Gopalacampu 1.27.26

1.27.26

[43] tad evaṃ tāsāṃ tasya ca prāvṛṣija-kṛṣivad daiva-vaśata eva vaśe vaśaṃvade tad-anantaraṃ vasanta-pañcamīm anu vasanta-rāgaṃ janayan gopāla-janībhir militvā śrīmān gopālaḥ khalu khelati sma | [44] tathā hi-tasyāṃ pañcamyām utkaṇṭhita-ṣaṭ-pada-khaṇḍita-tuṇḍa-mudrākula-mukula-maṇḍalatayā prathamam unmīliteṣu keṣucit puṇḍrakeṣu śrīman-mādhava-rādhādīnām abādham āgamanam asambhāvya bhṛśam unmanāyamānāyāṃ vṛndāyāṃ sumanāyamānā kācid āli-pālir āgamya tām ullāsitavatī-[45] sakhi vṛnde ! katham iva mandatāṃ vindase ? āgamya ramyam idam avagamyatām |
[46] vṛndāha--kīdṛśam ?
[47] sā prāha-yādṛśaṃ bhavad-abhirucitam |
[48] vṛndāha-kathyatāṃ tathyam |
[48] sā prāha-kācid ālī mādhavī-maṇḍalam anu mādhavaṃ mādhava-prakāśa-darśanataḥ samujjṛmbhita-rādhā-vipralambha-bādhaṃ nibhālya tām ullolayāmāsa | ullolya ca saṅgataś calantī sakhībhir idaṃ vasanta-rāgeṇa gāyantī vallabham api lambhayāmāsa |
[49] gānaṃ yathā-
kṛṣṇa-vanaṃ sakhi bhāti saraṅgam | bhavatīm iva laghu netum adhīśaṃ | sevita-madhura-sa-saṅgham ||[dhruvam]
jāgaram itam iva mādhavikāśatam anukṛta-jṛmbhā-bhaṅgam | cumbati madhupa-gaṇe kṛta-bhaṅgi smārayati priya-saṅgam ||sarasa-rasālaja-mukula-kulaṃ paripulakayad iva samam aṅgam | ākāritam iva tava kurute pika-kalam anukalayad anaṅgam ||tvāṃ celā-kali-candana-marutā vāsayatānulavaṅgam | karṣati madhuripu-madhu-parvodita-vīṇā-veṇu-mṛdaṅgam ||nītāyāṃ tvayi mādhavi mādhava-mādhava-gāna-taraṅgam | kirati parāga-cayaṃ locanam iva naṭayati cāru-kuraṅgam ||iti sā labdhvā vallabham aniśaṃ manasā valitāsaṅgam | jayati nirupama-rūpiṇi madhye yamunā-mānasa-gaṅgam ||[51] atra ca padyam ekaṃ gadyate-
vana-ruci-ruciraḥ śrīmān
madana-vinodāya nunna-gopīkaḥ | abhitaḥ surabhita-deśaḥ
sahacari paśya mādhavaḥ sphurati ||

[43] Thus, while their [desire] and his became submissive purely by the power of destiny, like farming born of the rainy season, thereupon, on Vasanta-pañcamī, generating the Vasanta rāga, the glorious Gopāla indeed sported together with the cowherd maidens. [44] For example: on that Pañcamī, when certain puṇḍraka flowers had just opened with their clusters of buds agitated by their seals broken by the beaks of longing bees, Vṛndā felt deeply despondent, deeming the unimpeded arrival of glorious Mādhava, Rādhā, and the others impossible. Then a certain cheerful female companion approached and cheered her up: [45] "Friend Vṛndā! Why do you look so gloomy? Come and learn of this charming thing!"
[46] Vṛndā said, "What is it like?"
[47] She said, "Just as you would desire."
[48] Vṛndā said, "Tell the truth!"
[48] She said, "A companion, noticing Mādhava amidst the cluster of mādhavī vines afflicted by the pain of separation from Rādhā awakened by the sight of spring's manifestation, agitated her [with desire]. Having agitated her, moving in company with female friends and singing this in the Vasanta rāga, she brought her to her beloved.
[49] The song is as follows:
'O friend, the forest of Kṛṣṇa shines passionately, / as if to swiftly lead its master to you, / served by a charming assemblage. [refrain]
With hundreds of mādhavī blossoms awakening, as it were, imitating the charm of a yawn, / as swarms of bees kiss with graceful movements, it reminds one of union with the beloved. / The clusters of juicy mango buds, making the entire body thrilling with horripilation, as it were, / cause the soft call of the cuckoo, summoning, as it were, to awaken love. / Fragrant with the breeze carrying clove blossoms, sandalwood, and cardamoms, / it attracts with the vīṇā, flute, and mṛdaṅga resounded in the spring festival of the enemy of Madhu. / When you are led into the mādhavī bower, it scatters waves of songs for Mādhava in springtime; / it scatters heaps of pollen and makes the lovely deer dance like a flirtatious eye.'
Thus having attained her beloved, always mentally detached from all else, / she triumphs, possessing incomparable beauty, between the Yamunā and the Mānasa-gaṅgā. [50]
[51] And here one verse is recited:
'Splendid with the radiance of the forest, glorious, / having urged the gopīs on for the pleasure of love, / with the region fragrant on all sides— / look, companion, Mādhava shines forth!'"