Gitagovinda 4.8.8

4.8.8

sakhī rādhāyai prakārāntareṇāpi vasantarūpaṃ kathayati—unmīladiti || madhu puṣparasaḥ | 'madhu madye puṣparase' ityamaraḥ | tacca gandhaśca madhugandhau | unmīlantau vasantasamayapravardhamānau yau madhugandhau tayālubdhāḥ|¹ āsaktā ye madhupāḥ madhukarāstaiḥ vyādhūtāḥ mandāndolitāḥ ye cūtāṅkurāḥ sahakārapallavāḥ tatra krīḍantaḥ caraṇārthaṃ viharamāṇāḥ ye kokilāḥ parapuṣṭāḥ teṣāṃ² kākalī³ madhurāsphuṭasūkṣmadhvaniḥ⁴ tasyāḥ kalakalaiḥ utjṛṃbhamāṇarūpakolāhalaiḥ 'kākalī tu kale sūkṣme dhvanau tu madhurāsphuṭe | kalo mandrastviti, kolāhalaḥ kalakala' iticāmaraḥ | tai hetubhirudgīrṇā antarānestedvasthāṃ parityajya sphuṭabhāvena bahirudgatāḥ karṇajvarāḥ viyogiśokajā śrotratāpāḥ1 yeṣu tādṛśāḥ2| amī paridṛśyamānāḥ vāsaśaḥ vasantadivasāḥ| evaṃ3 prāpte yo duḥsahaḥ karṇajvaraḥ tannivartakatvena yadgṛhasthitakāminīdhyānamanucintanaṃ tatrāvadhāna nāma cittaikāgryaṃ tasya kṣaṇaḥ tatsamaya ityarthaḥ| tasmin prāptāḥ aparokṣatvena antaḥkaraṇe āvirbhūtāḥ yāḥ prāṇasamāḥ nijakāntāḥ tāsāṃ samāgamaḥ saṅgamaḥ āliṅganādikamiti yāvat| tena saha saukhyaṃ tasyollāsaḥ udayo yeṣāṃ taiḥ4 pāthakaiḥ pānthaiḥ5| kathaṃ kathamapi atikṛcchreṇa nīyante gamyante apanītāḥ kriyanta iti yāvat 6| yatra kānane paryaṭatāṃ sarvaviyogināmayaṃ samayo maraṇaprāya iti bhāvaḥ| paśyeti vākyaśeṣaḥ|| evaṃ vasantasamayamupavarṇya atra samaye anekanārībhiḥ saha viharamāṇaṃ śrīkṛṣṇaṃ pratyakṣeṇa darśayantī sakhī rādhāṃ prāha—aneketi ||