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Stava-mālā · Hymn 32

Rāsa-krīḍā

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नमः श्रीरासरसिकाय । शारदशशधरवीक्षणहृष्टः परमविलासालिभिरभिमृष्टः । वल्लवरमणीमण्डलभावः प्रोल्लासककलमुरलीरावः ॥ १॥

namaḥ śrīrāsarasikāya | śāradaśaśadharavīkṣaṇahṛṣṭaḥ paramavilāsālibhirabhimṛṣṭaḥ | vallavaramaṇīmaṇḍalabhāvaḥ prollāsakakalamuralīrāvaḥ || 1||

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Obeisance to the relisher of the rāsa. Delighted at the sight of the autumn moon, touched by companions of supreme play, he becomes the very emotion of the circle of cowherd women, while the sweet sound of his flute awakens their exultation.

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अथ सकलाभिर्मदविकलाभि र्निशि परिभूय स्वजनान् भूयः । अविरुवतीभिर्नवयुवतीभि र्विहितोद्देशः सुन्दरवेशः ॥ २॥

atha sakalābhirmadavikalābhi rniśi paribhūya svajanān bhūyaḥ | aviruvatībhirnavayuvatībhi rvihitoddeśaḥ sundaraveśaḥ || 2||

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Then, in the night, all the newly youthful women—distraught with love and no longer heeding the repeated cries of their families—leave their relatives behind and reach the appointed place where the beautiful one waits.

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मिलितमृगाक्षीवाञ्छितसाक्षी कृतपरिहासः स्फीतविलासः । तदमलवाणीनिशितकृपाणी दलितनिकारः कलितविकारः ॥ ३॥

militamṛgākṣīvāñchitasākṣī kṛtaparihāsaḥ sphītavilāsaḥ | tadamalavāṇīniśitakṛpāṇī dalitanikāraḥ kalitavikāraḥ || 3||

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Witnessing the fulfillment desired by the assembled doe-eyed girls, he jokes and expands his abundant play. Their spotless words become sharp swords that cut down his rebuff, and he assumes a transformed emotion.

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प्रमदोत्तरलितवल्लवनारी मुखचुम्बनपरिरम्भणकारी । उन्नतमनसां सुदृशां मान प्रेक्षणतः कलितान्तर्धानः ॥ ४॥

pramadottaralitavallavanārī mukhacumbanaparirambhaṇakārī | unnatamanasāṃ sudṛśāṃ māna prekṣaṇataḥ kalitāntardhānaḥ || 4||

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He kisses the faces of the joyfully excited cowherd women and embraces them. Then, seeing the proud jealous dignity of the beautiful girls whose minds have risen high, he disappears.

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अनुकृतचरितः पुलिने परित स्तरुषु च पृष्टः क्वापि न दृष्टः । यवतिचमूभिस्त्वरितममूभि र्मुहुरनुगीतः कुतुकपरीतः ॥ ५॥

anukṛtacaritaḥ puline parita staruṣu ca pṛṣṭaḥ kvāpi na dṛṣṭaḥ | yavaticamūbhistvaritamamūbhi rmuhuranugītaḥ kutukaparītaḥ || 5||

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The young women imitate his deeds all around upon the riverbank and question the trees. Though they see him nowhere, they quickly move as a company and repeatedly sing of him, filled with wonder.

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काकिभिराभिः प्रार्थितसङ्गः प्रकटितमूर्तिर्धृतरतिरङ्गः । किमपि निगूढरुषा परिपृष्टः कलितोत्तरविधिरलमुपविष्टः ॥ ६॥

kākibhirābhiḥ prārthitasaṅgaḥ prakaṭitamūrtirdhṛtaratiraṅgaḥ | kimapi nigūḍharuṣā paripṛṣṭaḥ kalitottaravidhiralamupaviṣṭaḥ || 6||

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Begged by these women with plaintive appeals to join them, he reveals his form, bearing the delight of love. They question him with a certain concealed anger; he fashions his reply and sits among them.

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करुणाशीलः खण्डितपीलः स्तवकितलीलः कुवलयनीलः । धृतमृदुहासः प्रेमविलास स्तततनुवासः कल्पितरासः ॥ ७॥

karuṇāśīlaḥ khaṇḍitapīlaḥ stavakitalīlaḥ kuvalayanīlaḥ | dhṛtamṛduhāsaḥ premavilāsa statatanuvāsaḥ kalpitarāsaḥ || 7||

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Compassionate in nature, destroyer of the elephant demon, his pastimes clustered like blossoms, he is dark as a blue lotus. Wearing a gentle smile, he displays loving play and, dwelling amid their extended forms, arranges the rāsa.

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अथ परिकल्पितमण्डलबन्धः कुसुमशरासनविभ्रमकन्दः । युवतीयुगयुगसुभगस्कन्ध न्यस्तलसद्भुजदण्डद्वन्द्वः ॥ ८॥

atha parikalpitamaṇḍalabandhaḥ kusumaśarāsanavibhramakandaḥ | yuvatīyugayugasubhagaskandha nyastalasadbhujadaṇḍadvandvaḥ || 8||

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He then forms the circular dance, the root of all the wonder of Love's flower-bow, placing his two shining arms upon the lovely shoulders of each pair of young women.

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अलिपरिवीते मारुतशीते वरसङ्गीते भुवनातीते । भूषणतारध्वनिपरिसार क्रान्तवनान्ते शशिरुचिकान्ते ॥ ९॥

aliparivīte mārutaśīte varasaṅgīte bhuvanātīte | bhūṣaṇatāradhvaniparisāra krāntavanānte śaśirucikānte || 9||

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Bees encircle them and the wind is cool. Sublime music transcends the worlds, while the clear sounds of ornaments spread across the forest's edge, lovely in the moonlight.

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मध्यगमध्यगमधुपविराजि स्फुटचम्पकततिविभ्रमभाजि । रासे कृतरुचिरन्तस्थायी वेणुमुखाधरपल्लवदायी ॥ १०॥

madhyagamadhyagamadhupavirāji sphuṭacampakatativibhramabhāji | rāse kṛtarucirantasthāyī veṇumukhādharapallavadāyī || 10||

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Shining like a bee at the center of each woman's waist, he takes on the splendor of a clear row of golden campaka flowers. Remaining beautifully within the rāsa, he offers his tender lower lip to the mouth of the flute.

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स्तम्भितराकापतिरविकारान् अपि सुरदारान् मदयन्न् आरात् । कुतुकाकृष्टश्चिरमभिवृष्टः सपदि विलूनैः सुरतरुसूनैः ॥ ११॥

stambhitarākāpatiravikārān api suradārān madayann ārāt | kutukākṛṣṭaściramabhivṛṣṭaḥ sapadi vilūnaiḥ suratarusūnaiḥ || 11||

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He stills the lord of the stars and, from afar, intoxicates even the celestial women who ordinarily remain unchanged. Drawn by wonder, the gods immediately shower him for a long time with freshly plucked flowers from heavenly trees.

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अथ कल्पीकृतरजनिविहारी खस्थसुरासुरविस्मयकारी । निजनिजनिकटस्थितिविज्ञान प्रमुदितरमणीकृतसम्मानः ॥ १२॥

atha kalpīkṛtarajanivihārī khasthasurāsuravismayakārī | nijanijanikaṭasthitivijñāna pramuditaramaṇīkṛtasammānaḥ || 12||

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Then he extends the night to an age as he sports, astonishing the gods and demons who stand in the sky. Each woman knows him to be present at her own side, and delighted, he honors them all.

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निजदृग्भङ्गीक्षुभितकुरङ्गी नयनामण्डलगुरुकुचसङ्गी । केलिविलोलः प्रचलनिचोलः स्वेदजलाङ्कुरचारुकपोलः ॥ १३॥

nijadṛgbhaṅgīkṣubhitakuraṅgī nayanāmaṇḍalagurukucasaṅgī | kelivilolaḥ pracalanicolaḥ svedajalāṅkuracārukapolaḥ || 13||

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The movement of his glance agitates the doe-eyed women; he joins the circles of their eyes and their weighty breasts. Restless in play, his cloth moves and tender drops of perspiration bud upon his charming cheeks.

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कुमुदयुतायां तरणिसुतायां सलिलविनोदप्रवलितमोदः । युवतिनिकायप्रोक्षितकायः शिथिलितमालः पुलककरालः ॥ १४॥

kumudayutāyāṃ taraṇisutāyāṃ salilavinodapravalitamodaḥ | yuvatinikāyaprokṣitakāyaḥ śithilitamālaḥ pulakakarālaḥ || 14||

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In Yamunā, filled with night-blooming lotuses, the son of the sun's daughter takes increasing joy in water sport. The company of young women splashes his body; his garland loosens and his horripilation becomes fierce.

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अथ वनमाली वरविपिनाली कुञ्जनिकेतनवीक्षणशाली । जयति विहारि निशि मणिहारी व्रजतरुणीगणमानसहारी ॥ १५॥

atha vanamālī varavipinālī kuñjaniketanavīkṣaṇaśālī | jayati vihāri niśi maṇihārī vrajataruṇīgaṇamānasahārī || 15||

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Then the forest-garlanded one, amid the excellent woodland, looks toward homes in the groves. Victorious is the night-roaming lover, wearing a jeweled necklace and stealing the minds of Vraja's young women.

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नतजनबन्धो जय रससिन्धो वदनोल्लसितश्रमजलबिन्दो । त्वमखिलदेवावलिकृतसेवा सन्ततिरधमा वयमिह के वा ॥ १६॥

natajanabandho jaya rasasindho vadanollasitaśramajalabindo | tvamakhiladevāvalikṛtasevā santatiradhamā vayamiha ke vā || 16||

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All glory, O friend of those who bow, ocean of rasa, whose face shines with drops of perspiration from exertion! The hosts of all the gods serve you. Who, then, are we—the lowest of people—here before you?

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जय जय कुण्डलयुगरुचिमण्डल वृतगण्डस्थल दमिताखण्डल । धृतगोवर्धन गोकुलवर्धन देहि रतिं मे त्वयि मुरमर्दन ॥ १७॥

jaya jaya kuṇḍalayugarucimaṇḍala vṛtagaṇḍasthala damitākhaṇḍala | dhṛtagovardhana gokulavardhana dehi ratiṃ me tvayi muramardana || 17||

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All glory, all glory to you, whose cheek-planes are encircled by the brilliance of your two earrings, who subdued Indra, who held Govardhana, and who makes Gokula flourish. O crusher of Mura, grant me loving attachment to you.

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इति श्रीरूपगोस्वामिविरचितस्तवमालायां रासक्रीडा समाप्ता ।

iti śrīrūpagosvāmiviracitastavamālāyāṃ rāsakrīḍā samāptā |

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Thus ends the Rāsa-krīḍā in the Stava-mālā composed by Śrī Rūpa Goswāmī.