Documentary excerpt 1 · provisional secondary excerpt
Original
लेत मुख नाम राम गंग रस रंग मनी, देत सुख संग भारी भवभीति भूलती। सरद ससी के कल किरनें समान, तुंग तरल तरंग ताके ताप निर्मूलती।। परसत पाथ सीतानाथ अनुराग बाग, बेलि रसकेलि उप फैलि फलि फूलती। सरजू के कूल कौन पूछे रिद्धि सिद्धि मुक्ति, मुक्ति झुंड झाजन के झारन में झूलती।।
Fresh English
Rasaraṅgamaṇi takes the name ‘Rāma-Gaṅgā’ upon his lips: her company gives such joy that the crushing fear of becoming is forgotten. Like the gentle rays of the autumn moon, her lofty, liquid waves uproot fever. At the touch of her water, the vine of rasa-play spreads, fruits and flowers in the garden of love for Sītānātha. On Sarayū’s bank, who asks for prosperity, powers or liberation? Liberation herself swings among clusters of shrubs and thickets.
Editorial notes
- The scan visibly prints गंग in the opening signature phrase; the English keeps the conservative ‘Rāma-Gaṅgā’ construction.
- The compact form झाजन is retained exactly and remains lexically unresolved; no replacement has been inferred.