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Sourceश्रीकृष्णाय नमः । कन्दर्पकोटिरम्याय स्फुरदिन्दीवरत्विषे । जगन्मोहनलीलाय नमो गोपेन्द्रसूनवे ॥ १॥
śrīkṛṣṇāya namaḥ | kandarpakoṭiramyāya sphuradindīvaratviṣe | jaganmohanalīlāya namo gopendrasūnave || 1||
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Obeisance to Śrī Kṛṣṇa—to him more beautiful than millions of Love-gods, whose luster shines like a blue lotus, whose play enchants the universe, the son of the cowherd king.
13.002
Sourceकृष्णलाकृतहाराय कृष्णलावण्यशालिने । कृष्णाकूलकरीन्द्राय कृष्णाय करवै नमः ॥ २॥
kṛṣṇalākṛtahārāya kṛṣṇalāvaṇyaśāline | kṛṣṇākūlakarīndrāya kṛṣṇāya karavai namaḥ || 2||
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I offer obeisance to Kṛṣṇa: wearing a necklace of dark water-lilies, endowed with dark beauty, a lordly elephant who agitates the dark-eyed girls.
13.003
Sourceसर्वानन्दकदम्बाय कन्दम्बकुसुमस्रजे । नमः प्रेमावलम्बाय प्रलम्बारिकनीयसे ॥ ३॥
sarvānandakadambāya kandambakusumasraje | namaḥ premāvalambāya pralambārikanīyase || 3||
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Obeisance to him who is a mass of every joy, who wears a garland of kadamba blossoms, who is the support of love and the youthful brother of Pralamba's enemy.
13.004
Sourceकुण्डलस्फुरदंसाय वंशायत्तमुखश्रिये । राधामानसहंसाय व्रजोत्तंसाय ते नमः ॥ ४॥
kuṇḍalasphuradaṃsāya vaṃśāyattamukhaśriye | rādhāmānasahaṃsāya vrajottaṃsāya te namaḥ || 4||
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Obeisance to you whose earrings flash upon your shoulders, whose facial beauty depends upon the flute, the swan upon Rādhā's mind-lake, the crest-jewel of Vraja.
13.005
Sourceनमः शिखण्डचूडाय दण्डमण्डितपाणये । कुण्डलीकृतपुष्पाय पुण्डरीकेक्षणाय ते ॥ ५॥
namaḥ śikhaṇḍacūḍāya daṇḍamaṇḍitapāṇaye | kuṇḍalīkṛtapuṣpāya puṇḍarīkekṣaṇāya te || 5||
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Obeisance to you whose crown bears a peacock feather, whose hand is ornamented by a staff, whose flowers curl into graceful ornaments, whose eyes are lotuses.
13.006
Sourceराधिकाप्रेममाध्वीकमाधुरीमुदितान्तरम् । कन्दर्पवृन्दसौन्दर्यं गोविन्दमभिवादये ॥ ६॥
rādhikāpremamādhvīkamādhurīmuditāntaram | kandarpavṛndasaundaryaṃ govindamabhivādaye || 6||
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I bow to Govinda, whose heart rejoices in the sweetness of the honey-wine of Rādhikā's love and whose beauty equals a multitude of Love-gods.
13.007
Sourceशृङ्गाररसशृङ्गारं कर्णिकारात्तकर्णिकम् । वन्दे श्रिया नवाभ्राणां बिभ्राणं विभ्रमं हरिम् ॥ ७॥
śṛṅgārarasaśṛṅgāraṃ karṇikārāttakarṇikam | vande śriyā navābhrāṇāṃ bibhrāṇaṃ vibhramaṃ harim || 7||
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I bow to Hari, the very ornament of amorous rasa. A karṇikāra flower adorns his ear, and he bears the enchanting splendor of fresh rainclouds.
13.008
Sourceसाध्वीमणिव्रातपश्यतोहरवेणवे । कह्लारकृतचूडाय शङ्खचूडभिदे नमः ॥ ८॥
sādhvīmaṇivrātapaśyatoharaveṇave | kahlārakṛtacūḍāya śaṅkhacūḍabhide namaḥ || 8||
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Obeisance to the flute that steals the sight of hosts of jewel-like faithful women; obeisance to him whose crown is fashioned from a white water-lily, who split the demon Śaṅkhacūḍa.
13.009
Sourceराधिकाधरबन्धूकमकरन्दमधुव्रतम् । दैत्यसिन्धुरपारीन्द्रं वन्दे गोपेन्द्रनन्दनम् ॥ ९॥
rādhikādharabandhūkamakarandamadhuvratam | daityasindhurapārīndraṃ vande gopendranandanam || 9||
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I bow to the cowherd king's delight, the honeybee drinking nectar from the bandhūka flower of Rādhikā's lower lip, the lion who conquers the elephant-host of demons.
13.010
Sourceबर्हेन्द्रायुधरम्याय जगज्जीवनदायिने । राधाविद्युद्वृताङ्गाय कृष्णाम्भोदाय ते नमः ॥ १०॥
barhendrāyudharamyāya jagajjīvanadāyine | rādhāvidyudvṛtāṅgāya kṛṣṇāmbhodāya te namaḥ || 10||
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Obeisance to you, dark Kṛṣṇa-cloud, beautiful with the rainbow of a peacock feather, giver of life to the world, your body encircled by the lightning of Rādhā.
13.011
Sourceप्रेमान्धवल्लवीवृन्दलोचनेन्द्रीवरेन्दवे । काश्मीरतिलकाढ्याय नमः पीताम्बराय ते ॥ ११॥
premāndhavallavīvṛndalocanendrīvarendave | kāśmīratilakāḍhyāya namaḥ pītāmbarāya te || 11||
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Obeisance to you, the moon for the blue-lotus eyes of the cowherd women blinded by love, enriched with a saffron tilaka and dressed in yellow cloth.
13.012
Sourceगीर्वाणेशमदोद्दाम दावनिर्वाणनीरदम् । कन्दूकीकृतशैलेन्द्रं वन्दे गोकुलबान्धवम् ॥ १२॥
gīrvāṇeśamadoddāma dāvanirvāṇanīradam | kandūkīkṛtaśailendraṃ vande gokulabāndhavam || 12||
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I bow to the friend of Gokula: the cloud that extinguished the rampant forest fire of the lord of the gods' pride, who made the king of mountains into a ball.
13.013
Sourceदैन्यार्णवे निमग्नोऽस्मि मन्तुग्रावभरार्दितः । दुष्टे कारुण्यपारीण मयि कृष्ण कृपां कुरु ॥ १३॥
dainyārṇave nimagno'smi mantugrāvabharārditaḥ | duṣṭe kāruṇyapārīṇa mayi kṛṣṇa kṛpāṃ kuru || 13||
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I am submerged in the ocean of wretchedness and crushed by the weight of stony offenses. O Kṛṣṇa, perfect in compassion for the corrupt, show mercy to me.
13.014
Sourceआधारोऽप्यपराधानामविवेकहतोऽप्यहम् । त्वत्कारुण्यप्रतीक्षोऽस्मि प्रसीद मयि माधव ॥ १४॥
ādhāro'pyaparādhānāmavivekahato'pyaham | tvatkāruṇyapratīkṣo'smi prasīda mayi mādhava || 14||
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Though I am a repository of offenses and have been ruined by lack of discernment, I wait for your compassion. O Mādhava, be gracious to me.
13.015
Sourceइति श्रीरूपगोस्वामिविरचितस्तवमालायां प्रणामप्रणयाख्यः स्तवः सम्पूर्णः ।
iti śrīrūpagosvāmiviracitastavamālāyāṃ praṇāmapraṇayākhyaḥ stavaḥ sampūrṇaḥ |
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Thus ends the hymn called Praṇāma-praṇaya in the Stava-mālā composed by Śrī Rūpa Goswāmī.