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Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi · Chapter 11

Consequent Expressions

Unit 11 of 1511.111.105105 source entries

11.1

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अनुभावास् त्व् अलङ्कारास् तथैवोद्भास्वराभिधाः । वाचिकाश् चेति विद्वद्भिस् त्रिधामी परिकीर्तिताः ॥१॥

anubhāvās tv alaṅkārās tathaivodbhāsvarābhidhāḥ | vācikāś ceti vidvadbhis tridhāmī parikīrtitāḥ ||1||

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The learned celebrate the consequent expressions in three divisions: ornaments, manifestations called udbhāsvaras, and verbal expressions.

11.2

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तत्र अलङ्काराः- यौवने सत्त्वजास् तासाम् अलङ्कारास् तु विꣳशतिः । उदयन्त्य् अद्भुताः कान्ते सर्वथाभिनिवेशतः ॥२॥

tatra alaṅkārāḥ- yauvane sattvajās tāsām alaṅkārās tu viṁśatiḥ | udayanty adbhutāḥ kānte sarvathābhiniveśataḥ ||2||

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The ornaments: In youth, twenty astonishing ornaments born of inner feeling arise within these women through complete absorption in their beloved.

11.3

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भावो हावश् च हेला च प्रोक्तास् तत्र त्रयो’ङ्गजाः ॥३॥

bhāvo hāvaś ca helā ca proktās tatra trayo’ṅgajāḥ ||3||

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Among them, three are said to arise directly in the body: emotion, gesture, and openly amorous expression.

11.4

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शोभा कान्तिश् च दीप्तिश् च माधुर्यꣳ च प्रगल्भता । औदार्यꣳ धैर्यम् इत्य् एते सप्तैव स्युर् अयत्नजाः ॥४॥

śobhā kāntiś ca dīptiś ca mādhuryaṁ ca pragalbhatā | audāryaṁ dhairyam ity ete saptaiva syur ayatnajāḥ ||4||

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Seven arise effortlessly: splendor, luster, brilliance, sweetness, boldness, generosity, and composure.

11.5

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लीला विलासो विच्छित्तिर् विभ्रमः किलकिञ्चितम् । मोट्टायितꣳ कुट्टमितꣳ बिब्बोको ललितꣳ तथा । विकृतꣳ चेति विज्ञेया दश तासाꣳ स्वभावजाः ॥५॥

līlā vilāso vicchittir vibhramaḥ kilakiñcitam | moṭṭāyitaṁ kuṭṭamitaṁ bibboko lalitaṁ tathā | vikṛtaṁ ceti vijñeyā daśa tāsāṁ svabhāvajāḥ ||5||

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Ten should be understood as arising from natural disposition: imitation, playful bearing, distinctive adornment, bewildered activity, kilakiñcita, moṭṭāyita, feigned resistance, disdain, graceful movement, and altered expression.

11.6

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तत्र भावः- प्रादुर्भावꣳ व्रजत्य् एव रत्य्-आख्ये भाव उज्ज्वले । निर्विकारात्मके चित्ते भावः प्रथम-विक्रिया ॥६॥

tatra bhāvaḥ- prādurbhāvaṁ vrajaty eva raty-ākhye bhāva ujjvale | nirvikārātmake citte bhāvaḥ prathama-vikriyā ||6||

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Emotion: When the radiant emotion called attraction first begins to manifest in a heart previously without transformation, that first transformation is called emotion.

11.7

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तथा ह्य् उक्तꣳ (रस-सुधाकरे १.१९२)- चित्तस्याविकृतिः सत्त्वꣳ विकृतेः कारणे सति । तत्राद्या विक्रिया भावो बीजस्यादि-विकारवत् ॥७॥

tathā hy uktaṁ (rasa-sudhākare 1.192)- cittasyāvikṛtiḥ sattvaṁ vikṛteḥ kāraṇe sati | tatrādyā vikriyā bhāvo bījasyādi-vikāravat ||7||

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Thus it is stated in Rasa-sudhākara 1.192: Inner clarity is the heart's freedom from transformation even when a cause for transformation is present. Its first transformation is emotion, like the first change within a seed.

11.8

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यथा- पितुर् गोष्ठे स्फीते कुसुमिनि पुरा खाण्डव-वने न ते दृष्ट्वा सङ्क्रन्दनम् अपि मनः स्पन्दनम् अगात् । पुरो वृन्दारण्ये विहरति मुकुन्दे सखि मुदा किम् आन्दोलाद् अक्ष्णः श्रुति-कुमुदम् इन्दीवरम् अभूत् ॥८॥

yathā- pitur goṣṭhe sphīte kusumini purā khāṇḍava-vane na te dṛṣṭvā saṅkrandanam api manaḥ spandanam agāt | puro vṛndāraṇye viharati mukunde sakhi mudā kim āndolād akṣṇaḥ śruti-kumudam indīvaram abhūt ||8||

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For example: Long ago in your father's prosperous cowherd settlement, when the flowering Khāṇḍava forest was burning, even the thunder's roar did not make your mind tremble. Friend, now that Mukunda joyfully wanders before you in Vṛndāvana, why does the blue lotus of your eye swing until it becomes a night-lotus beside your ear?

11.9

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अथ हावः- ग्रीवा-रेचक-सꣳयुक्तो भ्रू-नेत्रादि-विकाश-कृत् । भावाद् ईषत्-प्रकाशो यः स हाव इति कथ्यते ॥९॥

atha hāvaḥ- grīvā-recaka-saṁyukto bhrū-netrādi-vikāśa-kṛt | bhāvād īṣat-prakāśo yaḥ sa hāva iti kathyate ||9||

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Now gesture: A slight outward manifestation of emotion, accompanied by a graceful movement of the neck and causing the eyebrows, eyes, and other features to blossom, is called gesture.

11.10

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यथा- साचि-स्तम्भित-कण्ठि कुड्मलवतीꣳ नेत्रालिर् अभ्येति ते घूर्णन् कर्ण-लताꣳ मनाग् विकसिता भ्रू-वल्लरी नृत्यति । अत्र प्रादुरभूत् तटे सुमनसाम् उल्लासकस् त्वत्-पुरो गौराङ्गि प्रथमꣳ वन-प्रिय-वधू-बन्धुः स्फुटꣳ माधवः ॥१०॥

yathā- sāci-stambhita-kaṇṭhi kuḍmalavatīṁ netrālir abhyeti te ghūrṇan karṇa-latāṁ manāg vikasitā bhrū-vallarī nṛtyati | atra prādurabhūt taṭe sumanasām ullāsakas tvat-puro gaurāṅgi prathamaṁ vana-priya-vadhū-bandhuḥ sphuṭaṁ mādhavaḥ ||10||

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For example: Your neck is held obliquely still; the swarm of your eyes approaches a bud-like condition; your ear ornament turns; and the slightly blossoming vine of your eyebrow dances. Fair-limbed girl, here upon the flower-filled riverbank before you, Mādhava has clearly appeared first as spring, the joyful friend of the forest-loving women.

11.11

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अथ हेला- हाव एव भवेद् धेला व्यक्त-शृङ्गार-सूचकः ॥११॥

atha helā- hāva eva bhaved dhelā vyakta-śṛṅgāra-sūcakaḥ ||11||

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Now openly amorous expression: Gesture itself, when it clearly indicates romantic love, becomes openly amorous expression.

11.12

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यथा- श्रुते वेणौ वक्षः स्फुरित-कुचम् आध्मातम् अपि ते तिरो-विक्षिप्ताक्षꣳ पुलकित-कपोलꣳ च वदनम् । स्खलत्-काञ्चि स्वेदार्गलित-सिचयꣳ चापि जघनꣳ प्रमादꣳ मा कार्षीः सखि चरति सव्ये गुरुजनः ॥१२॥

yathā- śrute veṇau vakṣaḥ sphurita-kucam ādhmātam api te tiro-vikṣiptākṣaṁ pulakita-kapolaṁ ca vadanam | skhalat-kāñci svedārgalita-sicayaṁ cāpi jaghanaṁ pramādaṁ mā kārṣīḥ sakhi carati savye gurujanaḥ ||12||

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For example: When the flute is heard, your chest swells and your breasts tremble; your face turns aside, its eyes cast away and its cheeks erupting in horripilation; your girdle slips, and perspiration loosens the cloth upon your hips. Friend, do not be careless, for an elder is walking on your left.

11.13

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अथ अयत्नजाः । तत्र शोभा-- सा शोभा रूप-भोगाद्यैर् यत् स्याद् अङ्ग-विभूषणम् ॥१३॥

atha ayatnajāḥ | tatra śobhā-- sā śobhā rūpa-bhogādyair yat syād aṅga-vibhūṣaṇam ||13||

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Now the ornaments that arise effortlessly. First, splendor: Splendor is that ornamentation of the limbs which arises from beauty, enjoyment, and similar causes.

11.14

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यथा- धृत्वा रक्ताङ्गुलि-किशलयैर् नीप-शाखाꣳ विशाखा निष्क्रामन्ती व्रतति-भवनात् प्रातर् उद्घूर्णिताक्षी । वेणीम् अꣳसोपरि विलुठतीम् अर्ध-मुक्ताꣳ वहन्ती लग्ना स्वान्ते मम न हि बहिः सेयम् अद्याप्य् अयासीत् ॥१४॥

yathā- dhṛtvā raktāṅguli-kiśalayair nīpa-śākhāṁ viśākhā niṣkrāmantī vratati-bhavanāt prātar udghūrṇitākṣī | veṇīm aṁsopari viluṭhatīm ardha-muktāṁ vahantī lagnā svānte mama na hi bahiḥ seyam adyāpy ayāsīt ||14||

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For example: At dawn Viśākhā emerged from the vine cottage, grasping a kadamba branch with the tender shoots of her red fingers. Her eyes rolled, and her half-loosened braid tumbled over her shoulder. She entered and remains fixed within my heart; even today she has not come out.

11.15

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अथ कान्तिः- शोभैव कान्तिर् आख्याता मन्मथाप्यायनोज्ज्वला ॥१५॥

atha kāntiḥ- śobhaiva kāntir ākhyātā manmathāpyāyanojjvalā ||15||

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Now luster: Splendor itself, when radiant and nourishing to Love, is called luster.

11.16

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यथा- प्रकृति-मधुर-मूर्तिर् बाढम् अत्राप्य् उदञ्चत्- तरुणिम-नव-लक्ष्मी-लेखयालिङ्गिताङ्गी । वर-मदन-विहारैर् अद्य तत्राप्य् उदारा मदयति हृदयꣳ मे रुन्धती राधिकेयम् ॥१६॥

yathā- prakṛti-madhura-mūrtir bāḍham atrāpy udañcat- taruṇima-nava-lakṣmī-lekhayāliṅgitāṅgī | vara-madana-vihārair adya tatrāpy udārā madayati hṛdayaṁ me rundhatī rādhikeyam ||16||

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For example: Rādhikā's form is naturally sweet, yet here her limbs are tightly embraced by the newly rising line of fresh youthful beauty. Enriched today by the finest amorous play as well, she overwhelms and intoxicates my heart.

11.17

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अथ दीप्तिः- कान्तिर् एव वयो-भोग-देश-काल-गुणादिभिः ॥ उद्दीपितातिविस्तारꣳ प्राप्ता चेद् दीप्तिर् उच्यते ॥१७॥

atha dīptiḥ- kāntir eva vayo-bhoga-deśa-kāla-guṇādibhiḥ || uddīpitātivistāraṁ prāptā ced dīptir ucyate ||17||

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Now brilliance: When luster is stimulated by age, enjoyment, place, time, qualities, and similar causes and becomes exceedingly expansive, it is called brilliance.

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यथा- निमीलन्-नेत्र-श्रीर् अचटुल-पटीराचल-मरुन्- निपीत-स्वेदाम्बुस् त्रुटद्-अमल-हारोज्ज्वल-कुचा । निकुञ्जे क्षिप्ताङ्गी शशि-किरण-किर्मीरित-तटे किशोरी सा तेने हरि-मनसि राधा मनसिजम् ॥१८॥

yathā- nimīlan-netra-śrīr acaṭula-paṭīrācala-marun- nipīta-svedāmbus truṭad-amala-hārojjvala-kucā | nikuñje kṣiptāṅgī śaśi-kiraṇa-kirmīrita-taṭe kiśorī sā tene hari-manasi rādhā manasijam ||18||

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For example: The young Rādhā closed her beautiful eyes; the breeze from the edge of her restless garment drank her perspiration; her breasts shone as her spotless necklace broke; and she cast her body down in a bower upon a bank mottled by moonbeams. Thus she awakened Love within Hari's mind.

11.19

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अथ माधुर्यम्-- माधुर्यꣳ नाम चेष्टानाꣳ सर्वावस्थासु चारुता ॥१९॥

atha mādhuryam-- mādhuryaṁ nāma ceṣṭānāṁ sarvāvasthāsu cārutā ||19||

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Now sweetness: Sweetness is the loveliness of one's movements in every condition.

11.20

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यथा- असव्यꣳ कꣳसारेर् भुज-शिरसि धृत्वा पुलकिनꣳ निज-श्रोण्याꣳ सव्यꣳ करम् अनृजु-विष्कम्भित-पदा । दधाना मूर्धानꣳ लघुतर-तिरः-स्रꣳसिनम् इयꣳ बभौ रासोत्तीर्णा मुहुर् अलस-मूर्तिः शशिमुखी ॥२०॥

yathā- asavyaṁ kaṁsārer bhuja-śirasi dhṛtvā pulakinaṁ nija-śroṇyāṁ savyaṁ karam anṛju-viṣkambhita-padā | dadhānā mūrdhānaṁ laghutara-tiraḥ-sraṁsinam iyaṁ babhau rāsottīrṇā muhur alasa-mūrtiḥ śaśimukhī ||20||

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For example: Emerging from the rāsa dance, the moon-faced girl rested her horripilating left arm upon Kaṁsa's enemy's shoulder and her right hand upon her own hip. Standing with one foot placed crookedly across the other and her head inclined slightly sideways, her languid form repeatedly shone.

11.21

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अथ प्रगल्भता-- निःशङ्कत्वꣳ प्रयोगेषु बुधैर् उक्ता प्रगल्भता ॥२१॥

atha pragalbhatā-- niḥśaṅkatvaṁ prayogeṣu budhair uktā pragalbhatā ||21||

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Now boldness: The wise call freedom from hesitation in amorous acts boldness.

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यथा विदग्ध-माधवे (७.४०)- प्रातिकूल्यम् इव यद् विवृण्वती राधिका रद-नखार्पणोद्धूरा । केलि-कर्मणि गता प्रवीणताꣳ तेन तुष्टिम् अतुलाꣳ हरिर् ययौ ॥२२॥

yathā vidagdha-mādhave (7.40)- prātikūlyam iva yad vivṛṇvatī rādhikā rada-nakhārpaṇoddhūrā | keli-karmaṇi gatā pravīṇatāṁ tena tuṣṭim atulāṁ harir yayau ||22||

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As in Vidagdha-mādhava 7.40: Rādhikā, fiercely applying her teeth and nails as if expressing opposition, attained complete expertise in the acts of play. Hari thereby reached incomparable satisfaction.

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अथ औदार्यम्- औदार्यꣳ विनयꣳ प्राहुः सर्वावस्थागतꣳ बुधाः ॥२३॥

atha audāryam- audāryaṁ vinayaṁ prāhuḥ sarvāvasthāgataṁ budhāḥ ||23||

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Now generosity: The wise call humility maintained in every condition generosity.

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यथा विदग्ध-माधवे (४.१३) - न्यविशत नयनान्ते कापि सारल्य-निष्ठा वचसि च विनयेन स्तोत्र-भङ्गी न्यवात्सीत् । अजनि च मयि भूयान् सम्भ्रमस् तेन तस्या व्यवृणुत हृदि मन्युꣳ सुष्ठु दाक्षिण्यम् एव ॥२४॥

yathā vidagdha-mādhave (4.13) - nyaviśata nayanānte kāpi sāralya-niṣṭhā vacasi ca vinayena stotra-bhaṅgī nyavātsīt | ajani ca mayi bhūyān sambhramas tena tasyā vyavṛṇuta hṛdi manyuṁ suṣṭhu dākṣiṇyam eva ||24||

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As in Vidagdha-mādhava 4.13: A certain extreme simplicity entered the corners of her eyes, and a pattern of praise took residence in her speech through humility. She displayed great deference toward me. Yet by that very conduct, her excessive courtesy clearly revealed the anger within her heart.

11.25

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यथा वा- कृतज्ञो’पि प्रेमोज्ज्वल-मतिर् अपि स्फार-विनयो’प्य् अभिज्ञानाꣳ चुडामणिर् अपि कृपा-नीरधिर् अपि । यद् अन्तः-स्वच्छो’पि स्मरति न हरिर् गोकुल-भुवꣳ ममैवेदꣳ जन्मान्तर-दुरित-दुस्ट-द्रुम-फलम् ॥२५॥

yathā vā- kṛtajño’pi premojjvala-matir api sphāra-vinayo’py abhijñānāṁ cuḍāmaṇir api kṛpā-nīradhir api | yad antaḥ-svaccho’pi smarati na harir gokula-bhuvaṁ mamaivedaṁ janmāntara-durita-dusṭa-druma-phalam ||25||

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Or, for example: Although Hari is grateful, his mind brilliant with love, greatly humble, the crest-jewel of the discerning, an ocean of compassion, and inwardly pure, he does not remember the land of Gokula. This can only be the fruit of the wicked tree of my own sins from a previous birth.

11.26

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अथ धैर्यम्- स्थिरा चित्तोन्नतिर् या तु तद् धैर्यम् इति कीर्त्यते ॥२६॥

atha dhairyam- sthirā cittonnatir yā tu tad dhairyam iti kīrtyate ||26||

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Now composure: A steady elevation of the heart is celebrated as composure.

11.27

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यथा ललित-माधवे (७.७)- औदासीन्य-धुरा-परीत-हृदयः काठिन्यम् आलम्बताꣳ कामꣳ श्यामल-सुन्दरो मयि सखि स्वैरी सहस्रꣳ समाः । किन्तु भ्रान्ति-भराद् अपि क्षणम् इदꣳ तत्र प्रियेभ्यः प्रिये चेतो जन्मनि जन्मनि प्रणयिताद् आस्यꣳ न मे हास्यति ॥२७॥

yathā lalita-mādhave (7.7)- audāsīnya-dhurā-parīta-hṛdayaḥ kāṭhinyam ālambatāṁ kāmaṁ śyāmala-sundaro mayi sakhi svairī sahasraṁ samāḥ | kintu bhrānti-bharād api kṣaṇam idaṁ tatra priyebhyaḥ priye ceto janmani janmani praṇayitād āsyaṁ na me hāsyati ||27||

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As in Lalita-mādhava 7.7: Friend, let the independent dark and beautiful one embrace hardness, his heart burdened by indifference toward me, for a thousand years if he wishes. Yet even by the force of delusion, for even a moment, my heart will never turn its face away from loving that dearest of beloveds, birth after birth.

11.28

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अथ स्वभावजाः । तत्र लीला- प्रियानुकरणꣳ लीला रम्यैर् वेश-क्रियादिभिः ॥२८॥

atha svabhāvajāḥ | tatra līlā- priyānukaraṇaṁ līlā ramyair veśa-kriyādibhiḥ ||28||

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Now the ornaments arising from natural disposition. First, imitation: Imitating the beloved through charming dress, activities, and similar means is called imitation.

11.29

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यथा विष्णु-पुराणे (५.१३.२७)- दुष्ट-कालिय तिष्ठाद्य कृष्णो’हम् इति चापरा । बाहुम् आस्फोट्य कृष्णस्य लीला-सर्वस्वम् आददे ॥२९॥

yathā viṣṇu-purāṇe (5.13.27)- duṣṭa-kāliya tiṣṭhādya kṛṣṇo’ham iti cāparā | bāhum āsphoṭya kṛṣṇasya līlā-sarvasvam ādade ||29||

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As in Viṣṇu Purāṇa 5.13.27: Another girl cried, 'Wicked Kāliya, stand still today, for I am Kṛṣṇa!' Slapping her arm, she assumed the entire essence of Kṛṣṇa's play.

11.30

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यथा वा छन्दो-मञ्जर्याम्- मृगमद-कृत-चर्चा पीत-कौषेय-वासा रुचिर-शिखि-शिखण्डा बद्ध-धम्मिल्ल-पाशा । अनृजु-निहितम् अꣳसे वꣳशम् उत्क्वाणयन्ती कृत-मधुरिपु-वेषा मालिनी पातु राधा ॥३०॥

yathā vā chando-mañjaryām- mṛgamada-kṛta-carcā pīta-kauṣeya-vāsā rucira-śikhi-śikhaṇḍā baddha-dhammilla-pāśā | anṛju-nihitam aṁse vaṁśam utkvāṇayantī kṛta-madhuripu-veṣā mālinī pātu rādhā ||30||

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Or, as in Chando-mañjarī: May Rādhā protect us, dressed as Madhu's enemy, her body marked with musk, wearing yellow silk, her bound hair adorned by a lovely peacock feather, and playing a flute placed crookedly upon her shoulder.

11.31

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अथ विलासः- गति-स्थानासनादीनाꣳ मुख-नेत्रादि-कर्मणाम् । तात्कालिकꣳ तु वैशिष्ट्यꣳ विलासः प्रिय-सङ्गजम् ॥३१॥

atha vilāsaḥ- gati-sthānāsanādīnāṁ mukha-netrādi-karmaṇām | tātkālikaṁ tu vaiśiṣṭyaṁ vilāsaḥ priya-saṅgajam ||31||

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Now playful bearing: The exceptional quality that suddenly appears in one's gait, stance, posture, and in the movements of the face, eyes, and other features upon meeting the beloved is called playful bearing.

11.32

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यथा- रुणत्सि पुरतः स्फुरत्य् अघहरे कथꣳ नासिका- शिख-ग्रथित-मौक्तिकोन्नमन-कैतवेन स्मितम् । निरास्थद् अचिरꣳ सुधा-किरण-कौमुदी-माधुरीꣳ मनाग् अपि तवोद्गता मधुर-दन्ति दन्त-द्युतिः ॥३२॥

yathā- ruṇatsi purataḥ sphuraty aghahare kathaṁ nāsikā- śikha-grathita-mauktikonnamana-kaitavena smitam | nirāsthad aciraṁ sudhā-kiraṇa-kaumudī-mādhurīṁ manāg api tavodgatā madhura-danti danta-dyutiḥ ||32||

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For example: When Agha's destroyer appears before you, why do you conceal your smile on the pretext of lifting the pearl tied at the tip of your nose? Sweet-toothed girl, even the slightest rising radiance of your teeth has just defeated the sweetness of moonlight.

11.33

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यथा वा- अध्यासीनम् अमुꣳ कदम्ब-निकटे क्रीडा-कुटीर-स्थलीम् आभीरेन्द्र-कुमारम् अत्र रभसाद् आलोकयन्त्याः पुरः । दिग्धा दुग्ध-समुद्र-मुग्ध-लहरी-लावण्य-निस्यन्दिभिः कालिन्दी तव दृक्-तरङ्गित-भरैस् तन्वङ्गि गङ्गायते ॥३३॥

yathā vā- adhyāsīnam amuṁ kadamba-nikaṭe krīḍā-kuṭīra-sthalīm ābhīrendra-kumāram atra rabhasād ālokayantyāḥ puraḥ | digdhā dugdha-samudra-mugdha-laharī-lāvaṇya-nisyandibhiḥ kālindī tava dṛk-taraṅgita-bharais tanvaṅgi gaṅgāyate ||33||

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Or, for example: Slender girl, when you suddenly looked before you upon the prince of the cowherds seated here beside the kadamba tree at the play cottage, Yamunā became like the Gaṅgā, anointed by the abundant waves of your glances flowing with the lovely sweetness of the milk ocean.

11.34

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अथ विच्छित्तिः- आकल्प-कल्पनाल्पापि विच्छित्तिः कान्ति-पोष-कृत् ॥३४॥

atha vicchittiḥ- ākalpa-kalpanālpāpi vicchittiḥ kānti-poṣa-kṛt ||34||

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Now distinctive adornment: Even a very slight arrangement of ornaments that nourishes one's luster is called distinctive adornment.

11.35

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यथा- माकन्द-पत्रेण मुकुन्द-चेतः प्रमोदिनी मारुत-कम्पितेन । रक्तेन कर्णाभरणीकृतेन राधा-मुखाम्भोरुहम् उल्ललास ॥३५॥

yathā- mākanda-patreṇa mukunda-cetaḥ pramodinī māruta-kampitena | raktena karṇābharaṇīkṛtena rādhā-mukhāmbhoruham ullalāsa ||35||

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For example: Rādhā's lotus face shone with a red mango leaf, trembling in the breeze, made into an ornament for her ear and giving delight to Mukunda's heart.

11.36

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यथा वा हरि-वꣳशे- एकेनामल-पत्रेण कण्ठ-सूत्रावलम्बिना । रराज बर्हि-पत्रेण मन्द-मारुत-कम्पिना ॥३६॥

yathā vā hari-vaṁśe- ekenāmala-patreṇa kaṇṭha-sūtrāvalambinā | rarāja barhi-patreṇa manda-māruta-kampinā ||36||

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Or, as in Hari-vaṁśa: She shone with a single spotless peacock feather suspended from the thread at her neck and trembling in the gentle breeze.

11.37

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सखी-यत्नाद् इव धृतिर् मण्डनानाꣳ प्रियागसि । सेर्ष्यावज्ञा वर-स्त्रीभिर् विच्छित्तिर् इति केचन ॥३७॥

sakhī-yatnād iva dhṛtir maṇḍanānāṁ priyāgasi | serṣyāvajñā vara-strībhir vicchittir iti kecana ||37||

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Some authorities say that distinctive adornment also means a woman's slight, jealous disdain for ornaments given by an offending beloved, though she keeps them as if through her friends' effort.

11.38

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यथा- मुद्राꣳ गाढतराꣳ विधाय निहिते दूरीकुरुष्वाङ्गदे ग्रन्थिꣳ न्यस्य कठोरम् अर्पित-मतिः कण्ठान् मणिꣳ भ्रꣳशय । मुग्धे कृष्ण-भुजङ्ग-दृष्टि-कलया दुर्वारया दूषिते रत्नालङ्करणे मनाग् अपि मनस् तृष्णाꣳ न पुष्णाति मे ॥३८॥

yathā- mudrāṁ gāḍhatarāṁ vidhāya nihite dūrīkuruṣvāṅgade granthiṁ nyasya kaṭhoram arpita-matiḥ kaṇṭhān maṇiṁ bhraṁśaya | mugdhe kṛṣṇa-bhujaṅga-dṛṣṭi-kalayā durvārayā dūṣite ratnālaṅkaraṇe manāg api manas tṛṣṇāṁ na puṣṇāti me ||38||

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For example: Seal this armlet tightly in its box and put it far away. Tie a hard knot and, with resolute mind, remove the jewel from my neck. Innocent girl, once a jeweled ornament has been contaminated by the irresistible glance of the serpent Kṛṣṇa, my heart no longer nourishes even the slightest thirst for it.

11.39

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अथ विभ्रमः- वल्लभ-प्राप्ति-वेलायाꣳ मदनावेश-सम्भ्रमात् । विभ्रमो हार-माल्यादि-भूषा-स्थान-विपर्ययः ॥३९॥

atha vibhramaḥ- vallabha-prāpti-velāyāṁ madanāveśa-sambhramāt | vibhramo hāra-mālyādi-bhūṣā-sthāna-viparyayaḥ ||39||

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Now bewildered activity: At the time of meeting the beloved, ornaments such as necklaces and garlands are placed in the wrong locations because of agitation produced by absorption in Love. This is called bewildered activity.

11.40

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यथा विदग्ध-माधवे (४.२१)- धम्मिल्लोपरि नील-रत्न-रचितो हारस् त्वयारोपितो विन्यस्तः कुच-कुम्भयोः कुर्वलय-श्रेणी-कृतो गर्भकः । अङ्गे चर्चितम् अञ्जनꣳ विनिहिता कस्तूरिका नेत्रयोः कꣳसारेर् अभिसार-सम्भ्रम-भरान् मन्ये जगद् विस्मृतम् ॥४०॥

yathā vidagdha-mādhave (4.21)- dhammillopari nīla-ratna-racito hāras tvayāropito vinyastaḥ kuca-kumbhayoḥ kurvalaya-śreṇī-kṛto garbhakaḥ | aṅge carcitam añjanaṁ vinihitā kastūrikā netrayoḥ kaṁsārer abhisāra-sambhrama-bharān manye jagad vismṛtam ||40||

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As in Vidagdha-mādhava 4.21: You placed a necklace fashioned with sapphires upon your braided hair and arranged a flower ornament meant for the hair in rows upon the pitchers of your breasts. You smeared collyrium upon your body and placed musk in your eyes. In the overwhelming agitation of setting out to meet Kaṁsa's enemy, I think you forgot the entire world.

11.41

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यथा वा, श्री-दशमे (१०.२९.७)- लिम्पन्त्यः प्रमृजन्त्यो’न्या अञ्जन्त्यः काश् च लोचने । व्यत्यस्त-वस्त्राभरणाः काश्चित् कृष्णान्तिकꣳ ययुः ॥४१॥

yathā vā, śrī-daśame (10.29.7)- limpantyaḥ pramṛjantyo’nyā añjantyaḥ kāś ca locane | vyatyasta-vastrābharaṇāḥ kāścit kṛṣṇāntikaṁ yayuḥ ||41||

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Or, as in Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.7: Some were applying cosmetics, others washing them away, and others applying collyrium to their eyes. Some went near Kṛṣṇa with their garments and ornaments placed in reverse.

11.42

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अधीनस्यापि सेवायाꣳ कान्तस्यानभिनन्दनम् । विभ्रमो वामतोद्रेकात् स्याद् इत्य् आख्याति कश्चन ॥४२॥

adhīnasyāpi sevāyāṁ kāntasyānabhinandanam | vibhramo vāmatodrekāt syād ity ākhyāti kaścana ||42||

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One authority explains bewildered activity differently: because of an excess of contrariness, a woman refuses to welcome her beloved even when he is submissive and serves her.

11.43

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यथा- त्वꣳ गोविन्द मयासि किꣳ नु कवरी-बन्धार्थम् अभ्यर्थितः क्लेशेनालम् अबद्ध एव चिकुर-स्तोमो मुदꣳ दोग्धि मे । वक्त्रस्यापि न माज्जनꣳ कुरु घनꣳ घर्माम्बु मे रोचते नैवोत्तꣳसय मालतीर् मम शिरः खेदꣳ भरेणाप्स्यति ॥४३॥

yathā- tvaṁ govinda mayāsi kiṁ nu kavarī-bandhārtham abhyarthitaḥ kleśenālam abaddha eva cikura-stomo mudaṁ dogdhi me | vaktrasyāpi na mājjanaṁ kuru ghanaṁ gharmāmbu me rocate naivottaṁsaya mālatīr mama śiraḥ khedaṁ bhareṇāpsyati ||43||

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For example: Govinda, did I ask you to bind my hair? Enough trouble! Its mass gives me joy precisely because it remains unbound. Do not wipe my face either, for I enjoy this heavy perspiration. Do not place jasmine flowers upon me; their weight will only make my head ache.

11.44

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अथ किलकिञ्चितम्- गर्वाभिलाष-रुदित-स्मितासूया-भय-क्रुधाम् । सङ्करी-करणꣳ हर्षाद् उच्यते किल-किञ्चितम् ॥४४॥

atha kilakiñcitam- garvābhilāṣa-rudita-smitāsūyā-bhaya-krudhām | saṅkarī-karaṇaṁ harṣād ucyate kila-kiñcitam ||44||

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Now kilakiñcita: The blending, through joy, of pride, desire, weeping, smiling, envy, fear, and anger is called kilakiñcita.

11.45

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यथा- मया जातोल्लासꣳ प्रिय-सहचरी लोचन-पथे बलान् न्यस्ते राधा-कुच-मुकुलयोः पाणि-कमले । उदञ्चद्-भ्रू-भेदꣳ सपुलकम् अवष्टम्भि वलितꣳ स्मराम्य् अन्तस् तस्याः स्मित-रुदित-कान्त-द्युति मुखम् ॥४५॥

yathā- mayā jātollāsaṁ priya-sahacarī locana-pathe balān nyaste rādhā-kuca-mukulayoḥ pāṇi-kamale | udañcad-bhrū-bhedaṁ sapulakam avaṣṭambhi valitaṁ smarāmy antas tasyāḥ smita-rudita-kānta-dyuti mukham ||45||

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For example: I remember within my heart Rādhā's face when, as her dear companion watched with sudden delight, I forcibly placed my lotus hands upon the buds of her breasts. Her eyebrows rose and divided; she stiffened, turned aside, and erupted in horripilation; and her lovely radiance blended smiling with tears.

11.46

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यथा वा दान-केलि-कौमुद्याꣳ (१)- अन्तः-स्मेरतयोज्ज्वला जल-कण-व्याकीर्ण-पक्ष्माङ्कुरा किञ्चित् पाटलिताञ्चला रसिकतोत्सिक्ता पुरः कुञ्चती । रुद्धायाः पथि माधवेन मधुर-व्याभुग्न-तारोत्तरा राधायाः किलकिञ्चित-स्तवकिनी दृष्टिः श्रियꣳ वः क्रियात् ॥४६॥

yathā vā dāna-keli-kaumudyāṁ (1)- antaḥ-smeratayojjvalā jala-kaṇa-vyākīrṇa-pakṣmāṅkurā kiñcit pāṭalitāñcalā rasikatotsiktā puraḥ kuñcatī | ruddhāyāḥ pathi mādhavena madhura-vyābhugna-tārottarā rādhāyāḥ kilakiñcita-stavakinī dṛṣṭiḥ śriyaṁ vaḥ kriyāt ||46||

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Or, as in Dāna-keli-kaumudī 1: May Rādhā's kilakiñcita-clustered glance bestow beauty upon you when Mādhava blocked her path. It shone with an inward smile, its budding lashes scattered with drops of water, its corners slightly reddened and bent forward with swelling relish, and its pupils sweetly curved upward.

11.47

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अथ मोट्टायितम्- कान्त-स्मरण-वार्तादौ हृदि तद्-भाव-भावतः । प्राकट्यम् अभिलाषस्य मोट्टायितम् उदीर्यते ॥४७॥

atha moṭṭāyitam- kānta-smaraṇa-vārtādau hṛdi tad-bhāva-bhāvataḥ | prākaṭyam abhilāṣasya moṭṭāyitam udīryate ||47||

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Now moṭṭāyita: When talk of the beloved, remembrance of him, or a similar stimulus awakens his emotion within the heart and makes desire manifest, this is called moṭṭāyita.

11.48

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यथा- न ब्रूते क्लम-बीजम् आलिभिर् अलꣳ पृष्टापि पाली यदा चातुर्येण तद्-अग्रतस् तव कथा ताभिस् तदा प्रस्तुता । ताꣳ पीताम्बर जृम्भमाण-वदनाम्भोजा क्षणꣳ शृण्वती बिम्बोष्ठी पुलकैर् विडम्बितवती फुल्लाꣳ कदम्ब-श्रियम् ॥४८॥

yathā- na brūte klama-bījam ālibhir alaṁ pṛṣṭāpi pālī yadā cāturyeṇa tad-agratas tava kathā tābhis tadā prastutā | tāṁ pītāmbara jṛmbhamāṇa-vadanāmbhojā kṣaṇaṁ śṛṇvatī bimboṣṭhī pulakair viḍambitavatī phullāṁ kadamba-śriyam ||48||

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For example: Although her friends repeatedly questioned Pālī, she would not explain the cause of her exhaustion. Cleverly, they then began speaking of you before her. Yellow-clad one, as she listened for a moment her lotus face opened in a yawn, while the horripilation upon her bimba-lipped form mocked the beauty of a blossoming kadamba tree.

11.49

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अथ कुट्टमितम्- स्तनाधरादि-ग्रहणे हृत्-प्रीताव् अपि सम्भ्रमात् । बहिः क्रोधो व्यथितवत् प्रोक्तꣳ कुट्टमितꣳ बुधैः ॥४९॥

atha kuṭṭamitam- stanādharādi-grahaṇe hṛt-prītāv api sambhramāt | bahiḥ krodho vyathitavat proktaṁ kuṭṭamitaṁ budhaiḥ ||49||

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Now feigned resistance: When the beloved grasps the breasts, lips, or other parts, the heart feels pleasure, but agitation produces an outward display of anger as though the woman were in pain. The wise call this feigned resistance.

11.50

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यथा- करौद्धत्यꣳ हन्त स्थगय कवरी मे विघटते दुकूलꣳ च न्यञ्चत्य् अघहर तवास्ताꣳ विहसितम् । किम् आरब्धः कर्तुꣳ तम् अनवसरे निर्दय मदात् पताम्य् एषा पादे वितर शयितुꣳ मे क्षणम् अपि ॥५०॥

yathā- karauddhatyaṁ hanta sthagaya kavarī me vighaṭate dukūlaṁ ca nyañcaty aghahara tavāstāṁ vihasitam | kim ārabdhaḥ kartuṁ tam anavasare nirdaya madāt patāmy eṣā pāde vitara śayituṁ me kṣaṇam api ||50||

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For example: Alas, restrain the insolence of your hands, for my braid is coming undone and my silk cloth is slipping down. Destroyer of Agha, stop your laughter! Cruel man, intoxicated and choosing the wrong time, what are you trying to begin? I fall at your feet. Give me even a moment to lie down.

11.51

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यथा वा- न भ्रू-लताꣳ कुटिलय क्षिप नैव हस्तꣳ वक्त्रꣳ च कण्टकित-गण्डम् इदꣳ न रुन्धि । प्रीणातु सुन्दरि तवाधर-बन्धु-जीवे पीत्वा मधुनि मधुरे मधुसूदनो’सौ ॥५१॥

yathā vā- na bhrū-latāṁ kuṭilaya kṣipa naiva hastaṁ vaktraṁ ca kaṇṭakita-gaṇḍam idaṁ na rundhi | prīṇātu sundari tavādhara-bandhu-jīve pītvā madhuni madhure madhusūdano’sau ||51||

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Or, for example: Do not curve your vine-like brows, do not push away his hand, and do not conceal this face whose cheeks erupt in horripilation. Beautiful girl, let Madhusūdana take delight by drinking the sweet honey from the bandhu-jīva flower of your lips.

11.52

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अथ बिब्बोकः-- बिब्बोको मान-गर्वाभ्याꣳ स्याद् अभीष्टे’प्य् अनादरः ॥५२॥

atha bibbokaḥ-- bibboko māna-garvābhyāṁ syād abhīṣṭe’py anādaraḥ ||52||

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Now disdain: Disregard for even a desired object because of loving pride or jealous anger is called disdain.

11.53

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तत्र गर्वेण, यथा- प्रियोक्ति-लक्षेण विपक्ष-सन्निधौ स्वीकारिताꣳ पश्य शिखण्ड-मौलिना । श्यामातिवामा हृदयङ्गमाम् अपि स्रजꣳ दराघ्राय निरास हेलया ॥५३॥

tatra garveṇa, yathā- priyokti-lakṣeṇa vipakṣa-sannidhau svīkāritāṁ paśya śikhaṇḍa-maulinā | śyāmātivāmā hṛdayaṅgamām api srajaṁ darāghrāya nirāsa helayā ||53||

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From pride: See! In the presence of the opposing party, the peacock-crested one compelled Śyāmā to accept the garland with a hundred loving words. Yet exceedingly contrary Śyāmā merely smelled that heart-enchanting garland and then carelessly cast it away.

11.54

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यथा वा- स्फुरत्य् अग्रे तिष्ठन् सखि तव मुख-क्सिप्त-नयनः प्रतीक्षाꣳ कृत्वायꣳ भवद्-अवसरस्याघ-दमनः । दृशोच्चैर् गाम्भीर्य-ग्रथित-गुरु-हेला-गहनया हसन्तीव क्षीवे त्वम् इह वनमालाꣳ रचयसि ॥५४॥

yathā vā- sphuraty agre tiṣṭhan sakhi tava mukha-ksipta-nayanaḥ pratīkṣāṁ kṛtvāyaṁ bhavad-avasarasyāgha-damanaḥ | dṛśoccair gāmbhīrya-grathita-guru-helā-gahanayā hasantīva kṣīve tvam iha vanamālāṁ racayasi ||54||

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Or, for example: Friend, Agha's destroyer stands shining before you, his eyes fixed upon your face as he waits for your attention. Yet intoxicated girl, you remain here making a forest garland, seemingly laughing through a gaze dense with the deep and weighty carelessness woven from your gravity.

11.55

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मानेन, यथा- हरिणा सखि चाटु-मण्डलीꣳ क्रियमाणाम् अवमन्य मन्युतः । न वृथाद्य सुशिक्षिताम् अपि स्वयम् अध्यापय गौरि शारिकाम् ॥५५॥

mānena, yathā- hariṇā sakhi cāṭu-maṇḍalīṁ kriyamāṇām avamanya manyutaḥ | na vṛthādya suśikṣitām api svayam adhyāpaya gauri śārikām ||55||

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From jealous anger: Fair girl, do not uselessly teach the well-trained myna bird yourself today, contemptuously disregarding the circle of flattering words Hari speaks to you.

11.56

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अथ ललितम्- विन्यास-भङ्गि-रङ्गानाꣳ भ्रू-विलास-मनोहराः । सुकुमारा भवेद् यत्र ललितꣳ तद् उदीरितम् ॥५६॥

atha lalitam- vinyāsa-bhaṅgi-raṅgānāṁ bhrū-vilāsa-manoharāḥ | sukumārā bhaved yatra lalitaṁ tad udīritam ||56||

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Now graceful movement: Where the arrangements and varied turns of bodily movement are delicate and enchanted by the playful action of the eyebrows, that is called graceful movement.

11.57

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यथा- सुभ्रू-भङ्गम् अननङ्ग-बाण-जननीर् आलोकयन्ती लताः सोल्लासꣳ पद-पङ्कजे दिशि दिशि प्रेङ्खोलयन्त्य् उज्ज्वला । गन्धाकृष्ट-धियः करेण मृदुना व्याधुन्वती षट्-पदान् राधा नन्दति कुञ्ज-कन्दर-तटे वृन्दावन-श्रीर् इव ॥५७॥

yathā- subhrū-bhaṅgam ananaṅga-bāṇa-jananīr ālokayantī latāḥ sollāsaṁ pada-paṅkaje diśi diśi preṅkholayanty ujjvalā | gandhākṛṣṭa-dhiyaḥ kareṇa mṛdunā vyādhunvatī ṣaṭ-padān rādhā nandati kuñja-kandara-taṭe vṛndāvana-śrīr iva ||57||

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For example: Rādhā gazes upon the vines whose lovely curves give birth to Love's arrows, joyfully swings her shining lotus feet in every direction, and waves away with her tender hand the bees whose minds are drawn by fragrance. She delights upon the bank of a bower cave like the very goddess of Vṛndāvana's beauty.

11.58

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अथ विकृतम्- ह्री-मानेर्ष्यादिभिर् यत्र नोच्यते स्व-विवक्षितम् । व्यज्यते चेष्टयैवेदꣳ विकृतꣳ तद् विदुर् बुधाः ॥५८॥

atha vikṛtam- hrī-mānerṣyādibhir yatra nocyate sva-vivakṣitam | vyajyate ceṣṭayaivedaṁ vikṛtaṁ tad vidur budhāḥ ||58||

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Now altered expression: When what one wishes to say cannot be spoken because of modesty, jealous anger, envy, or similar feelings and is revealed only through bodily movement, the wise know this as altered expression.

11.59

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तत्र ह्रिया, यथा- निशमय्य मुकुन्द मन्-मुखाद् भवद्-अभ्यर्थितम् अत्र सुन्दरी । न गिराभिननन्द किन्तु सा पुलकेनैव कपोल-शोभिना ॥५९॥

tatra hriyā, yathā- niśamayya mukunda man-mukhād bhavad-abhyarthitam atra sundarī | na girābhinananda kintu sā pulakenaiva kapola-śobhinā ||59||

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From modesty: Mukunda, hearing from my mouth here that you had requested her, the beautiful girl did not consent in words. She answered only with the horripilation beautifying her cheek.

11.60

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यथा वा- न पर-पुरुसे दृष्टि-क्सेपो वराक्षि तवोचितस् त्वम् असि कुलजा साध्वी वक्त्रꣳ प्रसीद विवर्तय । इति पथि मया नर्मण्य् उक्ते हरेर् नव-वीक्षणे सदयम् उदयत्-कार्पण्यꣳ माम् अवैक्षत राधिका ॥६०॥

yathā vā- na para-puruse dṛṣṭi-ksepo varākṣi tavocitas tvam asi kulajā sādhvī vaktraṁ prasīda vivartaya | iti pathi mayā narmaṇy ukte harer nava-vīkṣaṇe sadayam udayat-kārpaṇyaṁ mām avaikṣata rādhikā ||60||

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Or, for example: 'Beautiful-eyed girl, it is not proper for you to glance at another man. You are a faithful woman of noble family, so please turn your face away.' When I jokingly spoke thus on the road as Hari cast a fresh glance, Rādhikā looked upon me with a compassion that arose together with helplessness.

11.61

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मानेन, यथा- मयासक्तवति प्रसादन-विधौ विस्मृत्य चन्द्र-ग्रहꣳ तद्-विज्ञप्ति-समुत्सुकापि विजहौ मौनꣳ न सा मानिनी । किन्तु श्यामल-रत्न-सम्पुट-दलेनावृत्य किञ्चिन् मुखꣳ सत्या स्मारयति स्म विस्मृतम् असौ माम् औपरागीꣳ श्रियम् ॥६१॥

mānena, yathā- mayāsaktavati prasādana-vidhau vismṛtya candra-grahaṁ tad-vijñapti-samutsukāpi vijahau maunaṁ na sā māninī | kintu śyāmala-ratna-sampuṭa-dalenāvṛtya kiñcin mukhaṁ satyā smārayati sma vismṛtam asau mām auparāgīṁ śriyam ||61||

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From jealous anger: Although eager to make her request, the proud girl did not abandon silence when I became intent upon conciliating her, having forgotten the lunar eclipse. Instead, truthful Rādhā covered part of her face with the lid of a sapphire casket and reminded me of the eclipsed beauty I had forgotten.

11.62

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ईर्स्यया, यथा- वितर तस्करि मे मुरलीꣳ हृता- मिति मद्-उद्धर-जल्प-विवृत्तया । भ्रुकुटि-भङ्गुरम् अर्क-सुता-तटे सपदि राधिकयाहम् उदीक्षितः ॥६२॥

īrsyayā, yathā- vitara taskari me muralīṁ hṛtā- miti mad-uddhara-jalpa-vivṛttayā | bhrukuṭi-bhaṅguram arka-sutā-taṭe sapadi rādhikayāham udīkṣitaḥ ||62||

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From envy: 'Thief, give me back my flute that you stole!' As I turned toward her after boldly speaking these words, Rādhikā immediately looked at me on Yamunā's bank with a crooked frown.

11.63

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अलङ्कारा निगदिता विꣳशतिर् गात्र-चित्त-जाः । अमी यथोचितꣳ ज्ञेया माधवे’पि मनीषिभिः ॥६३॥

alaṅkārā nigaditā viṁśatir gātra-citta-jāḥ | amī yathocitaṁ jñeyā mādhave’pi manīṣibhiḥ ||63||

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Thus twenty ornaments arising in body and heart have been described. The wise should understand that they appear, as appropriate, in Mādhava as well.

11.64

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कैश्चिद् अन्ये’प्य् अलङ्काराः प्रोक्ता नात्र मयोदिताः । मुनेर् असम्मतत्वेन किन्तु द्वितयम् उच्यते । मौग्ध्यꣳ च चकितꣳ चेति किञ्चिन् माधुर्य-पोषणात् ॥६४॥

kaiścid anye’py alaṅkārāḥ proktā nātra mayoditāḥ | muner asammatatvena kintu dvitayam ucyate | maugdhyaṁ ca cakitaṁ ceti kiñcin mādhurya-poṣaṇāt ||64||

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Some authors describe other ornaments, but I have not included them here because the sage Bharata did not accept them. Two, however, are mentioned because they somewhat nourish sweetness: feigned innocence and alarm.

11.65

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तत्र मौग्ध्यम्- ज्ञातस्याप्य् अज्ञवत् पृच्छा प्रियाग्रे मौग्ध्यम् ईरितम् ॥६५॥

tatra maugdhyam- jñātasyāpy ajñavat pṛcchā priyāgre maugdhyam īritam ||65||

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Feigned innocence: Asking the beloved as though one did not know something already understood is called feigned innocence.

11.66

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यथा मुक्ता-चरिते- कास् ता लताः क्व वा सन्ति केन वा किल रोपिताः । नाथ मत्-कङ्कण-न्यस्तꣳ यासाꣳ मुक्ताफलꣳ फलम् ॥६६॥

yathā muktā-carite- kās tā latāḥ kva vā santi kena vā kila ropitāḥ | nātha mat-kaṅkaṇa-nyastaṁ yāsāṁ muktāphalaṁ phalam ||66||

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As in Muktā-carita: Lord, what are those vines, where do they grow, and who planted them, whose fruit is the pearl placed within my bracelet?

11.67

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चकितम्- प्रियाग्रे चकितꣳ भीतेर् अस्थाने’पि भयꣳ महत् ॥६७॥

cakitam- priyāgre cakitaṁ bhīter asthāne’pi bhayaṁ mahat ||67||

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Alarm: Alarm before the beloved is intense fear arising even where there is no true cause for fear.

11.68

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यथा- रक्ष रक्ष मुहुर् एष भीषणो धावति श्रवण-चम्पकꣳ मम । इत्य् उदीर्य मधुपाद् विशङ्किता सस्वजे हरिण-लोचना हरिम् ॥६८॥

yathā- rakṣa rakṣa muhur eṣa bhīṣaṇo dhāvati śravaṇa-campakaṁ mama | ity udīrya madhupād viśaṅkitā sasvaje hariṇa-locanā harim ||68||

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For example: 'Protect me, protect me! This terrifying creature repeatedly charges at the campaka flower beside my ear!' Saying this and pretending to fear a bee, the doe-eyed girl embraced Hari.

11.69

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इत्य् अलङ्कार-विवृतिः अथ उद्भास्वराः उद्भासन्ते स्व-धाम्नीति प्रोक्ता उद्भास्वरा बुधैः ॥६९॥

ity alaṅkāra-vivṛtiḥ atha udbhāsvarāḥ udbhāsante sva-dhāmnīti proktā udbhāsvarā budhaiḥ ||69||

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Thus ends the explanation of the ornaments. Now the udbhāsvara manifestations: The wise call them udbhāsvaras because they shine forth in their own bodily seats.

11.70

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नीव्य्-उत्तरीय-धम्मिल्ल-स्रꣳसनꣳ गात्र-मोटनम् । जृम्भा घ्राणस्य फुल्लत्वꣳ निश्वासाद्याश् च ते मताः ॥७०॥

nīvy-uttarīya-dhammilla-sraṁsanaṁ gātra-moṭanam | jṛmbhā ghrāṇasya phullatvaṁ niśvāsādyāś ca te matāḥ ||70||

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They include the loosening of the waist-knot, upper garment, and braided hair; stretching the limbs; yawning; flaring the nostrils; deep breathing; and similar manifestations.

11.71

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तत्र नीवि-स्रꣳसनꣳ, यथा विदग्ध-माधवे (७.४१)-- नैरञ्जन्यम् उपेयतुः परिगलन्-मोदाश्रुणी लोचने स्वेदोद्धूत-विलेपनꣳ किल कुच-द्वन्द्वꣳ जहौ रागिताम् । योगौत्सुक्यम् अगाद् उरः स्फुरद् इति प्रेक्ष्योदयꣳ सङ्गिनाꣳ राधे नीविर् इयꣳ तव श्लथ-गुणा शङ्के मुमुक्षाꣳ दधे ॥७१॥

tatra nīvi-sraṁsanaṁ, yathā vidagdha-mādhave (7.41)-- nairañjanyam upeyatuḥ parigalan-modāśruṇī locane svedoddhūta-vilepanaṁ kila kuca-dvandvaṁ jahau rāgitām | yogautsukyam agād uraḥ sphurad iti prekṣyodayaṁ saṅgināṁ rādhe nīvir iyaṁ tava ślatha-guṇā śaṅke mumukṣāṁ dadhe ||71||

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The loosening of the waist-knot, as in Vidagdha-mādhava 7.41: Your eyes attained freedom from collyrium as tears of joy streamed down; your breasts, their cosmetic pigment washed away by perspiration, abandoned their redness; and your throbbing heart became eager for union. Seeing the rise of these companions, Rādhā, I suspect that your girdle, its cord loosened, has developed a longing for liberation.

11.72

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उत्तरीय-स्रꣳसनꣳ, यथा- तव हृदि मम रागात् को’पि रागो गरिष्ठः स्फुरति तद् अपसृत्य व्यक्तम् एतꣳ करोमि । इति खलु हृदयात् ते राधिके रोधकारि च्युतम् इव पुरतो मे मञ्जु माञ्जिष्ठ-वासः ॥७२॥

uttarīya-sraṁsanaṁ, yathā- tava hṛdi mama rāgāt ko’pi rāgo gariṣṭhaḥ sphurati tad apasṛtya vyaktam etaṁ karomi | iti khalu hṛdayāt te rādhike rodhakāri cyutam iva purato me mañju māñjiṣṭha-vāsaḥ ||72||

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The slipping of the upper garment: 'Within your heart some love greater than my own is shining. I shall move aside and make that love visible.' Rādhikā, it is as though your lovely madder-red cloth, an obstacle upon your heart, spoke thus as it fell before me.

11.73

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धम्मिल्ल-स्रꣳसनꣳ, यथा- स्फुरति मुर-द्विषि पुरतो दुरात्मनाम् अपि विमुक्तिदे गौरि । नाद्भुतम् इदꣳ यदीयुः सꣳयमिनस् ते कचा मुक्तिम् ॥७३॥

dhammilla-sraṁsanaṁ, yathā- sphurati mura-dviṣi purato durātmanām api vimuktide gauri | nādbhutam idaṁ yadīyuḥ saṁyaminas te kacā muktim ||73||

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The loosening of braided hair: Fair girl, when Mura's enemy, who grants liberation even to the wicked, shines before you, it is no wonder that your restrained locks should attain release.

11.74

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गात्र-मोटनꣳ, यथा- व्रजाङ्गने वल्लव-पुङ्गवस्य पुरः कुरङ्गी-नयना सलीलम् । अप्य् अङ्ग-भङ्गꣳ किल कुर्वतीयम् अनङ्ग-भङ्गꣳ तरसा व्यतानीत् ॥७४॥

gātra-moṭanaṁ, yathā- vrajāṅgane vallava-puṅgavasya puraḥ kuraṅgī-nayanā salīlam | apy aṅga-bhaṅgaṁ kila kurvatīyam anaṅga-bhaṅgaṁ tarasā vyatānīt ||74||

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Stretching the limbs: Before the foremost of cowherds, the doe-eyed woman of Vraja playfully bent and stretched her limbs. By doing so, she swiftly unsettled bodiless Love himself.

11.75

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जृम्भा, यथा- पुष्पैर् अवेत्य विशिखैर् भवतीम् असाध्याꣳ साध्वीम् अधीत्य मदनः किल जृम्भणास्त्राम् । चन्द्रावलि प्रसभम् एव वशीचकार यद् गोष्ठ-सीमनि मुहुः सखि जृम्भसे’द्य ॥७५॥

jṛmbhā, yathā- puṣpair avetya viśikhair bhavatīm asādhyāṁ sādhvīm adhītya madanaḥ kila jṛmbhaṇāstrām | candrāvali prasabham eva vaśīcakāra yad goṣṭha-sīmani muhuḥ sakhi jṛmbhase’dya ||75||

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Yawning: Candrāvalī, realizing that you could not be conquered by his flower arrows, Love studied the weapon of yawning and thereby forcibly subdued this virtuous woman. Friend, that is why you repeatedly yawn at the border of the cowherd settlement today.

11.76

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घ्राण-फुल्लत्वꣳ, यथा- रचित-शिखर-शोभारम्भम् अम्भोरुहाक्षी श्वसित-पवन-दोलान्दोलिना मौक्तिकेन । पुट-युगम् अतिफुल्लꣳ बिभ्रती नासिकायाꣳ मम मनसि विलग्ना दर्शनाद् एव राधा ॥७६॥

ghrāṇa-phullatvaṁ, yathā- racita-śikhara-śobhārambham ambhoruhākṣī śvasita-pavana-dolāndolinā mauktikena | puṭa-yugam atiphullaṁ bibhratī nāsikāyāṁ mama manasi vilagnā darśanād eva rādhā ||76||

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Flaring the nostrils: Merely by being seen, lotus-eyed Rādhā became fixed within my mind. Her fully opened nostrils began the beauty of a mountain peak, while the pearl upon them swung in the breeze of her breathing.

11.77

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यद्यप्य् एते विशेषाः स्युर् मोट्टायित-विलासयोः । शोभा-विशेष-पोषित्वात् तथापि पृथग् ईरिताः ॥७७॥

yadyapy ete viśeṣāḥ syur moṭṭāyita-vilāsayoḥ | śobhā-viśeṣa-poṣitvāt tathāpi pṛthag īritāḥ ||77||

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Although these particular manifestations may be included within moṭṭāyita and playful bearing, they are described separately because they nourish special varieties of beauty.

11.78

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अथ वाचिकाः- आलापश् च विलापश् च सꣳलापश् च प्रलापकः । अनुलापो’पलापश् च सन्देशश् चातिदेशकः ॥७८॥

atha vācikāḥ- ālāpaś ca vilāpaś ca saṁlāpaś ca pralāpakaḥ | anulāpo’palāpaś ca sandeśaś cātideśakaḥ ||78||

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Now verbal expressions: They are affectionate address, lamentation, dialogue, incoherent speech, repetition, retraction, message, and attribution;

11.79

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अपदेशोपदेशौ च निर्देशो व्यपदेशकः । कीर्तिता वचनारम्भा द्वादशामी मनीषिभिः ॥७९॥

apadeśopadeśau ca nirdeśo vyapadeśakaḥ | kīrtitā vacanārambhā dvādaśāmī manīṣibhiḥ ||79||

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pretext, instruction, declaration, and figurative designation. These twelve beginnings of speech are celebrated by the wise.

11.80

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तत्र आलापः- चाटु-प्रियोक्तिर् आलापः ॥८०॥

tatra ālāpaḥ- cāṭu-priyoktir ālāpaḥ ||80||

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Affectionate address: Flattering and loving speech is affectionate address.

11.81

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यथा श्री-दशमे(१०.२९.४०)- का स्त्र्य् अङ्ग ते कल-पदायत-मूर्च्छितेन सम्मोहिता’र्य-पदवीꣳ न चलेत् त्रिलोक्याम् । त्रैलोक्य-सौभगम् इदꣳ च निरीक्ष्य रूपꣳ यद् गो-द्विज-द्रुम-मृगान् पुलकान्य् अबिभ्रत् ॥८१॥

yathā śrī-daśame(10.29.40)- kā stry aṅga te kala-padāyata-mūrcchitena sammohitā’rya-padavīṁ na calet trilokyām | trailokya-saubhagam idaṁ ca nirīkṣya rūpaṁ yad go-dvija-druma-mṛgān pulakāny abibhrat ||81||

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As in Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.40: Dear one, what woman in the three worlds, bewildered by the long, rising melody of your artful music, would not depart from the path of the noble? Seeing this form, the good fortune of all three worlds, even cows, birds, trees, and deer develop horripilation.

11.82

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यथा वा विदग्ध-माधवे (५.३१)- कठोरा भव मृद्वी वा प्राणास् त्वम् असि राधिके । अस्ति नान्या चकोरस्य चन्द्रलेखाꣳ विना गतिः ॥८२॥

yathā vā vidagdha-mādhave (5.31)- kaṭhorā bhava mṛdvī vā prāṇās tvam asi rādhike | asti nānyā cakorasya candralekhāṁ vinā gatiḥ ||82||

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Or, as in Vidagdha-mādhava 5.31: Rādhikā, whether you are harsh or gentle, you are my very life. A cakora bird has no refuge other than the moonbeam.

11.83

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अथ विलापः- विलापो दुःखजꣳ वचः ॥८३॥

atha vilāpaḥ- vilāpo duḥkhajaṁ vacaḥ ||83||

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Now lamentation: Speech arising from sorrow is lamentation.

11.84

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यथा श्री-दशमे (१०.४७.४७)- परꣳ सौख्यꣳ हि नैराश्यꣳ स्वैरिण्य् अप्य् आह पिङ्गला । तज् जानतीनाꣳ नः कृष्णे तथाप्य् आशा दुरत्यया ॥८४॥

yathā śrī-daśame (10.47.47)- paraṁ saukhyaṁ hi nairāśyaṁ svairiṇy apy āha piṅgalā | taj jānatīnāṁ naḥ kṛṣṇe tathāpy āśā duratyayā ||84||

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As in Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.47.47: Even the courtesan Piṅgalā declared that freedom from hope is supreme happiness. Although we know this, our hope in Kṛṣṇa remains impossible to cross.

11.85

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सꣳलापः- उक्ति-प्रत्युक्तिमद्-वाक्यꣳ सꣳलाप इति कीर्त्यते ॥८५॥

saṁlāpaḥ- ukti-pratyuktimad-vākyaṁ saṁlāpa iti kīrtyate ||85||

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Dialogue: Speech consisting of statement and reply is celebrated as dialogue.

11.86

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यथा पद्यावल्याꣳ (२६९)-- उत्तिष्ठारात् तरौ मे तरुणि मम तरोः शक्तिर् आरोहणे का साक्षाद् आख्यामि मुग्धे तरणिम् इह रवेर् आख्यया का रतिर् मे । वार्तेयꣳ नौ-प्रसङ्गे कथम् अपि भविता नावयोः सङ्गमार्था वार्तापीति स्मितास्यꣳ जित-गिरिम् अजितꣳ राधयाराधयामि ॥८६॥

yathā padyāvalyāṁ (269)-- uttiṣṭhārāt tarau me taruṇi mama taroḥ śaktir ārohaṇe kā sākṣād ākhyāmi mugdhe taraṇim iha raver ākhyayā kā ratir me | vārteyaṁ nau-prasaṅge katham api bhavitā nāvayoḥ saṅgamārthā vārtāpīti smitāsyaṁ jita-girim ajitaṁ rādhayārādhayāmi ||86||

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As in Padyāvalī 269: 'Rise, young woman, and climb my tree.' 'What ability have I to climb your tree?' 'Innocent girl, I speak directly of the sun's boat here.' 'What attraction have I for one bearing the sun's name?' 'Our conversation concerns a boat.' 'How then could it concern the union of us two?' With such dialogue, Rādhā worships smiling Ajita, the conqueror of the mountain.

11.87

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प्रलापः- व्यर्थालापः प्रलापः स्यात् ॥८७॥

pralāpaḥ- vyarthālāpaḥ pralāpaḥ syāt ||87||

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Incoherent speech: Meaningless speech is called incoherent speech.

11.88

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यथा- करोति नादꣳ मुरली रली रली व्रजाङ्गना-हृन्-मथनꣳ थनꣳ थनम् । ततो विदूना भजते जते जते हरे भवन्तꣳ ललिता लिता लिता ॥८८॥

yathā- karoti nādaṁ muralī ralī ralī vrajāṅganā-hṛn-mathanaṁ thanaṁ thanam | tato vidūnā bhajate jate jate hare bhavantaṁ lalitā litā litā ||88||

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For example: The flute sounds, 'ralī, ralī,' and churns the hearts of Vraja's women, 'thanaṁ, thanam.' Therefore, afflicted in every birth, 'jate, jate,' Lalitā approaches you, Hari, 'litā, litā.'

11.89

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अनुलापः- अनुलापो मुहुर् वचः ॥८९॥

anulāpaḥ- anulāpo muhur vacaḥ ||89||

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Repetition: Speech uttered again and again is repetition.

11.90

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यथा- कृष्णः कृष्णो नहि नहि तापिञ्छो’यꣳ वेणुर् वेणुर् नहि नहि भृङ्गोद्घोषः । गुञ्जा गुञ्जा नहि नहि बन्धूकाली नेत्रे नेत्रे नहि नहि पद्म-द्वन्द्वम् ॥९०॥

yathā- kṛṣṇaḥ kṛṣṇo nahi nahi tāpiñcho’yaṁ veṇur veṇur nahi nahi bhṛṅgodghoṣaḥ | guñjā guñjā nahi nahi bandhūkālī netre netre nahi nahi padma-dvandvam ||90||

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For example: 'Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa!' 'No, no, that is a tamāla tree.' 'The flute, the flute!' 'No, no, that is the humming of bees.' 'Guñjā berries, guñjā berries!' 'No, no, that is a row of bandhūka flowers.' 'The eyes, the eyes!' 'No, no, that is a pair of lotuses.'

11.91

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अपलापः । अपलापस् तु पूर्वोक्तस्यान्यथा योजनꣳ भवेत् ॥९१॥

apalāpaḥ | apalāpas tu pūrvoktasyānyathā yojanaṁ bhavet ||91||

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Retraction: Retraction means afterward construing one's previous statement in a different way.

11.92

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यथा- फुल्लोज्ज्वल-वन-मालꣳ कामयते का न माधवꣳ प्रमदा । हरये स्पृहयसि राधे नहि नहि वैरिणि वसन्ताय ॥९२॥

yathā- phullojjvala-vana-mālaṁ kāmayate kā na mādhavaṁ pramadā | haraye spṛhayasi rādhe nahi nahi vairiṇi vasantāya ||92||

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For example: 'What woman does not desire Mādhava, brilliant with a blossoming forest garland?' 'Rādhā, you long for Hari.' 'No, no, rival girl, I mean spring, the enemy that carries away composure.'

11.93

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सन्देशः- सन्देशस् तु प्रोषितस्य स्व-वार्ता-प्रेषणꣳ भवेत् ॥९३॥

sandeśaḥ- sandeśas tu proṣitasya sva-vārtā-preṣaṇaṁ bhavet ||93||

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A message: Sending news of oneself to a beloved who has gone away is a message.

11.94

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यथा- व्याहर मथुरानाथे मम सन्देश-प्रहेलिकाꣳ पान्थ । विकला कृता कुहूभिर् लभते चन्द्रावली क्व लयम् ॥९४॥

yathā- vyāhara mathurānāthe mama sandeśa-prahelikāṁ pāntha | vikalā kṛtā kuhūbhir labhate candrāvalī kva layam ||94||

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For example: Traveler, speak my riddle-like message to the lord of Mathurā: made distraught by the cries of 'kuhū,' where can Candrāvalī find rest or dissolution?

11.95

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अतिदेशः- सो’तिदेशस् तद् उक्तानि मद्-उक्तानीति यद् वचः ॥९५॥

atideśaḥ- so’tideśas tad uktāni mad-uktānīti yad vacaḥ ||95||

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Attribution: Speech declaring, 'What she said is what I say,' is attribution.

11.96

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यथा- वृथा कृथास् त्वꣳ विचिकित्सितानि मा गोकुलाधीश्वर-नन्दनात्र । गान्धर्विकाया गिरम् अन्तरस्थाꣳ वीणेव गीतिꣳ ललिता व्यनक्ति ॥९६॥

yathā- vṛthā kṛthās tvaṁ vicikitsitāni mā gokulādhīśvara-nandanātra | gāndharvikāyā giram antarasthāṁ vīṇeva gītiṁ lalitā vyanakti ||96||

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For example: Son of Gokula's lord, do not entertain useless doubts here. Like a vīṇā manifesting a melody, Lalitā reveals the words that dwell within Gāndharvikā's heart.

11.97

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अथ अपदेशः- अन्यार्थ-कथनꣳ यत् तु सो’पदेश इतीरितः ॥९७॥

atha apadeśaḥ- anyārtha-kathanaṁ yat tu so’padeśa itīritaḥ ||97||

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Now pretext: A statement that speaks of some other subject is called pretext.

11.98

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यथा- धत्ते विक्षतम् उज्ज्वलꣳ पृथु-फल-द्वन्द्वꣳ नवा दाडिमी भृङ्गेण व्रणितꣳ मधूनि पिबता ताम्रꣳ च पुष्प-द्वयम् । इत्य् आकर्ण्य सखी-गिरꣳ गुरु-जनालोके किल श्यामला चैलेन स्तनयोर् युगꣳ व्यवदधे दन्त-च्छदौ पाणिना ॥९८॥

yathā- dhatte vikṣatam ujjvalaṁ pṛthu-phala-dvandvaṁ navā dāḍimī bhṛṅgeṇa vraṇitaṁ madhūni pibatā tāmraṁ ca puṣpa-dvayam | ity ākarṇya sakhī-giraṁ guru-janāloke kila śyāmalā cailena stanayor yugaṁ vyavadadhe danta-cchadau pāṇinā ||98||

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For example: 'A fresh pomegranate tree bears two large and splendid fruits marked with scratches, and a bee drinking their honey has wounded its pair of copper-red flowers.' Hearing her friend's words as elders looked on, Śyāmalā covered her two breasts with her cloth and her lips with her hand.

11.99

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उपदेशः- यत् तु शिक्षार्थ-वचनम् उपदेशः स उच्यते ॥९९॥

upadeśaḥ- yat tu śikṣārtha-vacanam upadeśaḥ sa ucyate ||99||

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Instruction: Speech intended to teach is called instruction.

11.100

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यथा छन्दो-मञ्जर्याम्- मुग्धे यौवन-लक्ष्मीर् विद्युद्-विभ्रम-लोला त्रैलोक्याद्भुत-रूपो गोविन्दो’तिदुरापः । तद् वृन्दावन-कुञ्जे गुञ्जद्-भृङ्ग-सनाथे श्री-नाथेन समेता स्वच्छन्दꣳ कुरु केलिम् ॥१००॥

yathā chando-mañjaryām- mugdhe yauvana-lakṣmīr vidyud-vibhrama-lolā trailokyādbhuta-rūpo govindo’tidurāpaḥ | tad vṛndāvana-kuñje guñjad-bhṛṅga-sanāthe śrī-nāthena sametā svacchandaṁ kuru kelim ||100||

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As in Chando-mañjarī: Innocent girl, the splendor of youth is as unsteady as a flash of lightning, and Govinda, whose beauty astonishes the three worlds, is exceedingly difficult to attain. Therefore meet the Lord of Śrī in a Vṛndāvana bower attended by humming bees and sport freely with him.

11.101

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निर्देशः- निर्देशस् तु भवेत् सो’यम् अहम् इत्य् आदि-भाषणम् ॥१०१॥

nirdeśaḥ- nirdeśas tu bhavet so’yam aham ity ādi-bhāṣaṇam ||101||

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Declaration: Speech such as 'This is she' or 'I am she' is called declaration.

11.102

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यथा- सेयꣳ मे भगिनी राधा ललितेयꣳ च मे सखी । विशाखेयम् अहꣳ कृष्ण तिस्रः पुष्पार्थम् आगताः ॥१०२॥

yathā- seyaṁ me bhaginī rādhā laliteyaṁ ca me sakhī | viśākheyam ahaṁ kṛṣṇa tisraḥ puṣpārtham āgatāḥ ||102||

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For example: Kṛṣṇa, this Rādhā is my sister, this Lalitā is my friend, and I am Viśākhā. The three of us have come to gather flowers.

11.103

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व्यपदेशः- व्याजेनात्माभिलाषोक्तिर् व्यपदेश इतीर्यते ॥१०३॥

vyapadeśaḥ- vyājenātmābhilāṣoktir vyapadeśa itīryate ||103||

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Figurative designation: Expressing one's own desire under a pretext is called figurative designation.

11.104

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यथा- विलसन्-नवक-स्तवका काम्य-वने पश्य मालती मिलति । कथम् इव चुम्बसि तुम्बीम् अथवा भ्रमरो’सि किꣳ ब्रूमः ॥१०४॥

yathā- vilasan-navaka-stavakā kāmya-vane paśya mālatī milati | katham iva cumbasi tumbīm athavā bhramaro’si kiṁ brūmaḥ ||104||

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For example: Look! A mālatī vine covered with fresh and shining clusters is present in this desirable forest. Why do you kiss a bitter gourd instead? But then, you are a wandering bee; what can we say?

11.105

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अनुभावा भवन्त्य् एते रसे सर्वत्र वाचिकाः । माधुर्याधिक्य-पोषित्वाद् इहैव परिकीर्तिताः ॥१०५॥

anubhāvā bhavanty ete rase sarvatra vācikāḥ | mādhuryādhikya-poṣitvād ihaiva parikīrtitāḥ ||105||

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These verbal consequent expressions appear throughout all rasas. They are specifically celebrated here because their extraordinary sweetness receives special nourishment in this rasa.