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Manmatha-lekhā: The Love Letter

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(ततः प्रविशति नान्दीमुखी.) नान्दीमुखी: आदिट्ठम्हि तत्तहोदी-ए पौर्णमासी-ए, जधा: अ-इ णन्दीमुहि, सुदं म-ए निब्भरा असुत्थ-सरीरा मे वच्छा राही. ता गदु-अ जाणीनि से तत्तं त्ति. तदो मुहरा-घरं गमिस्सम्. (इति परिक्रम्य पुणह् पश्यन्ती.) कहं इध ज्जेव कन्दन्ती मुहरा-आ-अच्छ-इ.

(tataḥ praviśati nāndīmukhī.) nāndīmukhī: ādiṭṭhamhi tattahodī-e paurṇamāsī-e, jadhā: a-i ṇandīmuhi, sudaṃ ma-e nibbharā asuttha-sarīrā me vacchā rāhī. tā gadu-a jāṇīni se tattaṃ tti. tado muharā-gharaṃ gamissam. (iti parikramya puṇah paśyantī.) kahaṃ idha jjeva kandantī muharā-ā-accha-i.

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(Nāndīmukhī enters.)

Nāndīmukhī: Paurṇamāsī ordered me: "O Nāndīmukhī, I heard that my child Rādhā is feeling very ill. Go to hear and learn the truth of Her condition." That is why I am now going to Mukharā's house. [She begins to go, and then sees Mukharā.] Why is weeping Mukharā coming here?

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मुखरा: हद्धी हद्धी, हदम्हि मन्द-भा-इणी. नान्दीमुखी: अज्जे मुहरे, कीस रो-असि. मुखरा: (विलोक्य) वच्छे, राही-सन्दावण.

mukharā: haddhī haddhī, hadamhi manda-bhā-iṇī. nāndīmukhī: ajje muhare, kīsa ro-asi. mukharā: (vilokya) vacche, rāhī-sandāvaṇa.

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Mukharā: (enters) Alas! Alas! I am ruined! I am very unfortunate!

Nāndīmukhī: Pious Mukharā, why do you weep?

Mukharā: (glancing at Nāndīmukhī) Child, because of Rādhā's suffering.

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नान्दीमुखी: केरिमं चेट्ठ-ई राही. मुखरा: वच्छे, वा-उला भवि-अ किंवि पलव-इ.

nāndīmukhī: kerimaṃ ceṭṭha-ī rāhī. mukharā: vacche, vā-ulā bhavi-a kiṃvi palava-i.

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Nāndīmukhī: What does She do?

Mukharā: Child, She talks like a madwoman.

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(इति सन्स्कृतेन) क्रूराणाम् अलिनां कुलैः मलिनया कृत्यं न मे मालया बालाहं किम् उ नर्मणस् तव पदं दूरी-भव प्राङ्गणात् इत्य् आदीनि दुरक्षराःइ परितः स्वप्ने तथा जागरे जल्पन्ती जलजेक्षणा क्षपयति क्लेशेन रात्रिं दिवम्

(iti sanskṛtena) krūrāṇām alināṃ kulaiḥ malinayā kṛtyaṃ na me mālayā bālāhaṃ kim u narmaṇas tava padaṃ dūrī-bhava prāṅgaṇāt ity ādīni durakṣarāḥi paritaḥ svapne tathā jāgare jalpantī jalajekṣaṇā kṣapayati kleśena rātriṃ divam

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(in Sanskrit) "Cruel bumblebees should not blacken My flower garland. I am only a girl. Why do you joke like that? Go far away from this courtyard." Awake and asleep talking in that crazy way, the lotus-eyed girl suffers day and night.

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नान्दीमुखी: (स्वगतम्) उवसग्गकिदा न क्खु एरिसी पलाव-मुद्दा. ता दिट्ठि-आ विक्कमिदं एत्थ कण्ह-विलासेण. मुखरा: वच्छे, अहं गदु-अ भअवदीं विण्णविस्सम्. तुमं वेदसी-कुष्जं उवसप्पि-अ राहि-अं पेच्छ. (इति निष्क्रान्ते.)

nāndīmukhī: (svagatam) uvasaggakidā na kkhu erisī palāva-muddā. tā diṭṭhi-ā vikkamidaṃ ettha kaṇha-vilāseṇa. mukharā: vacche, ahaṃ gadu-a bhaavadīṃ viṇṇavissam. tumaṃ vedasī-kuṣjaṃ uvasappi-a rāhi-aṃ peccha. (iti niṣkrānte.)

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Nāndīmukhī: (aside) That talk is not the mark of madness. It is the mark of good fortune, of being overcome by Lord Kṛṣṇa's pastimes.

Mukharā: Child, I will go to the noble lady and tell her. You go to the vetasī grove and watch Rādhā.

(They exit.)

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(ततः प्रविशति सखीभ्याम् उपास्यमाना राधा.) रध: (सोद्वेगम् स्वगतम्.) हदहि-अ-अ. जस्स पडिच्छन्द-दंसणमेत्तादो ईरिसी दुरूह-सङ्गमा उवत्थिदा दे अवस्था त्थ वि पुणो राम्-अं वहसि.

(tataḥ praviśati sakhībhyām upāsyamānā rādhā.) radha: (sodvegam svagatam.) hadahi-a-a. jassa paḍicchanda-daṃsaṇamettādo īrisī durūha-saṅgamā uvatthidā de avasthā ttha vi puṇo rām-aṃ vahasi.

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(Served by two friends, Lalitā and Viśākhā, Rādhā enters.)

Rādha: (Agitated, she says to herself) O wounded heart, simply by looking at a picture you have fallen wildly and passionately in love.

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उभे: हला राहि-ए आमयेहिन्तो विलक्खणो दे वे-आणणुबन्धे लक्खी-अदि. ता कीस अम्हेसु तत्तं ण कधेसि. (राधिका निःश्वस्य वक्त्रं व्यावर्तयति.)

ubhe: halā rāhi-e āmayehinto vilakkhaṇo de ve-āṇaṇubandhe lakkhī-adi. tā kīsa amhesu tattaṃ ṇa kadhesi. (rādhikā niḥśvasya vaktraṃ vyāvartayati.)

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Lalitā and Viśākhā: Rādhā, we see how You suffer. Why will You not tell us the truth?

(Rādhā sighs and turns her face away.)

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विशाखा: (पुरो ऽभिगम्य. सन्स्कृतेन) चिन्ता-सन्ततिर् अद्य कृन्तति सखि स्वान्तस्य किं ते धृतिं किं वा सिष्चसि ताम्रम् अम्बरम् अति-अवेदाम्भसां डम्बरम् कम्पश् चम्पक-गौरि लुम्पति वपुः-स्थैर्यं कथं वा बलात् तथ्यं ब्रूहि न मङ्गला परिजने सङ्गोपनाङ्गी-कृतिः

viśākhā: (puro 'bhigamya. sanskṛtena) cintā-santatir adya kṛntati sakhi svāntasya kiṃ te dhṛtiṃ kiṃ vā siṣcasi tāmram ambaram ati-avedāmbhasāṃ ḍambaram kampaś campaka-gauri lumpati vapuḥ-sthairyaṃ kathaṃ vā balāt tathyaṃ brūhi na maṅgalā parijane saṅgopanāṅgī-kṛtiḥ

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Viśākhā: (confronting Rādhā, in Sanskrit) O friend, why do these sufferings cut to pieces the peacefulness in Your heart? Why do You sprinkle Your red garments with a flood of perspiration? O girl fair like a yellow campaka flower, why does trembling now break the steadiness of Your body? Please tell the truth. It is not good to hide the truth from Your friends.

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राधिका: (सासुयम्) अ-इ णिट्ठुरे विसाहे, तुमं एवं पुच्छन्ती वि ण लज्जसि. विशाखा: (सशङ्कम्) हला, कहिं पि अवरद्धम्हि त्ति ण सुमरामि.

rādhikā: (sāsuyam) a-i ṇiṭṭhure visāhe, tumaṃ evaṃ pucchantī vi ṇa lajjasi. viśākhā: (saśaṅkam) halā, kahiṃ pi avaraddhamhi tti ṇa sumarāmi.

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Rādhikā: (indignat) Cruel Viśākhā, are you not ashamed to question me in this way?

Viśākhā: (worried) Perhaps I once offended you, but I do not remember it.

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राधिका: अ-इ णिक्किवे, कीस एव्वं भणासि. सुमरि-अ पेक्ख. विशाखा: हला, गरु-एण वि पणिहाणेण ण मे सुमरणं होदि.

rādhikā: a-i ṇikkive, kīsa evvaṃ bhaṇāsi. sumari-a pekkha. viśākhā: halā, garu-eṇa vi paṇihāṇeṇa ṇa me sumaraṇaṃ hodi.

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Rādhikā: Merciless girl, why do you talk like that? Remember and look.

Viśākhā: Even with a great effort, I still do not remember.

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राधिका: उम्मत्ते, गहणे इमंस्सि अच्चाहिदाःअल-कुण्डे तुमं ज्जेव मह पक्खेवणी. विशाखा: कधं वि-अ. राधिका: (सेर्ष्यम्) अ-इ मिच्छासरले, आलेक्खगद-भु-अङ्ग-सङ्गिणि, चिट्ठ चिट्ठ.

rādhikā: ummatte, gahaṇe imaṃssi accāhidāḥala-kuṇḍe tumaṃ jjeva maha pakkhevaṇī. viśākhā: kadhaṃ vi-a. rādhikā: (serṣyam) a-i micchāsarale, ālekkhagada-bhu-aṅga-saṅgiṇi, ciṭṭha ciṭṭha.

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Rādhikā: Crazy girl, you threw Me into the lake of eternal burning fire!

Viśākhā: How is that?

Rādhikā: (with malice and impatience) Crooked liar, friend of the snake in this picture! Stay! Stay!

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(इति सवैवश्यं सन्स्कृतेन) वितन्वानस् तन्वा मरकत-रुचीनां रुचिरतां पटान् निष्कृआन्तो ऽभूद् धृत-शिखि-शिखण्डो नव-युवा (इत्य् अर्धोक्तौ वाक्-स्तम्भं णटयति.) (सख्यौ सभ्रूभान्गम् अन्यो ऽन्यं पश्यतः.)

(iti savaivaśyaṃ sanskṛtena) vitanvānas tanvā marakata-rucīnāṃ ruciratāṃ paṭān niṣkṛānto 'bhūd dhṛta-śikhi-śikhaṇḍo nava-yuvā (ity ardhoktau vāk-stambhaṃ ṇaṭayati.) (sakhyau sabhrūbhāngam anyo 'nyaṃ paśyataḥ.)

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(Overcome, Rādhā says in Sanskrit) Splendid like sapphires and decorated with peacock feathers, a teenage boy stepped out of that picture. (In the middle of Her words, Her voice becomes choked. Her two friends look at each other with raised eyebrows.)

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भ्रुवं तेन क्षिप्त्वा किम् अपि हसतोन्मादित-मतेः शशी वृत्तो वह्निः परम् अहह वह्निर् मम शशी

bhruvaṃ tena kṣiptvā kim api hasatonmādita-mateḥ śaśī vṛtto vahniḥ param ahaha vahnir mama śaśī

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When He smiled and moved His eyebrows, my heart became mad. The fire in My heart shone like the moon. Then the moon of My heart entered the fire.

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ललिता: हला, किं एसो सिविण्णस्स विलासो.

lalitā: halā, kiṃ eso siviṇṇassa vilāso.

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Lalitā: Did this happen in a dream?

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राधिका: (सन्स्कृतेन) किं स्वप्नस्य विलक्षणा गतिर् इयं किं जागरस्याथवा किं रात्रेर् उपसत्तिर् एव रभसाद् अह्नः किम् अह्नाय वा इत्थं श्यामल-चन्द्रिका-परिचय-स्पन्देन सन्दीपितैर् अन्तः-क्षोभ-कुलैर् अहं परिवृता प्रज्षातुम् अज्षाभवम् सन्स्कृतेन— इन् सन्स्क्रित्;

rādhikā: (sanskṛtena) kiṃ svapnasya vilakṣaṇā gatir iyaṃ kiṃ jāgarasyāthavā kiṃ rātrer upasattir eva rabhasād ahnaḥ kim ahnāya vā itthaṃ śyāmala-candrikā-paricaya-spandena sandīpitair antaḥ-kṣobha-kulair ahaṃ parivṛtā prajṣātum ajṣābhavam sanskṛtena— in Sanskrit;

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Rādhikā: (in Sanskrit) Was it a dream, or was I awake? Was it night, or was it day? I do not know. The light from the dark moon of that teenage boy filled My heart with flames.

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विशाखा: (साकुतम्) हला राहे, णूणं एसो दे चित्त-विब्भमो जेव्व क्खणि-ओ. राधिका: (साभ्यसूयम्) अ-इ अविशद्धे, विरमेहि, कीस अप्पणो दोसं झम्पिदुं प-त्तासि.

viśākhā: (sākutam) halā rāhe, ṇūṇaṃ eso de citta-vibbhamo jevva kkhaṇi-o. rādhikā: (sābhyasūyam) a-i aviśaddhe, viramehi, kīsa appaṇo dosaṃ jhampiduṃ pa-ttāsi.

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Viśākhā: (with feeling) O Rādhā, Your heart was bewildered for a moment.

Rādhikā: (indignant) Faithless girl, stop! Why try to cover up your offense?

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(इति सन्स्कृतेन) कृतां भक्ति-च्छेदैर् घुसृण-घन-चर्दाम् अधिवहन् पुनर् लब्धो लुब्धः प्रियक-तरु-मूले चटुल-धीः लपन्त्याः साक्षेपं नहि नहि नहीति स्मित-मुखे हठान् मे दुर्लीलः स किल भुज-वल्ली-दलम् अधात्

(iti sanskṛtena) kṛtāṃ bhakti-cchedair ghusṛṇa-ghana-cardām adhivahan punar labdho lubdhaḥ priyaka-taru-mūle caṭula-dhīḥ lapantyāḥ sākṣepaṃ nahi nahi nahīti smita-mukhe haṭhān me durlīlaḥ sa kila bhuja-vallī-dalam adhāt

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(in Sanskrit) Decorated with designs drawn in kuṅkuma, that passionate mischievous boy sat under a kadamba tree. Saying “No! No! No!", I pushed Him away. Then that rogue forcibly touched Me with a flower petal from the blossoming vine of His arm.

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ततश् च दरोन्मीलन्-नीलोत्पल-दल-रुचस् तस्य निबिडाद् विरूढानां सद्यः कर-सरसिज-स्पर्श-कुतुकात् वहन्ती क्षोभाणां निवहम् इह नाज्षाशिषम् इदं क्व वाहं का वाहं चकर किम् अहं वा सखि तदा

tataś ca daronmīlan-nīlotpala-dala-rucas tasya nibiḍād virūḍhānāṃ sadyaḥ kara-sarasija-sparśa-kutukāt vahantī kṣobhāṇāṃ nivaham iha nājṣāśiṣam idaṃ kva vāhaṃ kā vāhaṃ cakara kim ahaṃ vā sakhi tadā

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Longing for the touch of the lotus hand of that boy dark like a blue lotus petal, I trembled. Where was I? Who was I? What was I doing? Friend, I did not know.

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(इति वैवश्यं नाटयति स्वगतम्.) अ-इ दुट्ठ-हिअ-अ मक्कड, कण्हो वैणवि-ओ सामल-किसोरो त्ति तिणेसु पुरिसेसु रा-अं वहन्तो वि तुमं ण लज्जसि. ता दाणिं अप्पाणं पामरं तुमं हदासं करिस्सम्.

(iti vaivaśyaṃ nāṭayati svagatam.) a-i duṭṭha-hia-a makkaḍa, kaṇho vaiṇavi-o sāmala-kisoro tti tiṇesu purisesu rā-aṃ vahanto vi tumaṃ ṇa lajjasi. tā dāṇiṃ appāṇaṃ pāmaraṃ tumaṃ hadāsaṃ karissam.

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(Agitated, She says to herself:) Wicked heart! Monkey! Are you not ashamed to love three persons simultaneously? You love Kṛṣṇa, and you also love the flute-player, and now you love this dark teenage boy. O heart, when I kill my body, I will also kill wretched, hopeless you.

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ललिता: हन्त, हत-मम्मह-सचिवस्स वसन्तस्स विप्फुजिदेण दूसिदा एदे परिसरा दीसन्ति. ता किं एत्थ सरणम्.

lalitā: hanta, hata-mammaha-sacivassa vasantassa vipphujideṇa dūsidā ede parisarā dīsanti. tā kiṃ ettha saraṇam.

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Lalitā: Look! Springtime, the prime minister of King Kāmadeva, has come and polluted everything. Who will save us from him?

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राधिका: (सन्स्कृतेन) विक्रीडन्तु पटीर-पर्वत-तटी-संसर्गिणो मारुताः खेलन्ताह् कलयन्तु कोमलतरां पुंस्-कोकिलाः काकलीम् संरम्भेण शिलीमुखा ध्वनि-भृतो विध्यन्तु मन्-मानसं हास्यन्त्याः सखि मे व्यथां परम् अमी कुर्वन्ति साहायकाम्

rādhikā: (sanskṛtena) vikrīḍantu paṭīra-parvata-taṭī-saṃsargiṇo mārutāḥ khelantāh kalayantu komalatarāṃ puṃs-kokilāḥ kākalīm saṃrambheṇa śilīmukhā dhvani-bhṛto vidhyantu man-mānasaṃ hāsyantyāḥ sakhi me vyathāṃ param amī kurvanti sāhāyakām

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Rādhikā: (in Sanksrit) Let the breezes from the sandalwood mountains play. Let the playful cuckoos sweetly sing. Let the buzzing bees attack My heart. Friend, they will help Me end My troubles.

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उभे: (सास्रम्) हला, एदाहिं घोर-चिन्ताहिं कीस किलिम्मसि. अम्हेहिं तक्किदं अदि-मेत्त-दुल्लहो ण क्खु दे हि-अ-अट्ठिदो अत्थो.

ubhe: (sāsram) halā, edāhiṃ ghora-cintāhiṃ kīsa kilimmasi. amhehiṃ takkidaṃ adi-metta-dullaho ṇa kkhu de hi-a-aṭṭhido attho.

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Lalitā and Viśākhā: (weeping) Why were You attacked by these terrible sufferings? We do not understand the unusual longings in Your heart.

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राधिका (निःश्वस्य सन्स्कृतेन) इयं सखि सुदुःसाध्या राधा हृदय-वेदना कृता यत्र चिकित्सापि कुत्सायां पर्यवस्यति

rādhikā (niḥśvasya sanskṛtena) iyaṃ sakhi suduḥsādhyā rādhā hṛdaya-vedanā kṛtā yatra cikitsāpi kutsāyāṃ paryavasyati

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Rādhikā: (sighs) My dear friend, these palpitations of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī's heart are extremely difficult to cure. Even if one applied some medical treatment, it would only end in defamaion.

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ता विण्णवेमि इमंस्सि ओसरे जधा सुदिढं एक्कं लदा-पासं लहेमि तधा सिणेहेस्स णिक्किदिं करेध.

tā viṇṇavemi imaṃssi osare jadhā sudiḍhaṃ ekkaṃ ladā-pāsaṃ lahemi tadhā siṇehessa ṇikkidiṃ karedha.

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I will tell you how to cure Me. If this flowering-vine were wrapped about My neck like a noose, and I were hanged, then you would cure My disease of love.

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उभे: (सव्यथम्) हला, एव्वं दारुणं भणन्ती मा क्खु सहीणं जीविदं लुम्पेहि. णम् पच्चासण्णा अहीत्ठ-सिद्धी.

ubhe: (savyatham) halā, evvaṃ dāruṇaṃ bhaṇantī mā kkhu sahīṇaṃ jīvidaṃ lumpehi. ṇam paccāsaṇṇā ahītṭha-siddhī.

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Lalitā and Viśākhā: (agitated) Don't talk in that horrible way! Don't break your friends' lives! Soon You will attain what You long for.

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राधिका: सहीओ, ण जाणीध इमा-ए हद-राही-ए हि-अ-अ- दुद्धतणम्, जं एव्वं मतेध.

rādhikā: sahīo, ṇa jāṇīdha imā-e hada-rāhī-e hi-a-a- duddhataṇam, jaṃ evvaṃ matedha.

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Rādhikā: Friends, you speak this advice only because you do not know the evil in wounded Rādhā's heart.

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कधिदं जेव्व सव्वं पि-अ-सही-ए. राधिका: णहु णहु, गुरु-ई लज्जा णिवारेदि.

kadhidaṃ jevva savvaṃ pi-a-sahī-e. rādhikā: ṇahu ṇahu, guru-ī lajjā ṇivāredi.

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Lalitā and Viśākhā: Our dear friend has told us everything.

Rādhikā: No, no. Her great shame stops Her from revealing it.

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सख्यौ; हला, अप्पस-आसादो वि गुरु-ओ अम्हेसु तुह सिणेहो लक्खी-अदि. ता बहिरङ्गा-ए लज्जा-ए को अत्थ अणुरोहो.

sakhyau; halā, appasa-āsādo vi guru-o amhesu tuha siṇeho lakkhī-adi. tā bahiraṅgā-e lajjā-e ko attha aṇuroho.

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Lalitā and Viśākhā: We see Your great love. How can Your shame, standing outside, hide it?

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राधिका: (सन्स्कृतेन) एकस्य श्रुतम् एव लुम्पति मतिं कृष्णेति नामाक्षरं सान्द्रोन्माद-परम्पराम् उपनयत्य् अन्यस्य वंशी-कलः एष स्निग्ध-घन-द्युतिर् मनसि मे लग्नः पटे वीक्षनात् कष्टं धिक् पुरुष-त्रये रतिर् अभून् मन्ये मृतिः श्रेयसी सन्स्कृतेन— इन् सन्स्क्रित्;

rādhikā: (sanskṛtena) ekasya śrutam eva lumpati matiṃ kṛṣṇeti nāmākṣaraṃ sāndronmāda-paramparām upanayaty anyasya vaṃśī-kalaḥ eṣa snigdha-ghana-dyutir manasi me lagnaḥ paṭe vīkṣanāt kaṣṭaṃ dhik puruṣa-traye ratir abhūn manye mṛtiḥ śreyasī sanskṛtena— in Sanskrit;

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Rādhikā: (Sanskrit) Since I have heard the name of a person called Kṛṣṇa, I have practically lost My good sense. Then, there is another person who plays the flute in such a way that after I hear the vibration, intense madness arises in My heart. And again there is still another person to whom My mind becomes attached when I see His beautiful lightning effulgence in His picture. Therefore I think that I am greatly condemmed, for I have become simultaneously attached to tree persons. It would be better for Me to die because of this.

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उभे: (सहर्षम्) हला, कधं तुम्हादिसीणं गो-उल-सुन्दरीणं गो-उलिन्द-णन्दणं उज्झि-अ अपरंस्सि अणुरा-ओ संभवदि. ता सुणाहि. एक्को ज्जेव्व एसो महा-णा-अरो कण्हो.

ubhe: (saharṣam) halā, kadhaṃ tumhādisīṇaṃ go-ula-sundarīṇaṃ go-ulinda-ṇandaṇaṃ ujjhi-a aparaṃssi aṇurā-o saṃbhavadi. tā suṇāhi. ekko jjevva eso mahā-ṇā-aro kaṇho.

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Lalitā and Viśākhā: (happily) How can beautiful girls of Gokula like You turn from Kṛṣṇa and fall in love with some other man? Listen. The three persons are one. They are all the hero Kṛṣṇa.

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राधिका: (सोच्छ्वासम् आत्मगतम्) हि-अ-अ, समासस्स समासस्स. दाणिं जादा जी-अलो-अ-निवास-लालसा.

rādhikā: (socchvāsam ātmagatam) hi-a-a, samāsassa samāsassa. dāṇiṃ jādā jī-alo-a-nivāsa-lālasā.

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Rādhika: (breathes a sigh of relief and say to Herself:) Heart, be peaceful. Be peaceful. The man you long to attain is the home of all beings and all worlds.

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उभे: (सन्स्कृतेन) सा सौरभोर्मि-परिदिग्ध-दिगन्तरापि वन्ध्यं जनुः सुतनु गन्ध-फली बिभर्ति राधे न विभ्रम-भरः क्रियते यद्-अङ्के कामं निपीत-मधुना मधुसूदनेन

ubhe: (sanskṛtena) sā saurabhormi-paridigdha-digantarāpi vandhyaṃ januḥ sutanu gandha-phalī bibharti rādhe na vibhrama-bharaḥ kriyate yad-aṅke kāmaṃ nipīta-madhunā madhusūdanena

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Lalitā and Viśākhā: O beautiful, slender Rādhā, even if it anoints the directions with waves of sweet fragrance, a flowering priyaṅgu vine lives in vain if a playful bumblebee does not drink it's honey.

Note: The bumblebee (madhusūdana) here is Kṛṣṇa.

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नन्दीमुखी: (परिक्रम्य) कहं अग्गदो जेव्व एसा राही. (इत्य् उपसृत्य) ज-अदु ज-अदु पि-असही. राधिका: (सावहित्थम्) सहि, कुसलं भअवदी-ए.

nandīmukhī: (parikramya) kahaṃ aggado jevva esā rāhī. (ity upasṛtya) ja-adu ja-adu pi-asahī. rādhikā: (sāvahittham) sahi, kusalaṃ bhaavadī-e.

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Nandīmukhī: (walking, enters) Why is Rādhā here? (approaches Rādhā) Glory, glory to my dear friend!

Rādhikā: (concealing her emotions) Friend, I hope you are well.

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नन्दीमुखी: तुह उल्लाहत्तणे जादे (इति राधां निभाल्य स्वगतम्.) अप्पेक्खि-अ च्चे-अ म-ए पढं णिट्टङ्किदम्. तधावि पुच्छिस्सम्.

nandīmukhī: tuha ullāhattaṇe jāde (iti rādhāṃ nibhālya svagatam.) appekkhi-a cce-a ma-e paḍhaṃ ṇiṭṭaṅkidam. tadhāvi pucchissam.

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Nandīmukhī: You are well, I see. (Looking at Rādhā, she says to herself) I do not see anything unusual. Perhaps She hides it. I will ask.

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(प्रकाशम्, सन्स्कृतेन) न मुग्धे वैदग्धी-गरिम-परिदिग्धा तव मतिर् विरामो नेदानीम् अपि वपुषि बाल्यस्य वयसः कम् अप्य् अन्तः-क्षोभं प्रथयसि तथापि त्वम् अथवा सखि ज्षातम् वृन्दावन-मदन-विस्फूर्जितम् इदम्

(prakāśam, sanskṛtena) na mugdhe vaidagdhī-garima-paridigdhā tava matir virāmo nedānīm api vapuṣi bālyasya vayasaḥ kam apy antaḥ-kṣobhaṃ prathayasi tathāpi tvam athavā sakhi jṣātam vṛndāvana-madana-visphūrjitam idam

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(Openly) Beautiful, foolish girl, Your heart is not anointed with great intelligence. You have not stopped being a child. Friend, either Your heart trembles in pain, or You gave met the Kāmadeva that lives in Vṛndāvana forest.

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ललिता: अ-इ अलि-आसङ्किणि, सीदल-दक्खिणाणिल-हेतु-अं कम्प-पुल-अं पेक्खि-अ कीस दूसहं परिवादं देसि.

lalitā: a-i ali-āsaṅkiṇi, sīdala-dakkhiṇāṇila-hetu-aṃ kampa-pula-aṃ pekkhi-a kīsa dūsahaṃ parivādaṃ desi.

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Lalitā: Suspicious girl, the trembling and standing up of hairs that you see is caused by the cold southern wind. Why do you make this terrible accusation?

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नन्दीमुखी: (सस्मितम्, सन्स्कृतेन) रोमाष्चः परिचेष्यते कथम् अयं नास्माभिर् उत्कम्पवाह् दुष्कीर्तिं नहि दक्षिणाय मरुते दाक्षिण्य-शून्ये वद एतन् मन्मथ-कोटि-सम्भ्रम-भरैर् बम्भ्रोम्यते सुभ्रुवः स्वान्ते नागर-चक्रवर्ति-नयन-प्रान्तस्य लीलायितम्

nandīmukhī: (sasmitam, sanskṛtena) romāṣcaḥ pariceṣyate katham ayaṃ nāsmābhir utkampavāh duṣkīrtiṃ nahi dakṣiṇāya marute dākṣiṇya-śūnye vada etan manmatha-koṭi-sambhrama-bharair bambhromyate subhruvaḥ svānte nāgara-cakravarti-nayana-prāntasya līlāyitam

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Nandīmukhī: (smiling, says in Sanskrit) If that is why the hairs of Her body stand up, then why do the hairs of our bodies not also stand up? O foolish girl, don't insult the southern wind in this way. The sidelong glance of He who is the king of heroes and whose graceful eyebrows are worshiped by millions of Kāmadevas, now plays in this girl's heart.

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ता सच्चं कहेहि. कदा एदा-ए पच्चक्खी-किदो गो-उलाणन्दो. विशाखा: एवं णेदम्.

tā saccaṃ kahehi. kadā edā-e paccakkhī-kido go-ulāṇando. viśākhā: evaṃ ṇedam.

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Tell the truth. When did She see Kṛṣṇa, the bliss of Gokula?

Viśākhā: It is true.

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नन्दीमुखी: (सन्स्कृतेन) दर-विचलित-बाल्या वल्लभा बान्धवानां विहरसि भुवने त्वं पत्युर् आमोद-पात्री अहह पशुप-रामा कामिनो मोहनत्वं त्वम् अपि यद् अमुनान्तर् बाढम् उन्मादितासि

nandīmukhī: (sanskṛtena) dara-vicalita-bālyā vallabhā bāndhavānāṃ viharasi bhuvane tvaṃ patyur āmoda-pātrī ahaha paśupa-rāmā kāmino mohanatvaṃ tvam api yad amunāntar bāḍham unmāditāsi

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Nandīmukhī: (in Sanskrit) A little past childhood, dear to Your kin, and a delight to Your husband, You enjoy pastimes in this world. Aha! Now You have fallen under the spell of a rake who enjoys with the gopas' wives. Now Your heart is wild with passionate love for Him.

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ता अहं भअवदीं तुवरेदुं गमिस्सम्. (इति निष्क्रान्ता).

tā ahaṃ bhaavadīṃ tuvareduṃ gamissam. (iti niṣkrāntā).

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I will go and quickly bring noble Paurṇamāsī. (She exits.)

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राधिका: (विमृश्य. सन्स्कृतेन) सा कल्याणी कुल-युवतिभिः शीलिता धर्म-शैली ग्राग् अस्माभिः कथम् अविनयोत्फुल्लम् उल्लङ्घनीया (इत्य् अर्धोक्ते. पुनः सोत्कण्ठम्.) हा दृग्-भङ्गी-परिमल-कला-कर्मठो ऽयं कथं वा हातुं शक्यः पशुप-नगरी-नागरी-नागरेन्द्रः

rādhikā: (vimṛśya. sanskṛtena) sā kalyāṇī kula-yuvatibhiḥ śīlitā dharma-śailī grāg asmābhiḥ katham avinayotphullam ullaṅghanīyā (ity ardhokte. punaḥ sotkaṇṭham.) hā dṛg-bhaṅgī-parimala-kalā-karmaṭho 'yaṃ kathaṃ vā hātuṃ śakyaḥ paśupa-nagarī-nāgarī-nāgarendraḥ

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Rādhikā: (She reflects for a moment, and then says in Sanskrit) Why do we pious girls disobey the auspicious rules of religion? (She stops in the middle, and then again speaks, this time filled with longing.) Ah! How can I renounce the regal hero of the girls in this twon of gopas, a hero learned in the arts of crooked glances?

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(ततः प्रविशति नन्दीमुखी-मुखराभ्याम् अनुगम्यमाना पौर्णमासी.) पौर्णमासी: मुखरे, किम् अदुःसाध-बाधा तर्किता त्वया राधा मुखरा: भअवदि, सुणाहि.

(tataḥ praviśati nandīmukhī-mukharābhyām anugamyamānā paurṇamāsī.) paurṇamāsī: mukhare, kim aduḥsādha-bādhā tarkitā tvayā rādhā Mukharā: bhaavadi, suṇāhi.

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(Followed by Nandīmukhī and Mukharā, Paurṇamāsī enters.)

Paurṇamāsī: Mukharā, why do you think Rādhā suffers from an incurable illness?

Mukharā: Noble lady, listen.

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अग्रे विक्ष्य शिखण्ड अचिराद् उत्कम्पम् आलम्बते गुष्जानां च विलोकनान् मुहुर् असौ परिक्रोशति नो जाने जनयन्न् अपूर्व-नटन-क्रीदा-चमत्कारितां बालायाः किल चित्त-भूमिम् अविशत् को ऽयं नवीन-ग्रहः

agre vikṣya śikhaṇḍa acirād utkampam ālambate guṣjānāṃ ca vilokanān muhur asau parikrośati no jāne janayann apūrva-naṭana-krīdā-camatkāritāṃ bālāyāḥ kila citta-bhūmim aviśat ko 'yaṃ navīna-grahaḥ

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Upon seeing peacock feathers in front of Her, this girl suddenly begins trembling. When She sometimes sees a necklace of gūnjā (small conchshells), She sheds tears and cries loudly. I do not know what kind of new ecstatic influence has entered her heart of this poor girl. It has imbued Her with the dancing attitude of a player creating wonderful, unprecedented dances on a stage.

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पौर्णमासी: (स्वगतम्) सो ऽयम् उद्दण्डस्य नवानुराग-राशेः को ऽपि चण्डिमा. (प्रकाशम्) मुखरे, साधु विज्षातम्. यद् अत्र दानव-कुलावतंसाः कंसादयो राधाम् अन्विष्यन्ति तेन को ऽप्य् अयम् अङ्गना-ग्रहो बालाम् आविवेश.

paurṇamāsī: (svagatam) so 'yam uddaṇḍasya navānurāga-rāśeḥ ko 'pi caṇḍimā. (prakāśam) mukhare, sādhu vijṣātam. yad atra dānava-kulāvataṃsāḥ kaṃsādayo rādhām anviṣyanti tena ko 'py ayam aṅganā-graho bālām āviveśa.

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Paurṇamāsī: (aside) This is the passion of intense new love. (Openly) Mukharā, I understand this very well. Kaṃsa and the other crowns of the demons are searching for Rādhā. They made a ghost enter this girl.

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मुखरा: भअवदि, को एत्थ पडि-आरो. पौर्णमासी: अपि दानवारेर् दृष्टिर् एव.

mukharā: bhaavadi, ko ettha paḍi-āro. paurṇamāsī: api dānavārer dṛṣṭir eva.

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Mukharā: Noble lady, what is the remedy?

Paurṇamāsī: The remedy is a glimpse Kṛṣṇa, the sworn enemy of the demons.

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मुखरा: भअवदि, कुडिला क्खु जडिला एदं णानिणन्दिस्सदि. पौर्णमासी: मुखरे, स खलु मद्-गिरा सन्दिश्यताम्—-"जटिले, मा शङ्किष्ठाः. कृष्णम् आत्मविद्ययैव सङ्घत्यिष्यामि" इति. (मुखरा नमस्कृत्य निष्क्रान्ता.)

mukharā: bhaavadi, kuḍilā kkhu jaḍilā edaṃ ṇāniṇandissadi. paurṇamāsī: mukhare, sa khalu mad-girā sandiśyatām—-"jaṭile, mā śaṅkiṣṭhāḥ. kṛṣṇam ātmavidyayaiva saṅghatyiṣyāmi" iti. (mukharā namaskṛtya niṣkrāntā.)

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Mukharā: Noble lady, this will not please crooked Jaṭilā.

Paurṇamāsī: Mukharā, I will tell her, "Jaṭilā, don't worry. With my mystic power I will bring Kṛṣṇa. (But this is not the Kṛṣṇa who is the son of Nanda Mahārāja)."

(Mukharā offers obeisances and exits.)

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पौर्णमासी: (उपसृत्य) वत्से, निजाभीष्ट-लाभेन कृतार्थी-भूयाः. (राधा सावहित्थं प्रणमति.)

paurṇamāsī: (upasṛtya) vatse, nijābhīṣṭa-lābhena kṛtārthī-bhūyāḥ. (rādhā sāvahitthaṃ praṇamati.)

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Paurṇamāsī: (approaches Rādhā) Child, now my desires are fulfilled.

(Concealing her emotions, Rādhā offers obeisances.)

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पौर्णमासी: (स्वगतम्) भजन्त्याः सव्रीडं कथम् अपि तद्-आडम्बर-घटाम् अपह्नोतुं यत्नाद् अभिनव-मदामोद-मधुरा अधीरा कालिन्दी-पुलिन-कलभेन्द्रस्य विजयं सरोजक्ष्याः साक्षाद् वदति हृदि कुष्जे तनुवनी

paurṇamāsī: (svagatam) bhajantyāḥ savrīḍaṃ katham api tad-āḍambara-ghaṭām apahnotuṃ yatnād abhinava-madāmoda-madhurā adhīrā kālindī-pulina-kalabhendrasya vijayaṃ sarojakṣyāḥ sākṣād vadati hṛdi kuṣje tanuvanī

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Paurṇamāsī: (aside) Tasting the sweetness of new love, She shyly hides Her passion. The passionate lotus-eyed girl is conquered by the regal elephant that plays in the garden of Her heart.

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(पुनर् निरूप्य जनान्तिकम्.) हन्त नान्दीमुखी, निर्भर-गभीर- प्रेमोर्मि-निर्मित-मनः-क्षोभा किम् अप्य् एषा विचेष्टते. तद् इयम् अवधार्यताम् अनुराग-वीरस्य कापि दुर्विबोध-गभीर-विक्रम-वैचित्री. तथा हि.

(punar nirūpya janāntikam.) hanta nāndīmukhī, nirbhara-gabhīra- premormi-nirmita-manaḥ-kṣobhā kim apy eṣā viceṣṭate. tad iyam avadhāryatām anurāga-vīrasya kāpi durvibodha-gabhīra-vikrama-vaicitrī. tathā hi.

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Paurṇamāsī: (whispers to Nāndīmukhī) Nāndīmukhī, Her heart is tossed by waves of deep love. Know that this is caused by the wonderful and inconceivable power of He who is the hero of love.

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प्रत्याहृत्य मुनिः क्षणं विषयतो यस्मिन् मनो धित्सते बालासौ विषयेषु धित्सति ततः प्रत्याहरन्ती मनः यस्य स्फूर्ति-लवाय हन्त हृदये योगी समुत्कण्ठते मुग्धेयं बत पश्य तस्य हृदयाह् निष्क्रान्तिम् आकाङ्क्षति

pratyāhṛtya muniḥ kṣaṇaṃ viṣayato yasmin mano dhitsate bālāsau viṣayeṣu dhitsati tataḥ pratyāharantī manaḥ yasya sphūrti-lavāya hanta hṛdaye yogī samutkaṇṭhate mugdheyaṃ bata paśya tasya hṛdayāh niṣkrāntim ākāṅkṣati

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Just see how wonderful it is! Great sages meditate upon Kṛṣṇa after being relieved of all material transactions, and with great difficulty they try to situate Kṛṣṇa in their hearts. And opposed to this, this young girl is trying to withdraw Her mind form Kṛṣṇa so She can apply it to the material activities of sense gratification. What a regrettable thing it is that this girl is trying to drive away from Her heart the same Kṛṣṇa who is sought after by great sages through severe austerities and perseverance.

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नान्दीमुखी: भअवदि, ईरिसस्स भा-अस्स विण्णाने मूढम्हि. पौर्णमासी: वत्से सत्यम् आत्थ. दुर्गमो ऽयम् गाढानुराग-विवर्तः. श्रुयताम्.

nāndīmukhī: bhaavadi, īrisassa bhā-assa viṇṇāne mūḍhamhi. paurṇamāsī: vatse satyam āttha. durgamo 'yam gāḍhānurāga-vivartaḥ. śruyatām.

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Nāndīmukhī: Noble lady, love like this bewilders me.

Paurṇamāsī: Child, what you say is true. This deep and ecstatic love is very rare and difficult to attain. Listen.

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पिडाभिर् नव-काल-कूट-कटुता-गर्वस्य निर्वासनो निस्यन्देन मुदाम् सुधा-मधुरिमाहङ्कार-सङ्कोचनः प्रेमा सुन्दरि नन्द-नन्दन-परो जागर्ति यस्यान्तरे ज्षायन्ते स्फुतम् अस्य वक्र-मधुरास् तेनैव विक्रान्तयः

piḍābhir nava-kāla-kūṭa-kaṭutā-garvasya nirvāsano nisyandena mudām sudhā-madhurimāhaṅkāra-saṅkocanaḥ premā sundari nanda-nandana-paro jāgarti yasyāntare jṣāyante sphutam asya vakra-madhurās tenaiva vikrāntayaḥ

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My dear beautiful friend, if one develops love of Godhead, love of Kṛṣṇa, the son of Nanda Mahārāja, all the bitter and sweet influences of this love will manifests in one's heart. Such love of Godhead acts in two ways. The poisonous effects of love of Godhead defeat the severe and fresh poison of the serpent. Yet there is simultaneosly transcendental bliss, which pours down and defeats the poisonous effects of a snake, as well as the happiness derived from pouring nectar on one's head. It is perceived as doubly effective, simultaneously poisonous and nectarean.

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तद् एहि, भावम् अस्याः परीक्षेवहि. (इत्य् उपसृत्य) वत्से किम् अपि प्रष्टव्यासि.

tad ehi, bhāvam asyāḥ parīkṣevahi. (ity upasṛtya) vatse kim api praṣṭavyāsi.

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Come, let us test Her love. (They approach Rādhā) Child, we would like to ask some questions.

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यतिः प्रेमोदात्तः सुचरित-कथा गोकुल-पुरे प्रसिद्धा ते शुद्धे जनिर् अपि च लक्ष्मीवति कुले अपुर्वा कुर्वाणा मतिम् इह महा-साहसमयीं सुहृद्भ्यस् त्वं लज्जाम् अपि किम् इव राधे न भजसि (राधिका कातर्यम् अभिनीय सलज्जं ललिता-कर्ण-मूले लगति.)

yatiḥ premodāttaḥ sucarita-kathā gokula-pure prasiddhā te śuddhe janir api ca lakṣmīvati kule apurvā kurvāṇā matim iha mahā-sāhasamayīṃ suhṛdbhyas tvaṃ lajjām api kim iva rādhe na bhajasi (rādhikā kātaryam abhinīya salajjaṃ lalitā-karṇa-mūle lagati.)

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Your self-control, love, pious deeds, and birth in a prosperous and pious family are all famous in the town of Gokula. O Rādhā, are You not ashamed to be so cruel to Your friends?

(Distressed and embarrassed, Rādhā whispers in Lalitā's ear.)

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ललिता: अज्जे, विण्णवेदि राहि. (इति सन्स्कृतेन.) दोषोद्गारं त्वम् अपि कुरुषे हा मयि व्याकुलायां पादेभ्यस् ते भगवति शपे नापराध्यामि साध्वि पर्णैः कर्नोत्पल-वलयिभिस् ताड्यमानो ऽपि धूर्तो न श्यामात्मा मम तनु-परिष्वङ्ग-रङ्गं जहाति

lalitā: ajje, viṇṇavedi rāhi. (iti sanskṛtena.) doṣodgāraṃ tvam api kuruṣe hā mayi vyākulāyāṃ pādebhyas te bhagavati śape nāparādhyāmi sādhvi parṇaiḥ karnotpala-valayibhis tāḍyamāno 'pi dhūrto na śyāmātmā mama tanu-pariṣvaṅga-raṅgaṃ jahāti

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Lalitā: Noble lady, Rādhā should explain Herself. Rādhā says: (in Sanskrit) "O noble lady, I take an oath upon your feet, that I have not done anything wrong. Even though again and again I struck Him with a garland of lotus flowers, that dark rake would not give up the pleasure of embracing my body".

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पौर्णमासी: (सेर्ष्यम् इवालोक्य) मुग्धे, किम् अन्यां प्रौढ-मुद्रां नोद्दण्डयसि.

paurṇamāsī: (serṣyam ivālokya) mugdhe, kim anyāṃ prauḍha-mudrāṃ noddaṇḍayasi.

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Paurṇamāsī: (Angrily looking at Rādhā) Beautiful bewildered girl, why did You not do something more ferocious to stop Him?

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राधिका: (सरोषम्. सन्स्कृतेन) क्रोशन्त्यां कर-पल्लवेन बलवान् सद्यः पिधत्ते मुखं धावन्त्यां भय-भाजि विस्तृत-भुजो रुन्धे पुरः पद्धतिम् पादान्ते विलुठत्य् असौ मयि मुहुर् दष्टाधरायां रुषा मातश् चण्डि मया शिखण्ड-मुकुटाद् आत्माभिररक्ष्यह् कथम्

rādhikā: (saroṣam. sanskṛtena) krośantyāṃ kara-pallavena balavān sadyaḥ pidhatte mukhaṃ dhāvantyāṃ bhaya-bhāji vistṛta-bhujo rundhe puraḥ paddhatim pādānte viluṭhaty asau mayi muhur daṣṭādharāyāṃ ruṣā mātaś caṇḍi mayā śikhaṇḍa-mukuṭād ātmābhirarakṣyah katham

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Rādhikā: (angrily, in Sanskrit) My dear mother, what can I say to you? Kṛṣṇa is so cruel that He often attacks me on the street, and if I want to cry out very loudly, this boy with a peacock feather on His head immediately covers My face so that I cannot cry. And if I want to go away from the scene because I am afraid of Him, He will immediately spread His arms to block My path. If I piteously fall down at His feet, then this enemy of the Madhu demon, in an angry mood, bites my face! Mother, just try to understand my situation, and don't be unnecessarily angry with Me. Instead, please tell me how I can save myself from these terrible attacks of Kṛṣṇa!

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पौर्णमासी: (स्वगतम्) निष्कम्पतया बद्ध-मूलो ऽयं प्रेम-पलाशी.

paurṇamāsī: (svagatam) niṣkampatayā baddha-mūlo 'yaṃ prema-palāśī.

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Paurṇamāsī: (aside) Her tree of love does not shake at its roots.

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(प्रकाशम्) त्वया नीतो वामः फलक-मिलद्-अङ्गो मधु-रिपुः सुखाशाभिः क्रीडा-कुतुकिनि कुतो नेत्र-पदवीम् कुकूलाग्नि-ज्वाला-पटल-कटु-केलिर् यद् अधुना दशेयं दन्त त्वां ज्वलयति हिमानीव नलिनीम्

(prakāśam) tvayā nīto vāmaḥ phalaka-milad-aṅgo madhu-ripuḥ sukhāśābhiḥ krīḍā-kutukini kuto netra-padavīm kukūlāgni-jvālā-paṭala-kaṭu-kelir yad adhunā daśeyaṃ danta tvāṃ jvalayati himānīva nalinīm

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(openly) O playful girl, how, simply by desiring Him, will You make this rascal Kṛṣṇa enter the pathway of Your eyes? For now Your only pastimes are in the middle of glistening flames that burn You as snow burns the lotus flowers.

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राधा: (कृष्णम् उद्दिश्य सोपालम्भम् आत्मगतम्) शिशिरय दृषौ दृष्ट्वा दिव्यं किशोरम् इतीक्षितः परिजन-गिरां विसर्म्भात् त्वं विलास-फलाङ्कितः शिव शिव कथं जानीमस् त्वाम् अवक्र-धियो वयं निबिड-वडवा-वह्नि-ज्वाला-कलाप-विकासिनम्

rādhā: (kṛṣṇam uddiśya sopālambham ātmagatam) śiśiraya dṛṣau dṛṣṭvā divyaṃ kiśoram itīkṣitaḥ parijana-girāṃ visarmbhāt tvaṃ vilāsa-phalāṅkitaḥ śiva śiva kathaṃ jānīmas tvām avakra-dhiyo vayaṃ nibiḍa-vaḍavā-vahni-jvālā-kalāpa-vikāsinam

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Rādhā: (Thinking of Kṛṣṇa, She says to Herself) Alas! Alas! Why do We crooked-hearted girls think You are a volcano burning with great flames? Please honor the words of Our friends, become marked with playfulness, allow Me to see Your splendid, youthful form, and cool the fire that now burns in My eyes.

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पौर्णमासी: (सस्नेहम् आलोक्य.) वत्से, क्षणम् एकान्ते निविश्य पुष्पेषु लेखो निर्मीयताम्. यथां कृष्णाय स्वसखीभ्यां समर्प्यते. (राधा सखीभ्यां सह निष्क्रण्ता.)

paurṇamāsī: (sasneham ālokya.) vatse, kṣaṇam ekānte niviśya puṣpeṣu lekho nirmīyatām. yathāṃ kṛṣṇāya svasakhībhyāṃ samarpyate. (rādhā sakhībhyāṃ saha niṣkraṇtā.)

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Paurṇamāsī: (affectionately glancing at Rādhā) Child, come for a moment in this solitary garden of flowers and write a letter. Your two friends will carry it to Kṛṣṇa. (Accompanied by Lalitā and Viśākhā, Rādhā exits.)

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पौर्णमासी: (परिक्रम्य) नान्दीमुखि. कृष्णो ऽपि नातिदूरे भविष्यति, यद् अत्र दक्षिणतो नैचिकी-निकुरम्बस्य हम्बारवाडम्बरो ऽयम् अम्बरम् आक्रामति. तद् अहं स्नाहार्तं व्रजामि. (इति निष्क्रान्ते.)

paurṇamāsī: (parikramya) nāndīmukhi. kṛṣṇo 'pi nātidūre bhaviṣyati, yad atra dakṣiṇato naicikī-nikurambasya hambāravāḍambaro 'yam ambaram ākrāmati. tad ahaṃ snāhārtaṃ vrajāmi. (iti niṣkrānte.)

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Paurṇamāsī: (walking) Nāndīmukhī, Kṛṣṇa is not far away. The mooing of His cows fills the southern sky. I will go for my bath.

(Paurṇamāsī and Nāndīmukhī exit.)

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(ततः प्रविशति कृष्णः) कृष्णः: (सोद्वेगम्) यदवधि तद् अकस्माद् एव विस्मायिताक्षं नव-तडिद्-अभिरामं धाम साक्षाद् बभूव तदवधि चिर-चिन्ता-चक्र-सक्ता विरक्तिं मम मतिर् उपभोगे योगिनीव प्रयाति

(tataḥ praviśati kṛṣṇaḥ) kṛṣṇaḥ: (sodvegam) yadavadhi tad akasmād eva vismāyitākṣaṃ nava-taḍid-abhirāmaṃ dhāma sākṣād babhūva tadavadhi cira-cintā-cakra-saktā viraktiṃ mama matir upabhoge yoginīva prayāti

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(Kṛṣṇa enters)

Kṛṣṇa: (anxious) From the moment that abode splendid like new lightning suddenly filled by eyes with wonder, My heart fell into a whirlpool of rapt meditation. Now My heart, like a yoginī, has renounced all other happiness.

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(पुरो ऽनुसृत्य) हन्त, रङ्गण-माल्यम् उपनेतुं प्रस्थितो वयस्यः कथं विलम्बते. (प्रविश्य माल्य-हस्तः.) मधुमङ्गलः: कधं अज्ज दुम्मणा-एदि पि-अ-वस्सो. होदु. पसङ्गदो जानिस्सम्.

(puro 'nusṛtya) hanta, raṅgaṇa-mālyam upanetuṃ prasthito vayasyaḥ kathaṃ vilambate. (praviśya mālya-hastaḥ.) madhumaṅgalaḥ: kadhaṃ ajja dummaṇā-edi pi-a-vasso. hodu. pasaṅgado jānissam.

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(going ahead) I sent my friend to bring a guṣjā-necklcae. Why does he delay?

(Carrying a necklace in his hand, Madhumaṅgala enters.)

Madhumaṅgala: Why is my dear friend unhappy? So be it. In time I will know why.

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(इति परिक्रम्य कृष्णम् पश्यन्. स्वगतम्, सन्स्कृतेन) फुल्ल-प्रसून-पटलैस् तपनीय-वर्णाम् आलोक्य चम्पक-लतां किल कम्पते ऽसौ शङ्के निरङ्क-नव-कुङ्कुम-पङ्क-गौरी राधास्य चित्त-फलके तिलकी-बभूव

(iti parikramya kṛṣṇam paśyan. svagatam, sanskṛtena) phulla-prasūna-paṭalais tapanīya-varṇām ālokya campaka-latāṃ kila kampate 'sau śaṅke niraṅka-nava-kuṅkuma-paṅka-gaurī rādhāsya citta-phalake tilakī-babhūva

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(Walking, Madhumaṅgala sees Kṛṣṇa and says to himself)

Looking at a vine blooming with many golden campaka flowers, Kṛṣṇa trembles. It think fair Rādhā decorated with new kuṅkuma is now pictured on the drawing-paper of Kṛṣṇa's mind.

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(इत्य् उपसृत्य) भो गेण्ह (इति माल्यं निवेदयति) कृष्ण: (अनाकर्णितकेनैव) कनकाद्रि-निकेत-केतकी कलिका-कल्प-कलेवर-द्युतिः हृदि सा मुदिरालि-मेदुरे चपला मां किम् अलङ्करिष्यति

(ity upasṛtya) bho geṇha (iti mālyaṃ nivedayati) Kṛṣṇa: (anākarṇitakenaiva) kanakādri-niketa-ketakī kalikā-kalpa-kalevara-dyutiḥ hṛdi sā mudirāli-medure capalā māṃ kim alaṅkariṣyati

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(Madhumaṅgala approaches Kṛṣṇa). Please take. (He offers the garland to Kṛṣṇa). Kṛṣṇa: (as if He had not heard) Her body is splendid like a budding ketakī tree on a golden mountain. When will She become a lightning flash decorating the splendid monsoon-cloud of My chest?

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मधुमङ्गलः: (स्वगतम्) फलिदं मे तक्केण. (प्रक्षाम् उच्चैः) भो पि-अ-वअस्स. समुहे विक्कोसन्दं वि कीस मं ण पेच्छसि.

madhumaṅgalaḥ: (svagatam) phalidaṃ me takkeṇa. (prakṣām uccaiḥ) bho pi-a-vaassa. samuhe vikkosandaṃ vi kīsa maṃ ṇa pecchasi.

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Madhumaṅgala: (aside) My guesses and speculations have now borne their fruit. (openly, with a loud voice) Dear friend, why do You see me, even when I stand before You and call out to You?

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कृष्णः: (सावहित्थम्) सखे, चम्पक-लताया लावण्याकृष्टेन मया नोपदृष्टो ऽसि. मधुमङ्गलः: सच्चं च्चे-अ भणासि, किं तु संचारिणी-ए चम्प-अ-लदा-ए.

kṛṣṇaḥ: (sāvahittham) sakhe, campaka-latāyā lāvaṇyākṛṣṭena mayā nopadṛṣṭo 'si. madhumaṅgalaḥ: saccaṃ cce-a bhaṇāsi, kiṃ tu saṃcāriṇī-e campa-a-ladā-e.

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Kṛṣṇa: (concealing His emotions) Friend, entranced by the beauty of this flowering campaka-vine, I did not notice you.

Madhumaṅgala: You speak the truth. Why were You looking at that winding campaka-vine?

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कृष्णः: सखे, कामम् असम्भाव्यश् चम्पक-लतायाः सष्चारः. मधुमङ्गलः: वअस्स, क्खणं विरमेदु वङ्कत्तणम्. उज्जु-अं कहेहि कहं सुण्ण-हि-अ-ओसि त्ति. कृष्णः: (सस्मितम्) सखे, मालां विना. मधुमङ्गलः: बालं त्ति भण. कृष्णः: मुधेयं ते विशङ्का.

kṛṣṇaḥ: sakhe, kāmam asambhāvyaś campaka-latāyāḥ saṣcāraḥ. madhumaṅgalaḥ: vaassa, kkhaṇaṃ viramedu vaṅkattaṇam. ujju-aṃ kahehi kahaṃ suṇṇa-hi-a-osi tti. kṛṣṇaḥ: (sasmitam) sakhe, mālāṃ vinā. madhumaṅgalaḥ: bālaṃ tti bhaṇa. kṛṣṇaḥ: mudheyaṃ te viśaṅkā.

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Kṛṣṇa: Friend, I cannot find where this winding vine starts.

Madhumaṅgala: Friend, for a moment please stop this crookedness. Speak plainly. Why is Your heart now desolate like a desert? Kṛṣṇa: (smiles) Friend, I have no garland.

Madhumaṅgala: You should say girl, not garland.

Kṛṣṇa: That is a foolish suspicion.

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कृष्णः: (सन्स्कृतेन आश्रित्य) न जानीषे मुर्ध्नश् च्युतम् अपि शिखण्डम् यद् अखिलं न कण्ठे यन्-माल्यं कलयसि पुरस्तात् कृतम् अपि तद् उन्नीतं वृन्दावन-कुहर-लीला-कलभ हे स्फुटं राधा-नेत्र-भ्रमर-वर-वीर्योन्नतिर् इयम्

kṛṣṇaḥ: (sanskṛtena āśritya) na jānīṣe murdhnaś cyutam api śikhaṇḍam yad akhilaṃ na kaṇṭhe yan-mālyaṃ kalayasi purastāt kṛtam api tad unnītaṃ vṛndāvana-kuhara-līlā-kalabha he sphuṭaṃ rādhā-netra-bhramara-vara-vīryonnatir iyam

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Madhumaṅgala: (in Sanskrit) You do not know that the peacock feather has fallen from Your head. You do not see that the garland has fallen from Your neck. O youthful elephant playing in the groves of Vṛndāvana forest, these events are caused by the great power of two bumblebee eyes that have seen Rādhā.

VM 2.071

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कृष्णः: (स्वगतम्) कथं निखिलम् एव तर्कितं धूर्तेन, तद् अलम् प्रतर्य. (प्रकाशम्) सखे, यथार्थम् अत्थ. तद् अकर्न्यतम्.

kṛṣṇaḥ: (svagatam) kathaṃ nikhilam eva tarkitaṃ dhūrtena, tad alam pratarya. (prakāśam) sakhe, yathārtham attha. tad akarnyatam.

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Kṛṣṇa: (aside) How did this rascal understand everything? Why try to fool him? (openly) What you say is true.

VM 2.072

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मम राधा निसर्गस्थं प्रतीपम् अनयन् मनः महा-ज्यैष्ठीव सहसा प्रवाहम् सौर-सैन्धवम्

mama rādhā nisargasthaṃ pratīpam anayan manaḥ mahā-jyaiṣṭhīva sahasā pravāham saura-saindhavam

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As the full moon in the month of Jyaiṣṭha fills the Gaṅgā with violent waves, so Rādhā has transformed My heart.

VM 2.073

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मधुमङ्गलः: णूणं अच्छीणं दे पच्चक्खी-भुदा एसा. कृष्णः: अथ किम्. सुबलतः सा परिचिक्ये च. (इत्य् औत्सुक्यम् अभिनीय)

madhumaṅgalaḥ: ṇūṇaṃ acchīṇaṃ de paccakkhī-bhudā esā. kṛṣṇaḥ: atha kim. subalataḥ sā paricikye ca. (ity autsukyam abhinīya)

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Madhumaṅgala: This girl now stands before Your eyes.

Kṛṣṇa: Indeed, it is true. She has come because of Subala. (Kṛṣṇa becomes eager and anxious.)

VM 2.074

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भ्रमद्-भ्रू-वल्लीकैः प्रतिदिशम् अपाङ्गस्य वलनैः कुरङ्गीभ्यो भङ्गी-भरम् उपदिशन्तीम् इव दृशोः ततस् तां बिम्बौष्ठीं कलयति मयि क्रोध-विकटो मनो-जन्मा पौष्पं धनुर् अनुपमं सज्जम् अकरोत्

bhramad-bhrū-vallīkaiḥ pratidiśam apāṅgasya valanaiḥ kuraṅgībhyo bhaṅgī-bharam upadiśantīm iva dṛśoḥ tatas tāṃ bimbauṣṭhīṃ kalayati mayi krodha-vikaṭo mano-janmā pauṣpaṃ dhanur anupamaṃ sajjam akarot

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Whenever I look at that girl with bimba-fruit lips, that girl who the restless flowering-vines of Her eyebrows and with many restless sidelong glances in every direction teaches the graceful does the art of casting waves of crooked glances, cruel and angry Kāmadeva aims at Me his peerless bow of flowers.

VM 2.075

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मधुमङ्गल: अवि णाम संवुत्तं अण्णोण्ण-दंसणम् कृष्णः: नहि नहि तस्याह् सखे मुख-तुषार-मयूख-बिम्बे दूरान् ममाक्षि-पदवीम् अधिरूढ-मात्रे निर्बन्धतः शपथ-कोटिभिर् अम्बयाहं नीतः क्षणड् अहह सद्मनि भोजनाय

madhumaṅgala: avi ṇāma saṃvuttaṃ aṇṇoṇṇa-daṃsaṇam kṛṣṇaḥ: nahi nahi tasyāh sakhe mukha-tuṣāra-mayūkha-bimbe dūrān mamākṣi-padavīm adhirūḍha-mātre nirbandhataḥ śapatha-koṭibhir ambayāhaṃ nītaḥ kṣaṇaḍ ahaha sadmani bhojanāya

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Madhumaṅgala: Perhaps You two have seen each other before?

Kṛṣṇa: No! No! Friend, whenever the cooling and splendid moon of Her face begins to walk on the pathway of My eyes, my mother, speaking millions of curses, stubbornly brings Me home for supper.

VM 2.076

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मधुमङ्गलः: वअस्स, चिट्ठन्ति बहुला-ओ बल्लव-सुन्दरी-ओ, तदवि कीस एका-ए राही-ए निभरं अणुरज्जसि. कृष्णः: सखे, राधायाम् असाधारणी कापि माधुरी. तथा हि.

madhumaṅgalaḥ: vaassa, ciṭṭhanti bahulā-o ballava-sundarī-o, tadavi kīsa ekā-e rāhī-e nibharaṃ aṇurajjasi. kṛṣṇaḥ: sakhe, rādhāyām asādhāraṇī kāpi mādhurī. tathā hi.

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Madhumaṅgala: Friend, there are many beautiful gopīs. Why do You love only Rādhā with such fervor?

Kṛṣṇa: Friend, uncommon sweetness resides within Rādhā.

VM 2.077

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तस्याः कान्ति-द्युतिनि वदने मष्जुले चाक्षि-युग्मे तत्रामाकं यदवधि सखे दृष्टिर् एषा निविष्टा सत्यं ब्रुमस् तदवधि भवेद् इन्दुम् इन्दीवरं वा स्मारं स्मारं मुख-कुटिलता-कारिणी यं हृणीया

tasyāḥ kānti-dyutini vadane maṣjule cākṣi-yugme tatrāmākaṃ yadavadhi sakhe dṛṣṭir eṣā niviṣṭā satyaṃ brumas tadavadhi bhaved indum indīvaraṃ vā smāraṃ smāraṃ mukha-kuṭilatā-kāriṇī yaṃ hṛṇīyā

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My dear friend, what a wonderful thing it is that since I have seen the beautiful lotus eyes of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, I have developed a tendency to spit on the moon and the lotus flower.

VM 2.078

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मधुमङ्गलः: दंसणदो पढं ज्जेव तत्थ तुज्झ रा-ओ म-ए तक्किदो त्थि. ता किं त्ति लावण्णोवाहि-ओ त्ति भणसि.

madhumaṅgalaḥ: daṃsaṇado paḍhaṃ jjeva tattha tujjha rā-o ma-e takkido tthi. tā kiṃ tti lāvaṇṇovāhi-o tti bhaṇasi.

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Madhumaṅgala: When I first saw You, I could guess that You had fallen in love. Why do You say Rādhā is so beautiful?

VM 2.079

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कृष्णः: सखे सत्यम् आत्थ. स्व-चित्ताभिनिवेशाद् एव तस्यां को ऽपि महिमोन्नाहः प्रतीयते. तथा हि.

kṛṣṇaḥ: sakhe satyam āttha. sva-cittābhiniveśād eva tasyāṃ ko 'pi mahimonnāhaḥ pratīyate. tathā hi.

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Kṛṣṇa: Friend, what you say is true. If you think about Her, you will know something of Her great glory.

VM 2.080

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यत्र प्रकृत्या रतिर् उत्तमाहां तत्रानुमेयः परमो ऽनुभावः नैसर्गिकी कृष्ण-म्र्गानुवृत्तिर् देशस्य हि ज्षापयति प्रशस्तिम्

yatra prakṛtyā ratir uttamāhāṃ tatrānumeyaḥ paramo 'nubhāvaḥ naisargikī kṛṣṇa-mrgānuvṛttir deśasya hi jṣāpayati praśastim

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If great souls love a person, you should know that person is very glorious. The presence of black deer glorifies the place where they stay.

VM 2.081

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(नेपथ्ये) सहि सारि-ए, दिट्ठो तु-ए एत्थ बल्लविन्द-ंअन्दणो. कृष्णः: सखे, नेदीयन् अयम् सुकुमारी-कण्ठ-ध्वनिर् उदष्चति. तद् अत्र तूष्णीम् आस्वहे.

(nepathye) sahi sāri-e, diṭṭho tu-e ettha ballavinda-ṃandaṇo. kṛṣṇaḥ: sakhe, nedīyan ayam sukumārī-kaṇṭha-dhvanir udaṣcati. tad atra tūṣṇīm āsvahe.

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Lalitā: (off-stage) Friend, friend, do you see the prince of the gopas?

Kṛṣṇa: Friend, that's a girl's voice. Let's be quiet.

VM 2.082

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(ततः प्रविशतो ललिता-विशाखा) ललिता: पेक्ख एसो दिट्ठि-आ पुरदो कण्हो. ता उपसप्पम्हे. (इत्य् उभे तथा कृत्वा.) जअदु जअदु गो-उलाणन्दो.

(tataḥ praviśato lalitā-viśākhā) lalitā: pekkha eso diṭṭhi-ā purado kaṇho. tā upasappamhe. (ity ubhe tathā kṛtvā.) jaadu jaadu go-ulāṇando.

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(Lalitā and Viśākhā enter.)

Lalitā: Look! By divine arrangement Kṛṣṇa stands before us. Let us go to Him. (They approach Kṛṣṇa.) Glory, glory to the bliss of Gokula!

VM 2.083

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कृष्णः: सखि ललिते. शङ्के मनोहारि-कुसुम-पत्रम् आदातुम् अद्य वृन्दाटवी-मध्ये अवतीर्णासि.

kṛṣṇaḥ: sakhi lalite. śaṅke manohāri-kusuma-patram ādātum adya vṛndāṭavī-madhye avatīrṇāsi.

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Kṛṣṇa: Friend Lalitā, I think you must have come to Vṛndāvana Forest to pick many beautiful flower petals.

VM 2.084

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ललिता: विण्णादं वि णूणं आ-आरेण संगोवेसि जं दादुंति ण भणासि. ता गेण्ह णं कण्णि-आर-कोर-अ-पत्तम्. (इत्य् अनङ्ग-लेखं कृष्ण-करे ऽर्पयति.)

lalitā: viṇṇādaṃ vi ṇūṇaṃ ā-āreṇa saṃgovesi jaṃ dāduṃti ṇa bhaṇāsi. tā geṇha ṇaṃ kaṇṇi-āra-kora-a-pattam. (ity anaṅga-lekhaṃ kṛṣṇa-kare 'rpayati.)

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Lalitā: By saying "pick" instead of "give", You hide the truth You certainly already know. Please take this lotus petal. (She places the love-letter in Kṛṣṇa's hand.)

VM 2.085

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कृष्णः: (स्वगतम्) चेतः, समाश्वसिहि समाश्वसिहि. त्वद्-अभीष्ट-बीजस्याङ्कुरो ऽयम् इति शङ्के.

kṛṣṇaḥ: (svagatam) cetaḥ, samāśvasihi samāśvasihi. tvad-abhīṣṭa-bījasyāṅkuro 'yam iti śaṅke.

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Kṛṣṇa: (aside) Heart, be peaceful. Be happy. I think this flower petal grew from the seed of your desire.

VM 2.086

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मधुमङ्गलः: भोदि ललिदे, किं इमिणा अक्खराणां पत्तेण सक्कराणां पत्तं समप्पेहि. कृष्णः: सखे, वादय पत्रम्. कदाचिद् एतन् नः कर्ण-रसायनस्य पात्री-भवति.

madhumaṅgalaḥ: bhodi lalide, kiṃ imiṇā akkharāṇāṃ patteṇa sakkarāṇāṃ pattaṃ samappehi. kṛṣṇaḥ: sakhe, vādaya patram. kadācid etan naḥ karṇa-rasāyanasya pātrī-bhavati.

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Madhumaṅgala: Lalitā, what is the use of this leaf, simply full of letters? Better You give us a leaf with sugar candy on it!

Kṛṣṇa: Friend, please read the letter. This letter is a cup full of nectar for Our ears.

VM 2.087

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मधुमङ्गलः: भो वअस्स, दिट्ठा तुम्ह गो-आल-जादी-ए वदाण्णदा. णं अम्ह अम्हण-जादिं जेव्व गौर-एण वन्दामि, जं तहिं दि-अहे जण्णि-अबम्हणीहिं च-उविहेण अण्णेन भो-इद म्ह. (इति लेखं वाचयति.)

madhumaṅgalaḥ: bho vaassa, diṭṭhā tumha go-āla-jādī-e vadāṇṇadā. ṇaṃ amha amhaṇa-jādiṃ jevva gaura-eṇa vandāmi, jaṃ tahiṃ di-ahe jaṇṇi-abamhaṇīhiṃ ca-uviheṇa aṇṇena bho-ida mha. (iti lekhaṃ vācayati.)

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Madhumaṅgala: Friend, we have all seen the generosity of you cowherd men. However, because we were sumptuously fed by the wives of the yajṣika-brāhmaṇas, I will begin by offering respectful obeisances to the brāhmaṇas.

(Madhumaṅgala reads the letter.)

VM 2.088

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धरि-अ पडिच्छन्द-गुणं सुन्दर मह मन्दिरे तुमं वससि तह तह रुन्धसि बलि-अं जह जह च-इदा पलाएम्हि

dhari-a paḍicchanda-guṇaṃ sundara maha mandire tumaṃ vasasi taha taha rundhasi bali-aṃ jaha jaha ca-idā palāemhi

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Translation

"O dearly beautiful, the artistic loveliness of Your picture is now impressed within My mind. Since You are now living within My mind, wherever I wish to run because I am agitated by impressions of You, I find that You, O My friend, are blocking My way."

VM 2.089

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कृष्णः: सखे, दुरधिगमार्था तावद् इयं गाथा. तेन पुनर् भण्यताम्. (मधुमङ्गलस् तथा करोति.) कृष्णः: (सानन्दम् स्वगतम्). कुल-स्त्रियो हि धर्म-भीरवो भवन्ति. तद्-उपेक्षया भाव-निष्ठां निष्टङ्कयामि. (इति संरम्भम् अभिनीय प्रकाशम्.) हंहो. पश्यत पश्यत.

kṛṣṇaḥ: sakhe, duradhigamārthā tāvad iyaṃ gāthā. tena punar bhaṇyatām. (madhumaṅgalas tathā karoti.) kṛṣṇaḥ: (sānandam svagatam). kula-striyo hi dharma-bhīravo bhavanti. tad-upekṣayā bhāva-niṣṭhāṃ niṣṭaṅkayāmi. (iti saṃrambham abhinīya prakāśam.) haṃho. paśyata paśyata.

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Kṛṣṇa: Friend, this verse is very difficult to understand. Please read it again. (Madhumaṅgala reads the letter again).

Kṛṣṇa: (becomes blissful and says to Himself:) Saintly girls are afraid to break the rules of morality. I think Her love must be very great. (Excited, Kṛṣṇa openly says:) Look, look!

VM 2.090

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स्निग्धैर् एभिः सखिभिर् अखिलैर् धेनु-वृन्दानुसारी नारी-वार्ता-विमुख-हृदयः काननान्ते चरामि मा स्वैरिण्यस् तद् पि यद् इमा दूषयन्ति प्रकामं तद्-विज्षाप्तिं द्रुतम् इह जरद्-गोप-गोष्ट्यां करिष्ये (इति कृत्रिमामर्षेण द्रुतं परिक्रामति.)

snigdhair ebhiḥ sakhibhir akhilair dhenu-vṛndānusārī nārī-vārtā-vimukha-hṛdayaḥ kānanānte carāmi mā svairiṇyas tad pi yad imā dūṣayanti prakāmaṃ tad-vijṣāptiṃ drutam iha jarad-gopa-goṣṭyāṃ kariṣye (iti kṛtrimāmarṣeṇa drutaṃ parikrāmati.)

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Accompanied by all My loving friends, following the cows, and averse to hearing about women, I wander in the forest. These loose girls should not be allowed to pollute Us. Quickly I will go and complain to the gopa elders.

(With feigned indignation, Kṛṣṇa quickly struts about.)

VM 2.091

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मधुमङ्गलः: (स्मितम् आवृत्य) भो बम्ह-आरि-सिहा-मणे, क्खणं णिवट्टि-अ इमा-ओ दुम्मुह-गो-इआ-ओ पच्चुत्तरेण णिज्जित्ति-अ विड्डावेहि. अहम् क्खु एदं सच्चं धिट्ठाणं वुत्तन्तं गो-उलेसरी-ए विण्णविस्सम्. (इति पाःऔ धृत्वा व्यावर्तयति.) (इति परस्परम् अवेक्ष्य वैलक्ष्यं नाटयतः).

madhumaṅgalaḥ: (smitam āvṛtya) bho bamha-āri-sihā-maṇe, kkhaṇaṃ ṇivaṭṭi-a imā-o dummuha-go-iā-o paccuttareṇa ṇijjitti-a viḍḍāvehi. aham kkhu edaṃ saccaṃ dhiṭṭhāṇaṃ vuttantaṃ go-ulesarī-e viṇṇavissam. (iti pāḥau dhṛtvā vyāvartayati.) (iti parasparam avekṣya vailakṣyaṃ nāṭayataḥ).

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Madhumaṅgala: (concealing a smile) O crest jewel of the brahmacārīs, think for a moment and defeat these foul-mouthed gopīs with Your words. Chase them away. I myself will tell Gokula's queen everything about these shameless girls. (Madhumaṅgala touches Kṛṣṇa's hand for a moment.) (Surprised and bewildered, Lalitā and Viśākhā exchange glances.)

VM 2.092

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कृष्णः: सखि विशाखे, चातुरक्षिकं प्रेक्षणम् अपि नास्ति. कुतस् तावत् परितो रोधनम्. तद् अनुयामि. केनाप्य् अपरेण नागरेण तस्याः स्वान्तम् उच्चालितम्.

kṛṣṇaḥ: sakhi viśākhe, cāturakṣikaṃ prekṣaṇam api nāsti. kutas tāvat parito rodhanam. tad anuyāmi. kenāpy apareṇa nāgareṇa tasyāḥ svāntam uccālitam.

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Kṛṣṇa: Friend Viśākhā, Rādhā has never seen Me with Her two eyes, and I have never seen Her with My two eyes. What obstacle stands between Us? I will follow you. But I think is must be some other boy that has captured Her heart.

VM 2.093

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विशाखा: (सन्स्कृतेन आश्रित्य). कस् तादृग् व्रज-मण्डले ऽथ वलते शक्यो गरीयान् असौ येनोच्चालयितुं बलात् कुलवती-चेतो-गिरि-ग्रामणीः इत्य् अस्माभिर् अवक्र-विक्रम-लवाद् उत्क्षिप्त-गोवर्धनो हेतुस् त्वं किल पङ्कजाक्ष यदुभिस् तत्रास्ति निष्टङ्कितः

viśākhā: (sanskṛtena āśritya). kas tādṛg vraja-maṇḍale 'tha valate śakyo garīyān asau yenoccālayituṃ balāt kulavatī-ceto-giri-grāmaṇīḥ ity asmābhir avakra-vikrama-lavād utkṣipta-govardhano hetus tvaṃ kila paṅkajākṣa yadubhis tatrāsti niṣṭaṅkitaḥ

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Viśākhā: (in Sanskrit) In the circle of Vraja who is great and powerful like You? With a small particle of Your inconceivable power You lifted Govardhana Hill. Then You lifted the great mountains that are the saintly gopīs' hearts. O boy with the lotus eyes, You are the person in this letter.

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मधुमङ्गलः: अ-इ वा-आलि-ए, चिट्ठ चिट्ठ. दिट्ठो म-ए उक्खित्त-दण्ड-मण्डलेहिं गोवेहिं गोवड्ढणो धरिदो. तुमं कीस एक्कम् ज्जेव पि-अ-वअस्सं संभावेसि.

madhumaṅgalaḥ: a-i vā-āli-e, ciṭṭha ciṭṭha. diṭṭho ma-e ukkhitta-daṇḍa-maṇḍalehiṃ govehiṃ govaḍḍhaṇo dharido. tumaṃ kīsa ekkam jjeva pi-a-vaassaṃ saṃbhāvesi.

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Madhumaṅgala: Talkative girl, stop! Stop! I myself saw how the cowherd men, with their upraised sticks, held up Govardhana Hill. Why do you praise my dear friend Kṛṣṇa in this way? He did not hold up the hill alone.

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कृष्णः: ललिते, अलम् अति-प्रसङ्गेन. तन् निवर्तस्व. ललिता: सुन्दर, सव्व-गो-उल-सुह-कारिणो वि तु-अत्तो कधं सा एका ज्जेव्व दुक्खं अरिहदि वरि-असि.

kṛṣṇaḥ: lalite, alam ati-prasaṅgena. tan nivartasva. lalitā: sundara, savva-go-ula-suha-kāriṇo vi tu-atto kadhaṃ sā ekā jjevva dukkhaṃ arihadi vari-asi.

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Kṛṣṇa: Lalitā, this is too muck talking. Please stop.

Lalitā: Handsome one, You delight everyone in Gokula. Why must this one girl suffer because of You?

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सङ्गी मे मधुमङ्गलो न सहते धर्माध्वनो विच्युतिं श्रीदामा परिमार्गयन् मम नहि च्छिद्राणि निद्रायति कंसः शास्ति खलः क्षितिं कथम् अतो मुग्धे विधेयं मया निःशङ्कं कुल-सुन्दरी-परिभवज्-ज्वाला-महा-साहसम्

saṅgī me madhumaṅgalo na sahate dharmādhvano vicyutiṃ śrīdāmā parimārgayan mama nahi cchidrāṇi nidrāyati kaṃsaḥ śāsti khalaḥ kṣitiṃ katham ato mugdhe vidheyaṃ mayā niḥśaṅkaṃ kula-sundarī-paribhavaj-jvālā-mahā-sāhasam

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Kṛṣṇa: My companion Madhumaṅgala does not tolerate any deviation from the path of piety, and Śrīdāmā, busily searching for my faults, does not even sleep. Cruel Kaṃsa harshly rules this country. O bewildered girl, in these circumstances how is it possible for Me to fearlessly make a pious and beautiful girl burn in flames of anguish?

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ललिता: (समार्षम्. सन्स्कृतेन). अन्तः-क्लेश-कलङ्कितः किल वयं यामो ऽद्य याम्यं पुरिं नायं वान्चन-सष्चय-प्रणयिनं हासं तथाप्य् उज्झति अस्मिन् सम्पुटिते गभीर-कपटैर् आभिर-पल्ली-विटे हा मेधाविनि राधिके तव कथं प्रेमा गरियान् अभूत् (इति रोदिति)

lalitā: (samārṣam. sanskṛtena). antaḥ-kleśa-kalaṅkitaḥ kila vayaṃ yāmo 'dya yāmyaṃ puriṃ nāyaṃ vāncana-saṣcaya-praṇayinaṃ hāsaṃ tathāpy ujjhati asmin sampuṭite gabhīra-kapaṭair ābhira-pallī-viṭe hā medhāvini rādhike tava kathaṃ premā gariyān abhūt (iti roditi)

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Lalitā (indignant, in Sanskrit) Our hearts are so polluted by miserable condition that we are certainly going to Pluto's kingdom. Nevertheless, Kṛṣṇa does not give up His beautiful loving smiling, which is full of cheating tricks. O Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, You are very intelligent. How could You have developed such great loving affection for this deceitful debauchee from the neighborhood of the cowherds?

(Lalitā cries)

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मधुमङ्गलः: अ-इ मुद्धे, स-अल-सत्थ-विसार-ओ जस्स अम्हारिसो अमच्चो हो-इ सोवि किं एदं धम्मं अदिक्कमिस्स-इ. ता अलं वण-रुदिदेण.

madhumaṅgalaḥ: a-i muddhe, sa-ala-sattha-visāra-o jassa amhāriso amacco ho-i sovi kiṃ edaṃ dhammaṃ adikkamissa-i. tā alaṃ vaṇa-rudideṇa.

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Madhumaṅgala: Bewildered beautiful girl, Kṛṣṇa is learned in all the scriptures. He is our friend and counselor. Why would He disobey the rules of morality? What is the use of all your words, words that are like crying in the forest?

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विशाखा: (स्वगतम्) णंराही-ए गुष्जा-अलि-अं कण्हस्स देन्ती हं इङ्गिदं लक्खेमि.

viśākhā: (svagatam) ṇaṃrāhī-e guṣjā-ali-aṃ kaṇhassa dentī haṃ iṅgidaṃ lakkhemi.

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Viśākhā: (aside) This garland of gūnjā was worn by Rādhā. Now I will give it to Kṛṣṇa. By observing His response, I will know His actual feelings toward Rādhā.

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(प्रकाशम्, सन्स्कृतेन) उदीर्ण-रागेण करम्बितान्तरा परिस्फुरत्-कृष्ण-मुखी गुणाष्चिता गुष्जावली मष्जुतरावलम्बतां साराधिकेयं तव कण्ठ-सङ्गमम् (इति कण्ठे स्वयम् अर्पयति.)

(prakāśam, sanskṛtena) udīrṇa-rāgeṇa karambitāntarā parisphurat-kṛṣṇa-mukhī guṇāṣcitā guṣjāvalī maṣjutarāvalambatāṃ sārādhikeyaṃ tava kaṇṭha-saṅgamam (iti kaṇṭhe svayam arpayati.)

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(Openly, in Sanskrit) May this very beautiful red and black guṣjā-necklace gracefully hang upon Your neck.

(She places the necklace on Kṛṣṇa's neck.)

Note: If the word " sārādhikeyam " is divided “ sā rādhikeyam , this ambiguous verse may also be translated:

"May virtuous Rādhā, whose mouth chants the name Kṛṣṇa, and whose heart passionately loves You, hang around Your neck like a guṣjā-necklace."

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कृष्णः: (स्मित्वा सकपटेर्ष्यम्). रागिणम् अपि सुकठोरं सुवृत्तम् अपि मुहुर् उदीर्ण-मालिन्यम् युवतीनाम् इव भावं नहि गुष्जा-हारम् इच्छामि (इत्य् अजानन् इव कण्ठाद् अवतार्य रङ्गण-मालिकाम् अर्पयति.)

kṛṣṇaḥ: (smitvā sakapaṭerṣyam). rāgiṇam api sukaṭhoraṃ suvṛttam api muhur udīrṇa-mālinyam yuvatīnām iva bhāvaṃ nahi guṣjā-hāram icchāmi (ity ajānan iva kaṇṭhād avatārya raṅgaṇa-mālikām arpayati.)

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Kṛṣṇa: (smiling, He pretends to be angry.) Although these gūnjā berries are very red, hard, and gracefully round, they are both crooked and unripe. I do not wish such a necklace.

(As if bewildered, Kṛṣṇa removes the guṣjā-necklace from His neck and offers it back to Lalitā.)

Note: This ambiguous verse may also be translated:

"This garland is an ambiguous love-message from some young girl. Although great love is intented, the words are harsh, and although they are very clever, the words are also crooked. I do not wish to accept such a message-necklace."

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विशाखा: (स्वगतम्) इमस्स भमो वि अम्हाणं मङ्गलो संवुत्तो. (इति वस्त्रेण सम्वृणोति.)

viśākhā: (svagatam) imassa bhamo vi amhāṇaṃ maṅgalo saṃvutto. (iti vastreṇa samvṛṇoti.)

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Viśākhā: (aside) Kṛṣṇa's bewilderment is our good fortune. (She covers the necklace with a cloth.)

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ललिता: हला, गोवि-आ-कोडि-भु-अङ्गस्स इमस्स अक्खलिदं अच्चरि-अम् बम्हचरि-अं दिट्ठि-आ पअडि-भूमम्. ता महेवि गदु-अ तं अम्हेवि गदु-अ तं अत्थाणानुरा-इणीं राहि-अं निवट्टावेम्ह. विशाखा: सहि, जुत्तं मन्तेसि. (इत्य् उभे परिक्रामतः.)

lalitā: halā, govi-ā-koḍi-bhu-aṅgassa imassa akkhalidaṃ accari-am bamhacari-aṃ diṭṭhi-ā paaḍi-bhūmam. tā mahevi gadu-a taṃ amhevi gadu-a taṃ atthāṇānurā-iṇīṃ rāhi-aṃ nivaṭṭāvemha. viśākhā: sahi, juttaṃ mantesi. (ity ubhe parikrāmataḥ.)

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Lalitā: Destiny has shown us the unflinching celibacy of a snake who loves millions of gopīs. We should both go and stop Rādhā, who has fallen in love with a very unsuitable boy.

Viśākhā: Friend, what you say is right.

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ललिता: विशाहे, तुमं गदु-अ इमा-ए रङ्गण-मालि-आ-ए पि-अ-सहीं आसासेहि. अहं क्खु एदं वुत्तन्तं भअवदी-ए विणिवेदिस्सम्. (इति निष्क्रान्ते.)

lalitā: viśāhe, tumaṃ gadu-a imā-e raṅgaṇa-māli-ā-e pi-a-sahīṃ āsāsehi. ahaṃ kkhu edaṃ vuttantaṃ bhaavadī-e viṇivedissam. (iti niṣkrānte.)

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Lalitā: Viśākhā, take this guṣjā-necklace to our dear friend and comfort Her. I will explain everything to Paurṇamāsī.

(Lalitā and Viśākhā exit.)

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मधुमङ्गलः: भो, आदरिज्जन्तं अप्पाणं कीस आदरावेसि इदं क्खु पच्चादाव-पव्वताहिरोहणस्स अहिरोहिणी-णिममाणं दाव. कृष्णः: सखे सत्यं ब्रवीषि. साहसिक्यं हसितेनैवानुष्ठितम्.

madhumaṅgalaḥ: bho, ādarijjantaṃ appāṇaṃ kīsa ādarāvesi idaṃ kkhu paccādāva-pavvatāhirohaṇassa ahirohiṇī-ṇimamāṇaṃ dāva. kṛṣṇaḥ: sakhe satyaṃ bravīṣi. sāhasikyaṃ hasitenaivānuṣṭhitam.

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Madhumaṅgala: This girl adores You. Why don't You also adore Her? You are building a staircase that leads up a mountain of regret.

Kṛṣṇa: Friend, what you say is true. It was not right to mock that girl.

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मधुमङ्गलः: पेक्ख गो-इ-जु-अलम् नेत्तपहम् अदिक्कमिदम्.

madhumaṅgalaḥ: pekkha go-i-ju-alam nettapaham adikkamidam.

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Madhumaṅgala: Look, two gopīs walk on the pathway of Our eyes.

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श्रुत्वा निष्ठुरताम् ममेन्दु-वदना प्रेमाकुरं भिन्दति स्वान्ते शान्ति-धुराम् विधाय विधुरे प्रायः पराष्चिष्यति किंवा पामर-काम-कार्मुक-परित्रस्ता विमोक्ष्यत्य् असून् हा मौग्ध्यात् फलिनी मनोरथ-लता मृद्वि मयोन्मूलिता

śrutvā niṣṭhuratām mamendu-vadanā premākuraṃ bhindati svānte śānti-dhurām vidhāya vidhure prāyaḥ parāṣciṣyati kiṃvā pāmara-kāma-kārmuka-paritrastā vimokṣyaty asūn hā maugdhyāt phalinī manoratha-latā mṛdvi mayonmūlitā

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Kṛṣṇa: (with regret) Upon hearing of My cruelty, moon-faced Rādhā may establish soem kind of tolearance in Her aggrieved heart. But then She might turn against Me. Or, indeed, being fearful of the lusty desires invoked by the bow of formidable Cupid, She might even give up Her life. Alas! I have foolishly uprooted the soft creeper of Her desire just when it was ready to bear fruit.

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मधुमङ्गलः: दाणिं किं एत्थ सरणम्. कृष्णः: सखे, प्रत्यनङ्ग-लेखं विना नान्यत् पश्यामि शरणम्.

madhumaṅgalaḥ: dāṇiṃ kiṃ ettha saraṇam. kṛṣṇaḥ: sakhe, pratyanaṅga-lekhaṃ vinā nānyat paśyāmi śaraṇam.

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Madhumaṅgala: Now what will be out shelter?

Kṛṣṇa: Friend, I do not see any shelter but writing an answer to that letter.

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मधुमङ्गलः: किं एत्थ लेह-साहणम्. कृष्णः: वशीकार-क्रिया-प्रशस्तो रागवान् जवा-निर्यासः. मधुमङ्गलः: एहि, उड्ड-महाड-इ-मण्डिदं णादूरे पक्कन्दण-तीत्थं गच्छेम्ह. (इति निष्क्रान्तौ.)

madhumaṅgalaḥ: kiṃ ettha leha-sāhaṇam. kṛṣṇaḥ: vaśīkāra-kriyā-praśasto rāgavān javā-niryāsaḥ. madhumaṅgalaḥ: ehi, uḍḍa-mahāḍa-i-maṇḍidaṃ ṇādūre pakkandaṇa-tītthaṃ gacchemha. (iti niṣkrāntau.)

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Madhumaṅgala: What will We use to write Our letter?

Kṛṣṇa: A letter scented with roses would bring Her under My spell.

Madhumaṅgala: Let us go to nearby Praskandana-tīrtha, which is decorated with a great forest of roses.

(Kṛṣṇa and Madhumaṅgala exit.)

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(ततः प्रविशति विशाखया प्रबोध्यमाना राधा.) राधा: (सक्खेदम्. सन्स्कृतेन) यस्योत्सङ्ग-सुखाशया शिथिलिता गुर्वि गुरुभ्यस् त्रप प्राणेभ्यो ऽपि सुहृत्-तमाः सखि तथा यूयं परिक्लेशिताः धर्मः सो ऽपि महान् मया न गणितः साध्विभिर् अध्यासितो धिग् धैर्यं तद्-उपेक्षितापि यद् अहं जिवामि पापियसी

(tataḥ praviśati viśākhayā prabodhyamānā rādhā.) rādhā: (sakkhedam. sanskṛtena) yasyotsaṅga-sukhāśayā śithilitā gurvi gurubhyas trapa prāṇebhyo 'pi suhṛt-tamāḥ sakhi tathā yūyaṃ parikleśitāḥ dharmaḥ so 'pi mahān mayā na gaṇitaḥ sādhvibhir adhyāsito dhig dhairyaṃ tad-upekṣitāpi yad ahaṃ jivāmi pāpiyasī

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(Accompanied vy Viśākhā, who is explaining everything, Rādhā enters.)

Rādhā: (unhappy, in Sanskrit) Desiring the happiness of His association and embraces, My dear friend, I disregarded even My superiors and relaxed My shyness and gravity before them. Furthermore, although you are My best friend, more dear to Me than My own life, I have given you so much trouble. Indeed, I even put aside the vow of dedication to My husband, a vow kept by the most elevated women. Oh, alas! Although He is now neglecting Me, I am so sinful that I am still living. Therefore I must condemm My so-called patience.

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विशाखा: (ससम्भ्रमम्) सहि, समास्सस समास्सस. (इति रङ्गण-मालां घ्राणे ऽर्पयति.) राधिका: (सम्ज्षाम् लब्ध्वा.) हला, किं एदम् अच्चरि-अं जं संमोहणं वि पवोहेदि.

viśākhā: (sasambhramam) sahi, samāssasa samāssasa. (iti raṅgaṇa-mālāṃ ghrāṇe 'rpayati.) rādhikā: (samjṣām labdhvā.) halā, kiṃ edam accari-aṃ jaṃ saṃmohaṇaṃ vi pavohedi.

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Viśākhā: (respectfully) Friend, please be comforted. Be comforted. (She places the guṣjā-necklace to Rādhā's nose.)

Rādhikā: (with understanding) Ah! In the beginning it made Me almost fall unconscious. Why does this wonderful necklace now revive Me from that unconsciousness?

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विशाखा: (माल्यं निवेद्य. सन्स्कृतेन) अङ्गोत्तीर्ण-विलपनं सखि समाकृष्टि-क्रियायां मणिर् मन्त्रो हन्त मुहुर् वशी-कृति-विधौ नामास्य वंशि-पतेः निर्माल्य इयं महौषधिर् इह अवान्तस्य सम्मोछने नासां कस्तिसृणां गृणाति परमाचिन्त्यां प्रभावावलीम्

viśākhā: (mālyaṃ nivedya. sanskṛtena) aṅgottīrṇa-vilapanaṃ sakhi samākṛṣṭi-kriyāyāṃ maṇir mantro hanta muhur vaśī-kṛti-vidhau nāmāsya vaṃśi-pateḥ nirmālya iyaṃ mahauṣadhir iha avāntasya sammochane nāsāṃ kastisṛṇāṃ gṛṇāti paramācintyāṃ prabhāvāvalīm

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Viśākhā: (gives the garland to Rādhā.) Friend, the sandal paste from the flutist Kṛṣṇa's forehead is a mystic jewel that draws people to it. Kṛṣṇa's name is a mantra that brings people under its control. Kṛṣṇa's flower-garland is a potion that charms people's hearts. Who does not know the inconceivable power of these three things?

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राधिका: (स्वगतम्) एवं-गुणेण इमिणा उवेक्खिदं वि णं हद-सरीरं कधं अज्जवि णिल्लज्जानं धारेमि. ता कालि-अ-हद-पवेसोवा-अम् अणुसरिस्सम्. (प्रकाशम्) विसाहे, विण्णवेहि गुरु-अणं जं बारहा-इच्च-तित्थं गदु-अ सूरं अच्चिदुकामम्हि.

rādhikā: (svagatam) evaṃ-guṇeṇa imiṇā uvekkhidaṃ vi ṇaṃ hada-sarīraṃ kadhaṃ ajjavi ṇillajjānaṃ dhāremi. tā kāli-a-hada-pavesovā-am aṇusarissam. (prakāśam) visāhe, viṇṇavehi guru-aṇaṃ jaṃ bārahā-icca-titthaṃ gadu-a sūraṃ accidukāmamhi.

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Rādhikā: (aside) Kṛṣṇa, who has all these glorious virtues, neglects this body of Mine, a body that is better off dead. Why do I shamelessly keep this body alive? I will drown it the waters of Kāliya Lake. (openly) Viśākhā, please tell My supreriors that, desiring to worship the sun-god, I went to Dvādaśāditya-tīrtha.

VM 2.114

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विशाखा: साहु सुमरा-इदं पि-अ-सही-ए जं अज्जा-ए जडिला-ए वि इदं ज्जेव्व दाणिं आदिट्ठम्हि. ता एहि. (इत्य् उभे परिक्रामतः.)

viśākhā: sāhu sumarā-idaṃ pi-a-sahī-e jaṃ ajjā-e jaḍilā-e vi idaṃ jjevva dāṇiṃ ādiṭṭhamhi. tā ehi. (ity ubhe parikrāmataḥ.)

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Viśākhā: My dear friend well remembers saintly Jaṭilā's order, an order I now accept from You. Come. Let us go.

(They begin to walk.)

VM 2.115

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राधिका: (सव्यामोछम्) मं परिहर-इ मु-उन्दो तहवि दुरासा विरोहिणी डह-ई मह सहि गहीर-णीरा सरणं बहिणी किदन्तस्स

rādhikā: (savyāmocham) maṃ parihara-i mu-undo tahavi durāsā virohiṇī ḍaha-ī maha sahi gahīra-ṇīrā saraṇaṃ bahiṇī kidantassa

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Rādhikā: (perplexed) Although Kṛṣṇa neglects me, the hostile and unfulfillable hope to attain Him burns in Me still. Friend, the deep waters of the Yamunā, who is the sister of the king of death, is My only shelter.

VM 2.116

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विशाखा: हला, पेक्ख पत्थाणे मङ्गल-सू-न्णा-इं स-उणा-इं. ता एवं मा भण. राधिका: (पुरो दृष्ट्वा) बला, कथम् एसा पुव्व-दिसा-मुहे आ-आलि-आ संझा दीस-इ.

viśākhā: halā, pekkha patthāṇe maṅgala-sū-nṇā-iṃ sa-uṇā-iṃ. tā evaṃ mā bhaṇa. rādhikā: (puro dṛṣṭvā) balā, katham esā puvva-disā-muhe ā-āli-ā saṃjhā dīsa-i.

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Viśākhā: Look at the auspicious signs appearing on our path. Don't say anything more.

Rādhikā: (looking ahead) Why did the sun suddenly set in the east before it is time?

VM 2.117

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विशाखा: ण क्खु संझा. पेक्ख पक्कन्दणे सूरस्स बल्लहा परिफुल्लिदा उडुरा-इ रेहदि. ता इमस्स अग्घं कादुं णं अवचिणम्ह. (इत्य् उभे कुरुतः).

viśākhā: ṇa kkhu saṃjhā. pekkha pakkandaṇe sūrassa ballahā pariphullidā uḍurā-i rehadi. tā imassa agghaṃ kāduṃ ṇaṃ avaciṇamha. (ity ubhe kurutaḥ).

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Viśākhā: The sun didn't set. Look! The beautiful roses in Praskanda-tīrtha, roeses dear to the sun-god, are splendidly in bloom. Let's pick some to make rose water.

VM 2.118

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(ततः प्रविशति बटुना सह कृष्णः.) कृष्णः: सखे, सेयं राधाधर-कान्ति-तस्करी जवा-राजिः. मधुमङ्गलः: अदो णं णिप्पीडि-अ निम्माहि पच्चणङ्ग-लेहम्.

(tataḥ praviśati baṭunā saha kṛṣṇaḥ.) kṛṣṇaḥ: sakhe, seyaṃ rādhādhara-kānti-taskarī javā-rājiḥ. madhumaṅgalaḥ: ado ṇaṃ ṇippīḍi-a nimmāhi paccaṇaṅga-leham.

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(Kṛṣṇa and Madhumaṅgala enter.)

Kṛṣṇa: Friend, these roses are thieves who have stolen their beauty from Rādhā's lips.

Madhumaṅgala: Press the juice from these roses, and write a reply to Rādhā's love-letter.

VM 2.119

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कृष्णः: (परिकम्प्य सविस्मयम्.) एषा नान्तिक-वर्तिनी सुर-गिरेर् ऐलावृती हन्त भूर् अग्रे किं कलयामि काष्चन-रुचाम् उद्गार-गौरीर् दिशःआं ज्षातं मणि-नूपुर-ध्वनि-भराद् आली-जनालङ्कृता कान्तीनां कुल-देवता विलसितुं वृन्दाटवीं विन्दति

kṛṣṇaḥ: (parikampya savismayam.) eṣā nāntika-vartinī sura-girer ailāvṛtī hanta bhūr agre kiṃ kalayāmi kāṣcana-rucām udgāra-gaurīr diśaḥāṃ jṣātaṃ maṇi-nūpura-dhvani-bharād ālī-janālaṅkṛtā kāntīnāṃ kula-devatā vilasituṃ vṛndāṭavīṃ vindati

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Kṛṣṇa: (trembling with wonder) This is not the valley of Mount Sumeru. Why do I see a golden splendor in every direction? Ah! The sound of many jeweled anklets makes Me know.that the goddess of beauty must have entered Vṛndāvana Forest to enjoy many pastimes.

VM 2.120

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मधुमङ्गलः: हन्त भो, मग्गिज्ज्नतम्मि वा-उरासाहणे कुरङ्गी स-अं हत्थं गदा. कृष्णः: (सानन्दम्) सखे, सधु विज्षातम्. तद् अत्र वृक्षान्तरितौ शृणुवः किम् असौ प्रस्तौति. (इति तथा स्थितौ.)

madhumaṅgalaḥ: hanta bho, maggijjnatammi vā-urāsāhaṇe kuraṅgī sa-aṃ hatthaṃ gadā. kṛṣṇaḥ: (sānandam) sakhe, sadhu vijṣātam. tad atra vṛkṣāntaritau śṛṇuvaḥ kim asau prastauti. (iti tathā sthitau.)

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Madhumaṅgala: Ah, now the dee places her foot in the trap.

Kṛṣṇa: (blissful) O friend, you understand this very well. Let us hide behind this tree and hear what they say.

(They stand behind the tree.)

VM 2.121

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राधिका: (विशाखा आलम्ब्य सास्रम्). हला, एसो जणो कधापसङ्गे स-अं सुमरिदव्वो. विशाखा: (सबष्पम्) सहि, अच्छीण-धीरत्तनादि-गुण भनिज्जसि. त किंति एव्वं उव्विग्गासि.

rādhikā: (viśākhā ālambya sāsram). halā, eso jaṇo kadhāpasaṅge sa-aṃ sumaridavvo. viśākhā: (sabaṣpam) sahi, acchīṇa-dhīrattanādi-guṇa bhanijjasi. ta kiṃti evvaṃ uvviggāsi.

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Rādhikā: (weeping, she rests her hand on Viśākhā's shoulder) When you talk, you should remember this person.

Viśākhā: (also weeping) Friend, everyone says You are grave, and patient, and full of all other virtues. Why are You so upset?

VM 2.122

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राधिका: सहि, णिग्गुणी-किदम्हि तेण धुत्तेण. (इति सन्स्कृतेन) तस्योरस्-तट-मण्डलं धृति-नदी-रोध-क्रिया-पण्डितं वक्त्रेन्दुः कुल-धर्म-पङ्कज-वनी-सङ्कोच-दीक्षा-व्रती दोर्-यूपौ नितराम् उदष्चित-चिर-व्रीडाभिदाराध्वरौ हा कष्टं निखिलङ्-गिला सखि दृशोर् भङ्गी-भुजङ्गी तु सा

rādhikā: sahi, ṇigguṇī-kidamhi teṇa dhutteṇa. (iti sanskṛtena) tasyoras-taṭa-maṇḍalaṃ dhṛti-nadī-rodha-kriyā-paṇḍitaṃ vaktrenduḥ kula-dharma-paṅkaja-vanī-saṅkoca-dīkṣā-vratī dor-yūpau nitarām udaṣcita-cira-vrīḍābhidārādhvarau hā kaṣṭaṃ nikhilaṅ-gilā sakhi dṛśor bhaṅgī-bhujaṅgī tu sā

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Rādhikā: Friend, this rogue has robbed all My virtues.(in Sanskrit) His chest is a dam that stops the river of my patience. His face is a moon that withers the lotus flowers of My pious deeds. His arms are pillars in a yajṣa to drive away My perpetual shyness. Alas! Friend, the crooked snake of His glance devours everything.

VM 2.123

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कृष्णः: प्रिये, त्वन्-माधुर्येण माधवश् च जडी-कृत्य निर्गुणाम् अवस्थां नीतो ऽयम्.

kṛṣṇaḥ: priye, tvan-mādhuryeṇa mādhavaś ca jaḍī-kṛtya nirguṇām avasthāṃ nīto 'yam.

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Kṛṣṇa: Beloved, stunned by your sweetness, Kṛṣṇa has also lost all His virtues.

VM 2.124

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राधिका: (आकाशे अष्जलिं बद्ध्वा. सन्स्कृतेन) हन्त भो बकी-हन्तः. ग्र्हान्तः-खेलन्त्यो निज-सहज-बाल्यस्य बलनाद् अभद्रं भद्रं वा किम् अपि हि न जानीमहि मनाक् वयं नेतुं युक्ताः कथम् अशरणां काम् अपि दशां कथं वा न्याय्या ते प्रथयितुम् उदासीन-पदवी

rādhikā: (ākāśe aṣjaliṃ baddhvā. sanskṛtena) hanta bho bakī-hantaḥ. grhāntaḥ-khelantyo nija-sahaja-bālyasya balanād abhadraṃ bhadraṃ vā kim api hi na jānīmahi manāk vayaṃ netuṃ yuktāḥ katham aśaraṇāṃ kām api daśāṃ kathaṃ vā nyāyyā te prathayitum udāsīna-padavī

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Rādhikā: (folds her hands in the direction of the sky) O Kṛṣṇa, O killer of Pūtanā, I was engaged in My own playful activities in My home, and because of My childish innocence I did not know right from wrong. Therefore, is it good for You to have forced Us into being so much attracted to You and then to have neglected Us? Now You are indifferent to Us. Do You think that is right?

VM 2.125

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कृष्णः: प्रिये, कः खलु जिजीविषुर् जीवातु-भूतायां सिद्धौषधि-लतायाम् उदास्ते.

kṛṣṇaḥ: priye, kaḥ khalu jijīviṣur jīvātu-bhūtāyāṃ siddhauṣadhi-latāyām udāste.

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Kṛṣṇa: Beloved, who, desiring to remain alive, will ignore the medicinal vine that will cure his ilness?

VM 2.126

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राधिका: (निःश्वस्य) हला, एसा पिआ मे एका-अली तु-ए अप्पणो कण्ठे धारणिज्जा. (इति कण्ठाद् एकावलीम् उत्तायति.)

rādhikā: (niḥśvasya) halā, esā piā me ekā-alī tu-e appaṇo kaṇṭhe dhāraṇijjā. (iti kaṇṭhād ekāvalīm uttāyati.)

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Rādhikā: (sighs) Friend, please wear my favorite necklace. (Rādhā removes the necklace from Her neck.)

VM 2.127

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विशाखा: (हठान् निवार्य) हला, एव्वं अणुच्चिट्ठन्ती किंति मं दहसि जं ललिदं पडिक्खि-अ निरुज्जमम्हि. (इति रोदिति).

viśākhā: (haṭhān nivārya) halā, evvaṃ aṇucciṭṭhantī kiṃti maṃ dahasi jaṃ lalidaṃ paḍikkhi-a nirujjamamhi. (iti roditi).

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Viśākhā: (forcibly stops Rādhā.) Ah! Why do you set me on fire in this way? I am only waiting for Lalitā. (Viśākhā cries).

VM 2.128

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राधिका: (सन्स्कृतेन) अकारुण्यः कृष्णो यदि मयि तवागः कथम् इदं मुधा मा रोदिर् मे कुरु परम् इमाम् उत्तर-कृतिम् तमालस्य स्कन्धे विइहित-भुज-वल्लरिर् इयं यथा वृन्दारण्ये चिरम् अविचला तिष्ठति तनुः

rādhikā: (sanskṛtena) akāruṇyaḥ kṛṣṇo yadi mayi tavāgaḥ katham idaṃ mudhā mā rodir me kuru param imām uttara-kṛtim tamālasya skandhe viihita-bhuja-vallarir iyaṃ yathā vṛndāraṇye ciram avicalā tiṣṭhati tanuḥ

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Rādhikā: (in Sanskrit) My dear friend, if Kṛṣṇa is unkind to Me, there will be no need for you to cry, for it will not be due to any fault of yours. I shall then have to die, but afterwards please do one thing for Me; to observe My funeral ceremony, place My body with its arms embracing a tamāla tree like creepers so that I may remain forever in Vṛndāvana undisturbed. That is My request.

VM 2.129

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कृष्णः: (सास्रम्) सखे, दृष्टानुरागस्य साधिष्ठता.

kṛṣṇaḥ: (sāsram) sakhe, dṛṣṭānurāgasya sādhiṣṭhatā.

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Kṛṣṇa: (weeping) Friend, see how great Her love is!

VM 2.130

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राधिका: (स्वगतम्) तुवरावेदि मं कावि घणुक्कण्ठा. (प्रकाशम्) हला. सूरम् अच्चि-अ किं पि अब्भत्थिदुकामाम्हि. ता जाव सिणाणं कदु-अ णिवुत्ता भवे तुमं एत्थ पुप्फं अवचिणेहि. (इति तीर्थाभिमुखं द्वित्राणि पदाहि गत्वा पुनर् आत्मगतम्.) हन्त, सो तिल्लोक-मोहणो मुह-चन्दो पुणो म-ए न दिट्ठो. (इति सोत्कण्ठं निवृत्य प्रकाशम्.) हला, पसीद पसीद. दंसेहि तं पडिच्छन्द-अम्.

rādhikā: (svagatam) tuvarāvedi maṃ kāvi ghaṇukkaṇṭhā. (prakāśam) halā. sūram acci-a kiṃ pi abbhatthidukāmāmhi. tā jāva siṇāṇaṃ kadu-a ṇivuttā bhave tumaṃ ettha pupphaṃ avaciṇehi. (iti tīrthābhimukhaṃ dvitrāṇi padāhi gatvā punar ātmagatam.) hanta, so tilloka-mohaṇo muha-cando puṇo ma-e na diṭṭho. (iti sotkaṇṭhaṃ nivṛtya prakāśam.) halā, pasīda pasīda. daṃsehi taṃ paḍicchanda-am.

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Rādhikā: (aside) Passionate longings make Me go quickly. (openly) After worshiping the sun-god, there is one more thing I wish to ask: After I have gone, please pick a flower for each time I have bathed here. (She takes two or thre steps in the direction of the holy tīrtha, and again speaks to Herself.) Alas, never again will I see Kṛṣṇa, whose face is like the moon and who enchants the three worlds. (Full of longing, she returns and openly says:) Be kind. Be kind. Show Me His picture.

VM 2.131

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विशाखा: सहि, णत्थि अत्थ चित्त-फल-अम्. राधिका: (सव्यथम्) तदो पणिनाणेण णं पच्चखी-करिस्सम्. (इति ध्यानं नटयति).

viśākhā: sahi, ṇatthi attha citta-phala-am. rādhikā: (savyatham) tado paṇināṇeṇa ṇaṃ paccakhī-karissam. (iti dhyānaṃ naṭayati).

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Viśākhā: Friend, there is no paper here to draw a picture.

Rādhikā: (anxious) Then I will make Him appear in My meditation. (Rādhā becomes rapt in meditation.)

VM 2.132

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कृष्णः: सखे, पीतम् अपीत-पूर्वमौन्मादकं श्रोत्र-माध्वीकम्. तद् अग्रतो गच्छावः. (इति उभौ तथ कुरुतह्.) विशाखा: (विलोक्य सानन्द्दम् ससम्भ्रमम.) दिट्ठि-आ तुज्झ सुह-ज्झाणेण फलिदम्. ता झत्ति उग्घाडेहि लो-अणम्. (राधिका दृशं दरोन्मील्य चमत्कारं नटयति.)

kṛṣṇaḥ: sakhe, pītam apīta-pūrvamaunmādakaṃ śrotra-mādhvīkam. tad agrato gacchāvaḥ. (iti ubhau tatha kurutah.) viśākhā: (vilokya sānanddam sasambhramama.) diṭṭhi-ā tujjha suha-jjhāṇeṇa phalidam. tā jhatti ugghāḍehi lo-aṇam. (rādhikā dṛśaṃ daronmīlya camatkāraṃ naṭayati.)

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Kṛṣṇa: Friend, My ears have just drunk a sweet nectar they have never drunk before. Let Us go before them. (They both do that.)

Viśākhā: (Seeing Kṛṣṇa and Madhumaṅgala, she becomes joyful and says with great respect:) Friend, by destiny Your happy meditation has borne its fruit. Open your eyes at once!

(Rādhā slightly opens her eyes and becomes filled with wonder.)

VM 2.133

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विशाखा: (सन्स्कृतेन) यद्-अर्थं सङ्कीर्णे पतसि हत-कन्दर्प-कदने मृदुं वा दुर्वारे ज्वलयसि तनुं प्रेम-दहने अखण्डेनापीडं सखि नव-शिखण्डेन कलयन् विलासी सो ऽयं ते स्फुरति पुरतो जीवित-पतिः

viśākhā: (sanskṛtena) yad-arthaṃ saṅkīrṇe patasi hata-kandarpa-kadane mṛduṃ vā durvāre jvalayasi tanuṃ prema-dahane akhaṇḍenāpīḍaṃ sakhi nava-śikhaṇḍena kalayan vilāsī so 'yaṃ te sphurati purato jīvita-patiḥ

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Viśākhā: The boy for whose sake You fell into the devastation of love and for whose sake You made Your delicate body burm in the flames of love, the boy who wears a new-peacock feather crown, the playful boy who is the master of Your life, now stands before You.

VM 2.134

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राधिका: अम्महे सिविणस्स माहुरी. विशाखा: अविसद्धे, एसो दे अपुव्वो सिविणो जो णिद्दा-ए विणा वि णिप्पणो.

rādhikā: ammahe siviṇassa māhurī. viśākhā: avisaddhe, eso de apuvvo siviṇo jo ṇiddā-e viṇā vi ṇippaṇo.

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Rādhikā: Ah, how sweet this dream is.

Viśākhā: O unbeliever, without sleeping You never dreamed like this before.

VM 2.135

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कृष्णः: असौ दृग्-भङ्गीभिः कुसुम-शरम् आन्गी-कृत-शरं सृजन्ती दन्तीन्द्र-क्रमण-कमनीयालस-गतिः अदूरे रम्भोरूर् इह वदन-बिम्बस्य सुषमा समारम्भाद् अम्भोरुह-मधुरिमाणं दमयति

kṛṣṇaḥ: asau dṛg-bhaṅgībhiḥ kusuma-śaram āngī-kṛta-śaraṃ sṛjantī dantīndra-kramaṇa-kamanīyālasa-gatiḥ adūre rambhorūr iha vadana-bimbasya suṣamā samārambhād ambhoruha-madhurimāṇaṃ damayati

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Kṛṣṇa: Her eyes shooting flower-arrows glances, Her graceful motions like a graceful regal elephant's, Her bimba-fruit lips beautiful, and Her thighs banana trees, this girl defeats the sweetness of the lotus flowers.

VM 2.136

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राधिका: (कृष्णे दृग्-अन्तं नर्तयन्ती स्वगतम्). साहु रे हि-अ-अ, साधु दिट्ठि-आ मुहुत्तं विलम्बिदम्. कृष्णः: (स्मित्वा) धूर्ते विशाखे, समन्ताह् मृग्यमाणा दिष्ट्या त्वम् अत्र दृष्टासि. यद् अद्य भवत्या रूप-सादृश्याद् अपाकिम-गुष्जा-हारेण मां प्रतार्य दुर्लभा मे रङ्गण-मालिकापनीता.

rādhikā: (kṛṣṇe dṛg-antaṃ nartayantī svagatam). sāhu re hi-a-a, sādhu diṭṭhi-ā muhuttaṃ vilambidam. kṛṣṇaḥ: (smitvā) dhūrte viśākhe, samantāh mṛgyamāṇā diṣṭyā tvam atra dṛṣṭāsi. yad adya bhavatyā rūpa-sādṛśyād apākima-guṣjā-hāreṇa māṃ pratārya durlabhā me raṅgaṇa-mālikāpanītā.

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Rādhikā: (Her eyes dance on the form of Kṛṣṇa, and she says to herself:) O My heart, excellent! Excellent! By good fortune this moment has come.

Kṛṣṇa: (smiles) Rascal Viśākhā, I looked everywhere for you. Now by good fortune I see you. A girl who looks like you bewildered Me and robbed Me of my rare raṅgaṇa garland and unripe guṣjā-necklace.

VM 2.137

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मधुमङ्गलः: भो णं राही-ए कण्ठादो दीसन्तीं अप्पणो रङ्गण-मालि-अं स-अं जेब्ब आ-अडि-अ गेण्ह. कृष्णः: सखे, जानतापि भवता किम् इदम् अन्याय्यम् उपन्यस्तम्. न खलु स्वप्ने ऽपि मया कामिनी-स्पर्शः स्मर्यते.

madhumaṅgalaḥ: bho ṇaṃ rāhī-e kaṇṭhādo dīsantīṃ appaṇo raṅgaṇa-māli-aṃ sa-aṃ jebba ā-aḍi-a geṇha. kṛṣṇaḥ: sakhe, jānatāpi bhavatā kim idam anyāyyam upanyastam. na khalu svapne 'pi mayā kāminī-sparśaḥ smaryate.

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Madhumaṅgala: Ah! Take Your raṅgaṇa garland from Rādhā's neck. I see it there.

Kṛṣṇa: Friend, you know all about this. Still, that was not very good advice. Even in a dream I cannot remember the touch of such a beautiful girl.

VM 2.138

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राधिका: (स्वगतम्) इमस्स परिहासो वि एसो संकिदा-ए मम सच्चो पडिभादि. विशाखा: (विहस्य) अयि वराङ्गणा-तरङ्गिणीनां महा-सा-अर, चिट्ठ चिट्ठ. दाणिं वि इमा-इं दीसन्ति तुज्झ अङ्गेसु ताणं चिण्हा-इं.

rādhikā: (svagatam) imassa parihāso vi eso saṃkidā-e mama sacco paḍibhādi. viśākhā: (vihasya) ayi varāṅgaṇā-taraṅgiṇīnāṃ mahā-sā-ara, ciṭṭha ciṭṭha. dāṇiṃ vi imā-iṃ dīsanti tujjha aṅgesu tāṇaṃ ciṇhā-iṃ.

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Rādhikā: (aside) Although Kṛṣṇa is jesting, I am fear He tells the truth about me.

Viśākhā: (laughing) O O great ocean into which the rivers of many beautiful girls flow, stop! Stop! Even now I see the marks they left on Your body.

VM 2.139

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आकृष्टानि कटाक्ष-भङ्गिभिर् अलं गोपाङ्गनानां त्वया रक्तान्य् अत्र मनांसि याहि निमिषोन्मुक्तानि नेत्राण्य् अपि तान्य् एतानि भवान् नवाष्जन-तनो गुष्जावलीनां छलात् पिच्छानां च सदा प्रसाधन-धिया सन्धारयन् नन्दसि

ākṛṣṭāni kaṭākṣa-bhaṅgibhir alaṃ gopāṅganānāṃ tvayā raktāny atra manāṃsi yāhi nimiṣonmuktāni netrāṇy api tāny etāni bhavān navāṣjana-tano guṣjāvalīnāṃ chalāt picchānāṃ ca sadā prasādhana-dhiyā sandhārayan nandasi

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With waves of sidelong glances You attract the gopīs' passionate hearts and unblinking eyes. O boy anointed with sandal paste, on the pretext of decorating Your body with peacock feathers and guṣjā-necklaces, You attract the gopīs and enjoy with them.

VM 2.140

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कृष्णः: (सहर्षम् आत्मगतम्) प्रमद-रस-तरङ्ग-स्मेर-गण्द-स्थलायाः स्मर-धनुर् अनुबन्धि-भ्रू-लता-लास्य-भाजः मद-कल-चल-भृङ्गी-भ्रान्ति-भङ्गिं दधानो हृदयम् इदम् अदाङ्क्षीत् पक्ष्मलाक्ष्याः कटाक्षः

kṛṣṇaḥ: (saharṣam ātmagatam) pramada-rasa-taraṅga-smera-gaṇda-sthalāyāḥ smara-dhanur anubandhi-bhrū-latā-lāsya-bhājaḥ mada-kala-cala-bhṛṅgī-bhrānti-bhaṅgiṃ dadhāno hṛdayam idam adāṅkṣīt pakṣmalākṣyāḥ kaṭākṣaḥ

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Kṛṣṇa: (Joyful, to Himself) When Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī smiles, waves of joy overtake Her cheeks, and Her arched eyebrows dance like the bow of Cupid. Her glance is so enchanting that it is like a dancing bumblebee, moving unsteadily due to intoxication. That bee has bitten the whorl of My heart.

VM 2.141

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(नेपथ्ये) णत्तिणि विसाहे. कृष्णः: कथम् अखाण्डे जरा-पाण्डुरेयं जटिला. (प्रविश्य) जटिला: (पुरो दृष्ट्वा स्वगतम्) कहं एत्थ कण्हो. (प्रकाशम्) विसाहे, किंति इमा-इं धू-अ-गन्ध-रत्त-चन्दना-इम् तु-ए विसुमरिदा-इं.

(nepathye) ṇattiṇi visāhe. kṛṣṇaḥ: katham akhāṇḍe jarā-pāṇḍureyaṃ jaṭilā. (praviśya) jaṭilā: (puro dṛṣṭvā svagatam) kahaṃ ettha kaṇho. (prakāśam) visāhe, kiṃti imā-iṃ dhū-a-gandha-ratta-candanā-im tu-e visumaridā-iṃ.

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Translation

Jaṭilā: (offstage) Granddaughter Viśākhā!

Kṛṣṇa: Why has Jaṭilā, pake with age, come so unexpectedly?

(Jaṭilā enters).

Jaṭilā: (looking ahead, she says to herself:) Why is Kṛṣṇa here? (openly) Viśākhā, why did you forget the incense, sandal paste, and fragrances?

VM 2.142

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कृष्णः: (स्वगतम्) चन्द्रिकां चन्द्र-लेखायाश् चकोरे पातुम् उद्यते पिधानं विदधे हन्त शरद्-अम्भोदरावली (प्रकाशम्) मातुर् मातुलाणि, प्रणमामि.

kṛṣṇaḥ: (svagatam) candrikāṃ candra-lekhāyāś cakore pātum udyate pidhānaṃ vidadhe hanta śarad-ambhodarāvalī (prakāśam) mātur mātulāṇi, praṇamāmi.

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Kṛṣṇa: (aside) Just as the cakora bird is about to drink the moonlight, a mass of clouds covers the crescent moon. (openly) O wife of My mother's maternal uncle, I offer respects to you.

VM 2.143

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जटिला: मोहण, वल्ल-अ-किशोरी-उले अवङ्क-दिट्ठी होहि. मधुमङ्गलः: (विहस्य) भो दधीचि-हड्ड-कक्कसे, एसो सव्वदो उदार-दिट्ठी च्चे-अ मज्झ पि-अ-वअस्सो. तुमं क्खु के-अरच्छी. तावप्पाणम् आसंसेहि.

jaṭilā: mohaṇa, valla-a-kiśorī-ule avaṅka-diṭṭhī hohi. madhumaṅgalaḥ: (vihasya) bho dadhīci-haḍḍa-kakkase, eso savvado udāra-diṭṭhī cce-a majjha pi-a-vaasso. tumaṃ kkhu ke-aracchī. tāvappāṇam āsaṃsehi.

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Jaṭilā: Charming boy, don't look at the young gopīs with such crooked eyes.

Madhumaṅgala: (laughs) O lady hard like Indra's thunderbolt, my dear friend's glance is always kind and gentle. It is you whose eyes are squinting. Therefore you should grant a benediction to yourself, that your eyes may no longer squint.

VM 2.144

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जटिला: भो किशोरी-भु-अङ्ग, कीस तुमं आ-अदोसि. कृष्णः: आर्ये, लोकोत्तरानुराग-चमत्कारिणीयम् सुजवा-लक्ष्मीः कं वा नाकर्षति.

jaṭilā: bho kiśorī-bhu-aṅga, kīsa tumaṃ ā-adosi. kṛṣṇaḥ: ārye, lokottarānurāga-camatkāriṇīyam sujavā-lakṣmīḥ kaṃ vā nākarṣati.

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Jaṭilā: O snake chasing young girls, why have You come here?

Kṛṣṇa: O noble lady, who would not be attracted by the wonderful beauty of these red roses?

Note: These ambiguous words may also be translated:

"O noble lady, who would not be attracted by Rādhā, who is beautiful like a rose, and whose love is very wonderful?"

VM 2.145

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जटिला: (स्वगतम्) णूणं भअवदि-ए विज्जा-पहाव-संभाविदा इमस्स एत्थ उवसत्ती. (प्रकाशम्) मोहण, झत्ति इदो गच्छेहि. कृष्णः: अयि जल्पाकि वृद्धे. किम् इत्य् आकुलासि. स्वच्छन्दतो गच्छेयम्.

jaṭilā: (svagatam) ṇūṇaṃ bhaavadi-e vijjā-pahāva-saṃbhāvidā imassa ettha uvasattī. (prakāśam) mohaṇa, jhatti ido gacchehi. kṛṣṇaḥ: ayi jalpāki vṛddhe. kim ity ākulāsi. svacchandato gaccheyam.

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Jaṭilā: (aside) Noble Mukharā told me Kṛṣṇa was here. (openly) Charming boy, please leave at once.

Kṛṣṇa: O talkative old lady, why are you so agitated? I will go when I wish.

VM 2.146

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जटिला: (कुटिलं विलोक्य. सन्स्कृतेन) निर्धौतानां निखिल-धरणी-माधुरीणां धुरीणा कल्याणी मे निवसति वधूः पश्य पार्श्वे नवोढा अन्तर् गोष्ठे चटुल नटयन्न् अत्र नेत्र-त्रि-भागं निःशङ्कस् त्वं भ्रमसि भविता नाकुलत्वं कुतो मे

jaṭilā: (kuṭilaṃ vilokya. sanskṛtena) nirdhautānāṃ nikhila-dharaṇī-mādhurīṇāṃ dhurīṇā kalyāṇī me nivasati vadhūḥ paśya pārśve navoḍhā antar goṣṭhe caṭula naṭayann atra netra-tri-bhāgaṃ niḥśaṅkas tvaṃ bhramasi bhavitā nākulatvaṃ kuto me

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Jaṭilā: (looks at Kṛṣṇa with crooked eyes) Look, here, filled with all the charm and sweetness in the world, is my beautiful young daughter-in-law, and there, O mischievous boy with dancing eyes, are You by Her side. Why should I not be anxious?

VM 2.147

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कृष्णः: मृषाशङ्किनि वृद्धे, मा प्रलापं कृथाः. यावद् एतां ते वधूम् आकर्णयं तावन् मान्यां भावयामि. जटिला: विसाहे, किंति एत्ति-अ विलम्बिदासि. विशाखा: (स्मित्वा) अज्जे, णं दुल्ललिदं कुरङ्गं पेक्खन्ती विम्हिदम्हि.

kṛṣṇaḥ: mṛṣāśaṅkini vṛddhe, mā pralāpaṃ kṛthāḥ. yāvad etāṃ te vadhūm ākarṇayaṃ tāvan mānyāṃ bhāvayāmi. jaṭilā: visāhe, kiṃti etti-a vilambidāsi. viśākhā: (smitvā) ajje, ṇaṃ dullalidaṃ kuraṅgaṃ pekkhantī vimhidamhi.

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Translation

Kṛṣṇa: Needlessly suspicious old lady, don't talk like that. By listening to your daughter-in-law, I have only made her more and more respectable.

Jaṭilā: Viśākhā, why are you here?

Viśākhā: Noble lady, I saw a mischievous deer and became filled with wonder.

Note: Here the word "kuraṅga" may mean either “deer" or "rake". Viśākhā's words may therefore also be translated:

"I saw a mischievous rake and became filled with wonder."

VM 2.148

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(इति सदृष्टि-क्षेपम्). अकरुण मुक्कि-अ चङ्गं कुरङ्ग पेम्मेण सङ्गदं हरिणीम् विहलं कूद्दण-चडुलो तुमं बणादो बणं भमसि

(iti sadṛṣṭi-kṣepam). akaruṇa mukki-a caṅgaṃ kuraṅga pemmeṇa saṅgadaṃ hariṇīm vihalaṃ kūddaṇa-caḍulo tumaṃ baṇādo baṇaṃ bhamasi

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Translation

(Glances at a deer) O merciless deer, abandoning your beautiful mate, who loved you and stayed by your side, you now aimlessly wonder, leaping and playing, from forest to forest.

Note: These ambiguous words may also be translated:

"O merciless rake, abandoning your beautiful mate, who loved you and stayed by your side, you now aimlessly wonder, leaping and playing, from forest to forest."

VM 2.149

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जटिला: अ-इ अत्थाण-दुग्गहे, मुष्च कुरङ्ग-कोदूहलम्. मधुमङ्गलः: पि-अ-वअस्स, पेक्ख. एसो सतिण्णो वि कीरजु-आणो णं महुरं दाडिमीं ण पडिपज्ज-इ.

jaṭilā: a-i atthāṇa-duggahe, muṣca kuraṅga-kodūhalam. madhumaṅgalaḥ: pi-a-vaassa, pekkha. eso satiṇṇo vi kīraju-āṇo ṇaṃ mahuraṃ dāḍimīṃ ṇa paḍipajja-i.

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Translation

Jaṭilā: Foolish whimsical girl, give up this infatuation with a deer.

Madhumaṅgala: Dear friend, look! A thirsty young parrot will not touch that sweet pomegranate fruit.

VM 2.150

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कृष्णः: (स्मित्वा) हृदि ताडितो ऽपि दाडिमि सुमनोरागेण ते रुचिं वहता पक्त्रिम-रसासि किं वा नेति शुकः शङ्कयोदास्ते

kṛṣṇaḥ: (smitvā) hṛdi tāḍito 'pi dāḍimi sumanorāgeṇa te ruciṃ vahatā paktrima-rasāsi kiṃ vā neti śukaḥ śaṅkayodāste

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Translation

Kṛṣṇa: (smiling) O pomegranate fruit, this parrot, his heart struck by your beautiful redness, wonders, "Is this fruit ripe, or not?" That is why he stands aloof.

Note: In his commentary, Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that Kṛṣṇa here compares Himself to the parrot and Rādhā to the pomegranate. Kṛṣṇa wonders whether Śrī Rādhā's ecstatic love is now ripe.

VM 2.151

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(विशाखा सदृग्-भङ्गं राधिकाम् अवलोकते.) राधिका: (स्वगतम्) हि-अ-अ, समस्सस समस्सस. (इति सखेदम् अपवार्य. सन्स्कृतेन.) पीतं न वाग्-अमृतम् अत्र हरेर् अशङ्कं न्यस्तं मयास्य वदने न दृग्-अष्चलं च रम्ये चिराद् अवसरे सखि लब्ध-मात्रे हा दुर्विधिर् विरुरुधे जरती-च्छलेन

(viśākhā sadṛg-bhaṅgaṃ rādhikām avalokate.) rādhikā: (svagatam) hi-a-a, samassasa samassasa. (iti sakhedam apavārya. sanskṛtena.) pītaṃ na vāg-amṛtam atra harer aśaṅkaṃ nyastaṃ mayāsya vadane na dṛg-aṣcalaṃ ca ramye cirād avasare sakhi labdha-mātre hā durvidhir virurudhe jaratī-cchalena

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Translation

(Viśākhā casts a crooked glance at Rādhā.)

Rādhā: (aside) O heart, be still. Be still. (She secretly laments in Sanskrit) I have not yet drunk the nectar of Kṛṣṇa's words, and I have not yet glanced at His face from the corners of My eyes. O My friend, after a long time I finally have this chance to enjoy pastimes with Kṛṣṇa. But now, alas, wicked fate, using this old lady as its tool, stands in My way.

VM 2.152

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जटिला: (स्वगतम्) अम्हहे कण्ह-दिट्ठिणो माहम्भं. जं वहू-ए सो उवसग्गो तह णत्थि. (प्रकाशम्) विसाहे पेक्ख. अदिक्कमदि मज्झण्हो. ता तुरिदं सूर-मण्डवं पविस्सम्ह.

jaṭilā: (svagatam) amhahe kaṇha-diṭṭhiṇo māhambhaṃ. jaṃ vahū-e so uvasaggo taha ṇatthi. (prakāśam) visāhe pekkha. adikkamadi majjhaṇho. tā turidaṃ sūra-maṇḍavaṃ pavissamha.

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Translation

Jaṭilā: (aside) How glorious is the sight of Kṛṣṇa! It is not a calamity that my daughter-in-law is in Kṛṣṇa's company. (openly) Viśākhā, look! The afternoon is ending. Let us hurry to the sun-god's temple.

(The three gopīs exit.)

VM 2.153

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कृष्णः: सखे, कौमुदीयं पौर्णमासीम् अनुवर्तते. तद् एहि ताम् एव प्रतिपद्येवहि. (इति निष्क्रान्तौ.)

kṛṣṇaḥ: sakhe, kaumudīyaṃ paurṇamāsīm anuvartate. tad ehi tām eva pratipadyevahi. (iti niṣkrāntau.)

English translation

Translation

Kṛṣṇa: Friend, this girl is like moonlight that follows the full moon of Paurṇamāsī. Let us go to Paurṇamāsī.

(Kṛṣṇa and Madhumaṅgala exit).