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Stava-mālā · Hymn 40

Mathurā-stava

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मुक्तेर्गोविन्दभक्तेर्वितरणचतुरं सच्चिदानन्दरूपं यस्यां विद्योति विद्यायुगलमुदयते तारकं पारकं च । कृष्णस्योत्पत्तिलीलाखनिरखिलजगन्मौलिरत्नस्य सा ते वैकुण्ठाद् या प्रतिष्ठा प्रथयतु मथुरा मङ्गलानां कलापम् ॥ १॥

muktergovindabhaktervitaraṇacaturaṃ saccidānandarūpaṃ yasyāṃ vidyoti vidyāyugalamudayate tārakaṃ pārakaṃ ca | kṛṣṇasyotpattilīlākhanirakhilajaganmauliratnasya sā te vaikuṇṭhād yā pratiṣṭhā prathayatu mathurā maṅgalānāṃ kalāpam || 1||

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May Mathurā spread for you a multitude of blessings. She is expert at granting liberation and devotion to Govinda, and her form is being, consciousness, and joy. Within her arise and shine the twin divine powers called Tāraka, which carries across, and Pāraka, which brings fulfillment. She is the mine of Kṛṣṇa's birth-pastime, Kṛṣṇa being the crest jewel of the whole universe, and her eminence surpasses even Vaikuṇṭha.

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कोटीन्दुस्पष्टकान्ती रभसयुतभवक्लेशयौधेरयोध्या मायावित्रासिवासा मुनिहृदयमुषो दिव्यलीला स्रवन्ती । साशीः काशीशमुख्यामरपतिभिरलं प्रार्थितद्वारकार्या वैकुण्ठोद्गीतकीर्तिर्दिशतु मधुपुरी प्रेमभक्तिश्रियं वः ॥ २॥

koṭīnduspaṣṭakāntī rabhasayutabhavakleśayaudherayodhyā māyāvitrāsivāsā munihṛdayamuṣo divyalīlā sravantī | sāśīḥ kāśīśamukhyāmarapatibhiralaṃ prārthitadvārakāryā vaikuṇṭhodgītakīrtirdiśatu madhupurī premabhaktiśriyaṃ vaḥ || 2||

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May Madhupurī grant you the fortune of loving devotion. Her brilliant radiance is clear as ten million moons; she is unconquered by the warriors of worldly misery; her dwelling terrifies illusion; and a river of divine pastimes steals the sages' hearts. The gods headed by the lord of Kāśī fully pray at her gate for blessings, while Vaikuṇṭha sings her fame.

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बीजं मुक्तितरोरनर्थपटलीनिस्तारकं तारकं धाम प्रेमरसस्य वाञ्छितधुरासम्पारकं पारकम् । एतद् यत्र निवासिनामुदयते चिच्छक्तिवृत्तिद्वयं मथ्नातु व्यसनानि माथुरपुरी सा वः श्रियं च क्रियात् ॥ ३॥

bījaṃ muktitaroranarthapaṭalīnistārakaṃ tārakaṃ dhāma premarasasya vāñchitadhurāsampārakaṃ pārakam | etad yatra nivāsināmudayate cicchaktivṛttidvayaṃ mathnātu vyasanāni māthurapurī sā vaḥ śriyaṃ ca kriyāt || 3||

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She is the seed of liberation's tree, the deliverer from the covering of misfortune, the Tāraka that carries across. She is the abode of loving rasa and the Pāraka that fulfills the burden of desire. Within her residents arise these two functions of the power of consciousness. May that city of Mathurā churn away your calamities and create prosperity for you.

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अद्यावन्ति पतद्ग्रहं कुरु माये शनैर्वीजय च्छत्रं काञ्चि गृहाण काशि पुरतः पादूयुगं धारय । नायोध्ये भज सम्भ्रमं स्तुतिकथां नोद्गारय द्वारके देवीयं भवतीषु हन्त मथुरा दृष्टिप्रसादं दधे ॥ ४॥

adyāvanti patadgrahaṃ kuru māye śanairvījaya cchatraṃ kāñci gṛhāṇa kāśi purataḥ pādūyugaṃ dhāraya | nāyodhye bhaja sambhramaṃ stutikathāṃ nodgāraya dvārake devīyaṃ bhavatīṣu hanta mathurā dṛṣṭiprasādaṃ dadhe || 4||

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‘Avanti, take up the fallen vessel today. Māyā, fan gently. Kāñcī, hold the parasol. Kāśī, carry the pair of sandals before her. Ayodhyā, do not become agitated; Dvārakā, do not pour forth a speech of praise. Alas, this Goddess Mathurā has bestowed the grace of her glance upon you all.’

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इति श्रीरूपगोस्वामिविरचितस्तवमालायां मथुरास्तवः समाप्तः ।

iti śrīrūpagosvāmiviracitastavamālāyāṃ mathurāstavaḥ samāptaḥ |

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Thus ends the Mathurā-stava in the Stava-mālā composed by Śrī Rūpa Goswāmī.