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Sourceप्रणालीं कीलालैर्बहुभिरभि सङ्क्षाल्य मधुरैर्मुदा सम्मार्ज्य स्वैर्विवृतकचवृन्दैः प्रियतया कदा बाह्यागारं वरपरिमलैर्धूपनिवहैर्विधास्ये ते देवि प्रतिदिनमहो वासितमहम्
praṇālīṃ kīlālairbahubhirabhi saṅkṣālya madhurairmudā sammārjya svairvivṛtakacavṛndaiḥ priyatayā kadā bāhyāgāraṃ varaparimalairdhūpanivahairvidhāsye te devi pratidinamaho vāsitamaham
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O Goddess, when will I lovingly wash the channel with abundant sweet waters, gladly sweep the outer chamber, and perfume it each day with masses of the finest fragrant incense?
019
Sourceप्रातः सुधांशुमिलितां मृदमत्र यत्नादाहृत्य वासितपयश्च गृहान्तरे च पादाम्बुजे बत कदा जलधारया ते प्रक्षाल्य भाविनि कचैरिह मार्जयामि
prātaḥ sudhāṃśumilitāṃ mṛdamatra yatnādāhṛtya vāsitapayaśca gṛhāntare ca pādāmbuje bata kadā jaladhārayā te prakṣālya bhāvini kacairiha mārjayāmi
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At dawn, when will I carefully bring pale clay blended with moonlight and scented water into the chamber, wash your lotus feet beneath a stream of water, and dry them here with my hair?
020
Sourceप्रक्षाल्य पादकमलं कृतदान्तकाष्ठां स्नानार्थमन्यसदने भवतीं निविष्टाम् अभ्यज्य गन्धिततरैरिह तैलपूरैः प्रोद्वर्तयिष्यति कदा किमु किङ्करीयम्
prakṣālya pādakamalaṃ kṛtadāntakāṣṭhāṃ snānārthamanyasadane bhavatīṃ niviṣṭām abhyajya gandhitatarairiha tailapūraiḥ prodvartayiṣyati kadā kimu kiṅkarīyam
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When will this maidservant wash your lotus feet, seat you in another chamber for bathing after you have cleaned your teeth, anoint you with streams of deeply fragrant oil, and gently massage your limbs?
021
Sourceअयि विमलजलानां गन्धकर्पूरपुष्पैर्जितविधुमुखपद्मे वासितानां घटोघैः प्रणयललितसख्या दीयमानैः पुरस्तात्तव वरमभिषेकं हा कदाहं करिष्ये
ayi vimalajalānāṃ gandhakarpūrapuṣpairjitavidhumukhapadme vāsitānāṃ ghaṭoghaiḥ praṇayalalitasakhyā dīyamānaiḥ purastāttava varamabhiṣekaṃ hā kadāhaṃ kariṣye
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O moon-faced one, when will I perform your splendid bath with many pots of pure water scented with sandal, camphor, and flowers, handed forward in affection by Lalitā-sakhī?
022
Sourceपानीयं चीनवस्त्रैः शशिमुखि शनकै रम्यमृद्वङ्गयष्टेर्यत्नादुत्सार्य मोदाद्दिशि दिशि विचलन्नेत्रमीनाञ्चलायाः श्रोणौ रक्तं दुकूलं तदपरमतुलं चारुनीलं शिरोऽग्रात्सर्वाङ्गेषु प्रमोदात्पुलकितवपुषा किं मया ते प्रयोज्यम्
pānīyaṃ cīnavastraiḥ śaśimukhi śanakai ramyamṛdvaṅgayaṣṭeryatnādutsārya modāddiśi diśi vicalannetramīnāñcalāyāḥ śroṇau raktaṃ dukūlaṃ tadaparamatulaṃ cārunīlaṃ śiro'grātsarvāṅgeṣu pramodātpulakitavapuṣā kiṃ mayā te prayojyam
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O moon-faced, tender-limbed one, when will I carefully dry the water with fine cloth while your fish-like eyes dart in every direction, then joyfully dress your hips in a red silk and place an incomparable blue cloth over your head and body, my own form thrilled with delight?
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Sourceप्रक्षाल्य पादकमलं तदनुक्रमेण गोष्ठेन्द्रसूनुदयिते तव केशपाशम् हा नर्मदाग्रथितसुन्दरसूक्ष्ममाल्यैर्वेणीं करिष्यति कदा प्रणयैर्जनोऽयम्
prakṣālya pādakamalaṃ tadanukrameṇa goṣṭhendrasūnudayite tava keśapāśam hā narmadāgrathitasundarasūkṣmamālyairveṇīṃ kariṣyati kadā praṇayairjano'yam
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O beloved of the prince of Vraja, after washing your lotus feet, when will this person lovingly arrange your mass of hair into a braid with delicate, beautiful garlands playfully woven by Narmadā?
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Sourceसुभगमृगमदेनाखण्डशुभ्रांशुवत्ते तिलकमिह ललाटे देवि मोदाद्विधाय मसृणघुसृणचर्चामर्पयित्वा च गात्रे स्तनयुगमपि गन्धैश्चित्रितं किं करिष्ये
subhagamṛgamadenākhaṇḍaśubhrāṃśuvatte tilakamiha lalāṭe devi modādvidhāya masṛṇaghusṛṇacarcāmarpayitvā ca gātre stanayugamapi gandhaiścitritaṃ kiṃ kariṣye
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O Goddess, when will I joyfully place a lovely musk tilaka like the full white moon upon your forehead, smooth saffron paste upon your limbs, and fragrant painted designs upon your breasts?
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Sourceसिन्दूररेखा सीमन्ते देवि रत्नशलाकया मया या कल्पिता किं ते सालकाञ्छोभयिष्यति
sindūrarekhā sīmante devi ratnaśalākayā mayā yā kalpitā kiṃ te sālakāñchobhayiṣyati
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O Goddess, when I draw a line of vermilion in the parting of your hair with a jeweled stylus, will it shine there together with your curls?
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Sourceहन्त देवि तिलकस्य समन्ताद्बिन्दवोऽरुणसुगन्धिरसेन कृष्णमादनमहौषधिमुख्या धीरहस्तमिह किं परिकल्प्याः
hanta devi tilakasya samantādbindavo'ruṇasugandhirasena kṛṣṇamādanamahauṣadhimukhyā dhīrahastamiha kiṃ parikalpyāḥ
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O Goddess, when will my steady hand arrange around your tilaka dots of fragrant crimson essence—the foremost great medicine for maddening Kṛṣṇa?
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Sourceगोष्ठेन्द्रपुत्रमदचित्तकरीन्द्रराज बन्धाय पुष्पधनुषः किल बद्धरज्ज्वोः किं कर्णयोस्तव वरोरु वरावतंस युग्मेन भूषणमहं सुखिता करिष्ये
goṣṭhendraputramadacittakarīndrarāja bandhāya puṣpadhanuṣaḥ kila baddharajjvoḥ kiṃ karṇayostava varoru varāvataṃsa yugmena bhūṣaṇamahaṃ sukhitā kariṣye
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O lovely-thighed one, when will I happily adorn your ears with splendid twin ornaments, the two ropes tied by the flower-bowed god to bind the royal elephant of the Vraja prince's proud mind?
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Sourceया ते कञ्चुलिरत्र सुन्दरि मया वक्षोजयोरर्पिता श्यामाच्छादनकाम्यया किल न सासत्येति विज्ञायताम् किन्तु स्वामिनि कृष्ण एव सहसा तत्तामवाप्य स्वयं प्राणेभ्योऽप्यधिकं स्वकं निधियुगं सङ्गोपयत्येव हि
yā te kañculiratra sundari mayā vakṣojayorarpitā śyāmācchādanakāmyayā kila na sāsatyeti vijñāyatām kintu svāmini kṛṣṇa eva sahasā tattāmavāpya svayaṃ prāṇebhyo'pyadhikaṃ svakaṃ nidhiyugaṃ saṅgopayatyeva hi
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O beautiful mistress, do not think the bodice I have placed over your breasts truly hides them with dark cloth. Kṛṣṇa himself will suddenly obtain those two treasures, dearer to him than life, and carefully conceal them as his own.
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Sourceनानामणिप्रकरगुम्फितचारुपुष्टा मुक्तास्रजस्तव सुवक्षसि हेमगौरि श्रान्त्याभृतालसमुकुन्दसुतूलिकायां किं कल्पयिष्यतितरां तव दासिकेयम्
nānāmaṇiprakaragumphitacārupuṣṭā muktāsrajastava suvakṣasi hemagauri śrāntyābhṛtālasamukundasutūlikāyāṃ kiṃ kalpayiṣyatitarāṃ tava dāsikeyam
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O golden one, when will this maidservant arrange upon your lovely breast a graceful, full pearl necklace strung with many jewels, a soft pillow for Mukunda when he grows weary?
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Sourceमणिचयखचिताभिर्नीलचूडावलीभिर्हरिदयितकलाविद्द्वन्द्वमिन्दीवराक्षि अपि बत तव दिव्यैरङ्गुलीरङ्गुलीयैः क्वचिदपि किल काले भूषयिष्यामि किं नु
maṇicayakhacitābhirnīlacūḍāvalībhirharidayitakalāviddvandvamindīvarākṣi api bata tava divyairaṅgulīraṅgulīyaiḥ kvacidapi kila kāle bhūṣayiṣyāmi kiṃ nu
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O blue-lotus-eyed beloved, adept in Hari's arts, will I ever adorn your divine fingers—those paired teachers of every art—with jeweled rings?
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Sourceपादाम्भोजे मणिमयतुलाकोटियुग्मेन यत्नादभ्यर्चे तद्दलकुलमपि प्रेष्टपादाङ्गुलीयैः काञ्चीदाम्ना कटितटमिदं प्रेमपीठं सुनेत्रे कंसारातेरतुलमचिरादर्चयिष्यामि किं ते
pādāmbhoje maṇimayatulākoṭiyugmena yatnādabhyarce taddalakulamapi preṣṭapādāṅgulīyaiḥ kāñcīdāmnā kaṭitaṭamidaṃ premapīṭhaṃ sunetre kaṃsārāteratulamacirādarcayiṣyāmi kiṃ te
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O bright-eyed one, when will I worship your lotus feet with twin jeweled anklets and their petals with ornaments upon your cherished toes, then worship this matchless throne of Kaṁsa's enemy—your waist—with a jeweled girdle?