affectionate servants of Lord Kṛṣṇa. I think that Lord Kṛṣṇa always remains on your lap. (with plaintive words) Please be kind. Please open the entrance of one of your caves and let Me glimpse Kṛṣṇa within. Please do this and stop the unbearable endless waves of My suffering.

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(पुनर् निभल्य) कथम् एष झत्कर-कारि-वारि-निर्झरयित-महाश्रु-पूरो मौनम् एवावलम्बते.

(punar nibhalya) katham eṣa jhatkara-kāri-vāri-nirjharayita-mahāśru-pūro maunam evāvalambate.

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(looking again) Why is Govardhana Hill silent? He simply sheds streams of tears in the form of these murmuring mountain brooks.

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(इत्य् अष्जलिं बध्नति) गोवर्धन त्वम् इह गोकुल-सङ्गि-भूमौ तुङ्गैः शिरोभिर् अभिपत्य नभो विभासि तेनावलोक्य हरितः परितो वदाशु कुत्राद्य बल्लव-मणिः खलु खेलतीति

(ity aṣjaliṃ badhnati) govardhana tvam iha gokula-saṅgi-bhūmau tuṅgaiḥ śirobhir abhipatya nabho vibhāsi tenāvalokya haritaḥ parito vadāśu kutrādya ballava-maṇiḥ khalu khelatīti

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(She folds Her hands.)

O Govardhana, you shine very splendidly in this land of Gokula, your many lofty peaks thrusting into the sky. Please look in all directions and tell Me where Kṛṣṇa, the jewel of the cowherd boys, now enjoys pastimes.

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(किष्चिद् अग्रे गत्वा) मकरन्द-करम्बितः कदम्बो ननु सो ऽयं चतुलाक्षि यस्य मूले प्रचेलक-शालकया हरिर् मे कच-पक्षे रचयां चकार चूडाम्

(kiṣcid agre gatvā) makaranda-karambitaḥ kadambo nanu so 'yaṃ catulākṣi yasya mūle pracelaka-śālakayā harir me kaca-pakṣe racayāṃ cakāra cūḍām

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(walking a little ahead) O restless-eyed friend, is this not the same kadamba tree under which Kṛṣṇa placed a peacock-feather crown in My hair?

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(दक्षिणतः प्रेक्ष्य स-विक्रोशम्) सेयं गोवर्धन-गिरि-दरी द्वारि विन्यस्त-चित्रा यस्याम् आस्ते विचकिल-मयी कल्पिता तेन शय्या दृष्ट्वाप्य् एनां ललितम् अभितः स्मारयन्तीं पुरस्तात् प्राणन् कण्ठे सखि विचरतो धिग् वराकान् ममास्ते

(dakṣiṇataḥ prekṣya sa-vikrośam) seyaṃ govardhana-giri-darī dvāri vinyasta-citrā yasyām āste vicakila-mayī kalpitā tena śayyā dṛṣṭvāpy enāṃ lalitam abhitaḥ smārayantīṃ purastāt prāṇan kaṇṭhe sakhi vicarato dhig varākān mamāste

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(Looking south She begins to cry) Here is the same cave-entrance on Govardhana Hill were Kṛṣṇa made a very artistic, colorful bed of jasmine flowers. When I see this place it reminds Me of all the pastimes We enjoyed together here. O friend, fie on the useless breaths that continue to move in My throat!

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(इति वैक्लव्यं नटयन्ति) दृष्टः कुष्ज-गणो व्यलोकि निखिलं वृन्दाटवी-कोटरम् निर्बन्धेन निभालिता च निविडा भाण्डीर-भू-मण्डली प्रत्य्-अङ्गं मुहुर् ईक्षितः सखि मया सो ऽयं च गोवर्धनो लब्धः क्वापि न तस्य हन्त ललिते गन्धो ऽपि बन्धोस् तव

(iti vaiklavyaṃ naṭayanti) dṛṣṭaḥ kuṣja-gaṇo vyaloki nikhilaṃ vṛndāṭavī-koṭaram nirbandhena nibhālitā ca niviḍā bhāṇḍīra-bhū-maṇḍalī praty-aṅgaṃ muhur īkṣitaḥ sakhi mayā so 'yaṃ ca govardhano labdhaḥ kvāpi na tasya hanta lalite gandho 'pi bandhos tava

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(distressed) I saw all the forests. I looked in all of Vṛndāvana forest. I carefully searched dense Bhāṇḍīravana forest. I looked in every part of Govardhana Hill. O Lalitā, alas! I have not found even the faintest scent of Your friend Kṛṣṇa anywhere.

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ललिता: हल कुदुङ्गे लुक्किदो माहवो तु-ए कित्ति-अ-वरं ण लब्धोत्थि. त निविण्ण मा होहि.

lalitā: hala kuduṅge lukkido māhavo tu-e kitti-a-varaṃ ṇa labdhotthi. ta niviṇṇa mā hohi.

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Lalitā: How many times have You searched for Kṛṣṇa in the forest-groves and not found Him? Don't be depressed.

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राधा: (परिक्रम्य स-सम्भ्रमं सन्स्कृतेन) साधु ललिते साधु साधु पश्य दूराद् अक्रूरेण सार्धं पुरः स्यन्दनं अरुधो ऽयं नन्द-नन्दनः. तद् एनं कण्ठ-ग्राहम् अवरोहयिष्ये.

rādhā: (parikramya sa-sambhramaṃ sanskṛtena) sādhu lalite sādhu sādhu paśya dūrād akrūreṇa sārdhaṃ puraḥ syandanaṃ arudho 'yaṃ nanda-nandanaḥ. tad enaṃ kaṇṭha-grāham avarohayiṣye.

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Rādhā: (Beginning to run, She says in Sanskrit) Well said, lalitā! Well said! Well said! Look! There in the distance are Kṛṣṇa and Akrūra riding on a chariot. I will grab Kṛṣṇa by the neck and drag Him down.

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(इति तद्-अभ्यर्णम् आसाद्य स-व्यथाम्) गिरेः शृङ्गं स्वर्ण-स्तवकितम् इदं हन्त न रथस् तमालो ऽसौ नील-द्युतिर् इह न गोपी-रतिगुरुः बली शार्दूलो ऽयं न हि नृपति-दूतः सखि पुरो विधातुर् वामत्वात् कथं इतरथा सर्वम् उदभूत् (इति मूर्छति)

(iti tad-abhyarṇam āsādya sa-vyathām) gireḥ śṛṅgaṃ svarṇa-stavakitam idaṃ hanta na rathas tamālo 'sau nīla-dyutir iha na gopī-ratiguruḥ balī śārdūlo 'yaṃ na hi nṛpati-dūtaḥ sakhi puro vidhātur vāmatvāt kathaṃ itarathā sarvam udabhūt (iti mūrchati)

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(approaching nearer, She becomes unhappy) This is not a chariot, but a hill covered with golden flowers. This is not the gopīs' lover Kṛṣṇa, but a dark tamāla tree. This is not the king's messenger Akrūra, but a powerful tiger. O friend, why has the unfriendly creator Brahmā made everything wrong? (She faints.)

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विशाखा: (सोद्वेगम्) ललिदे जव भिसिणी-दल-इं अणेमि. दव णं पदष्चलेन वि-ए-हि. (इति धावति)

viśākhā: (sodvegam) lalide java bhisiṇī-dala-iṃ aṇemi. dava ṇaṃ padaṣcalena vi-e-hi. (iti dhāvati)

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Viśākhā: (alarmed) Lalitā, fan Rādhā with the edge of your garment while I go to get lotus petals, (She runs off.)

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(नेपथ्ये) विरह-भरम् उदिर्णं प्रेक्ष्य राधाति-दैन्यं स्फुटम् अखिलम् अशुष्यन् मानसी हन्त गङ्गा अहह रवि-तुरङ्गाजीव्य-शृङ्गाग्र दूर्वः शत-भुज-मितिर् आसीद् एष गोवर्धनो ऽपि

(nepathye) viraha-bharam udirṇaṃ prekṣya rādhāti-dainyaṃ sphuṭam akhilam aśuṣyan mānasī hanta gaṅgā ahaha ravi-turaṅgājīvya-śṛṅgāgra dūrvaḥ śata-bhuja-mitir āsīd eṣa govardhano 'pi

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A voice from behind the scenes: Seeing Rādhā's intense suffering in separation from Kṛṣṇa, the Mānasa-gaṅgā has completely dried up, and Govardhana Hill, which was so tall that the sun-god's horses would eat the durva grass at it's summit, has shrunk to the height of 100 arms.

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राधा: (प्रबुध्य स-प्रणयेर्ष्यम्) हला राहि मुष्च अली-अ-मान-दुल्ललिदत्ताणम्.

rādhā: (prabudhya sa-praṇayerṣyam) halā rāhi muṣca alī-a-māna-dullalidattāṇam.

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Rādhā: (Regains consciousness and says, in the anger of love) O Rādhā, give up the wickedness of this false-pride.

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ललिता: (निश्वस्य नम्री-भवति)

lalitā: (niśvasya namrī-bhavati)

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Lalitā: (sighs and lowers her head)

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राधा: हला राहि एसो दे प-अ-सद्द-दिण्ण-कण्णो केलि-कुडुङ्गे पविशदि कण्हो.

rādhā: halā rāhi eso de pa-a-sadda-diṇṇa-kaṇṇo keli-kuḍuṅge paviśadi kaṇho.

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Rādhā: O Rādhā. The sound of Kṛṣṇa's footsteps has come to My ear. Kṛṣṇa is now entering this grove of transcendental pastimes.

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(इति ललितायाः पदान्ते पतन्ती.) मुकुन्दो ऽयं कुन्दोज्ज्वल-परिसरं कुष्जम् अयते लताली च स्मेरा मधुप-विरुतैस् त्वं त्वरयति तद् उत्तिष्ठोमत्ते न तुद पद-लग्नं सहचरीं दुरापस् ते मौघ्याद् विरमति वरीयान् अवसरः

(iti lalitāyāḥ padānte patantī.) mukundo 'yaṃ kundojjvala-parisaraṃ kuṣjam ayate latālī ca smerā madhupa-virutais tvaṃ tvarayati tad uttiṣṭhomatte na tuda pada-lagnaṃ sahacarīṃ durāpas te maughyād viramati varīyān avasaraḥ

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(She falls down at the edge of Lalitā's feet.) Kṛṣṇa has come to this forest-grove bordered by jasmine flowers. The smiling vines and the buzzing of these bees make you run there. Madwoman, get up! Don't hit the friend that touches your feet! Because of your foolishness we are losing a rare and precious opportunity!

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ललिता: हा हदम्हि देव्व-हद-एण. (इति फुत्-कृत्य रोदिति)

lalitā: hā hadamhi devva-hada-eṇa. (iti phut-kṛtya roditi)

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Lalitā: Alas! Terrible fate has killed me! (She cries and wails.)

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विशाखा: (सम्भ्रमाद् उपेत्य) ललिदे किम् क्खु एदम्. धीरा होहि.

viśākhā: (sambhramād upetya) lalide kim kkhu edam. dhīrā hohi.

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Viśākhā: (hastily arrives) Lalitā, what is this? Please calm down.

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राधा: (स-विस्मयम्) सहि किं क्खु तुमं च्चे-अ ललिदासि.

rādhā: (sa-vismayam) sahi kiṃ kkhu tumaṃ cce-a lalidāsi.

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Rādhā: (surprised) Friend, are you actually Lalitā?

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ललिता: (स-गद्गदम्) अध इं.

lalitā: (sa-gadgadam) adha iṃ.

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Lalitā: (with a choked voice) What?

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राधा: अम्महे सच्चं भणादि. जं अहं राहम्हि. (समस्ताद् विलोक्य) णूणं वन-मालि-अ-पुप्फ-इं वि-एदुं एत्थ पत्तम्हि. ता कण्हस्स कण्ण-पुर-किदे मल्लि-अ-त्थव-अं गेन्हिस्सम्.

rādhā: ammahe saccaṃ bhaṇādi. jaṃ ahaṃ rāhamhi. (samastād vilokya) ṇūṇaṃ vana-māli-a-puppha-iṃ vi-eduṃ ettha pattamhi. tā kaṇhassa kaṇṇa-pura-kide malli-a-tthava-aṃ genhissam.

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Rādhā: Ah! She speaks the truth. I am Rādhā. (She looks around) I have come here to pick forest-flowers for a garland. I will pick jasmine flowers to make earrings for Kṛṣṇa.

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(इति पुष्प-वाटिकाम् उपेत्य साटङ्कं सन्स्कृतेन) किम् अग्रे मल्लीनां स्खलति कलिका-श्रेणिर् अधुना कदम्बानां किं वा त्रुटति परितो मष्जरि-ततिः कथं वा जातीनां दधति मुकुलः श्यामल-रुचिं हरेर् वृन्दारण्ये द्रुतम् अहह केयं गतिर् अभूत्

(iti puṣpa-vāṭikām upetya sāṭaṅkaṃ sanskṛtena) kim agre mallīnāṃ skhalati kalikā-śreṇir adhunā kadambānāṃ kiṃ vā truṭati parito maṣjari-tatiḥ kathaṃ vā jātīnāṃ dadhati mukulaḥ śyāmala-ruciṃ harer vṛndāraṇye drutam ahaha keyaṃ gatir abhūt

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(She anxiously enters a flower-garden) Why are the jasmine buds falling? Why are the kadamba blossoms breaking into pieces? Why are the jāti buds black? What has happened to Kṛṣṇa's Vṛndāvana forest?

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उभे: णूणं महा-दावग्गि-जल-विलिध एस वन-थलि.

ubhe: ṇūṇaṃ mahā-dāvaggi-jala-vilidha esa vana-thali.

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Both Lalitā and Viśākhā: The forest must have been licked by the flames of a great fire.

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राधा: ललिदे ण जाणे तिक्ख-दावाणल-किल-विलिधं वि-अ कीस अज्ज मे चित्तं पडिभादि. त दिट्ठि-मेत्त-महिद-प-अण्ड-दव-मण्डलं दे व-अस्सं अनुसरेम्ह.

rādhā: lalide ṇa jāṇe tikkha-dāvāṇala-kila-vilidhaṃ vi-a kīsa ajja me cittaṃ paḍibhādi. ta diṭṭhi-metta-mahida-pa-aṇḍa-dava-maṇḍalaṃ de va-assaṃ anusaremha.

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Rādhā: O Lalitā, I don't know why a great forest-fire playfully licks My heart. Let's find your friend, whose glance extinguishes great fires.

LM 3.102

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ललिता: एदु एदु पि-अ-सही.

lalitā: edu edu pi-a-sahī.

English translation

Translation

Lalitā: Come, dear friend. Come.

LM 3.103

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राधा: (स-हर्षम्) नादि-दुरे गो-उलिन्द-णन्दणो भवे. जं एसा गो-मण्डली लक्खी-अदि. (इति परिक्रम्य सोद्वेगम्)

rādhā: (sa-harṣam) nādi-dure go-ulinda-ṇandaṇo bhave. jaṃ esā go-maṇḍalī lakkhī-adi. (iti parikramya sodvegam)

English translation

Translation

Rādhā: (jubilant) I can see the surabhi cows! Kṛṣṇa can't be far away! (She begins to run.)

LM 3.104

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चरति न पुरः शष्पं बाष्प-प्रवाहि-विलोचना मुख-परिसरे लद्भोघुर्णा न लेढि च तर्णकान् किम् इति हरितो हम्बा-रवैर् इयं सखि भिन्दती हरि हरि हरेर् धेनु-श्रेणी परं पथि शीर्यते

carati na puraḥ śaṣpaṃ bāṣpa-pravāhi-vilocanā mukha-parisare ladbhoghurṇā na leḍhi ca tarṇakān kim iti harito hambā-ravair iyaṃ sakhi bhindatī hari hari harer dhenu-śreṇī paraṃ pathi śīryate

English translation

Translation

Why do the cows, their eyes flooded with tears, refuse to eat the grass before them? Why, overwhelmed with emotion, do they not lick the calves near their mouths? Why do they break the directions with their lament? Alas! Alas! Kṛṣṇa's surabhi cows on this path are on the verge of death.

LM 3.105

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नेपथ्ये: दंशः कंस-नृपस्य वक्षसि रुषा कृष्णोरगेणार्प्यतां दूरे गोष्ठ-तडाग-जीवनं इतो येनोपजह्रे हरिः हा धिक् कः शरणं भवेन् मृदि लुठद् गात्रीयम् अन्तः-क्लमाद् आभीरी-शफरी-ततिः शिथिलिता-श्वासोर्मिर् आमिलति (राधा सोत्कम्पं घूर्णन्ती मूर्छति.)

nepathye: daṃśaḥ kaṃsa-nṛpasya vakṣasi ruṣā kṛṣṇorageṇārpyatāṃ dūre goṣṭha-taḍāga-jīvanaṃ ito yenopajahre hariḥ hā dhik kaḥ śaraṇaṃ bhaven mṛdi luṭhad gātrīyam antaḥ-klamād ābhīrī-śapharī-tatiḥ śithilitā-śvāsormir āmilati (rādhā sotkampaṃ ghūrṇantī mūrchati.)

English translation

Translation

A voice from behind the scenes: May a black snake angrily bite the chest of King Kaṃsa, who took away the moon of Kṛṣṇa, which gives life to the pond of Vraja Village. Alas! The śapharī fish of the gopīs are rolling on the dry ground in agony. The waves of their life-breath are stopping. What will give them shelter now?

(Trembling with agitation, Rādhā faints.)

LM 3.106

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ललिता: हला समस्सस समस्सस.

lalitā: halā samassasa samassasa.

English translation

Translation

Lalitā: There there.

LM 3.107

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राधा: (चक्षुर् उन्मील्य नभो विलोकयन्ती) देव दिवाकर नमस्यति राधिका. साधयाभीष्टम्.

rādhā: (cakṣur unmīlya nabho vilokayantī) deva divākara namasyati rādhikā. sādhayābhīṣṭam.

English translation

Translation

Rādhā: (opens Her eyes and looks to the sky) O sun-god, Rādhā offers Her respectful obeisances unto you. Please fulfill Her desire.

LM 3.108

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विशाखा: (स-सम्भ्रमम्) सहस्स-भानुणा मङ्गलं आसंसिदम्.

viśākhā: (sa-sambhramam) sahassa-bhānuṇā maṅgalaṃ āsaṃsidam.

English translation

Translation

Viśākhā: (with awe) The thousand-rayed sun-god gives a benediction.

LM 3.109

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राधा: (अश्रुतिम् अभिनीय) हन्त हन्त विषूचीनैर् नीता मधुरिम-परीतैर् मधु-भिदः पदैर् वैलक्षण्यं किम् अपि जगती-लोचन-हरम् इयं तीर-क्षौणी तरणि-तरणायाः सखि दृशोर् व्रजन्ती पन्थानं मम करण-वृत्तीर् ज्वरयति

rādhā: (aśrutim abhinīya) hanta hanta viṣūcīnair nītā madhurima-parītair madhu-bhidaḥ padair vailakṣaṇyaṃ kim api jagatī-locana-haram iyaṃ tīra-kṣauṇī taraṇi-taraṇāyāḥ sakhi dṛśor vrajantī panthānaṃ mama karaṇa-vṛttīr jvarayati

English translation

Translation

Rādhā: (not hearing Viśākhā's words) Alas! Alas! Its scattered sweet Kṛṣṇa-footprints enchanting the world's eyes and making them wretched, the Yamunā's shore now walks on the pathway of My eyes and makes My senses burn with pain.

LM 3.110

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ललिता: हला एत्थ पुलिणे सूरं आरोहि-अ अहिट्ठं अब्भत्थेम्ह.

lalitā: halā ettha puliṇe sūraṃ ārohi-a ahiṭṭhaṃ abbhatthemha.

English translation

Translation

Lalitā: Ah! On this riverbank let us worship the sun-god and pray to him for the fulfillment of our desire.

LM 3.111

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राधा: (पुलिने लुठन्ती) त्वम् अस्माकं यस्मिन् पशुप-रमणीनां रचितवान् सदा भूयो भूयः प्रणय-गहनं तुष्टि-लहरीम् तद् एतत् कालिन्दी-पुलिनम् इह खिन्नः किम् अधुना परिरम्भाद् अम्भोरुह-मुख न सम्भावयसि नः

rādhā: (puline luṭhantī) tvam asmākaṃ yasmin paśupa-ramaṇīnāṃ racitavān sadā bhūyo bhūyaḥ praṇaya-gahanaṃ tuṣṭi-laharīm tad etat kālindī-pulinam iha khinnaḥ kim adhunā parirambhād ambhoruha-mukha na sambhāvayasi naḥ

English translation

Translation

Rādhā: (rolls about on the river-bank) O lotus-eyed one, on this Yamunā shore, where again and again You splashed us with waves of pleasure deep with love, why do You not now embrace us who are tormented with pain?

LM 3.112

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ललिता: (कालिन्दीम् अवलोक्य) बहिणि मिहिर-वंसुत्तंस-रुबे तु-अत्तो महुमहण-पदत्तिं लब्धु-कामागतम्हि

lalitā: (kālindīm avalokya) bahiṇi mihira-vaṃsuttaṃsa-rube tu-atto mahumahaṇa-padattiṃ labdhu-kāmāgatamhi

English translation

Translation

Lalitā: (looking at the Yamunā) O sister, O crown of the sun-god's dynasty, I have come here desiring to hear from you news of Kṛṣṇa, the killer of the Madhu demon.

LM 3.113

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राधा: (सन्स्कृतेन) यद् अजनि मणि-हर्म्य-स्पर्धि-कुष्जानुविद्धं तव सखि नवरोधस् तस्य लीलावरोधः (इति मूर्छति)

rādhā: (sanskṛtena) yad ajani maṇi-harmya-spardhi-kuṣjānuviddhaṃ tava sakhi navarodhas tasya līlāvarodhaḥ (iti mūrchati)

English translation

Translation

Rādhā: (in Sanskrit) Friend, your ever-new shores are filled with forest groves that rival jewel palaces and that were once the home of Kṛṣṇa's pastimes. (She faints.)

LM 3.114

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विशाखा: ललिदे वण-मालिणो निम्मल्ल-मालं नास-सिहरे अप्पेहि. (इत्य् उभे तथा कुरुतः.)

viśākhā: lalide vaṇa-māliṇo nimmalla-mālaṃ nāsa-sihare appehi. (ity ubhe tathā kurutaḥ.)

English translation

Translation

Viśākhā: Lalitā, Kṛṣṇa once wore this garland. Place it on Rādhā's nose. (They both do that)

LM 3.115

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राधा: (चिरात् प्रबुध्य सन्स्कृतेन) ललिते समाकर्णय दृष्टः को ऽपि भयङ्करः सखि मया स्वप्नो बलीयान् अभूद् एतस्मिन् अपि मे प्रतीति-रचना जाग्रद्-दशेत्य् उद्गता दूतः को ऽपि दुराग्रहः क्षिति-पतेर् आगत्य वृन्दाटवीं कृष्णं हन्त रथेन (इत्य् अर्धोक्ते) सन्तम् अहह क्षेमं व्रजे तिष्ठतु तद् अहं दुःस्वप्न-विपाक-शान्तये कालिन्द-नन्दिन्यां कृताभिषेका मुकुन्दं पश्येयम्.

rādhā: (cirāt prabudhya sanskṛtena) lalite samākarṇaya dṛṣṭaḥ ko 'pi bhayaṅkaraḥ sakhi mayā svapno balīyān abhūd etasmin api me pratīti-racanā jāgrad-daśety udgatā dūtaḥ ko 'pi durāgrahaḥ kṣiti-pater āgatya vṛndāṭavīṃ kṛṣṇaṃ hanta rathena (ity ardhokte) santam ahaha kṣemaṃ vraje tiṣṭhatu tad ahaṃ duḥsvapna-vipāka-śāntaye kālinda-nandinyāṃ kṛtābhiṣekā mukundaṃ paśyeyam.

English translation

Translation

Rādhā: (after a long time She regains consciousness and says in Sanskrit) Lalitā, listen. I saw a frightening dream. It was so vivid I thought I was awake. In this dream a wicked messenger of King Kaṃsa came to Vṛndāvana and with a chariot Kṛṣṇa. . . (She leaves the sentence unfinished.) I pray there will be peace and prosperity in Vraja. Now in order to become free from the ill effects of this bad dream I will bathe in the Yamunā and then go to see Kṛṣṇa.

LM 3.116

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विशाखा: हला खेला-तित्थं गच्छम्ह. जहिं सदा म-उन्दो खेलदि. (इति सर्वाः परिक्रमन्ति.)

viśākhā: halā khelā-titthaṃ gacchamha. jahiṃ sadā ma-undo kheladi. (iti sarvāḥ parikramanti.)

English translation

Translation

Viśākhā: Let us go to Khelā-tīrtha, where Kṛṣṇa eternally enjoys pastimes. (They all walk.)

LM 3.117

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(ततः प्रविशति वृन्दा मुखरा च.)

(tataḥ praviśati vṛndā mukharā ca.)

English translation

Translation

(Vṛndā and Mukharā enter.)

LM 3.118

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मुखरा: वच्छे किं करेदि राहा.

mukharā: vacche kiṃ karedi rāhā.

English translation

Translation

Mukharā: My child, what is Rādhā doing.

LM 3.119

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वृन्दा: आर्ये पश्येयम्. विशाखया सह खेला-तीर्थम् अवगाहते.

vṛndā: ārye paśyeyam. viśākhayā saha khelā-tīrtham avagāhate.

English translation

Translation

Vṛndā: O noble lady, I will see. She is bathing in the waters of Khelā-tīrtha with Viśākhā.

LM 3.120

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राधा: (तुङ्गं तरङ्ग-सोभं विलोक्य) विशाखे साधु साधु, यद् अद्य खेला-तीर्थम् उपनीतास्मि. पश्य नीलाम्बुज-वनी-निलीनस् तव सखा विस्तृत-भुजार्गलः खेलति.

rādhā: (tuṅgaṃ taraṅga-sobhaṃ vilokya) viśākhe sādhu sādhu, yad adya khelā-tīrtham upanītāsmi. paśya nīlāmbuja-vanī-nilīnas tava sakhā vistṛta-bhujārgalaḥ khelati.

English translation

Translation

Rādhā: (gazes at the beauty of the tall waves) O Viśākhā, well done! Well done! Now I will enter the waters of Khelā-tīrtha. Look! There is Your friend Kṛṣṇa. He is hiding among the blue lotus flowers. He is playfully waving His arms.

LM 3.121

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विशाखा: अदो ओदरेहि. (इत्य् उभे निष्क्रान्ते)

viśākhā: ado odarehi. (ity ubhe niṣkrānte)

English translation

Translation

Viśākhā: Let's enter the water. (They both exit.)

LM 3.122

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ललिता: (विलोक्य स-विक्रोशम्) हद्धी हद्धी हदम्हि हदम्हि. एसा पि-अ-सही विशाहा-ए सद्धं गहिर-पवाहे णिमग्गा जेव्व. न उन हदो उत्थिदा. त तुण्णं दोण्णं त-इ-आ भविस्सम्. (तयोर् जल-प्रवेशं दृष्ट्वा इत्य् अवतरणं नटयति.)

lalitā: (vilokya sa-vikrośam) haddhī haddhī hadamhi hadamhi. esā pi-a-sahī viśāhā-e saddhaṃ gahira-pavāhe ṇimaggā jevva. na una hado utthidā. ta tuṇṇaṃ doṇṇaṃ ta-i-ā bhavissam. (tayor jala-praveśaṃ dṛṣṭvā ity avataraṇaṃ naṭayati.)

English translation

Translation

Lalitā: (looking on, she becomes grief-stricken) Alas! Alas! Now I am dead! I am dead! My dear friend Rādhā has drowned in the deep river waters with Viśākhā. She will never again rise from those waters. These two have drowned, and now I will become the third. (She enters the water.)

LM 3.123

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मुखरा: (सास्रम्) हा देव्व हा देव्व किं क्खु एदं.

mukharā: (sāsram) hā devva hā devva kiṃ kkhu edaṃ.

English translation

Translation

Mukharā: (in tears) Fate! Fate! Why have you done this?

LM 3.124

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वृन्दा: (सङ्क्रन्दनम्) धिक् केयं गतिर् उपस्थिता. (इत्य् आर्तिं नटयन्ति) आर्ये मन्युनावतितीर्षुं तरसा धारया ललिताम्. (इत्य् उभे तथा कुरुतः.)

vṛndā: (saṅkrandanam) dhik keyaṃ gatir upasthitā. (ity ārtiṃ naṭayanti) ārye manyunāvatitīrṣuṃ tarasā dhārayā lalitām. (ity ubhe tathā kurutaḥ.)

English translation

Translation

Vṛndā: (crying) Alas! What will happen to Her now? (suffering) Noble lady, Lalitā is grief-stricken. Now she also wants to drown in the water.Stop her at once! (They both do that.)

LM 3.125

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ललिता: (विलोक्य स्वगतम्) हद्धी हद्धी गरिट्ठो विग्घो उबत्थिदो. त केण बि वबदेसेण इदो निक्कमि-अ गो-अड्ढने भि-उ-पडणेण णं पि-अ-जन-विप्प-ओ-अ-दंसनेणबि अविदिण्णं सिला-कठिणं तणु-अं सिलाहिं चुण्ण-इस्सम्. (इति शोकवेगं अपह्नुत्य प्रकाशम्) अज्जे मुष्चेहि मं. अहं गदु-अ एदं अच्चरि-अं वुत्तन्तं भ-अवदी-पहुदिनं विन्नविस्सम्. (इति निष्क्रान्त)

lalitā: (vilokya svagatam) haddhī haddhī gariṭṭho viggho ubatthido. ta keṇa bi vabadeseṇa ido nikkami-a go-aḍḍhane bhi-u-paḍaṇeṇa ṇaṃ pi-a-jana-vippa-o-a-daṃsaneṇabi avidiṇṇaṃ silā-kaṭhiṇaṃ taṇu-aṃ silāhiṃ cuṇṇa-issam. (iti śokavegaṃ apahnutya prakāśam) ajje muṣcehi maṃ. ahaṃ gadu-a edaṃ accari-aṃ vuttantaṃ bha-avadī-pahudinaṃ vinnavissam. (iti niṣkrānta)

English translation

Translation

Lalitā: (seeing this, she says to herself) Alas! Alas! Here is a great obstacle. By some trick I will escape from this place, and, because of separation from my dear friends I will jump from the top of Govardhana Hill and on the rocks at the mountain's base I will crush this hard-as-stone body that would not break from not being able to see its dear friend, (hiding her grief, she openly says:) Noble lady, let go of me! I must go and tell this strange news to noble Paurṇamāsī and her friends. (She exits.)

LM 3.126

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(आकाशे) प्रभुर् भवति कः कृती महिम-पूरम् अस्याः परं निरूपयितुम् उज्ज्वलं जगति गोप-वाम-भ्रुवः मुनीन्द्र-कुल-दुर्लभं नव-तडिद्-विलासाद्य या भिदं सह वयस्यया मिहिर-मण्डलस्याकरोत्

(ākāśe) prabhur bhavati kaḥ kṛtī mahima-pūram asyāḥ paraṃ nirūpayitum ujjvalaṃ jagati gopa-vāma-bhruvaḥ munīndra-kula-durlabhaṃ nava-taḍid-vilāsādya yā bhidaṃ saha vayasyayā mihira-maṇḍalasyākarot

English translation

Translation

A voice from the sky: What great person in this world is able to describe the splendid flood of this beautiful-eyebrowed gopī's glory? As splendid as new lightning, She and Her friend have now entered the sun-planet, which even the great sages cannot attain.

LM 3.127

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वृन्दा: आर्ये श्रूयताम्. राधिकायाः सिद्धिर् अमीभिर् मेघान्तरितैः सिद्धैः श्लाघ्यते.

vṛndā: ārye śrūyatām. rādhikāyāḥ siddhir amībhir meghāntaritaiḥ siddhaiḥ ślāghyate.

English translation

Translation

Vṛndā: Noble lady, listen. The siddha demigods in the clouds are glorifying Rādhā's atainment of perfection.

LM 3.128

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मुखरा: (भू-तले लुठन्ति) हा हा णित्तिणि राहे. कहिं गदासि.

mukharā: (bhū-tale luṭhanti) hā hā ṇittiṇi rāhe. kahiṃ gadāsi.

English translation

Translation

Mukharā: (rolling about on the ground) Alas! Alas! O granddaughter Rādhā, where have You gone?

LM 3.129

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वृन्दा: (स-खेदम्) अहह गहनम् एतच् चिन्तयन्ति समन्तात् कटुतर-पुतपाक-ज्वालयैवाकुलास्मि विपरिनतिम् अकाण्डे पुण्डरीकेक्षणस् ते कथम् इव भवितासौ शुश्रुवान् पङ्कजाक्षि

vṛndā: (sa-khedam) ahaha gahanam etac cintayanti samantāt kaṭutara-putapāka-jvālayaivākulāsmi viparinatim akāṇḍe puṇḍarīkekṣaṇas te katham iva bhavitāsau śuśruvān paṅkajākṣi

English translation

Translation

Vṛndā: (anguished) As I think of Rādhā's death I suffer as if burning in the flames of a pūṭapāka fire. O lotus-eyed Rādhā, when He hears of Your sudden, untimely death, what will happen to lotus-eyed Kṛṣṇa?

LM 3.130

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(पुनर् आकाशे) प्रणय-मणि-करण्डिका मुररेः शिव शिव जीवितम् एव राधिकायाः इयम् अपि ललिता द्रुतं स-खेदा शिखरदती शिखराद् गिरेः पपात

(punar ākāśe) praṇaya-maṇi-karaṇḍikā murareḥ śiva śiva jīvitam eva rādhikāyāḥ iyam api lalitā drutaṃ sa-khedā śikharadatī śikharād gireḥ papāta

English translation

Translation

A voice from the sky: Grief-stricken Lalitā, whose teeth are beautiful as pomegranate seeds, who is a jewelry-chest of love for Kṛṣṇa, and who is the life and soul of Rādhā, and has now jumped from the top of (Govardhana) Hill.

LM 3.131

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मुखरा: ह ललिदे कधं परिच्चत्तासि. (इत्य् उद्घूर्णन्ती) वुन्दे सो-आणल-कीला-जलिदं अत्ताण-अं जमुणा-पवेसेन सी-अला-एमि. (इत्य् अवतितीर्षति.)

mukharā: ha lalide kadhaṃ pariccattāsi. (ity udghūrṇantī) vunde so-āṇala-kīlā-jalidaṃ attāṇa-aṃ jamuṇā-pavesena sī-alā-emi. (ity avatitīrṣati.)

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Mukharā: Lalitā, why have you left us? (She becomes very agitated.) Vṛndā, Now I will enter the Yamunā and cool this body burning in the flames of grief. (She begins to enter the water.)

LM 3.132

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(पुनर् आकाशे) वृद्धे साम्प्रतम् इदं असाम्प्रतं मा कृथाः.

(punar ākāśe) vṛddhe sāmpratam idaṃ asāmprataṃ mā kṛthāḥ.

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A voice from the sky: Elderly one, don't do it! It is not right.

LM 3.133

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वृन्दा: आर्ये रवि-मण्डलान् निःसरन्ती वाणीयम् अनतीक्रमणीया.

vṛndā: ārye ravi-maṇḍalān niḥsarantī vāṇīyam anatīkramaṇīyā.

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Vṛndā: O noble lady, this order descending from the realm of the sun is not to be disobeyed.

LM 3.134

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मुखरा: ता एदं वुत्तं भ-अवदी-ए णिवेद-इस्सं.

mukharā: tā edaṃ vuttaṃ bha-avadī-e ṇiveda-issaṃ.

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Mukharā: I will tell allthis to noble Paurṇamāsī.

LM 3.135

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(पुनर् अप्य् अम्बरे गम्भीर-ध्वनिः)

(punar apy ambare gambhīra-dhvaniḥ)

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(A deep sound again rumbles in the sky.)

LM 3.136

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मुखरा: वच्छे सुट्ठु ण सुव्व-इ केरिसी एसा दिव्वा वाणी.

mukharā: vacche suṭṭhu ṇa suvva-i kerisī esā divvā vāṇī.

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Mukharā: Child, I could not clearly hear it. What did the demigods say?

LM 3.137

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वृन्दा: निर्व्याजं कुरु कर्णयोः कमलिनी-क्लान्ति-च्छिदाधर्मिणः कोक-स्त्री-प्रिय-सङ्गम-प्रतिभुवे देवस्य दिव्या गिरः कालिन्दी-जल-मज्जनेन मुखरे मा साहसिक्यं कृथा भूयस् ते भविता प्रमोद-सुधया पुर्णो महान् उद्धवः (इति निष्क्रान्ते. इति निष्क्रान्ताः सर्वे.)

vṛndā: nirvyājaṃ kuru karṇayoḥ kamalinī-klānti-cchidādharmiṇaḥ koka-strī-priya-saṅgama-pratibhuve devasya divyā giraḥ kālindī-jala-majjanena mukhare mā sāhasikyaṃ kṛthā bhūyas te bhavitā pramoda-sudhayā purṇo mahān uddhavaḥ (iti niṣkrānte. iti niṣkrāntāḥ sarve.)

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Vṛndā: Without duplicity please place in your ears these splendid words of the sun-god, who removes the fatigue of the lotus flowers and witnesses the cakravākī birds' meeting with their lovers. The sun-god said: "O Mukharā, don't commit this reckless act of drowing yourself in the water of the Yamunā. In the future you will enjoy a festival of the nectar of transcendental bliss."

(They both exit. Everyone exits.)

(Thus ends Act 3) Sri Lalita-Madhava