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Vanyasrita Murarih Kanyah

Volume 5 Untitled Prayer to Ballavendra

1

vanyāśritā murāriḥ kanyāḥ sanyāyam unmadayan
anyābhilāṣitām ́ te dhanyārpita-sauhṛdo hanyāt

May Lord Murari, who with all propriety made the young gopis mad with happiness, and who gave His intimate friendship to one very fortunate gopi, kill all your desires for anything but Him.

2

sahasi vratinīrabhitaḥ kṛtinīr girijāstavane
salilāplavane kalitollasanāh ̣ kila
dig-vasanās taṭa-bhāk-paṭikā rasa-lampaṭikāḥ
sphuṭa-bālya-yutāh ̣ paśupāla-sutāḥ

O Lord who eagerly gazed at the pious young gopis who, eager to enjoy the nectar of Your company, were observing a vow to worship goddess Parvati, and having left their garments on the Yamuna's shore, and clothed only by the four directions, were happily playing childhood games in the water,...

3

kutukī kalayan matim ullalayann upagatya
manobhavavat-kamano hṛtavān sicayān
suhṛdāṁ nicayāntaragam ́ tarasā priyakaṁ
svarasād adhiruhya nagaṁ taṭa-kānana-gaṁ

... O Lord who, gazing at them became agitated at heart, and, approaching near, Your heart filled with lust, stole their garments, quickly ran among Your gopa friends, and then playfully climbed a kadamba tree in the forest by the river bank,...

4

kṛpayā snapayann atha tās trapayan
pṛthulāṁ sa-raṭī-dhṛta-dhauta-paṭī-
paṭalo hasita-prabhoyollasitaḥ
śṛṇuta pramadā giram aśramadām

...O Lord who, bathing the gopis with Your mercy and at the same time embarrassing them, placed their clean garments on a broad branch of the tree, and, pleasing them with the splendor of Your smile, said to them: "O girls, please hear My pleasing words,...

5

upagatya hitām abhitaḥ sahitā yadi vā
kramataḥ sphuṭa-vibhramataḥ sicayān
nayata cchalanaṁ na yataḥ kathitaṁ na
mayā januṣaḥ samayād anṛtam ́ lalitā
yaśasojjvalitā vidur indu-hṛdas tad
amī suhṛdas tanavai na hasād uditaṁ
sahasā bata yūyam itā vratataḥ śramitā
iti saṅkathayan paṭutāṁ pratahyann

...All of you, one by one, come here and happily take your garments. It is not a trick. I have not spoken a lie since the time of My birth. O beautiful girls shining with glory, My moon-hearted friends know all this for certain. I am not joking. Ah, you must be very tired from following your vows," O Lord who, speaking in this way, revealed Your nimble wit,

6

aticañcala he viśa mā kalahe vitarādya paṭaṁ kuru
mā kapaṭaṁ karavāma sadā vacanaṁ rasadās tava
dāsya-parā na vayaṁ tv aparā na hi cet tvaritaṁ
nikhilaṁ caritaṁ khalu rājñi tava prabale kitava
pragadāma madoddhata-ghora-mado vacanam ́ ca ruṣā
prasarat-puruṣākṣaram ity uditaṁ saruṣā ruditaṁ
jaḍatā-kalile yamunā-salile vilasad-vapuṣāṁ
guru-kampa-juṣāṁ cala-cāru-dṛśām ́ bahudhā sudṛśāṁ

... O Lord to whom the gopis replied: "O very restless boy, don't quarrel with us! Give the garments at once! Don't cheat us! We always obey Your commands. We feed You sweet nectar. We are devoted to Your service. We are not devoted to anyone else. O rogue, if You do not return our garments at once we will tell all Your activities and Your harsh, proud words to powerful King Kamsa," O Lord to whom the gopis angrily cried these words, their splendid bodies shivering in the cold Yamuna water, and their beautiful eyes moving restlessly,...

7

niśamayya tataḥ praṇayī satata- smita-candrikayā
sphurito'dhikayā yadi yūyam ṛte mama
vāg-amṛte bhavatha grahilā niyataṁ mahilā
upasṛtya tataḥ priyakāt patataḥ svapaṭī-padakān
sva-paricchadakān urarīkuruta pramadād gurutas
tyajatānucitaṁ hṛdi saṅkucitaṁ na hi cen
nitarāṁ na paṭān vitarāmy uru-vīrya-caye mayi
kiṁ racayen nṛpatiḥ paritaḥ sa ruṣā bharitaḥ

... O Lord who, hearing these words, became affectionate, and, splendid with the moonlight of Your smile, said: "O girls, if You accept the nectar of My words, then come here and happily take your garments and ornaments from this kadamba tree. Give up this unbecoming shyness. If you don't I shall not return your garments. What can angry King Kamsa do to very powerful Me?"...

8

sphuṭam ity amalaṁ nigadan kamalaṁ bhramayann
uditaḥ śaśivan muditaḥ svakarāmbariṇīr
atha tā hariṇī-nayanāḥ kalayan sva-śiraś
calayan bata nagnatayā spṛhayonnatayā
jala-majjanataḥ kṛta-varjanataḥ kapater
janitā laghutā vanitās tad alaṁ durita-kṣataye
sphurita- dyuti-sundarayor yugalaṁ karayoḥ
śirasi prayatā drutam arpayatā- ruṇam ity adhunā

...O joyful Lord who, glorious as the moon, and twirling a splendid lotus blossom, gazed into the eyes of the doe like girls, shook Your head, and said: "O girls, by bathing naked in the water you have offended the demigod Varuna. To destroy the offense, O pious girls, you must now place your splendidly beautiful reddish hands upon Your heads,"...

9

nija-vāṅ-madhunā parilabhya madaṁ hṛdi
vibhra-madaṁ kiratībhir alaṁ nayanaṁ
viralaṁ racitāñjalībhiḥ pramadāvalībhiḥ
praṇato madhuraḥ kṛtakā-madhuraḥ

... O charming and passionate lover, O Lord to whom, intoxicated by the nectar of Your words, and bewildered at heart, the girls, their eyes opened wide, offered respects by placing their hands above their heads,...

10

subhagaṅkaraṇam ́ vasana-bharaṇaṁ vihitānataye
lālanā-tataye dadad-aṅkurita-praṇaya-cchuritaḥ
parito hṛṣite madanottṛṣite trapayā
namite priya-saṅgamite nava-rāga-dhare
dyuti-bhāga-dhare hasitāṅkurataḥ sphurite
purataḥ sthagite rasanā-vilasad-vasanā-kulite
pṛthunā sphuṭa-vepathunā calad-agra-kare
pramadā-prakare vihiteṣṭa-varaḥ

... O Lord who, Your love for them sprouting, gave the beautiful garments and ornaments to the girls, O Lord who, when the splendid, jubilant girls, thirsting to enjoy amorous happiness, bashfully bowed down, and lovingly approached their beloved, their newly sprouting smiles carefully hidden, and their hands trembling with eagerness to regain their belts and garments, fulfilled their desire,

11

praṇayi-pravarah ̣ sutarām ́ sukhibhir valitaḥ sakhibhir
bahudhākhuralī-vilasan-muralī- nava-kākali-kālibhir
utkalikā-kulam unnamayan sudṛśāṁ ramayan dhiyam
unmadanaḥ kṛpayā sadana-prahita-pramadaḥ kalita-pramadaḥ

... O best of lovers, O Lord surrounded by happy gopa friends, O Lord who delighted the hearts of the beautiful-eyed girls with many sweet, yearning melodies of Your flute, O happy, passionate lover who mercifully sent the girls back to their homes,...

12

kusuma-stavakam ́ śravaṇe navakaṁ
dadhad-ābharaṇaṁ jagatāṁ śaraṇaṁ

... O Lord who wears earrings of newly blossomed flowers, O shelter of all the worlds,...

13

jaya keśi-hara pramaṇā vihara
tvam atipraṇayaṁ svajane praṇayan
mayi durhṛdaye bhagavan vidaye
kalayer aruṇādhara he karuṇām

... O Lord who killed Kesi, all glories unto You! O Lord, please give transcendental love to Your devotees! O Lord whose lips are red, please be merciful to this broken, wicked heart!

14

yasya sphūrti-lavāṅkureṇa laghunāpy antar munīnāṁ manaḥ
spṛṣṭam ́ mokṣa-sukhād virajyati jhaṭity āsvādyamānād
api premṇas tasya mukunda sāhasitayā śaknotu kaḥ prārthane
bhūyāj janmani janmani pracayinī kintu spṛhāpy atra me

O Lord Mukunda, who has the power to demand pure love for You, the smallest sprout of a fragment of which makes the sages' hearts that taste it at once dislike the happiness of impersonal liberation. My only prayer is that my desire to attain that love may increase birth after birth.

Translation

1

May Lord Murari, who with all propriety made the young gopis mad with happiness, and who gave His intimate friendship to one very fortunate gopi, kill all your desires for anything but Him.

2

O Lord who eagerly gazed at the pious young gopis who, eager to enjoy the nectar of Your company, were observing a vow to worship goddess Parvati, and having left their garments on the Yamuna's shore, and clothed only by the four directions, were happily playing childhood games in the water,...

3

... O Lord who, gazing at them became agitated at heart, and, approaching near, Your heart filled with lust, stole their garments, quickly ran among Your gopa friends, and then playfully climbed a kadamba tree in the forest by the river bank,...

4

...O Lord who, bathing the gopis with Your mercy and at the same time embarrassing them, placed their clean garments on a broad branch of the tree, and, pleasing them with the splendor of Your smile, said to them: "O girls, please hear My pleasing words,...

5

...All of you, one by one, come here and happily take your garments. It is not a trick. I have not spoken a lie since the time of My birth. O beautiful girls shining with glory, My moon-hearted friends know all this for certain. I am not joking. Ah, you must be very tired from following your vows," O Lord who, speaking in this way, revealed Your nimble wit,

6

... O Lord to whom the gopis replied: "O very restless boy, don't quarrel with us! Give the garments at once! Don't cheat us! We always obey Your commands. We feed You sweet nectar. We are devoted to Your service. We are not devoted to anyone else. O rogue, if You do not return our garments at once we will tell all Your activities and Your harsh, proud words to powerful King Kamsa," O Lord to whom the gopis angrily cried these words, their splendid bodies shivering in the cold Yamuna water, and their beautiful eyes moving restlessly,...

Notes

These verses are divided in very uneven manners as the original text was like this. The format of this song was the first verse was the introduction, verses 2 through 13 were one entire paragraph, but cut into verses of a song. The final verse is the prayer to Lord Mukunda being the conclusion.

7

... O Lord who, hearing these words, became affectionate, and, splendid with the moonlight of Your smile, said: "O girls, if You accept the nectar of My words, then come here and happily take your garments and ornaments from this kadamba tree. Give up this unbecoming shyness. If you don't I shall not return your garments. What can angry King Kamsa do to very powerful Me?"...

8

...O joyful Lord who, glorious as the moon, and twirling a splendid lotus blossom, gazed into the eyes of the doe like girls, shook Your head, and said: "O girls, by bathing naked in the water you have offended the demigod Varuna. To destroy the offense, O pious girls, you must now place your splendidly beautiful reddish hands upon Your heads,"...

9

... O charming and passionate lover, O Lord to whom, intoxicated by the nectar of Your words, and bewildered at heart, the girls, their eyes opened wide, offered respects by placing their hands above their heads,...

10

... O Lord who, Your love for them sprouting, gave the beautiful garments and ornaments to the girls, O Lord who, when the splendid, jubilant girls, thirsting to enjoy amorous happiness, bashfully bowed down, and lovingly approached their beloved, their newly sprouting smiles carefully hidden, and their hands trembling with eagerness to regain their belts and garments, fulfilled their desire,

11

... O best of lovers, O Lord surrounded by happy gopa friends, O Lord who delighted the hearts of the beautiful-eyed girls with many sweet, yearning melodies of Your flute, O happy, passionate lover who mercifully sent the girls back to their homes,...

12

... O Lord who wears earrings of newly blossomed flowers, O shelter of all the worlds,...

13

... O Lord who killed Kesi, all glories unto You! O Lord, please give transcendental love to Your devotees! O Lord whose lips are red, please be merciful to this broken, wicked heart!

14

O Lord Mukunda, who has the power to demand pure love for You, the smallest sprout of a fragment of which makes the sages' hearts that taste it at once dislike the happiness of impersonal liberation. My only prayer is that my desire to attain that love may increase birth after birth.