10.1
Sourceअथ विभावेषूद्दीपनाः- उद्दीपन-विभावा हरेस् तदीय-प्रियाणाꣳ च । कथिता गुण-नाम-चरित-मण्डन-सम्बन्धिनस् तटस्थाश् च ॥१॥
atha vibhāveṣūddīpanāḥ- uddīpana-vibhāvā hares tadīya-priyāṇāṁ ca | kathitā guṇa-nāma-carita-maṇḍana-sambandhinas taṭasthāś ca ||1||
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Now the stimulating determinants among the determinants: The stimulating determinants related to Hari and to his beloveds are said to include qualities, names, deeds, ornaments, associates, and neutral environmental features.
10.2
Sourceतत्र गुणाः- गुणास् त्रिधा मानसा स्युर् वाचिकाः कायिकास् तथा ॥२॥
tatra guṇāḥ- guṇās tridhā mānasā syur vācikāḥ kāyikās tathā ||2||
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Qualities: Qualities are of three kinds: mental, verbal, and bodily.
10.3
Sourceतत्र मानसाः- गुणाः कृतज्ञता-क्षान्ति-करुणाद्यास् तु मानसाः ॥३॥
tatra mānasāḥ- guṇāḥ kṛtajñatā-kṣānti-karuṇādyās tu mānasāḥ ||3||
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Mental qualities: Gratitude, patience, compassion, and similar virtues are mental qualities.
10.4
Sourceयथा- वशम् अल्पिकयापि सेवयामुम् विहिते’प्य् आगसि दुःसहे स्मितास्यम् । पर-दुःख-लवे’पि कातरꣳ मे हरिम् उद्वीक्ष्य मनस् तनोति तृष्णाम् ॥४॥
yathā- vaśam alpikayāpi sevayāmum vihite’py āgasi duḥsahe smitāsyam | para-duḥkha-lave’pi kātaraṁ me harim udvīkṣya manas tanoti tṛṣṇām ||4||
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For example: Seeing my Hari brought under control by even the slightest service, smiling though an unbearable offense has been committed, and distressed by even a trace of another's sorrow, my mind expands its thirst for him.
10.5
Sourceअथ वाचिकाः- वाचिकास् तु गुणाः प्रोक्ताः कर्णानन्दकतादयः ॥५॥
atha vācikāḥ- vācikās tu guṇāḥ proktāḥ karṇānandakatādayaḥ ||5||
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Verbal qualities: Qualities such as giving delight to the ears are called verbal.
10.6
Sourceयथा- कर्णापहारि-वर्णाम् अश्रुत-चर-माधुरीभिर् अभ्यस्ताम् । आलि रसालाꣳ माधव- वाचꣳ नाचम्य तृप्यामि ॥६॥
yathā- karṇāpahāri-varṇām aśruta-cara-mādhurībhir abhyastām | āli rasālāṁ mādhava- vācaṁ nācamya tṛpyāmi ||6||
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For example: Friend, though I repeatedly drink Mādhava's nectarean speech, whose syllables captivate the ear and which is filled with sweetness never heard before, I cannot become satisfied.
10.7
Sourceअथ कायिकाः- ते वयो रूप-लावण्ये सौन्दर्यम् अभिरूपता । माधुर्यꣳ मार्दवाद्याश् च कायिकाः कथिता गुणाः ॥७॥
atha kāyikāḥ- te vayo rūpa-lāvaṇye saundaryam abhirūpatā | mādhuryaṁ mārdavādyāś ca kāyikāḥ kathitā guṇāḥ ||7||
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Bodily qualities: Age, form, grace, beauty, handsomeness, sweetness, softness, and others are described as bodily qualities.
10.8
Sourceतत्र वयः- वयश् चतुर्विधꣳ त्व् अत्र कथितꣳ मधुरे रसे । वयः-सन्धिस् तथा नव्यꣳ व्यक्तꣳ पूर्णम् इति क्रमात् ॥८॥
tatra vayaḥ- vayaś caturvidhaṁ tv atra kathitaṁ madhure rase | vayaḥ-sandhis tathā navyaṁ vyaktaṁ pūrṇam iti kramāt ||8||
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Age: In sweet rasa, age is described in four successive stages: the junction of childhood and youth, fresh youth, manifest youth, and full youth.
10.9
Sourceवयो-मुखा गुणाः पूर्व-मुक्ताः केशव-सꣳश्रयाः । तेन ते’त्र प्रवक्ष्यन्ते प्रायशस् तत्-प्रियानुगाः ॥९॥
vayo-mukhā guṇāḥ pūrva-muktāḥ keśava-saṁśrayāḥ | tena te’tra pravakṣyante prāyaśas tat-priyānugāḥ ||9||
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The qualities beginning with age as they reside in Keśava were previously described. Therefore they will be presented here principally as they appear in his beloveds.
10.10
Sourceतत्र वयः-सन्धिः- बाल्य-यौवनयोः सन्धिर् वयः-सन्धिर् इतीर्यते ॥१०॥
tatra vayaḥ-sandhiḥ- bālya-yauvanayoḥ sandhir vayaḥ-sandhir itīryate ||10||
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The junction of childhood and youth: The meeting point of childhood and youth is called the junction of age.
10.11
Sourceस कृष्णस्य, यथा- यान्ती श्यामलताꣳ विमुच्य कपिश-च्छायाꣳ स्मर-क्ष्मापतेर् अद्याज्ञा-लिपि-वर्ण-पङ्क्ति-पदवीम् आप्नोति रोमावली । वाञ्छत्य् उच्छलितꣳ मनाग् अभिनवाꣳ तारुण्य-नीर-च्छटाꣳ लब्ध्वा किञ्चिद् अधीरम् अक्षि-शफर-द्वन्द्वꣳ च कꣳसद्विषः ॥११॥
sa kṛṣṇasya, yathā- yāntī śyāmalatāṁ vimucya kapiśa-cchāyāṁ smara-kṣmāpater adyājñā-lipi-varṇa-paṅkti-padavīm āpnoti romāvalī | vāñchaty ucchalitaṁ manāg abhinavāṁ tāruṇya-nīra-cchaṭāṁ labdhvā kiñcid adhīram akṣi-śaphara-dvandvaṁ ca kaṁsadviṣaḥ ||11||
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This stage in Kṛṣṇa: Today the line of hair upon Kaṁsa's enemy abandons its tawny hue and grows dark, assuming the form of a row of letters in King Love's written command. The pair of fish that are his eyes, gaining a slight impatience, desire to leap into the fresh spray of youthful waters.
10.12
Sourceतन्-माधुर्यम्- दशार्ध-शर-लुब्धकꣳ चलम् अवेक्ष्य लक्ष्येच्छया विशन्तम् इह साम्प्रतꣳ भवद्-रूपाङ्ग-शृङ्गोपरि । सदाश्रु-निकरोक्षिता व्रज-महेन्द्र वृन्दावने कुरङ्ग-नयनावली दर-परिप्लवत्वꣳ गता ॥१२॥
tan-mādhuryam- daśārdha-śara-lubdhakaṁ calam avekṣya lakṣyecchayā viśantam iha sāmprataṁ bhavad-rūpāṅga-śṛṅgopari | sadāśru-nikarokṣitā vraja-mahendra vṛndāvane kuraṅga-nayanāvalī dara-pariplavatvaṁ gatā ||12||
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Its sweetness: Great king of Vraja, seeing the restless five-arrowed hunter now enter, eager for a target, and climb the horn-like peak of your beautiful form, the rows of doe-eyed women in Vṛndāvana have become slightly overwhelmed, continually bathed in floods of tears.
10.13
Sourceतत्-प्रियाणाꣳ, यथा- वाद्यꣳ किङ्किणिम् आहरत्य् उपचयꣳ ज्ञात्वा नितम्बो गुणी स्वस्य ध्वꣳसम् अवेत्य वष्टि बलिभिर् योगꣳ ह्रसन्-मध्यमम् । वक्षः साधु-फल-द्वयꣳ विचिनुते राजोपहार-क्षमꣳ राधायास् तनु-राज्यम् अञ्चति नवे क्षौणी-पतौ यौवने ॥१३॥
tat-priyāṇāṁ, yathā- vādyaṁ kiṅkiṇim āharaty upacayaṁ jñātvā nitambo guṇī svasya dhvaṁsam avetya vaṣṭi balibhir yogaṁ hrasan-madhyamam | vakṣaḥ sādhu-phala-dvayaṁ vicinute rājopahāra-kṣamaṁ rādhāyās tanu-rājyam añcati nave kṣauṇī-patau yauvane ||13||
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This stage in his beloveds: When the new sovereign Youth ascends the kingdom of Rādhā's body, her discerning hips gather wealth and bring the tinkling girdle as music; her diminishing waist, knowing its own destruction, seeks alliance with three folds; and her chest gathers two excellent fruits fit for tribute to the king.
10.14
Sourceतन्-माधुर्यम्- आशास्ते पतितुꣳ कटाक्ष-मधुपो मन्दꣳ दृग्-इन्दीवरे किञ्चिद् व्रीड-विसाङ्कुरꣳ मृगयते चेतो-मरालार्भकः । नर्मालाप-मधु-च्छटाद्य वदनाम्भोजे तवोदीयते शङ्के सुन्दरि माधवोत्सव-करीꣳ काञ्चिद् दशाम् अञ्चसि ॥१४॥
tan-mādhuryam- āśāste patituṁ kaṭākṣa-madhupo mandaṁ dṛg-indīvare kiñcid vrīḍa-visāṅkuraṁ mṛgayate ceto-marālārbhakaḥ | narmālāpa-madhu-cchaṭādya vadanāmbhoje tavodīyate śaṅke sundari mādhavotsava-karīṁ kāñcid daśām añcasi ||14||
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Its sweetness: The bee of a sidelong glance hopes to descend gently upon the blue lotus of your eye, and the young swan of your heart begins to seek a tender sprout of modesty. Today honeyed drops of playful speech rise from the lotus of your face. Beautiful girl, I suspect you are entering a certain condition that will create a festival for Mādhava.
10.15
Sourceअथ नव्यम्- दरोद्भिन्न-स्तनꣳ किञ्चिच्-चलाक्षꣳ मन्थर-स्मितम् । मनाग् अभिस्फुरद्-भावꣳ नव्यꣳ यौवनम् उच्यते ॥१५॥
atha navyam- darodbhinna-stanaṁ kiñcic-calākṣaṁ manthara-smitam | manāg abhisphurad-bhāvaṁ navyaṁ yauvanam ucyate ||15||
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Now fresh youth: Slightly budding breasts, somewhat restless eyes, a slow smile, and the faint appearance of emotional feeling are called fresh youth.
10.16
Sourceयथा- उरः स्तोकोच्छूनꣳ वचनम् उदयद्-वक्रिम-लवꣳ दवोद्घूर्णा दृष्टिर् जघन-तटम् ईषद् घनतरम् । मनाग् व्यक्ता रोमावलिर् अपचितꣳ किञ्चिद् उदरꣳ हरेः सेवौचित्यꣳ तव सुवदने विन्दति वयः ॥१६॥
yathā- uraḥ stokocchūnaṁ vacanam udayad-vakrima-lavaṁ davodghūrṇā dṛṣṭir jaghana-taṭam īṣad ghanataram | manāg vyaktā romāvalir apacitaṁ kiñcid udaraṁ hareḥ sevaucityaṁ tava suvadane vindati vayaḥ ||16||
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For example: Your chest is slightly swelling; a trace of charming crookedness rises in your speech; your gaze whirls a little; the region of your hips grows somewhat fuller; the line of hair becomes faintly visible; and your waist has grown a little slender. Lovely-faced girl, your age is becoming fit for Hari's service.
10.17
Sourceतन्-माधुर्यम्- वारꣳ वारꣳ विचरसि हरेर् अद्य विश्राम-वेद्याम् उद्भ्रान्तासि स्फुरति पवने तद्-वपुर् गन्ध-भाजि । बाले नेत्रे विकिरसि मुहुर् नैचिकीनाꣳ पदव्याꣳ भावाग्निस् ते स्फुटम् इह मनो-धाम्नि धूमायितो’स्ति ॥१७॥
tan-mādhuryam- vāraṁ vāraṁ vicarasi harer adya viśrāma-vedyām udbhrāntāsi sphurati pavane tad-vapur gandha-bhāji | bāle netre vikirasi muhur naicikīnāṁ padavyāṁ bhāvāgnis te sphuṭam iha mano-dhāmni dhūmāyito’sti ||17||
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Its sweetness: Today you wander again and again over Hari's resting terrace and become agitated when the breeze carries the fragrance of his body. Young girl, you repeatedly cast your eyes toward the path of the flower-gardeners. The fire of emotion within the dwelling of your mind is plainly beginning to smoke.
10.18
Sourceअथ व्यक्तम्- वक्षः प्रव्यक्त-वक्षोजꣳ मध्यꣳ च सुवलि-त्रयम् । उज्ज्वलानि तथाङ्गानि व्यक्ते स्फुरति यौवने ॥१८॥
atha vyaktam- vakṣaḥ pravyakta-vakṣojaṁ madhyaṁ ca suvali-trayam | ujjvalāni tathāṅgāni vyakte sphurati yauvane ||18||
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Now manifest youth: In manifest youth the chest displays clearly visible breasts, the waist bears three lovely folds, and the limbs shine brightly.
10.19
Sourceयथा- रथाङ्ग-मिथुनꣳ नवꣳ प्रकटयत्य् उरोज-द्युतिर् व्यनक्ति युगलꣳ दृशोः शफर-वृत्तिम् इन्द्रावलि । बिभर्ति च वलि-त्रयꣳ तव तरङ्ग-भङ्गोद्गमꣳ त्वम् अत्र सरसीकृता तरुणिम-श्रिया राजसि ॥१९॥
yathā- rathāṅga-mithunaṁ navaṁ prakaṭayaty uroja-dyutir vyanakti yugalaṁ dṛśoḥ śaphara-vṛttim indrāvali | bibharti ca vali-trayaṁ tava taraṅga-bhaṅgodgamaṁ tvam atra sarasīkṛtā taruṇima-śriyā rājasi ||19||
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For example: The radiance of your breasts reveals a fresh pair of cakravāka birds, the row of your eyes displays the movement of two fish, and your three folds resemble the rising breaks of waves. Made into a lake by the splendor of youth, you shine here.
10.20
Sourceतन्-माधुर्यम्- भ्राजन्ते वरदन्ति-मौक्तिक-गणा यस्योल्लिखद्भिर् नखैः क्षिप्ताः पुष्कर-मालयावृत-रुचः कुञ्जेषु कुञ्जेश्व् अमी । शौटीर्याब्धिर् उरोज-पञ्जर-तटे सꣳवेशयन्त्या कथꣳ स श्रीमान् हरिणेक्षणे हरिर् अभून् नेत्रेण बद्धस् त्वया ॥२०॥
tan-mādhuryam- bhrājante varadanti-mauktika-gaṇā yasyollikhadbhir nakhaiḥ kṣiptāḥ puṣkara-mālayāvṛta-rucaḥ kuñjeṣu kuñjeśv amī | śauṭīryābdhir uroja-pañjara-taṭe saṁveśayantyā kathaṁ sa śrīmān hariṇekṣaṇe harir abhūn netreṇa baddhas tvayā ||20||
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Its sweetness: In bower after bower, the pearls of splendid elephants, scattered by scratching nails, shine with their luster surrounded by rows of lotuses. Doe-eyed girl, how did you, placing that ocean of boldness within the cage-like enclosure of your breasts, bind glorious Hari with a single glance?
10.21
Sourceअथ पूर्णम्- नितम्बो विपुलो मध्यꣳ कृशम् अङ्गꣳ वर-द्युति । पीनौ कुचाव् उरु-युग्मꣳ रम्भाभꣳ पूर्ण-यौवने ॥२१॥
atha pūrṇam- nitambo vipulo madhyaṁ kṛśam aṅgaṁ vara-dyuti | pīnau kucāv uru-yugmaṁ rambhābhaṁ pūrṇa-yauvane ||21||
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Now full youth: In full youth the hips are broad, the waist slender, the limbs splendidly radiant, the breasts full, and the pair of thighs resembles plantain trunks.
10.22
Sourceयथा- दृशोर् द्वन्द्वꣳ वक्राꣳ हरति शफरोल्लास-लहरीम् अखण्डꣳ तुण्ड-श्रीर् विधु-मधुरिमाणꣳ दमयति । कुचौ कुम्भ-भ्रान्तिꣳ मुहुर् अविकलाꣳ कन्दलयतस् तवापूर्वꣳ लीलावति वयसि पूर्णे वपुर् अभूत् ॥२२॥
yathā- dṛśor dvandvaṁ vakrāṁ harati śapharollāsa-laharīm akhaṇḍaṁ tuṇḍa-śrīr vidhu-madhurimāṇaṁ damayati | kucau kumbha-bhrāntiṁ muhur avikalāṁ kandalayatas tavāpūrvaṁ līlāvati vayasi pūrṇe vapur abhūt ||22||
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For example: Your pair of crooked eyes steals the lively waves of darting fish, the undivided beauty of your face subdues the moon's sweetness, and your breasts repeatedly awaken the complete illusion of two water pots. Playful girl, upon reaching full youth your body has become unprecedented.
10.23
Sourceतन्-माधुर्यम्- न वित्रस्ता का ते प्रतियुवतिर् आसीन् मुख-रुचा दधार स्तैमित्यꣳ प्रणय-घन-वृष्ट्या तव न का । व्रजे शिष्या काभून् न हि तव कलायाम् इति हरेर् निकुञ्ज-स्वाराज्ये त्वम् असि रसिके पट्ट-महिषी ॥२३॥
tan-mādhuryam- na vitrastā kā te pratiyuvatir āsīn mukha-rucā dadhāra staimityaṁ praṇaya-ghana-vṛṣṭyā tava na kā | vraje śiṣyā kābhūn na hi tava kalāyām iti harer nikuñja-svārājye tvam asi rasike paṭṭa-mahiṣī ||23||
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Its sweetness: What rival young woman did the radiance of your face not terrify? Who did not become motionless beneath the dense rain of your affection? Who in Vraja did not become a pupil in your art? Connoisseur, you are therefore the crowned queen of Hari's sovereign kingdom of the bowers.
10.24
Sourceतारुण्यस्य नवत्वे’पि कासाञ्चिद् व्रज-सुभ्रुवाम् । शोभा-पूर्ति-विशेषेण पूर्णतेव प्रकाशते ॥२४॥
tāruṇyasya navatve’pi kāsāñcid vraja-subhruvām | śobhā-pūrti-viśeṣeṇa pūrṇateva prakāśate ||24||
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Although some beautiful-browed women of Vraja possess newly arisen youth, an exceptional fullness of splendor makes it appear like full youth.
10.25
Sourceअथ रूपम्- अङ्गान्य् अभूषितान्य् एव केनचिद् भूषणादिना । येन भूषितवद् भाति तद् रूपम् इति कथ्यते ॥२५॥
atha rūpam- aṅgāny abhūṣitāny eva kenacid bhūṣaṇādinā | yena bhūṣitavad bhāti tad rūpam iti kathyate ||25||
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Now form: That quality by which limbs unadorned by jewelry or any other decoration nevertheless appear ornamented is called form.
10.26
Sourceयथा दान-केलि-कौमुद्याꣳ (२२)- त्रपते विलोक्य पद्मा ललिते राधाꣳ विनाप्य् अलङ्कारꣳ । तद् अलꣳ मणिमय-मण्डन- मण्डल-रचना-प्रयासेन ॥२६॥
yathā dāna-keli-kaumudyāṁ (22)- trapate vilokya padmā lalite rādhāṁ vināpy alaṅkāraṁ | tad alaṁ maṇimaya-maṇḍana- maṇḍala-racanā-prayāsena ||26||
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As in Dāna-keli-kaumudī 22: Lalitā, seeing Rādhā even without ornaments makes Padmā ashamed. Enough, then, with the effort of arranging circles of jeweled decorations.
10.27
Sourceयथा वा विदग्ध-माधवे (७.४८)- नीतꣳ ते पुनर् उक्तताꣳ भ्रमरकैः कस्तूरिका-पत्रकꣳ नेत्राभ्याꣳ विफलीकृतꣳ कुवलय-द्वन्द्वꣳ च कर्णापितम् । हारश् च स्मित-कान्ति-भङ्गिभिर् अलꣳ पिष्टानुपेषीकृतः किꣳ राधे तव मण्डनेन नितराम् अङ्गैर् असि द्योतिता ॥२७॥
yathā vā vidagdha-mādhave (7.48)- nītaṁ te punar uktatāṁ bhramarakaiḥ kastūrikā-patrakaṁ netrābhyāṁ viphalīkṛtaṁ kuvalaya-dvandvaṁ ca karṇāpitam | hāraś ca smita-kānti-bhaṅgibhir alaṁ piṣṭānupeṣīkṛtaḥ kiṁ rādhe tava maṇḍanena nitarām aṅgair asi dyotitā ||27||
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Or, as in Vidagdha-mādhava 7.48: Your curls make the musk-leaf design redundant; your two eyes render useless the pair of blue lotuses placed at your ears; and the playful radiance of your smile reduces the necklace to something ground again after already being ground. Rādhā, what need have you of ornaments? Your own limbs illuminate you completely.
10.28
Sourceअथ लावण्यम्- मुक्ताफलेषु छायायास् तरलत्वम् इवान्तरा । प्रतिभाति यद् अङ्गेषु लावण्यꣳ तद् इहोच्यते ॥२८॥
atha lāvaṇyam- muktāphaleṣu chāyāyās taralatvam ivāntarā | pratibhāti yad aṅgeṣu lāvaṇyaṁ tad ihocyate ||28||
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Now grace: The quality that appears within the limbs like the trembling of luster inside pearls is called grace here.
10.29
Sourceयथा- जगद्-अमल-रुचिर् विचित्य राधे व्यधित विधिस् तव नूनम् अङ्गकानि । मणिमय-मुकुरꣳ कुरङ्ग-नेत्रे किरण-गणेन विडम्बयन्ति यानि ॥२९॥
yathā- jagad-amala-rucir vicitya rādhe vyadhita vidhis tava nūnam aṅgakāni | maṇimaya-mukuraṁ kuraṅga-netre kiraṇa-gaṇena viḍambayanti yāni ||29||
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For example: Rādhā, Brahmā must have gathered the spotless radiance of the universe and fashioned your limbs from it, for, doe-eyed girl, their hosts of rays mock a jeweled mirror.
10.30
Sourceयथा वा- शृणु सखि तव कर्णे वर्णयाम्य् अत्र नीचैर् विरचय मुख-चन्द्रꣳ मा वृथाराद् विवर्णम् । इयम् उरसि मुरारेर् नान्या मृगाक्षी मरकत-मुकुराभे बिम्बितासि त्वम् एव ॥३०॥
yathā vā- śṛṇu sakhi tava karṇe varṇayāmy atra nīcair viracaya mukha-candraṁ mā vṛthārād vivarṇam | iyam urasi murārer nānyā mṛgākṣī marakata-mukurābhe bimbitāsi tvam eva ||30||
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Or, for example: Listen, friend, while I tell you softly in your ear. Do not uselessly make your moonlike face lose its color from afar. No other doe-eyed woman rests upon Murāri's chest; it is you alone, reflected in that emerald-like mirror.
10.31
Sourceअथ सौन्दर्यम्- अङ्ग-प्रत्यान्गकानाꣳ यः सन्निवेशो यथोचितम् । सुस्लिष्ट-सन्धि-बन्धः स्यात् तत् सौन्दर्यम् इतीर्यते ॥३१॥
atha saundaryam- aṅga-pratyāngakānāṁ yaḥ sanniveśo yathocitam | susliṣṭa-sandhi-bandhaḥ syāt tat saundaryam itīryate ||31||
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Now beauty: The fitting arrangement of the major and minor limbs, with their joints and connections harmoniously joined, is called beauty.
10.32
Sourceयथा- अखण्डेन्दोस् तुल्यꣳ मुखम् उरु-कुच-द्योतितम् उरो भुजौ स्रस्ताव् अꣳसे कर-परिमितꣳ मध्यम् अभितः । परिस्फारा श्रोणी क्रम-लघिम-भाग् ऊरु-युगलꣳ तवापूर्वꣳ राधे किम् अपि कमनीयꣳ वपुर् अभूत् ॥३२॥
yathā- akhaṇḍendos tulyaṁ mukham uru-kuca-dyotitam uro bhujau srastāv aṁse kara-parimitaṁ madhyam abhitaḥ | parisphārā śroṇī krama-laghima-bhāg ūru-yugalaṁ tavāpūrvaṁ rādhe kim api kamanīyaṁ vapur abhūt ||32||
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For example: Your face equals the full moon; your chest shines with large breasts; your arms descend gracefully from the shoulders; your waist can be spanned by the hands; your hips are broad; and your paired thighs taper gradually. Rādhā, your body has become unprecedented and indescribably lovely.
10.33
Sourceअथ अभिरूपता- यद् आत्मीय-गुणोत्कर्षैर् वस्त्व् अन्यन् निकट-स्थितम् । सारूप्यꣳ नयति प्राज्ञैर् आभिरूप्यꣳ तद् उच्यते ॥३३॥
atha abhirūpatā- yad ātmīya-guṇotkarṣair vastv anyan nikaṭa-sthitam | sārūpyaṁ nayati prājñair ābhirūpyaṁ tad ucyate ||33||
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Now handsomeness: That quality by which an object causes another object standing nearby to assume its own likeness through the excellence of its qualities is called handsomeness by the wise.
10.34
Sourceयथा- मग्ना शुभ्रे दशन-किरणे स्फाटिकीव स्फुरन्ती लग्ना शोणे कर-सरसिजे पद्मारगीव गौरि । गण्डोपान्ते कुवलय-रुचा वैन्द्र-नीलीव जाता सूते रत्न-त्रय-धियम् असौ पश्य कृष्णस्य वꣳशी ॥३४॥
yathā- magnā śubhre daśana-kiraṇe sphāṭikīva sphurantī lagnā śoṇe kara-sarasije padmāragīva gauri | gaṇḍopānte kuvalaya-rucā vaindra-nīlīva jātā sūte ratna-traya-dhiyam asau paśya kṛṣṇasya vaṁśī ||34||
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For example: Fair girl, see how Kṛṣṇa's flute gives the impression of three jewels. Immersed in the white rays of his teeth it shines like crystal; touching the red lotus of his hand it resembles a ruby; and beside his cheek, with the luster of his dark curls, it becomes like a sapphire.
10.35
Sourceयथा वा- वक्षोजे तव चम्पक-च्छविम् अवष्टम्भोरु-कुम्भोपमे राधे कोकनद-श्रियः करतले सिन्दूरतः सुन्दरे । द्राग् इन्दिन्दिर-बन्धुरेषु चिकुरेष्व् इन्दीवराभाꣳ वहन्न् एकः कैरव-कोरको वितनुते पुष्प-त्रयी-विभ्रमम् ॥३५॥
yathā vā- vakṣoje tava campaka-cchavim avaṣṭambhoru-kumbhopame rādhe kokanada-śriyaḥ karatale sindūrataḥ sundare | drāg indindira-bandhureṣu cikureṣv indīvarābhāṁ vahann ekaḥ kairava-korako vitanute puṣpa-trayī-vibhramam ||35||
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Or, for example: Rādhā, a single white-lotus bud produces the illusion of three flowers. Resting upon your pot-like breast it assumes the radiance of campaka; in your lovely hand, beautified with vermilion, it takes on the splendor of a red lotus; and among your charming bee-dark curls it swiftly bears the hue of a blue lotus.
10.36
Sourceअथ माधुर्यम्- रूपꣳ किम् अप्य् अनिर्वाच्यꣳ तनोर् माधुर्यम् उच्यते ॥३६॥
atha mādhuryam- rūpaṁ kim apy anirvācyaṁ tanor mādhuryam ucyate ||36||
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Now sweetness: An indescribable quality of bodily form is called sweetness.
10.37
Sourceयथा- किम् अपि हृदयम् अभ्र-श्यामलꣳ धाम रुन्धे दृशम् अहह विलुण्ठत्य् आङ्गिकी कापि मुद्रा । चटुलयति कुल-स्त्री-धर्म-चर्याꣳ बकारेः सुमुखि नव-विवर्तः को’प्य् असौ माधुरीणाम् ॥३७॥
yathā- kim api hṛdayam abhra-śyāmalaṁ dhāma rundhe dṛśam ahaha viluṇṭhaty āṅgikī kāpi mudrā | caṭulayati kula-strī-dharma-caryāṁ bakāreḥ sumukhi nava-vivartaḥ ko’py asau mādhurīṇām ||37||
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For example: Something cloud-dark blocks my heart's dwelling, and some bodily gesture, alas, plunders my sight. Lovely-faced girl, a certain fresh transformation of sweetness in Baka's enemy agitates the prescribed conduct of respectable women.
10.38
Sourceअथ मर्दवम्- मार्दवꣳ कोमलस्यापि सꣳस्पर्शासहतोच्यते । उत्तमꣳ मध्यमꣳ प्रोक्तꣳ कनिष्ठꣳ चेति तत् त्रिधा ॥३८॥
atha mardavam- mārdavaṁ komalasyāpi saṁsparśāsahatocyate | uttamaṁ madhyamaṁ proktaṁ kaniṣṭhaṁ ceti tat tridhā ||38||
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Now softness: Softness means being unable to tolerate contact despite already being delicate. It is described as threefold: excellent, intermediate, and lesser.
10.39
Sourceतत्र उत्तमम्- अभिनव-नव-मालिकाम् अयꣳ सा शयन-वरꣳ निशि राधिकाधिशिश्ये । न कुसुम-पटलꣳ दरापि जग्लौ तद्-अनुभवात् तनुर् एव स-व्रणासीत् ॥३९॥
tatra uttamam- abhinava-nava-mālikām ayaṁ sā śayana-varaṁ niśi rādhikādhiśiśye | na kusuma-paṭalaṁ darāpi jaglau tad-anubhavāt tanur eva sa-vraṇāsīt ||39||
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Excellent softness: At night Rādhikā lay upon this splendid bed of newly opened jasmine flowers. Not even the mass of blossoms wilted slightly from that contact, yet her body itself became covered with marks.
10.40
Sourceमध्यमꣳ, यथा- चित्रꣳ धनिष्ठे तनु-वाससो’पि चीनस्य पीन-स्तनि सङ्गमेन । लिप्तेव ते लोहित-चन्दनेन मूर्तिर् बिन्दुना सखि लोहितासीत् ॥४०॥
madhyamaṁ, yathā- citraṁ dhaniṣṭhe tanu-vāsaso’pi cīnasya pīna-stani saṅgamena | lipteva te lohita-candanena mūrtir bindunā sakhi lohitāsīt ||40||
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Intermediate softness: Full-breasted Dhaniṣṭhā, how astonishing! From contact with even a thin Chinese-silk garment, your form became dotted red, friend, as though anointed with red sandalwood.
10.41
Sourceकनिष्ठꣳ, यथा रस-सुधाकरे ()- आमोदम् आमोदनम् आदधानꣳ निलीन-नीलालक-चञ्चरीकम् । क्षणेन पद्मा-मुख-पद्मम् आसीत् त्विषा रवेः कोमलयापि ताम्रम् ॥४१॥
kaniṣṭhaṁ, yathā rasa-sudhākare ()- āmodam āmodanam ādadhānaṁ nilīna-nīlālaka-cañcarīkam | kṣaṇena padmā-mukha-padmam āsīt tviṣā raveḥ komalayāpi tāmram ||41||
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Lesser softness, as in Rasa-sudhākara: Padmā's lotus face, fragrant and filled with the humming bee of a dark curl, became copper-red in a moment beneath even the sun's gentle radiance.
10.42
Sourceअथ नाम, यथा- तट-भुवि रवि-पुत्र्याः पश्य गौराङ्गि रङ्गी स्फुरति सखि कुरङ्गी-मण्डले कृष्णसारः । इति भवद्-अभिधानꣳ शृण्वती सा मद्-उक्तौ सुतनुर् अतनु-घूर्णा-पूर-पूर्णा बभूव ॥४२॥
atha nāma, yathā- taṭa-bhuvi ravi-putryāḥ paśya gaurāṅgi raṅgī sphurati sakhi kuraṅgī-maṇḍale kṛṣṇasāraḥ | iti bhavad-abhidhānaṁ śṛṇvatī sā mad-uktau sutanur atanu-ghūrṇā-pūra-pūrṇā babhūva ||42||
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Now the name: Fair-limbed girl, look upon the sun-god's daughter's bank! Friend, among the herd of does a black deer, kṛṣṇasāra, shines playfully. Hearing your name 'Kṛṣṇa' within my statement, that slender girl became filled with a vast whirling agitation produced by bodiless Love.
10.43
Sourceअथ चरितम्- अनुभावाश् च लीला चेत्य् उच्यते चरितꣳ द्विधा । अग्रे’नुभावा वक्तव्या लीलेयꣳ कथ्यते’धुना ॥४३॥
atha caritam- anubhāvāś ca līlā cety ucyate caritaṁ dvidhā | agre’nubhāvā vaktavyā līleyaṁ kathyate’dhunā ||43||
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Now deeds: Deeds are said to be of two kinds, outward manifestations and playful acts. The manifestations will be described later; the playful acts are explained now.
10.44
Sourceलीला स्याच् चारु-विक्रीडा ताण्डवꣳ वेणु-वादनम् । गोदोहः पर्वतोद्धारो गोहूतिर् गमनादिका ॥४४॥
līlā syāc cāru-vikrīḍā tāṇḍavaṁ veṇu-vādanam | godohaḥ parvatoddhāro gohūtir gamanādikā ||44||
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Playful acts include charming games, dancing, flute playing, milking cows, lifting the mountain, calling the cows, walking, and similar activities.
10.45
Sourceअथ चारु-विक्रीडा- रास-कन्दूक-खेलाद्या चारु-क्रीडात्र कीर्तिता ॥४५॥
atha cāru-vikrīḍā- rāsa-kandūka-khelādyā cāru-krīḍātra kīrtitā ||45||
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Charming games: The rāsa dance, ball play, and similar pastimes are celebrated here as charming games.
10.46
Sourceतत्र रासः- तꣳ विलासवति रास-मण्डले पुण्डरीक-नयनꣳ सुराङ्गनाः । प्रेक्ष्य सम्भृत-विहार-विभ्रमꣳ बभ्रमुर् मदन-सम्भ्रमोर्मिभिः ॥४६॥
tatra rāsaḥ- taṁ vilāsavati rāsa-maṇḍale puṇḍarīka-nayanaṁ surāṅganāḥ | prekṣya sambhṛta-vihāra-vibhramaṁ babhramur madana-sambhramormibhiḥ ||46||
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The rāsa dance: Playful girl, seeing the lotus-eyed one in the circle of the rāsa dance, filled with the enchanting movements of amusement, the heavenly women reeled beneath waves of Love's agitation.
10.47
Sourceकन्दूक-क्रीडा- अरुण-रुचिम् उदस्य क्षेपणीꣳ कुञ्चिताग्राꣳ सरभसम् अभिधावन् विभ्रमद्-दीर्घ-वेणिः । विरचयति मुकुन्दः कन्दुकान्दोल-नृत्य- द्विपुल-नयन-भङ्गी-विभ्रमः कौतुकꣳ नः ॥४७॥
kandūka-krīḍā- aruṇa-rucim udasya kṣepaṇīṁ kuñcitāgrāṁ sarabhasam abhidhāvan vibhramad-dīrgha-veṇiḥ | viracayati mukundaḥ kandukāndola-nṛtya- dvipula-nayana-bhaṅgī-vibhramaḥ kautukaṁ naḥ ||47||
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Ball play: Mukunda throws up the red ball and runs impetuously beneath it with his long braid swinging, his arm curved forward. The playful movements of his broad eyes dance with the ball's swinging motion and create a festival of wonder for us.
10.48
Sourceताण्डवम्- प्रचल-प्रचलाक-कुण्डलो’यꣳ स्व-सुहृन्-मण्डल-चर्चरी-परीतः । हरिर् अद्य नटन् पतङ्ग-पुत्री- तट-रङ्गे मम रङ्गम् आतनोति ॥४८॥
tāṇḍavam- pracala-pracalāka-kuṇḍalo’yaṁ sva-suhṛn-maṇḍala-carcarī-parītaḥ | harir adya naṭan pataṅga-putrī- taṭa-raṅge mama raṅgam ātanoti ||48||
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Dancing: Today Hari dances upon the stage of the sun-god's daughter's riverbank, his earrings and restless locks moving, surrounded by his circle of friends performing the carcarī dance. He fills me with delight.
10.49
Sourceवेणु-वादनꣳ, यथा ललित-माधवे (४.२७)- जङ्घाधस्-तट-सङ्गि-दक्षिण-पदꣳ किञ्चिद् विभुग्न-त्रिकम्- साचि-स्तम्भित-कन्धरꣳ सखि तिरः-सञ्चारि-नेत्राञ्चलम् । वꣳशीꣳ कुट्मलिते दधानम् अधरे लोलाङ्गुली-सङ्गताꣳ रिङ्गद्-भ्रू-भ्रमरꣳ वराङ्गि परमानन्दꣳ पुरः स्वीकुरु ॥४९॥
veṇu-vādanaṁ, yathā lalita-mādhave (4.27)- jaṅghādhas-taṭa-saṅgi-dakṣiṇa-padaṁ kiñcid vibhugna-trikam- sāci-stambhita-kandharaṁ sakhi tiraḥ-sañcāri-netrāñcalam | vaṁśīṁ kuṭmalite dadhānam adhare lolāṅgulī-saṅgatāṁ riṅgad-bhrū-bhramaraṁ varāṅgi paramānandaṁ puraḥ svīkuru ||49||
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Flute playing, as in Lalita-mādhava 4.27: Beautiful girl, receive before you this supreme bliss: his right foot touches below the shin, his body bends slightly in three places, his neck remains obliquely still, and the corners of his eyes move sideways. He holds the flute upon his bud-like lips, his fingers moving over it, while the bees of his eyebrows dance.
10.50
Sourceगो-दोहो, यथा पद्यावल्याꣳ (२६२)- अङ्गुष्ठाग्रिम-यन्त्रिताङ्गुलिर् असौ पादार्ध-नीरुद्ध-भूर् आपीनाञ्चलम् आर्द्रयन्न् इह पुरो द्वित्रैः पयो-बिन्दुभिः । न्यग्-जानु-द्वय-मध्य-यन्त्रित-घटी-वक्त्रान्तराल-स्खलद्-धाराध्वान-मनोहरꣳ सखि पयो गाꣳ दोग्धि दामोदरः ॥५०॥
go-doho, yathā padyāvalyāṁ (262)- aṅguṣṭhāgrima-yantritāṅgulir asau pādārdha-nīruddha-bhūr āpīnāñcalam ārdrayann iha puro dvitraiḥ payo-bindubhiḥ | nyag-jānu-dvaya-madhya-yantrita-ghaṭī-vaktrāntarāla-skhalad-dhārādhvāna-manoharaṁ sakhi payo gāṁ dogdhi dāmodaraḥ ||50||
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Milking cows, as in Padyāvalī 262: Friend, Dāmodara milks the cow before us. His fingers are controlled by the tips of his thumbs, half his foot presses the ground, and two or three drops of milk moisten the edge of his garment. The pail is secured between his lowered knees, while the stream falling into its open mouth creates a captivating sound.
10.51
Sourceपर्वतोद्धारः- उद्यम्य कन्दुकित-मन्द-रसोदराद्रिꣳ सव्यꣳ करꣳ कटिम् अनु स्थगयन्न् असव्यम् । स्मेराननश् चल-दृग्-अञ्चल-चञ्चरीकश् चित्ताम्बुजꣳ मम हरिश् चटुलीचकार ॥५१॥
parvatoddhāraḥ- udyamya kandukita-manda-rasodarādriṁ savyaṁ karaṁ kaṭim anu sthagayann asavyam | smerānanaś cala-dṛg-añcala-cañcarīkaś cittāmbujaṁ mama hariś caṭulīcakāra ||51||
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Lifting the mountain: Raising the gently sloping mountain as though it were a ball, he holds his left hand aloft and rests his right at his waist. Smiling, with the bees of his restless sidelong glances moving, Hari makes the lotus of my heart tremble.
10.52
Sourceगो-हूतिः- पिशङ्गि मणिक-स्तनि प्रणत-शृङ्गि पिङ्गेक्षणे मृदङ्ग-मुखि धूमले शबलि हꣳसि वꣳशी-प्रिये । इति स्व-सुरभी-कुलꣳ मुहुर् उदीर्ण-हीही-ध्वनिर् विदूर-गतम् आह्वयन् हरति हन्त चित्तꣳ हरिः ॥५२॥
go-hūtiḥ- piśaṅgi maṇika-stani praṇata-śṛṅgi piṅgekṣaṇe mṛdaṅga-mukhi dhūmale śabali haṁsi vaṁśī-priye | iti sva-surabhī-kulaṁ muhur udīrṇa-hīhī-dhvanir vidūra-gatam āhvayan harati hanta cittaṁ hariḥ ||52||
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Calling the cows: 'Piśaṅgī! Jeweled-uddered one! Bent-horned one! Tawny-eyed one! Mṛdaṅga-faced one! Dhūmalā! Śabalī! Haṁsī! Lover of the flute!' Repeatedly raising his resonant call as he summons his far-wandering herd of surabhi cows, Hari steals my heart.
10.53
Sourceगमनम्- अनुपद-मद-मन्दान्दोलि-दोर्-अर्गल-श्रीः सुर-गज-गुरु-गर्व-स्तम्भि-गम्भीर-केलिः । सहचरि दर-चञ्चच्-चारु-चूडा-रुचिर् माꣳ मदयति गति-मुद्रा-माधुरी माधवस्य ॥५३॥
gamanam- anupada-mada-mandāndoli-dor-argala-śrīḥ sura-gaja-guru-garva-stambhi-gambhīra-keliḥ | sahacari dara-cañcac-cāru-cūḍā-rucir māṁ madayati gati-mudrā-mādhurī mādhavasya ||53||
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Walking: Companion, Mādhava's sweet manner of walking intoxicates me. With every step his bar-like arms swing slowly in delight, the gravity of his play checks the towering pride of the lordly celestial elephant, and the radiance of his lovely crest moves gently.
10.54
Sourceअथ मण्डनम्- चतुर्धा मण्डनꣳ वासो-भूषा-माल्यानुलेपनैः ॥५४॥
atha maṇḍanam- caturdhā maṇḍanaṁ vāso-bhūṣā-mālyānulepanaiḥ ||54||
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Now adornment: Adornment is fourfold: clothing, jewelry, garlands, and cosmetic pigments.
10.55
Sourceअथ वस्त्रꣳ, यथा- अम्बरꣳ रचित-धैर्य-सꣳवरꣳ रम्यम् अम्बर-मणि-प्रभोज्ज्वलम् । सुभ्रु किꣳ न हि कटीर-मण्डले पुण्डरीक-नयनस्य पश्यसि ॥५५॥
atha vastraṁ, yathā- ambaraṁ racita-dhairya-saṁvaraṁ ramyam ambara-maṇi-prabhojjvalam | subhru kiṁ na hi kaṭīra-maṇḍale puṇḍarīka-nayanasya paśyasi ||55||
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Clothing: Beautiful-browed girl, do you not see the lovely garment around the lotus-eyed one's hips, radiant like the jewel of the sky and fashioned to suppress all composure?
10.56
Sourceयथा वा- अमल-कमल-राग-रागम् एतत् तव जयति स्फुटम् अद्भुतꣳ दुकूलम् । मम हृदि निज-रागम् अत्र राधे दधद् अपि यद् द्विगुणꣳ बभूव रक्तम् ॥५६॥
yathā vā- amala-kamala-rāga-rāgam etat tava jayati sphuṭam adbhutaṁ dukūlam | mama hṛdi nija-rāgam atra rādhe dadhad api yad dviguṇaṁ babhūva raktam ||56||
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Or, for example: This astonishing silk cloth of yours, colored with the spotless passion-red hue of a lotus, clearly triumphs. Rādhā, although it holds its own redness, upon entering my heart it has become doubly red with my love.
10.57
Sourceभूषा, यथा- प्रहरतु हरिणा कदम्ब-पुष्पꣳ प्रिय-सखि शेखरितꣳ यद् अङ्गजास्त्रम् । बत कथम् अमुनावतꣳसितो’सौ मम हृदि बिध्यति नीलकण्ठ-पक्षः ॥५७॥
bhūṣā, yathā- praharatu hariṇā kadamba-puṣpaṁ priya-sakhi śekharitaṁ yad aṅgajāstram | bata katham amunāvataṁsito’sau mama hṛdi bidhyati nīlakaṇṭha-pakṣaḥ ||57||
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Jewelry: Dear friend, let the kadamba flower placed as a crown by Hari strike me as Love's weapon. But how does the peacock feather worn beside his ear pierce my heart?
10.58
Sourceयथा वा- हारेण तार-द्युतिना कपोलः प्रेङ्खोलिना कुण्डलयोर् युगेन । उत्तुङ्ग-भासा कनकाङ्गदेन माꣳ लालितेयꣳ ललिता धिनोति ॥५८॥
yathā vā- hāreṇa tāra-dyutinā kapolaḥ preṅkholinā kuṇḍalayor yugena | uttuṅga-bhāsā kanakāṅgadena māṁ lāliteyaṁ lalitā dhinoti ||58||
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Or, for example: Lalitā delights me with a necklace of starry brilliance, a cheek beautified by a swinging pair of earrings, and a golden armlet of lofty splendor.
10.59
Sourceमाल्यानुलेपने, यथा रस-सुधाकरे (१.१८६अ)- आलोलैर् अनुमीयते मधुकरैः केशेषु माल्य-ग्रहः कान्तिः कापि कपोलयोः प्रथयते ताम्बूलम् अन्तर्गतम् । अङ्गानाम् अनुभूयते परिमलैर् आलेपन-प्रक्रिया वेषः को’पि विदग्ध एष सुदृशः सूते सुखꣳ चक्षुषोः ॥५९॥
mālyānulepane, yathā rasa-sudhākare (1.186a)- ālolair anumīyate madhukaraiḥ keśeṣu mālya-grahaḥ kāntiḥ kāpi kapolayoḥ prathayate tāmbūlam antargatam | aṅgānām anubhūyate parimalair ālepana-prakriyā veṣaḥ ko’pi vidagdha eṣa sudṛśaḥ sūte sukhaṁ cakṣuṣoḥ ||59||
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Garlands and cosmetic pigments, as in Rasa-sudhākara 1.186a: The restless bees reveal that she wears a garland in her hair; a special glow upon her cheeks discloses the betel within her mouth; and the fragrances of her limbs make the application of cosmetics known. This indescribably clever attire of the lovely-eyed woman gives happiness to the eyes.
10.60
Sourceयथा वा- अनङ्ग-रागाय बभूव सद्यस् तवाङ्ग-रागो’पि किम् अङ्गनासु । उद्दाम-भावाय तथा किम् आसीद् दामापि दामोदर तावकीनम् ॥६०॥
yathā vā- anaṅga-rāgāya babhūva sadyas tavāṅga-rāgo’pi kim aṅganāsu | uddāma-bhāvāya tathā kim āsīd dāmāpi dāmodara tāvakīnam ||60||
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Or, for example: Dāmodara, did the color adorning your limbs immediately awaken passion born of Love in the women? And did your garland likewise produce an unrestrained surge of emotion?
10.61
Sourceअथ सम्बन्धिनः- लग्नाः सन्निहिताश् चेति द्विधा सम्बन्धिनो मताः ॥६१॥
atha sambandhinaḥ- lagnāḥ sannihitāś ceti dvidhā sambandhino matāḥ ||61||
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Now associated stimulants: Associated stimulants are considered twofold, those attached directly and those present nearby.
10.62
Sourceतत्र लग्नाः- वꣳशी-शृङ्गी-रवौ गीतꣳ सौरभ्यꣳ भूषण-क्वणः । पदाङ्काद्या विपञ्च्यादि-निक्वाणाः शिल्प-कौशलम् । इत्य् आदयो’त्र कथिता लग्नाः सम्बन्धिनो बुधैः ॥६२॥
tatra lagnāḥ- vaṁśī-śṛṅgī-ravau gītaṁ saurabhyaṁ bhūṣaṇa-kvaṇaḥ | padāṅkādyā vipañcyādi-nikvāṇāḥ śilpa-kauśalam | ity ādayo’tra kathitā lagnāḥ sambandhino budhaiḥ ||62||
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Those directly attached: The sounds of the flute and horn, song, fragrance, the ringing of ornaments, footprints and similar marks, the sounds of the vīṇā and other instruments, artistic skill, and related things are called directly attached stimulants by the wise.
10.63
Sourceतत्र वꣳशी-रवो, दानकेलि-कौमुद्याꣳ (३२)- वेणोर् एष कल-स्वनस् तरु-लता-व्याजृम्भणे दोहदꣳ सन्ध्या-गर्ज-भरः पिक-द्विज-कुहु-स्वाध्याय-पारायणे । आभीरेन्दु-मुखी-स्मरानल-शिखोत्सेके सलीलानिलो राधा-धैर्य-धराधरेन्द्र-दमने दम्भोह्लिर् उन्मीलति ॥६३॥
tatra vaṁśī-ravo, dānakeli-kaumudyāṁ (32)- veṇor eṣa kala-svanas taru-latā-vyājṛmbhaṇe dohadaṁ sandhyā-garja-bharaḥ pika-dvija-kuhu-svādhyāya-pārāyaṇe | ābhīrendu-mukhī-smarānala-śikhotseke salīlānilo rādhā-dhairya-dharādharendra-damane dambhohlir unmīlati ||63||
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The sound of the flute, as in Dāna-keli-kaumudī 32: This delicate flute sound becomes the vital stimulus that makes trees and vines blossom, an evening thunderclap for cuckoo birds absorbed in reciting 'kuhū,' and a playful wind that fans the rising flames of love within the moon-faced cowherd women. It manifests as a thunderbolt for crushing the lordly mountain of Rādhā's composure.
10.64
Sourceयथा वा रस-सुधाकरे (१.१००) [पद्यावल्याꣳ (२४६)]- माधवो मधुर-माधवी-लता- मण्डपे पटु रटन्-मधुव्रते । सꣳजगौ श्रवण-चारु गोपिका- मान-मीन-वडिशेन वेणुना ॥६४॥
yathā vā rasa-sudhākare (1.100) [padyāvalyāṁ (246)]- mādhavo madhura-mādhavī-latā- maṇḍape paṭu raṭan-madhuvrate | saṁjagau śravaṇa-cāru gopikā- māna-mīna-vaḍiśena veṇunā ||64||
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Or, as in Rasa-sudhākara 1.100 and Padyāvalī 246: Within a pavilion of sweet mādhavī vines where bees hummed expertly, Mādhava played his ear-enchanting flute, a fishhook for the pride of the cowherd women.
10.65
Sourceकृष्ण-वक्त्रेन्दु-निष्ठ्यूतꣳ मुरली-निनदामृतम् । उद्दीपनानाꣳ सर्वेषाꣳ मध्ये प्रवरम् ईर्यते ॥६५॥
kṛṣṇa-vaktrendu-niṣṭhyūtaṁ muralī-ninadāmṛtam | uddīpanānāṁ sarveṣāṁ madhye pravaram īryate ||65||
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The nectar of the flute's sound poured forth from the moon of Kṛṣṇa's face is declared the foremost among all stimulating determinants.
10.66
Sourceशृङ्गी-रवः- कꣳसारातेः पिबतु मुरली तस्य सद्-वꣳश-जन्मा सा वक्त्रेन्दुꣳ स्फुटम् अकुटिला पञ्चमोद्गार-गुर्वी । आस्वाद्यामुꣳ त्वम् अपि विषमा भङ्गुराङ्गार-काली तुङ्गꣳ शृङ्गि ध्वनसि यद् इदꣳ तत् तु दुःखाकरोति ॥६६॥
śṛṅgī-ravaḥ- kaṁsārāteḥ pibatu muralī tasya sad-vaṁśa-janmā sā vaktrenduṁ sphuṭam akuṭilā pañcamodgāra-gurvī | āsvādyāmuṁ tvam api viṣamā bhaṅgurāṅgāra-kālī tuṅgaṁ śṛṅgi dhvanasi yad idaṁ tat tu duḥkhākaroti ||66||
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The sound of the horn: Let the flute, born of a noble bamboo lineage, drink from Kaṁsa's enemy's moonlike face. Straight by nature and weighty with the outpouring of the fifth note, she deserves it. But you, crooked buffalo horn, black as broken charcoal and misshapen in body, sound so loudly that you produce only sorrow.
10.67
Sourceअथ गीतम्- मानानलꣳ मे शमयन् समिद्धꣳ गानामृतꣳ वर्षति कृष्ण-मेघः । मा क्रुध्य वात्यासि सखि प्रसीद दूरे नयामुꣳ निज-विभ्रमेण ॥६७॥
atha gītam- mānānalaṁ me śamayan samiddhaṁ gānāmṛtaṁ varṣati kṛṣṇa-meghaḥ | mā krudhya vātyāsi sakhi prasīda dūre nayāmuṁ nija-vibhrameṇa ||67||
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Now song: The Kṛṣṇa cloud pours down the nectar of song and extinguishes my blazing fire of jealous anger. Friend, do not become angry like a storm wind. Be gracious, lest your own agitation carry this cloud far away.
10.68
Sourceसौरभम्- मिलति परिमलोर्मिः कस्य रोम-श्रियासौ मम तनु-लतिकायाꣳ कुर्वती कुड्मलानि । सखि विदितम् इहाग्रे माधवः प्रादुरासीद् भुवि सुरभितया यः ख्यातिम् अङ्गीकरोति ॥६८॥
saurabham- milati parimalormiḥ kasya roma-śriyāsau mama tanu-latikāyāṁ kurvatī kuḍmalāni | sakhi viditam ihāgre mādhavaḥ prādurāsīd bhuvi surabhitayā yaḥ khyātim aṅgīkaroti ||68||
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Fragrance: Whose wave of fragrance is this, making splendid buds of horripilation appear upon the vine of my body? Friend, I know that Mādhava, who has accepted fame for perfuming the earth, has manifested here before us.
10.69
Sourceयथा वा- मदयति हृदयꣳ किम् अप्य् अकाण्डे मम यद् इदꣳ नव-सौरभꣳ वरीयः । तद् इह कुसुम-सꣳग्रहाय राधा शिखरि-तटे शिखर-द्विजा विवेश ॥६९॥
yathā vā- madayati hṛdayaṁ kim apy akāṇḍe mama yad idaṁ nava-saurabhaṁ varīyaḥ | tad iha kusuma-saṁgrahāya rādhā śikhari-taṭe śikhara-dvijā viveśa ||69||
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Or, for example: This excellent fresh fragrance suddenly intoxicates my heart beyond description. Therefore Rādhā, crest-jewel among the twice-born, has entered the mountain slope here to gather flowers.
10.70
Sourceभूषण-क्वणः- कलहꣳस-नादम् इह हꣳस-गामिनी निशमय्य हꣳस-दुहितुस् तटान्तरे । तव नूपुर-ध्वनि-धिया परिप्लवा कलसीꣳ न वेद शिरसश् च्युताम् अपि ॥७०॥
bhūṣaṇa-kvaṇaḥ- kalahaṁsa-nādam iha haṁsa-gāminī niśamayya haṁsa-duhitus taṭāntare | tava nūpura-dhvani-dhiyā pariplavā kalasīṁ na veda śirasaś cyutām api ||70||
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The ringing of ornaments: On the bank of the sun-god's daughter's river, the swan-gaited girl heard a swan's cry. Overwhelmed because she mistook it for the sound of your anklets, she did not even notice the water pot fall from her head.
10.71
Sourceयथा वा ललित-माधवे (१.५१)- मधुरिम-लहरीभिः स्तम्भयत्य् अम्बरे या स्मर-मद-सरसानाꣳ सारसानाꣳ रुतानि । इयम् उदयति राधा-किङ्किनी-झङ्कृतिर् मे हृदि परिणमयन्ती विक्रियाडम्बराणि ॥७१॥
yathā vā lalita-mādhave (1.51)- madhurima-laharībhiḥ stambhayaty ambare yā smara-mada-sarasānāṁ sārasānāṁ rutāni | iyam udayati rādhā-kiṅkinī-jhaṅkṛtir me hṛdi pariṇamayantī vikriyāḍambarāṇi ||71||
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Or, as in Lalita-mādhava 1.51: The jingling of Rādhā's girdle now rises, stopping in the sky with waves of sweetness the calls of cranes intoxicated by love, and producing within my heart a magnificent succession of transformations.
10.72
Sourceपदाङ्काद्याः, यथा दान-केलि-कौमुद्याꣳ (१३)- पद-ततिभिर् अलङ्कृतोज्ज्वलेयꣳ ध्वज-कुलिशाङ्कुश-पङ्कजाङ्किताभिः । नखर-लुठित-कुट्मलावनाली किम् अपि धिनोति धुनोति चान्तरꣳ मे ॥७२॥
padāṅkādyāḥ, yathā dāna-keli-kaumudyāṁ (13)- pada-tatibhir alaṅkṛtojjvaleyaṁ dhvaja-kuliśāṅkuśa-paṅkajāṅkitābhiḥ | nakhara-luṭhita-kuṭmalāvanālī kim api dhinoti dhunoti cāntaraṁ me ||72||
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Footprints and similar marks, as in Dāna-keli-kaumudī 13: This luminous pathway is ornamented with a succession of footprints marked by the banner, thunderbolt, elephant goad, and lotus. Its vine clusters and buds are crushed by toenails. It indescribably delights and agitates my heart.
10.73
Sourceविपञ्ची-निक्वाणो, यथा ललित-माधवे (१.३६)- स्मर-केलि-नाट्य-नान्दीꣳ शब्द-ब्रह्म-श्रियꣳ मुहुर् दुहती । वहति मुदꣳ मम महतीम् इह महिता श्यामला-महती ॥७३॥
vipañcī-nikvāṇo, yathā lalita-mādhave (1.36)- smara-keli-nāṭya-nāndīṁ śabda-brahma-śriyaṁ muhur duhatī | vahati mudaṁ mama mahatīm iha mahitā śyāmalā-mahatī ||73||
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The sound of the vīṇā, as in Lalita-mādhava 1.36: Repeatedly yielding the splendor of sacred sound as the opening benediction to the drama of Love's play, this revered great vīṇā named Śyāmalā brings me immense joy.
10.74
Sourceशिल्प-कौशलꣳ, यथा- वर-कुसुम-निवेश-प्रक्रिया-सौष्ठवेन प्रकटित-हरि-शिल्पा पट्ट-सूत्रोज्ज्वल-श्रीः । हृदि विनिहित-कम्पा निर्मिमीते स्रग् एषा निशित-शर-परीत-स्मार-तुणीर् अशङ्काम् ॥७४॥
śilpa-kauśalaṁ, yathā- vara-kusuma-niveśa-prakriyā-sauṣṭhavena prakaṭita-hari-śilpā paṭṭa-sūtrojjvala-śrīḥ | hṛdi vinihita-kampā nirmimīte srag eṣā niśita-śara-parīta-smāra-tuṇīr aśaṅkām ||74||
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Artistic skill: Through the excellence of her arrangement of splendid flowers, this girl reveals Hari's artistry and shines with the thread of silk. As she makes the garland with trembling fixed within her heart, it arouses the suspicion that it is Love's quiver filled with sharp arrows.
10.75
Sourceअथ सन्निहिताः- निर्माल्याद्याः सन्निहिता बर्ह-गुञ्जाद्रि-धातवः । नैचिकीनाꣳ समुदयो लगुडी-वेणु-शृङ्गीकाः ॥७५॥
atha sannihitāḥ- nirmālyādyāḥ sannihitā barha-guñjādri-dhātavaḥ | naicikīnāṁ samudayo laguḍī-veṇu-śṛṅgīkāḥ ||75||
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Now stimulants present nearby: Nearby stimulants include discarded garlands and other remnants, peacock feathers, guñjā berries, mineral pigments from the mountain, gatherings of milkmaids, staffs, flutes, and horns;
10.76
Sourceतत्-प्रेष्ठ-दृष्टिर् गोधूलिर् वृन्दारण्यꣳ तद्-आश्रिताः । गोवर्धनो रविसुता तथा रास-स्थलादयः ॥७६॥
tat-preṣṭha-dṛṣṭir godhūlir vṛndāraṇyaṁ tad-āśritāḥ | govardhano ravisutā tathā rāsa-sthalādayaḥ ||76||
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the sight of one dear to him, the dust raised by the cows, Vṛndāvana forest and those who dwell there, Govardhana, Yamunā, the place of the rāsa dance, and others.
10.77
Sourceतत्र निर्माल्याद्याः, यथा विदग्ध-माधवादौ (२.४२)- अङ्गोत्तीर्ण-विलेपनꣳ सखि समाकृष्टि-क्रियायाꣳ मणिर् मन्त्रो हन्त मुहुर् वशीकृति-विधौ नामास्य वꣳशी-पतेः । निर्माल्य-स्रग् इयꣳ महौषधिर् इह स्वान्तस्य सम्मोहने नासाꣳ कस् तिसृणाꣳ गृणाति परमाचिन्त्याꣳ प्रभावावलीम् ॥७७॥
tatra nirmālyādyāḥ, yathā vidagdha-mādhavādau (2.42)- aṅgottīrṇa-vilepanaṁ sakhi samākṛṣṭi-kriyāyāṁ maṇir mantro hanta muhur vaśīkṛti-vidhau nāmāsya vaṁśī-pateḥ | nirmālya-srag iyaṁ mahauṣadhir iha svāntasya sammohane nāsāṁ kas tisṛṇāṁ gṛṇāti paramācintyāṁ prabhāvāvalīm ||77||
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Discarded garlands and other remnants, as in Vidagdha-mādhava 2.42: Friend, the cosmetic pigment that has left his limbs is a jewel for the art of attraction; the name of this lord of the flute is a mantra for repeated acts of enchantment; and this discarded garland is a great medicine for bewildering the heart. Who can describe the supremely inconceivable succession of powers possessed by these three?
10.78
Sourceयथा वा ललित-माधवे (६.२६)- दुकूले’स्मिन् कार्तस्वर-महसि विस्तारित-दृशो वपुः किꣳ ते फुल्लैर् वहति तुलनाꣳ नीप-कुसुमैः । त्रुटन्तीभिः किꣳ वा स्फटिक-मणि-मालाभिर् उपमाꣳ लभन्ते’मी क्षामोदरि नयनयोस् तोय-पृषताः ॥७८॥
yathā vā lalita-mādhave (6.26)- dukūle’smin kārtasvara-mahasi vistārita-dṛśo vapuḥ kiṁ te phullair vahati tulanāṁ nīpa-kusumaiḥ | truṭantībhiḥ kiṁ vā sphaṭika-maṇi-mālābhir upamāṁ labhante’mī kṣāmodari nayanayos toya-pṛṣatāḥ ||78||
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Or, as in Lalita-mādhava 6.26: Slender-waisted girl, as your eyes widen upon this silk cloth radiant like gold, does your body compare with fully blossomed kadamba flowers? Or do these drops of water from your eyes resemble necklaces of crystal beads as their strings break?
10.79
Sourceअथ बर्ह-गुञ्जे, यथा विदग्ध-माधवे (२.१६)- अग्रे प्रेक्ष्य शिखण्ड-खण्डम् अचिराद् उत्कम्पम् आलम्बते गुञ्जानाꣳ च विलोकनान् मुहुर् असौ सास्रꣳ परिक्रोशति । नो जाने जनयन्न् अपूर्व-नटन-क्रीडा-चमत्कारिताꣳ बालायाः किल चित्त-भूमिम् अविशत् को’यꣳ नवीन-ग्रहः ॥७९॥
atha barha-guñje, yathā vidagdha-mādhave (2.16)- agre prekṣya śikhaṇḍa-khaṇḍam acirād utkampam ālambate guñjānāṁ ca vilokanān muhur asau sāsraṁ parikrośati | no jāne janayann apūrva-naṭana-krīḍā-camatkāritāṁ bālāyāḥ kila citta-bhūmim aviśat ko’yaṁ navīna-grahaḥ ||79||
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Peacock feathers and guñjā berries, as in Vidagdha-mādhava 2.16: Seeing a fragment of peacock feather before her, the girl quickly begins to tremble; repeatedly seeing guñjā berries, she cries aloud with tears. I do not know what new planet has entered the ground of her heart and produced the wonder of an unprecedented dancing play.
10.80
Sourceअद्रि-धातुर्, यथा- आभीर-वृन्दाधिप-नन्दनस्य कलेवरालङ्करणोज्ज्वल-श्रीः । क्षिप्तेन्द्र-गोपाꣳशुर् अपाꣳशुलो’यꣳ तनोति रागꣳ मम धातु-रागः ॥८०॥
adri-dhātur, yathā- ābhīra-vṛndādhipa-nandanasya kalevarālaṅkaraṇojjvala-śrīḥ | kṣiptendra-gopāṁśur apāṁśulo’yaṁ tanoti rāgaṁ mama dhātu-rāgaḥ ||80||
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Mineral pigment from the mountain: This spotless mineral color, radiant as the ornament upon the body of the son of the cowherd king, casts aside the rays of indra-gopa insects and produces passionate color within me.
10.81
Sourceनैचिकी-समुदयो, यथा- सन्ध्या-द्योते विलसति गताः प्रेक्ष्य गोष्ठ-प्रकोष्ठे हम्बारम्भोन्मुखरित-मुखी-नैचिकीस् त्वद्-विहीनाः । अन्तश्-चिन्ता-चुलुकित-मतिर् यादवेन्द्राद्य मन्दा कष्टꣳ चन्द्रावलिर् इह कथꣳ प्राण-बन्धꣳ करोतु ॥८१॥
naicikī-samudayo, yathā- sandhyā-dyote vilasati gatāḥ prekṣya goṣṭha-prakoṣṭhe hambārambhonmukharita-mukhī-naicikīs tvad-vihīnāḥ | antaś-cintā-culukita-matir yādavendrādya mandā kaṣṭaṁ candrāvalir iha kathaṁ prāṇa-bandhaṁ karotu ||81||
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A gathering of milkmaids: At the glow of dusk, seeing the milkmaids return within the cowherd settlement with faces resounding in calls of 'hambā,' but without you, slow Candrāvalī's mind is swallowed by inward anxiety. King of the Yadus, how can she painfully hold her life within her today?
10.82
Sourceलगुडी, यथा- विष्टभ्य याꣳ भुवि पुरः शिखरार्पितेन विन्यस्त-चारु-चिबुकेन कर-द्वयेन । दीव्यन् हरिर् गिरि-तटे मुदम् आदधान् नः सा हन्त यस्टिर् अधुना हृदयꣳ पिनष्टि ॥८२॥
laguḍī, yathā- viṣṭabhya yāṁ bhuvi puraḥ śikharārpitena vinyasta-cāru-cibukena kara-dvayena | dīvyan harir giri-taṭe mudam ādadhān naḥ sā hanta yasṭir adhunā hṛdayaṁ pinaṣṭi ||82||
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The staff: Hari once stood that staff upon the ground before us, placed both hands upon its raised top, rested his lovely chin there, and played upon the mountainside, giving us delight. Alas, that very staff now crushes my heart.
10.83
Sourceवेणुर्, यथा- हृदि न्यस्ता वꣳशी तद्-अधर-सुधा-भाग् इति मया दुरन्तꣳ विश्लेष-ज्वर-गरलम् अस्याः शमयितुम् । वितेने सा तूर्णꣳ शत-गुणम् इदꣳ यादव-पते विरक्तो यत्रेशस् तम् इह न हि वा कः प्रहरति ॥८३॥
veṇur, yathā- hṛdi nyastā vaṁśī tad-adhara-sudhā-bhāg iti mayā durantaṁ viśleṣa-jvara-garalam asyāḥ śamayitum | vitene sā tūrṇaṁ śata-guṇam idaṁ yādava-pate virakto yatreśas tam iha na hi vā kaḥ praharati ||83||
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The flute: King of the Yadus, I placed the flute upon her heart, thinking, 'It has partaken of the nectar of his lips,' in order to soothe the terrible poison of her fever of separation. Instead, it quickly increased that fever a hundredfold. What in this world will not strike a place whose own lord has become indifferent to it?
10.84
Sourceशृङ्गिका, यथा- वलितꣳ विलोचनाग्रे, शवलꣳ धूलिभिर् इदꣳ बलावरज । बलवत् कुवलय-नयनास् तव गवलꣳ कवलयत्य् अद्य ॥८४॥
śṛṅgikā, yathā- valitaṁ vilocanāgre, śavalaṁ dhūlibhir idaṁ balāvaraja | balavat kuvalaya-nayanās tava gavalaṁ kavalayaty adya ||84||
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The horn: Younger brother of Balarāma, your curved buffalo horn, mottled with dust before our eyes, forcefully devours the lotus-eyed women today.
10.85
Sourceतत्-प्रेष्ठ-दृष्टिर्, यथा- सखि मृगमद-लेखया विशाखा- हृदि मकरीर् अपि राधिका लिखन्ती । सुबलम् अवकलय्य घूर्णिताग्रे पुलकवती वन-मालिनꣳ लिलेख ॥८५॥
tat-preṣṭha-dṛṣṭir, yathā- sakhi mṛgamada-lekhayā viśākhā- hṛdi makarīr api rādhikā likhantī | subalam avakalayya ghūrṇitāgre pulakavatī vana-mālinaṁ lilekha ||85||
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The sight of one dear to him: Friend, as Rādhikā drew makara designs with musk upon Viśākhā's heart, she caught sight of Subala. At once she reeled, erupted in horripilation, and drew the forest-garlanded Kṛṣṇa instead.
10.86
Sourceयथा वा ललित-माधवे (६.४३)- निखिल-सुहृदाम् अर्थारम्भे विलम्बित-चेतसा मसृणित-शिखो यः प्राप्तोऽभूद् मनाग् इव मार्दवम् । स खलु ललिता-सान्द्र-स्नेह-प्रसङ्ग-घनीभवन् पुनर् अपि बलाद् इन्धे राधा-वियोग-मयः शिखी ॥८६॥
yathā vā lalita-mādhave (6.43)- nikhila-suhṛdām arthārambhe vilambita-cetasā masṛṇita-śikho yaḥ prāpto'bhūd manāg iva mārdavam | sa khalu lalitā-sāndra-sneha-prasaṅga-ghanībhavan punar api balād indhe rādhā-viyoga-mayaḥ śikhī ||86||
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Or, as in Lalita-mādhava 6.43: The flame of separation from Rādhā had softened at its tip and diminished slightly because his mind was delayed by undertaking affairs for all his friends. But now, thickened by contact with Lalitā's deep affection, that same fire blazes forcefully again.
10.87
Sourceगोधूलिर्, यथा उद्धव-सन्देशे (३७)- आ-प्रत्यूषाद् अपि सुमनसाꣳ वीथिभिर् ग्रथ्यमाना धत्ते नासौ सखि कथम् अहो वैजयन्ती समाप्तिम् । धिन्वन् गोपी-नयन-शिखिनः व्योम-कक्षाम् जगाहे सो’यꣳ मुग्धे निविड-धवलो धूलि-चक्राम्बुवाहः ॥८७॥
godhūlir, yathā uddhava-sandeśe (37)- ā-pratyūṣād api sumanasāṁ vīthibhir grathyamānā dhatte nāsau sakhi katham aho vaijayantī samāptim | dhinvan gopī-nayana-śikhinaḥ vyoma-kakṣām jagāhe so’yaṁ mugdhe niviḍa-dhavalo dhūli-cakrāmbuvāhaḥ ||87||
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The dust raised by the cows, as in Uddhava-sandeśa 37: Friend, though strung from dawn onward with rows of lovely flowers, how has this Vaijayantī garland still not reached completion? Innocent girl, this dense white cloud made of circling dust has entered the courtyard of the sky, delighting the peacock-like eyes of the cowherd women.
10.88
Sourceवृन्दारण्यꣳ, यथा तत्रैव (८३)- आशा-पाशैः सखि नव-नवैः कुर्वती प्राण-बन्धꣳ जात्या भीरुः कति पुनर् अहꣳ वासराणि क्षमिष्ये । एते वृन्दावन-विटपिनः स्मारयन्तः विलासान् उत्फुल्लास् तान् मम किल बलान् मर्म निर्मूलयन्ति ॥८८॥
vṛndāraṇyaṁ, yathā tatraiva (83)- āśā-pāśaiḥ sakhi nava-navaiḥ kurvatī prāṇa-bandhaṁ jātyā bhīruḥ kati punar ahaṁ vāsarāṇi kṣamiṣye | ete vṛndāvana-viṭapinaḥ smārayantaḥ vilāsān utphullās tān mama kila balān marma nirmūlayanti ||88||
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Vṛndāvana forest, as in the same work, verse 83: Friend, binding my life with ever-new ropes of hope, how many more days can I, timid by nature, endure? These blossoming trees of Vṛndāvana remind me of those pastimes and violently uproot the vital core of my being.
10.89
Sourceतद्-आश्रिताः- तद्-आश्रित्याः खगा भृङ्गा मृगाः कुञ्जा लतास् तथा । तुलसी कर्णिकारश् च कदम्बाद्याश् च कीर्तिताः ॥८९॥
tad-āśritāḥ- tad-āśrityāḥ khagā bhṛṅgā mṛgāḥ kuñjā latās tathā | tulasī karṇikāraś ca kadambādyāś ca kīrtitāḥ ||89||
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Those dwelling in Vṛndāvana: Its inhabitants are celebrated as birds, bees, deer, bowers, vines, tulasī, karṇikāra and kadamba trees, and others.
10.90
Sourceतत्र खगाः, यथा ललित-माधवे (१०.१६)- कस् तान् पश्यन् भवद्-उपहृत-स्निग्ध-पिञ्छावतꣳसान् कꣳसाराते न खलु शिखिनः खिद्यते गोष्ठवासी । उन्मीलन्तꣳ नव-जलधरꣳ नीलम् अद्यापि मत्वा ये त्वाम् अन्तर्-मुदित-मतयस् तन्वते ताण्डवानि ॥९०॥
tatra khagāḥ, yathā lalita-mādhave (10.16)- kas tān paśyan bhavad-upahṛta-snigdha-piñchāvataṁsān kaṁsārāte na khalu śikhinaḥ khidyate goṣṭhavāsī | unmīlantaṁ nava-jaladharaṁ nīlam adyāpi matvā ye tvām antar-mudita-matayas tanvate tāṇḍavāni ||90||
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The birds, as in Lalita-mādhava 10.16: Enemy of Kaṁsa, what resident of the cowherd settlement could see those peacocks, wearing the lustrous feathers you once offered them, and not suffer? Even today, mistaking you for a newly appearing rain cloud, they become joyful within and begin their dances.
10.91
Sourceभृङ्गाः, यथा- वृन्दावने श्रवसि ये निनदꣳ विपञ्ची- निष्ठ्यूत-पञ्चम-मनोहरम् आहरन्तः । ते षट्पदाः कुलिश-घट्टन-घोरम् एतꣳ दैवे विरोधिनि भवन्ति न के विपक्षाः ॥९१॥
bhṛṅgāḥ, yathā- vṛndāvane śravasi ye ninadaṁ vipañcī- niṣṭhyūta-pañcama-manoharam āharantaḥ | te ṣaṭpadāḥ kuliśa-ghaṭṭana-ghoram etaṁ daive virodhini bhavanti na ke vipakṣāḥ ||91||
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The bees: In Vṛndāvana those six-footed bees bring to the ear a sound charming as the fifth note poured from a vīṇā. Yet when fate turns hostile, do they not all become opponents, their humming dreadful as the clash of thunderbolts?
10.92
Sourceमृगाः, यथा तत्रैव- हरि हरि भवतीभिः स्वान्त-हारी हरिण्यो हरिर् इह किम् अपाङ्गातिथ्य-सङ्गी व्यधायि । यद् अनुरणित-वꣳशी-काकलीभिर् मुखेभ्यः सुख-तृण-कवला वः सामि-लीढाः स्खलन्ति ॥९२॥
mṛgāḥ, yathā tatraiva- hari hari bhavatībhiḥ svānta-hārī hariṇyo harir iha kim apāṅgātithya-saṅgī vyadhāyi | yad anuraṇita-vaṁśī-kākalībhir mukhebhyaḥ sukha-tṛṇa-kavalā vaḥ sāmi-līḍhāḥ skhalanti ||92||
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The deer, as in the same work: Alas, does! Did you make heart-stealing Hari the guest of your sidelong glances here? At the echoing sweetness of his flute, the pleasant mouthfuls of grass you had only half chewed are falling from your mouths.
10.93
Sourceकुञ्जाः, यथा उद्धव-सन्देशे (१२५)- लब्धान्दोलः प्रणय-रभसाद् एष ताम्रौष्ठि नम्रः प्रम्लायन्तीꣳ किम् अपि भवतीम् याचते नन्द-सूनुः । प्रेमोद्दाम-प्रमद-पदवी साक्षिणी शैल-कक्षे द्रष्टव्या ते कथम् अपि न सा माधवी कुञ्ज-लेखा ॥९३॥
kuñjāḥ, yathā uddhava-sandeśe (125)- labdhāndolaḥ praṇaya-rabhasād eṣa tāmrauṣṭhi namraḥ pramlāyantīṁ kim api bhavatīm yācate nanda-sūnuḥ | premoddāma-pramada-padavī sākṣiṇī śaila-kakṣe draṣṭavyā te katham api na sā mādhavī kuñja-lekhā ||93||
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The bowers, as in Uddhava-sandeśa 125: Copper-lipped girl, Nanda's son, gaining a surge from the force of love, bows before you and entreats you as you mysteriously fade. Somehow you must not look upon that mādhavī bower on the mountain slope, witness to the pathway of joy made unrestrained by love.
10.94
Sourceलतादिर्, यथा पद्यावल्याꣳ (२९५)- तुलसि विलससि त्वꣳ मल्लि जातासि फुल्ला स्थल-कमलिनि भृङ्गे सङ्गताङ्गी विभासि । कथयत बत सख्यः क्षिप्रम् अस्मासु कस्मिन् वसति कपट-कन्दः कन्दरे नन्द-सूनुः ॥९४॥
latādir, yathā padyāvalyāṁ (295)- tulasi vilasasi tvaṁ malli jātāsi phullā sthala-kamalini bhṛṅge saṅgatāṅgī vibhāsi | kathayata bata sakhyaḥ kṣipram asmāsu kasmin vasati kapaṭa-kandaḥ kandare nanda-sūnuḥ ||94||
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The vines and others, as in Padyāvalī 295: Tulasī, you flourish; jasmine, you have blossomed; land-lotus, you shine with your body joined by bees. Friends, tell us quickly: in which of you does Nanda's son, the root of all deception, dwell within a cave?
10.95
Sourceकर्णिकारो, यथा ललित-माधवे (७.१५)- रासात् तिरोहित-तनुः सखि यस्य पुष्पैश् चूडाꣳ चकार चिकुरे मम पिञ्छ-चूडः । कूले कलिन्द-दुहितुर् धृत-कन्दलो’यꣳ माꣳ दन्दहीति स मुहुर् नव-कर्णिकारः ॥९५॥
karṇikāro, yathā lalita-mādhave (7.15)- rāsāt tirohita-tanuḥ sakhi yasya puṣpaiś cūḍāṁ cakāra cikure mama piñcha-cūḍaḥ | kūle kalinda-duhitur dhṛta-kandalo’yaṁ māṁ dandahīti sa muhur nava-karṇikāraḥ ||95||
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The karṇikāra tree, as in Lalita-mādhava 7.15: Friend, when the peacock-crested one vanished from the rāsa dance, he made a crown in my hair with this tree's flowers. Now this fresh karṇikāra, bearing new shoots upon Yamunā's bank, repeatedly burns me.
10.96
Sourceकदम्बो, यथा- सखि रोपितो द्विपत्रः शतपत्राक्षेण यो व्रज-द्वारि । सो’यꣳ कदम्ब-डिम्भः फुल्लो वल्लव-वधूस् तुदति ॥९६॥
kadambo, yathā- sakhi ropito dvipatraḥ śatapatrākṣeṇa yo vraja-dvāri | so’yaṁ kadamba-ḍimbhaḥ phullo vallava-vadhūs tudati ||96||
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The kadamba tree: Friend, when this young kadamba at the gate of Vraja had only two leaves, the lotus-eyed one planted it. Now it has blossomed and pierces the young cowherd women.
10.97
Sourceगोवर्धनो, यथा ललित-माधवे (३.४२)- गोवर्धन त्वम् इह गोकुल-सङ्गि-भूमौ तुङ्गैः शिरोभिर् अभिपद्य नभो विभासि । तेनावलोक्य हरितः परितो वदाशु कुत्राद्य वल्लव-मणिः खलु खेलतीति ॥९७॥
govardhano, yathā lalita-mādhave (3.42)- govardhana tvam iha gokula-saṅgi-bhūmau tuṅgaiḥ śirobhir abhipadya nabho vibhāsi | tenāvalokya haritaḥ parito vadāśu kutrādya vallava-maṇiḥ khalu khelatīti ||97||
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Govardhana, as in Lalita-mādhava 3.42: Govardhana, here upon the land connected with Gokula, you rise with lofty peaks and shine as you touch the sky. You can therefore see every direction. Tell me quickly: where is the jewel among cowherds playing today?
10.98
Sourceरवि-सुता, यथा पद्यावल्याम् (३६८)- मथुरा-पथिक मुरारेर् उपगेयꣳ द्वारि वल्लवी-वचनम् । पुनर् अपि यमुना-सलिले कालिय-गरलानलो ज्वलति ॥९८॥
ravi-sutā, yathā padyāvalyām (368)- mathurā-pathika murārer upageyaṁ dvāri vallavī-vacanam | punar api yamunā-salile kāliya-garalānalo jvalati ||98||
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Yamunā, as in Padyāvalī 368: Traveler bound for Mathurā, sing these words of the cowherd woman at Murāri's door: once again, in Yamunā's waters, the fire of Kāliya's poison is blazing.
10.99
Sourceरास-स्थली, यथा- गोष्ठाद् अप्य् अवलोक्य मान-शिखरोच्छ्राय-श्रिया दूरतः सद्यः खेदिनि चित्त-चत्वर-तटे वꣳशी-वटेनार्पिता । कुर्वाणा हृत-वृत्तिम् इन्द्रिय-गणꣳ सा यादवेन्द्राय ते कष्टꣳ रास-विहार-भुर् विहरति प्राणैः कुरङ्गी-दृशाम् ॥९९॥
rāsa-sthalī, yathā- goṣṭhād apy avalokya māna-śikharocchrāya-śriyā dūrataḥ sadyaḥ khedini citta-catvara-taṭe vaṁśī-vaṭenārpitā | kurvāṇā hṛta-vṛttim indriya-gaṇaṁ sā yādavendrāya te kaṣṭaṁ rāsa-vihāra-bhur viharati prāṇaiḥ kuraṅgī-dṛśām ||99||
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The place of the rāsa dance: Visible from even the cowherd settlement, it was instantly placed upon the terrace of the distressed heart by the banyan of the flute, through the lofty splendor of its peak of loving pride. Stealing the functions of the entire host of senses, that ground of rāsa play painfully continues to live for you, king of the Yadus, upon the very lives of the doe-eyed women.
10.100
Sourceअथ तटस्थाः- तटस्थाश् चन्द्रिका-मेघ-विद्युतो माधवस् तथा । शरत्-पूर्ण-सुधाꣳशुश् च गन्धवाह-खगादयः ॥१००॥
atha taṭasthāḥ- taṭasthāś candrikā-megha-vidyuto mādhavas tathā | śarat-pūrṇa-sudhāṁśuś ca gandhavāha-khagādayaḥ ||100||
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Now neutral stimulants: Neutral stimulants include moonlight, clouds, lightning, spring, autumn, the full moon, fragrant wind, birds, and others.
10.101
Sourceतत्र चन्द्रिका, यथा रस-सुधाकरे (१.८७)- दुरासदे चन्द्रिकया सखी-गणैर् लतालि-कुञ्जे ललिता निगूहिता । चकोर-चञ्चु-च्युत-कौमुदी-कणꣳ कुतो’पि दृष्ट्वा भजति स्म मूर्च्छनाम् ॥१०१॥
tatra candrikā, yathā rasa-sudhākare (1.87)- durāsade candrikayā sakhī-gaṇair latāli-kuñje lalitā nigūhitā | cakora-cañcu-cyuta-kaumudī-kaṇaṁ kuto’pi dṛṣṭvā bhajati sma mūrcchanām ||101||
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Moonlight, as in Rasa-sudhākara 1.87: Because the moonlight was unbearable, her companions concealed Lalitā within a bower of clustered vines. Yet seeing from somewhere a particle of moonshine that had fallen from a cakora bird's beak, she fainted.
10.102
Sourceमेघो, यथा रस-सुधाकरे- वासः पीतꣳ कुतुकिनि कुतः कुत्र बर्हꣳ मदान्धे कꣳसारिर् वा क्व नु सखि मुधा सम्भ्रमान् मा प्रयाहि । पश्योत्तुङ्गे क्षण-रुचि-घटालिङ्गितः शैल-शृङ्गे नव्यः शक्रꣳ दधद् उदयते कार्मुचꣳ वार्-मुग् एषः ॥१०२॥
megho, yathā rasa-sudhākare- vāsaḥ pītaṁ kutukini kutaḥ kutra barhaṁ madāndhe kaṁsārir vā kva nu sakhi mudhā sambhramān mā prayāhi | paśyottuṅge kṣaṇa-ruci-ghaṭāliṅgitaḥ śaila-śṛṅge navyaḥ śakraṁ dadhad udayate kārmucaṁ vār-mug eṣaḥ ||102||
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The cloud, as in Rasa-sudhākara: Curious girl, where is the yellow garment? Intoxicated one, where is the peacock feather? Friend, where is Kaṁsa's enemy? Do not rush away uselessly in alarm. Look upon the lofty mountain peak: this is only a fresh rain cloud, embraced by a host of lightning flashes and bearing Indra's rainbow.
10.103
Sourceविद्युत्, यथा रस-सुधाकरे (१.९८)- वर्षासु तासु क्षण-रुक्-प्रकाशाद् गोपाङ्गना माधवम् आलिलिङ्ग । विद्युच् च सा वीक्ष्य तद्-अङ्ग-शोभाꣳ ह्रीणेव तूर्णꣳ जलदꣳ जगाहे ॥१०३॥
vidyut, yathā rasa-sudhākare (1.98)- varṣāsu tāsu kṣaṇa-ruk-prakāśād gopāṅganā mādhavam āliliṅga | vidyuc ca sā vīkṣya tad-aṅga-śobhāṁ hrīṇeva tūrṇaṁ jaladaṁ jagāhe ||103||
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Lightning, as in Rasa-sudhākara 1.98: During those rains, when a momentary flash appeared, the cowherd woman embraced Mādhava. Seeing the beauty of his body, that lightning swiftly entered the cloud as though ashamed.
10.104
Sourceवसन्तो, यथा- ऋतु-हतकः सखि भुवने किम् अवततीर्षुर् बभूवाद्य । मन्दादरम् अलिवृन्दꣳ वृन्दावन-कुन्द-सङ्गमे यद् अभूत् ॥१०४॥
vasanto, yathā- ṛtu-hatakaḥ sakhi bhuvane kim avatatīrṣur babhūvādya | mandādaram alivṛndaṁ vṛndāvana-kunda-saṅgame yad abhūt ||104||
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Spring: Friend, has this wretched season now desired to descend into the world? For the swarm of bees has become careless with delight upon meeting the jasmine of Vṛndāvana.
10.105
Sourceशरत्, यथा- कलहꣳसोज्ज्वल-जल्पा प्रकटित-वृन्दावनोरु-माधुर्या । धृतिम् अपहर्तुꣳ सखि मे दूतीव हरेः शरन् मिलिता ॥१०५॥
śarat, yathā- kalahaṁsojjvala-jalpā prakaṭita-vṛndāvanoru-mādhuryā | dhṛtim apahartuṁ sakhi me dūtīva hareḥ śaran militā ||105||
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Autumn: Friend, autumn has arrived like Hari's messenger to steal my composure, speaking brilliant words through the royal swans and revealing the vast sweetness of Vṛndāvana.
10.106
Sourceपूर्ण-सुधाꣳशुर्, यथा- राका-सुधाꣳशुर् अभवन् न तमाꣳसि हर्तुꣳ वृन्दाटवी-जठरगान्य् अधुनापि शक्तः । राका-सुधाꣳशु-मुखि तानि तवोन्नतानि हृत्-कन्दरास्तर-चराणि कथꣳ जहार ॥१०६॥
pūrṇa-sudhāṁśur, yathā- rākā-sudhāṁśur abhavan na tamāṁsi hartuṁ vṛndāṭavī-jaṭharagāny adhunāpi śaktaḥ | rākā-sudhāṁśu-mukhi tāni tavonnatāni hṛt-kandarāstara-carāṇi kathaṁ jahāra ||106||
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The full moon: Even now the full moon is unable to dispel the darkness within the depths of Vṛndāvana forest. Full-moon-faced girl, how then did it remove the dense darkness wandering within the caves of your heart?
10.107
Sourceगन्धवाहो, यथा श्री-गीत-गोविन्दे (७.३९)- मनो-भवानन्दन-चन्दनानिल प्रसीद रे दक्षिण मुञ्च वामताम् । क्षणꣳ जगत्-प्राण विधाय माधवꣳ पुरो मम प्राण-हरो भविष्यसि ॥१०७॥
gandhavāho, yathā śrī-gīta-govinde (7.39)- mano-bhavānandana-candanānila prasīda re dakṣiṇa muñca vāmatām | kṣaṇaṁ jagat-prāṇa vidhāya mādhavaṁ puro mama prāṇa-haro bhaviṣyasi ||107||
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The fragrant wind, as in Śrī Gīta-govinda 7.39: Sandal-scented breeze that gives joy to Love, be gracious! Southern wind, abandon your contrariness. Life-breath of the world, place Mādhava before me for a moment; afterward you may become the thief of my life.
10.108
Sourceखगाः, यथा- मानेन सार्धꣳ पशुपाल-सुभ्रुवाꣳ मराल-माला चलिता घनागमे । कदम्ब-कुञ्जे विजिहीर्षया समꣳ समागता नागरि चातकावली ॥१०८॥
khagāḥ, yathā- mānena sārdhaṁ paśupāla-subhruvāṁ marāla-mālā calitā ghanāgame | kadamba-kuñje vijihīrṣayā samaṁ samāgatā nāgari cātakāvalī ||108||
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The birds: At the arrival of the rain clouds, the rows of swans departed together with the jealous pride of the beautiful-browed cowherd women. Sophisticated girl, rows of cātaka birds arrived together with the desire to sport in the kadamba bowers.
10.109
Sourceआदि-शब्दात् सखी-स्नेह आत्मन्य् उद्दीपनो वरः ॥१०९॥
ādi-śabdāt sakhī-sneha ātmany uddīpano varaḥ ||109||
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The word 'others' also includes a friend's affection toward oneself, which is an excellent stimulant.
10.110
Sourceयथा- हरिम् अवेक्ष्य पुरो गुरुतो भिया मुहुर् अभून् मुकुलन्-नव-विभ्रमा । ललितया विवृते निज-सौहृदे चल-दृग्-अञ्चलम् आधित राधिका ॥११०॥
yathā- harim avekṣya puro guruto bhiyā muhur abhūn mukulan-nava-vibhramā | lalitayā vivṛte nija-sauhṛde cala-dṛg-añcalam ādhita rādhikā ||110||
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For example: Seeing Hari before her elder, Rādhikā repeatedly closed the fresh movements of her eyes in fear. But when Lalitā revealed her own friendly affection, Rādhikā set the corner of her restless eye in motion.