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Vilāpa-kusumāñjali · Verses 91–97

Confidential Commands and Surrender

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निजकुण्डतटिकुञ्जे गुञ्जद्भ्रमरसङ्कुले देवि त्वं कच्छपिशिक्षां कदा मां कारयिष्यसि

nijakuṇḍataṭikuñje guñjadbhramarasaṅkule devi tvaṃ kacchapiśikṣāṃ kadā māṃ kārayiṣyasi

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O Goddess, when will you teach me to play the vīṇā in the bower on the bank of your own kuṇḍa, filled with humming bees?

विहारैस्त्रुटितं हारं गुम्फितुं दयितं कदा सखीनां लज्जया देवि संज्ञया मां निदेक्ष्यसि

vihāraistruṭitaṃ hāraṃ gumphituṃ dayitaṃ kadā sakhīnāṃ lajjayā devi saṃjñayā māṃ nidekṣyasi

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Fresh editorial translation from the Sanskrit Documents Vilāpa-kusumāñjali authority authority

O Goddess, when your cherished necklace breaks during play, will you, shy before the sakhīs, signal me to restring it?

स्वमुखान्मन्मुखे देवि कदा ताम्बूलचर्वितम् स्नेहात्सर्वदिशे वीक्ष्य समये त्वं प्रदास्यसि

svamukhānmanmukhe devi kadā tāmbūlacarvitam snehātsarvadiśe vīkṣya samaye tvaṃ pradāsyasi

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Fresh editorial translation from the Sanskrit Documents Vilāpa-kusumāñjali authority authority

O Goddess, when will you affectionately look in every direction and, at the right moment, place into my mouth the betel you have chewed in your own?

निविडमदनयुद्धे प्राणनाथेन सार्धं दयितमधुरकाञ्ची या मदाद्विस्मृतासीत् शशिमुखि समये तां हन्त सम्भाल्य भङ्ग्या त्वरितमिह तदर्थं किं त्वयाहं प्रहेया

niviḍamadanayuddhe prāṇanāthena sārdhaṃ dayitamadhurakāñcī yā madādvismṛtāsīt śaśimukhi samaye tāṃ hanta sambhālya bhaṅgyā tvaritamiha tadarthaṃ kiṃ tvayāhaṃ praheyā

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Fresh editorial translation from the Sanskrit Documents Vilāpa-kusumāñjali authority authority

O moon-faced one, when, in the dense battle of love with your life's beloved, you forget your cherished sweet girdle in intoxication, will you notice at the proper moment and quickly send me with a secret gesture to retrieve it?

केनापि दोषलवमात्रलवेन देवि सन्ताड्यमान इह धीरमते त्वयोच्चैः रोषेण तल्ललितया किल नीयमानः सन्द्रक्ष्यते किमु मनाक्सदरं जनोऽयम्

kenāpi doṣalavamātralavena devi santāḍyamāna iha dhīramate tvayoccaiḥ roṣeṇa tallalitayā kila nīyamānaḥ sandrakṣyate kimu manāksadaraṃ jano'yam

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O steadfast Goddess, when you loudly chastise this person here for the slightest trace of some fault and angry Lalitā begins to lead me away, will you look upon me for a moment with tender regard?

तवैवास्मि तवैवास्मि न जीवामि त्वया विना इति विज्ञाय देवि त्वं नय मां चरणान्तिके

tavaivāsmi tavaivāsmi na jīvāmi tvayā vinā iti vijñāya devi tvaṃ naya māṃ caraṇāntike

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I am yours alone; I am yours alone. I cannot live without you. O Goddess, understand this and bring me near your feet.

स्वकुण्डं तव लोलाक्षि सप्रियायाः सदास्पदम् अत्रैव मम संवास इहैव मम संस्थितिः

svakuṇḍaṃ tava lolākṣi sapriyāyāḥ sadāspadam atraiva mama saṃvāsa ihaiva mama saṃsthitiḥ

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Fresh editorial translation from the Sanskrit Documents Vilāpa-kusumāñjali authority authority

O restless-eyed one, your own kuṇḍa is forever the dwelling place of you and your beloved. Here alone shall I reside; here alone shall I remain.