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Stava-mālā · Hymn 28

Govinda-birudāvalī

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श्रीश्रीराधाकृष्णयोः कुञ्जाद् वेश्मागमनं स्रस्तं स्रस्तमुदञ्चयन्त्यधिशिरः श्यामं निचोलाञ्चलं हस्तेन श्लथदुर्बलेन लुलिताकल्प्यं वहन्ती तनुम् । मुक्तार्धामवरुध्य वेणिमलसस्पन्दे क्षिपन्ती दृशौ कुञ्जात् पश्य गृहं प्रविश्य निभृतं शेते सखी राधिका ॥ १॥

śrīśrīrādhākṛṣṇayoḥ kuñjād veśmāgamanaṃ srastaṃ srastamudañcayantyadhiśiraḥ śyāmaṃ nicolāñcalaṃ hastena ślathadurbalena lulitākalpyaṃ vahantī tanum | muktārdhāmavarudhya veṇimalasaspande kṣipantī dṛśau kuñjāt paśya gṛhaṃ praviśya nibhṛtaṃ śete sakhī rādhikā || 1||

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Śrī Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa's return home from the grove. Look, friend: Rādhikā enters the house from the grove and lies down in seclusion. Again and again she raises the slipping edge of her dark veil over her head; with a loose and weakened hand she supports her body, its adornments disordered; she restrains her half-undone braid and casts her eyes toward the slightest sound.

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म्लानामुत्क्षिप्य मालां त्रुटितमणिसरः कज्जलं विभ्रदोष्ठे सङ्कीर्णाङ्गो नखाङ्कैर्दिशि दिशि विकिरन् घूर्णिते नेत्रपद्मे । पश्य म्लानाङ्गयष्टिः स्फुटमपरिचितो गोपगोष्ठीभिरग्रे गोष्ठं गोष्ठेन्द्रसूनुः प्रविशति रजनौ ध्वंअसमासादयन्त्याम् ॥ २॥

mlānāmutkṣipya mālāṃ truṭitamaṇisaraḥ kajjalaṃ vibhradoṣṭhe saṅkīrṇāṅgo nakhāṅkairdiśi diśi vikiran ghūrṇite netrapadme | paśya mlānāṅgayaṣṭiḥ sphuṭamaparicito gopagoṣṭhībhiragre goṣṭhaṃ goṣṭhendrasūnuḥ praviśati rajanau dhvaṃasamāsādayantyām || 2||

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Look: as night approaches its end, the son of the cowherd king enters the cowherd settlement before the groups of cowherds, his withered body plainly unfamiliar to them. He lifts his faded garland; its jeweled strand is broken; black collyrium marks his lip; his limbs are covered everywhere with nail marks; and his lotus eyes roll in every direction.

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इति श्रीश्रीराधाकृष्णयोः कुञ्जाद्वेश्मागमनं समाप्तम् । इति श्रीरूपगोस्वामिविरचितस्तवमालायां गोविन्दबिरुदावलिः समाप्ता ।

iti śrīśrīrādhākṛṣṇayoḥ kuñjādveśmāgamanaṃ samāptam | iti śrīrūpagosvāmiviracitastavamālāyāṃ govindabirudāvaliḥ samāptā |

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

Thus ends Śrī Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa's Return Home from the Grove. Thus ends the Govinda-birudāvalī in the Stava-mālā composed by Śrī Rūpa Goswāmī.