Skip to main content

Stava-mālā · Hymn 36

Citra-kavitvāni

Unit 36 of 4536.00136.01313 source entries

36.001

Source

तत्र द्व्यक्षराणि रसासारसुसारोरुरसुरारिः ससार सः । संसारासिरसौ रासे सुरिरंसुः ससारसः ॥ १॥

tatra dvyakṣarāṇi rasāsārasusārorurasurāriḥ sasāra saḥ | saṃsārāsirasau rāse suriraṃsuḥ sasārasaḥ || 1||

English translation

Fresh editorial translation from the Sanskrit Documents Stava-mālā authority authority

Two-consonant composition. He, the foe of demons, went forth—the vast hero, the finest essence of rasa. In the rāsa, that savor cuts through worldly existence; the wise delight in him, the lotus of rasa.

36.002

Source

चर्चोरुरोचिरुच्चोरा रुचिरोऽरं चराचरे । चौराचारोऽचिराच्चीरं रुचा चारुरचूचुरत् ॥ २॥

carcorurociruccorā ruciro'raṃ carācare | caurācāro'cirāccīraṃ rucā cāruracūcurat || 2||

English translation

Fresh editorial translation from the Sanskrit Documents Stava-mālā authority authority

Radiant, wide, and splendid, the charming thief moves freely among all that moves and does not move. Through the conduct of a thief, the beautiful one quickly stole the garments and shone with delight.

36.003

Source

धरे धराधरधरं धाराधरधुरारुधम् । धीरधीरारराधाधिरोधं राधा धुरन्धरम् ॥ ३॥

dhare dharādharadharaṃ dhārādharadhurārudham | dhīradhīrārarādhādhirodhaṃ rādhā dhurandharam || 3||

English translation

Fresh editorial translation from the Sanskrit Documents Stava-mālā authority authority

Upon the earth, Rādhā worshiped the steadfast, foremost hero—the holder of Govardhana, raised upon the burden of the rain clouds—thus checking the obstacle before her.

36.004

Source

एकाक्षरम् निनुन्नानेनोननं नूनं नानूनोन्नानननोऽनुनीः । नानेनानां निनुन्नेनं नानौन्नानाननो ननु ॥ ४॥

ekākṣaram ninunnānenonanaṃ nūnaṃ nānūnonnānanano'nunīḥ | nānenānāṃ ninunnenaṃ nānaunnānānano nanu || 4||

English translation

Fresh editorial translation from the Sanskrit Documents Stava-mālā authority authority

Single-consonant composition. Surely he led the bowed one whose face was ever more uplifted; with varied gestures he urged that many-voiced beauty, her face lifted again and again. The verse's sense is woven entirely through forms built upon the single consonant ‘n.’

36.005

Source

चक्रबन्धः गन्धाकृष्टगुरून्मदालिनि वने हारप्रभातिप्लुतं सम्पुष्णन्तमुपस्कृताध्वनि यमीवीचिश्रियो रञ्जकम् । सद्यस्तुङ्गितविभ्रमं सुनिभृते शीतानिलैः सौख्यदे देवं नागभुजं सदा रसमयं तं नौमि कञ्चिन् मुदे ॥ ५॥

cakrabandhaḥ gandhākṛṣṭagurūnmadālini vane hāraprabhātiplutaṃ sampuṣṇantamupaskṛtādhvani yamīvīciśriyo rañjakam | sadyastuṅgitavibhramaṃ sunibhṛte śītānilaiḥ saukhyade devaṃ nāgabhujaṃ sadā rasamayaṃ taṃ naumi kañcin mude || 5||

English translation

Fresh editorial translation from the Sanskrit Documents Stava-mālā authority authority

Wheel pattern. In the forest, where powerful, intoxicated bees are drawn by fragrance, I forever praise for delight that indescribable, rasa-filled Lord with serpentlike arms. His necklace is flooded by surpassing brilliance; he nourishes beauty upon the adorned path, instantly raises graceful play, and rests in a secluded place made pleasant by cool breezes.

36.006

Source

सर्पबन्धः रासे सारङ्गसङ्घाचितनवनलिनप्रायवक्षःस्थदामा बर्हालङ्कारहारस्फुरदमलमहारागचित्रे जयाय । गोपालो दासवीथीललितहितरवस्फारहासः स्थिरात्मा नव्योऽजस्रं क्षणोपाश्रितविततबलो वीक्ष्य रङ्गं बभाषे ॥ ६॥

sarpabandhaḥ rāse sāraṅgasaṅghācitanavanalinaprāyavakṣaḥsthadāmā barhālaṅkārahārasphuradamalamahārāgacitre jayāya | gopālo dāsavīthīlalitahitaravasphārahāsaḥ sthirātmā navyo'jasraṃ kṣaṇopāśritavitatabalo vīkṣya raṅgaṃ babhāṣe || 6||

English translation

Fresh editorial translation from the Sanskrit Documents Stava-mālā authority authority

Serpent pattern. In the rāsa, his chest bears a garland resembling fresh lotuses surrounded by herds of deer. Splendid with peacock-feather ornaments, necklaces, and the spotless colors of great passion, the cowherd boy triumphs. Firm-hearted, he smiles broadly at the graceful, beneficial calls of rows of servants; ever fresh and supported by spreading strength, he beholds the arena and speaks.

36.007

Source

पद्मबन्धः कलवाक्य सदालोक कलोदार मिलावक । कवलाद्याद्भुतानूक कनूताभीरबालक ॥ ७॥

padmabandhaḥ kalavākya sadāloka kalodāra milāvaka | kavalādyādbhutānūka kanūtābhīrabālaka || 7||

English translation

Fresh editorial translation from the Sanskrit Documents Stava-mālā authority authority

Lotus pattern. O speaker of sweet words, eternally visible, noble in the arts and maker of unions; O wondrous form beginning with morsels of food, O cowherd child praised by the people—be gracious.

36.008

Source

प्रतिलोम्यानुलोम्यसमम् तायिसारधराधारातिभाषातमदारिहा । हारिदामतया भाति राधाराधरसायिता ॥ ८॥

pratilomyānulomyasamam tāyisāradharādhārātibhāṣātamadārihā | hāridāmatayā bhāti rādhārādharasāyitā || 8||

English translation

Fresh editorial translation from the Sanskrit Documents Stava-mālā authority authority

The same forward and backward. The enemy of pride, radiant in speech and the support of the earth that bears the flowing essence, shines through a necklace-garland as he rests upon Rādhā's lower lip.

36.009

Source

गोमूत्रिकाबन्धः सा मल्लरङ्गे रमया फुल्लसारा मुदेर्धिता । श्रमनीरधरा तुष्टा वल्लवीरासदेवता ॥ ९॥

gomūtrikābandhaḥ sā mallaraṅge ramayā phullasārā muderdhitā | śramanīradharā tuṣṭā vallavīrāsadevatā || 9||

English translation

Fresh editorial translation from the Sanskrit Documents Stava-mālā authority authority

Cow-urine lattice pattern. In the wrestling arena, the blossoming essence of delight grows through Ramā; satisfied beneath a cloud of perspiration, she is the goddess of the cowherd women's rāsa.

36.010

Source

मुरजबन्धः शुभासारससारश्रीः प्रभासान्द्रमसारभा । भारसा महसावित्त तरसा रससारिताम् ॥ १०॥

murajabandhaḥ śubhāsārasasāraśrīḥ prabhāsāndramasārabhā | bhārasā mahasāvitta tarasā rasasāritām || 10||

English translation

Fresh editorial translation from the Sanskrit Documents Stava-mālā authority authority

Drum pattern. He possesses the auspicious beauty of rasa's finest essence; his dense radiance is the light of the immeasurable. Endowed with the essence of majesty and splendor, he swiftly makes rasa flow.

36.011

Source

सर्वतोभद्रः रासावहा हावसारा सा ललास सलालसा । बलारमा मारलावहासमाददमासहा ॥ ११॥

sarvatobhadraḥ rāsāvahā hāvasārā sā lalāsa salālasā | balāramā māralāvahāsamādadamāsahā || 11||

English translation

Fresh editorial translation from the Sanskrit Documents Stava-mālā authority authority

Auspicious on every side. She carries the rāsa and is the essence of graceful emotion; eager and playful, she shines. Lovely with Bala, she bears the flow of Love and laughter, unconquered and enduring.

36.012

Source

बृहत्पद्मबन्धः तारप्रस्फारतालं सरभसरसलं भासुरास्यं सुभालं पापघ्नं गोपपालं करणहरकलं नीरभृद्वारनीलम् । चारुग्रीवं रुचालं रतमदतरलं चेतसा पीतचेलं शीतप्रस्फीतशीलं वरय वरबलं वासुदेवं सुबालम् ॥ १२॥

bṛhatpadmabandhaḥ tāraprasphāratālaṃ sarabhasarasalaṃ bhāsurāsyaṃ subhālaṃ pāpaghnaṃ gopapālaṃ karaṇaharakalaṃ nīrabhṛdvāranīlam | cārugrīvaṃ rucālaṃ ratamadataralaṃ cetasā pītacelaṃ śītaprasphītaśīlaṃ varaya varabalaṃ vāsudevaṃ subālam || 12||

English translation

Fresh editorial translation from the Sanskrit Documents Stava-mālā authority authority

Great lotus pattern. Choose the excellent young Vāsudeva, endowed with supreme strength: the rhythm of his spreading brilliance is rapid and full of rasa; his radiant face and fine forehead destroy sin. He is the guardian of the cows, whose art steals the senses, dark as a rain cloud at the doorway; lovely-necked and filled with radiance, restless with loving intoxication, yellow-clad in his heart, and rich in a disposition cool and expansive.

36.013

Source

इति श्रीरूपगोस्वामिविरचितस्तवमालायां चित्रकवित्वानि समाप्ता ।

iti śrīrūpagosvāmiviracitastavamālāyāṃ citrakavitvāni samāptā |

English translation

Fresh editorial translation from the Sanskrit Documents Stava-mālā authority authority

Thus ends the Citra-kavitvāni, the collection of patterned poems, in the Stava-mālā composed by Śrī Rūpa Goswāmī.