33.001
Sourceश्रीराधावल्लभाय नमः । श्यामलसौहृदबद्धा कामिततत्पदसङ्गतिरद्धा । धैर्यमसौ स्मरवर्धितराधा प्राप न मन्दिरकर्मणि राधा ॥ १॥
śrīrādhāvallabhāya namaḥ | śyāmalasauhṛdabaddhā kāmitatatpadasaṅgatiraddhā | dhairyamasau smaravardhitarādhā prāpa na mandirakarmaṇi rādhā || 1||
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Obeisance to Śrī Rādhā's beloved. Bound by affection for the dark one and truly desiring the company of his feet, Rādhā—whose love had been increased by Smara—could find no composure in her household work.
33.002
Sourceतं कमलेक्षणमीक्षितुकामा सा च्छलतः सव्यमुज्झितधामा । यामुनरोधसि चारु चरन्ती दूरमविन्दत सुन्दरदन्ती ॥ २॥
taṃ kamalekṣaṇamīkṣitukāmā sā cchalataḥ savyamujjhitadhāmā | yāmunarodhasi cāru carantī dūramavindata sundaradantī || 2||
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Wanting to see that lotus-eyed one, she left her home by a clever pretext and walked gracefully along Yamunā's bank. The beauty whose teeth were lovely soon found him at a distance.
33.003
Source(दोधकम्) प्राप्योदारां परिमलधारां कंसारातेरुदयति वाते । सेयं दत्ता दिशि दिशि यत्ता दृष्टिं कम्रामकिरदनम्रा ॥ ३॥
(dodhakam) prāpyodārāṃ parimaladhārāṃ kaṃsārāterudayati vāte | seyaṃ dattā diśi diśi yattā dṛṣṭiṃ kamrāmakiradanamrā || 3||
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Dodhaka meter. When a generous stream of fragrance from Kaṃsa's enemy arose upon the breeze, that charming girl stood intent, humbly casting her glance in every direction.
33.004
Sourceभृङ्गीवेयं तमपरिमेयं मुग्धा गन्धं हृदि कृतबन्धम् । व्यग्रप्राया पुलकितकाया प्रेमोद्भ्रान्ता द्रुतमभियाता ॥ ४॥
bhṛṅgīveyaṃ tamaparimeyaṃ mugdhā gandhaṃ hṛdi kṛtabandham | vyagraprāyā pulakitakāyā premodbhrāntā drutamabhiyātā || 4||
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Like a female bee, the innocent girl bound the immeasurable one's fragrance within her heart. Nearly frantic, her body thrilled and her love bewildered, she hurried toward him.
33.005
Sourceकृष्णमवेक्ष्य ततः परितुष्टा पुष्पगणाहृतिकैतवजुष्टा । मन्थरपादसरोरुहपाता कुञ्जकुटीरतटीमुपयाता ॥ ५॥
kṛṣṇamavekṣya tataḥ parituṣṭā puṣpagaṇāhṛtikaitavajuṣṭā | mantharapādasaroruhapātā kuñjakuṭīrataṭīmupayātā || 5||
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Then she saw Kṛṣṇa and became fully satisfied. Adopting the pretext of gathering flowers and placing her lotus feet slowly, she reached the edge of the grove cottage.
33.006
Sourceसा पृथुवेपथुदोलितहस्ता प्रेमसमुत्थितभावविहस्ता । फुल्लमहीरुहमण्डलकान्ते तत्र पुरः प्रससार वनान्ते ॥ ६॥
sā pṛthuvepathudolitahastā premasamutthitabhāvavihastā | phullamahīruhamaṇḍalakānte tatra puraḥ prasasāra vanānte || 6||
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Her hands swayed with great trembling and she was overwhelmed by the emotions arising from love. There at the lovely circle of flowering trees, she moved forward into the forest's depth.
33.007
Source(दोधकमेव) माधवस्तां तदालोकयन् राधिकां वल्लवीवर्गतः सद्गुणेनाधिकाम् । केयमुद्बाधते मद्वनं रागत स्तूर्णामित्युल्लपन् फुल्लधीरागतः ॥ ७॥
(dodhakameva) mādhavastāṃ tadālokayan rādhikāṃ vallavīvargataḥ sadguṇenādhikām | keyamudbādhate madvanaṃ rāgata stūrṇāmityullapan phulladhīrāgataḥ || 7||
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Again in Dodhaka meter. Mādhava then beheld Rādhikā, who surpasses the whole company of cowherd women in virtue. His intelligence blooming with joy, he approached while calling, ‘Who is this who passionately trespasses in my forest and causes disturbance?’
33.008
Sourceभालविद्योतितस्फीतगोरोचनं पार्श्वतः प्रेक्ष्य तं विभ्रमल्लोचनम् । सा पटेनावृता कैतवाद् भामिनी वक्रितभ्रूरभूद् दूरभूगामिनी ॥ ८॥
bhālavidyotitasphītagorocanaṃ pārśvataḥ prekṣya taṃ vibhramallocanam | sā paṭenāvṛtā kaitavād bhāminī vakritabhrūrabhūd dūrabhūgāminī || 8||
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Seeing him at her side, his restless eyes and his forehead bright with a broad mark of yellow pigment, the radiant girl covered herself with her cloth as a pretense. Her brow curved and she began to move farther away.
33.009
Source(स्रग्विणी) लीलोद्भ्रान्तं मुहुरथ नुदती नेत्रद्वन्द्वं दिशि दिशि सुदती । वीक्षाञ्चक्रे दलभरावकटां मल्लीवल्लीं तटभुवि निकटाम् ॥ ९॥
(sragviṇī) līlodbhrāntaṃ muhuratha nudatī netradvandvaṃ diśi diśi sudatī | vīkṣāñcakre dalabharāvakaṭāṃ mallīvallīṃ taṭabhuvi nikaṭām || 9||
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Sragviṇī meter. The lovely-toothed girl repeatedly sent her playfully bewildered pair of eyes in every direction. Nearby upon the bank she noticed a jasmine vine heavy with leaves.
33.010
Sourceतामुन्मीलद्भ्रमरविलसितां लब्धा पुष्पैरुपरि किल सिताम् । लीनेवाभूद् विकसितमदना तस्याः प्रान्ते सरसिजवदना ॥ १०॥
tāmunmīladbhramaravilasitāṃ labdhā puṣpairupari kila sitām | līnevābhūd vikasitamadanā tasyāḥ prānte sarasijavadanā || 10||
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She reached the vine, bright above with flowers and opening with the play of bees. The lotus-faced girl, her desire blossoming, seemed to hide herself at its edge.
33.011
Source(भ्रमरविलसिता) अञ्जसा व्याहरत् कञ्जसारेक्षण स्तामसौ स्रग्विणीं दामसौरभ्यभाक् । माधुरीमुद्ग्रिअन् साधुरीत्युज्ज्वलां नूतनानन्ददां पूतनामर्दनः ॥ ११॥
(bhramaravilasitā) añjasā vyāharat kañjasārekṣaṇa stāmasau sragviṇīṃ dāmasaurabhyabhāk | mādhurīmudgrian sādhurītyujjvalāṃ nūtanānandadāṃ pūtanāmardanaḥ || 11||
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Bhramara-vilasita meter. The destroyer of Pūtanā, whose lotus-core eyes bear brilliant sweetness and who possesses the fragrance of garlands, straightforwardly addressed that garlanded girl with graceful words that bestowed fresh delight.
33.012
Sourceभङ्गुरान् अङ्कुरान्निर्दयं छिन्दती वीरुधः कोमओल्द्भेदिनीभिर्भिन्दती । आः कथं लुण्ठसि त्वं मृगाङ्कानने पुष्पराजीमसौ हन्त मत्कानने ॥ १२॥
bhaṅgurān aṅkurānnirdayaṃ chindatī vīrudhaḥ komaoldbhedinībhirbhindatī | āḥ kathaṃ luṇṭhasi tvaṃ mṛgāṅkānane puṣparājīmasau hanta matkānane || 12||
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‘Ah! Mercilessly you cut the fragile sprouts and split the creepers with your tender-breaking hands. How can you plunder this row of flowers in the moonlit forest—alas, in my own forest?’
33.013
Sourceसदात्र चिनुमः प्रसूनमजने वयं हि निरताः सुराभिभजने । न कोऽपि कुरुते निषेधरचनं किमद्य तनुषे प्रगल्भवचनम् ॥ १३॥
sadātra cinumaḥ prasūnamajane vayaṃ hi niratāḥ surābhibhajane | na ko'pi kurute niṣedharacanaṃ kimadya tanuṣe pragalbhavacanam || 13||
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‘We always gather flowers here in this lonely place, for we are devoted to worshiping the gods. No one ever creates a prohibition. Why do you speak so boldly today?’
33.014
Sourceप्रसीद कुसुमं विचित्र्य सरसा प्रयामि सरसीरुहाक्ष तरसा । क्रियाद्य महती ममास्ति भवने विलम्बमधिकं तनुष्व न वने ॥ १४॥
prasīda kusumaṃ vicitrya sarasā prayāmi sarasīruhākṣa tarasā | kriyādya mahatī mamāsti bhavane vilambamadhikaṃ tanuṣva na vane || 14||
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‘Be gracious, lotus-eyed one. Let me quickly select the fresh flowers and depart. A great duty awaits me at home today; do not cause a longer delay here in the forest.’
33.015
Source(जलोद्धतगतिः) नियुक्तः क्षितीन्द्रेण तेनास्मि कामं वनं पालयामि क्रमेणाभिरामम् । जनः शीर्णमप्युद्धरेद् यो दलार्धं हराम्यम्बरं तस्य वित्तेन सार्धम् ॥ १५॥
(jaloddhatagatiḥ) niyuktaḥ kṣitīndreṇa tenāsmi kāmaṃ vanaṃ pālayāmi krameṇābhirāmam | janaḥ śīrṇamapyuddhared yo dalārdhaṃ harāmyambaraṃ tasya vittena sārdham || 15||
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Jaloddhata-gati meter. ‘The king has appointed me, as he desires, and I guard this beautiful forest in proper order. Whoever picks even half of a fallen leaf—I seize that person's garment together with the fine.’
33.016
Sourceपरिज्ञातमद्य प्रसूनालिमेतां लुनीषे त्वमेवं प्रवालैः समेताम् । धृतासौ मया काञ्चनश्रेणिगौरि प्रविष्टासि गेहं कथं पुष्पचौरि ॥ १६॥
parijñātamadya prasūnālimetāṃ lunīṣe tvamevaṃ pravālaiḥ sametām | dhṛtāsau mayā kāñcanaśreṇigauri praviṣṭāsi gehaṃ kathaṃ puṣpacauri || 16||
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‘Today it has become known that you yourself pluck this row of flowers together with their fresh shoots. I have caught you, O golden-complexioned girl. O flower thief, how will you enter your home?’
33.017
Source(भुजङ्गप्रयातम्) स पतिः पिशुनः कुपितोऽपिशुनः सदने मुखरा जरती मुखरा । चतुरा गुरवो भविता कुरवो व्यसनं पुरुषेश्वर किं कुरुषे ॥ १७॥
(bhujaṅgaprayātam) sa patiḥ piśunaḥ kupito'piśunaḥ sadane mukharā jaratī mukharā | caturā guravo bhavitā kuravo vyasanaṃ puruṣeśvara kiṃ kuruṣe || 17||
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Bhujaṅga-prayāta meter. ‘My husband is spiteful and easily angered; the old woman Mukharā is outspoken at home; my elders are clever and will become cruel. O lord among men, why are you creating this calamity?’
33.018
Sourceजलजेक्षण हे कुलजामबलां न हि दुर्यशसा रचयाधवलाम् । तरसा विरमत्किरणं तरणिं दिवि पश्य ततस्त्यज मे सरणिम् ॥ १८॥
jalajekṣaṇa he kulajāmabalāṃ na hi duryaśasā racayādhavalām | tarasā viramatkiraṇaṃ taraṇiṃ divi paśya tatastyaja me saraṇim || 18||
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‘O lotus-eyed one, do not stain with infamy a helpless girl of good family. Look at the sun in the sky swiftly withdrawing its rays, and then leave my path.’
33.019
Source(तोटकम्) जाने तव कचपक्षं सम्भृतवरमल्लिकालक्षम् । उरसि च कञ्चुकराजं ध्रुवमर्बुधमाधवीभाजम् ॥ १९॥
(toṭakam) jāne tava kacapakṣaṃ sambhṛtavaramallikālakṣam | urasi ca kañcukarājaṃ dhruvamarbudhamādhavībhājam || 19||
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Toṭaka meter. ‘I know that the side of your hair is filled with a multitude of excellent jasmine blossoms, and surely the royal bodice upon your breast holds a hundred million mādhavī flowers.’
33.020
Sourceएहि तव क्षणमात्रं विचारयामि क्रमाद् गात्रम् । तत्त्वे किल निर्णीते प्रयाहि भवनं तडितपीते ॥ २०॥
ehi tava kṣaṇamātraṃ vicārayāmi kramād gātram | tattve kila nirṇīte prayāhi bhavanaṃ taḍitapīte || 20||
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‘Come here for just a moment so I may inspect your limbs in due order. Once the truth is determined, you may go home, O girl in lightning-yellow cloth.’
33.021
Source(आर्या) न मुषा माधव रचय विवादं विदधे तव मुहुरहमभिवादम् । गोकुलवसतौ स्वरमिव मूर्तं न किमु भवन्तं जाने धूर्तम् ॥ २१॥
(āryā) na muṣā mādhava racaya vivādaṃ vidadhe tava muhurahamabhivādam | gokulavasatau svaramiva mūrtaṃ na kimu bhavantaṃ jāne dhūrtam || 21||
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Āryā meter. ‘Mādhava, do not falsely create this dispute. Again and again I bow to you. Do I not know you—the very embodiment of a loud rumor throughout Gokula—as a rogue?’
33.022
Sourceवेत्ति न गोपी वृन्दारामं वृन्दावनमपि भुवि कः कामम् । अहमिह तदिदं कितव रसालं कथमवचेष्ये न कुसुमजालम् ॥ २२॥
vetti na gopī vṛndārāmaṃ vṛndāvanamapi bhuvi kaḥ kāmam | ahamiha tadidaṃ kitava rasālaṃ kathamavaceṣye na kusumajālam || 22||
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‘What cowherd girl does not know Vṛndā's pleasure garden, and who on earth does not know Vṛndāvana well? O cheater, how could I fail to gather this net of flowers from the mango tree here?’
33.023
Source(पज्झटिका) नेदमत्र कलसस्तनि शंस क्रोधनो नृपतिरेष नृशंसः । तेन हन्त विदिते वनभङ्गे यौवतं पतति भीतितरङ्गे ॥ २३॥
(pajjhaṭikā) nedamatra kalasastani śaṃsa krodhano nṛpatireṣa nṛśaṃsaḥ | tena hanta vidite vanabhaṅge yauvataṃ patati bhītitaraṅge || 23||
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Pajjhaṭikā meter. ‘Do not say that here, O pitcher-breasted girl. This king is angry and cruel. Alas, when he learns that the forest has been damaged, waves of fear will fall upon the young women.’
33.024
Sourceतन्वि गेहगमनव्यवसायं चेत् करोषि शृणु रम्यमुपायम् । अत्र मत्तबहुषट्पदवीरे लीलया प्रविश कुञ्जकुटीरे ॥ २४॥
tanvi gehagamanavyavasāyaṃ cet karoṣi śṛṇu ramyamupāyam | atra mattabahuṣaṭpadavīre līlayā praviśa kuñjakuṭīre || 24||
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‘O slender one, if you are resolved to go home, hear a lovely solution: playfully enter the grove cottage here, heroic with hosts of intoxicated bees.’
33.025
Source(स्वागता) गोकुले कुलवधूभिरर्चिता शीलचन्दनरसेन चर्चिता । राधाहमधिकारितामतः किं करोषि मय्धूर्त कामतः ॥ २५॥
(svāgatā) gokule kulavadhūbhirarcitā śīlacandanarasena carcitā | rādhāhamadhikāritāmataḥ kiṃ karoṣi maydhūrta kāmataḥ || 25||
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Svāgatā meter. ‘I am Rādhā, worshiped by the married women of Gokula and anointed with the sandal paste of good character. I possess authority here; O rogue, what do you think you are doing with me according to your desire?’
33.026
Sourceनाक्षिणी क्षिप कुरङ्गि सर्वतः साक्षिणी भव सखीभिरन्विता । माधवः किल दुनोति मामसौ साधवः शृणुत भोः शिखिस्त्रियः ॥ २६॥
nākṣiṇī kṣipa kuraṅgi sarvataḥ sākṣiṇī bhava sakhībhiranvitā | mādhavaḥ kila dunoti māmasau sādhavaḥ śṛṇuta bhoḥ śikhistriyaḥ || 26||
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‘O doe-eyed girl, do not cast your eyes everywhere. Stand as a witness together with your friends: this Mādhava torments me! O virtuous peahens, listen!’
33.027
Source(रथोद्धता) भ्रूलेखां किमरालां त्वं निर्मासि करालां किं वा पश्यसि वामं संरम्भादभिरामम् । दिष्ट्या काननलोला हेलोत्फुल्लकपोला वृत्ता त्वं हरिहस्ते त्रातान्यो भुवि कस्ते ॥ २७॥
(rathoddhatā) bhrūlekhāṃ kimarālāṃ tvaṃ nirmāsi karālāṃ kiṃ vā paśyasi vāmaṃ saṃrambhādabhirāmam | diṣṭyā kānanalolā helotphullakapolā vṛttā tvaṃ harihaste trātānyo bhuvi kaste || 27||
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Rathoddhatā meter. ‘Why do you make the line of your brow crooked and fearsome? Why look away in lovely indignation? By good fortune, O forest-roaming girl with cheeks blossoming in playful disdain, you have fallen into Hari's hands. Who else on earth can save you?’
33.028
Sourceआरुह्य द्रुमवाटीं मुञ्चेमां परिपाटीं गेहान्तस्तव सर्वं जाने भामिनि गर्वम् । नेदिष्ठः किल भूपः सोऽयं भैरवरूप स्तस्याग्रे चल वामे चोलीमर्पय वामे ॥ २८॥
āruhya drumavāṭīṃ muñcemāṃ paripāṭīṃ gehāntastava sarvaṃ jāne bhāmini garvam | nediṣṭhaḥ kila bhūpaḥ so'yaṃ bhairavarūpa stasyāgre cala vāme colīmarpaya vāme || 28||
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‘Climb into this garden of trees and abandon that procession toward home. O radiant girl, I know all the pride you keep within your house. This fearsome king is surely very near; come before him, contrary girl, and place your bodice in his left hand.’
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Source(लोला) इति वचनकदम्बैस्तत्र नर्मावलम्बैः स्कलदमलदुकूलां प्रोल्लसद्बाहुमूलाम् । अविशदपदबद्धं गद्गदोद्गारनद्धं किमपि किमपि जल्पं कल्प्यन्तीमनल्पम् ॥ २९॥
(lolā) iti vacanakadambaistatra narmāvalambaiḥ skaladamaladukūlāṃ prollasadbāhumūlām | aviśadapadabaddhaṃ gadgadodgāranaddhaṃ kimapi kimapi jalpaṃ kalpyantīmanalpam || 29||
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Lolā meter. Supported there by clusters of such joking words, her spotless fine cloth slipped and the roots of her raised arms shone. Unable to move a step, her voice choked, she fashioned one abundant, indistinct utterance after another.
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Sourceस्मितमुदितकपोलां निर्मितापाङ्गदोलां वरयुवतिषु राधां प्रेमपूरादगाधाम् । सदनितलतिकान्तर्यो निनायातिकान्तः स हरिरलमभीष्टप्रापणं मे कृषीष्ट ॥ ३०॥
smitamuditakapolāṃ nirmitāpāṅgadolāṃ varayuvatiṣu rādhāṃ premapūrādagādhām | sadanitalatikāntaryo nināyātikāntaḥ sa hariralamabhīṣṭaprāpaṇaṃ me kṛṣīṣṭa || 30||
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Hari, exceedingly beautiful, led Rādhā—the finest of young women, her cheeks uplifted by a smile, her sidelong glance swinging, and her depths filled with a flood of love—inside the charming vine-bower upon the bank. May he fully grant me my cherished attainment.
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Source(मालिनी) इति श्रीरूपगोस्वामिविरचितस्तवमालायां स्वयमुत्प्रेक्षितलीला समाप्ता ।
(mālinī) iti śrīrūpagosvāmiviracitastavamālāyāṃ svayamutprekṣitalīlā samāptā |
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Mālinī meter. Thus ends the Svayam-utprekṣita-līlā in the Stava-mālā composed by Śrī Rūpa Goswāmī.