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> — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.6) kṣitiḥ ativipulatare tava tiṣṭhati pṛṣṭhe / dharaṇi-dharaṇa-kiṇa-cakra-gariṣṭhe // keśava dhṛta-kacchapa-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare // > The earth rests upon your exceedingly vast back, / heavily scarred by the calloused circle made from supporting the earth. / Keśava, who took the form of a tortoise, / triumph, Hari, Lord of the world! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.7) vasati daśana-śikhare dharaṇī tava lagnā / śaśini kalaṅka-kalā iva nimagnā // keśava dhṛta-śūkara-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare // > The earth rests fixed upon the tip of your tusk, / plunged like a dark mark upon the moon. / Keśava, who took the form of a boar, / triumph, Hari, Lord of the world! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.8) tava kara-kamala-vare nakham adbhuta-śṛṅgam / dalita-hiraṇyakaśipu-tanu-bhṛṅgam // keśava dhṛta-narahari-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare // > On your excellent lotus-hand the claw is a wondrous point / that tore apart the bee that was the body of Hiraṇyakaśipu. / Keśava, who took the form of the man-lion, / triumph, Hari, Lord of the world! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.9) chalayasi vikramaṇe balim adbhuta-vāmana / pada-nakha-nīra-janita-jana-pāvana // keśava dhṛta-vāmana-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare // > In your strides you deceived Bali, wondrous dwarf, / who purified people through the water from your toenails. / Keśava, who took the form of a dwarf, / triumph, Hari, Lord of the world! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.10) kṣatriya-rudhira-maye jagat apagata-pāpam / snapayasi payasi śamita-bhava-tāpam // keśava dhṛta-bhṛgupati-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare // > In water made of the blood of kṣatriyas, you bathed the world, / washing away its sins and calming the torment of existence. / Keśava, who took the form of the lord of the Bhṛgus, / triumph, Hari, Lord of the world! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.11) vitarasi dikṣu raṇe dikpati-kamanīyam / daśamukha-mauli-balim ramaṇīyam // keśava dhṛta-rāma-śarīra jaya jagadīśa hare // > In battle you scatter in every direction, desirable to the guardians of the directions, / the delightful offering of the heads of the ten-headed Rāvaṇa. / Keśava, who took the body of Rāma, / triumph, Hari, Lord of the world! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.12) vahasi vapuṣi viśade vasanam jalada-ābham / hala-hati-bhīti-milita-yamunā-ābham // keśava dhṛta-haladhara-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare // > On your fair body you wear a garment with the luster of a cloud, / dark like the Yamunā fleeing in fear of the strike of your plow. / Keśava, who took the form of the plow-bearer, / triumph, Hari, Lord of the world! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.13) nindasi yajña-vidheḥ ahaha śruti-jātam / sadaya-hṛdaya darśita-paśu-ghātam // keśava dhṛta-buddha-śarīra jaya jagadīśa hare // > Alas, you condemn the collection of Vedic texts for the sacrificial rite, / your heart full of compassion when the slaughter of cattle was displayed. / Keśava, who took the body of the Buddha, / triumph, Hari, Lord of the world! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.14) mleccha-nivaha-nidhane kalayasi karavālam / dhūma-ketum iva kim api karālam // keśava dhṛta-kalki-śarīra jaya jagadīśa hare // > For the destruction of the barbarian multitudes, you brandish a sword / terrible as a blazing comet. / Keśava, who took the body of Kalki, / triumph, Hari, Lord of the world! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.15) śrījayadeva-kaveḥ idam uditam udāram / śṛṇu sukhadam śubhadam bhava-sāram // keśava dhṛta-daśa-vidha-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare // > Listen to this noble utterance spoken by the poet Jayadeva, / which grants happiness and auspiciousness, the essence of worldly existence. / Keśava, who took ten kinds of forms, / triumph, Hari, Lord of the world! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.16) vedān uddharate jagat nivahate bhūgolam udbibhrate daityam dārayate balim chalayate kṣatra-kṣayam kurvate / paulastyam jayate halam kalayate kāruṇyam ātanvate mlecchān mūrcchayate daśa-ākṛti-kṛte kṛṣṇāya tubhyam namaḥ // > Rescuing the Vedas, carrying the world, bearing aloft the earth-globe, / tearing apart the demon, deceiving Bali, destroying the kṣatriyas, / conquering the descendant of Pulastya, wielding the plow, extending compassion, / and overcoming the barbarians—homage to you, Kṛṣṇa, who assumed ten forms! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.17) śrita-kamalā-kuca-maṇḍala dhṛta-kuṇḍala e / kalita-lalita-vana-māla jaya jayadeva hare // > Resting upon the orb of Kamalā's breasts, wearing earrings, / adorned with a lovely garland of wild flowers—triumph, God of victory, Hari! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.18) dina-maṇi-maṇḍala-maṇḍana bhava-khaṇḍana e / muni-jana-mānasa-haṃsa jaya jayadeva hare // > Adornment of the solar orb, destroyer of worldly existence, / swan upon the Manasa lake of the minds of sages—triumph, God of victory, Hari! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.19) kāliya-viṣa-dhara-gañjana jana-rañjana e / yadu-kula-nalina-dineśa jaya jayadeva hare // > Subduer of the venomous snake Kāliya, delighter of the people, / sun to the lotus of the Yadu race—triumph, God of victory, Hari! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.20) madhu-mura-naraka-vināśana garuḍa-āsana e / sura-kula-keli-nidāna jaya jayadeva hare // > O Destroyer of Madhu, Mura, and Naraka, whose seat is Garuḍa! > O source of play for the host of gods, hail, hail, O God Hari! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.21) amala-kamala-dala-locana bhava-mocana e / tribhuvana-bhavana-nidhāna jaya jayadeva hare // > O you whose eyes are pure lotus petals, liberator from worldly existence! > O treasure of the abode of the three worlds, hail, hail, O God Hari! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.22) janaka-sutā-kṛta-bhūṣaṇa jita-dūṣaṇa e / samara-śamita-daśakaṇṭha jaya jayadeva hare // > O you who are adorned by Janaka's daughter, conqueror of Dūṣaṇa! > O you who quelled the ten-necked \[Rāvaṇa\] in battle, hail, hail, O God Hari! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.23) abhinava-jaladhara-sundara dhṛta-mandara e / śrī-mukha-candra-cakora jaya jayadeva hare // > O you who are handsome as a fresh raincloud, upholder of Mount Mandara! > O cakora bird to the moon of Śrī's face, hail, hail, O God Hari! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.24) śrījayadeva-kaveḥ idam kurute mudam e / maṅgalam ujjvala-gītam jaya jayadeva hare // > May this auspicious, radiant song > of the poet Śrī Jayadeva bring delight: hail, hail, O God Hari! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.25) padmā-payodhara-taṭī-parirambha-lagna-kāśmīra-mudritam uraḥ madhusūdanasya / vyakta-anurāgam iva khelat-anaṅga-kheda-sveda-ambu-pūram anupūrayatu priyam vaḥ // > Imprinted with saffron clinging from an embrace against the slope of Padmā's breasts, > filled with the waters of perspiration born of the weariness of erotic play, as if manifesting passion— > may that chest of Madhusūdana fulfill your desired wish! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.26) vasante vāsantī-kusuma-sukumāraiḥ avayavaiḥ bhramantīm kāntāre bahu-vihita-kṛṣṇa-anusaraṇām / amandam kandarpa-jvara-janita-cintā-ākulatayā valat-bādhām rādhām sarasam idam ūce sahacarī // > In spring, to Rādhā wandering through the forest on limbs tender as vāsantī flowers, > seeking Kṛṣṇa in every direction, > overcome with intense torment through the agitation of anxiety born of Kandarpa's fever, > her companion spoke these passionate words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.27) lalita-lavaṅga-latā-pariśīlana-komala-malaya-samīre / madhukara-nikara-karambita-kokila-kūjita-kuñja-kuṭīre // viharati hariḥ iha sarasa-vasante nṛtyati yuvati-janena samam sakhi virahi-janasya durante // > When the breeze from the Malaya mountains is gentle from caressing graceful clove creepers, > when bower huts resound with the cooing of cuckoos mingled with swarms of bees— > Hari sports here in passionate spring, > dancing with young women, O friend, in this season so cruel to separated lovers! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.28) unmada-madana-manoratha-pathika-vadhū-jana-janita-vilāpe / ali-kula-saṃkula-kusuma-samūha-nirākula-bakula-kalāpe // viharati hariḥ iha sarasa-vasante nṛtyati yuvati-janena samam sakhi virahi-janasya durante // > When travelers' wives are made to lament by desires of intoxicating Madana, > when dense clusters of bakula flowers are crowded with swarms of bees— > Hari sports here in passionate spring, > dancing with young women, O friend, in this season so cruel to separated lovers! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.29) mṛgamada-saurabha-rabhasa-vaśaṃvada-nava-dala-māla-tamāle / yuva-jana-hṛdaya-vidāraṇa-manasija-nakha-ruci-kiṃśuka-jāle // viharati hariḥ iha sarasa-vasante nṛtyati yuvati-janena samam sakhi virahi-janasya durante // > When tamāla trees have rows of fresh shoots subject to the intense scent of musk, > when clusters of kiṃśuka flowers shine like the claws of mind-born love tearing the hearts of youth— > Hari sports here in passionate spring, > dancing with young women, O friend, in this season so cruel to separated lovers! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.30) madana-mahīpati-kanaka-daṇḍa-ruci-keśara-kusuma-vikāse / milita-śilīmukha-pāṭali-paṭala-kṛta-smara-tūṇa-vilāse // viharati hariḥ iha sarasa-vasante nṛtyati yuvati-janena samam sakhi virahi-janasya durante // > When the bloom of keśara flowers shines like the golden scepter of King Madana, > when clusters of pāṭali flowers, met by bees, display the splendor of Smara's quivers— > Hari sports here in passionate spring, > dancing with young women, O friend, in this season so cruel to separated lovers! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.31) vigalita-lajjita-jagat-avalokana-taruṇa-karuṇa-kṛta-hāse / virahi-nikṛntana-kunta-mukha-ākṛti-ketaka-danturita-āśe // viharati hariḥ iha sarasa-vasante nṛtyati yuvati-janena samam sakhi virahi-janasya durante // > When the fresh karuṇa tree seems to laugh at the sight of the world with its shame dissolved, > when all directions are bristling with ketaka blossoms shaped like spearheads that pierce separated lovers— > Hari sports here in passionate spring, > dancing with young women, O friend, in this season so cruel to separated lovers! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.32) mādhavikā-parimala-lalite navamālika-jāti-sugandhau / muni-manasām api mohana-kāriṇi taruṇa-akāraṇa-bandhau // viharati hariḥ iha sarasa-vasante nṛtyati yuvati-janena samam sakhi virahi-janasya durante // > Charming with the scent of mādhavī, fragrant with fresh mālika and jasmine flowers, > bewitching even the minds of sages, an unprompted friend of youth— > Hari sports here in passionate spring, > dancing with young women, O friend, in this season so cruel to separated lovers! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.33) sphurat-atimukta-latā-parirambhaṇa-mukulita-pulakita-cūte / vṛndāvana-vipine parisara-parigata-yamunā-jala-pūte // viharati hariḥ iha sarasa-vasante nṛtyati yuvati-janena samam sakhi virahi-janasya durante // > When mango trees are budding and bristling with horripilation at the embrace of swaying atimukta creepers, > in the forest of Vṛndāvana, purified by the waters of the Yamunā that encompass its borders— > Hari sports here in passionate spring, > dancing with young women, O friend, in this season so cruel to separated lovers! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.34) śrījayadeva--bhaṇitam idam udayati hari-caraṇa-smṛti-sāram / sarasa-vasanta-samaya-vana-varṇanam anugata-madana-vikāram // viharati hariḥ iha sarasa-vasante nṛtyati yuvati-janena samam sakhi virahi-janasya durante // > This description of the forest in passionate springtime, following the transformations of love, > spoken by Śrī Jayadeva, arises as the essence of remembering Hari's feet: > Hari sports here in passionate spring, > dancing with young women, O friend, in this season so cruel to separated lovers! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.35) dara-vidalita-mallī-valli-cañcat-parāga- prakaṭita-paṭa-vāsaiḥ vāsayan kānanāni / iha hi dahati cetaḥ ketakī-gandha-bandhuḥ prasarat-asamabāṇa-prāṇavat-gandhavāhaḥ // > Scenting the forests with perfumed powder revealed > by shaking pollen from gently opened jasmine creepers, > here the breeze—kinsman to the fragrance of ketakī blossoms, > like the very breath of the Bodiless One with his uneven arrows spreading wide—burns the heart! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.36) unmīlat-madhu-gandha-lubdha-madhupa-vyādhūta-cūta-aṅkura- krīḍat-kokila-kākalī-kalakalaiḥ udgīrṇa-karṇa-jvarāḥ / nīyante pathikaiḥ katham katham api dhyāna-avadhāna-kṣaṇa- prāpta-prāṇa-samā-samāgama-rasa-ullāsaiḥ amī vāsarāḥ // > A fever in the ear is cast out by the soft notes of cuckoos sporting > on mango sprouts shaken by bees greedy for the opening scent of nectar; > how, oh how, are these days endured by travelers, > except through the surging aesthetic flavor of reunion with their life's equal, attained for a moment in deep meditation? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.37) aneka-nārī-parirambha-sambhrama-sphurat-manohāri-vilāsa-lālasam / murārim ārāt upadarśayantī asau sakhī samakṣam punaḥ āha rādhikām // > Pointing out Murāri from nearby, longing for charming amorous dalliance > radiant in the flurry of embracing many women, > this confidante spoke again to Rādhikā before her: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.38) candana-carcita-nīla-kalevara-pīta-vasana-vanamālī / keli-calat-maṇi-kuṇḍala-maṇḍita-gaṇḍa-yuga-smita-śālī // hariḥ iha mugdha-vadhū-nikare vilāsini vilasati kelipare // > His dark body anointed with sandalwood paste, wearing yellow garments and a garland of wild flowers, > smiling, his cheeks adorned with jeweled earrings trembling in erotic play— > here Hari revels, O charming girl, amid a crowd of charming young women intent on erotic play! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.39) pīna-payodhara-bhāreṇa harim parirabhya sarāgam / gopa-vadhūḥ anugāyati kācit udañcita-pañcama-rāgam // hariḥ iha mugdha-vadhū-nikare vilāsini vilasati kelipare // > Clasping Hari passionately with the weight of her swelling breasts, > a cowherd girl sings in accompaniment to the heightened fifth melodic mode— > here Hari revels, O charming girl, amid a crowd of charming young women intent on erotic play! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.40) kāpi vilāsa-vilola-vilocana-khelana-janita-manojam / dhyāyati mugdha-vadhūḥ adhikam madhu-sūdana-vadana-sarojam // hariḥ iha mugdha-vadhū-nikare vilāsini vilasati kelipare // > Her mind-born love aroused by the play of his eyes restless with amorous dalliance, > a naive young woman meditates deeply on Madhusūdana's lotus face— > here Hari revels, O charming girl, amid a crowd of charming young women intent on erotic play! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.41) kāpi kapola-tale militā lapitum kimapi śruti-mūle / cāru cucumba nitambavatī dayitam pulakaiḥ anukūle // hariḥ iha mugdha-vadhū-nikare vilāsini vilasati kelipare // > Approaching the base of his cheek to whisper something in his ear, > a woman with shapely hips beautifully kissed her beloved, who was responsive with bristling hairs— > here Hari revels, O charming girl, amid a crowd of charming young women intent on erotic play! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.42) keli-kalā-kutukena ca kācit amum yamunā-jala-kūle / mañjula-vañjula-kuñja-gatam vicakarṣa kareṇa dukūle // hariḥ iha mugdha-vadhū-nikare vilāsini vilasati kelipare // > Eager with curiosity for the art of erotic play, on the bank of the Yamunā's waters, > another drew him by his fine cloth with her hand as he entered a lovely cane bower— > here Hari revels, O charming girl, amid a crowd of charming young women intent on erotic play! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.43) kara-tala-tāla-tarala-valaya-āvali-kalita-kala-svana-vaṃśe / rāsa-rase saha-nṛtya-parā hariṇā yuvatiḥ praśaśaṃse // hariḥ iha mugdha-vadhū-nikare vilāsini vilasati kelipare // > To the soft sound of the flute accompanied by rows of bracelets jingling with the clapping of hands, > a young woman devoted to dancing beside him in the aesthetic flavor of the rāsa was praised by Hari— > here Hari revels, O charming girl, amid a crowd of charming young women intent on erotic play! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.44) śliṣyati kāmapi cumbati kāmapi kāmapi ramayati rāmām / paśyati sasmita-cāru-parām aparām anugacchati vāmām // hariḥ iha mugdha-vadhū-nikare vilāsini vilasati kelipare // > He embraces one, he kisses another, he delights yet another lovely woman; > he looks at one beautiful smiling woman, and follows after another perverse woman— > here Hari revels, O charming girl, amid a crowd of charming young women intent on erotic play! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.45) śrījayadeva-kaveḥ idam adbhuta-keśava-keli-rahasyam / vṛndāvana-vipine lalitam vitanotu śubhāni yaśasyam // hariḥ iha mugdha-vadhū-nikare vilāsini vilasati kelipare // > May this secret of Keśava's wondrous erotic play, composed by the poet Śrī Jayadeva, > charming in the forest of Vṛndāvana, bestow blessings and fame: > here Hari revels, O charming girl, amid a crowd of charming young women intent on erotic play! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.46) viśveṣām anurañjanena janayan ānandam indīvara- śreṇī-śyāmala-komalaiḥ upanayan aṅôaiḥ anaṅga-utsavam / svacchandam vraja-sundarībhiḥ abhitaḥ prati-aṅgam āliṅgitaḥ śṛṅgāraḥ sakhi mūrtimān iva madhau mugdhaḥ hariḥ krīḍati // > Delighting everyone and producing bliss, bringing a festival of the Bodiless One with his limbs soft and dark like a cluster of blue lotuses, / embraced on every limb from all sides at will by the beauties of Vraja, / innocent Hari plays in spring, O confidante, like the erotic sentiment incarnate. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.47) adya utsaṅga-vasat-bhujaṅga-kavala-kleśāt iva īśa-acalam prāleya-plavana-icchayā anusarati śrīkhaṇḍa-śaila-anilaḥ / kim ca snigdha-rasāla-mauli-mukulāni ālokya harṣa-udayāt unmīlanti kuhūḥ kuhūḥ iti kala-uttālāḥ pikānām giraḥ // > Today, as if from distress at the swallowings by serpents dwelling on its slopes, the wind of Mount Malaya / pursues the Lord's mountain with a desire to bathe in snow. / Moreover, seeing the buds at the tips of the glossy mango branches, from a surge of delight / the soft, loud voices of the cuckoos burst forth: “Kuhū! Kuhū!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.1) viharati vane rādhā sādhāraṇa-praṇaye harau vigalita-nija-utkarṣāt īrṣyā-vaśena gatā anyataḥ / kvacit api latā-kuñje guñjat-madhuvrata-maṇḍalī- mukhara-śikhare līnā dīnā api uvāca rahaḥ sakhīm // > While Hari amused himself in the forest, his love shared equally, / Rādhā, driven by jealousy because her own pre-eminence had slipped away, went elsewhere; / hidden in a certain vine-bower whose high crests hummed with swarms of buzzing bees, / dejected, she spoke in secret to her confidante: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.2) saṃcarat-adhara-sudhā-madhura-dhvani-mukharita-mohana-vaṃśam / calita-dṛk-añcala-cañcala-mauli-kapola-vilola-vataṃsam // rāse harim iha vihita-vilāsam smarati manaḥ mama kṛta-parihāsam // > His enchanting flute resounding with the sweet sound of the nectar from his moving lips, / with rolling glances from the corners of his eyes, his head shaking and his ear-ornaments swinging on his cheeks— / here, in the rāsa-dance, my mind remembers Hari who performed amorous dalliance, mocking me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.3) candraka-cāru-mayūra-śikhaṇḍaka-maṇḍala-valayita-keśam / pracura-purandara-dhanuḥ-anurañjita-medura-mudira-suveśam // rāse harim iha vihita-vilāsam smarati manaḥ mama kṛta-parihāsam // > His hair encircled with a crown of lovely peacock feathers bearing eyes, / well attired like a dense raincloud adorned with a vast rainbow— / here, in the rāsa-dance, my mind remembers Hari who performed amorous dalliance, mocking me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.4) gopa-kadamba-nitambavatī-mukha-cumbana-lambhita-lobham / bandhujīva-madhura-adhara-pallavam ullasita-smita-śobham // rāse harim iha vihita-vilāsam smarati manaḥ mama kṛta-parihāsam // > Seized with longing to kiss the faces of the cowherd women with shapely hips, / the sprout-like sweetness of his lips like bandhujīva flowers, the splendour of his smile shining forth— / here, in the rāsa-dance, my mind remembers Hari who performed amorous dalliance, mocking me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.5) vipula-pulaka-bhuja-pallava-valayita-ballava-yuvati-sahasram / kara-caraṇa-urasi maṇi-gaṇa-bhūṣaṇa-kiraṇa-vibhinna-tamisram // rāse harim iha vihita-vilāsam smarati manaḥ mama kṛta-parihāsam // > Surrounded by a thousand cowherd maidens whose sprout-like arms thrilled with broad horripilation, / the darkness shattered by the rays of jewel ornaments on his hands, feet and chest— / here, in the rāsa-dance, my mind remembers Hari who performed amorous dalliance, mocking me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.6) jalada-paṭala-valat-indu-vinindaka-candana-tilaka-lalāṭam / pīna-ghana-stana-maṇḍala-mardana-nirdaya-hṛdaya-kapāṭam // rāse harim iha vihita-vilāsam smarati manaḥ mama kṛta-parihāsam // > His forehead bearing a sandalwood mark that mocks the moon moving through clouds, / the door of his chest merciless in crushing the orbs of their full, firm breasts— / here, in the rāsa-dance, my mind remembers Hari who performed amorous dalliance, mocking me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.7) maṇi-maya-makara-manohara-kuṇḍala-maṇḍita-gaṇḍam udāram / pīta-vasanam anugata-muni-manuja-sura-asura-vara-parivāram // rāse harim iha vihita-vilāsam smarati manaḥ mama kṛta-parihāsam // > His cheeks adorned with handsome jewel-encrusted sea-monster earrings, noble, / clad in yellow garments, followed by an entourage of the best among sages, men, gods and asuras— / here, in the rāsa-dance, my mind remembers Hari who performed amorous dalliance, mocking me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.8) viśada-kadamba-tale militam kali-kaluṣa-bhayaṃ śamayantam / mām api kimapi taraṅgat-anaṅga-dṛśā manasā ramayantam // rāse harim iha vihita-vilāsam smarati manaḥ mama kṛta-parihāsam // > Met beneath a fair kadamba tree, quelling the fear of the defilements of Kali, / giving delight also to me somehow with his mind and with eyes brimming with desire— / here, in the rāsa-dance, my mind remembers Hari who performed amorous dalliance, mocking me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.9) śrījayadeva-bhaṇitam atisundara-mohana-madhuripu-rūpam / hari-caraṇa-smaraṇam prati saṃprati puṇyavatām anurūpam // rāse harim iha vihita-vilāsam smarati manaḥ mama kṛta-parihāsam // > This form of the enemy of Madhu, exceedingly handsome and enchanting, sung by Śrī Jayadeva, / is worthy now for the virtuous who remember Hari's feet: / here, in the rāsa-dance, my mind remembers Hari who performed amorous dalliance, mocking me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.10) gaṇayati guṇa-grāmam bhāmam bhramāt api na īhate vahati ca parītoṣam doṣam vimuñcati dūrataḥ / yuvatiṣu valat-tṛṣṇe kṛṣṇe vihāriṇi mām vinā punaḥ api manaḥ vāmam kāmam karoti karomi kim // > It counts his multitude of virtues; it does not seek anger even by mistake; / it bears satisfaction and casts faults far away. / When Kṛṣṇa sports without me, his thirst turned toward other young women, / my contrary mind still feels desire—what shall I do? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.11) nibhṛta-nikuñja-gṛham gatayā niśi rahasi nilīya vasantam / cakita-vilokita-sakala-diśā rati-rabhasa-rasena hasantam // sakhi he keśimathanam udāram ramaya mayā saha madana-manoratha-bhāvitayā savikāram // > Staying hidden in secret at night as I went to the solitary bower-chamber, / looking timidly in all directions, laughing in the excitement and passion of amorous pleasure— / O confidante, bring noble Keśi's slayer / into union with me, full of passion, overcome with erotic yearning! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.12) prathama-samāgama-lajjitayā paṭu-cāṭu-śataiḥ anukūlam / mṛdu-madhura-smita-bhāṣitayā śithilī-kṛta-jaghana-dukūlam // sakhi he keśimathanam udāram ramaya mayā saha madana-manoratha-bhāvitayā savikāram // > Brought round by hundreds of clever flatteries when I was shy at our first encounter, / my voice murmuring soft, sweet smiles, the silk cloth loosened from my hips— / O confidante, bring noble Keśi's slayer / into union with me, full of passion, overcome with erotic yearning! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.13) kisalaya-śayana-niveśitayā ciram urasi mama eva śayānam / kṛta-parirambhaṇa-cumbanayā parirabhya kṛta-adhara-pānam // sakhi he keśimathanam udāram ramaya mayā saha madana-manoratha-bhāvitayā savikāram // > Placed upon a bed of tender sprouts, he lay long upon my very chest; / embraced by me who kissed him, he embraced me and drank my lips— / O confidante, bring noble Keśi's slayer / into union with me, full of passion, overcome with erotic yearning! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.14) alasa-nimīlita-locanayā pulaka-āvali-lalita-kapolam / śrama-jala-sakala-kalevarayā vara-madana-madāt atilolam // sakhi he keśimathanam udāram ramaya mayā saha madana-manoratha-bhāvitayā savikāram // > My eyes languidly closed, his cheeks charming with rows of bristling hairs, / my whole body covered in drops of sweat from exertion, he restlessly agitated by the intoxication of supreme love— / O confidante, bring noble Keśi's slayer / into union with me, full of passion, overcome with erotic yearning! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.15) kokila-kala-rava-kūjitayā jita-manasija-tantra-vicāram / ślatha-kusuma-ākula-kuntalayā nakha-likhita-ghana-stana-bhāram // sakhi he keśimathanam udāram ramaya mayā saha madana-manoratha-bhāvitayā savikāram // > Cooing like the melodious cry of the cuckoo, he surpassed the teachings of the manual of love; / my hair dishevelled and loosened of flowers, he scratched with nails the weight of my firm breasts— / O confidante, bring noble Keśi's slayer / into union with me, full of passion, overcome with erotic yearning! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.16) caraṇa-raṇita-maṇi-nūpurayā paripūrita-surata-vitānam / mukhara-viśṛṅkhala-mekhalayā sa-kacagraha-cumbana-dānam // sakhi he keśimathanam udāram ramaya mayā saha madana-manoratha-bhāvitayā savikāram // > The jewel-anklets jingling on my feet, spreading out an awning for lovemaking, / the girdle of bells jingling and loose, he gave a kiss while seizing my hair— / O confidante, bring noble Keśi's slayer / into union with me, full of passion, overcome with erotic yearning! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.17) rati-sukha-samaya-rasa-ālasayā dara-mukulita-nayana-sarojam / niḥsaha-nipatita-tanu-latayā madhusūdanam udita-manojam // sakhi he keśimathanam udāram ramaya mayā saha madana-manoratha-bhāvitayā savikāram // > Languid with the flavor of the moment of love's joy, his eye-lotuses half closed, / my slender creeper-like body fallen helpless, Madhusūdana's desire aroused— / O confidante, bring noble Keśi's slayer / into union with me, full of passion, overcome with erotic yearning! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.18) śrījayadeva-bhaṇitam idam atiśaya-madhuripu-nidhuvana-śīlam / sukham utkaṇṭhita-gopa-vadhū-kathitam vitanotu salīlam // sakhi he keśimathanam udāram ramaya mayā saha madana-manoratha-bhāvitayā savikāram // > Spoken by Śrī Jayadeva, recounting the secret amorous sports of Madhu's foe, / spoken by the longing cowherd maiden, may this playfully spread joy: / O confidante, bring noble Keśi's slayer / into union with me, full of passion, overcome with erotic yearning! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.19) hasta-srasta-vilāsa-vaṃśam anṛju-bhrū-vallimat ballavī- vṛnda-utsāri-dṛk-anta-vīkṣitam atisveda-ārdra-gaṇḍa-sthalam / mām udvīkṣya vilakṣitam smita-sudhā-mugdha-ānanam kānane govindam vraja-sundarī-gaṇa-vṛtam paśyāmi hṛṣyāmi ca // > His playful flute slipped from his hand, his eyebrow-creeper curved, glances from the corners of his eyes driving off the throng of cowherd girls, / his cheek-region drenched with abundant sweat, / seeing me and embarrassed, his charming face sweet with a smile in the forest— / I see Govinda surrounded by the multitude of Vraja's beauties, and I rejoice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.20) durāloka-stoka-stabaka-navaka-aśoka-latikā- vikāsaḥ kāsāra-upavana-pavanaḥ'pi vyathayati / api bhrāmyat-bhṛṅgī-raṇita-ramaṇīyā na mukula- prasūtiḥ cūtānām sakhi śikhariṇī iyam sukhayati // > Hard to behold, the budding blossom of the fresh young aśoka creeper, / and the breeze from the grove beside the lake, torments me; / nor does this blossoming crest of mango trees, delightful with the humming of wandering bees, / bring pleasure, O confidante! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.3.1) kaṃsāriḥ api saṃsāra-vāsanā-bandha-śṛṅkhalām / rādhām ādhāya hṛdaye tatyāja vraja-sundarīḥ // > Even the foe of Kaṃsa, holding Rādhā in his heart / as the chain binding him to worldly longing, abandoned the beauties of Vraja. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.3.2) itaḥ tataḥ tām anusṛtya rādhikām anaṅga-bāṇa-vraṇa-khinna-mānasaḥ / kṛta-ānutāpaḥ sa kalinda-nandinī-taṭa-anta-kuñje viṣasāda mādhavaḥ // > Having sought Rādhā here and there, his heart tormented by wounds from the arrows of the Bodiless One, > Mādhava, filled with remorse, sank down in despair in a bower on the bank of Kalinda's daughter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.3.3) mām iyam calitā vilokya vṛtam vadhū-nicayena / sa-aparādhatayā mām api na vārita-atibhayena // harihari hata-ādaratayā gatā sā kupitā iva // > Seeing me surrounded by a crowd of young women, she walked away; > and I, conscious of my fault and utterly terrified, did not hold her back. > Alas, alas! Feeling slighted, she departed as if enraged. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.3.4) kim kariṣyati kim vadiṣyati sā ciram viraheṇa / kim dhanena janena kim mama jīvitena gṛheṇa // harihari hata-ādaratayā gatā sā kupitā iva // > What will she do? What will she say during this long separation? > What use to me is wealth, or people, or life itself, or home? > Alas, alas! Feeling slighted, she departed as if enraged. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.3.5) cintayāmi tat-ānanam kuṭila-bhru kopa-bhareṇa / śoṇa-padmam iva upari bhramatā ākulam bhramareṇa // harihari hata-ādaratayā gatā sā kupitā iva // > I picture her face, its brows knit with the weight of anger, > like a red lotus unsettled by a bee hovering above it. > Alas, alas! Feeling slighted, she departed as if enraged. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.3.6) tām aham hṛdi saṃgatām aniśam bhṛśam ramayāmi / kim vane anusarāmi tām iha kim vṛthā vilapāmi // harihari hata-ādaratayā gatā sā kupitā iva // > I delight in her intensely day and night as she dwells in my heart; > why do I follow her in this forest? Why do I lament here in vain? > Alas, alas! Feeling slighted, she departed as if enraged. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.3.7) tanvi khinnam asūyayā hṛdayam tava ākalayāmi / tat na vedmi kutaḥ gatā asi na tena te anunayāmi // harihari hata-ādaratayā gatā sā kupitā iva // > Slender girl, I know your heart is pained with jealousy; > I know not where you have gone, and therefore cannot appease you. > Alas, alas! Feeling slighted, she departed as if enraged. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.3.8) dṛśyase purataḥ gata-āgatam eva me vidadhāsi / kim purā iva sasaṃbhramaṃ parirambhaṇam na dadāsi // harihari hata-ādaratayā gatā sā kupitā iva // > You appear before me; you do nothing but come and go; > why do you not grant me an eager embrace, as in the past? > Alas, alas! Feeling slighted, she departed as if enraged. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.3.9) kṣamyatām aparam kadāpi tava īdṛśam na karomi / dehi sundari darśanam mama manmathena dunomi // harihari hata-ādaratayā gatā sā kupitā iva // > Forgive me; I will never again do such a thing to you! > Show yourself to me, beautiful one; I am tormented by love! > Alas, alas! Feeling slighted, she departed as if enraged. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.3.10) varṇitam jayadevakena hareḥ idam pravaṇena / kindubilva-samudra-sambhava-rohiṇī-ramaṇena // harihari hata-ādaratayā gatā sā kupitā iva // > This was composed by Jayadeva, devoted to Hari, > a moon born from the ocean of Kindubilva. > Alas, alas! Feeling slighted, she departed as if enraged. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.3.11) hṛdi bisa-latā-hāraḥ na ayam bhujaṅgama-nāyakaḥ kuvalaya-dala-śreṇī kaṇṭhe na sā garala-dyutiḥ / malayaja-rajaḥ na idam bhasma prihāra-hite mayi prahara na hara-bhrāntyā anaṅga krudhā kim u dhāvasi // > This necklace on my chest is a lotus stalk, not the king of serpents; > this garland of blue water-lily petals on my neck has not the gleam of poison; > this dust of sandalwood is not ashes, on me who am fit to strike— > do not strike me, mistaking me for Hara! O Bodiless One, why do you rush in wrath? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.3.12) pāṇau mā kuru cūta-sāyakam amum mā cāpam āropaya krīḍā-nirjita-viśva mūrcchita-jana-āghātena kim pauruṣam / tasyāḥ eva mṛgī-dṛśaḥ manasija-preṅkhat-kaṭākṣa-āśuga- śreṇī-jarjaritam manāk api manaḥ na adya api saṃdhukṣate // > Do not place that mango blossom arrow in your hand! Do not string your bow! > What manly valor is there in striking one who is already stunned, having conquered the universe in sport? > My mind, shattered by the shower of side-glance arrows fluttering with mind-born love from that fawn-eyed girl, > does not revive even a little, even now. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.3.13) bhrū-cāpe nihitaḥ kaṭākṣa-viśikhaḥ nirmātu marma-vyathām śyāma-ātmā kuṭilaḥ karotu kabarī-bhāraḥ api māra-udyamam / moham tāvat ayam ca tanvi tanutām bimba-adharaḥ rāgavān sat-vṛtta-stana-maṇḍalaḥ tava katham prāṇaiḥ mama krīḍati // > Let the side-glance arrow set upon the bow of her brow inflict a wound in my heart; > let her dark and winding mass of braid also strive to kill me; > and let her passionate, bimba-red lip spread confusion, O slender girl; > yet how is it that your well-rounded orb of breasts plays with my life? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.3.14) tāni sparśa-sukhāni te ca taralāḥ snigdhāḥ dṛśoḥ vibhramāḥ tat-vaktra-ambuja-saurabham saḥ ca sudhā-syandī girām vakrimā / sā bimba-adhara-mādhurī iti viṣaya-āsaṅge api cet mānasam tasyām lagna-samādhi hanta viraha-vyādhiḥ katham vardhate // > Those pleasures of her touch, those fluttering, tender glances, > the fragrance of her lotus face, the sweet ambrosial curve of her words, > that sweetness of her bimba-red lip—even though the mind is deeply absorbed > in contemplation fixed on her, alas, how does the disease of separation continue to grow? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.3.15) bhrū-pallavam dhanuḥ apāṅga-taraṅgitāni bāṇāḥ guṇaḥ śravaṇa-pāliḥ iti smareṇa / tasyām anaṅga-jaya-jaṅgama-devatāyām astrāṇi nirjita-jaganti kim arpitāni // > The shoot of her eyebrow the bow, her undulating side-glances > the arrows, her ear-lobe the string: did Smara thus deliver > his world-conquering weapons unto her, > the moving deity of the Bodiless One's triumph? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.1) yamunā-tīra-vānīra-nikuñje mandam-āsthitam / prāha prema-bhara-udbhrāntam mādhavam rādhikā-sakhī // > To Mādhava, who sat dejectedly in a cane bower on the bank of the Yamunā, > distracted by the burden of love, Rādhā's confidante spoke: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.2) nindati candanam indukaraṇam anu vindati khedam adhīram / vyāla-nilaya-milanena garalam iva kalayati malaya-samīram // sā virahe tava dīnā mādhava manasija-viśikha-bhayāt iva bhāvanayā tvayi līnā // > She curses the sandalwood paste, and feels restless grief at the rays of the moon; > she considers the breeze from the Malaya mountains to be like poison from its contact with serpents' dens. > She is wretched in separation from you, > O Mādhava, absorbed in meditation on you as if out of fear of the arrows of mind-born love. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.3) avirala-nipatita-madana-śarāt iva bhavat-avanāya viśālam / sva-hṛdaya-marmaṇi varma karoti sajala-nalinī-dala-jālam // sā virahe tava dīnā mādhava manasija-viśikha-bhayāt iva bhāvanayā tvayi līnā // > As if to protect you from the arrows of Madana falling continuously, > she places an armor of fresh lotus leaves, wet with dew, over the core of her heart. > She is wretched in separation from you, > O Mādhava, absorbed in meditation on you as if out of fear of the arrows of mind-born love. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.4) kusuma-viśikha-śara-talpam analpa-vilāsa-kalā-kamanīyam / vratam iva tava parirambha-sukhāya karoti kusuma-śayanīyam // sā virahe tava dīnā mādhava manasija-viśikha-bhayāt iva bhāvanayā tvayi līnā // > A bed of arrows of the flower-arrowed god, charming with the arts of varied amorous play, > she turns into a bed of flowers, like a vow taken for the joy of your embrace. > She is wretched in separation from you, > O Mādhava, absorbed in meditation on you as if out of fear of the arrows of mind-born love. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.5) vahati ca galita-vilocana-jala-bharam ānana-kamalam udāram / vidhum iva vikaṭa-vidhuntuda-danta-dalana-galita-amṛta-dhāram // sā virahe tava dīnā mādhava manasija-viśikha-bhayāt iva bhāvanayā tvayi līnā // > Her noble lotus face bears the burden of fallen tears, > like the moon dripping a stream of nectar when crushed by the terrifying teeth of Rāhu. > She is wretched in separation from you, > O Mādhava, absorbed in meditation on you as if out of fear of the arrows of mind-born love. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.6) vilikhati rahasi kuraṅga-madena bhavantam asamaśara-bhūtam / praṇamati makaram adhaḥ vinidhāya kare ca śaram nava-cūtam // sā virahe tava dīnā mādhava manasija-viśikha-bhayāt iva bhāvanayā tvayi līnā // > In secret she paints you with musk as the god with uneven arrows; > placing a sea monster beneath, and a fresh mango sprout in your hand, she bows down. > She is wretched in separation from you, > O Mādhava, absorbed in meditation on you as if out of fear of the arrows of mind-born love. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.7) prati-padam idam api nigadati mādhava tava caraṇe patitā aham / tvayi vimukhe mayi sapadi sudhā-nidhiḥ api tanute tanu-dāham // sā virahe tava dīnā mādhava manasija-viśikha-bhayāt iva bhāvanayā tvayi līnā // > At every step she says this: “O Mādhava, I have fallen at your feet! > When you turn away from me, even the moon, that store of nectar, burns my body!” > She is wretched in separation from you, > O Mādhava, absorbed in meditation on you as if out of fear of the arrows of mind-born love. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.8) dhyāna-layena puraḥ parikalpya bhavantam atīva durāpam / vilapati hasati viṣīdati roditi cañcati muñcati tāpam // sā virahe tava dīnā mādhava manasija-viśikha-bhayāt iva bhāvanayā tvayi līnā // > Visualizing you before her through deep absorption, though you are so hard to reach, > she laments, laughs, desponds, weeps, trembles, and vents her burning pain. > She is wretched in separation from you, > O Mādhava, absorbed in meditation on you as if out of fear of the arrows of mind-born love. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.9) śrījayadeva-bhaṇitam idam adhikam yadi manasā naṭanīyam / hari-viraha-ākula-ballava-yuvati-sakhī-vacanam paṭhanīyam // sā virahe tava dīnā mādhava manasija-viśikha-bhayāt iva bhāvanayā tvayi līnā // > If this poem spoken by illustrious Jayadeva is to be deeply meditated upon in the heart, > these words of the confidante to the young cowherd woman, agitated by separation from Hari, should be recited. > She is wretched in separation from you, > O Mādhava, absorbed in meditation on you as if out of fear of the arrows of mind-born love. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.10) āvāsaḥ vipināyate priya-sakhī-mālā api jālāyate tāpaḥ api śvasitena dāva-dahana-jvālā-kalāpāyate / sā api tvat-viraheṇa hanta hariṇīrūpāyate hā katham kandarpaḥ api yamāyate viracayan śārdūla-vikrīḍitam // > Her home becomes like a wilderness; the circle of dear friends becomes like a net; > her burning fever, through her sighing, becomes like the mass of flames of a forest fire; > even she, alas, in separation from you, takes on the form of a doe; oh, how is it that > even Kandarpa turns into Death himself, enacting the sport of a tiger? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.11) stana-vinihitam api hāram udāram / sā manute kṛśa-tanuḥ atibhāram // rādhikā virahe tava keśava // > Even the splendid necklace placed upon her breast > she, of emaciated body, considers too heavy a burden, > O Keśava, in separation from you, Rādhā \[suffers\]! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.12) sarasa-masṛṇam api malayaja-paṅkam / paśyati viṣam iva vapuṣi saśaṅkam // rādhikā virahe tava keśava // > Even the moist and smooth paste of sandalwood > she looks upon with dread on her body, as if it were poison, > O Keśava, in separation from you, Rādhā \[suffers\]! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.13) śvasita-pavanam anupama-pariṇāham / madana-dahanam iva vahati sadāham // rādhikā virahe tava keśava // > She bears the breath of her sighing, of matchless expanse, > as if it were the fire of Madana burning her. > Rādhikā languishes in separation from you, Keśava! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.14) diśi diśi kirati sajala-kaṇa-jālam / nayana-nalinam iva vigalita-nālam // rādhikā virahe tava keśava // > In every direction she casts a shower of tears, > like a lotus-eye severed from its stem. > Rādhikā languishes in separation from you, Keśava! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.15) nayana-viṣayam api kisalaya-talpam / kalayati vihita-hutāśa-vikalpam // rādhikā virahe tava keśava // > Even the bed of sprouts within her sight > she considers to be a raging fire. > Rādhikā languishes in separation from you, Keśava! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.16) tyajati na pāṇi-talena kapolam / bāla-śaśinam iva sāyam alolam // rādhikā virahe tava keśava // > She does not remove her cheek from the palm of her hand, > like the young moon resting motionless at evening. > Rādhikā languishes in separation from you, Keśava! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.17) hariḥ iti hariḥ iti japati sakāmam / viraha-vihita-maraṇā iva nikāmam // rādhikā virahe tava keśava // > "Hari! Hari!" she chants with longing, > as if wholly resigned to death through separation. > Rādhikā languishes in separation from you, Keśava! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.18) śrījayadeva-bhaṇitam iti gītam / sukhayatu keśava-padam upanītam // rādhikā virahe tava keśava // > May this song uttered by Śrī Jayadeva, > brought before the feet of Keśava, bring delight. > Rādhikā languishes in separation from you, Keśava! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.19) sā romāñcati sītkaroti vilapati utkampate tāmyati dhyāyati udbhramati pramīlati patati udyāti mūrcchati api / etāvati atanu-jvare vara-tanuḥ jīvet na kim te rasāt svaḥ-vaidya-pratima prasīdasi yadi tyaktaḥ anyathā na antakaḥ // > Her hair bristles; she groans; she laments; she trembles; she languishes; > she meditates; she wanders wildly; she droops; she falls; she starts up; she even faints. > In such a fever born of the Bodiless One, how should the lovely-bodied girl survive, unless by your sweet love > you show favor, O you who resemble the physician of heaven? Otherwise, Death will not let her go. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.20) smara-āturām daivata-vaidya-hṛdya tvat-aṅga-saṅga-amṛta-mātra-sādhyām / vimukta-bādhām kuruṣe na rādhām upendra vajrāt api dāruṇaḥ asi // > Afflicted by Smara, pleasing to the heavenly physician, curable only by the nectar of your embrace— > if you do not relieve Rādhā of her distress, O Upendra, you are harder than a thunderbolt! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.21) kandarpa-jvara-saṃjvara-ātura-tanoḥ āścaryam asyāḥ ciram cetaḥ candana-candramaḥ-kamalinī-cintāsu saṃtāmyati / kiṃtu klānti-vaśena śītala-tanum tvām ekam eva priyam dhyāyantī rahasi sthitā katham api kṣīṇā kṣaṇam prāṇiti // > It is wondrous how, with her body tormented by the burning fever of Kandarpa, > her heart has long grieved amidst thoughts of sandalwood, the moon, and lotus ponds; > yet, overcome by exhaustion, meditating in secret on you alone, her beloved of cooling limbs, > she, wasting away, somehow breathes for a moment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.22) kṣaṇam api virahaḥ purā na sehe nayana-nimīlana-khinnayā yayā te / śvasiti katham asau rasāla-śākhām cira-viraheṇa vilokya puṣpita-agrām // > Formerly, distressed even by the blinking of an eye, > she could not bear separation from you for a moment; > how does she draw breath now, gazing upon the mango branch > blossoming at its tip, through this long separation? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.5.1) aham iha nivasāmi yāhi rādhām anunaya mat-vacanena ca ānayethāḥ / iti madhuripuṇā sakhī niyuktā svayam idam etya punaḥ jagāda rādhām // > "I am staying here; go, conciliate Rādhā, and bring her here with my word"— > thus dispatched by the enemy of Madhu, the confidante herself went again and spoke to Rādhā: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.5.2) vahati malaya-samīre madanam upanidhāya / sphuṭati kusuma-nikare virahi-hṛdaya-dalanāya // tava virahe vanamālī sakhi sīdati // > While the breeze from the Malaya mountains blows, carrying Madana with it, > and clusters of flowers burst open to crush the hearts of separated lovers, > in separation from you, O friend, the garlanded one suffers! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.5.3) dahati śiśira-mayūkhe maraṇam anukaroti / patati madana-viśikhe vilapati vikalataraḥ ati // tava virahe vanamālī sakhi sīdati // > When the cool-rayed moon burns, he imitates death; > when the arrow of Madana falls, exceedingly agitated, he laments; > in separation from you, O friend, the garlanded one suffers! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.5.4) dhvanati madhupa-samūhe śravaṇam apidadhāti / manasi valita-virahe niśi niśi rujam upayāti // tava virahe vanamālī sakhi sīdati // > When swarms of bees hum, he covers his ears; > with separation stirring in his heart, night after night he undergoes agony; > in separation from you, O friend, the garlanded one suffers! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.5.5) vasati vipina-vitāne tyajati lalita-dhāma / luṭhati dharaṇi-śayane bahu vilapati tava nāma // tava virahe vanamālī sakhi sīdati // > He dwells in the canopy of the forest, abandoning his charming abode; > he rolls upon the bed of earth, loudly crying out your name; > in separation from you, O friend, the garlanded one suffers! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.5.6) bhaṇati kavi-jayadeve virahi-vilasitena / manasi rabhasa-vibhave hariḥ udayatu sukṛtena // tava virahe vanamālī sakhi sīdati // > As poet Jayadeva sings of the lover's anguish, > may Hari arise through merit in the heart rich with passion! > in separation from you, O friend, the garlanded one suffers! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.5.7) pūrvam yatra samam tvayā ratipateḥ āsāditāḥ siddhayaḥ tasmin eva nikuñja-manmatha-mahā-tīrthe punaḥ mādhavaḥ / dhyāyan tvām aniśam japan api tava eva ālāpa-mantra-āvalīm bhūyaḥ tvat-kuca-kumbha-nirbhara-parīrambha-amṛtam vāñchati // > There where the perfections of the lord of Rati were attained together with you before, > in that very same arbor, the great sacred ford of Manmatha, Mādhava once again, > meditating on you unceasingly and chanting the rosary of the mantras of your words, > yearns again for the nectar of embracing the fullness of your pitcher-like breasts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.5.8) rati-sukha-sāre gatam abhisāre madana-manohara-veśam / na kuru nitambini gamana-vilambanam anusara tam hṛdaya-īśam // dhīra-samīre yamunā-tīre vasati vane vanamālī // > Gone to the rendezvous, his dress enchanting as Madana, he is the essence of amorous pleasure; > do not delay your going, O wide-hipped woman, follow him, the lord of your heart! > In the gentle breeze on the bank of the Yamunā, the garlanded one dwells in the forest! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.5.9) nāma-sametam kṛta-saṅketam vādayate mṛdu-veṇum / bahu manute nanu te tanu-saṃgata-pavana-calitam api reṇum // dhīra-samīre yamunā-tīre vasati vane vanamālī // > Calling your name, signaling a meeting, he plays his sweet flute; > he highly prizes even the dust stirred by the breeze that has touched your body! > In the gentle breeze on the bank of the Yamunā, the garlanded one dwells in the forest! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.5.10) patati patatre vicalati patre śaṅkita-bhavat-upayānam / racayati śayanam sacakita-nayanam paśyati tava panthānam // dhīra-samīre yamunā-tīre vasati vane vanamālī // > When a bird swoops or a leaf quivers, suspecting your approach, > he prepares a bed and watches your path with anxious eyes! > In the gentle breeze on the bank of the Yamunā, the garlanded one dwells in the forest! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.5.11) mukharam adhīram tyaja mañjīram ripum iva keli-sulolam / cala sakhi kuñjam satimira-puñjam śīlaya nīla-nicolam // dhīra-samīre yamunā-tīre vasati vane vanamālī // > Discard your noisy, restless anklet like an enemy in the eagerness of love-play; > go, friend, to the bower dense with darkness, and wrap yourself in a dark-blue cloak! > In the gentle breeze on the bank of the Yamunā, the garlanded one dwells in the forest! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.5.12) urasi murāreḥ upahita-hāre ghane iva tarala-balāke / taḍit iva pīte rati-viparīte rājasi sukṛta-vipāke // dhīra-samīre yamunā-tīre vasati vane vanamālī // > On Murāri's chest adorned with a necklace, like a dark cloud with restless cranes, > you will shine like lightning on yellow silk in inverted love-play, the fruit of good deeds! > In the gentle breeze on the bank of the Yamunā, the garlanded one dwells in the forest! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.5.13) vigalita-vasanam parihṛta-rasanam ghaṭaya jaghanam apidhānam / kisalaya-śayane paṅkaja-nayane nidhim iva harṣa-nidānam // dhīra-samīre yamunā-tīre vasati vane vanamālī // > Bring your hips, their garments fallen, their girdle removed, uncovered > upon the bed of sprouts, O lotus-eyed woman, like a treasure that is the source of joy! > In the gentle breeze on the bank of the Yamunā, the garlanded one dwells in the forest! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.5.14) hariḥ abhimānī rajaniḥ idānīm iyam api yāti virāmam / kuru mama vacanam satvara-racanam pūraya madhuripu-kāmam // dhīra-samīre yamunā-tīre vasati vane vanamālī // > Hari is full of pride, and now this night is also drawing to an end; > heed my words, prepare swiftly, fulfill the desire of the enemy of Madhu! > In the gentle breeze on the bank of the Yamunā, the garlanded one dwells in the forest! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.5.15) śrījayadeve kṛta-hari-seve bhaṇati parama-ramaṇīyam / pramudita-hṛdayam harim atisadayam namata sukṛta-kamanīyam // dhīra-samīre yamunā-tīre vasati vane vanamālī // > As Śrī Jayadeva, devoted to Hari's service, sings this most delightful song, > bow to Hari, joyful of heart, exceedingly compassionate, desirable through good deeds! > In the gentle breeze on the bank of the Yamunā, the garlanded one dwells in the forest! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.5.16) vikirati muhuḥ śvāsān āśāḥ puraḥ muhuḥ īkṣate praviśati muhuḥ kuñjam guñjan muhuḥ bahu tāmyati / racayati muhuḥ śayyām paryākulam muhuḥ īkṣate madana-kadana-klāntaḥ kānte priyaḥ tava vartate // > Repeatedly he sighs; he looks repeatedly ahead toward all directions; > he enters the bower again and again, groaning frequently, sorely distressed; > he arranges the bed over and over, glancing around anxiously in confusion— > exhausted by the torment of Madana, O lovely one, your beloved waits! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.5.17) tvat-vāmyena samam samagram adhunā tigmāṃśuḥ astam gataḥ govindasya manorathena ca samam prāptam tamaḥ sāndratām / kokānām karuṇa-svanena sadṛśī dīrghā mat-abhyarthanā tat mugdhe viphalam vialambanam asau ramyaḥ abhisāra-kṣaṇaḥ // > Along with your reluctance, the hot-rayed sun has now completely set; > and together with Govinda's longing, the darkness has grown dense; > my plea is as protracted as the plaintive cry of the cakravāka birds; > therefore, foolish girl, delay is in vain—this is the charming moment for the rendezvous! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.5.18) āśleṣāt anu cumbanāt anu nakha-ullekhāt anu svāntaja- prodbodhāt anu saṃbhramāt anu rata-ārambhāt anu prītayoḥ / anya-artham gatayoḥ bhramāt militayoḥ saṃbhāṣaṇaiḥ jānatoḥ dampatyoḥ iha kaḥ na kaḥ na tamasi vrīḍā-vimiśraḥ rasaḥ // > After an embrace, after a kiss, after a scratch of fingernails, after passion is aroused, > after breathless agitation, after amorous play begins, what aesthetic flavor mixed with bashfulness > is not experienced in the darkness by the loving couple who, having gone seeking another, > met by mistake and recognized each other through their conversation? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.5.19) sabhaya-cakitam vinyasyantīm dṛśam timire pathi pratitaru muhuḥ sthitvā mandam padāni vitanvatīm / katham api rahaḥ prāptām aṅgaiḥ anaṅga-taraṅgibhiḥ sumukhi subhagaḥ paśyan saḥ tvām upaitu kṛta-arthatām // > Casting fearful and startled glances along the dark path, > pausing again and again at every tree, taking slow steps, > having somehow reached the secret place, her limbs rippling with the Bodiless One— > may that fortunate youth find fulfillment as he gazes upon you, O lovely-faced woman! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.6.1) atha tām gantum aśaktām ciram anuraktām latā-gṛhe dṛṣṭvā / tat-caritam govinde manasija-mande sakhī prāha // > Then, seeing her unable to go, long devoted \[to him\], staying in the bower of creepers, / the confidante reported her state to Govinda, who was sluggish with mind-born love: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.6.2) paśyati diśi diśi rahasi bhavantam / tat-adhara-madhura-madhūni pibantam // nātha hare sīdati rādhā vāsa-gṛhe // > She looks in every direction for you in secret, / drinking the sweet nectar of your lips. / O Lord Hari! Rādhā languishes in her dwelling-bower. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 125 of 277 passages. 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