36.001
Sourceतत्र द्व्यक्षराणि रसासारसुसारोरुरसुरारिः ससार सः । संसारासिरसौ रासे सुरिरंसुः ससारसः ॥ १॥
tatra dvyakṣarāṇi rasāsārasusārorurasurāriḥ sasāra saḥ | saṃsārāsirasau rāse suriraṃsuḥ sasārasaḥ || 1||
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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
Sourceचर्चोरुरोचिरुच्चोरा रुचिरोऽरं चराचरे । चौराचारोऽचिराच्चीरं रुचा चारुरचूचुरत् ॥ २॥
carcorurociruccorā ruciro'raṃ carācare | caurācāro'cirāccīraṃ rucā cāruracūcurat || 2||
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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
Sourceधरे धराधरधरं धाराधरधुरारुधम् । धीरधीरारराधाधिरोधं राधा धुरन्धरम् ॥ ३॥
dhare dharādharadharaṃ dhārādharadhurārudham | dhīradhīrārarādhādhirodhaṃ rādhā dhurandharam || 3||
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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
Sourceएकाक्षरम् निनुन्नानेनोननं नूनं नानूनोन्नानननोऽनुनीः । नानेनानां निनुन्नेनं नानौन्नानाननो ननु ॥ ४॥
ekākṣaram ninunnānenonanaṃ nūnaṃ nānūnonnānanano'nunīḥ | nānenānāṃ ninunnenaṃ nānaunnānānano nanu || 4||
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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
Sourceचक्रबन्धः 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||
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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
Sourceसर्पबन्धः 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||
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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
Sourceपद्मबन्धः कलवाक्य सदालोक कलोदार मिलावक । कवलाद्याद्भुतानूक कनूताभीरबालक ॥ ७॥
padmabandhaḥ kalavākya sadāloka kalodāra milāvaka | kavalādyādbhutānūka kanūtābhīrabālaka || 7||
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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
Sourceप्रतिलोम्यानुलोम्यसमम् तायिसारधराधारातिभाषातमदारिहा । हारिदामतया भाति राधाराधरसायिता ॥ ८॥
pratilomyānulomyasamam tāyisāradharādhārātibhāṣātamadārihā | hāridāmatayā bhāti rādhārādharasāyitā || 8||
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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
Sourceगोमूत्रिकाबन्धः सा मल्लरङ्गे रमया फुल्लसारा मुदेर्धिता । श्रमनीरधरा तुष्टा वल्लवीरासदेवता ॥ ९॥
gomūtrikābandhaḥ sā mallaraṅge ramayā phullasārā muderdhitā | śramanīradharā tuṣṭā vallavīrāsadevatā || 9||
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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
Sourceमुरजबन्धः शुभासारससारश्रीः प्रभासान्द्रमसारभा । भारसा महसावित्त तरसा रससारिताम् ॥ १०॥
murajabandhaḥ śubhāsārasasāraśrīḥ prabhāsāndramasārabhā | bhārasā mahasāvitta tarasā rasasāritām || 10||
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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
Sourceसर्वतोभद्रः रासावहा हावसारा सा ललास सलालसा । बलारमा मारलावहासमाददमासहा ॥ ११॥
sarvatobhadraḥ rāsāvahā hāvasārā sā lalāsa salālasā | balāramā māralāvahāsamādadamāsahā || 11||
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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
Sourceबृहत्पद्मबन्धः 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||
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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
Sourceइति श्रीरूपगोस्वामिविरचितस्तवमालायां चित्रकवित्वानि समाप्ता ।
iti śrīrūpagosvāmiviracitastavamālāyāṃ citrakavitvāni samāptā |
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Thus ends the Citra-kavitvāni, the collection of patterned poems, in the Stava-mālā composed by Śrī Rūpa Goswāmī.