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Vilāpa-kusumāñjali · Verses 98–104

The Final Appeal

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हे श्रीसरोवर सदा त्वयि सा मदीशा प्रेष्ठेन सार्धमिह खेलति कामरङ्गैः त्वं चेत्प्रियात्प्रियमतीव तयोरितीमां हा दर्शयाद्य कृपया मम जीवितं ताम्

he śrīsarovara sadā tvayi sā madīśā preṣṭhena sārdhamiha khelati kāmaraṅgaiḥ tvaṃ cetpriyātpriyamatīva tayoritīmāṃ hā darśayādya kṛpayā mama jīvitaṃ tām

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

O sacred lake, my mistress always plays upon you in the colors of love with her dearest beloved. If you are even dearer to them than what is dear, then by your mercy show me today that lady who is my very life.

क्षणमपि तव सङ्गं न त्यजेदेव देवी त्वमसि समवयस्त्वान्नर्मभूमिर्यदस्याः इति सुमुखि विशाखे दर्शयित्वा मदीशां मम विरहहतायाः प्राणरक्षां कुरुष्व

kṣaṇamapi tava saṅgaṃ na tyajedeva devī tvamasi samavayastvānnarmabhūmiryadasyāḥ iti sumukhi viśākhe darśayitvā madīśāṃ mama virahahatāyāḥ prāṇarakṣāṃ kuruṣva

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

O beautiful-faced Viśākhā, because you are her intimate friend of the same age, the Goddess never abandons your company even for a moment. Show me my mistress and preserve the life of one slain by separation.

हा नाथ गोकुलसुधाकर सुप्रसन्न वक्त्रारविन्द मधुरस्मित हे कृपार्द्र यत्र त्वया विहरते प्रणयैः प्रियारात्तत्रैव मामपि नय प्रियसेवनाय

hā nātha gokulasudhākara suprasanna vaktrāravinda madhurasmita he kṛpārdra yatra tvayā viharate praṇayaiḥ priyārāttatraiva māmapi naya priyasevanāya

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

Alas, Lord—the nectar-moon of Gokula, whose lotus face bears the sweetest smile—O gracious one softened by compassion, take me too for cherished service to that very place where you lovingly sport beside your beloved.

लक्ष्मीर्यदङ्घ्रिकमलस्य नखाञ्चलस्य सौन्दर्यबिन्दुमपि नार्हति लब्धुमीशे सा त्वं विधास्यसि न चेन्मम नेत्रदानं किं जीवितेन मम दुःखदवाग्निदेन

lakṣmīryadaṅghrikamalasya nakhāñcalasya saundaryabindumapi nārhati labdhumīśe sā tvaṃ vidhāsyasi na cenmama netradānaṃ kiṃ jīvitena mama duḥkhadavāgnidena

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

O sovereign Goddess, Lakṣmī is not worthy to obtain even a drop of the beauty at the tips of the nails of your lotus feet. If you will not grant sight to my eyes, what use is this life, which only feeds the forest fire of my sorrow?

आशाभरैरमृतसिन्धुमयैः कथञ्चित्कालो मयातिगमितः किल साम्प्रतं हि त्वं चेत्कृपां मयि विधास्यसि नैव किं मे प्राणैर्व्रजेन च वरोरु बकारिणापि

āśābharairamṛtasindhumayaiḥ kathañcitkālo mayātigamitaḥ kila sāmprataṃ hi tvaṃ cetkṛpāṃ mayi vidhāsyasi naiva kiṃ me prāṇairvrajena ca varoru bakāriṇāpi

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

Until now I have somehow passed my time beneath the weight of hopes made from an ocean of nectar. But if you will not bestow mercy upon me, O lovely-thighed one, what use are my life, Vraja, or even Kṛṣṇa?

त्वं चेत्कृपामयि कृपां मयि दुःखितायां नैवातनोरतितरां किमिह प्रलापैः त्वत्कुण्डमध्यमपि तद्बहुकालमेव संसेव्यमानमपि किं नु करिष्यतीह

tvaṃ cetkṛpāmayi kṛpāṃ mayi duḥkhitāyāṃ naivātanoratitarāṃ kimiha pralāpaiḥ tvatkuṇḍamadhyamapi tadbahukālameva saṃsevyamānamapi kiṃ nu kariṣyatīha

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

O embodiment of mercy, if you will not extend abundant compassion to this suffering girl, what is the use of all these lamentations? What, then, will even long service in the midst of your kuṇḍa accomplish?

अयि प्रणयशालिनि प्रणयपुष्टदास्याप्तये प्रकाममतिरोदनैः प्रचुरदुःखदग्धात्मना विलापकुसुमाञ्जलिर्हृदि निधाय पादाम्बुजे मया बत समर्पितस्तव तनोतु तुष्टिं मनाक्

ayi praṇayaśālini praṇayapuṣṭadāsyāptaye prakāmamatirodanaiḥ pracuraduḥkhadagdhātmanā vilāpakusumāñjalirhṛdi nidhāya pādāmbuje mayā bata samarpitastava tanotu tuṣṭiṃ manāk

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

O loving one, to attain servanthood nourished by love, I have placed within my heart this handful of lament-flowers and offered it at your lotus feet, my soul burned by immense sorrow and ceaseless weeping. May it give you even a little satisfaction.