Bhagavatapurana 10.29: athaikonatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

10.29.1

/0 śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca
bhagavān api tā rātṛīḥ śāradotphulla-mallikāḥ /
vīkṣya rantuṃ manaś cakre yoga-māyām upāśritaḥ //

Śrī Bādarāyaṇi said:
The Lord too, seeing those autumn nights / adorned with blossoming jasmine, made up his mind to sport, having taken recourse in his creative power of yoga.

1. Sri Suka said:—Seeing that those nights were most delightful with full-blown jasmines of the Sarad, even the Almighty Lord chose to sport in exercise of His supreme Yoga powers.

10.29.2

tadoḍurājaḥ kakubhaḥ karair mukhaṃ prācyā vilimpann aruṇena śantamaiḥ /
sa carṣaṇīnām udagāc chuco mṛjan priyaḥ priyāyā iva dīrgha-darśanaḥ //

Then the king of the stars rose, painting the face of the eastern quarter red with his most soothing rays, / dispelling the sorrow of living beings, like a beloved returning after long absence [paints the face of] his beloved.

2. (Now) the Lord of stars came forth painting crimson the face of the Orient with his soothing hands (rays) and also mitigating the sufferings of creatures, even as a loving and prudent husband may do unto his beloved wife.

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dṛṣṭvā kumudvantam akhaṇḍa-maṇḍalaṃ $ ramānanābhaṃ nava-kuṅkumāruṇam &

Seeing the moon with its full disc, glowing red like fresh saffron with the splendour of the face of Ramā,

3. Seeing the Lord of lilies in full orb of crimson hue like fresh Kumkuma and like unto the face of Lakshmi, as also that forest lit up with his gentle rays, Sri Krishna played on His flute, so sweetly as to enchant the graceful-eyed (gopies).

10.29.3

vanaṃ ca tat-komala-gobhī rañjitaṃ % jagau kalaṃ vāma-dṛśāṃ manoharam //

and the forest tinged with its tender light, he played sweetly, ravishing the hearts of fair-eyed women.

10.29.4

niśamya gītāṃ tad anaṅga-vardhanaṃ vraja-striyaḥ kṛṣṇa-gṛhīta-mānasāḥ /
ājagmur anyonyam alakṣitodyamāḥ sa yatra kānto java-lola-kuṇḍalāḥ //

Hearing that singing which kindled desire, the women of Vraja, their minds captivated by Kṛṣṇa, / each unaware of the others' movements, rushed to where their beloved was, their earrings swinging in haste.

4. Hearing that music that kindles Manmatha, the ladies of Vraja, with their hearts captivated by Krishna, unperceived by one another, in their attempts (to meet Him) and, with their ear-rings rocking to and fro, hastened to where their beloved Lord was.

10.29.5

duhantyo 'bhiyayuḥ kāścid dohaṃ hitvā samutsukāḥ /
payo 'dhiśritya saṃyāvam anudvāsyāparā yayuḥ //

Some, who were milking cows, ran out in eagerness, leaving the milking half-done; / others left after placing milk on the stove, without taking off the boiling porridge.

5. In the very act of milking their cows some started off: some in their eagerness without milking them at all: some leaving the milk on the hearths to boil: and some others without removing the dressed food from the hearths:

10.29.6

pariveṣayantyas tad dhitvā pāyayantyaḥ śiśūn payaḥ /
śuśrūṣantyaḥ patīn kāścid aśnantyo 'pāsya bhojanam //

Some serving food left that behind; some breastfeeding their infants set them down; / some attending to their husbands, and some who were eating, cast aside their meal.

6. While serving food some left it off; some suckling their own children set them aside; some, whilst waiting on their husbands, suddenly broke away and some others eschewed their food while partaking of it.

10.29.7

limpantyaḥ pramṛjantyo 'nyā añjantyaḥ kāśca locane /
vyatyasta-vastrābharaṇāḥ kāścit kṛṣṇāntikaṃ yayuḥ //

Some anointing themselves, others wiping off ointment, some applying collyrium to their eyes, / and some with clothes and ornaments put on in reverse, went to Kṛṣṇa.

7. Some while painting their bodies (with pigment); some while bathing; others when applying collyrium to their eyes and some decked disorderly in ornaments and dress—all repaired hastily to the presence of Krishna.

10.29.8

tā vāryamāṇāḥ patibhiḥ pitṛbhir bhrātṛ-bandhubhiḥ /
govindāpahṛtātmāno na nyavartanta mohitāḥ //

Though held back by husbands, fathers, brothers, and kinsmen, / their minds stolen away by Govinda and infatuated, they did not turn back.

8. Though prohibited and obstructed by their husbands, parents, brothers and relations, they fell into a trance, as their mind was drawn away by Govinda and did not turn back to their home.

10.29.9

antar-gṛha-gatāḥ kāścid gopyo 'labdha-vinirgamāḥ /
kṛṣṇaṃ tad-bhāvanā-yuktā dadhyur mīlita-locanāḥ //

Some cowherd women, shut up inside their houses and unable to get out, / absorbed in contemplation of him, meditated upon Kṛṣṇa with closed eyes.

9. Some shut up in the interior apartments and denied passage outside, had their mind taken up with devotion to Him, and closed their eyes in contemplation of Krishna.

10.29.10

duḥsaha-preṣṭha-viraha- tīvra-tāpa-dhutāśubhāḥ /
dhyāna-prāptācyutāśleṣa- nirvṛtyā kṣīṇa-maṅgalāḥ //

Their inauspicious karma burnt away by the intense agony of separation from their dearest, / their auspicious karma exhausted by the bliss of embracing Acyuta attained in meditation,

10. & 11. Their evil Karma having been burnt up by the intense fire of insupportable separation from their most beloved Lord and also their auspicious Karma removed by the happy embraces of Achyuta enjoyed in contemplation, they got at once their mundane bondage sundered and cast off the body of three gunas, as they sought Paramatman Himself, though under the notion of a paramour.

10.29.11

tam eva paramātmānaṃ jāra-buddhyāpi saṅgatāḥ /
jahur guṇa-mayaṃ dehaṃ sadyaḥ prakṣīṇa-bandhanāḥ //

uniting with that very Supreme Self, even though thinking of him as a lover, / they cast off their bodies composed of the qualities [of nature], their bonds instantly shattered.

10.29.12

/0 śrī-parīkṣid uvāca
kṛṣṇaṃ viduḥ paraṃ kāntaṃ na tu brahmatayā mune /
guṇa-pravāhoparamas tāsāṃ guṇa-dhiyāṃ katham //

Śrī Parīkṣit said:
They knew Kṛṣṇa merely as a lover, not as Brahman, O sage; / how could there be a cessation of the flow of the qualities for those whose intellect was caught in the qualities?

12. The King (Parikshit) said:—They knew Him only as their excellent lover, not as Parabrahman, O Sage. How could it be then that those whose thoughts are swayed by three gunas had the

current of the gunas cut off?

10.29.13

/0 śrī-śuka uvāca
uktaṃ purastād etat te caidyaḥ siddhiṃ yathā gataḥ /
dviṣann api hṛṣīkeśaṃ kim utādhokṣaja-priyāḥ //

Śrī Śuka said:
This was already explained to you before: how the king of Cedi attained perfection / even while hating Hṛṣīkeśa; what then of those who love Adhokṣaja?

13. Sri Suka said:—This has been already explained to thee—how Sisupala, who hated the Lord, attained to the highest goal. Then could hardly arise the question how those who intensely love Adhokshaja attain to it.

10.29.14

nṛṇāṃ niḥśreyasārthāya vyaktir bhagavato nṛpa /
avyayasyāprameyasya nirguṇasya guṇātmanaḥ //

The manifestation of the Lord is for the ultimate good of men, O king, / [the Lord] who is imperishable, immeasurable, beyond qualities, yet the soul of all qualities.

14. O king, the Lord manifests Himself in the world for the good of men, (though) He is subject to no change, He is of infinite nature and far above the range of the three gunas; for He is their controller.

10.29.15

kāmaṃ krodhaṃ bhayaṃ sneham aikyaṃ sauhṛdam eva ca /
nityaṃ harau vidadhato yānti tan-mayatāṃ hi te //

Those who constantly direct toward Hari passion, anger, fear, affection, / oneness, or friendship—they indeed become absorbed in him.

15. Those indeed lose themselves into Hari who constantly cherish towards Him the feelings of love, hatred, fear, friendliness, oneness or good will (affection).

10.29.16

na caivaṃ vismayaḥ kāryo bhavatā bhagavaty aje /
yogeśvareśvare kṛṣṇe yata etad vimucyate //

You should not feel any astonishment at this regarding the unborn Lord, / Kṛṣṇa, the master of the masters of yoga, by whom this [universe] is liberated.

16. Thou shouldst not be therefore astonished at this, in the case of the glorious unborn Lord, the highest of great Yogins, who is Krishna, at whose hands this Universe obtains release.

10.29.17

tā dṛṣṭvāntikam āyātā bhagavān vraja-yoṣitaḥ /
avadad vadatāṃ śreṣṭho vācaḥ peśair vimohayan //

Seeing those women of Vraja arrived near him, the Lord, / the best among speakers, addressed them, enchanting them with the charm of his words.

17. To the women of Vraja whom He saw approaching the glorious Krishna, foremost amongst those skilled in speech, spoke and deluded them in the most enchanting expressions.

10.29.18

/0 śrī-bhagavān uvāca
svāgataṃ vo mahā-bhāgāḥ priyaṃ kiṃ karavāṇi vaḥ /
vrajasyānāmayaṃ kaccid brūtāgamana-kāraṇam //

The Lord said:
Welcome to you, fortunate ladies! What pleasant thing may I do for you? / Is all well with Vraja? Tell me the reason for your coming.

18. The Lord said:—Welcome, O highly blessed ones. What desire of yours should I grant you? Is Vraja enjoying security and safety (happiness)? Please tell Me what brings you here.

10.29.19

rajany eṣā ghora-rūpā ghora-sattva-niṣevitā /
pratiyāta vrajaṃ neha stheyaṃ strībhiḥ su-madhyamāḥ //

This night is fearful in appearance, frequented by fierce creatures; / return to Vraja; women should not remain here, O slender-waisted ones.

19. Night it is, a frightful night with fierce animals roaming about. Return to Vraja; women ought not to stay here, O beautiful ones.

10.29.20

mātaraḥ pitaraḥ putrā bhrātaraḥ patayaś ca vaḥ /
vicinvanti hy apaśyanto mā kṛḍhvaṃ bandhu-sādhvasam //

Your mothers, fathers, sons, brothers, and husbands / are searching for you, not seeing you; do not cause alarm to your kin.

20. Your mothers, fathers, sons, brothers and husbands are searching for you without finding you: do not cause anxiety to your kith and kin.

10.29.21

dṛṣṭaṃ vanaṃ kusumitaṃ rākeśa-kara-rañjitam /
yamunānila-līlaijat taru-pallava-śobhitam //

You have seen the blossoming forest, illuminated by the rays of the full moon, / adorned with the tender leaves of trees trembling in the play of the Yamunā’s breeze.

21. Now you have seen the forest in blossom made refulgent with the rays of the full-moon and beautiful with the tender shoots of the trees waving before the sportful breezes from the Yamuna.

10.29.22

tad yāta mā ciraṃ goṣṭhaṃ śuśrūṣadhvaṃ patīn satīḥ /
krandanti vatsā bālāś ca tān pāyayata duhyata //

Therefore go without delay to the cowherd station, O virtuous women, and serve your husbands; / the calves and children are crying; feed them and milk [the cows].

22. Therefore do you return to Vraja; do not delay; do service as true wives to your husbands; calves and children are crying; suckle them and milk for them.

10.29.23

atha vā mad-abhisnehād bhavatyo yantritāśayāḥ /
āgatā hy upapannaṃ vaḥ prīyante mayi jantavaḥ //

Or, if you have come with your hearts bound by deep affection for me, / that is indeed fitting for you, for living beings take delight in me.

23. Or if you feel that your mind and heart are fastened on Me through affection and therefore you have come here, it is but natural even in you; all creatures do find delight in Me.

10.29.24

bhartuḥ śuśrūṣaṇaṃ strīṇāṃ paro dharmo hy amāyayā /
tad-bandhūnāṃ ca kalyāṇaḥ prajānāṃ cānupoṣaṇam //

The supreme duty of women is the sincere service of the husband, / and good will toward his kin, and the nourishing of children.

24. The supreme duty of a woman is to wait upon, and do service to, her husband in sincere devotion, O auspicious ones, also to protect his relations and to nourish his children.

10.29.25

duḥśīlo durbhago vṛddho jaḍo rogy adhano 'pi vā /
patiḥ strībhir na hātavyo lokepsubhir apātakī //

Even if he is ill-behaved, unfortunate, aged, foolish, diseased, or destitute, / a husband is not to be abandoned by women who desire good worlds, provided he has not committed a mortal sin.

25. Ill-behaved, awkward, aged, dull-witted, diseased, or penniless as he may be, the husband should not be abandoned, unless he be a fallen man, by women who long for higher (heavenly) regions.

10.29.26

asvargyam ayaśasyaṃ ca phalgu kṛcchraṃ bhayāvaham /
jugupsitaṃ ca sarvatra hy aupapatyaṃ kula-striyaḥ //

Adultery for a woman of noble family bars heaven, brings infamy, / yields petty fruit, causes distress, brings fear, and is universally despised.

26. For a woman born in a noble family, it is most detestable to resort to a paramour; for it is an obstruction to the attainment of Swarga; it is ignoble, it is base, is most miserable and horrible; and it is a thing which one should shrink from.

10.29.27

śravaṇād darśanād dhyānān mayi bhāvo 'nukīrtanāt /
na tathā sannikarṣeṇa pratiyāta tato gṛhān //

Loving attachment to me comes from hearing, seeing, meditating, and glorification, / not so much from physical proximity; therefore, return to your homes.

27. By hearing of Me, by seeing, by contemplating, or recounting and singing My glories, devotion to Me is truly cherished and never so by physical proximity; therefore do ye return home.

10.29.28

/0 śrī-śuka uvāca
iti vipriyam ākarṇya gopyo govinda-bhāṣitam /
viṣaṇṇā bhagna-saṅkalpāś cintām āpur duratyayām //

Śrī Śuka said:
Having heard these unwelcome words spoken by Govinda, / the cowherd women were downcast, their hopes shattered, and fell into deep anxiety.

28. Sri Suka said:—Gopies grew despondent when they heard Govinda speak thus what was not to their delight, and thwarted of their object they were immersed in insurmountable distress.

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kṛtvā mukhāny ava śucaḥ śvasanena śuṣyad $ bimbādharāṇi caraṇena bhuvaḥ likhantyaḥ &

Bending their faces downward, their bimba-fruit lips dried by sighing with grief, scratching the earth with their toes,

29. With their faces cast down in disappointment, their Bimba-like lips dried up by the sorrowful breaths (hot with grief), scratching the ground with their toes, with the Kumkuma on their

10.29.29

asrair upātta-masibhiḥ kuca-kuṅkumāni % tasthur mṛjantya uru-duḥkha-bharāḥ sma tūṣṇīm //

wiping away the saffron on their breasts with tears blackened by collyrium, burdened with immense sorrow, they stood silent.

breast washed down by tears mixed with collyrium and under the heavy load of their distress, they stood silent wiping (their eyes).

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preṣṭhaṃ priyetaram iva pratibhāṣamāṇaṃ $ kṛṣṇaṃ tad-artha-vinivartita-sarva-kāmāḥ &

To Kṛṣṇa, their dearest, who spoke as though he were not dear,

30. To Krishna who was most dear to them but talked to them like one who felt no love for them, spoke they full of love, yet in somewhat impatient and faltering accents and rubbing their eyes confused with weeping; for they had for His sake turned away from every other desire.

10.29.29.p3

preṣṭhaṃ priyetaram iva pratibhāṣamāṇaṃ $ kṛṣṇaṃ tad-artha-vinivartita-sarva-kāmāḥ &

for whose sake all other desires had been turned away,

10.29.30

netre vimṛjya ruditopahate sma kiñcit % saṃrambha-gadgada-giro 'bruvatānuraktāḥ //

wiping their eyes marred by weeping, the devoted women spoke, their voices choked with agitation:

10.29.31

/0 śrī-gopya ūcuḥ
maivaṃ vibho 'rhati bhavān gadituṃ nṛ-śaṃsaṃ $ santyajya sarva-viṣayāṃs tava pāda-mūlam &
maivaṃ vibho 'rhati bhavān gadituṃ nṛ-śaṃsaṃ $ santyajya sarva-viṣayāṃs tava pāda-mūlam &
bhaktā bhajasva duravagraha mā tyajāsmān % devo yathādi-puruṣo bhajate mumukṣūn //

The cowherd women said:
O all-pervading Lord, you ought not speak such cruel words! Having abandoned all sensory objects, [we have come to] your feet; / love us, your devotees, O obstinate one; do not abandon us, just as the primordial Puruṣa embraces those who seek liberation!

31. Gopis said:—O Almighty Lord, it is not fit for Thee to speak so cruelly to us that have abandoned all objects and sought the dust under Thy feet! pray do not abandon us; accept us Thy devout servants, O Lord whom nobody can win over, accept us just as the supreme Deity, the Omniscient Person, does those that seek after release (Moksha).

10.29.32

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yat paty-apatya-suhṛdām anuvṛttir aṅga $ strīṇāṃ sva-dharma iti dharma-vidā tvayoktam &
yat paty-apatya-suhṛdām anuvṛttir aṅga $ strīṇāṃ sva-dharma iti dharma-vidā tvayoktam &
astv evam etad upadeśa-pade tvayīśe % preṣṭho bhavāṃs tanu-bhṛtāṃ kila bandhur ātmā //

As for what you, who know dharma, have said—that following husbands, children, and kin is women's own duty— / let it be so, but towards you, the Lord who are the teacher's abode, for you are the dearest, the kinsman, the self of embodied beings.

32. O beloved One, Thou that knowest the secret of Dharma, sayest that the natural duty of women consists in being true, obedient and useful to their husbands, children and well-wishers—may this be so, in the case of Thyself, the sole Lord as Thou art, the very source and object of all precepts; for, Thou art the most beloved One, the relation, the master, the self of all embodied creatures.

10.29.33

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kurvanti hi tvayi ratiṃ kuśalāḥ sva ātman $ nitya-priye pati-sutādibhir ārti-daiḥ kim &
kurvanti hi tvayi ratiṃ kuśalāḥ sva ātman $ nitya-priye pati-sutādibhir ārti-daiḥ kim &
tan naḥ prasīda parameśvara mā sma chindyā % āśāṃ dhṛtāṃ tvayi cirād aravinda-netra //

For the wise cherish loving attachment toward you, their own self, who are eternally dear; what use are husbands, sons, and others, who cause only pain? / Therefore be gracious to us, O Supreme Lord! Do not sever our hope, held in you for so long, O lotus-eyed one!

33. Indeed Those that are deeply versed (in the Sastras) find delight only in Thee who art their own eternally beloved Atman: what purpose could be gained by husbands, children and others who could only cause grief? Therefore pray be pleased (with us), O supreme Lord; do not cut off the hope which has been long cherished towards Thee, O Thou of lotus-like eyes!

10.29.34

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cittaṃ sukhena bhavatāpahṛtaṃ gṛheṣu $ yan nirviśaty uta karāv api gṛhya-kṛtye &
cittaṃ sukhena bhavatāpahṛtaṃ gṛheṣu $ yan nirviśaty uta karāv api gṛhya-kṛtye &
pādau padaṃ na calatas tava pāda-mūlād % yāmaḥ kathaṃ vrajam atho karavāma kiṃ vā //

Our mind, which easily occupied our homes, has been stolen away by you, and our hands too from household chores; / our two feet will not move one step from your feet—how shall we go to Vraja, and what, then, shall we do?

34. Our heart that quietly rested in the houses has been easily snatched away by Thee, the embodiment of delight; as also our hands busy with household duties; our feet cannot move even a single step away from Thy feet. How could we then go back to Vraja or what could we do there?

10.29.35

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siñcāṅga nas tvad-adharāmṛta-pūrakeṇa $ hāsāvaloka-kala-gīta-ja-hṛc-chayāgnim &
siñcāṅga nas tvad-adharāmṛta-pūrakeṇa $ hāsāvaloka-kala-gīta-ja-hṛc-chayāgnim &
no ced vayaṃ virahajāgny-upayukta-dehā % dhyānena yāma padayoḥ padavīṃ sakhe te //

Quench, dear one, with the flood of nectar from your lips, the fire of desire born of your smiling glances and sweet song. / Otherwise, our bodies consumed by the fire of separation, through meditation we shall attain the path of your feet, friend.

35. O beloved One! with the flood of nectar of Thy lips, sprinkle (put out) the fire that has been kindled up in our heart by Thy smiles, glances and sweet music; if not, we would allow the fire of disappointment to consume our body and by contemplating Thy feet, we shall, like Yogins, O friend, attain to Thy presence.

10.29.36

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yarhy ambujākṣa tava pāda-talaṃ ramāyā $ datta-kṣaṇaṃ kvacid araṇya-jana-priyasya &
yarhy ambujākṣa tava pāda-talaṃ ramāyā $ datta-kṣaṇaṃ kvacid araṇya-jana-priyasya &
asprākṣma tat-prabhṛti nānya-samakṣam añjaḥ % sthātuṃs tvayābhiramitā bata pārayāmaḥ //

Ever since, O lotus-eyed one beloved of forest dwellers, we touched the soles of your feet, which bestow delight on Ramā, / never again, delighted by you, have we been able to stand before any other.

36. O Lord of lotus-like eyes, and the most beloved of those that live in the forest, from the moment we touched, though but once, Thy feet, the delight of Lakshmi and we were blessed by Thee, we are unable to stand before any other.

10.29.37

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śrīr yat padāmbuja-rajaś cakame tulasyā $ labdhvāpi vakṣasi padaṃ kila bhṛtya-juṣṭam &
śrīr yat padāmbuja-rajaś cakame tulasyā $ labdhvāpi vakṣasi padaṃ kila bhṛtya-juṣṭam &
yasyāḥ sva-vīkṣaṇa utānya-sura-prayāsas % tadvad vayaṃ ca tava pāda-rajaḥ prapannāḥ //

Though Śrī obtained a place upon your chest, she coveted the dust of your lotus feet along with tulasī, [a dust] sought after by your servants; / and for a glance from her other gods make strenuous efforts; even so, we too have taken refuge in the dust of your feet.

37. Though Lakshmi has always a place on Thy bosom, she covets yet, with Tulasi, the dust on Thy lotus-like feet, sought after and worshipped by Thy servants—Lakshmi for whose gracious glances all the other gods make their efforts; similarly we have sought the dust under Thy feet.

10.29.38

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tan naḥ prasīda vṛjinārdana te 'nghri-mūlaṃ $ prāptā visṛjya vasatīs tvad-upāsanāśāḥ &
tan naḥ prasīda vṛjinārdana te 'nghri-mūlaṃ $ prāptā visṛjya vasatīs tvad-upāsanāśāḥ &
tvat-sundara-smita-nirīkṣaṇa-tīvra-kāma % taptātmanāṃ puruṣa-bhūṣaṇa dehi dāsyam //

Therefore be gracious to us, O destroyer of suffering; we have reached the soles of your feet, abandoning our homes, hoping to serve you. / To those whose minds burn with intense desire born of your handsome smile and glance, O ornament of men, grant your service!

38. Therefore be propitious unto us, O destroyer of all sin! We have sought Thy feet, having abandoned our homes, with the one wish of waiting on Thee. O excellent and perfect Lord, grant us Thy service—to us heavily afflicted by the intense love inflamed with Thy charming smiles and looks.

10.29.39

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vīkṣyālakāvṛta-mukhaṃ tava kuṇdala-śrī $ gaṇḍa-sthalādhara-sudhaṃ hasitāvalokam &
vīkṣyālakāvṛta-mukhaṃ tava kuṇdala-śrī $ gaṇḍa-sthalādhara-sudhaṃ hasitāvalokam &
dattābhayaṃ ca bhuja-daṇḍa-yugaṃ vilokya % vakṣaḥ śriyaika-ramaṇaṃ ca bhavāma dāsyaḥ //

Beholding your face surrounded by curls, your cheeks radiant with earrings, your lips filled with nectar, and your smiling glance; / and beholding your two pillar-like arms that grant fearlessness, and your chest—the sole delight of Śrī—we become your handmaidens.

39. Looking on Thy face overhung with curly locks, with cheeks brilliant with charming ear-rings, with lips overflowing with nectar and with smiling looks, Thy two arms that promise fearless protection and Thy bosom that delights none but Sri, we would be Thy servants (Thy slaves).

10.29.40

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kā stry aṅga te kala-padāyata-veṇu-gīta- $ sammohitārya-caritān na calet tri-lokyām &
kā stry aṅga te kala-padāyata-veṇu-gīta- $ sammohitārya-caritān na calet tri-lokyām &
trailokya-saubhagam idaṃ ca nirīkṣya rūpaṃ % yad go-dvija-druma-mṛgāḥ pulakāny abibhran //

What woman in the three worlds, dear one, enchanted by the melodious, long-drawn tune of your flute, would not swerve from noble conduct, / beholding this form, the beauty of the three worlds, at which cows, birds, trees, and deer bristled with delight?

40. What woman in all the worlds, O beloved Lord, deluded by the sweet and ravishing airs of Thy flute, could not be drawn away from the approved path laid down by the great? Having further seen this form most bewitching in the three worlds, who could help it? For at the sight of this form cows, birds, trees and beasts stand bristling with joy.

10.29.41

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vyaktaṃ bhavān vraja-bhayārti-haro 'bhijāto $ devo yathādi-puruṣaḥ sura-loka-goptā &
vyaktaṃ bhavān vraja-bhayārti-haro 'bhijāto $ devo yathādi-puruṣaḥ sura-loka-goptā &
tan no nidhehi kara-paṅkajam ārta-bandho % tapta-staneṣu ca śiraḥsu ca kiṅkarīṇām //

Manifestly you are born to dispel the fear and suffering of Vraja, as the divine Primeval Person is the protector of the realm of the gods. / Therefore, O friend of the afflicted, place your lotus hand upon the burning breasts and the heads of your handmaidens!

41. Evidently Thou hast appeared here to remove afflictions and fears of Vraja, like the First Great Person who protects the celestial world. Therefore, O friend of the tormented, place Thy lotus-hand on the love-fired bosom and head of Thy servants.

10.29.42

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/0 śrī-śuka uvāca
iti viklavitaṃ tāsāṃ śrutvā yogeśvareśvaraḥ /
prahasya sa-dayaṃ gopīr ātmārāmo 'py arīramat //

Śrī Śuka said: / Hearing this plaintive cry of theirs, the Lord of yoga-masters, / though finding delight only in Himself, smiled with compassion and brought them joy.

42. Sri Suka said:—On hearing their pitiful prayers (and of their anxious feelings), the Lord of great Yogins smiled and in mercy granted them joy, though He finds delight but in Himself.

10.29.43

tābhiḥ sametābhir udāra-ceṣṭitaḥ priyekṣaṇotphulla-mukhībhir acyutaḥ /
udāra-hāsa-dvija-kunda-dīdhatir vyarocataiṇāṅka ivoḍubhir vṛtaḥ //

Surrounded by them, whose faces blossomed at the sight of their beloved, Acyuta of noble deeds, / shining with the kunda-blossom luster of his teeth in a generous smile, shone like the hare-marked moon amidst the constellations.

43. (Now) the gopis gathering round Him, their countenances brightening under His beloved loving glances, Achyuta of glorious deeds, resplendent with noble smiles, shone like the moon in the midst of stars.

10.29.44

upagīyamāna udgāyan vanitā-śata-yūthapaḥ /
mālāṃ bibhrad vaijayantīṃ vyacaran maṇḍayan vanam //

Sung to and singing loudly himself, the leader of a company of a hundred women, / wearing the Vaijayantī garland, wandered about, adorning the forest.

44. Being praised by them He indulged in singing; and leading hundreds of damsels and adorned with the Vaijayanti, Achyuta went about, adding grace to the woods.

10.29.45

nadyāḥ pulinam āviśya gopībhir hima-vālukam /
juṣṭaṃ tat-taralānandi kumudāmoda-vāyunā //

Entering with the gopīs the sand-bank of the river, whose sand was cool, / frequented by a breeze carrying the fragrance of night-blooming lotuses and delightfully rippling [the waters],

45. Coming on to the cool sands in the river (which were like mounds of refined camphor), breezes blowing joyously from the waves of Yamuna charged with the fragrance of lilies, He sportfully spent the time with the gopis.

10.29.46

bāhu-prasāra-parirambha-karālakoru nīvī-stanālabhana-narma-nakhāgra-pātaiḥ /
kṣvelyāvaloka-hasitair vraja-sundarīṇām uttambhayan rati-patiṃ ramayāṃ cakāra //

By outstretching his arms, embracing, touching hands, tresses, thighs, waists, and breasts, by playful pranks, and scratches with his fingertips, / and by playful looks and smiles, he aroused the god of love and brought delight to the beauties of Vraja.

46. By stretching His arms, by embraces, by touching their hands, locks, thighs, waist, bosom and by such sportful acts, by glances and smiles, He promoted the love of the gopis and gave them delight.

10.29.47

evaṃ bhagavataḥ kṛṣṇāl labdha-mānā mahātmanaḥ /
ātmānaṃ menire strīṇāṃ māninyo hy adhikaṃ bhuvi //

Having thus received honor from the Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Great-Souled, / those proud women thought themselves superior to all other women on earth.

47. Thus enjoying the regard of the Almighty and Generous Lord, they grew proud and thought themselves superior to all (others) on earth.

10.29.48

tāsāṃ tat-saubhaga-madaṃ vīkṣya mānaṃ ca keśavaḥ /
praśamāya prasādāya tatraivāntaradhīyata //

Perceiving their intoxication with their good fortune and their pride, Keśava, / to quell it and to show them grace, vanished right there.

48. Perceiving how they were puffed up and infatuated with their beauty, Kesava suddenly disappeared from the spot to cure their pride and to bless them as well.