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|| \[udgīti\] || > Then, flowing like rivulets with sweat born of fatigue from their revels, the fair maidens approached the daughter of the sun along with Hari. / Since that river received these countless hundreds of women, she instantly attained an abundant and charming fullness of water. ||1 > “Transgressing their proper bounds, the dark youth and his dark maidens have come to me!”—thinking thus, as it were, the dark Yamunā quickly overflowed her banks. ||2 > \[2\] Then, looking like lightning amidst dense clouds by virtue of the radiance of their limbs, and echoing like thunder and the calls of cāṭaka birds through their speech, that assembly of beauties and the lord of beauty shone, like the splendor of the monsoon season, as it plunged hand-in-hand into the current of the daughter of the sun, as if into the sky. > The soft murmur of mutual laughter, the pulling \[of one another\], the trembling of limbs frozen again and again, and the onset of intense quivering—that which occurred before their plunge into the water was indeed an inference that the splendor of \[Kṛṣṇa\] had arisen. ||3 > When the arched-browed maidens did not enter the water, they were so thoroughly sprinkled together by him that they thought him swift-footed, as if a rain-cloud, swelling large, was advancing upon them. ||4 > From the water, he who bestows dense joy drenched them intensely in this manner; and afflicted by those arrows of torrential spray, they entered into the very water. ||5 > Then, submerged waist-deep in the water, those restless-eyed maidens, resembling the females of the spotted deer, ceased their forward movement. ||6 > When the shoals of fish, mingled with the reflections of their eyes, could in no way be distinguished repeatedly, then, as if bound by rivalry, gently and intensely touching the timid maidens at every moment, they brought amusement to the eyes of Murahara. ||7 > Because the swans approached their gaits, the cakravāka birds their breasts, the fish their eyes, and the cranes their girdles and then withdrew, their empire was fully established on every side. ||8 > The assembly of their faces truly shone, surpassing the lotuses; / is superiority over one's own kind ever rejected, or what indeed was the cause? ||9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.25.4) \[3\] tataś ca locana-nikocaṃ hasantīṣu tāsu svayaṃ tena nāgara-candreṇa pravartitā vyātyukṣī, yathā- meghaṃ vidyud vidyutaṃ cātra meghaḥ siñcaty uccair megha-tulye pravāhe | citraṃ citraṃ citram etat kim etat nāṭyaṃ paśyety ūcire vyoma-rāmāḥ || \[śālinī\] tataś cākaṇṭha-nirmagnā mahilāḥ kamalānanāḥ | madhusūdana-saṃsaktāḥ kamalinya iva sthitāḥ || \[anuṣṭubh\] gaṇe gaurāṅgīnāṃ harir acita-dharṣāt paribhavaṃ gate tatra svarṇāmbuja-ghana-vanī nihnutim adāt | viparyāso yarhy asphurad iha ca nīlāmbujavanī tadā tasyāpahnuty-ucita-citi-kṛte' bhūd anupamam || \[śikhariṇī\] ambuja-gandhi tathāmbuja- rūpaṃ madhu-yug yathāmbujaṃ tad iva | tāsāṃ tasya ca vadanaṃ kiṃ jala-kelāv adād bhramaṃ na mithaḥ || \[gīti\] kathañcid api yā labdhā hariṇāmbhoja-kānane | kim api vyañjayāmāsa tasyā hāhā-kṛtiṃ param || \[anuṣṭubh\] smita-vilasita-nīlāmbhojam āsīdad ekā mukham anu hari-vaktra-sphūrti-sandigdha-cittā | iha ca vara-maranda-svādam āsādya sadyaṃ samaruci-yuvatībhyaḥ śaṅkinī svaṃ jugopa || \[mālinī\] durlabhaṃ yad ajani svayaṅgrahā- liṅganaṃ tad iha jātam añjasā | yarhi magnam anayā gabhīra-vār ujjahāra harir apy amūm atha || \[rathoddhatā\] drutam atha vara-rāmā vāri vakṣoja-daghnaṃ yugapad ayi bhavatyaḥ prāṇa-nāthaṃ vijetum | sthagita-kṛti-karābhyām icchavaḥ sektum uccaiḥ katham atha bata jigyur jigyire vā kathaṃ na || \[mālinī\] padminyā mukha-padmaṃ mudritam api sa madhusūdanaḥ pibati | iti miṣa-kalayā sudṛśaś chalita-dṛśas tadvad ācarat kṛṣṇaḥ || \[gīti\] hariṇā hṛdaye tāsāṃ vitīrṇā nakhara-vraṇāḥ | adbhutaṃ sahasā śliṣṭā madaneṣu-kṛta-vraṇāḥ || \[anuṣṭubh\] aupajānuka-bhujas tu yadāsau pārśvatīya-mukhatīyatayāsīt | aupakarṇika-dṛśāṃ sa tad āsām aupanīvika-karo' py ajaniṣṭa || \[svāgatā\] yadā rādhā vāri-kelau sakhīnāṃ purato gatā | vināpi sekaṃ sa tadā jaḍatām abhajat priyaḥ || \[anuṣṭubh\] rādhā-puraḥ-saratayā jala-keli-yuddhe kṛṣṇaṃ cakāra jaḍam udyamam antarāpi | naitad viveda vanitā-nicitir mithas tu svīyām ajijñapad asau jita-kāśitāṃ ca || \[vasantatilakā\] alaka-valayi-netraṃ kañja-netreṇa kīrṇaṃ svam anu madhupa-tīkṣṇaṃ kañjam unnīya tasyām | sabhayam apagatāyāṃ tatra senādhipāyāṃ sa tu tad-anuga-sainyaṃ prāviśac cāviśac ca || \[mālinī\] tataś ca- nīra-keli-bhṛta-rāga-cakṣuṣām aṭṭa-hāsa-nibha-hāsa-rociṣām | māra-yuddha-lasad-uddhata-śriyāṃ raudravad vyajani so' py asau rasaḥ || \[rathoddhatā\] tataḥ krīḍā-yuddhaṃ dadhad agha-ripur nīra-vihṛti- prathāyām ekākī vraja-yuvati-koṭībhir abhitaḥ | tathā kṛtvā tīraṃ prasabham itavān samprati yathā purā kātyāyanyā bhajana-kṛti-kanyāsv akuruta || \[śikhariṇī\] tataś ca- marāla-kūjitā nīra-vasanā nīra-jānanāḥ | cañcad-bhramarakā nīrajānāṃ nālya iva sthitāḥ || \[anuṣṭubh\] atha hā hā hāsa-śabdāḥ pravṛttā nīra-tīrayoḥ | eke cātaka-gīs-tulyāḥ pare' lpa-stanita-prabhāḥ || \[anuṣṭubh\] > \[3\] And then, while they were laughing with narrowed eyes, that moon of clever gallants himself initiated a water-sprinkling duel, as follows: > > "Here the lightning sprinkles the cloud, and the cloud sprinkles the lightning, in a stream equal to a cloud! > Look at this wonder, wonder, wonder! What is this drama?"—so cried the celestial ladies in the sky. // > > And then, immersed up to their necks, the lotus-faced women, > clinging to Madhusūdana, stood like beds of lotuses. // > > When Hari suffered defeat from a concentrated assault by the troop of fair-limbed maidens, a dense cluster of golden lotuses gave him concealment. > When the reverse occurred here, the bed of blue lotuses then served as an incomparable, suitable contrivance for her concealment. // > > Fragrant like lotuses, shaped like lotuses, and endowed with nectar just as a lotus is— > did not her face and his face cause mutual confusion during their water-sports? // > > Whichever \[maiden\] was somehow captured by Hari in that lotus-forest, > he brought forth from her an indescribable cry of "Hā! Hā!" alone. // > > One maiden, her mind in doubt whether the manifestation of Hari's face was before her, approached a blue lotus resplendent with a smile; > and tasting the choice nectar right there, suspicious of the equally radiant young girls, she hid herself. // > > An embrace seized by herself, which had been so difficult to attain, was easily attained here, > when she sank into the deep water, and Hari then lifted her out. // > > Quickly then, O excellent women, having entered the breast-deep water together in order to conquer the lord of your life, > wishing to sprinkle him intensely with your hands that obstructed his action—how, alas, did they conquer him, or how were they not conquered? // > > "Madhusūdana drinks the lotus-face of the lotus-creeper, even though it is closed"; > under such an artful pretext, Kṛṣṇa behaved in that very way toward the fair-eyed maidens whose eyes were deceived. // > > By Hari nail-scratches were inflicted upon their breasts; > wondrously, the wounds made by the arrows of love were suddenly embraced. // > > When his knee-length arm was positioned beside the edge of her face, > then, for these \[maidens\] with eyes extending to their ears, his hand also reached to their waistbands. // > > When Rādhā stepped in front of her friends during the water-sports, > even without being splashed, her beloved then became completely stunned. // > > Because of Rādhā's stepping to the fore in the water-sports duel, she rendered Kṛṣṇa stunned, even without any effort; > the host of women did not understand this, but among themselves each proclaimed her own display of victory. // > > When she, the commander of the army, withdrew in fright after he raised before her a lotus sharp with bees, its pollen scattered by his lotus-eyes whose corners were ringed by curls, > he then entered and invaded her follower-army. // > > And then: > For those whose eyes were filled with redness from their water-sports, the splendor of whose laughter resembled horse-laughter, > and whose haughty beauty shone in the battle of love, that rasa also became like the furious sentiment. // > > Then, waging a playful battle in the course of his water-sporting, alone amidst millions of young maidens of Vraja on all sides, > the enemy of Agha forcefully reached the bank, acting just as he had done formerly with the maidens performing the worship of Kātyāyanī. // > > And then: > With cries like those of swans, clothed in water, having lotus-faces, > and with trembling curls, they stood like the stalks of lotuses. // > > Then the sounds of "Hā hā!" and laughter arose on the water and on the bank; > some were like the call of the cātaka bird, others possessed the faint splendor of rumbling clouds. // > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.25.5) \[4\] tataś ca bahudhā parihasya vinoda-viśeṣaṇāya sakhyātireka-vivekāya ca dvābhyāṃ dvābhyām ekam ekam aṃśukaṃ dattavān, haris tāḥ sarvā vastraikaika-veṣṭita-dvi-dvi-kāya-yaṣṭīr utthitā nirīkṣya pratimukhaṃ parīkṣya ca bahu jahāsa | hasitvā ca tāsām uttam uttamaṃ vāsas tathā dhārayantīnāṃ cañcalatā-sambhṛtaṃ tiryag añcalatā-saṃvṛtaṃ sambhavad aruṇa-guṇaṃ, madhye madhye stambha-nipuṇaṃ kvacana kvacana cākasmika-smita-lambhanaṃ vināpi dṛg-ambhaḥ kranditena vilokita-dambhaṃ vilocana-saṃrambhaṃ lambhaṃ lambhaṃ trilokī-mohane cikīrṣita-tadīya-ruci-dohane kusumāsāra-kāriṇī vimāna-cāriṇī-saṃhatiḥ praśasta-vastrālaṅkāra-mālyādīnāṃ puṭīḥ peṭakāś ca tat-purataḥ śanaiḥ pātanam anaiṣīt | \[5\] kṛṣṇas tu tāḥ sarva-stutāḥ samunna-vastrāḥ paśyann ati-samunnatānanda-vaśyaḥ svayam anurajya samupayujya vibhajya ca tāni vastrādīni prattavān | \[6\] tatra prathamataḥ svalpenaiva tena tena vicchittir jātā, yathā- > \[4\] And then, having mocked them in many ways, for the sake of exceptional amusement and to test their mutual intimacy, he gave one single garment between every two maidens. Looking upon all of them standing with their slender frames wrapped two by two in a single garment, and examining each face, Hari laughed heartily. And having laughed, repeatedly perceiving the violent agitation in the eyes of those who were wearing the finest garments in that manner—\[garments\] filled with unsteady movements, enveloped in side-glances, endowed with arising redness, adept at moments of paralysis in between, evoking sudden smiles here and there, revealing an assumed pretense of weeping without any tears in their eyes—the host of celestial women traveling in aerial chariots, desiring to fulfill their wish toward the enchanter of the three worlds and showering a rain of flowers, caused bundles and boxes of excellent clothes, ornaments, garlands, and other things to fall gently before them. > \[5\] But Kṛṣṇa, beholding those \[maidens\] praised by all, whose garments were wet, captivated by supreme bliss, himself filled with affection, took, divided, and distributed those garments and articles. > \[6\] In that place, a distinct embellishment arose at first with only a few \[articles\], as follows: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.25.6) majjanena tanu-rocir ācitaṃ sūkṣma-śubhra-vasanaṃ sata-cchavi | citrakaṃ dyuti-vicitram ity adaḥ prāyaveśam arucan hari-priyāḥ || \[rathoddhatā\] || > Adorned with bodily radiance from their bathing, with fine white garments of pure luster, > and with varied tilaka markings of diverse brilliance—in this customary dress Hari's beloveds shone. // > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.25.7) \[7\] bahubhir bhūṣaṇais tu tatra tatra mithune parama-śobhā netra-lobhāya jāyate sma | tathā hi- yadā yadā nūtana-veśa-yauvanaṃ tathāvidhābhiḥ samam īkṣate harim | matvā tadā navya-vadhū-varān amūn divyo janaḥ puṣpa-kulāni varṣati || \[upajāti 12\] > \[7\] But with many ornaments, supreme beauty arose for every couple there, captivating the eyes. To explain: > Whenever the celestial people behold Hari, possessed of fresh dress and youth, together with such \[maidens\], > then, considering them to be newly wedded brides and bridegrooms, they rain showers of flowers. // > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.25.8) \[8\] atha vana-vihārāya hariṇākṣīṇāṃ tatir evam ādi-vyājaṃ vyājahāra- > \[8\] Then, for wandering in the forest, the line of doe-eyed maidens offered this and other pretexts: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.25.9) anaṅgo nāma senānīḥ kṛṣṇa kas tava vidyate | hanta darśaya taṃ nityaṃ sakhīyaṃ māṃ bravīti yam || \[anuṣṭubh\] > "O Kṛṣṇa, what army-commander named Anaṅga do you have? > Ah, show him whom this friend of mine constantly speaks of to me!" // > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.25.10) \[9\] śrī-kṛṣṇas tu gūḍha-smitam ūcivān tatra śrī-rādhāṃ prati, yathā- > \[9\] Śrī Kṛṣṇa, however, with a concealed smile, said to Śrī Rādhā: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.25.11) rādhe, maiṣīr draṣṭum anaṅgam | tasya tu paśya gaṇaṃ kṛta-sat-kṛta-sukṛta-sulambhita-saṅgam ||dhruvam|| > “O Rādhā, do not seek to see Anaṅga! / But look at his retinue, whose company has been easily attained through honored good deeds! \[Refrain\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.25.12) taru-vallī-tati-dampati-pallī bhavatīm atithīyantī | ākārayati calan-nava-pallava-pāṇibhir ātmīyantī ||a|| sā punar iha kusumāni kirati pathi racayitum āstara-caryām | kokila-kulam api tava hūtiṃ kila kalam anu kalayati varyām ||b|| bhrūṅkāreṇa ca bherī-śabdaṃ bhramarā vidadhati sa-sukham | śikhi-śatam api bata tanute nartanam abhitaś cālī-pramukham ||c|| nija-ruci-dīpaṃ paritaḥ prathayati so' yaṃ rajanī-svāmī | eṣa ca panthāḥ svaṃ vistṛtavāṃs tvat-pada-rajasāṃ kāmī ||d|| | iti | > The hamlet of husband-and-wife couples formed by rows of trees and creepers, treating you as a guest, / beckons you with hands of trembling fresh leaves, embracing you as its own. \[a\] / It furthermore scatters flowers here along your path to make a carpet for your walking; / the flock of cuckoos indeed utters a choice, melodious call following yours. \[b\] / And with their humming, the bees joyfully produce the sound of a kettle-drum; / a hundred peacocks also, alas, expand their dance all around, led by your companions. \[c\] / This lord of the night spreads all around the lamp of his own brilliance; / and this path has stretched itself out, longing for the dust of your feet.” \[d\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.25.13) atha savitṛ-sutāyā dhanya-vanyā-pradeśe viracita-bahu-veśe tā virejuḥ sa-kāntam | tam anu paraparasmin vāsare kāryam anyad vilasitam anukāntaṃ sūcayāmāsa kāntaḥ || \[mālinī\] atha bhramara-dampati-vraja-janaḥ pratisvaṃ nijā- layād anugatiṃ dadhad bhavika-gītavad gītavān | aho kim iva so' pi taṃ nija-ramā-yutaṃ tad-vana- prabhuṃ pramitavān anuvrajati tatra sarvatra ca || \[pṛthvī\] \[10\] atha snigdhakaṇṭhaḥ papraccha- rātrīḥ kiñcin mātra-śeṣatvam āgād bambhramyante smāpi tasmin sapatnyaḥ | krīḍā-tṛṣṇā dhṛṣṇag evāṅga jātā hā kiṃ cakre tatra kṛṣṇāṅganābhiḥ? || \[śālinī\] \[11\] tatra madhukaṇṭha uvāca-tataś ca tad-vanasya nirvarṇana-pūrvakaṃ varṇanaṃ vidhāya, keli-kalāpe vidhīyamāne- anyo' nyaṃ nihnutānveṣaṇa-kṛti-vihṛtiṃ preyasībhir murārir yāṃ cakre sā rahas tan-mithuna-mithunatā-kāraṇaṃ jāyate sma | yatrānviṣyānuyātā vividha-gati-vapuḥ-sphūrtinā tena yā yā kuñjāntas taṃ gṛhītvā pṛthag apara-dṛśāṃ dūratāṃ sāñcati sma || \[sragd\] kathañcana dadarśa yā kvacid apīha kṛṣṇānvitāṃ vadhūṃ rahasi kām api svayam idaṃ-vidhā kācana | pratītim agaman na hi sphuṭam amūṃ tamālānvitāṃ sphuṭat-puraṭa-yūthikāṃ sapadi manyamānā hṛdi || \[pṛthvī\] śiñjitaṃ vihaga-kākalī-kulair gānam anya-bhṛta-sambhṛta-svaraiḥ | rūpam apy atha tamāla-campaka- śreṇibhir muhur avāri tādṛśām || \[rathoddhatā\] yatra santamasam asti santataṃ tad vanaṃ na para-durgamaṃ param | kuñja-madhya-lasad-oṣadhī-śriyā tatra tatra mithuna-rddhi-vardhi ca || \[rathoddhatā\] atha rahasi girāṃ vilāsa-kamraṃ calad-amalāṅga-vikāsi-romaharṣam | smara-valayi-kalā-spṛhātilolaṃ didivur alaṃ yugalāni tatra tatra || \[puṣpitāgrā\] \[12\] atha krama-vaśād adbhuta-bhayānaka-raudra-bībhatsa-vatsala-karuṇa-vīra-hāsya-śānta-śṛṅgāra-rasāḥ śṛṅgārānukūlatayā yathāyogaṃ rasayitum āsāditāḥ | \[13\] yathā- > Then, in the blessed forest region of the Yamunā, having adorned themselves in manifold attire, they shone together with their beloved. After that, on the following day, the beloved indicated another undertaking, a playful sport to be enjoyed sequentially. > > Then the flock of bee-couples, following along individually from their abode, sang like an auspicious song. Ah, how could they too have measured that lord of the forest accompanied by his own Goddess of Fortune, whom they followed everywhere? > > \[10\] Then Snigdhakaṇṭha asked: > “The night had only a little remainder left, and the cowherd maidens were wandering about in it; / a thirst for play had boldly arisen—alas, my dear friend, what did Kṛṣṇa do there with the women?” > > \[11\] To this Madhukaṇṭha said: > And then, having first described that forest, when the suite of playful sports was undertaken— > > Murāri performed with his beloveds a pastime consisting of hiding and seeking one another, which in secret became the cause for pair after pair to be formed. Searching therein, whichever maiden pursued him—who manifested varied movements and bodies—she took him into an inner bower and distanced herself from the gaze of others. > > If any woman somehow saw anywhere in this secret place a certain bride accompanied by Kṛṣṇa, she herself did not clearly perceive it as such, immediately thinking in her heart that this was merely an unfolding golden jasmine entwined around a tamāla tree. > > The jingling \[of their ornaments\] was repeatedly veiled by flocks of soft-chirping birds, their singing by cuckoos full of notes, and even the appearance of such couples by rows of tamāla and campaka trees. > > That forest, in which continuous thick darkness reigned, was not merely impassable to strangers, / but through the splendor of luminous herbs shining within the bowers, it also increased the romantic fortune of the couples here and there. > > Then in secret, charming with the play of words, with trembling pure limbs radiating horripilation, and exceedingly agitated by desire for the art of love that encircles the mind, pairs played sportively in abundance here and there. > > \[12\] Then, in due course, the aesthetic rasas of the wondrous, the terrifying, the furious, the odious, the parental-affectionate, the pathetic, the heroic, the comic, the peaceful, and the amorous were brought into experience in accordance with their fitness, so as to favor the amorous rasa. \[13\] Namely: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.25.14) kvacid ahīna-tuhina-marīci-marīci-vīci-rocamāna-kānane paricitāparicita-nānā-vidha-mṛga-pakṣi-vṛkṣa-vallī-vilakṣaṇatā-vilokanāya kṛta-paribhramaṇam; kvacid api madākula-bhramara-kula-saṅkula-gūḍha-kuḍuṅga-kusuma-caya-cayanāya kampamāna-prāṇa-praṇayinī-janasya prakaṭaṃ cāṭutā-ghaṭanāya tatra balād iva viracita-praveśanābhiniveśam; kvacid api dhṛṣṭa-ṣaṭpada-daṣṭatā-labdha-kaṣṭa-spaṣṭa-duṣparihara-bāṣpa-lalanāvakalanād uddaṇḍitena sanāla-keli-kharanāla-daṇḍena tad-daṇḍanāya makara-kuṇḍala-tuṇḍa-paryanta-sparśi-roka-koka-nadāyamāna-netra-puṇḍarīkam; kvacid api lalitavilāsa-valitānana-lalanā-vapur anubhūya jugupsitī-kṛta-sthala-kamala-sthalāvalokanam; kvacid api śuka-nikarādhigamanīya-ramaṇīya-vāṇī-vilāsa-kalanāya salālana-kalita-kala-kalā-kalāpam; kvacid api nija-līlā-milad-ullala-bhāva-vilulita-sulalita-mukula-kula-latā-vakalanena vikalatayā vigalita-nayana-jala-leśam; kvacid api prauḍhatā-samūḍha-gūḍha-garva-parva-kharvaṇāya sadambharambhoru-varūtham anu nirvyūḍha-prarūḍhamāra-samprahāram; kvacid api mithuna-mithaḥ-keli-kalānukṛti-niyati-valita-praticchāyāvaloka-kautuka-vāhitayā vihita-bahu-hāsam; kvacid api parasparam aparaspara-sparśa-sukha-parāmarśajāta-nivṛtti-citta-vṛttitayā nimīlad-vilocana-rocamānam; kvacid api niryantraṇa-ramaṇa-śrama-paratantra-tandrāyām api tad eva ramaṇaṃ bhūyaḥ samanubhūya rāga-sāgarāyamāṇa-jāgaram-- > here and there wandering about in the forest, which was illuminated by waves of moonlight from the full moon, in order to behold the peculiarities of various familiar and unfamiliar beasts, birds, trees, and creepers \[the wondrous\]; > > here and there an earnest endeavor to enter as if by force into a concealed bower crowded with swarms of bees intoxicated by rut, in order to gather clusters of flowers, openly giving rise to flattery from his trembling sweetheart \[the terrifying\]; > > here and there having his lotus eyes turn like red lotuses ablaze with anger that reached as far as the snout of his makara earrings, in order to punish a insolent bee, with a sharp-stalked lotus stalk raised high, upon observing his beloved in distress from being stung by the insolent bee, shedding clear, unstoppable tears \[the furious\]; > > here and there beholding the spot of land with land-growing lotuses made contemptible by experiencing the beauty of his beloved whose face was turned in charming playfulness \[the odious\]; > > here and there bringing forth an array of sweet, endearing arts accompanied by fond caresses, in order to take in the play of lovely words worthy of being learned by flocks of parrots \[the parental-affectionate\]; > > here and there shedding drops of tears from his eyes in grief upon seeing the creeping vines with lovely flower buds shaken by restless winds, resembling his own play \[the pathetic\]; > > here and there carrying out a vigorous combat of love upon the host of plantain-tree-like thighs, in order to humble the festival of hidden pride amassed by mature self-assurance \[the heroic\]; > > here and there indulging in much laughter because of the amusement felt in looking at the reflected images formed in imitation of the art of reciprocal couple-play \[the comic\]; > > here and there pleasing with closing eyes because of a mental state of tranquil cessation produced by the consideration of the bliss of uninterrupted mutual touch \[the peaceful\]; > > here and there keeping a watchful wakefulness that became an ocean of passionate attachment, experiencing once more that very love-making even in the languor dependent on exhaustion from unrestrained amorous dalliance \[the amorous\]— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.25.15) \[14\] sa eṣa keśavaḥ preyasībhiḥ saha vilalāsa | bhramaram iha nibhālya dattacumbaṃ vratatiṣu kīram apīha dāḍimīṣu | punar api ramaṇo manojavaśya- sthitiramaṇāya babhūva vallavīṣu || \[puṣpitāgrā\] alir iha vadanopadaṃśam āsīn madhurasapānakaraḥ sarojinīnām | yad ajitaramaṇītatir nirīkṣya sphuṭam abhajan madanaṃ vidūrato' pi || \[puṣpitāgrā\] || > \[14\] this Keśava sported with his beloveds. > > Beholding here a bee bestowing a kiss upon the creepers, and a parrot upon the pomegranates, the lover again became subject to the speed of desire to sport among the cowherd women. > > A bee here was drinking the sweet nectar of the lotuses, touching their faces, beholding which the host of the unconquered Lord’s beloveds plainly felt passionate desire even from afar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.25.16) \[15\] tac ca tac ca na varṇayitum ātmaśaktiṃ nirvarṇaye, yataḥ- > \[15\] And I do not see within myself the power to describe all that, because— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.25.17) tāṃ jyautsnīṃ tac ca vṛndā-vipinam api ca tat kuñja-vṛndaṃ tathā tāḥ śayyā dve dve ca te te hari-hariṇa-dṛśau tāś ca sa-prema-līlāḥ | paśyat paśyan mano me sapadi viṣayitām ujjhad atrānumuhyat paśyad drāg yāti tat-tad-viṣaya-valayatāṃ hanta paśyāni kena? || \[sragdharā\] > Seeing and still seeing that moonlight, and that Vṛndā forest, and also that multitude of bowers, / and those beds two by two, and those two deer-eyed ones, Hari and \[Rādhā\], and those playful pastimes full of love, / my mind, instantly shedding all sense-objects, becomes bewildered; gazing in haste, it becomes encircled by those very objects—alas, through what means may I see? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.25.18) \[16\] tad etad iha sāmānyatayā varṇitam, viśeṣataḥ punar evam- anyā varṇāḥ santi yatra sphuren na śrīrādhāyāḥ kāpi saubhāgyalakṣmīḥ | tasyāḥ sphūrtau varṇanāyāṃ na śakyā sāpy evaṃ ced anyavārtā tu dūre || \[śālinī\] || > \[16\] That has been described here in general terms; in detail, however, it is thus: > Other descriptions exist where no fortune and grace of Śrī Rādhā shines forth; / if, upon her manifestation, she herself cannot be described in such a way, what then to speak of anyone else? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.25.19) \[17\] tataś ca parasparaṃ para-parāgamanātaṅkayā maṅkṣu saṅkucita-līlā-vilāsāḥ sa-viśleṣaṃ veṣaṃ saṃśleṣa-valitaṃ vidhāya vallī-gṛha-pallīnāṃ bahir-varti-sanniveśa-veṣaṃ sthalī-viśeṣaṃ kramataḥ krāmanti sma, yatra kṛṣṇasyāpy aikadhyam udbudhyate sma | \[18\] tathā ca taṃ krāntvā ca dāruṇatā-padāruṇatā-prakāśa-sānnidhyaṃ nidhyāyanti sma | tataḥ- pūrvasyāṃ diśi kācanāruṇa-ruci-cchāyāvṛṇoc candrikāṃ candro' py āśu tadā patann iva karair ālambatāstācalam | itthaṃ kairaviṇī-kulaṃ kila dara-glāniṃ yayāv ity amūs tad-rāsāṅkita-rātri-śānti-vibudhā mamluś ca kṛṣṇa-priyāḥ || \[śārdūla\] \[19\] tatra khecara-strīṇāṃ vacanam > \[17\] And then, their playful pastimes suddenly curtailed out of mutual fear of the arrival of others, having made their disarranged garments snug again, they gradually traversed a special clearing resembling the outside area of the villages formed by bower cottages, where Kṛṣṇa’s singular presence was also discerned. \[18\] And having passed through that, they contemplated the imminent approach of the manifestation of the sun’s red glow, a state of cruelty. Then— > In the eastern quarter, an auburn glow cast its shadow over the moonlight; / the moon too, as if falling swiftly then, grasped the western mountain with its rays. / In this way the cluster of night-blooming lotuses truly suffered a slight fading; / perceiving the end of the night marked by that rāsa, those beloveds of Kṛṣṇa also withered. > \[19\] There, the speech of the heavenly women: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.25.20) nīca-bhāva-valayī balād vrajann ūrdhvatāṃ nipatatīti niścitam | paśya gopa-sumukhī-mukhātigaḥ puṣkarāt skhalitavān asau vidhuḥ || \[rathoddhatā\] kiṃ ca- ahriyata kuvalaya-mālā- līlā gopāṅganāpāṅgaiḥ | iti kila dūnita-bandhuḥ kuvalaya-bandhuḥ papāta hā sindhum || \[upagīti\] \[20\] śrī-vraja-devīnām api- > "One who embraces a base nature, rising to high station by force, surely falls: / see, this moon, having surpassed the face of the fair-faced cowherd girl, has slipped from the sky!" > Furthermore: > "The beauty of the blue-lotus garland / was stolen by the sidelong glances of the cowherd women; / thus distressed for his kinsmen, / the friend of the blue lotuses, alas, fell into the ocean!" > \[20\] And of the goddesses of Vraja: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.25.21) tārāṇāṃ vṛndam āmṛdnann asmākam api sarvataḥ | ayam ākramate' nūrur vyoma cākramati drutam || \[anuṣṭubh\] \[21\] tataś ca tāsāṃ tathā-bhāvaṃ vibhāvya bhavya-svabhāvaḥ sa śrīmān navya-kiśoratā-navya-sad-bhāvaḥ pratisvam āliṅgitānāṃ darśita-praṇaya-sampad-iṅgitānāṃ vaktra-kamalaṃ sravad-asraṃ mamārja | \[22\] sāntvayann eva cedaṃ sāntvam uvāca- > "Crushing the host of stars / and our joy everywhere, / this chariot-driver of the sun advances, / and swiftly overruns the sky!" > \[21\] And then, discerning their condition, that glorious Lord, whose nature is noble and whose fresh adolescence holds new authentic love, wiped with his hand the weeping lotus face of each beloved embraced by him, who displayed hints of abundant affection. \[22\] And while comforting them, he spoke these words of solace: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.25.22) acchinnaṃ samayaṃ vahāmi bhujayor antaḥ sakhi tvām iti pratyāśā yadi sidhyatīha tad api svāntaṃ na me tṛpyati | siddhau tatra tu vighna-jātam atulaṃ bandhvādi-sambhālanaṃ tasmād geha-gater avaśya-valane mā mlānir āsādyatām || \[śārdūla\] \[23\] iti pūrvavad eva pratyekaṃ hastena vyatiṣajya sajyamāna-vihāratayā vraja-vartmānuvartate sma | > "'O friend, I hold you uninterruptedly within my arms'—even if this hope were fulfilled here, my heart would still not be satisfied. / But in that fulfillment lies an incomparable host of obstacles, such as the surveillance of relatives and others; / therefore, since returning home is unavoidable, do not succumb to dejection!" > \[23\] Thus, clasping hands with each one just as before, his sporting prepared, he followed along the path to Vraja. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.25.23) yadyapi vanitā-vaśatām antar yātas tathāpy asau kṛṣṇaḥ | bhajati snigdhān anyān sat-puruṣāṇām iyaṃ śailī || \[āryā\] || > Although inwardly subdued by the women, / this Kṛṣṇa nevertheless honors his other affectionate companions; / such is the nature of noble persons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.25.24) \[24\] atha labdha-paraspara-vicchedeṣu ca tat-tat-pallī-vartma-bhedeṣu prāyeṇa prāpta-gaṇa-saṅgama-troṭatām adhika-koṭatayā bhāvinī-samudayaḥ svayaṃ na bhāvayitum īśāmbabhūva | \[25\] krameṇa cātyanta-raṅga-tat-tad-aṅganā-gaṇe gaṇeyatayāvaśiṣṭe tena saha nija-nijopavanāntar-varti-gehāṅgaṇa-vartma-bhedam āsādya, kṣaṇaṃ gamanād virarāma reme ca | tatra ca- gāḍhopagūḍha-ciratāṃ paṭu-cumbitaṃ tad- viśrambha-bhāg-abhihitaṃ bahu-mānitaṃ ca | tāsāṃ gatau racayatā vraja-rāja-putre- ṇākāri kiṃ na kim ito gaṇanāṃ na vedmi || \[vasantatilaka\] \[26\] tataś ca tāḥ sa-gadgadaṃ jagaduḥ- > \[24\] Then, when mutual separation occurred as their various village paths diverged, the host of women—the rupture of their gathering being imminent and exceedingly painful—could not even steady their own minds. \[25\] And gradually, as only a countable few among those women of immense delight remained with him, reaching the fork in the path leading to their respective home courtyards situated within their private gardens, they paused their walking for a moment and took delight. And there— > Providing them as they departed with deep embraces of long duration, / adroit kisses, words imbued with intimate trust, and great honor— / what did the son of the king of Vraja not do? I cannot fathom the count! > \[26\] And then they spoke falteringly: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.25.25) sambhāvitaṃ na valate sma yad asmakābhis tvat-prāptir atra bhaviteti tayā ca jātam | vijñāpanaṃ tu na idaṃ śṛṇu kṛṣṇa tasmin aṅgīkṛtaṃ pariharanti na jātu santaḥ || \[vasantatilakā\] > "That your attainment by us here would come to pass was never imagined, yet it has occurred through \[fortune\]; / therefore, hear this petition of ours, O Kṛṣṇa: the virtuous never abandon what they have accepted!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.25.26) tataś ca- mitho mithunam uttaraṃ viraham ūhamānaṃ mithaḥ patan-nayana-vāribhiḥ samabhiṣiktam āśliṣyata | tad evam akhilaṃ vapur niyatam ārdram āsīd bahis tad asya hṛdayaṃ punar vyajani tādṛg antar bahiḥ || \[pṛthvi\] \[27\] tataś ca, saha-kāntaḥ kāntā-samudayaḥ śakunta-kula-kala-kolāhalāt prātar iti -kalita-camatkāraḥ kampa-sampat-sampatad-asram ajasra-bhāvanā-nidānaṃ kathañcid eva viśleṣam iyeṣa | \[28\] tathā viśliṣya ca- tiryak paśyan muhur api mithas tatra tatrāpi sāsrī- bhāvād vyasraṃ mithunam atha tat kṛṣṇa-rādhādi nāma | gehaṃ gacchad yad iha gamanāyāśakan tan na citraṃ dhanyānāṃ syād ucitam akhilaṃ yat prayatnaṃ vināpi || \[mandā\] ajani bahu-vyathatāntar bahu-dayitānāṃ viyogatas tasya | sarvāvaraka-rug-antaram iva jajñe sā tu rādhikā-viyutiḥ || \[gīti\] jyautsnīṃ śāradikāṃ vihṛtya vividhaṃ tasmin balād āgataṃ vīkṣya brāhma-muhūrtam ullala-dhiyaś channādhva-mūrti-kriyāḥ | tat-tat-keli-kalā-vilāsa-valita-svāntāḥ sva-kānta-priyāḥ sāntas tarṣam anantar īṣad udita-śrānti vrajaṃ prāviśan || \[śārdūla\] > And then— > Anticipating their impending mutual separation, the couple embraced, / bathed with tears falling mutually from their eyes; / thus their entire bodies certainly became drenched outside, / and then their hearts became just the same, inside and out. > \[27\] And then, from the soft clamor of the flock of birds, the host of lovely maidens together with their beloved, struck with astonishment that it was dawn, with tears falling from an abundance of trembling, with great difficulty consented to separation, the root cause of ceaseless contemplation. \[28\] And thus having separated— > Glancing askance repeatedly at each other, that couple—named Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā—with tears streaming everywhere from weeping, / went home; that they were able to walk at all here is no wonder, / for to the fortunate everything comes easily, even without effort. > A great inner anguish arose from the departure of his many beloveds; / yet that separation from Rādhikā felt like an inner sickness eclipsing all else. > Having dallied in diverse ways throughout the autumnal moonlit night, seeing the hour of Brahmā forcibly arrived, their minds trembling, their bodily activities concealed along the paths, / their hearts entwined with various arts of amorous play, the beloveds of their lover, / inwardly holding their thirst, their weariness barely showing, entered Vraja with lingering desire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.25.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.25.27) \[29\] sa eṣa rāsotsava-viśeṣaś ca nivṛtta iti bahir eva vṛttaṃ nāntaḥ, yataḥ- rāsotsavaṃ kila samāpya gṛhādi-kṛtya- vyagrāś ca tan-mayatayā vraja-vāma-netrāḥ | nānā-vilāsa-maya-nartana-gīta-vādyaṃ sākṣād iva vyadadhatātra ca tat tad eva || \[vasantatilakā\] netā yeṣu tu rāsa-keliṣu bhavet kṛṣṇaḥ svayaṃ nāyikāḥ śrī-jaitra-vraja-subhruvo, rasa-kathās tatraiva nirlāñchanāḥ | tat-tad-varṇanam eva kāvya-vibudhāḥ kārtsnyena kuryuḥ paraṃ kintu śrī-śuka-sammataṃ na yad idaṃ pūryeta taiḥ sarvakaiḥ || \[śārdūla\] \[30\] snigdhakaṇṭha uvāca-hanta, catvāras te kumārakāḥ kva gatāḥ? | \[31\] madhukaṇṭha uvāca-pūrvam ārūḍha-mahā-taravaḥ paścān nija-prabhoḥ sva-gṛha-vartmānuvartanam avadhāya, dūra-cariṣṇutayā tūṣṇīm evānuvartiṣṇutām avāpuḥ iti | \[32\] tad evaṃ madhukaṇṭhaḥ prathitam api rāsa-līlā-varṇanaṃ triyāmāniyamataḥ saṃkṣipya tadīya-samādher vikṣipyamāṇatā-sañjanāya sāñjalir vyañjayāmāsa- sa īdṛg vallabho labdhas tvayā śrīmati rādhike | yaṃ bheje rāsa-rabhasāt trilokī nāyikā-nibhā || \[anuṣṭubh\] \[33\] atha kañja-netraḥ kṛtāñjalitayā pratīkṣitānujñā-sārau sūta-kumārau svāntikam āhūya bhūyaḥ paricaskāra nijānām aṅgānām aṅganānām api pariṣkāra-dravyeṇa | \[34\] yad anu dāna-parvaṇā sarva eva bhāsamānaḥ sabhā-sajjanaḥ pratyekam eka-vyaktir api kriyā-lāghavād bahu-vidha-nibhāṃ vyaktim avāpa | \[35\] tato brāhma-muhūrte muhūrta-viśramāya sarva eva sva-sva-dhāma jagāma | iti śrī-śrī-gopāla-campūm anu rāsa-prapañca-pañca-pūraṇī-pūraṇam nāma saptaviṃśaṃ pūraṇam ||27 || > \[29\] That special festival of the rāsa came to an end only outwardly, not within, because: > > Though concluding the rāsa festival and busy with household duties, > the fair-eyed women of Vraja, absorbed entirely in Him, > performed again and again right there those very same dances, songs, and instrumental music > composed of various playful amours, as if in His direct presence. ||56 > > Only where Kṛṣṇa Himself is the hero and the heroines > are the splendid, triumphant fair-browed damsels of Vraja in these rāsa pastimes > are stories of aesthetic rasa truly spotless. > Let the wise masters of poetry describe these alone in their entirety; > yet, because this is not fully approved by Śrī Śuka, it cannot be wholly fulfilled by all of them. ||57 > > \[30\] Snigdhakaṇṭha said: "Ah, where have those four young sages gone?" > \[31\] Madhukaṇṭha said: "Having previously climbed high trees, and afterwards perceiving that their Lord was following the path toward His home, due to their wandering from afar they simply followed along in silence." > \[32\] In this way, though the description of the rāsa-līlā was extensive, Madhukaṇṭha abbreviated it according to the rule of the three watches of the night, and in order to awaken him from that deep absorption, he expressed with folded hands: > > Such a beloved has been gained by you, O beautiful Rādhikā, > whom the three worlds, like a singular heroine, worshiped out of eager passion for the rāsa! ||58 > > \[33\] Then the lotus-eyed one, having called to His presence with folded hands the two sūta boys who were awaiting the essence of His permission, honored them again and again with the ornaments of His own limbs and of the women. > \[34\] Thereupon, by that festival of giving, every virtuous member of the assembly shone forth, and though each was a single person, by the swiftness of His activity each seemed to appear manifold. > \[35\] Then, at the auspicious hour of Brahmā, everyone returned to their respective abodes to rest for a moment. > > Thus ends the twenty-seventh chapter, > entitled "The Completion of the Five-Fold Exposition of the Rāsa," > in the venerable Gopālacampū. ||27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu~en-mt.1.25.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.25) · Pramāṇa