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Śrī-rādhābhisāra: Rādhā’s Abhisāra

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(ततः प्रविशत्य् उद्धवः.) उद्धवः: अयं सर्वज्षानां गुरुर् अपि भजत्य् अज्ष-पदवीं प्रभूष्णूनां चूडा-मणिर् अपि जडी-भावम् अयते सदा सान्द्रानन्द-प्रकृतिर् अपि धत्ते विधुरतां मुकुन्दः स्वी-कुर्वन् प्रणयिनि जने प्रेम-वशताम्

(tataḥ praviśaty uddhavaḥ.) uddhavaḥ: ayaṃ sarvajṣānāṃ gurur api bhajaty ajṣa-padavīṃ prabhūṣṇūnāṃ cūḍā-maṇir api jaḍī-bhāvam ayate sadā sāndrānanda-prakṛtir api dhatte vidhuratāṃ mukundaḥ svī-kurvan praṇayini jane prema-vaśatām

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Uddhava: Kṛṣṇa allows Himself to come under the control of His affectionate devotees' love. Controlled by their love, even though He is the master of all omniscient sages, He becomes bewildered. Even though He is the crest-jewel of all omnipotent deities, still He becomes stunned and powerless. Even though His nature is eternal transcendental bliss, still He becomes filled with anguish.

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(पुरो विलोक्य) कथम् इयम् अत्र गार्गी. (इत्य् उपसृत्य) आर्ये प्रणमामि.

(puro vilokya) katham iyam atra gārgī. (ity upasṛtya) ārye praṇamāmi.

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(looking ahead) Why is Gārgī here? (He approaches her) Noble lady, I offer my respectful obeisances to you.

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(प्रविश्य) गार्गी: अमच्च चिरं सिष्चेहि भक्ति-सुहा-प्पवाहेण पुहवीम्.

(praviśya) gārgī: amacca ciraṃ siṣcehi bhakti-suhā-ppavāheṇa puhavīm.

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Gārgī: (enters) O counselor, please always flood the world with the nectar of devotional service.

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उद्धवः: नूनं यदु-राजाभिषेक-कौतुके तत्र-भवत्या रोहिण्या सह गोकुलाद् अत्रायातम् आर्यया.

uddhavaḥ: nūnaṃ yadu-rājābhiṣeka-kautuke tatra-bhavatyā rohiṇyā saha gokulād atrāyātam āryayā.

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Uddhava: To see the coronation of the king of the Yadus the noble lady must have come with Rohiṇī from Gokula.

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गार्गी: णहु णहु. किन्तु दोण्णं राम-कण्हाणं व्वद-बन्ध-महुसवे आहुदा-ए ए गो-उलेसेरी-ए सद्धं समा-अदम्.

gārgī: ṇahu ṇahu. kintu doṇṇaṃ rāma-kaṇhāṇaṃ vvada-bandha-mahusave āhudā-e e go-uleserī-e saddhaṃ samā-adam.

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Gārgī: No. Not at all. I came with the queen of Gokula, who was called to see the great festival of the sacred-thread ceremony of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma.

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उद्धवः: नालोकि लोकोत्तरा देवस्य रङ्ग-स्थल-केलिर् आर्यया.

uddhavaḥ: nāloki lokottarā devasya raṅga-sthala-kelir āryayā.

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Uddhava: The noble lady did not see the Lord's extraordinary pastimes in the arena.

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गार्गी: केरिसी सा. कहिज्ज-उ.

gārgī: kerisī sā. kahijja-u.

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Gārgī: What happened? Tell me.

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उद्धवः: श्रूयताम् कृष्णार्कः साधु-चक्रोत्सव-रभस-कृती रक्त-लोकः खलालि- खद्योत-द्योत-हारी कलित-कुवलयापीड-गम्भीर-निद्रः मल्लोलूकान् विधुन्वन् यदु-कुल-कमलोल्लास-कारी स तुङ्गे रङ्ग-द्वारोदयाद्रौ दनुज-नृप-तमः सूदय्न् प्रादुरासीत्

uddhavaḥ: śrūyatām kṛṣṇārkaḥ sādhu-cakrotsava-rabhasa-kṛtī rakta-lokaḥ khalāli- khadyota-dyota-hārī kalita-kuvalayāpīḍa-gambhīra-nidraḥ mallolūkān vidhunvan yadu-kula-kamalollāsa-kārī sa tuṅge raṅga-dvārodayādrau danuja-nṛpa-tamaḥ sūdayn prādurāsīt

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Uddhava: Listen. Bringing a great festival of happiness to the cakravāka bird devotees, delighting the entire world, eclipsing the shining of the firefly demons, putting the night-blooming Kuvalayāpīḍa flower deeply asleep, chasing away the wrestler owls, making the Yadu dynasty lotuses blossom with happiness, and killing the darkness that is the great king of the demons, the Kṛṣṇa-sun has now risen on the horizon of the arena's eastern gate.

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गार्गी: तदो तदो.

gārgī: tado tado.

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Gārgī: Then? Then?

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उद्धवः: ततश् च द्विप-रुधिर-मद-श्रमोद-बिन्दु- च्छल-घुसृणागुरु-चन्दनैः परीतः जरठ-दशन-दण्ड-मण्दितांसो हरिर् इह रङ्ग-धरान्तरे चुकूर्द

uddhavaḥ: tataś ca dvipa-rudhira-mada-śramoda-bindu- cchala-ghusṛṇāguru-candanaiḥ parītaḥ jaraṭha-daśana-daṇḍa-maṇditāṃso harir iha raṅga-dharāntare cukūrda

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Uddhava: His shoulder decorated with a club that was the old elephant's tusk, and His body anointed with sandalwood paste, aguru, kuṅkuma, perspiration, and blood and ichor from the elephant, Kṛṣṇa leaps and dances in the arena.

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ततश् च तथा-विध-वेशो दश-विधैर् एष दशधान्वभावि. तथा हि दैत्याचार्यास् तदास्ये विकृतिम् अरुणतां मल्ल-वर्याः सखायो गण्डौन्नत्यं खलेशाः प्रलयम् ऋषि-गणा ध्यनम् उष्णश्रुम् अम्बा रोमष्चं सांयुगीनाः कम् अपि नव-चमत्कारम् अन्तः सुरेन्द्रा लास्यं दासाः कटाक्षं ययुर् असित-दृशः प्रेक्ष्य रङ्गे मुकुन्दम्

tataś ca tathā-vidha-veśo daśa-vidhair eṣa daśadhānvabhāvi. tathā hi daityācāryās tadāsye vikṛtim aruṇatāṃ malla-varyāḥ sakhāyo gaṇḍaunnatyaṃ khaleśāḥ pralayam ṛṣi-gaṇā dhyanam uṣṇaśrum ambā romaṣcaṃ sāṃyugīnāḥ kam api nava-camatkāram antaḥ surendrā lāsyaṃ dāsāḥ kaṭākṣaṃ yayur asita-dṛśaḥ prekṣya raṅge mukundam

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The pwople saw Kṛṣṇa in ten ways. Seeing Kṛṣṇa in the arena, the demoniac priests curled their lips in distaste, the great wrestlers become red (with anger), Kṛṣṇa's friends smiled broadly, the great demons become devastated, the sages become rapt in meditation, His mother wept warm tears, the chivalrous fighters become excited, the hairs on their bodies standing up, the leaders of the demigods become struck with wonder, the menial servants danced, and the girls gazed at Kṛṣṇa from the corners of their black eyes.

Note: In this verse the ten rasas: 1.bībhatsa (loathing), 2. raudra (anger), 3. hāsya (comedy), 4. bhayānaka (terror); 5. śānta (peaceful meditation), 6. karuṇa (compassion), 7. vīra (chivalry), 8. adbhuta (wonder), 9. dāsya (servitude), and 10. śṛṅgāra (conjugal love), are manifested one after another.

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ततश् च वर-केशर-मालयाष्चितश् चल-चाणूर-चामूरु-मर्दनः कुतुकोच्चल-धीर् अदिदरद् यदु-सिंहः खल-भोज-कुष्जरम्

tataś ca vara-keśara-mālayāṣcitaś cala-cāṇūra-cāmūru-mardanaḥ kutukoccala-dhīr adidarad yadu-siṃhaḥ khala-bhoja-kuṣjaram

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Decorated with a garland of nagakeśara flowers and having just then crushed Cāṇūra's army of fleeing wrestlers, (Kṛṣṇa) the lion of the Yadu dynasty, eagerly tore apart (Kaṃsa) the wicked elephant of the Bhojas.

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गार्गी: दिट्ठि-आ दिट्ठन्तं गदो साहु-जणाणं मह-वुक्क-सूलो. (इत्य् अभिनन्दं अभिनीय) अमच्च धण्णा पोण्णमासी जा कण्हस्स सङ्गं अमुष्चती रङ्ग-कीलादि-कोदुहलं पेक्ख-इ.

gārgī: diṭṭhi-ā diṭṭhantaṃ gado sāhu-jaṇāṇaṃ maha-vukka-sūlo. (ity abhinandaṃ abhinīya) amacca dhaṇṇā poṇṇamāsī jā kaṇhassa saṅgaṃ amuṣcatī raṅga-kīlādi-koduhalaṃ pekkha-i.

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Gārgī: By good fortunate he who was a great spear plunged into the chests of the saintly devotees is dead. (She becomes blissful) O counselor, Paurṇamāsī, who, never losing Kṛṣṇa's association, directly saw the wrestling-arena pastimes, is very fortunate.

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उद्धवः: किम् एतद् उच्यते. यस्याः प्रसङ्गाद् एव जगद्-गुरोर् अपि गुरुर् बभूव सान्दीपनिः.

uddhavaḥ: kim etad ucyate. yasyāḥ prasaṅgād eva jagad-guror api gurur babhūva sāndīpaniḥ.

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Uddhava: How can Paurṇamāsī's good fortune be described? Because of her close friendship witḥ Kṛṣṇa, her son Sāndīpani has become the spiritual master of the master of all the worlds.

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गार्गी: (सन्स्कृतेन) कामं सर्वाभीष्ट-कन्दं मुकुन्दं या निर्बन्धात् प्राहिनोद् इन्धनाय आचार्यानी सा करोति स्म पण्यं पिण्याकार्थं हन्त चिन्तामणीन्द्रम्

gārgī: (sanskṛtena) kāmaṃ sarvābhīṣṭa-kandaṃ mukundaṃ yā nirbandhāt prāhinod indhanāya ācāryānī sā karoti sma paṇyaṃ piṇyākārthaṃ hanta cintāmaṇīndram

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Gārgī: (in Sanskrit) Even though Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead who fulfills everyone's desires, still Sāndīpani Muni's wife would send Him out to gather firewood. She was like a person who purchases crushed sesame seeds by paying a price of the most valuable cintāmaṇi gem.

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उद्धवः: शिष्याचार-प्रचार-चातुरीयं चाणूर-मर्दनस्य. तद् अत्र नापराध्यति गुरोः कलत्रम्.

uddhavaḥ: śiṣyācāra-pracāra-cāturīyaṃ cāṇūra-mardanasya. tad atra nāparādhyati guroḥ kalatram.

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Uddhava: Kṛṣṇa's was teaching how the disciple should act. Sāndīpani's wife did not commit an offense.

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गार्गी: सुदं म-ए. महुमङ्गलो किदन्त-अण्-अरादो आ-अड्ढि-अ उण हरिणा गुरुणो दक्खिणी-किदो.

gārgī: sudaṃ ma-e. mahumaṅgalo kidanta-aṇ-arādo ā-aḍḍhi-a uṇa hariṇā guruṇo dakkhiṇī-kido.

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Gārgī: I heard that Kṛṣṇa brought Madhumaṅgala from the abode of Yamarāja and gave Him to Sāndīpani Muni as guru-dakṣiṇā.

Note: Madhumaṅgala is Sāndīpani Muni's son.

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उद्धवः: न केवलं गुरव एव दक्षिणी-कृतः. किन्तु केलि-गुरवे स्वात्मने ऽपि. यद् अस्य सौभग्य-कुलं मया गोकुले श्रुतम्.

uddhavaḥ: na kevalaṃ gurava eva dakṣiṇī-kṛtaḥ. kintu keli-gurave svātmane 'pi. yad asya saubhagya-kulaṃ mayā gokule śrutam.

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Uddhava: He not only gave Madhumaṅgala as dakṣiṇā to His spiritual master Sāndīpani, but He also accepted Madhumaṅgala as His keli-guru (pastime spiritual master) and also gave dakṣiṇā to him. I heard of Madhumaṅgala's great good fortune in Gokula.

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गार्गी: अबि णाम तत्थ-भवन्तेन गो-उले गदं असि.

gārgī: abi ṇāma tattha-bhavantena go-ule gadaṃ asi.

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Gārgī: Did you go to Gokula?

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उद्धवः: अथ किम्.

uddhavaḥ: atha kim.

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atha kim— certainly.

Uddhava: Yes.

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गार्गी: किं कदुम्.

gārgī: kiṃ kadum.

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Gārgī: Why?

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उद्धवः: देविं चन्द्रावलीम् आनेतुम्.

uddhavaḥ: deviṃ candrāvalīm ānetum.

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Uddhava: To bring Candrāvalī-devī.

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गार्गी: किं त्ति एसा णणीता.

gārgī: kiṃ tti esā ṇaṇītā.

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Gārgī: Why did you not bring her?

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उद्धवः: (स-बाष्पम्) रुक्मिणा गोकुलाद् इयं पुनः कुण्डिने नीता.

uddhavaḥ: (sa-bāṣpam) rukmiṇā gokulād iyaṃ punaḥ kuṇḍine nītā.

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Uddhava: (with a tear) Rukmī took her from Gokula to Kuṇḍina again.

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गार्गी: कुदो सुद इमिणा. गो-उले चन्दा-अली.

gārgī: kudo suda imiṇā. go-ule candā-alī.

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Gārgī: How did he hear that Candrāvalī was in Gokula?

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उद्धवः: साख्युः शिशुपालस्य मुखात्.

uddhavaḥ: sākhyuḥ śiśupālasya mukhāt.

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Uddhava: (He heard it) from the mouth of his friend Śiśupāla.

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गार्गी: तिणा बि कुदो सुदा.

gārgī: tiṇā bi kudo sudā.

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Gārgī: How did Śiśupāla hear about her?

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उद्धवः: तत्र-भवत्याः श्रुतश्रवसो मुखात्.

uddhavaḥ: tatra-bhavatyāḥ śrutaśravaso mukhāt.

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Uddhava: He heard from the mouth of Śrutasravā-devī, who lives in Vṛndāvana.

Note: Śrutasravā-devī was Śiśupāla's mother.

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गार्गी: सच्चं सच्चम्. स क्खु बन्धादो विमुक्कं भदारं आण-अदुन्दुहिं दत्थं णाहिहरं आ-अदा आसि. तदो म-ए च्चे-अ अणहिण्णा-ए गो-उल-गदं सव्वं रहस्सं तिस्सा स-आसे प्प-आसिदम्.

gārgī: saccaṃ saccam. sa kkhu bandhādo vimukkaṃ bhadāraṃ āṇa-adunduhiṃ datthaṃ ṇāhiharaṃ ā-adā āsi. tado ma-e cce-a aṇahiṇṇā-e go-ula-gadaṃ savvaṃ rahassaṃ tissā sa-āse ppa-āsidam.

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Gārgī: When her brother Vasudeva was released fro prison she went to see him at her father's house. Then I unknowingly told her all the secrets of Gokula.

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उद्धवः: आर्ये किम् अत्र ते दूषणम्. मद्-विधेषु विधिर् एव प्रतिबन्धि.

uddhavaḥ: ārye kim atra te dūṣaṇam. mad-vidheṣu vidhir eva pratibandhi.

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Uddhava: O noble lady, what faults is there on your part? Fate always places these obstacles in the path of people like myself.

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गार्गी: भिप्फ-अ-णन्दणे चन्दा-अलीं णेदुं प-उत्ते कहं ण कोबि पदिबन्धि सम्वुत्तो.

gārgī: bhippha-a-ṇandaṇe candā-alīṃ ṇeduṃ pa-utte kahaṃ ṇa kobi padibandhi samvutto.

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Gārgī: Why did no one try to stop Mahārāja Bhīṣmaka's son when he took Candrāvalī?

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उद्धवः: मथुराम् आस्थिते चिरं स-बन्धवे गोकुलेन्द्रे. हते च तोशालापर-पर्याये गोवर्धने को ऽन्यः प्रतिबध्नीयात्.

uddhavaḥ: mathurām āsthite ciraṃ sa-bandhave gokulendre. hate ca tośālāpara-paryāye govardhane ko 'nyaḥ pratibadhnīyāt.

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Uddhava: At that time Kṛṣṇa and His relatives were in Mathurā City for a long time and (Candrāvalī's husband) Govardhana, also known as Tośala, had just died. Who else was there to oppose Bhīṣmaka's son?

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गार्गी: भो सोम्म प-उम-कण्ण-अ-चदुक्कं कीस णणीदम्.

gārgī: bho somma pa-uma-kaṇṇa-a-cadukkaṃ kīsa ṇaṇīdam.

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Gārgī: Noble friend, why didn't he take the four girls led by Padmā?

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उद्धवः: पद्मा नग्नजितः सुता नरपतेर् मद्रेशितुः श्यामला भद्रा केकय-चक्र-मस्तक-मणेः शैब्यय्स्य शैब्या तथा ज्षात्वा हन्त चिराच् चतुर्भिर् अभितो वीणा-प्रवीणान् मुनेर् एभिर् गोप-पतिं प्रसाद्य विनयैः कन्यास् ततो निन्यिरे

uddhavaḥ: padmā nagnajitaḥ sutā narapater madreśituḥ śyāmalā bhadrā kekaya-cakra-mastaka-maṇeḥ śaibyaysya śaibyā tathā jṣātvā hanta cirāc caturbhir abhito vīṇā-pravīṇān muner ebhir gopa-patiṃ prasādya vinayaiḥ kanyās tato ninyire

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Uddhava: Padmā is actually the daughter of King Nagnajit. Śyāmā is the daughter of the king of Madra, Bhadrā the daughter of the king of Keyaya, and Śaibyā the daughter of the king of Śaibyā. After learning these facts from Nārada Muni, these four kings, after humbly winning the gopa-king Nanda's permission, took their daughters (home to their respective palaces).

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गार्गी: कच्चा-अणी— व्वद-परणम्-गो-उल-कण्णानं किं क्खु कुसलम्.

gārgī: kaccā-aṇī— vvada-paraṇam-go-ula-kaṇṇānaṃ kiṃ kkhu kusalam.

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Gārgī: Are the girls of Gokula who so devotedly observed the vow of worshiping goddess Katyāyanī well?

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उद्धवः: (स-बाष्पम्) स्तवं कामाख्यायाः कम् अपि विदधन्ते तरणिजा- तटान्ते सम्भूय ज्वरित-हृदयानि क्लम-भरैः सहस्राण्य् उद्दण्ड-प्रकृतिर् अचिरं षोडश हठात् कुमारीणां तासाम् अहरत शताढ्यानि दनुजः

uddhavaḥ: (sa-bāṣpam) stavaṃ kāmākhyāyāḥ kam api vidadhante taraṇijā- taṭānte sambhūya jvarita-hṛdayāni klama-bharaiḥ sahasrāṇy uddaṇḍa-prakṛtir aciraṃ ṣoḍaśa haṭhāt kumārīṇāṃ tāsām aharata śatāḍhyāni danujaḥ

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Uddhava: (with tears) Their hearts burning with pain, 16,100 gopīs offered prayers to the goddess Kāmā (for Kṛṣṇa's return). As they were praying on the Yamunā's shore, a very ferocious demon violently kidnapped them all.

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गार्गी: अबि णाम इदं वुत्तं तुम्ह-पहुणा सुदम्.

gārgī: abi ṇāma idaṃ vuttaṃ tumha-pahuṇā sudam.

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Gārgī: Did your Lord hear of this?

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उद्धवः: श्रुतम् एव. किन्तु बाढम् अविशिष्टम्.

uddhavaḥ: śrutam eva. kintu bāḍham aviśiṣṭam.

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Uddhava: He heard, but not the details.

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गार्गी: केरिसं तम्.

gārgī: kerisaṃ tam.

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Gārgī: What details?

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उद्धवः: अष्टाधिक-शतोत्तरेषु षोडशासु कुमारीनां सहस्रेषु नैकापि गोष्ठम् अधितिष्ठतीति.

uddhavaḥ: aṣṭādhika-śatottareṣu ṣoḍaśāsu kumārīnāṃ sahasreṣu naikāpi goṣṭham adhitiṣṭhatīti.

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Uddhava: Of the 16,108 gopīs not a single one is still in Vraja.

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गार्गी: को वा तस्य अबरनुसन्धनस्स ओसरो. जं राहि-ए त-ए दरुण-दस-ए निव्वुदि-लवोबि सु-दुग्घदो.

gārgī: ko vā tasya abaranusandhanassa osaro. jaṃ rāhi-e ta-e daruṇa-dasa-e nivvudi-lavobi su-dugghado.

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Gārgī: What opportunity has He had to understand what has happened in Vraja. Overwhelmed by Rādhā's terrible sufferings, He has not found even a moment's happiness.

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उद्धवः: आर्ये तथ्यम् आत्थ. तत एव बाढं व्यग्रया भगवत्या निर्मितो ऽस्ति को ऽपि देवस्य मनो-विनोदेनोपायः.

uddhavaḥ: ārye tathyam āttha. tata eva bāḍhaṃ vyagrayā bhagavatyā nirmito 'sti ko 'pi devasya mano-vinodenopāyaḥ.

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Uddhava: Noble lady, you speak the truth. For this reason noble, earnest (Paurṇamāsī) has created a diversion to soothe the Lord's heart.

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गार्गी: केरिसो स.

gārgī: keriso sa.

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Gārgī: What was that?

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उद्धवः: सङ्गीत-विद्या-वेधसं भरतम् अभ्यर्थ्य कि २४चिद् अपूर्वं रूपकं करितम्. तच् च देवर्षि-तीर्थेन तुम्बुरु-हस्ते प्रेषितम्. तुम्बुरुणा च गन्धर्वान् इदं अध्यापितम्.

uddhavaḥ: saṅgīta-vidyā-vedhasaṃ bharatam abhyarthya ki 24cid apūrvaṃ rūpakaṃ karitam. tac ca devarṣi-tīrthena tumburu-haste preṣitam. tumburuṇā ca gandharvān idaṃ adhyāpitam.

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Uddhava: After praying to Bharata Muni, the founder of the art of music, she composed a new musical-drama. Nārada Muni sent it in Tumburu's hand and Tumburu taught it to the Gandharvas.

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गार्गी: दाणिं केबि दिव्व-पुरिसा तत्थ-होदी-ए पोण्णमासी-ए सद्धं आलबन्ता म-ए दिट्ठ. ता एदे गन्धव्वा हुबिस्सन्ति.

gārgī: dāṇiṃ kebi divva-purisā tattha-hodī-e poṇṇamāsī-e saddhaṃ ālabantā ma-e diṭṭha. tā ede gandhavvā hubissanti.

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Gārgī: I see some demigods talking with noble Paurṇamāsī. They must be Gandharvas.

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उद्धवः: अथ किं पश्यायं मधुमङ्गलेन सह नृत्य-विलोकनार्थम् अरविन्द-लोचनः कुरुविन्द-मन्दिरस्यालिन्दम् अधिरोहते.

uddhavaḥ: atha kiṃ paśyāyaṃ madhumaṅgalena saha nṛtya-vilokanārtham aravinda-locanaḥ kuruvinda-mandirasyālindam adhirohate.

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Uddhava: Yes, it is so. Look! Accompanied by Madhumaṅgala, lotus-eyed Kṛṣṇa ascends the balcony of the palace of rubies to see the play.

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गार्गी: अहं गदु-अ मुहरं प्रेस-इस्सम्.

gārgī: ahaṃ gadu-a muharaṃ presa-issam.

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Gārgī: I will go and bring Mukharā.

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उद्धवः: अहम् अपि भगवत्या सह नटान् प्रेषयिष्यामि.

uddhavaḥ: aham api bhagavatyā saha naṭān preṣayiṣyāmi.

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Uddhava: Noble Paurṇamāsī and I will bring the actors.

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(इति निष्क्रान्तौ) (विष्कम्भकः)

(iti niṣkrāntau) (viṣkambhakaḥ)

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(They both exit.) Thus ends the viṣkambhaka interlude.

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(ततः प्रविशति यथा-निर्दिष्टः कृष्णः.) कृष्णः: (स-खेदम्) हा लीलावति हा चकोर-नयने हा चन्द्र-बिम्बानने हा बिम्ब-प्रतिमौष्ठि हा गुणवति-गोष्ठी-पुरो-वर्तिनि हा गोष्ठाखिल-खष्जरीत-नयना-मूर्धाभिषिक्ते कथं ह राधे हत-दैव-दुर्विलसितैर् यातासि घोरां दशाम्

(tataḥ praviśati yathā-nirdiṣṭaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ.) kṛṣṇaḥ: (sa-khedam) hā līlāvati hā cakora-nayane hā candra-bimbānane hā bimba-pratimauṣṭhi hā guṇavati-goṣṭhī-puro-vartini hā goṣṭhākhila-khaṣjarīta-nayanā-mūrdhābhiṣikte kathaṃ ha rādhe hata-daiva-durvilasitair yātāsi ghorāṃ daśām

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(Kṛṣṇa, as described, enters.)

Kṛṣṇa: O playful girl, O girl whose eyes are cakora birds, O moon-faced one, O girl whose lips are bimba fruits, O best of all virtuous girls, O crowned queen of all the girls of Vraja, whose eyes are khaṣjana birds, O Rādhā, why have the wicked actions of fate brought You to this terrible end?

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मधमङ्गल: पि-अ-व-अस्स अदि-दुल्लह-दंसण बि राहि-आ विज्जमनेव्व मे पडिभादि.

madhamaṅgala: pi-a-va-assa adi-dullaha-daṃsaṇa bi rāhi-ā vijjamanevva me paḍibhādi.

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Madhumaṅgala: Dear friend, from this spot it is very difficult for me to see Rādhā.

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कृष्णः: सखे सत्यम् आशयैव कद्-अर्थ्यमानो ऽस्मि यतः नीरे मन्क्षु मिमन्क्षुम् आर्त-मुखराम् उद्दिष्य चण्ड-द्युतेर् दूरान् मण्डलतः कृपातुरतया यत् प्रादुरासीत् तदा हा धिग् वाग्-अमृतेन तेन जनितस् तस्याः पुनः सङ्गम- प्रत्याशाङ्कुर उच्चकैर् मम सखे स्वान्तं हठाद् विध्यति

kṛṣṇaḥ: sakhe satyam āśayaiva kad-arthyamāno 'smi yataḥ nīre mankṣu mimankṣum ārta-mukharām uddiṣya caṇḍa-dyuter dūrān maṇḍalataḥ kṛpāturatayā yat prādurāsīt tadā hā dhig vāg-amṛtena tena janitas tasyāḥ punaḥ saṅgama- pratyāśāṅkura uccakair mama sakhe svāntaṃ haṭhād vidhyati

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Kṛṣṇa: Friend, I am now tortured by hope. When suffering Mukharā was about to drown herself, a voice from the sun planet mercifully told her (that Rādhā had already entered the celestial world.) The nectar of those words has now sprouted a single grass-blade of the hope to again meet Rādhā. That blade of grass is now violently piercing My heart.

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(क्षणं तूष्णीं स्थित्वा पुनर् उच्चकैः) प्रयातुं श्वाफल्कौ धृत-तुरग-वल्गे चटुल-धीर् निरुद्धा साक्रन्दं रथम् अधिरुरुक्षुं परिजनैः उदस्रं सा दृष्टिं मयि विकिरति क्रूर-मनसा विलम्ब्याल्पं हा धिक् सु-तनुर् अनुनीतापि न मया

(kṣaṇaṃ tūṣṇīṃ sthitvā punar uccakaiḥ) prayātuṃ śvāphalkau dhṛta-turaga-valge caṭula-dhīr niruddhā sākrandaṃ ratham adhirurukṣuṃ parijanaiḥ udasraṃ sā dṛṣṭiṃ mayi vikirati krūra-manasā vilambyālpaṃ hā dhik su-tanur anunītāpi na mayā

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(After a moment's silence, He calls out) Akrūra held the horse's reins, about to drive away. Rādhā's heart trembled with unsteadiness. She cried loudly and tried to climb onto the chariot, but Her friends stopped Her. She cast a tear-filled glance at Me. And I was so cruel at heart that I paused for a moment, and then rode away. Alas! Alas! I did not take that beautiful girl with Me!

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उद्धवः: देव समानीतः पेशलो ऽयं दिव्य-नर्टक-सम्प्रदायः.

uddhavaḥ: deva samānītaḥ peśalo 'yaṃ divya-narṭaka-sampradāyaḥ.

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Uddhava: My Lord, the splendid and expert demigod-actors are assembled.

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कृष्णः: सूत्रधार तूर्णम् आरभ्यतां तौर्य-त्रिकम्.

kṛṣṇaḥ: sūtradhāra tūrṇam ārabhyatāṃ taurya-trikam.

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Kṛṣṇa: Sūtradhāra, let the music, singing, and dancing begin at once.

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(ततः प्रविशति गन्धर्वैर् अनुगम्यमान उद्धवः पौर्णमासी मुखरा च.)

(tataḥ praviśati gandharvair anugamyamāna uddhavaḥ paurṇamāsī mukharā ca.)

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(Uddhava, Paurṇamāsī, and Mukharā enter, followed by the actors.)

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सूत्रधारः: निज-मधुरिम-मुद्राम्लापितेन्दीवर-श्रीर् जयति परम-जैत्रः को ऽपि राधा-कटाक्षः त्रि-भुवन-जय-लक्ष्मी-वर्यया दत्त-दाम मधु-रिपुर् अपि येन क्रीडया निर्जितो ऽभूत्

sūtradhāraḥ: nija-madhurima-mudrāmlāpitendīvara-śrīr jayati parama-jaitraḥ ko 'pi rādhā-kaṭākṣaḥ tri-bhuvana-jaya-lakṣmī-varyayā datta-dāma madhu-ripur api yena krīḍayā nirjito 'bhūt

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Sūtradhāra: All glories to Rādhā's supremely victorious sidelong glance, which with its sweetness makes the beauty of the most splendid lotus flowers wilt, and which with its playfulness easily conquers Lord Kṛṣṇa, who was Himself garlanded by the goddess of victory victorious in the three worlds.

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कृष्णः: (स-हर्षम्) साधीयान् एष हृदयानन्दी नान्दी-प्रयोगः.

kṛṣṇaḥ: (sa-harṣam) sādhīyān eṣa hṛdayānandī nāndī-prayogaḥ.

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Kṛṣṇa: (with happiness) This nāndī-verse delights My heart.

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सूत्रधारः: (पार्श्वतो विलोक्य) आर्ये केनापि चारु-सन्धिना प्रबन्धेन जगद्-बन्धोर् अस्य समाराधनाय कुलाचार्येण स्वर्गतः प्रेषितो ऽस्मि.

sūtradhāraḥ: (pārśvato vilokya) ārye kenāpi cāru-sandhinā prabandhena jagad-bandhor asya samārādhanāya kulācāryeṇa svargataḥ preṣito 'smi.

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Sūtradhāra: (glancing to the side) O noble lady, Nārada Muni, the spiritual master of the demigods has sent me from Svargaloka to worship Lord Kṛṣṇa, the friend of the entire universe, with this beautifully written play.

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नटी: अज्ज को क्खु सो दव प्पबन्धो.

naṭī: ajja ko kkhu so dava ppabandho.

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Naṭī: Noble sir, what play is it?

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सूत्रधार: रसिक-सिरोमणि-रमणः सुलभो गोकुल-निवासिनाम् एव सन्दर्भो गुण-गर्भः स जयति राधाभिसाराख्यः तद् गीयतां मङ्गल-ध्रुवा.

sūtradhāra: rasika-siromaṇi-ramaṇaḥ sulabho gokula-nivāsinām eva sandarbho guṇa-garbhaḥ sa jayati rādhābhisārākhyaḥ tad gīyatāṃ maṅgala-dhruvā.

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Sūtradhāra: All glories to this play filled with all good qualities, pleasing to Lord Kṛṣṇa, the crest-jewel of those expert at relishing transcendental mellows, happy for the residents of Gokula, and bearing the name "The Meeting With Rādhā." Let the auspicious introduction now be sung!

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नटी: अज्ज कं रिदुं ओलम्बि-अ ग-इस्सम्.

naṭī: ajja kaṃ riduṃ olambi-a ga-issam.

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Naṭī: O noble sir, what season of the year shall I glorify in my song?

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सूत्रधारः: आर्ये पश्य पश्य श्रीर् एषा वन-मालिकासु मिलति प्रोज्झ्याद्य कुन्दावलीं स्मर्तुं पष्चम-चातुरीं चिर-परित्यक्तं यतन्ते पिकाः भाण्डीरात् परिपाण्डुरः स्फुटम् अमी भ्रश्यन्ति यत्र च्छदाः कालः को ऽप्य् अयम् उज्ज्वलः स-कुतुकी मन्दं परिस्पन्दते

sūtradhāraḥ: ārye paśya paśya śrīr eṣā vana-mālikāsu milati projjhyādya kundāvalīṃ smartuṃ paṣcama-cāturīṃ cira-parityaktaṃ yatante pikāḥ bhāṇḍīrāt paripāṇḍuraḥ sphuṭam amī bhraśyanti yatra cchadāḥ kālaḥ ko 'py ayam ujjvalaḥ sa-kutukī mandaṃ parispandate

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Sūtradhāra: Noble lady, look! Look! Leaving the kunda flowers, beauty enters the mālikā flowers in the forest. The cuckoos struggle to remember their long-neglected skill in singing the fifth note. Pale leaves fall from the banyan tree. A splendid (spring) time tremblies with eargerness.

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नटी: इह झम्पिदाबि परिदो समीलदा-ए फुडं कटोरा-ए महुबेण हो-इ लहुणा ण माहवी अणुणीद-त्थव-आ

naṭī: iha jhampidābi parido samīladā-e phuḍaṃ kaṭorā-e mahubeṇa ho-i lahuṇā ṇa māhavī aṇuṇīda-tthava-ā

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Naṭī: Even though it is covered with harsh śamī-vines, is it not true that this tiny bumble-bee still loves this cluster of mādhavī flowers?

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सूत्रधारः: (स-परितोषम्) आर्ये साधु साधु प्रस्तावोचितम् एव तावद् उपन्यस्तम्. तथा हि वृद्धया शश्वद्-आरब्ध- निरोधम् अपि राधिकाम् निरावाधं सदा साधु रमयत्य् एष माधवः. (इति निष्क्रान्तौ.)

sūtradhāraḥ: (sa-paritoṣam) ārye sādhu sādhu prastāvocitam eva tāvad upanyastam. tathā hi vṛddhayā śaśvad-ārabdha- nirodham api rādhikām nirāvādhaṃ sadā sādhu ramayaty eṣa mādhavaḥ. (iti niṣkrāntau.)

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Sūtradhāra: (with pleasure) Noble girl, well done! Well done! You have spoken the introduction very well. The meaning of your words is: Even though old Jaṭilā continually tries to stop Them, Kṛṣṇa eternally pleases Rādhā with transcendental pastimes. (They both exit.)

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(ततः प्रविशति माधवः) माधवः: लक्ष्मीवान् इह दक्षिणानिल-सखः साक्षान् मधुर् मोदते माद्यद्-भृङ्ग-विहङ्ग-हारि विहसत्य् अत्रापि वृन्दावनम् राधा यद्य् अभिसारम् अत्र कुरुते सो ऽयं महान् एव मे सान्द्रानन्द-विलास-सिन्धु-लहरी-हिल्लोल-कोलाहलः

(tataḥ praviśati mādhavaḥ) mādhavaḥ: lakṣmīvān iha dakṣiṇānila-sakhaḥ sākṣān madhur modate mādyad-bhṛṅga-vihaṅga-hāri vihasaty atrāpi vṛndāvanam rādhā yady abhisāram atra kurute so 'yaṃ mahān eva me sāndrānanda-vilāsa-sindhu-laharī-hillola-kolāhalaḥ

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(Mādhava enters.)

Mādhava: Accompanied by it's friend, the southern breeze, beautiful springtime is happy. Charming with jubilant bees and birds, Vṛndāvana forest smiles. If Rādhā were to meet Me here, I would be plunged into the crashing waves of the ocean of intensely blissful pastimes.

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मधुमङ्गल: (विहस्य) हि हि दासी-ए पुत्त-एहिं सुरीन्द-पुरि-भन्देहिं दुदि-ओ मे पि-अ-व-अस्सो पच्चक्खी-कदो.

madhumaṅgala: (vihasya) hi hi dāsī-e putta-ehiṃ surīnda-puri-bhandehiṃ dudi-o me pi-a-va-asso paccakkhī-kado.

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Madhumaṅgala: (laughing) Ha ha! The demigods-actors have created a double of my dear friend Kṛṣṇa!

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उद्धवः: (स-चमत्कारम्) नव-मुरलि-मरली-हारि-हस्तारविन्दः कवलित-कुरुविन्द-च्छाय-गुष्जाद्भुत-श्रीः मृदुल-पवन-चष्चत्-पिष्छ-चूडाष्चलो ऽयं मदयति हृदयं मे श्यामिकानां विलासः

uddhavaḥ: (sa-camatkāram) nava-murali-maralī-hāri-hastāravindaḥ kavalita-kuruvinda-cchāya-guṣjādbhuta-śrīḥ mṛdula-pavana-caṣcat-piṣcha-cūḍāṣcalo 'yaṃ madayati hṛdayaṃ me śyāmikānāṃ vilāsaḥ

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Uddhava: (astonished) His new flute like a swan in the beautiful lotus flower of His hand, the wonderful beauty of His guṣjā-necklace eclipsing the splendor of rubies, and the tip of His peacock-feather crown moving in the gentle breeze, this dark splendor delights my heart.

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कृष्णः: (सौत्सुक्यं रोमष्चम् उन्मील्य) उद्गीर्णाद्भुत-माधुरी-परिमलस्याभीर-लीलस्य मे द्वैतं हन्त समीक्षयन् मुहुर् असौ चित्रीयते चारणः चेतः केलि-कुतूहलोत्तरलितं सत्यं सखे मामकं यस्य प्रेक्ष्य स्वरूपतां व्रज-वधू-सारूप्यम् अन्विच्छति

kṛṣṇaḥ: (sautsukyaṃ romaṣcam unmīlya) udgīrṇādbhuta-mādhurī-parimalasyābhīra-līlasya me dvaitaṃ hanta samīkṣayan muhur asau citrīyate cāraṇaḥ cetaḥ keli-kutūhalottaralitaṃ satyaṃ sakhe māmakaṃ yasya prekṣya svarūpatāṃ vraja-vadhū-sārūpyam anvicchati

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Kṛṣṇa: (the hairs of His body standing up with excitement) My dear friend, this dramatic actor appears like a second form of My own self. Like a picture, He displays My pastimes as a cowherd boy overflowing with wonderfully attractive sweetness and fragance, which are so dear to the damsels of Vraja. When I see such a display, My heart becomes greatly excited. I long for such pastimes and desire a form exactly like the damsels of Vraja.

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तद् अद्य भवन्तं प्र्च्छामि. कथम् अनेनाविस्कृत ममापि मनो-हारिणी सा कापि रूप-चन्द्रिका.

tad adya bhavantaṃ prcchāmi. katham anenāviskṛta mamāpi mano-hāriṇī sā kāpi rūpa-candrikā.

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Now I shall ask this question of you: How can this actor enchant even My heart with the moonlight of this form?

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उद्धवः: देव भवद्-भक्ति-प्रभाव-सम्भावितो ऽयं देवर्षेर् एव सेवा-परिपाटी-विवर्तः.

uddhavaḥ: deva bhavad-bhakti-prabhāva-sambhāvito 'yaṃ devarṣer eva sevā-paripāṭī-vivartaḥ.

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Uddhava: Lord, this transformation is possible because of Devarṣi Nārada's pure devotion to You.

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कृष्णः: (साश्चर्यम्) प्रपद्य नटतां नटान् किम् अयम् अस्मि रङ्ग-स्थले सदास्य् अथ स-दास्यतां किम् उपलभ्य पश्यामि वा इति स्फुट-विनिर्णये किम् अपि सम्विधानं पुरः समीक्ष्य परमाद्भुतं निमिषम् अप्य् अहं न क्षमः

kṛṣṇaḥ: (sāścaryam) prapadya naṭatāṃ naṭān kim ayam asmi raṅga-sthale sadāsy atha sa-dāsyatāṃ kim upalabhya paśyāmi vā iti sphuṭa-vinirṇaye kim api samvidhānaṃ puraḥ samīkṣya paramādbhutaṃ nimiṣam apy ahaṃ na kṣamaḥ

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Kṛṣṇa: (astonished) Am I that actor on the stage, or am I the person observing him from the audience? I cannot decide. With unblinking eyes I stare at the great wonder before Me.

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माधवः: मतिर् अघूर्णत सार्धम् आलि-व्रजैर् धृतिर् अभून् मधुभिः सह विच्युत व्यकसद्-उत्कलिका कलिकालिभिः समम् इह प्रियया वियुतस्य मे

mādhavaḥ: matir aghūrṇata sārdham āli-vrajair dhṛtir abhūn madhubhiḥ saha vicyuta vyakasad-utkalikā kalikālibhiḥ samam iha priyayā viyutasya me

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Mādhava: Now that I am separated from My beloved, these buzzing bees make My head spin. This scent of honey robs Me of all peacefulness, and these budding flowers fill Me with longing (to meet Her again.)

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तद् इदानीं वेणु-गीत-सम्ज्षया ललिताम् अभ्यर्थयिष्ये.

tad idānīṃ veṇu-gīta-samjṣayā lalitām abhyarthayiṣye.

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Now I with flute-music will place My request before Lalitā.

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(इत्य् अधरे वेणुं विन्यस्य) अक्ष्णोर् बन्धुं हरि-हय-हरिन्-नागरी राग-रिक्तं रागेणाविष्कुरु गुरु-रुचं भानवीयां नवीनाम् चक्राभिख्यः किम् अपि विरहाद् आकुलः काकु-लक्षम् कुर्वन् मुख्यस् त्वयि स वयसाम् आर्थि-भावं तनोति

(ity adhare veṇuṃ vinyasya) akṣṇor bandhuṃ hari-haya-harin-nāgarī rāga-riktaṃ rāgeṇāviṣkuru guru-rucaṃ bhānavīyāṃ navīnām cakrābhikhyaḥ kim api virahād ākulaḥ kāku-lakṣam kurvan mukhyas tvayi sa vayasām ārthi-bhāvaṃ tanoti

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(placing the flute to His lips) O Lalitā, O girl splendid as the eastern horizon, please bring before My eyes your friend, the splendid young sun that is Vṛṣabhānu's beautiful daughter Rādhā. Kṛṣṇa, who holds the cakra, who is your best friend, who is like a cakravāka, the best of birds, tormented by separation from Her, begs you with thousands of plaintive words.

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कृष्णः: (स-कौतुकम्) किम् अशक्यं देवर्षि-प्रसादस्य. येनायम् अनन्य-वेद्यम् अपि मद्-अन्तरीण-चार्यं विवृणोति.

kṛṣṇaḥ: (sa-kautukam) kim aśakyaṃ devarṣi-prasādasya. yenāyam ananya-vedyam api mad-antarīṇa-cāryaṃ vivṛṇoti.

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Kṛṣṇa: (astonished) What is impposible for Devarṣi Nārada's mercy? By that mercy this actor is able to reveal the innermost feelings of My heart, which remain always unknown to others.

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माधवः: (स-हर्षम्) कथं नटी-दूरे मनो-हरिण-हारिणी सैवेयं मष्जु-मष्जीर-सिष्जित-काकली. तद् अहं माधवी-मण्डपं प्रविशामि. (इति निष्क्रान्तः)

mādhavaḥ: (sa-harṣam) kathaṃ naṭī-dūre mano-hariṇa-hāriṇī saiveyaṃ maṣju-maṣjīra-siṣjita-kākalī. tad ahaṃ mādhavī-maṇḍapaṃ praviśāmi. (iti niṣkrāntaḥ)

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Mādhava: (with happiness) Ah! Not far away is ankle-bell tinkling that charms the deer of My heart. I will enter the cottage of mādhavī vines. (He exits.)

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(ततः प्रविशति ललितयानुगम्यमाना राधा.) राधा: (सौत्सुक्यं पुरो दृष्ट्वा) हला ललिदे पेक्ख पेक्ख. धण्ण एस तरङ्गलेह. ज क्खु सेवलवल्लि-निबद्द्ध-प-अं णं हंसि-अं मो-अवेदि. त फुडं भिसिनी-पत्तन्तरिदेण कलंसेण सङ्घदिस्सदि.

(tataḥ praviśati lalitayānugamyamānā rādhā.) rādhā: (sautsukyaṃ puro dṛṣṭvā) halā lalide pekkha pekkha. dhaṇṇa esa taraṅgaleha. ja kkhu sevalavalli-nibadddha-pa-aṃ ṇaṃ haṃsi-aṃ mo-avedi. ta phuḍaṃ bhisinī-pattantarideṇa kalaṃseṇa saṅghadissadi.

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(Followed by Lalitā, Rādhā enters.)

Rādhā: (eagerly looking ahead) Lalitā, look! Look! These waves are auspicious. A female swan trapped in a śaivāla vine is now free. Now that swan meets her lover in the garden of lotus petals.

Note: In this allegory the female swan is Rādhā, the swan's lover is Kṛṣṇa, the śaivāla vine is Jaṭilā, and the waves are Rādhā's eagerness to meet Kṛṣṇa.

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ललिता: (स्मित्वा) भो हंसी हंस-ब-इणो पक्ख-बदेण च्चे-अ उद्धुर एस तुमं कद्धदि उम्मि-माला. त वीसद्धा कन्तं अहिसर.

lalitā: (smitvā) bho haṃsī haṃsa-ba-iṇo pakkha-badeṇa cce-a uddhura esa tumaṃ kaddhadi ummi-mālā. ta vīsaddhā kantaṃ ahisara.

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Lalitā: (smiling) O female swan, this garland of waves has great love for the king of swans. That is why these waves pull You in this way. Have faith, and go meet Your lover.

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कृष्णः: (सोत्कण्ठम्) उच्चैर् अभूद् अननुभूत-चरी दशा मे यस्याश् चिरेण विरह-ज्वर-जर्जरस्य हा हन्त सेयम् इयम् आमि यम् आविरासीन् मच्-चित्त-हंस-सरसी सरसीरुहाक्षि (इत्य् सिंहासनाद् उत्थाय भुजाभ्यां ग्रहितुं परिक्रमति.)

kṛṣṇaḥ: (sotkaṇṭham) uccair abhūd ananubhūta-carī daśā me yasyāś cireṇa viraha-jvara-jarjarasya hā hanta seyam iyam āmi yam āvirāsīn mac-citta-haṃsa-sarasī sarasīruhākṣi (ity siṃhāsanād utthāya bhujābhyāṃ grahituṃ parikramati.)

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Kṛṣṇa: (with longing) No one has suffered as I. For a long time I have been tormented by the flames of separation from Rādhā. Now lotus-eyed Rādhā, who is a lake where the swan of My heart enjoys pastimes, has appeared before Me. (He rises from the throne and goes to embrace the player.)

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उद्धवः: देव नाट्य-प्रणीतो ऽयम् अर्थः.

uddhavaḥ: deva nāṭya-praṇīto 'yam arthaḥ.

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Uddhava: Lord, this is a scene in a play.

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कृष्णः: (स-धैर्यं लज्जाम् अभिनीय) सा वक्त्र-श्रीर् विरमित-शरच्-चन्द्र-नान्दी-स्तवासौ सेयं दृष्टिर् मद-कल-मृगी-मृग्य-माधुर्य-केलिः सा भ्रूर् एषा रतिपति-धनुर् विभ्रमाभ्यास-गुर्वी गान्धर्वी मे क्षपयति धृतिं हन्त गान्धर्विकेव

kṛṣṇaḥ: (sa-dhairyaṃ lajjām abhinīya) sā vaktra-śrīr viramita-śarac-candra-nāndī-stavāsau seyaṃ dṛṣṭir mada-kala-mṛgī-mṛgya-mādhurya-keliḥ sā bhrūr eṣā ratipati-dhanur vibhramābhyāsa-gurvī gāndharvī me kṣapayati dhṛtiṃ hanta gāndharvikeva

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Kṛṣṇa: (embaressed and sober) Her face is so beautiful it stops poets from glorifying the autumn moon. Her restless glance has a sweetness sought by the most charming passionate does. Her eyebrow is like Kāma's bow. This charming actress destroys My peacefulness just as Rādhā does.

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मुखरा: हा णत्तिणी राही-ए जि-आसि. (इति धावति)

mukharā: hā ṇattiṇī rāhī-e ji-āsi. (iti dhāvati)

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Mukharā: O granddaughter Rādhā, You are alive! (She rushes forward.)

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पौर्णमासी: (पतष्चले ध्र्त्वा) सौहृदान्धे गन्धर्वम् इदं गन्धर्वानाम्.

paurṇamāsī: (pataṣcale dhrtvā) sauhṛdāndhe gandharvam idaṃ gandharvānām.

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Paurṇamāsī: (grasping the edge of her garment) O woman blinded by love, this is a Gandharva-actor in a play.

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मुखरा: (सास्रम्) भ-अवदि सूर-मण्डलं भेत्तण लो-अन्तरं गद राही सग्गलेहिं गन्धव्वेहिं आणीदत्ति तक्केमि.

mukharā: (sāsram) bha-avadi sūra-maṇḍalaṃ bhettaṇa lo-antaraṃ gada rāhī saggalehiṃ gandhavvehiṃ āṇīdatti takkemi.

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Mukharā: (in tears) O noble lady, (I think) Rādhā must have left the sun-planet and gone somewhere else. i think the Gandharvas in Svargaloka have now brought Her to this place (and She now stands before us).

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राधा: हला ललिदे पुप्फहरण-कोदुहलस्स णि-एददो तु-ए अणिज्जन्ति अहम् अबि णाम किं अज्ज-ए मुहर-ए दित्थम्हि.

rādhā: halā lalide pupphaharaṇa-koduhalassa ṇi-edado tu-e aṇijjanti aham abi ṇāma kiṃ ajja-e muhara-e ditthamhi.

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Rādhā, O Lalitā, did noble Mukharā see Me as you brought Me from home to pick these flowers?

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ललिता: न के-अलं आज्जा-ए मुहरा-ए. जडिला-ए बि.

lalitā: na ke-alaṃ ājjā-e muharā-e. jaḍilā-e bi.

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Lalitā: Noble Mukharā was not the only one to see. Jaṭilā also saw You.

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मुखरा: (स-बाष्प-गद्गदम्) हा वच्छे सच्चं म-ए दरुणी-ए ज्जलिदासि.

mukharā: (sa-bāṣpa-gadgadam) hā vacche saccaṃ ma-e daruṇī-e jjalidāsi.

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Mukharā: (choked up with tears) O child, in truth I was very cruel. I made You burn in the flames of suffering.

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मधुमङ्गल: (स-रोषम्) रक्खसि वुद्धि-ए दणीं मा क्खु अलि-अं पेम्मं प-अदेहि. ज क्खु घरोबन्त-वदि-अ-पेरन्ते च्चे-अ मं दट्ठुणा कुक्कुरीव बुक्कसि.

madhumaṅgala: (sa-roṣam) rakkhasi vuddhi-e daṇīṃ mā kkhu ali-aṃ pemmaṃ pa-adehi. ja kkhu gharobanta-vadi-a-perante cce-a maṃ daṭṭhuṇā kukkurīva bukkasi.

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Madhumaṅgala: (with anger) Old demonness, do not now put on this false show of love. Whenever you saw me near the boundary of the garden by your house you would bark at me as if you had become a dog.

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मुखरा: अज्ज महुमङ्गल किं करिस्सं. अप्प-आसिद-रहस्सा-ए वष्चिदम्हि भ-अवदि-ए.

mukharā: ajja mahumaṅgala kiṃ karissaṃ. appa-āsida-rahassā-e vaṣcidamhi bha-avadi-e.

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Mukharā: Noble Madhumaṅgala, what could I have done? I did not know your secret. Noble Paurṇamāsī cheated me.

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राधा: हला ज-इ दिट्ठम्हि तदो उबा-अं वाहरेहि.

rādhā: halā ja-i diṭṭhamhi tado ubā-aṃ vāharehi.

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Rādhā: If I was actually seen then Me what to do.

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ललिता: हन्त मन्थरे पन्तरं परिहरि-अ कलम्ब-सम्बहेन कालिन्दी-तीर-मग्गेण तुरि-अं गच्छम्ह. (इत्य् उभे परिक्रमतः.)

lalitā: hanta manthare pantaraṃ parihari-a kalamba-sambahena kālindī-tīra-maggeṇa turi-aṃ gacchamha. (ity ubhe parikramataḥ.)

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Lalitā: Slowly walking Rādhā, let's leave this open road and run on the kadamba-forest path by the Yamunā shore? (They both walk.)

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राधा: सहि पिसुणेहिं णे-उरेहिं किं त्ति सङ्गमिदम्हि.

rādhā: sahi pisuṇehiṃ ṇe-urehiṃ kiṃ tti saṅgamidamhi.

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Rādhā: Why should I wear these ankle-bells? They are traitors (announcing My presence to others).

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ललिता: विदक्क-सीला-ए जडिला-ए बुद्धिं मोहेदुम्.

lalitā: vidakka-sīlā-e jaḍilā-e buddhiṃ mohedum.

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Lalitā: Jaṭilā is very quick. We must fool her.

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(प्रविश्य) जटिला: (पुरः पश्यन्ति) कहं दिट्ठि-पहे ण लक्खिज्जहि वारिसहानवी. त कहिं णं मग्गिस्सम्. (भुवस् तलम् अवलोक्य स-हर्षम्) इम-इं वहु-ए पद-इं दिसन्ति. जं कुन्दल-इदि-ए सोहग्ग-मुद्द-ए अन्किद-इम्. त इमिणा मग्गेण मग्गिस्सम्.

(praviśya) jaṭilā: (puraḥ paśyanti) kahaṃ diṭṭhi-pahe ṇa lakkhijjahi vārisahānavī. ta kahiṃ ṇaṃ maggissam. (bhuvas talam avalokya sa-harṣam) ima-iṃ vahu-e pada-iṃ disanti. jaṃ kundala-idi-e sohagga-mudda-e ankida-im. ta imiṇā maggeṇa maggissam.

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Jaṭilā: (enters. She looks ahead) Why has Rādhā, the daughtger of Mahārāja Vṛṣabhānu, not yet appeared on the path of my eyes? Where will I search for Her? (She looks at the ground and becomes happy) I see the girl's footprints. I know they are Her footprints because they bear the auspicious mark of Her ankle-bells. I will search for Her on this path.

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राधा: हला अज्ज म-ए अ-उरुव्वं किं पि सिबिणे अनुहूदम्

rādhā: halā ajja ma-e a-uruvvaṃ kiṃ pi sibiṇe anuhūdam

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Rādhā: Last night I saw something very unusual in a dream.

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ललिता: सहि किं तम्.

lalitā: sahi kiṃ tam.

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Lalitā: Friend, what was it?

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राधा: लवङ्ग-कुडुङ्गे पुप्फं आहरन्ति तुमं वृन्दा-अण-वसिणा मत्त-कलहिन्देण अ-अदु-अ हत्थेन गहिद-हत्थासि सम्वुत्ता. तदो सम्भमेण घुम्मन्ति-ए तुह हधेण ओत्थ-पल्ल-अं दंसन्तेण तिणा वामे त्थव-अम्मि फुरन्त-तिक्ख-कामकुसं कर-पुक्खरम्. (इत्य् अर्धोक्ते स-रोमष्चं आनम्र-मुखी भवति.)

rādhā: lavaṅga-kuḍuṅge pupphaṃ āharanti tumaṃ vṛndā-aṇa-vasiṇā matta-kalahindeṇa a-adu-a hatthena gahida-hatthāsi samvuttā. tado sambhameṇa ghummanti-e tuha hadheṇa ottha-palla-aṃ daṃsanteṇa tiṇā vāme tthava-ammi phuranta-tikkha-kāmakusaṃ kara-pukkharam. (ity ardhokte sa-romaṣcaṃ ānamra-mukhī bhavati.)

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Rādhā: You were picking flowers in the grove of clove-vines when a Vṛndāvana-vāsī who walked like a mad elephant suddenly put His hand in yours. As you struggled to escape, He bit your flower lips and pushed His lotus-hand, which seemed to be cupid's sharp elephant-goad, on your left bunch of flowers (She suddenly stops in the middle of Her speech. Her hairs are standing up and She bows Her head.)

Note: In this statement "bunch of flowers" is a euphemism for "breast".

LM 4.099

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ललिता: (स्मित्वा) अ-इ सरले तुज्झ हि-अ-ए कत्थुरि-अ-पत्त-भङ्गं लिहन्ती-ए म-ए पच्चक्खी-किदो सिबिण-सङ्गि-ण-अर-कुष्जर-विब्भमासि. त फुडं कधेहि. त-इ-अ-जण-सङ्गजोग्गे तस्सिं मह-ओसरे दिह-सुत्त निवि-सह-अरि ज्झत्ति णिक्कन्त ण वे त्ति.

lalitā: (smitvā) a-i sarale tujjha hi-a-e katthuri-a-patta-bhaṅgaṃ lihantī-e ma-e paccakkhī-kido sibiṇa-saṅgi-ṇa-ara-kuṣjara-vibbhamāsi. ta phuḍaṃ kadhehi. ta-i-a-jaṇa-saṅgajogge tassiṃ maha-osare diha-sutta nivi-saha-ari jjhatti ṇikkanta ṇa ve tti.

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Lalitā: (smiling) O honest girl, as I was drawing pictures in musk on Your breasts, You fell sleep and enjoyed pastimes with this elephant-hero in Your dream. Tell me clearly: In that perfect opportunity, where the presence of a third person would be very improper, did Your friend, the sash about Your waist, stay, or did she immediately leave that place?

LM 4.100

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राधा: (स्वगतम्) कधं तक्किदं अत्थि धुत्त-ए. (प्रकाशं स-भ्रु-भङ्गम्) वामे किं त्ति अलि-अं आसङ्कसि.

rādhā: (svagatam) kadhaṃ takkidaṃ atthi dhutta-e. (prakāśaṃ sa-bhru-bhaṅgam) vāme kiṃ tti ali-aṃ āsaṅkasi.

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Rādhā: (aside) How has this rascal guessed the truth? (openly, knitting Her eyebrows) crooked girl, why do you think I lied to you?

LM 4.101

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जटिला: णूणं णे-उर-सद्देन अ-अद्धिद एदे हंस हंस-णन्दिणी-जलदो वने ध-अन्ति. त वहुदि-अ नदि-दुरे हुविस्सदि.

jaṭilā: ṇūṇaṃ ṇe-ura-saddena a-addhida ede haṃsa haṃsa-ṇandiṇī-jalado vane dha-anti. ta vahudi-a nadi-dure huvissadi.

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Jaṭilā: Those swans are running from the waters of the Yamunā into the forest. They must be attracted by the tinkling of ankle-bells. The girl cannot be very far away.

LM 4.102

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उद्धवः: अहो जरती-नामापि बुद्धि-कौशलम्.

uddhavaḥ: aho jaratī-nāmāpi buddhi-kauśalam.

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Uddhava: Aha! The old lady is very intelligent.

LM 4.103

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ललिता: (स्वगतम्) पुरदो माहवी-मण्डबे माहवेन होदवम्.

lalitā: (svagatam) purado māhavī-maṇḍabe māhavena hodavam.

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Lalitā: (aside) Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa) may be in this cottage of mādhavi vines before us.

LM 4.104

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(ततः प्रविशति वृन्दयानुगम्यानो माधवः.) माधवः: (समन्ताद् अवलोक्य) हेतुर् मे हृदयोत्सवस्य विविधः कामं क्रमाद् वर्धताम् प्राप्नोत्य् अस्य गुणधिरोह-पदवीं राधाभिसारस्य कः यस्मिन्न् अल्प-तरं मनोरथ-तति-सीमम् अपि प्रापिते सान्द्रानन्दमयी भवत्य् अनुपमा सद्यो जगद्-विश्मृतिः

(tataḥ praviśati vṛndayānugamyāno mādhavaḥ.) mādhavaḥ: (samantād avalokya) hetur me hṛdayotsavasya vividhaḥ kāmaṃ kramād vardhatām prāpnoty asya guṇadhiroha-padavīṃ rādhābhisārasya kaḥ yasminn alpa-taraṃ manoratha-tati-sīmam api prāpite sāndrānandamayī bhavaty anupamā sadyo jagad-viśmṛtiḥ

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(Followed by Vṛndā, Mādhava enters.)

Mādhava: If the many things that bring to Me a great festival of transcendental happiness to My heart were increased without limit, would they equal the happiness I feel by meeting Rādhā? If My desire to associate with Rādhā is even slightly fulfilled, I taste an unparalleled intense bliss that makes Me at once forget the entire world.

LM 4.105

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कृष्णः: (पौर्णमासीं अवेक्ष्य) हन्त वत्सले गुरोर् अपि गुर्वी त्वम् एव सर्वदा मां विनोदयितुं कोविदासि. यद् अद्य नाट्य-कला-च्छलेन दुर्लभे तत्र गोकुल-विलासे पुनः प्रवेशितो ऽस्मि.

kṛṣṇaḥ: (paurṇamāsīṃ avekṣya) hanta vatsale guror api gurvī tvam eva sarvadā māṃ vinodayituṃ kovidāsi. yad adya nāṭya-kalā-cchalena durlabhe tatra gokula-vilāse punaḥ praveśito 'smi.

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Kṛṣṇa: (glancing at Paurṇamāsī) O affectionate Paurṇamāsī, in all ways you are very expert at pleasing Me. You are more expert than even your spiritual master (Nārada). By the trick of this dramatic performance you hava made Me again enter My very rare and difficult-to-attain Gokula-pastimes.

LM 4.106

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राधा: (माधवम् अवलोक्य सानन्दम् आत्म-गतम्) भो भ-अवं आणन्द-पज्जण णु क्खु रुन्धि-अदु जलसरेण उक्कन्थिद तवस्सिणी मे दिट्ठि-च-ओरि. क्खणं पिबेदु एस दुल्लहं इमस्स मुह-चन्दस्स जोन्हम्. (प्रकाशं भ्रुवौ विभुज्य) ललिदे जुत्तं जुत्तं एदम्. जं सरलहं वष्चिदम्हि. (इति नासया फुत्-कुर्वन्ति स-लीलं रोदिति.)

rādhā: (mādhavam avalokya sānandam ātma-gatam) bho bha-avaṃ āṇanda-pajjaṇa ṇu kkhu rundhi-adu jalasareṇa ukkanthida tavassiṇī me diṭṭhi-ca-ori. kkhaṇaṃ pibedu esa dullahaṃ imassa muha-candassa jonham. (prakāśaṃ bhruvau vibhujya) lalide juttaṃ juttaṃ edam. jaṃ saralahaṃ vaṣcidamhi. (iti nāsayā phut-kurvanti sa-līlaṃ roditi.)

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Rādhā: (seeing Mādhava, She becomes filled with bliss. She says to Herself:) O My Lord, O raincloud of transcendental bliss, the cakora-bird of My eyes has performed great austerities, longing to attain You. Please allow that cakora-bird to drink for a moment the difficult-to-attain effulgence of the shining moon of Your face. (knitting Her eyebrows, She openly says:) Lalitā, this is right? This is right? I am an honest girl. You have cheated Me! (She blows Her nose and pretends to cry.)

LM 4.107

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ललिता: हल किं त्ति मं उबलहेसि. देव्व-सङ्घदिदं क्खु एदं किं करिस्सम्.

lalitā: hala kiṃ tti maṃ ubalahesi. devva-saṅghadidaṃ kkhu edaṃ kiṃ karissam.

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Lalitā: Why blame me? This is the work of destiny. What can I do?

LM 4.108

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माधवः: (राधाम् अवेक्ष्य स-हर्षम्) धावत्य् आक्रमितुं मुहुः श्रवणयोः सीमानम् अक्ष्णोर् द्वयि पौष्कल्यं हरतः कुचौ बलि-गुणैर् आबध्य मध्यं ततः मुष्णीतश् चलतां भ्रुवौ चरणयोर् उद्यद्-धनुर्-विभ्रमे राधायास् तनु-पट्टने नर-पतौ बाल्याभिधे शीर्यति

mādhavaḥ: (rādhām avekṣya sa-harṣam) dhāvaty ākramituṃ muhuḥ śravaṇayoḥ sīmānam akṣṇor dvayi pauṣkalyaṃ harataḥ kucau bali-guṇair ābadhya madhyaṃ tataḥ muṣṇītaś calatāṃ bhruvau caraṇayor udyad-dhanur-vibhrame rādhāyās tanu-paṭṭane nara-patau bālyābhidhe śīryati

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Mādhava: (glancing at Rādhā, He becomes happy) Rādhā's eyes continually invade the boundary of Her ears. Her breasts have stolen the subtance of Her waist and bound it with the ropes of tri-bali (three folds of skin at the waist). Playfully lifting their bows, Her eyebrows have arrested Her feet and ordered them not to move. In this way the king named Childhood has withered and died in the city of Rādhā's body.

LM 4.109

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ललिता: (सन्स्कृतेन) जङ्घाधस्-तट-सङ्गि-दक्षिण-पदं किण्चिद् विभुग्न-त्रिकं साचि-स्तम्भित-कन्धरं सखि तिरः-सण्चारि-नेत्राण्चलम् वंशीं कुट्मलिते दधानम् अधरे लोलाङ्गुली-सङ्गतां रिङ्गद्-भ्रू-भ्रमरं वराङ्गि परमानन्दं पुरः स्वीकुरु

lalitā: (sanskṛtena) jaṅghādhas-taṭa-saṅgi-dakṣiṇa-padaṃ kiṇcid vibhugna-trikaṃ sāci-stambhita-kandharaṃ sakhi tiraḥ-saṇcāri-netrāṇcalam vaṃśīṃ kuṭmalite dadhānam adhare lolāṅgulī-saṅgatāṃ riṅgad-bhrū-bhramaraṃ varāṅgi paramānandaṃ puraḥ svīkuru

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Lalitā: (in Sanskrit) O most beautiful friend, please accept the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is standing before you full of transcendental bliss. The border of His eyes roam side to side, and His eyebrows move slowly like bumblebees on His lotuslike face. Standing with His right foot placed below the knee of His left leg, the middle of His body curved in three places, and His neck gracefully tilted to the side, He takes His flute to His pursed lips and moves His fingers upon it here and there.

LM 4.110

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जटिला: (सानन्दम्) एस उहिने वारिसहाणवी. (इत्य् उपसृत्य) अ-इ अहिसर-मग्गोबज्झ-इणी ललिदे. एन्हिं पुत्त-ओ मे अहिमण्णु विदुरे गदोत्थि. त सुण्णं घरं मुक्कि-अ कीस तु-ए आणिदा एत्थ वहूडि.

jaṭilā: (sānandam) esa uhine vārisahāṇavī. (ity upasṛtya) a-i ahisara-maggobajjha-iṇī lalide. enhiṃ putta-o me ahimaṇṇu vidure gadotthi. ta suṇṇaṃ gharaṃ mukki-a kīsa tu-e āṇidā ettha vahūḍi.

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Jaṭilā: (with bliss) Here is Vṛṣabhānu's daughter Rādhā on my right! (She approaches) O girl expert at uniting lovers, Now that my son Abhimanyu is far away, why have you taken this girl here and made Her leave Her house empty?

LM 4.111

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ललिता: (स-शङ्कम् आत्म-गतम्) हद्धी हद्धी द-इणी-ए अदहिण-प-इदि-ए दद्धम्हि वुद्धि-अ-ए. (प्रकाशम्) अज्जे गग्गि-ए वण्णिदम्. अज्ज माहवी-पुप्फेहिं पु-इदो सुरो सुरहि-कोदि-प्पदो होदि त्ति. माहवी-मण्डबं लम्भिद म-ए राहि. त पसीद पसीद.

lalitā: (sa-śaṅkam ātma-gatam) haddhī haddhī da-iṇī-e adahiṇa-pa-idi-e daddhamhi vuddhi-a-e. (prakāśam) ajje gaggi-e vaṇṇidam. ajja māhavī-pupphehiṃ pu-ido suro surahi-kodi-ppado hodi tti. māhavī-maṇḍabaṃ lambhida ma-e rāhi. ta pasīda pasīda.

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Lalitā: (frightened, she says to herself:) Alas! Alas! I am burned by this wicked old witch. (openly) O noble lady, Gārgī said that if we worshiped the sun-god with mādhavī flowers he would bestow on us million of surabhi cows. For this reason I brought Rādhā to this bower of mādhavī flowers. Be kind to us! Be kind!

LM 4.112

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जटिला: (अपवर्य सालीक-स्नेहम्) अ-इ वच्छे सदा मं पलोहि-अ ललिदा अहिसारेदि त्ति मह पुत्तस्स पुरदो वहूडि-अ अलि-अं जेव्व तुमं दुसेदि. त किं त्ति लहवं सहेसि.

jaṭilā: (apavarya sālīka-sneham) a-i vacche sadā maṃ palohi-a lalidā ahisāredi tti maha puttassa purado vahūḍi-a ali-aṃ jevva tumaṃ dusedi. ta kiṃ tti lahavaṃ sahesi.

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Jaṭilā: (concealing her real intention, she says with pretended affection:) My child, this girl Rādhā tells my son that you encourage Her to meet with Kṛṣṇa. She continually defames you in this way. Will you forgive Her offense?

LM 4.113

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ललिता: (स्वगतम्) अम्महे कोडिल्लं जडिला-ए.

lalitā: (svagatam) ammahe koḍillaṃ jaḍilā-e.

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Lalitā: (aside) Aha! This is Jaṭilā's trick!

LM 4.114

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माधवः: (स्वगतम्) यत्रासङ्गो मनसः स्फुरति गरीयान् गरि/यसो ऽप्य् उच्चैः नियतो वस्तुनि विघ्नस् तस्मिन्न् इति नानृतो वादः (इति दृग्-अन्तेन राधां पश्यन्न् उपसर्पति.)

mādhavaḥ: (svagatam) yatrāsaṅgo manasaḥ sphurati garīyān gari/yaso 'py uccaiḥ niyato vastuni vighnas tasminn iti nānṛto vādaḥ (iti dṛg-antena rādhāṃ paśyann upasarpati.)

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Mādhava: (aside) When the heart yearns for something many great obstacles will stand in its way. That is not a lie. (Glancing at Rādhā from the corner of His eye, He approaches Her.)

LM 4.115

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जटिला: (नासिकाग्रे तर्जनीं विन्यस्य शिरो धुन्वति साश्चर्यम्) अरे बलि-अ-भु-अङ्ग कं दम्सिदुं एत्थ भम्मसि.

jaṭilā: (nāsikāgre tarjanīṃ vinyasya śiro dhunvati sāścaryam) are bali-a-bhu-aṅga kaṃ damsiduṃ ettha bhammasi.

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Jatila: (placing her forefinger on bthe tip of her nose and shaing her head in astonishment) O debauchee-snake fond of attacking young girls, whom have You come here to bite?

LM 4.116

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माधवः: लम्बोष्ठि भवतीं एव गोष्ठ-पिशाचीम्. (उद्धवः स्मितं करोति.)

mādhavaḥ: lamboṣṭhi bhavatīṃ eva goṣṭha-piśācīm. (uddhavaḥ smitaṃ karoti.)

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Mādhava: Fat-lips, I have come here to bite you, the witch of Vraja.

(Uddhava smiles.)

LM 4.117

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कृष्णः: गोकुल-कुल-जरतीनां पारुषा वाग् अपि यथा प्रमोदयति स्तुतिर् अपि महा-मुनीनां मधुर-पदा मां सखे न तथा

kṛṣṇaḥ: gokula-kula-jaratīnāṃ pāruṣā vāg api yathā pramodayati stutir api mahā-munīnāṃ madhura-padā māṃ sakhe na tathā

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Kṛṣṇa: My friend, the sweetly worded prayers of the great sages do not please Me as much as these harsh words of the old ladies of Gokula.

LM 4.118

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वृन्दा: वृद्धे धर्म-चकोर-जीवातु-चरितामृत-चन्द्रिके कृष्णचन्द्रे ऽपि कथं प्रतिपं भुजङ्ग-भावम् अर्पयसि.

vṛndā: vṛddhe dharma-cakora-jīvātu-caritāmṛta-candrike kṛṣṇacandre 'pi kathaṃ pratipaṃ bhujaṅga-bhāvam arpayasi.

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Vṛndā: Elderly lady, why do you accuse this Kṛṣṇa-moon, which with the moonlight of His nectar-pastimes sustains the cakora birds of all religious principles, of being a debauchee?

Note: The cakora bird is said to sustain itself by drinking moonlight.

LM 4.119

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जटिला: (सोल्लुण्ठं विहस्य सन्स्कृतेन) व्रजेश्वर-सुतस्य कः पर-वधू-विनोद-क्रिया- प्रशास्ति-भर-भूषितं गुणम् अवैति नास्य क्षितौ यद् एष रति-तस्करः पथि निरुध्य साध्वीर् बलात् तदीय-कुच-कुड्मले करजम् ॐ नमो विष्णवे

jaṭilā: (solluṇṭhaṃ vihasya sanskṛtena) vrajeśvara-sutasya kaḥ para-vadhū-vinoda-kriyā- praśāsti-bhara-bhūṣitaṃ guṇam avaiti nāsya kṣitau yad eṣa rati-taskaraḥ pathi nirudhya sādhvīr balāt tadīya-kuca-kuḍmale karajam oṃ namo viṣṇave

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Jaṭilā: (laughs ironically and then says in Sanskrit) Who does not know how the glories of Prince Kṛṣṇa's adulterous pastimes with other's wives have so nicely decorated the earth planet. This debauchee Kṛṣṇa stops chaste girls on the road and violently scratches their budding breasts with His fingernails. Oṃ! Obeisances to Lord Viṣṇu!

LM 4.120

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राधा: (स्वगतम्) हा हद-देव्व. किं ते अबराधा राही.

rādhā: (svagatam) hā hada-devva. kiṃ te abarādhā rāhī.

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Rādhā: (aside) O wretched fate, how has this Rādhā offended you?

LM 4.121

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जटिला: अ-इ मुद्धे वहूडी इमस्स कल-कुन्दलिणो तिक्ख-ए वङ्क-दिट्ठि-ए फंसिद वज्ज-पदिमबि जज्जरि-हो-इ. किं उण तुमं नो-मलि-अ-सु-उमलि तबस्सिनी. त तुरि-अं घर-गब्भं गच्छम्ह. (इति ललिता-राधाभ्यां सह निष्क्रान्ता.)

jaṭilā: a-i muddhe vahūḍī imassa kala-kundaliṇo tikkha-e vaṅka-diṭṭhi-e phaṃsida vajja-padimabi jajjari-ho-i. kiṃ uṇa tumaṃ no-mali-a-su-umali tabassinī. ta turi-aṃ ghara-gabbhaṃ gacchamha. (iti lalitā-rādhābhyāṃ saha niṣkrāntā.)

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Jaṭilā: O beautiful, bewildered girl, a single crooked sharp glance from this black snake Kṛṣṇa has the power to shatter thunderbolts to pieces with it's touch. You are an austere, chaste girl as delicate as a mālikā flower. Why stay here with this Kṛṣṇa? Let's quickly go home. (Accompanied by Lalitā and Rādhā, Jaṭilā exits.)

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वृन्दा: नागरेन्द्र मुष्च वैमनस्यम्. साम्प्रतं भवद्-अभीष्ट-सिद्धये शारिका-मुखेन ललितां सन्दिश्य विशाखया भवन्तं निवेदयिष्यामि. (इति निष्क्रान्ता.)

vṛndā: nāgarendra muṣca vaimanasyam. sāmprataṃ bhavad-abhīṣṭa-siddhaye śārikā-mukhena lalitāṃ sandiśya viśākhayā bhavantaṃ nivedayiṣyāmi. (iti niṣkrāntā.)

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Vṛndā: O king of amorous heroes, give up this unhappiness. In order to fulfill Your desire, I will send one female parrot to speak a message to Lalitā, and then I will have Viśākhā inform You of what has happened. (She exits.)

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माधवः: (स-खेदम्) द्रवति मनाग् अभ्युदितद् विधु-कान्ते शिशिर-भानुजालोकात् पर्वानि पिधानम् अकरोद् अहह स्वर्-भानु-भीषणा जरती

mādhavaḥ: (sa-khedam) dravati manāg abhyuditad vidhu-kānte śiśira-bhānujālokāt parvāni pidhānam akarod ahaha svar-bhānu-bhīṣaṇā jaratī

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Mādhava: (with grief) A glimpse of the cooling moon of King Vṛṣabhānu's daughter (Rādhā) was melting this candrakānta jewel until the terrible Rāhu planet of that old lady eclipsed it.

Note: The candrakānta jewel melts in the moonlight.

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(निश्वस्य) विशाखाम् उद्देष्टुं जटिला-गृहोपान्त-पाटली-वाटिकां गच्छेयम् (इति परिक्रम्य) कथम् अग्रे स्व-ग्र्हाङ्गनम् अभिमन्युर् अधितिष्ठति. तद् अहम् अत्रैव क्षणम् अन्तरितो भवेयम्. (इति निष्क्रान्तः)

(niśvasya) viśākhām uddeṣṭuṃ jaṭilā-gṛhopānta-pāṭalī-vāṭikāṃ gaccheyam (iti parikramya) katham agre sva-grhāṅganam abhimanyur adhitiṣṭhati. tad aham atraiva kṣaṇam antarito bhaveyam. (iti niṣkrāntaḥ)

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(sighs) I will go to the garden of pāṭalī flowers near Jaṭilā's house to find Viśākhā. (He walks) Why is Abhimanyu in the courtyard of the house? I will hide here for a moment. (He exits.)

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(प्रविश्य) अभिमन्युः: तिण्णि उबसारि-अ स-अ इं मुल्लेण गेन्हिदुं गेहदो कष्चणं ण-इस्सम्. त कहिं गद अम्म.

(praviśya) abhimanyuḥ: tiṇṇi ubasāri-a sa-a iṃ mulleṇa genhiduṃ gehado kaṣcaṇaṃ ṇa-issam. ta kahiṃ gada amma.

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Abhimanyu: (enters) From home I will take gold to purchase 300 cows. Where has mother gone?

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(प्रविश्य) जटिला: हन्त हन्त दनीं सरि-अ सु-अस्स कैज्जन्तं निहुदं म-ए सुदम्. जं अहिमण्णु-वेसेण माहवो एन्हिं मह घरं उपस्सप्पिस्सदि. त गदु-अ पेक्खिस्सम्. (इति परिक्रमन्ति द्वरि दूराद् अभिमन्युम् आलोक्य) अव्वो सच्चं च्चे-अ एसो धुत्तो अ-अदो. त गदु-अ पमाणि-अं जणं अणिस्सम्. (इति निष्क्रान्ता)

(praviśya) Jaṭilā: hanta hanta danīṃ sari-a su-assa kaijjantaṃ nihudaṃ ma-e sudam. jaṃ ahimaṇṇu-veseṇa māhavo enhiṃ maha gharaṃ upassappissadi. ta gadu-a pekkhissam. (iti parikramanti dvari dūrād abhimanyum ālokya) avvo saccaṃ cce-a eso dhutto a-ado. ta gadu-a pamāṇi-aṃ jaṇaṃ aṇissam. (iti niṣkrāntā)

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Jaṭilā: (enters) Aha! Aha! In a secluded place I overheard a female parrot tell a male parrot that Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa) will go to my house disguised as Abhimanyu. I will go there and see Him. (She walks and from a distance sees Abhimanyu at the door.) Aha! It is true! The rascal has actually come here. I will go now and bring the real Abhimanyu. (She exits.)

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अभिमन्युः: विसाहे कुत्थ वट्टसि.

abhimanyuḥ: visāhe kuttha vaṭṭasi.

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Abhimanyu: Viśākhā! Where are you?

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(प्रविश्य) ललिता: (स्वगतम्) एत्थ कण्हं पेसिदुं सरि-व-अणेण विसाहा गद. (प्रकाशं लज्जाम् अभिनीय निचैः) सुह-अ एत्थ विसाहा नत्थि.

(praviśya) lalitā: (svagatam) ettha kaṇhaṃ pesiduṃ sari-va-aṇeṇa visāhā gada. (prakāśaṃ lajjām abhinīya nicaiḥ) suha-a ettha visāhā natthi.

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Lalitā: (enters, and says to herself) Hearing the words of the female parrot, Viśākhā has gone to bring Kṛṣṇa here. (Embarrassed, openly speaking out in a soft voice) O fortunate one, Viśākhā is not here.

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(ततः प्रविशति गार्गी-भारुण्डा-कुन्दलताभिर् आवृत जटिला.)

(tataḥ praviśati gārgī-bhāruṇḍā-kundalatābhir āvṛta jaṭilā.)

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Translation

(Accompanied by Gārgī, Bhāruṇḍā, and Kundalatā, Jaṭilā enters.)

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जटिला: कुन्दलदे पेक्ख अप्पणो सही-ए सोसिल्लम्.

jaṭilā: kundalade pekkha appaṇo sahī-e sosillam.

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Jaṭilā: Kundalatā, see what a good person your friend (Rādhā) is.

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कुन्दलता: (दृष्ट्वा मुखम् आनमयन्ती) ह देव्व रक्ख रक्ख.

kundalatā: (dṛṣṭvā mukham ānamayantī) ha devva rakkha rakkha.

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Kundalatā: (glances at her, and then lowers her face) O destiny, please protect me, protect me.

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भारुण्डा: अज्जे गग्गि पेक्ख पेक्ख पच्चक्खो अहिमण्णु जेव्व एसो र-ए-न-अरो तुह कण्हो. त अलि-अं न जल-इ जडिला मे सही.

bhāruṇḍā: ajje gaggi pekkha pekkha paccakkho ahimaṇṇu jevva eso ra-e-na-aro tuha kaṇho. ta ali-aṃ na jala-i jaḍilā me sahī.

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Bhāruṇḍā: Noble Gārgī, look! Look! Here is your debauchee Kṛṣṇa disguised as Abhimanyu. My friend Jaṭilā will not be burned by this trick.

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जटिला: अज्जे गग्गि दित्थि-अ दणिं सार्धं इं पत्ति-अ-इदं तु-ए. ता अग्गदो सन्निहिज्ज-ए. (इति पृष्ठतः परिक्रम्य पुर्त्रस्य हस्तं आकर्षन्ती साक्षेपम्) रे गो-उल-किसोरि-लम्पद-अ अरे पर-घर-लुन्थण-अ कण्ह तुमं पि अप्पणो पुत्तम् मन्निस्सदि जडिला. (अभिमन्यु स-लज्जं मुखम् आवृत्य व्यवर्तयति.)

jaṭilā: ajje gaggi ditthi-a daṇiṃ sārdhaṃ iṃ patti-a-idaṃ tu-e. tā aggado sannihijja-e. (iti pṛṣṭhataḥ parikramya purtrasya hastaṃ ākarṣantī sākṣepam) re go-ula-kisori-lampada-a are para-ghara-lunthaṇa-a kaṇha tumaṃ pi appaṇo puttam mannissadi jaḍilā. (abhimanyu sa-lajjaṃ mukham āvṛtya vyavartayati.)

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Jaṭilā: O noble Gārgī, by good fortune now you understand the truth. The fellow should be brought here at once. (She walks behind, drags her son there by the hand, and begins to insult him) Debauchee that defiles the young girls of Gokula! Thief that plunders the home of others! Kṛṣṇa, does Jaṭilā believe that you are actually her son Abhimanyu? (Covering his face in embarrasment, Abhimanyu runs away.)

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जटिला: अरे र-अहि-उन्द-अ कीस मुहं धक्कसि. जं दे विज्ज ण विक्क-इद. (इति प्रसह्य सम्मुखयति.)

jaṭilā: are ra-ahi-unda-a kīsa muhaṃ dhakkasi. jaṃ de vijja ṇa vikka-ida. (iti prasahya sammukhayati.)

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Jaṭilā: Debauchee, why do you cover your face? You can't sell us any of your tricks. (She forces him to face her.)

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अभिमन्युः: (स्वगतम्) हद्धी हद्धी व-उलि-अ-ए अम्म-ए लज्ज-पज्ज-उलो विदोम्हि. त इदो अबक्कमिस्सम्. (इति परिक्रमति.)

abhimanyuḥ: (svagatam) haddhī haddhī va-uli-a-e amma-e lajja-pajja-ulo vidomhi. ta ido abakkamissam. (iti parikramati.)

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Abhimanyu: (aside) Alas! Alas! Mother has gone insane and she is embarrassimg me with these insults. I should leave this place. (He goes.)

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जटिला: (धावन्ती पटाष्चलम् आकृष्य) रे चोर एसो दिड्धं गहिदोसि. कहं पला-एसि.

jaṭilā: (dhāvantī paṭāṣcalam ākṛṣya) re cora eso diḍdhaṃ gahidosi. kahaṃ palā-esi.

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Jaṭilā: (runs after him and pulls the edge of his garment) Thief, I am holding you very firmly. How can you run away?

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अभिमन्यु: (सापत्रपं व्यघुत्य) अक्क भरुण्डे णूणं जाणाणि मे भुदहिभुद सम्वुत्ता.

abhimanyu: (sāpatrapaṃ vyaghutya) akka bharuṇḍe ṇūṇaṃ jāṇāṇi me bhudahibhuda samvuttā.

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Abhimanyu: (lowering his head in embarressment) Noble Bhāruṇḍā, my mother is possessed by a ghost!

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(सर्वः प्रत्यभिज्षाय स-शब्दं हसन्ति.)

(sarvaḥ pratyabhijṣāya sa-śabdaṃ hasanti.)

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(Recognizing him, they all laugh loudly.)

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जटिला: (मुखं निभल्य स्वगतम्) हद्धी हद्धी पमादो पमादो. कहं पवासादो पुत्त-ओ च्चे-अ मे समा-अदो. (इति सापत्रपं उरस् ताडयन्ती निष्क्रान्ता.)

jaṭilā: (mukhaṃ nibhalya svagatam) haddhī haddhī pamādo pamādo. kahaṃ pavāsādo putta-o cce-a me samā-ado. (iti sāpatrapaṃ uras tāḍayantī niṣkrāntā.)

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Jaṭilā: (looks at Abhimanyu's face and then says to herself:) Alas! Alas! What a madman! What a madman! I wonder if my son has returned yet from his far-away journey? (Striking her chest without shame, she exits.)

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भारुण्डा: वच्छ सच्चं उन्मत्त दे अम्म. जं तुमं च्चे-अ माहवं मण्णेदि.

bhāruṇḍā: vaccha saccaṃ unmatta de amma. jaṃ tumaṃ cce-a māhavaṃ maṇṇedi.

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Bhāruṇḍā: Child, your mother has definitely gone mad. She thought you were Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa).

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(अभिमन्युः स्मितं करोति.)

(abhimanyuḥ smitaṃ karoti.)

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(Abhimanyu smiles.)

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कुन्दलता: वीर अहिमण्णो पुण्णवदि मे सही राहा. जा-ए दक्खिण सच्च-वदिणी सिनिद्ध तुम्ह मद सस्सु लद्ध. ता अम्हे गदु-अ एदं अ-उरुवं से णच्चणं भ-अवदी-ए णिवेदम्ह. (इति तिस्रो निष्क्रान्तः.)

kundalatā: vīra ahimaṇṇo puṇṇavadi me sahī rāhā. jā-e dakkhiṇa sacca-vadiṇī siniddha tumha mada sassu laddha. tā amhe gadu-a edaṃ a-uruvaṃ se ṇaccaṇaṃ bha-avadī-e ṇivedamha. (iti tisro niṣkrāntaḥ.)

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Kundalatā: O hero Abhimanyu, My friend Rādhā is faithful and chaste. She is well-behaved, truthful, and affectionate, and She has Your mother as Her mother-in-law. Let us go now and tell noble Paurṇamāsī of Jaṭilā's unusual dancing. (The three girls exit.)

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अभिमन्युः: ललिदे अणेहि मदरम्. जं तुरि-अं गन्तु-कमोम्हि.

abhimanyuḥ: lalide aṇehi madaram. jaṃ turi-aṃ gantu-kamomhi.

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Abhimanyu: Lalitā, bring my mother. I want to go at once.

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ललिता: (निष्क्रम्य पुनः प्रविश्य च) वीर तुम्ह पुरदो अ-अन्तुं लज्जेदि अज्जा.

lalitā: (niṣkramya punaḥ praviśya ca) vīra tumha purado a-antuṃ lajjedi ajjā.

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Lalitā: (exits and enters again) O hero, the noble lady is ashamed to come before you.

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अभिमन्युः: होदु. स-अं च्चे-अ पेदि-अदो कष्चणं घेत्तुण गमिस्सम्. (इति निष्क्रान्तः.)

abhimanyuḥ: hodu. sa-aṃ cce-a pedi-ado kaṣcaṇaṃ ghettuṇa gamissam. (iti niṣkrāntaḥ.)

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Abhimanyu: So be it. I will myself take the gold coins from the bag and go about my business. (He exits.)

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कृष्णः: सक्खे मन्त्रि-राज परमानन्दं इदम् अनुभूतम् एवानुभाव्यमानो ऽस्मि चरणैः.

kṛṣṇaḥ: sakkhe mantri-rāja paramānandaṃ idam anubhūtam evānubhāvyamāno 'smi caraṇaiḥ.

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Kṛṣṇa: O friend, O king of counselors, these demigods-actors have brought Me great bliss.

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(प्रविश्य) वृन्दा: ललिते लघु पलायस्व. लघु पलायस्व. पश्य परवर्तते मन्युमान् एषो ऽभिमन्युः.

(praviśya) vṛndā: lalite laghu palāyasva. laghu palāyasva. paśya paravartate manyumān eṣo 'bhimanyuḥ.

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Vṛndā: (enters) Lalitā, run! Run! Look! Angry Abhimanyu is coming back.

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ललिता: (स-शन्कं अलोक्य) दरुण-सन्दिट्ठि-अं महुरोदक्कं इमस्स पेक्खणं पदिभदि. त कलिदहिमण्णु-रुबेण माहवेण होदव्वम्.

lalitā: (sa-śankaṃ alokya) daruṇa-sandiṭṭhi-aṃ mahurodakkaṃ imassa pekkhaṇaṃ padibhadi. ta kalidahimaṇṇu-rubeṇa māhaveṇa hodavvam.

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Lalitā: (afraid, she looks) What was terrible to see at first is now very charming and handsome. This is actually Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa) disguised as Abhimanyu.

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वृन्दा: (निभल्य सानन्दम्) किं नाम राधा-सखीनां धियम् अक्षुण्णम्. पश्य पश्य मन्दा सन्ध्य-पयोद-सोदर-रुचिः सैवाभिमन्योस् तनुर् वक्त्रं हन्त तद् एव खर्वट-घटी-घोणं विगाढेक्षणम् व्यस्ता सैव गतिः करीर-कुसुम-च्छायं तद् एवाम्बरं मूद्रा कापि तथाप्य् असौ पिशुनयत्य् अस्य स्वरूप-च्छटाम्

vṛndā: (nibhalya sānandam) kiṃ nāma rādhā-sakhīnāṃ dhiyam akṣuṇṇam. paśya paśya mandā sandhya-payoda-sodara-ruciḥ saivābhimanyos tanur vaktraṃ hanta tad eva kharvaṭa-ghaṭī-ghoṇaṃ vigāḍhekṣaṇam vyastā saiva gatiḥ karīra-kusuma-cchāyaṃ tad evāmbaraṃ mūdrā kāpi tathāpy asau piśunayaty asya svarūpa-cchaṭām

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Vṛndā: (blissfully looking) Abhimanyu's face and form have become like the splendid brother of a sunset raincloud. His nose is like the village at the foot of a mountain. His eyes are deep, His movements graceful, and His garments the color of a karīra flower. His form is splendid.

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(ततः प्रविशत्य् अभिमन्यु-वेशो माधवः.) माधवः: परीतः परिवर्तितं ह्रिया कलित-भ्रू-कुटि-कुष्चितेक्षणम् मधुर-द्युति राधिका-मुखं परिपश्यामि कदा बलाद् अहम्

(tataḥ praviśaty abhimanyu-veśo mādhavaḥ.) mādhavaḥ: parītaḥ parivartitaṃ hriyā kalita-bhrū-kuṭi-kuṣcitekṣaṇam madhura-dyuti rādhikā-mukhaṃ paripaśyāmi kadā balād aham

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(Disguised as Abhimanyu, Mādhava enters.)

Mādhava: When will I deeply drink the nectar of Rādhā's sweetly beautiful face, with it's shyly knitted eyebrows and crooked glances going everywhere?

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(पुरो दृष्ट्वा) ललिते क्व स ते सखी-च्छद्मा जीवितौषधिः.

(puro dṛṣṭvā) lalite kva sa te sakhī-cchadmā jīvitauṣadhiḥ.

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Translation

(Looking ahead) Lalitā, where is that girl, who in the disguise of being your friend is actually the medicinal herb that sustains My life?

LM 4.152

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ललिता: हला राहे. इदो दव.

lalitā: halā rāhe. ido dava.

English translation

Translation

Lalitā: O Rādhā! Come here.

LM 4.153

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(प्रविश्य) राधा: (स-लज्ज-स्मितम् आत्म-गतम्) अणहिट्ठो बि पदत्थो पि-एण अङ्गी-कि-ओ सुहाबेदि गरले बि गिरि-सगहि-ए गुरु-अं गोरी ण किं रम-इ

(praviśya) rādhā: (sa-lajja-smitam ātma-gatam) aṇahiṭṭho bi padattho pi-eṇa aṅgī-ki-o suhābedi garale bi giri-sagahi-e guru-aṃ gorī ṇa kiṃ rama-i

English translation

Translation

Rādhā: (She enters, shyly smiling, and says to Herself) I do not like to hear that Abhimanyu has come, but now that this Abhimanyu is My lover Kṛṣṇa, the news delights Me. Why should goddess Gaurī decline to enjoy pastimes with her husband, Lord Śiva, simply because he has drunk some poison? (Why should I decline to enjoy pastimes with Kṛṣṇa, simply because He has disguised as Abhimanyu?)

LM 4.154

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माधवः: ललिते हस्त-गता मे महा-निधि-सम्पत् प्रतीयताम्.

mādhavaḥ: lalite hasta-gatā me mahā-nidhi-sampat pratīyatām.

English translation

Translation

Mādhava: Lalitā, My great treasure has again come into My hand.

LM 4.155

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ललिता: ज-इ स जक्खिनी विग्घं ण करोदि.

lalitā: ja-i sa jakkhinī vigghaṃ ṇa karodi.

English translation

Translation

Lalitā: As long as a wicked yakṣiṇī does not stop You.

LM 4.156

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(प्रविश्य) जटिला: (स-हर्षम्) वहुदि-ए दिट्ठि-आ अज्ज तुमं सुबुद्धि-अ सम्वुत्त. जं पुत्तस्स मे दिट्ठि-माग्गे गदसि.

(praviśya) jaṭilā: (sa-harṣam) vahudi-e diṭṭhi-ā ajja tumaṃ subuddhi-a samvutta. jaṃ puttassa me diṭṭhi-māgge gadasi.

English translation

Translation

Jaṭilā: (enters, and says with jubilation) My dear girl, because, fortunately, You are so intelligent, You have placed Yourself on the path that leads to my son's eyes.

LM 4.157

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(सर्वे सम्भ्रमं नटयन्ति.)

(sarve sambhramaṃ naṭayanti.)

English translation

Translation

(All are struck with awe and wonder.)

LM 4.158

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जटिला: पुत्त अहिमण्णो सष्ज्झरम्भे दिट्ठि मे सुट्ठु ण उन्मील-इ.

jaṭilā: putta ahimaṇṇo saṣjjharambhe diṭṭhi me suṭṭhu ṇa unmīla-i.

English translation

Translation

Jaṭilā: Son Abhimanyu, I cannot see very well now that it is dusk.

LM 4.159

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माधवः: (स-हर्ष-स्मितम्) अक्क तह अष्जणं द-इस्सं. जह सम्ग्गदम दे दिट्ठि होहि.

mādhavaḥ: (sa-harṣa-smitam) akka taha aṣjaṇaṃ da-issaṃ. jaha samggadama de diṭṭhi hohi.

English translation

Translation

Mādhava: (happily smiling) Mother, I shall give you an ointment that will enable you to see everything very perfectly.

Note: If the word "tama" is interpreted to mean darkness, then this statement reveals the hidden meaning: I shall give you an ointment that will make you completely blind."

LM 4.160

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कृष्णः: (मन्दं मन्दं विहस्य) सक्खे मन्त्रि-राज दिष्ट्याद्य भवता गोकुल-केलि-सुधा-सिन्धु-पुलिने ऽवतीर्णम्.

kṛṣṇaḥ: (mandaṃ mandaṃ vihasya) sakkhe mantri-rāja diṣṭyādya bhavatā gokula-keli-sudhā-sindhu-puline 'vatīrṇam.

English translation

Translation

Kṛṣṇa: (with a gentle chukle) O friend, O king of counselors, you have brought Me to the shore of the nectar-ocean of My pastimes in Gokula.

LM 4.161

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जटिला: (सानन्दम्) वच्छ कीस तु-ए अ-अरिदम्हि.

jaṭilā: (sānandam) vaccha kīsa tu-e a-aridamhi.

English translation

Translation

Jaṭilā: (blissful) Child, why did You call me?

LM 4.162

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वृन्दा: साम्प्रतं प्रदोश-निषेव्यं गोमङ्गलां देवीं अरिराधिषुर् असौ त्वाम् अनुज्षापयति.

vṛndā: sāmprataṃ pradośa-niṣevyaṃ gomaṅgalāṃ devīṃ arirādhiṣur asau tvām anujṣāpayati.

English translation

Translation

Vṛndā: Now that the evening is beginning He wants to go and worship the goddess Gomaṅgalā. He begs your permission to depart.

LM 4.163

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माधवः: अक्क वहु दे म-ए सद्धं चेच्च-तरुणो मूले गन्तुं ण इच्छदि.

mādhavaḥ: akka vahu de ma-e saddhaṃ cecca-taruṇo mūle gantuṃ ṇa icchadi.

English translation

Translation

Mādhava: Mother, your daughter-in-law does not want to go under the caitya tree with Me.

LM 4.164

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जटिला: जदे राहि एक्कं गुरु-अनस्स मे व-अणं पदिबलेहि. तुण्णं जहि इमिणा कन्तेन सद्धम्.

jaṭilā: jade rāhi ekkaṃ guru-anassa me va-aṇaṃ padibalehi. tuṇṇaṃ jahi imiṇā kantena saddham.

English translation

Translation

Jaṭilā: Daughter Rādhā, I am Your superior. You must obey my words. I order You to go with Your husband at once.

LM 4.165

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राधा: (स्वगतम्) अम्महे अच्चरि-ओ विहि. (प्रकाशम्) ललिदे असुत्थ-देहम्हि. ता विण्णबेहि णम्.

rādhā: (svagatam) ammahe accari-o vihi. (prakāśam) lalide asuttha-dehamhi. tā viṇṇabehi ṇam.

English translation

Translation

Rādhā: (aside) Ah! How wonderful are the workings of destiny. (openly) Lalitā, I am feeling ill. Please tell this to Jaṭilā.

LM 4.166

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जटिला: कुल-पुत्ति सिरेण मे सबिदसि.

jaṭilā: kula-putti sireṇa me sabidasi.

English translation

Translation

Jaṭilā: O saintly daughter, I swear that You are saintly!

LM 4.167

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(राधा माधवम् अपङ्गेन पश्यति.)

(rādhā mādhavam apaṅgena paśyati.)

English translation

Translation

(Rādhā glances at Mādhava from the corner of Her eye.)

LM 4.168

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माधवः: ललिदे कुडुङ्गो मङ्गल-रङ्ग-ज-अरं अज्ज तुम्हे करिस्सम्ह. त चन्दण-गन्धोबहरं सम्पदि-अ लम्भेहि. तत्थ पसहि-अं राहि-आं अहं कीर पधं सहेमि. (इति सर्वभिः सह निष्क्रान्तः.)

mādhavaḥ: lalide kuḍuṅgo maṅgala-raṅga-ja-araṃ ajja tumhe karissamha. ta candaṇa-gandhobaharaṃ sampadi-a lambhehi. tattha pasahi-aṃ rāhi-āṃ ahaṃ kīra padhaṃ sahemi. (iti sarvabhiḥ saha niṣkrāntaḥ.)

English translation

Translation

Mādhava: Lalitā, tonight we will stay awake all night in the auspicious temple in the forest-grove. You bring the sandal perfume. When Rādhā is nicely decorated I will meet Her there. (Mādhava and all the others actors exit.)

LM 4.169

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कृष्णः: (पौर्णमासी प्रणम्य) भगवति सन्दीपितार्तिर् अहं न समर्थो ऽस्मि धृतिम् आलम्बितुम्. किं करवै.

kṛṣṇaḥ: (paurṇamāsī praṇamya) bhagavati sandīpitārtir ahaṃ na samartho 'smi dhṛtim ālambitum. kiṃ karavai.

English translation

Translation

Kṛṣṇa: (offers respectful obeisances to Paurṇamāsī) O noble lady, I am burning with suffering. I cannot find any peace of mind. What will I do?

LM 4.170

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पौर्णमासी: (स्वगतम्) प्रथम-कल्पे व्यतीते चन्द्रावलिर् एवात्र साम्प्रतम् अनुकल्पः तद् अद्य सान्दीपनि-मन्दिर-प्रयान-कैतवेन कुण्डिनम् उपयास्यामि.

paurṇamāsī: (svagatam) prathama-kalpe vyatīte candrāvalir evātra sāmpratam anukalpaḥ tad adya sāndīpani-mandira-prayāna-kaitavena kuṇḍinam upayāsyāmi.

English translation

Translation

Paurṇamāsī: (aside) Now that the first part of the story is concluded, the part describing Candrāvalī will follow. Now, on th pretext of travelling to Sāndīpani Muni's home, I will go to the city of Kuṇḍina.

LM 4.171

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कृष्णः: भगवति वडभीम् अधिरोढुम् अनुज्षापयामि. (इति सर्वैः सह निष्क्रान्तः.)

kṛṣṇaḥ: bhagavati vaḍabhīm adhiroḍhum anujṣāpayāmi. (iti sarvaiḥ saha niṣkrāntaḥ.)

English translation

Translation

Kṛṣṇa: O noble lady, I request your permission to climb (the stairs) to My room at the top of the palace. (With everyone else, Kṛṣṇa exits.)

Sri Lalita-Madhava