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Vilāpa-kusumāñjali · Verses 32–47

Adornment and Sun Worship

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ललिततरमृणालीकल्पबाहुद्वयं ते मुरजयिमतिहंसीधैर्यविध्वंसदक्षम् मणिकुलरचिताभ्यामङ्गदाभ्यां पुरस्तात्प्रमदभरविनम्रा कल्पयिष्यामि किं वा

lalitataramṛṇālīkalpabāhudvayaṃ te murajayimatihaṃsīdhairyavidhvaṃsadakṣam maṇikularacitābhyāmaṅgadābhyāṃ purastātpramadabharavinamrā kalpayiṣyāmi kiṃ vā

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When will I bow before you, overcome with joy, and place gem-studded armlets upon your two graceful arms, slender as lotus stems and able to destroy the swanlike composure of Mura's conqueror?

रासोत्सवे य इह गोकुलचन्द्रबाहु स्पर्शेन सौभगभरं नितरामवाप ग्रैवेयकेण किं तं तव कण्ठदेशं सम्पूजयिष्यति पुनः सुभगे जनोऽयम्

rāsotsave ya iha gokulacandrabāhu sparśena saubhagabharaṃ nitarāmavāpa graiveyakeṇa kiṃ taṃ tava kaṇṭhadeśaṃ sampūjayiṣyati punaḥ subhage jano'yam

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O fortunate one, when will this person again worship with a necklace that region of your throat which gained its fullest beauty from the touch of the moon of Gokula's arm at the festival of rāsa?

दत्तः प्रलम्बरिपुणोद्भटशङ्खचूड नाशात्प्रतोषि हृदयं मधुमङ्गलस्य हस्तेन यः सुमुखि कौस्तुभमित्रमेतं किं ते स्यमन्तकमणिं तरलं करिष्ये

dattaḥ pralambaripuṇodbhaṭaśaṅkhacūḍa nāśātpratoṣi hṛdayaṃ madhumaṅgalasya hastena yaḥ sumukhi kaustubhamitrametaṃ kiṃ te syamantakamaṇiṃ taralaṃ kariṣye

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O beautiful-faced one, when will my hand set your Syamantaka jewel trembling—the companion of the Kaustubha, given when the destruction of mighty Śaṅkhacūḍa by Pralamba's enemy delighted Madhumaṅgala's heart?

प्रान्तद्वये परिविराजितगुच्छयुग्म विभ्राजितेन नवकाञ्चनडोरकेण क्षीणं त्रुटत्यथ कृशोदरि चेदितीव बध्नामि भोस्तव कदातिभयेन मध्यम्

prāntadvaye parivirājitagucchayugma vibhrājitena navakāñcanaḍorakeṇa kṣīṇaṃ truṭatyatha kṛśodari ceditīva badhnāmi bhostava kadātibhayena madhyam

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O slender-waisted one, when will I anxiously bind your narrow middle with a new golden cord shining with a tassel at either end, as though fearing that it might break?

कनकगुणितमुच्चैर्मौक्तिकं मत्करात्ते तिलककुसुमविजेत्री नासिका सा सुवृत्तम् मधुमथनमहालिक्षोभकं हेमगौरि प्रकटतरमरन्दप्रायमादास्यते किम्

kanakaguṇitamuccairmauktikaṃ matkarātte tilakakusumavijetrī nāsikā sā suvṛttam madhumathanamahālikṣobhakaṃ hemagauri prakaṭataramarandaprāyamādāsyate kim

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O golden one, will the perfectly rounded pearl ornament, strung on gold and placed by my hand upon your nose that conquers the sesame blossom, pour forth manifest honey that agitates the great bee called Madhumathana?

अङ्गदेन तव वामदोःस्थले स्वर्णगौरि नवरत्नमालिकाम् पट्टगुच्छपरिशोभितामिमां आज्ञया परिणयामि ते कदा

aṅgadena tava vāmadoḥsthale svarṇagauri navaratnamālikām paṭṭagucchapariśobhitāmimāṃ ājñayā pariṇayāmi te kadā

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O golden one, when, at your command, may I fasten upon your left upper arm this nine-jeweled bracelet, made radiant by its silken tassel?

कर्णयोरुपरि चक्रशलाके चञ्चलाक्षि निहिते मयका ते क्षोभकं निखिलगोपवधूनां चक्रवद्भ्रमयतां मुरशत्रुम्

karṇayorupari cakraśalāke cañcalākṣi nihite mayakā te kṣobhakaṃ nikhilagopavadhūnāṃ cakravadbhramayatāṃ muraśatrum

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O restless-eyed one, when I place wheel-shaped ornaments above your ears, may they make the enemy of Mura—who agitates all the cowherd brides—spin like a wheel.

कदा ते मृगशावाक्षि चिबुके मृगनाभिना बिन्दुमुल्लासयिष्यामि मुकुन्दामोदमन्दिरे

kadā te mṛgaśāvākṣi cibuke mṛganābhinā bindumullāsayiṣyāmi mukundāmodamandire

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O doe-eyed one, when will I brighten your chin with a musk dot in the temple of Mukunda's delight?

दशनांस्ते कदा रक्त रेखाभिर्भूषयाम्यहम् देवि मुक्ताफलानीह पद्मरागगुणैरिह

daśanāṃste kadā rakta rekhābhirbhūṣayāmyaham devi muktāphalānīha padmarāgaguṇairiha

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O Goddess, when will I decorate your teeth—the pearls here—with red lines like threads of ruby?

उत्खादिरेण नवचन्द्रविराजितेन रागेण ते वरसुधाधरबिम्बयुग्मे गाङ्गेयगात्रि मयका परिरञ्जितेऽस्मिन्दंशं विधास्यति हठात्किमु कृष्णकीरः

utkhādireṇa navacandravirājitena rāgeṇa te varasudhādharabimbayugme gāṅgeyagātri mayakā parirañjite'smindaṃśaṃ vidhāsyati haṭhātkimu kṛṣṇakīraḥ

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O one whose body is golden as the Gaṅgā, when I tint the two bimba fruits of your excellent nectar-lips with fresh, moon-bright khadira color, will the parrot Kṛṣṇa suddenly bite them?

यत्प्रान्तदेशलवलेशविघूर्णितेन बद्धः क्षणाद्भवति कृष्णकरीन्द्र उच्चैः तत्खञ्जरीटजयिनेत्रयुगं कदायं सम्पूजयिष्यति जनस्तव कज्जलेन

yatprāntadeśalavaleśavighūrṇitena baddhaḥ kṣaṇādbhavati kṛṣṇakarīndra uccaiḥ tatkhañjarīṭajayinetrayugaṃ kadāyaṃ sampūjayiṣyati janastava kajjalena

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When will this person worship with collyrium your pair of eyes that defeat the wagtail birds—eyes whose slightest turning at their corners instantly binds the mighty elephant Kṛṣṇa?

यस्याङ्करञ्जितशिरास्तव मानभङ्गे गोष्ठेन्द्रसूनुरधिकां सुषमामुपैति लाक्षारसं स च कदा पदयोरधस्ते न्यस्तो मयाप्यतितरां छविमाप्स्यतीह

yasyāṅkarañjitaśirāstava mānabhaṅge goṣṭhendrasūnuradhikāṃ suṣamāmupaiti lākṣārasaṃ sa ca kadā padayoradhaste nyasto mayāpyatitarāṃ chavimāpsyatīha

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When will the lac I place beneath your feet gain unsurpassed beauty—the very lac whose mark upon his head makes the prince of Vraja shine more splendidly when he breaks your jealous anger?

कलावति नतांसयोः प्रचुरकामपुञ्जोज्ज्वलत्कलानिधिमुरद्विषः प्रकटराससम्भावयोः भ्रमद्भ्रमरझङ्कृतैर्मधुरमल्लिमालां मुदा कदा तव तयोः समर्पयति देवि दासीजनः

kalāvati natāṃsayoḥ pracurakāmapuñjojjvalatkalānidhimuradviṣaḥ prakaṭarāsasambhāvayoḥ bhramadbhramarajhaṅkṛtairmadhuramallimālāṃ mudā kadā tava tayoḥ samarpayati devi dāsījanaḥ

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O accomplished Goddess, when will your maidservant joyfully offer humming jasmine garlands to your two lowered shoulders, the manifest arena of rāsa for Mura's enemy, the moon of arts blazing with accumulated desire?

सूर्याय सूर्यमणिनिर्मितवेदिमध्ये मुग्धाङ्गि भावत इहालिकुलैर्वृतायाः अर्घं समर्पयितुमुत्कधियस्तवारात्सज्जानि किं सुमुखि दास्यति दासिकेयम्

sūryāya sūryamaṇinirmitavedimadhye mugdhāṅgi bhāvata ihālikulairvṛtāyāḥ arghaṃ samarpayitumutkadhiyastavārātsajjāni kiṃ sumukhi dāsyati dāsikeyam

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O innocent one, when you stand surrounded by sakhīs at the altar made of sunstone to worship the Sun, will this eager maidservant remain near you, ready to place the arghya in your hands?

व्रजपुरपतिराज्ञ्या आज्ञया मिष्ठमन्नं बहुविधमतियत्नात्स्वेन पक्वं वरोरु सपदि निजसखीनां मद्विधानां च हस्तैर्मधुमथननिमित्तं किं त्वया सन्निधास्यम्

vrajapurapatirājñyā ājñayā miṣṭhamannaṃ bahuvidhamatiyatnātsvena pakvaṃ varoru sapadi nijasakhīnāṃ madvidhānāṃ ca hastairmadhumathananimittaṃ kiṃ tvayā sannidhāsyam

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O lovely-thighed one, at the command of the queen of Vraja, when will you immediately set out many kinds of sweet food, cooked by you with the greatest care, in the hands of your own friends and maidservants like me for Madhumathana?

नीतान्नमद्विधललाटतटे ललाटं प्रीत्या प्रदाय मुदिता व्रजराजराज्ञी प्रेम्णा प्रसूरिव भवत्कुशलस्य पृच्छां भव्ये विधास्यति कदा मयि तावकत्वात्

nītānnamadvidhalalāṭataṭe lalāṭaṃ prītyā pradāya muditā vrajarājarājñī premṇā prasūriva bhavatkuśalasya pṛcchāṃ bhavye vidhāsyati kadā mayi tāvakatvāt

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O auspicious one, when will the joyful queen of Vraja press her forehead lovingly to mine as I bring the food, and, because I belong to you, ask about your welfare with the affection of a mother?