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Stava-mālā · Hymn 27

Utkalikā-vallarī

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श्रीवृन्दारण्यविहारिणे नमः । प्रपद्य वृन्दावनमध्यमेकः क्रोशन्नसावुत्कलिकाकुलात्मा । उद्घाटयामि ज्वलतः कठोरां बाष्पस्य मुद्रां हृदि मुद्रितस्य ॥ १॥

śrīvṛndāraṇyavihāriṇe namaḥ | prapadya vṛndāvanamadhyamekaḥ krośannasāvutkalikākulātmā | udghāṭayāmi jvalataḥ kaṭhorāṃ bāṣpasya mudrāṃ hṛdi mudritasya || 1||

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Obeisance to the one who sports in Śrī Vṛndāvana forest. Having entered the heart of Vṛndāvana alone, this person cries out, his soul overwhelmed by intense longing. I now break open the hard, burning seal upon the tears long locked within my heart.

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अये वृन्दारण्य त्वरितमिह ते सेवनपराः परामापुः के वा न किल परमानन्दपदवीम् । अतो नीचैर्याचे स्वयमधिपयोरीक्षणविधे र्वरेण्यां मे चेतस्युपदिश दिशं हा कुरु कृपाम् ॥ २॥

aye vṛndāraṇya tvaritamiha te sevanaparāḥ parāmāpuḥ ke vā na kila paramānandapadavīm | ato nīcairyāce svayamadhipayorīkṣaṇavidhe rvareṇyāṃ me cetasyupadiśa diśaṃ hā kuru kṛpām || 2||

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O Vṛndāvana forest, who among those wholly devoted to serving you here has not swiftly attained the supreme realm of perfect joy? Therefore I humbly beg: instruct my heart in the excellent path to a vision of your two sovereigns. Ah, show me mercy.

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तवारण्ये देवि ध्रुवमिह मुरारिपोर्विहरते सदा प्रेयस्येति श्रुतिरपि विरौति स्मृतिरपि । इति ज्ञात्वा वृन्दे चरणमभिवन्दे तव कृपां कुरुष्व क्षिप्रं मे फलतु नितरां तर्षविटपी ॥ ३॥

tavāraṇye devi dhruvamiha murāriporviharate sadā preyasyeti śrutirapi virauti smṛtirapi | iti jñātvā vṛnde caraṇamabhivande tava kṛpāṃ kuruṣva kṣipraṃ me phalatu nitarāṃ tarṣaviṭapī || 3||

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O Goddess Vṛndā, revelation and sacred tradition alike proclaim that Murāri's beloved surely sports forever here within your forest. Knowing this, I bow at your feet. Quickly show me grace, so that the tree of my thirst may bear abundant fruit.

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हृदि चिरवसदाशामण्डलालम्बपादौ गुणवति तव नाथौ नाथितुं जन्तुरेषः । सपदि भवदनुज्ञां याचते देवि वृन्दे मयि किर करुणार्द्रां दृष्टिमत्र प्रसीद ॥ ४॥

hṛdi ciravasadāśāmaṇḍalālambapādau guṇavati tava nāthau nāthituṃ jantureṣaḥ | sapadi bhavadanujñāṃ yācate devi vṛnde mayi kira karuṇārdrāṃ dṛṣṭimatra prasīda || 4||

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O virtuous Goddess Vṛndā, this creature desires to petition your two masters, whose feet have long supported the whole circle of hope dwelling in his heart. He now begs your permission. Cast a compassion-softened glance upon me and be gracious here.

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दधतं वपुरंशुकन्दलीं दलदिन्दीवरवृन्दबन्धुराम् । कृतकाञ्चनकान्तिवञ्चनैः स्फुरितां चारुमरीचिसञ्चयैः ॥ ५॥

dadhataṃ vapuraṃśukandalīṃ daladindīvaravṛndabandhurām | kṛtakāñcanakāntivañcanaiḥ sphuritāṃ cārumarīcisañcayaiḥ || 5||

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He bears a bodily splendor lovely as a cluster of opening blue lotuses; she flashes with masses of charming rays that make a mockery of the brilliance of gold.

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निचितं घनचञ्चलातते रनुकूलेन दुकूलरोचिषा । मृगनाभिरुचः सनाभिना महितां मोहनपट्टवाससा ॥ ६॥

nicitaṃ ghanacañcalātate ranukūlena dukūlarociṣā | mṛganābhirucaḥ sanābhinā mahitāṃ mohanapaṭṭavāsasā || 6||

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He is wrapped in the agreeable radiance of fine cloth like the broad fringe of a restless cloud; she is honored by an enchanting silk garment akin in hue to musk.

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माधुरीं प्रकटयन्तमुज्ज्वलां श्रीपतेरपि वरिष्ठसौष्ठवाम् । इन्दिरामधुरगोष्ठसुन्दरी वृन्दविस्मयकरप्रभोन्नताम् ॥ ७॥

mādhurīṃ prakaṭayantamujjvalāṃ śrīpaterapi variṣṭhasauṣṭhavām | indirāmadhuragoṣṭhasundarī vṛndavismayakaraprabhonnatām || 7||

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He manifests a brilliant sweetness whose exquisite beauty surpasses even that of Śrī's lord; she rises in a splendor that astonishes the assembly of graceful beauties in Indirā's sweet cowherd settlement.

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इतरजनदुर्घटोदयस्य स्थिरगुणरत्नचयस्य रोहणाद्रिम् । अखिलगुणवतीकदम्बचेतः प्रचुरचमत्कृतिकारिसद्गुणाढ्यम् ॥ ८॥

itarajanadurghaṭodayasya sthiraguṇaratnacayasya rohaṇādrim | akhilaguṇavatīkadambacetaḥ pracuracamatkṛtikārisadguṇāḍhyam || 8||

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He is the mountain upon which ascends a treasury of steadfast jewel-like qualities impossible for others to manifest; she is rich in virtues that awaken abundant wonder in the hearts of every company of accomplished women.

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निस्तुलव्रजकिशोरमण्डली मौलिमण्डनहरिन्मणीश्वरम् । विश्वविस्फूरितगोकुलोल्लसन् नव्ययौवतवतंसमालिकाम् ॥ ९॥

nistulavrajakiśoramaṇḍalī maulimaṇḍanaharinmaṇīśvaram | viśvavisphūritagokulollasan navyayauvatavataṃsamālikām || 9||

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He is the sovereign emerald ornament upon the crowns of Vraja's incomparable circle of boys; she is the garland crowning the ever-fresh youthfulness that shines throughout all Gokula.

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स्वान्तसिन्धुमकरीकृतराधं हृन्निशाकरकुरङ्गितकृष्णाम् । प्रेयसीपरिमलोन्मदचित्तं प्रेष्ठसौरभहृतेन्द्रियवर्गाम् ॥ १०॥

svāntasindhumakarīkṛtarādhaṃ hṛnniśākarakuraṅgitakṛṣṇām | preyasīparimalonmadacittaṃ preṣṭhasaurabhahṛtendriyavargām || 10||

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He has made Rādhā the makara sporting in the ocean of his heart; she has made Kṛṣṇa the moon-marked deer within her heart. His mind is maddened by his beloved's fragrance; all her senses are stolen by the aroma of her dearest one.

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प्रेममूर्तिवरकार्त्तिकदेवी कीर्तिगानमुखरीकृतवंशम् । विश्वनन्दनमुकुन्दसमज्ञा वृन्दकीर्तनरसज्ञरसज्ञाम् ॥ ११॥

premamūrtivarakārttikadevī kīrtigānamukharīkṛtavaṃśam | viśvanandanamukundasamajñā vṛndakīrtanarasajñarasajñām || 11||

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She is the supreme embodiment of love, the Goddess of Kārttika, whose praises make his flute sing aloud; he is Mukunda, the delight of the universe, while she is the connoisseur who relishes the chorus of his glories.

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नयनकमलमाधुरीनिरुद्ध व्रजनवयौवतमौलिहृन्मरालम् । व्रजपतिसुतचित्तमीनराज ग्रहणपटिष्ठविलोचनान्तजालाम् ॥ १२॥

nayanakamalamādhurīniruddha vrajanavayauvatamaulihṛnmarālam | vrajapatisutacittamīnarāja grahaṇapaṭiṣṭhavilocanāntajālām || 12||

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The sweetness of his lotus eyes confines the royal swan of the foremost young woman of Vraja's heart; the net cast from the corner of her eyes is supremely skilled at catching the kingly fish of Vraja's prince's mind.

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गोपेन्द्रमित्रतनयाध्रुवधैर्यसिन्धु पानक्रियाकलससम्भववेणुनादम् । विद्यामहिष्ठमहतीमहनीयगान सम्मोहिताखिलविमोहनहृत्कुरङ्गाम् ॥ १३॥

gopendramitratanayādhruvadhairyasindhu pānakriyākalasasambhavaveṇunādam | vidyāmahiṣṭhamahatīmahanīyagāna sammohitākhilavimohanahṛtkuraṅgām || 13||

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The sound of his flute is a vessel expertly drinking the unfathomable ocean of composure belonging to the cowherd king's friend's daughter; the venerable song of her great vīṇā enchants the heart-deer of him who enchants everyone.

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क्वाप्यानुसङ्गिकतयोदितराधिकाख्या विस्मारिताखिलविलासकलाकलापम् । कृष्णेतिवर्णयुगलश्रवणानुबन्ध प्रादुर्भवज्जडिमडम्बरसंविताङ्गीम् ॥ १४॥

kvāpyānusaṅgikatayoditarādhikākhyā vismāritākhilavilāsakalākalāpam | kṛṣṇetivarṇayugalaśravaṇānubandha prādurbhavajjaḍimaḍambarasaṃvitāṅgīm || 14||

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When the name ‘Rādhikā’ arises even incidentally, he forgets the whole array of his arts of pleasure; whenever the two syllables ‘Kṛṣ-ṇa’ reach her ears, her body and awareness become overwhelmed by a sudden majesty of stunned ecstasy.

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त्वां च वल्लवपुरन्दरात्मज त्वां च गोकुलवरेण्यनन्दिनि । एष मूर्ध्नि रचिताञ्जलिर्नयन् भिक्षते किमपि दुर्भगो जनः ॥ १५॥

tvāṃ ca vallavapurandarātmaja tvāṃ ca gokulavareṇyanandini | eṣa mūrdhni racitāñjalirnayan bhikṣate kimapi durbhago janaḥ || 15||

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O son of the sovereign of the cowherds, and O glorious daughter of Gokula's most excellent family, this unfortunate person approaches you with folded hands upon his head and begs for something.

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हन्त सान्द्रकरुणासुधाझरी पूर्णमानसह्रदौ प्रसीदतम् । दुर्जनेऽत्र दिशतं रते निज प्रेक्षणप्रतिभुवश्छटामपि ॥ १६॥

hanta sāndrakaruṇāsudhājharī pūrṇamānasahradau prasīdatam | durjane'tra diśataṃ rate nija prekṣaṇapratibhuvaśchaṭāmapi || 16||

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Ah, your heart-lakes are filled with cascading streams of the dense nectar of compassion. Please be gracious: bestow upon this wicked person even a ray that can serve as the pledge of a vision of your own loving delight.

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श्यामयोर्नववयःसुषमाभ्यां गौरयोरमलकान्तियशोभ्याम् । क्वापि वामखिलवल्गुवतंसौ माधुरी हृदि सदा स्फुरतान् मे ॥ १७॥

śyāmayornavavayaḥsuṣamābhyāṃ gaurayoramalakāntiyaśobhyām | kvāpi vāmakhilavalguvataṃsau mādhurī hṛdi sadā sphuratān me || 17||

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May the sweetness of the two—resplendent in the loveliness of fresh youth, glorious with pure dark and golden beauty, and together the ornaments of everything charming—forever shine within my heart.

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सर्ववल्लववरेण्यकुमारौ प्रार्थये बत युवां प्रणिपत्य । लीलया वितरतं निजदास्यं लीलया वितरतं निजदास्यम् ॥ १८॥

sarvavallavavareṇyakumārau prārthaye bata yuvāṃ praṇipatya | līlayā vitarataṃ nijadāsyaṃ līlayā vitarataṃ nijadāsyam || 18||

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O most excellent young pair among all the cowherds, I fall before you and beg: effortlessly bestow upon me service to yourselves—effortlessly bestow upon me service to yourselves.

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प्रणिपत्य भवन्तमर्थये पशुपालेन्द्रकुमार काकुभिः । व्रजयौवतमौलिमालिका करुणापात्रमिमं जनं कुरु ॥ १९॥

praṇipatya bhavantamarthaye paśupālendrakumāra kākubhiḥ | vrajayauvatamaulimālikā karuṇāpātramimaṃ janaṃ kuru || 19||

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O prince of the sovereign of the cowherds, I bow before you and petition you with plaintive appeals: make this person a recipient of the mercy of the garland-crowned jewel among Vraja's young women.

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भवतीमभिवाद्य चाटुभि र्वरमूर्जेश्वरि वर्यमर्थये । भवदीयतया कृपां यथा मयि कुर्यादधिकां बकान्तकः ॥ २०॥

bhavatīmabhivādya cāṭubhi rvaramūrjeśvari varyamarthaye | bhavadīyatayā kṛpāṃ yathā mayi kuryādadhikāṃ bakāntakaḥ || 20||

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Bowing to you with words of loving praise, O sovereign lady of the month of Ūrja, I beg a supreme blessing: through my belonging to you, may Bakāsura's destroyer show me still greater mercy.

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दिशि विदिशि विहारमाचरन्तः सह पशुपालवरेण्यनन्दनाभ्याम् । प्रणयिजनगणास्तयोः कुरुध्वं मयि करुणां बत काकुमाकलय्य ॥ २१॥

diśi vidiśi vihāramācarantaḥ saha paśupālavareṇyanandanābhyām | praṇayijanagaṇāstayoḥ kurudhvaṃ mayi karuṇāṃ bata kākumākalayya || 21||

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O circles of their loving companions who sport in every direction with the two most excellent children of the cowherds, alas, please recognize my plaintive appeal and show me compassion.

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गिरिकुञ्जकुटीरनागरौ ललिते देवि सदा तवाश्रवौ । इति ते किल नास्ति दुष्करं कृपयाङ्गीकुरु मामतः स्वयम् ॥ २२॥

girikuñjakuṭīranāgarau lalite devi sadā tavāśravau | iti te kila nāsti duṣkaraṃ kṛpayāṅgīkuru māmataḥ svayam || 22||

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O Goddess Lalitā, the gallant lovers of the mountain-grove cottage are always obedient to you. Therefore this is surely not difficult for you: out of mercy, personally accept me.

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भाजनं वरमिहासि विशाखे गौरनीलवपुषोः प्रणयानाम् । त्वं निजप्रणयिनोर्मयि तेन प्रापयस्व करुणार्द्रकटाक्षम् ॥ २३॥

bhājanaṃ varamihāsi viśākhe gauranīlavapuṣoḥ praṇayānām | tvaṃ nijapraṇayinormayi tena prāpayasva karuṇārdrakaṭākṣam || 23||

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O Viśākhā, you are here the supreme vessel for the love of the golden and dark-bodied pair. By that love, bring the compassion-softened sidelong glances of your two beloved friends upon me.

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सुबल वल्लववर्यकुमारयो र्दयितसखस्त्वमसि व्रजे । इति तयोः पुरतो विधुरं जनं क्षणममुं कृपयाद्य निवेदय ॥ २४॥

subala vallavavaryakumārayo rdayitasakhastvamasi vraje | iti tayoḥ purato vidhuraṃ janaṃ kṣaṇamamuṃ kṛpayādya nivedaya || 24||

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O Subala, in Vraja you are the dear friend of the cowherd family's most excellent prince and princess. Therefore, out of mercy, please present this afflicted person before them today for just a moment.

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शृणुत कृपया हन्त प्राणेशयोः प्रणयोद्धुराः किमपि यदयं दीनः प्राणी निवेदयति क्षणम् । प्रवणितमनाः किं युष्माभिः समं तिलमप्यसौ युगपदनयोः सेवां प्रेम्णा कदापि विधास्यति ॥ २५॥

śṛṇuta kṛpayā hanta prāṇeśayoḥ praṇayoddhurāḥ kimapi yadayaṃ dīnaḥ prāṇī nivedayati kṣaṇam | pravaṇitamanāḥ kiṃ yuṣmābhiḥ samaṃ tilamapyasau yugapadanayoḥ sevāṃ premṇā kadāpi vidhāsyati || 25||

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O companions overflowing with love for the two lords of my life, kindly hear for a moment what this destitute creature submits. With a heart wholly inclined toward you, will he ever perform loving service to the two of them together, side by side with you, for even the smallest measure of time?

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क्व जनोऽयमतीव पामरः क्व दुरापं रतिभाग्भिरप्यदः । इयमुल्लयत्यजर्जरा गुरु रुत्तर्षधुरा तथापि माम् ॥ २६॥

kva jano'yamatīva pāmaraḥ kva durāpaṃ ratibhāgbhirapyadaḥ | iyamullayatyajarjarā guru ruttarṣadhurā tathāpi mām || 26||

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Where is this utterly lowly person, and where is that attainment difficult to reach even for those who possess sacred love? Yet this grave and undecaying burden of intense longing continues to lift me toward it.

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ध्वन्तब्रह्ममरालकूजितभरैरूर्जेश्वरीनूपुर क्वानैरूर्जितवैभवस्तव विभो वंशीप्रसूतः कलः । लब्धः शस्तसमस्तनादनगरीसाम्राज्यलक्ष्मीं परां आराध्यः प्रणयात् कदा श्रवणयोर्द्वन्द्वेन मन्देन मे ॥ २७॥

dhvantabrahmamarālakūjitabharairūrjeśvarīnūpura kvānairūrjitavaibhavastava vibho vaṃśīprasūtaḥ kalaḥ | labdhaḥ śastasamastanādanagarīsāmrājyalakṣmīṃ parāṃ ārādhyaḥ praṇayāt kadā śravaṇayordvandvena mandena me || 27||

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O Lord, when will my dull pair of ears lovingly worship the delicate sound born from your flute—a sound whose glory is strengthened by the ringing of the sovereign lady of Ūrja's anklets, filled with swanlike calls upon the dark Absolute, and endowed with the supreme imperial fortune of the whole city of auspicious melodies?

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स्तम्भं प्रपञ्चयति यः शिखिपिञ्छमौलि वेणोरपि प्रवलयन् स्वरभङ्गमुच्चैः । नादः कदा क्षणमवाप्स्यति ते महत्या वृन्दावनेश्वरि स मे श्रवणातिथित्वम् ॥ २८॥

stambhaṃ prapañcayati yaḥ śikhipiñchamauli veṇorapi pravalayan svarabhaṅgamuccaiḥ | nādaḥ kadā kṣaṇamavāpsyati te mahatyā vṛndāvaneśvari sa me śravaṇātithitvam || 28||

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O sovereign of Vṛndāvana, when will the sound of your great vīṇā—which stuns the peacock-plumed one and loudly breaks even the flow of his flute's notes—become the guest of my ears for a moment?

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कस्य सम्भवति हा तदहर्वा यत्र वां प्रभुवरौ कलगीतिः । उन्नमन् मधुरिमोर्मिसमृद्धा दुष्कृतं श्रवणयोर्विधुनोति ॥ २९॥

kasya sambhavati hā tadaharvā yatra vāṃ prabhuvarau kalagītiḥ | unnaman madhurimormisamṛddhā duṣkṛtaṃ śravaṇayorvidhunoti || 29||

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Alas, when will that day arise on which the graceful song of you both, O most excellent sovereigns, swelling with abundant waves of sweetness, washes the wrongdoing from my ears?

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परिमलसरणिर्वां गौरनीलाङ्गराजन् मृगमदघुसृणानुग्राहिणी नागरेशौ । स्वमहिमपरमाणुप्रावृताशेषगन्धा किमिह मम भवित्री घ्राणभृङ्गोत्सवाय ॥ ३०॥

parimalasaraṇirvāṃ gauranīlāṅgarājan mṛgamadaghusṛṇānugrāhiṇī nāgareśau | svamahimaparamāṇuprāvṛtāśeṣagandhā kimiha mama bhavitrī ghrāṇabhṛṅgotsavāya || 30||

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O sovereign lovers, will the stream of fragrance from your splendid golden and dark limbs—enhanced by musk and saffron, and enveloping every other scent beneath even an atom of its own greatness—ever become a festival for the bee of my nose here?

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प्रदेशिनीं मुखकुहरे विनिक्षिपन् जनो मुहुर्वनभुवि फुत्करोत्यसौ । प्रसीदतं क्षणमधिपौ प्रसीदतं दृशोः पुरः स्फुरतु तडिद्घनच्छविः ॥ ३१॥

pradeśinīṃ mukhakuhare vinikṣipan jano muhurvanabhuvi phutkarotyasau | prasīdataṃ kṣaṇamadhipau prasīdataṃ dṛśoḥ puraḥ sphuratu taḍidghanacchaviḥ || 31||

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Placing his forefinger within his mouth, this person repeatedly cries out upon the forest floor: ‘Be gracious for a moment, O two sovereigns, be gracious! Let your forms—lightning and rain cloud—appear before my eyes.’

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व्रजमधुरजनव्रजावतंसौ किमपि युवामभियाचते जनोऽयम् । मम नयनचमत्कृतिं करोतु क्षणमपि पादनखेन्दुकौमुदी वाम् ॥ ३२॥

vrajamadhurajanavrajāvataṃsau kimapi yuvāmabhiyācate jano'yam | mama nayanacamatkṛtiṃ karotu kṣaṇamapi pādanakhendukaumudī vām || 32||

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O two crown ornaments of Vraja's charming people, this person begs something of you: let the moonlight from the moons of your toenails astonish my eyes for even a moment.

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अतर्कितसमीक्षणोल्लसितया मुदा श्लिष्यतो र्निकुञ्जभवनाङ्गने स्फुरितगौरनीलाङ्गयोः । रुचः प्रचुरयन्तु वां पुरटयूथिकामञ्जरी विराजदलिरम्ययोर्मम चमत्कृतिं चक्षुषोः ॥ ३३॥

atarkitasamīkṣaṇollasitayā mudā śliṣyato rnikuñjabhavanāṅgane sphuritagauranīlāṅgayoḥ | rucaḥ pracurayantu vāṃ puraṭayūthikāmañjarī virājadaliramyayormama camatkṛtiṃ cakṣuṣoḥ || 33||

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May the radiance of you both—your golden and dark limbs shining as you joyfully embrace at an unexpected meeting in the courtyard of a grove cottage, lovely as a golden jasmine cluster adorned with splendid bees—fill my eyes with astonishment.

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साक्षात्कृतिं बत ययोर्न महत्तमोऽपि कर्तुं मनस्यपि मनाक् प्रभुतामुपैति । इच्छन्नयं नयनयोः पथि तौ भवन्तौ जन्तुर्विजित्य निजगार भियं ह्रियं च ॥ ३४॥

sākṣātkṛtiṃ bata yayorna mahattamo'pi kartuṃ manasyapi manāk prabhutāmupaiti | icchannayaṃ nayanayoḥ pathi tau bhavantau janturvijitya nijagāra bhiyaṃ hriyaṃ ca || 34||

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Alas, even the greatest person cannot summon the power to realize you both for even a little while within the mind. Yet this creature, desiring you upon the path of his eyes, has conquered his own household of fear and shame.

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अथवा मम किं नु दूषणं बत वृन्दावनचक्रवर्तिनौ । युवयोर्गुणमाधुरी नवा जनमुन्मादयतीव कं न वा ॥ ३५॥

athavā mama kiṃ nu dūṣaṇaṃ bata vṛndāvanacakravartinau | yuvayorguṇamādhurī navā janamunmādayatīva kaṃ na vā || 35||

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Or what fault is truly mine, O two sovereigns of Vṛndāvana? The ever-new sweetness of your qualities seems to drive everyone mad—whom does it not overwhelm?

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अहह समयः सोऽपि क्षेमो घटेत नरस्य किं व्रजनटवरौ यत्रोद्दीप्ता कृपासुधयोज्ज्वला । कृतपरिजनश्रेणिचेतश्चकोरचमत्कृति र्व्रजति युवयोः सा वक्त्रेन्दुद्वयी नयनाध्वनि ॥ ३६॥

ahaha samayaḥ so'pi kṣemo ghaṭeta narasya kiṃ vrajanaṭavarau yatroddīptā kṛpāsudhayojjvalā | kṛtaparijanaśreṇicetaścakoracamatkṛti rvrajati yuvayoḥ sā vaktrendudvayī nayanādhvani || 36||

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Ah, will that blessed occasion ever arise for this person, O best dancers of Vraja, when your two moonlike faces—radiant with the shining nectar of awakened mercy and astonishing the cakora-like hearts of your assembled attendants—enter the pathway of his eyes?

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प्रियजनकृतपार्ष्णिग्राहचर्योन्नताभिः सुगहनघटनाभिर्वक्रिमाडम्बरेण । प्रणयकलहकेलिक्ष्वेलिभिर्वामधीशौ किमिह रचयितव्यः कर्णयोर्विस्मयो मे ॥ ३७॥

priyajanakṛtapārṣṇigrāhacaryonnatābhiḥ sugahanaghaṭanābhirvakrimāḍambareṇa | praṇayakalahakelikṣvelibhirvāmadhīśau kimiha racayitavyaḥ karṇayorvismayo me || 37||

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O two sovereigns, will the sportive cries of your lovers' quarrels—with their elaborate twists, their intricate developments, and the lofty interventions of dear companions who take opposing sides—ever fill my ears with wonder here?

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निभृतमपहृतायामेतया वंशिकायां दिशि दिशि दृशमुत्कां प्रेर्य सम्पृच्छमानः । स्मितशवलमुखीभिर्विप्रलब्धः सखीभि स्त्वमघहर कदा मे तुष्टिमक्ष्णोर्विधत्से ॥ ३८॥

nibhṛtamapahṛtāyāmetayā vaṃśikāyāṃ diśi diśi dṛśamutkāṃ prerya sampṛcchamānaḥ | smitaśavalamukhībhirvipralabdhaḥ sakhībhi stvamaghahara kadā me tuṣṭimakṣṇorvidhatse || 38||

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O destroyer of sin, when your flute has quietly been stolen by this beloved, when will you delight my eyes as you cast eager glances in every direction and question the smiling-faced friends, only to be deceived by them?

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क्षतमधरदलस्य स्वस्य कृत्वा त्वदाली कृतमिति ललितयां देवि कृष्णे ब्रुवाणे । स्मितशवलदृगन्ता किञ्चिदुत्तम्भितभ्रू र्मम मुदमुपधास्यत्यास्यलक्ष्मीः कदा ते ॥ ३९॥

kṣatamadharadalasya svasya kṛtvā tvadālī kṛtamiti lalitayāṃ devi kṛṣṇe bruvāṇe | smitaśavaladṛgantā kiñciduttambhitabhrū rmama mudamupadhāsyatyāsyalakṣmīḥ kadā te || 39||

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O Goddess, when Kṛṣṇa tells Lalitā, ‘The wound upon my lower lip was made by this friend of yours,’ when will the beauty of your face—with smiling sidelong eyes and one brow slightly raised—bring me delight?

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कथमिदमपि वाञ्छितुं निकृष्टः स्फुटमयमर्हति जन्तुरुत्तमार्हम् । गुरुलघुगणनोज्झितार्तनाथौ जयतितरामथवा कृपाद्युतिर्वाम् ॥ ४०॥

kathamidamapi vāñchituṃ nikṛṣṭaḥ sphuṭamayamarhati janturuttamārham | gurulaghugaṇanojjhitārtanāthau jayatitarāmathavā kṛpādyutirvām || 40||

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How can this fallen creature possibly deserve to desire what is worthy only of the highest? Yet, O protectors of the distressed, the splendor of your mercy triumphs completely, abandoning every calculation of high and low.

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वृत्ते दैवाद् व्रजपतिसुहृन्नन्दिनीविप्रलम्भे संरम्भेणोल्ललित ललिताशङ्कयोद्भ्रान्तनेत्रः । त्वं शारीभिः समयपटुभिर्द्राग् उपालभ्यमानः कामं दामोदर मम कदा मोदमक्ष्णोर्विधाता ॥ ४१॥

vṛtte daivād vrajapatisuhṛnnandinīvipralambhe saṃrambheṇollalita lalitāśaṅkayodbhrāntanetraḥ | tvaṃ śārībhiḥ samayapaṭubhirdrāg upālabhyamānaḥ kāmaṃ dāmodara mama kadā modamakṣṇorvidhātā || 41||

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O Dāmodara, when separation from the daughter of the cowherd king's friend occurs by chance, when will you delight my eyes—your gaze bewildered by alarm at Lalitā's surging anger, while her clever companions swiftly reproach you?

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रासारम्भे विलसति परित्यज्य गोष्ठाम्बुजाक्षी वृन्दं वृन्दावनभुवि रहः केशवेनोपनीय । त्वां स्वाधीनप्रियतमपदप्रापणेनार्चिताङ्गीं दूरे दृष्ट्वा हृदि किमचिरादर्पयिष्यामि दर्पम् ॥ ४२॥

rāsārambhe vilasati parityajya goṣṭhāmbujākṣī vṛndaṃ vṛndāvanabhuvi rahaḥ keśavenopanīya | tvāṃ svādhīnapriyatamapadaprāpaṇenārcitāṅgīṃ dūre dṛṣṭvā hṛdi kimacirādarpayiṣyāmi darpam || 42||

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At the opening of the rāsa, when Keśava leaves the assembly of lotus-eyed cowherd girls and secretly leads you away across the floor of Vṛndāvana, honoring your body with the status of his beloved wholly in command—when will I behold you from afar and soon offer pride within my heart?

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रम्या शोणद्युतिभिरलकैर्यावकेनोर्जदेव्याः सद्यस्तन्द्रीमुकुलदलसक्लान्तनेत्रा व्रजेश । प्रातश्चन्द्रावलीपरिजनैः साचि दृष्टा विवर्णै रास्यश्रीस्ते प्रणयति कदा सम्मदं मे मुदं च ॥ ४३॥

ramyā śoṇadyutibhiralakairyāvakenorjadevyāḥ sadyastandrīmukuladalasaklāntanetrā vrajeśa | prātaścandrāvalīparijanaiḥ sāci dṛṣṭā vivarṇai rāsyaśrīste praṇayati kadā sammadaṃ me mudaṃ ca || 43||

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O lord of Vraja, when will the beauty of your morning face give me joy and jubilation—your drowsy eyes like tired, half-closed lotus petals, your curling locks lovely with red lac from the Goddess of Ūrja, while Candrāvalī's pale attendants glance at you from the side?

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व्यात्युक्षीरभसोत्सवेऽधरसुधापानग्लहे प्रस्तुते जित्वा पातुमथोत्सुकेन हरिणा कण्ठे धृतायाः पुरः । ईषच्छोणिममीलिताक्षमनृजुभ्रूवल्लिहेलोन्नतं प्रेक्षिष्ये तव सस्मितं सरुदितं तद् देवि वक्त्रं कदा ॥ ४४॥

vyātyukṣīrabhasotsave'dharasudhāpānaglahe prastute jitvā pātumathotsukena hariṇā kaṇṭhe dhṛtāyāḥ puraḥ | īṣacchoṇimamīlitākṣamanṛjubhrūvallihelonnataṃ prekṣiṣye tava sasmitaṃ saruditaṃ tad devi vaktraṃ kadā || 44||

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O Goddess, during the exuberant festival of water-splashing, when a wager is made over drinking the nectar of your lips and Hari wins and eagerly holds you by the neck to drink, when will I behold your face—eyes partly closed and reddened, crooked brows playfully raised, smiling and weeping at once?

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आलीभिः सममभुपेत्य शनकैर्गान्धर्विकायां मुदा गोष्ठाधीशकुमार हन्त कुसुमश्रेणीं हरन्त्यां तव । प्रेक्षिष्ये पुरतः प्रविश्य सहसा गूढस्मितास्यं बलाद् आच्छिन्दानमिहोत्तरीयमुरसस्त्वां भानुमत्याः कदा ॥ ४५॥

ālībhiḥ samamabhupetya śanakairgāndharvikāyāṃ mudā goṣṭhādhīśakumāra hanta kusumaśreṇīṃ harantyāṃ tava | prekṣiṣye purataḥ praviśya sahasā gūḍhasmitāsyaṃ balād ācchindānamihottarīyamurasastvāṃ bhānumatyāḥ kadā || 45||

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O prince of the cowherd settlement, when Gāndharvikā approaches softly with her friends and joyfully steals your rows of flowers, when will I see you suddenly step before her with a hidden smile and forcibly snatch the upper cloth from the breast of the radiant daughter of the sun?

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उदञ्चति मधूत्सवे सहचरीकुलेनाकुले कदा त्वमवलोक्यसे व्रजपुरन्दरस्यात्मज । स्मितोज्ज्वलमदीश्वरीचलदृगञ्चलप्रेरणान् निलीनगुणमञ्जरीवदनमत्र चुम्बन् मया ॥ ४६॥

udañcati madhūtsave sahacarīkulenākule kadā tvamavalokyase vrajapurandarasyātmaja | smitojjvalamadīśvarīcaladṛgañcalapreraṇān nilīnaguṇamañjarīvadanamatra cumban mayā || 46||

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At the height of the spring festival, crowded by her circle of companions, when will I behold you, O son of Vraja's sovereign, kissing the face of the bashful Guṇa-mañjarī in response to the smiling, brilliant signals sent by my mistress's moving sidelong glance?

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कलिन्दतनयातटिवनविहारतः श्रान्तयोः स्फुरन्मधुरमाधवीसदनसीम्नि विश्राम्यतोः । विमुच्य रचयिष्यते स्वकचवृन्दमत्रामुना जनेन युवयोः कदा पदसरोजसन्मार्जनम् ॥ ४७॥

kalindatanayātaṭivanavihārataḥ śrāntayoḥ sphuranmadhuramādhavīsadanasīmni viśrāmyatoḥ | vimucya racayiṣyate svakacavṛndamatrāmunā janena yuvayoḥ kadā padasarojasanmārjanam || 47||

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When, after you are weary from roaming the woods along the bank of Yamunā and rest at the edge of a sweetly blossoming mādhavī bower, will this person loosen his own hair and use it to wipe the lotus feet of you both?

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परिमिलदुपबर्हं पल्लवश्रेणिभिर्वां मदनसमरचर्याभारपर्याप्तमत्र । मृदुभिरमलपुष्पैः कल्पयिष्यामि तल्पं भ्रमरयुजि निकुञ्जे हा कदा कुञ्जराजौ ॥ ४८॥

parimiladupabarhaṃ pallavaśreṇibhirvāṃ madanasamaracaryābhāraparyāptamatra | mṛdubhiramalapuṣpaiḥ kalpayiṣyāmi talpaṃ bhramarayuji nikuñje hā kadā kuñjarājau || 48||

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Ah, O royal elephants, when in a bee-filled grove will I prepare for you a bed of spotless, soft flowers, bordered by rows of fresh leaves and spacious enough for the exertions of Love's battle?

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अलिद्युतिभिराहृतैर्मिहिरनन्दिनीनिर्झरात् पुरः पुरटझर्झरीपरिभृतैः पयोभिर्मया । निजप्रणयिभिर्जनैः सह विधास्यते वां कदा विलासशयनस्थयोरिह पदाम्बुजक्षालन ॥ ४९॥

alidyutibhirāhṛtairmihiranandinīnirjharāt puraḥ puraṭajharjharīparibhṛtaiḥ payobhirmayā | nijapraṇayibhirjanaiḥ saha vidhāsyate vāṃ kadā vilāsaśayanasthayoriha padāmbujakṣālana || 49||

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When you recline upon your pleasure bed, when will I wash your lotus feet together with your intimate attendants, using water brought by the radiant companions from a cascade of the sun's daughter and carried before us in golden pitchers?

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लीलातल्पे कलितवपुषोर्व्यावहासीमनल्पां स्मित्वा स्मित्वा जयकलनया कुर्वतोः कौतुकाय । मध्ये कुञ्जं किमिह युवयोः कल्पयिष्याम्यधीशौ सन्धारम्भे लघु लघु पदाम्भोजसंवाहनानि ॥ ५०॥

līlātalpe kalitavapuṣorvyāvahāsīmanalpāṃ smitvā smitvā jayakalanayā kurvatoḥ kautukāya | madhye kuñjaṃ kimiha yuvayoḥ kalpayiṣyāmyadhīśau sandhārambhe laghu laghu padāmbhojasaṃvāhanāni || 50||

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O two sovereigns, as you lie upon the play-bed in the middle of the grove, repeatedly smiling and creating a great laughing contest for the amusement of determining the victor, will I quickly massage your lotus feet at the beginning of your intimate union?

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प्रमदमदनयुद्धारम्भसम्भावुकाभ्यां प्रमुदितहृदयाभ्यां हन्त वृन्दावनेशौ । किमहमिह युवाभ्यां पानलीलोन्मुखाभ्यां चषकमुपहरिष्ये साधु माध्वीकपूर्णम् ॥ ५१॥

pramadamadanayuddhārambhasambhāvukābhyāṃ pramuditahṛdayābhyāṃ hanta vṛndāvaneśau | kimahamiha yuvābhyāṃ pānalīlonmukhābhyāṃ caṣakamupahariṣye sādhu mādhvīkapūrṇam || 51||

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Ah, O two sovereigns of Vṛndāvana, your hearts delighted and ready for the opening of Love's joyous battle, will I serve you here as you turn toward the drinking pastime by offering a fine cup filled with flower wine?

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कदाहं सेविष्ये व्रततिचमरीचामरमरुद् विनोदेन क्रीडाकुसुमशयने न्यस्तवपुषौ । दरोन्मीलन्नेत्रौ श्रमजलकणक्लिद्यदलकौ ब्रुवाणावन्योन्यं व्रजनवयुवानाविह युवाम् ॥ ५२॥

kadāhaṃ seviṣye vrataticamarīcāmaramarud vinodena krīḍākusumaśayane nyastavapuṣau | daronmīlannetrau śramajalakaṇaklidyadalakau bruvāṇāvanyonyaṃ vrajanavayuvānāviha yuvām || 52||

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When will I serve you with the playful breeze of a vine-creeper yak-tail fan as you rest upon the flower bed of play, your eyes slightly opening, your curls moistened by drops of perspiration, speaking softly to one another, O youthful pair of Vraja?

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च्युतशिखरशिखण्डं किञ्चिदुत्स्रंसमानां विलुठदमलपुष्पश्रेणिमुन्मुच्य चूडाम् । दनुजदमन देव्याः शिक्षया ते कदाहं कमलकलितकोटिं कल्पयिष्यामि वेणीम् ॥ ५३॥

cyutaśikharaśikhaṇḍaṃ kiñcidutsraṃsamānāṃ viluṭhadamalapuṣpaśreṇimunmucya cūḍām | danujadamana devyāḥ śikṣayā te kadāhaṃ kamalakalitakoṭiṃ kalpayiṣyāmi veṇīm || 53||

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O subduer of demons, when, at the Goddess's instruction, will I release your topknot with its slightly slipping crown of peacock feathers and tumbling row of spotless flowers, then fashion your hair into a braid tipped with a lotus?

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कमलमुखि विलासैरंसयोः स्रंसितानां तुलितशिखिकलापं कुन्तलानां कलापम् । तव कवरतयाविर्भाव्य मोदात् कदाहं विकचविचकिलानां मालयालङ्करिष्ये ॥ ५४॥

kamalamukhi vilāsairaṃsayoḥ sraṃsitānāṃ tulitaśikhikalāpaṃ kuntalānāṃ kalāpam | tava kavaratayāvirbhāvya modāt kadāhaṃ vikacavicakilānāṃ mālayālaṅkariṣye || 54||

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O lotus-faced one, when will I joyfully gather into a braid the mass of your hair—rivaling a peacock's tail and loosened from your shoulders by your pastimes—and adorn it with a garland of fully blossomed jasmine?

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मिथःस्पर्धाबद्धे बलवति वलत्यक्षकलहे व्रजेश त्वां जित्वा व्रजयुवतिधम्मिल्लमणिना । दृगन्तेन क्षिप्ताः पणमिह कुरङ्गं तव कदा ग्रहीष्यामो बद्धा कलयति वयं तत्प्रियगणे ॥ ५५॥

mithaḥspardhābaddhe balavati valatyakṣakalahe vrajeśa tvāṃ jitvā vrajayuvatidhammillamaṇinā | dṛgantena kṣiptāḥ paṇamiha kuraṅgaṃ tava kadā grahīṣyāmo baddhā kalayati vayaṃ tatpriyagaṇe || 55||

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O lord of Vraja, when the fierce dice quarrel born of mutual rivalry is under way and the jewel atop the young women of Vraja defeats you, when will we, bound to the circle of her beloved companions, seize the deer you wagered after she signals us with her glance?

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किं भविष्यति शुभः स वासरो यत्र देवि नयनाञ्चलेन माम् । गर्वितं विहसितुं नियोक्ष्यसे द्यूतसंसदि विजित्य माधवम् ॥ ५६॥

kiṃ bhaviṣyati śubhaḥ sa vāsaro yatra devi nayanāñcalena mām | garvitaṃ vihasituṃ niyokṣyase dyūtasaṃsadi vijitya mādhavam || 56||

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O Goddess, will that auspicious day ever come when, after defeating Mādhava in the assembly for dice, you direct me with a sidelong glance to laugh at his proud boasting?

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किं जनस्य भवितास्य तद् दिनं यत्र नाथ मुहुरेनमादृतः । त्वं व्रजेश्वरवयस्यनन्दिनी मानभङ्गविधिमर्थयिष्यसे ॥ ५७॥

kiṃ janasya bhavitāsya tad dinaṃ yatra nātha muhurenamādṛtaḥ | tvaṃ vrajeśvaravayasyanandinī mānabhaṅgavidhimarthayiṣyase || 57||

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O protector, will that day ever come for this person when you repeatedly honor him by asking him to arrange the breaking of the proud sulking of the cowherd king's friend's daughter?

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त्वदादेशं शारीकथितमहमाकर्ण्य मुदितो वसामि त्वत्कुण्डोपरि सखि विलम्बस्तव कथम् । इतीदं श्रीदामस्वसरि मम सन्देशकुसुमं हरेति त्वं दामोदर जनममुं नोत्स्यसि कदा ॥ ५८॥

tvadādeśaṃ śārīkathitamahamākarṇya mudito vasāmi tvatkuṇḍopari sakhi vilambastava katham | itīdaṃ śrīdāmasvasari mama sandeśakusumaṃ hareti tvaṃ dāmodara janamamuṃ notsyasi kadā || 58||

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‘Hearing your instruction spoken by the myna, I remain joyfully above your lake, O friend. Why are you delayed?’ O Dāmodara, when will you send this person to the sister of Śrīdāma bearing this flowerlike message?

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शठोऽयं नावेक्ष्य पुनरिह मया मानधनया विशन्तं स्त्रीवेशं सुबलसुहृदं वारय गिरा । इदं ते साकूतं वचनमवधार्योच्छलितधीश् छलाटोपैर्गोपप्रवरमवरोत्स्यामि किमहम् ॥ ५९॥

śaṭho'yaṃ nāvekṣya punariha mayā mānadhanayā viśantaṃ strīveśaṃ subalasuhṛdaṃ vāraya girā | idaṃ te sākūtaṃ vacanamavadhāryocchalitadhīś chalāṭopairgopapravaramavarotsyāmi kimaham || 59||

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‘I, rich in jealous dignity, will not look upon this cheater again. With your words, stop Subala's friend when he enters disguised as a woman.’ When will I understand this suggestive command of yours and, through a bold display of pretense, obstruct the best of cowherd boys?

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अघहर बलीवर्दः प्रेयान्नवस्तव यो व्रजे वृषभवपुषा दैत्येनासौ बलादभियुज्यते । इति किल मृषागीर्भिश्चन्द्रावलीनिलयस्थितं वनभुवि कदा नेष्यामि त्वां मुकुन्द मदीश्वरीम् ॥ ६०॥

aghahara balīvardaḥ preyānnavastava yo vraje vṛṣabhavapuṣā daityenāsau balādabhiyujyate | iti kila mṛṣāgīrbhiścandrāvalīnilayasthitaṃ vanabhuvi kadā neṣyāmi tvāṃ mukunda madīśvarīm || 60||

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‘O destroyer of sin, your beloved new bull in Vraja is being violently attacked by a demon in the body of a bull.’ O Mukunda, when will I use such false words to lead you from Candrāvalī's dwelling in the forest to my mistress?

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निगिरति जगदुच्चैः सूचिभेद्ये तमिस्रे भ्रमररुचिनिचोलेनाङ्गमावृत्य दीप्तम् । परिहृतमणिकाञ्चीनूपुरायाः कदाहं तव नवमभिसाऋं काऋयिष्यामि देवि ॥ ६१॥

nigirati jagaduccaiḥ sūcibhedye tamisre bhramararucinicolenāṅgamāvṛtya dīptam | parihṛtamaṇikāñcīnūpurāyāḥ kadāhaṃ tava navamabhisāṛṃ kāṛyiṣyāmi devi || 61||

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When impenetrable darkness loudly swallows the world, when will I cover your shining body with a veil lustrous as a bee, remove your jeweled girdle and anklets, O Goddess, and guide you on a fresh journey to your tryst?

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आस्ये देव्याः कथमपि मुदा न्यस्तमास्यात् त्वयेश क्षिप्तं पर्णे प्रणयजनिताद् देवि वाम्यात् त्वयाग्रे । आकूतज्ञस्तदतिनिभृतं चर्वितं खर्विताङ्ग स्ताम्बूलीयं रसयति जनः फुल्लरोमा कदायम् ॥ ६२॥

āsye devyāḥ kathamapi mudā nyastamāsyāt tvayeśa kṣiptaṃ parṇe praṇayajanitād devi vāmyāt tvayāgre | ākūtajñastadatinibhṛtaṃ carvitaṃ kharvitāṅga stāmbūlīyaṃ rasayati janaḥ phullaromā kadāyam || 62||

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O Lord, when will this person—understanding your secret intent and thrilled throughout his small body—taste the chewed betel that you joyfully placed from your mouth into the Goddess's, and that you, O Goddess, cast onto a leaf before him out of love-born contrariness?

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परस्परमपश्यतोः प्रणयमानिनोर्वां कदा धृतोत्केलिकयोरपि स्वमभिरक्षतोराग्रहम् । द्वयोः स्मितमुदञ्चये नुदसि किं मुकुन्दामुना दृगन्तनटनेन मामुपरमेत्यलीकोक्तिभिः ॥ ६३॥

parasparamapaśyatoḥ praṇayamāninorvāṃ kadā dhṛtotkelikayorapi svamabhirakṣatorāgraham | dvayoḥ smitamudañcaye nudasi kiṃ mukundāmunā dṛgantanaṭanena māmuparametyalīkoktibhiḥ || 63||

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When you two loving sulkers refuse to look at one another, though each holds intense eagerness while guarding your own resolve, when will I awaken smiles in you both? O Mukunda, will you rebuke me for dancing my glance and approaching you with playful falsehoods?

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कदाप्यवसरः स मे किमु भविष्यति स्वामिनौ जनोऽयमनुरागतः पृथुनि यत्र कुञ्जोदरे । त्वया सह तवालिके विविधवर्णगन्धद्रव्यैश् चिरं विरचयिष्यति प्रकटपत्रवल्लीश्रियम् ॥ ६४॥

kadāpyavasaraḥ sa me kimu bhaviṣyati svāminau jano'yamanurāgataḥ pṛthuni yatra kuñjodare | tvayā saha tavālike vividhavarṇagandhadravyaiś ciraṃ viracayiṣyati prakaṭapatravallīśriyam || 64||

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O my two sovereigns, will that opportunity ever be mine when this person, filled with loving attachment, remains deep within a spacious grove and, together with you and your companion, O Goddess, spends a long time painting splendid leaf-and-vine designs with fragrant pigments of many colors?

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इदं सेवाभाग्यं भवति सुलभं येन युवयोश् छटाप्यस्य प्रेम्णः स्फुरति नहि सुप्तावपि मम । पदार्थेऽस्मिन् युष्मद्व्रजमनु निवासेन जनित स्तथाप्याशाबन्धः परिवृढवरौ मां द्रढयति ॥ ६५॥

idaṃ sevābhāgyaṃ bhavati sulabhaṃ yena yuvayoś chaṭāpyasya premṇaḥ sphurati nahi suptāvapi mama | padārthe'smin yuṣmadvrajamanu nivāsena janita stathāpyāśābandhaḥ parivṛḍhavarau māṃ draḍhayati || 65||

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That fortune of serving you both becomes easily available only to one in whom at least a ray of this love shines; it does not appear in me even in sleep. Nevertheless, O supreme pair, the bond of hope born from dwelling in your Vraja strengthens me in this aspiration.

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प्रपद्य भवदीयतां कलितनिर्मलप्रेमभि र्महद्भिरपि काम्यते किमपि यत्र तार्णं जनुः । कृतात्र कुजनेरपि व्रजवने स्थितिर्मे यया कृपां कृपणगामिनीं सदसि नौमि तामेव वाम् ॥ ६६॥

prapadya bhavadīyatāṃ kalitanirmalapremabhi rmahadbhirapi kāmyate kimapi yatra tārṇaṃ januḥ | kṛtātra kujanerapi vrajavane sthitirme yayā kṛpāṃ kṛpaṇagāminīṃ sadasi naumi tāmeva vām || 66||

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Even great souls endowed with stainless love desire a birth as mere grass in the place where belonging to you is attained. I praise only that mercy of yours which descends to the destitute and by which even this wicked person has been allowed to reside here in Vraja's forest.

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माधव्या मधुराङ्ग काननपदप्राप्ताधिराज्यश्रिया वृन्दारण्यविकासिसौरभतते तापिञ्छकल्पद्रुम । नोत्तापं जगदेव यस्य भजते कीर्तिच्छटाच्छायया चित्रा तस्य तवाङ्घ्रिसन्निधिजुषां किं वा फलाप्तिर्नेणाम् ॥ ६७॥

mādhavyā madhurāṅga kānanapadaprāptādhirājyaśriyā vṛndāraṇyavikāsisaurabhatate tāpiñchakalpadruma | nottāpaṃ jagadeva yasya bhajate kīrticchaṭācchāyayā citrā tasya tavāṅghrisannidhijuṣāṃ kiṃ vā phalāptirneṇām || 67||

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O sweet-limbed Kṛṣṇa, wish-fulfilling tamāla tree whose royal glory has attained dominion over the forest path of Mādhavī and whose spreading fragrance makes Vṛndāvana blossom: the entire world finds relief beneath the shade cast by your fame. What attainment could possibly remain unavailable to those sheltered near your feet?

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त्वल्लीलामधुकुल्ययोल्लसितया कृष्णाम्बुदस्यामृतैः श्रीवृन्दावनकल्पवल्लिपरितः सौरभ्यविस्फारया । माधुर्येण समस्तमेव पृथुना ब्रह्माण्डमप्यायितं नाश्चर्यं भुवि लब्धपादरजसां पर्वोन्नतिर्वीरुधाम् ॥ ६८॥

tvallīlāmadhukulyayollasitayā kṛṣṇāmbudasyāmṛtaiḥ śrīvṛndāvanakalpavalliparitaḥ saurabhyavisphārayā | mādhuryeṇa samastameva pṛthunā brahmāṇḍamapyāyitaṃ nāścaryaṃ bhuvi labdhapādarajasāṃ parvonnatirvīrudhām || 68||

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The whole vast universe is nourished by the sweetness of the nectar from the dark rain cloud of Kṛṣṇa, made radiant by the honeyed stream of your play and spreading fragrance all around the wish-fulfilling vines of Śrī Vṛndāvana. It is no wonder that the vines on earth which obtain the dust of your feet rise to the summit of all flourishing.

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पशुपालवरेण्यनन्दनौ वरमेतं मुहुरर्थये युवाम् । भवतु प्रणयो भवे भवे भवतोरेव पदाम्बुजेषु मे ॥ ६९॥

paśupālavareṇyanandanau varametaṃ muhurarthaye yuvām | bhavatu praṇayo bhave bhave bhavatoreva padāmbujeṣu me || 69||

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O two most excellent children of the cowherds, again and again I beg this blessing from you: birth after birth, may I possess loving attachment only to your lotus feet.

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उद्गीर्णाभूदुत्कलिकावल्लरिरग्रे वृन्दाटाव्यां नित्यविलासव्रतयोर्वाम् । वाङ्मात्रेण व्याहरतोऽप्युल्ललमेतां आकर्ण्येशौ कामितसिद्धिं कुरुतं मे ॥ ७०॥

udgīrṇābhūdutkalikāvallariragre vṛndāṭāvyāṃ nityavilāsavratayorvām | vāṅmātreṇa vyāharato'pyullalametāṃ ākarṇyeśau kāmitasiddhiṃ kurutaṃ me || 70||

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Before you both, who have vowed eternal play in Vṛndāvana forest, this vine of intense longing has burst forth. O sovereigns, hear it, though I have expressed it with words alone, and grant me the fulfillment I desire.

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चन्द्राश्वभुवने शाके पौषे गोकुलवासिना । इयमुत्कलिकापूर्वा वल्लरी निर्मिता मया ॥ ७१॥

candrāśvabhuvane śāke pauṣe gokulavāsinā | iyamutkalikāpūrvā vallarī nirmitā mayā || 71||

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In the Śaka year denoted by moon, horse, and earth, during the month of Pauṣa, I composed this unprecedented vine of intense longing while residing in Gokula.

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(१४७१ शकाब्दे, १५५० खृष्टाब्दे) इति श्रीरूपगोस्वामिविरचितस्तवमालायां उत्कलिकावल्लरी समाप्ता ।

(1471 śakābde, 1550 khṛṣṭābde) iti śrīrūpagosvāmiviracitastavamālāyāṃ utkalikāvallarī samāptā |

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In Śaka 1471, corresponding to 1550 CE. Thus ends the Utkalikā-vallarī in the Stava-mālā composed by Śrī Rūpa Goswāmī.