Dashaka 73
निशमय्य तवाथ यानवार्तां भृशमार्ता: पशुपालबालिकास्ता: ।
किमिदं किमिदं कथं न्वितीमा: समवेता: परिदेवितान्यकुर्वन् ॥१॥
किमिदं किमिदं कथं न्वितीमा: समवेता: परिदेवितान्यकुर्वन् ॥१॥
| निशमय्य | hearing |
| तव-अथ | (of) Thy, then |
| यान-वार्ताम् | departure news |
| भृशम्-आर्ता: | very much saddened |
| पशुपाल-बालिका:-ता: | the cowherd girls, they |
| किम्-इदं किम्-इदं | what is this, what is this |
| कथं नु-इति- | how is this, thus |
| इमा: समवेता: | these (girls) gathered |
| परिदेवितानि- | lamentations |
| अकुर्वन् | doing |
Then hearing the news of Thy impending departure the cowherd girls were very much saddened. They gathered together and lamented saying -'What is this? How and why is this happening?'
करुणानिधिरेष नन्दसूनु: कथमस्मान् विसृजेदनन्यनाथा: ।
बत न: किमु दैवमेवमासीदिति तास्त्वद्गतमानसा विलेपु: ॥२॥
बत न: किमु दैवमेवमासीदिति तास्त्वद्गतमानसा विलेपु: ॥२॥
| करुणा-निधि:- | the compassion reposotory |
| एष नन्द-सूनु: | this Nanda's son |
| कथम्-अस्मान्- | how come us |
| विसृजेत्-अनन्यनाथा: | foresake, who do not have any other support |
| बत न: किमु | Alas our what |
| दैवम्-एवम्-आसीत्- | fate of this kind was |
| इति ता:- | thus they |
| त्वत्-गत-मानसा | in Thee fixed hearted |
| विलेपु: | bemoaned |
The abode of compassion, Nanda's son, Krishna, how can he foresake us, who have no other support, except him. Alas what kind of fate do we have.' The girls with their hearts fixed on Thee bemoaned.
चरमप्रहरे प्रतिष्ठमान: सह पित्रा निजमित्रमण्डलैश्च ।
परितापभरं नितम्बिनीनां शमयिष्यन् व्यमुच: सखायमेकम् ॥३॥
परितापभरं नितम्बिनीनां शमयिष्यन् व्यमुच: सखायमेकम् ॥३॥
| चरम-प्रहरे | in the last part (of night) |
| प्रतिष्ठमान: | leaving |
| सह पित्रा | with (Thy) father |
| निज-मित्र-मण्डलै:-च | and with his friends' groups |
| परिताप-भरं | of the sorrowful |
| नितम्बिनीनां | beauties (Gopikas) |
| शमयिष्यन् | to assuage |
| व्यमुच: | sent |
| सखायम्-एकम् | one friend |
Thou were to leave with Thy father and a group of his friends in the last lap of the night. Thou sent one of Thy companions to the beautiful Gopikas who were very sorrowful, to assuage their grief.
अचिरादुपयामि सन्निधिं वो भविता साधु मयैव सङ्गमश्री: ।
अमृताम्बुनिधौ निमज्जयिष्ये द्रुतमित्याश्वसिता वधूरकार्षी: ॥४॥
अमृताम्बुनिधौ निमज्जयिष्ये द्रुतमित्याश्वसिता वधूरकार्षी: ॥४॥
| अचिरात्-उपयामि | very soon (I) will come back |
| सन्निधिं व: | near you all |
| भविता साधु | (and) will be good (many) |
| मया-एव | with me only |
| सङ्गम-श्री: | meetings happy |
| अमृत-अम्बुनिधौ | in the nectar ocean |
| निमज्जयिष्ये | I shall immerse you |
| द्रुतम्-इति-आश्वासिता: | soon, thus consolations |
| वधू:-अकार्षी: | to the girls did give |
I shall come back near you very soon. You will have many good and happy meetings with me. I will soon immerse you in the nectar of bliss ocean.' Thus Thou gave consolations to the girls.
सविषादभरं सयाच्ञमुच्चै: अतिदूरं वनिताभिरीक्ष्यमाण: ।
मृदु तद्दिशि पातयन्नपाङ्गान् सबलोऽक्रूररथेन निर्गतोऽभू: ॥५॥
मृदु तद्दिशि पातयन्नपाङ्गान् सबलोऽक्रूररथेन निर्गतोऽभू: ॥५॥
| सविषादभरं | with great sorrow |
| सयाच्ञम्- | begging |
| उच्चै:-अतिदूरम् | loudly till far |
| वनिताभि:- | by the women's |
| ईक्ष्यमाण: | following glances |
| मृदु तत्-दिशि | gently in that direction |
| पातयन्- | casting |
| अपाङ्गान् | sidelong glances |
| सबल:- | with Balaraama |
| अक्रूर-रथेन | in Akrura's chariot |
| निर्गत:-अभू: | departed |
The women followed Thee till far loudly and petiously begging and gazing with entreating eyes. Thou cast soft sidelong glances in that direction and departed with Balaraama in Akrura's chariot.
अनसा बहुलेन वल्लवानां मनसा चानुगतोऽथ वल्लभानाम् ।
वनमार्तमृगं विषण्णवृक्षं समतीतो यमुनातटीमयासी: ॥६॥
वनमार्तमृगं विषण्णवृक्षं समतीतो यमुनातटीमयासी: ॥६॥
| अनसा बहुलेन | by carts many |
| वल्लवानां मनसा | (and) by the Gopikaa's minds |
| च-अनुगत:-अथ | being followed then |
| वल्लभानाम् | by the Gopas |
| वनम्-आर्तमृगम् | the forests with the sorrowful animals |
| विषण्ण-वृक्षम् | and the sad trees |
| समतीत: | crossed |
| यमुना-तटीम्- | and the banks of Yamunaa |
| अयासी: | reached |
Many carts with Gopas followed Thee as also the minds and thoughts of the Gopikas. Thou crossed the forest with sorrowful animals and sad trees and reached the banks of the Yamunaa river.
नियमाय निमज्य वारिणि त्वामभिवीक्ष्याथ रथेऽपि गान्दिनेय: ।
विवशोऽजनि किं न्विदं विभोस्ते ननु चित्रं त्ववलोकनं समन्तात् ॥७॥
विवशोऽजनि किं न्विदं विभोस्ते ननु चित्रं त्ववलोकनं समन्तात् ॥७॥
| नियमाय निमज्य | for (the daily) duties bathing |
| वारिणि त्वाम् | in the waters (of Jamunaa), Thee |
| अभिवीक्ष्य-अथ | seeing then |
| रथे-अपि | on the chariot also |
| गान्दिनेय: | Gaandinee (Akrura) |
| विवश:-अजनि | helpless became |
| किम् नु-इदम् | what indeed is this |
| विभो:-ते | O Lord Thy |
| ननु चित्रं तु- | indeed wonder but |
| अवलोकनम् | being seen |
| समन्तात् | from everywhere |
Akrura, the son of Gaandini was bathing in the waters of the river to perform his daily duties. He saw Thee in the water and also saw Thee on the chariot. He was overwhelmed with wonder and became helpless as to what it all was. But is there any wonder in Thy being seen from everywhere as Thou are omnipresent!
पुनरेष निमज्य पुण्यशाली पुरुषं त्वां परमं भुजङ्गभोगे ।
अरिकम्बुगदाम्बुजै: स्फुरन्तं सुरसिद्धौघपरीतमालुलोके ॥८॥
अरिकम्बुगदाम्बुजै: स्फुरन्तं सुरसिद्धौघपरीतमालुलोके ॥८॥
| पुन:-एष | again this (Akrura) |
| निमज्य | dipping (in the waters) |
| पुण्यशाली | (this) meritorious one, |
| पुरुषं त्वां परमं | Being Thee Supreme, |
| भुजङ्ग-भोगे | on the serpent's body |
| अरि-कम्बु-गदा-अम्बुजै: | with the discus, conch, mace and lotus |
| स्फुरन्तं | resplendent |
| सुर-सिद्ध-औघ-परीतं | by gods and siddhaas' groups surrounded |
| आलुलोके | (he) saw |
Akrura again took a dip in the water. The meritorious and fortunate man that he was, he saw Thee The Supreme Being reclining on the Shesha serpent's body bed, resplendent and adorned with the discus, conch, mace and lotus. Thou were surrounded by groups of gods and various siddhaas.
स तदा परमात्मसौख्यसिन्धौ विनिमग्न: प्रणुवन् प्रकारभेदै: ।
अविलोक्य पुनश्च हर्षसिन्धोरनुवृत्त्या पुलकावृतो ययौ त्वाम् ॥९॥
अविलोक्य पुनश्च हर्षसिन्धोरनुवृत्त्या पुलकावृतो ययौ त्वाम् ॥९॥
| स तदा | he then |
| परमात्म-सौख्य-सिन्धौ | in the supreme bliss ocean |
| विनिमग्न: प्रणुवन् | immeresed (and) praising |
| प्रकार-भेदै: | in different ways (of Saguna and Nirguna) |
| अविलोक्य | not seeing Thee |
| पुन:-च | and again |
| हर्ष-सिन्धो:- | in the bliss ocean |
| अनुवृत्त्या | continuing to be |
| पुलक-आवृत: | with horripilation all over |
| ययौ त्वाम् | went to Thee |
He was then immeresed in the ocean of supreme bliss and sang the praises unto Thy Saguna and Nirguna forms. Even as Thy vision disappeared, he continued to experience the unlimited bliss and with horripilations all over his body, he went to Thee.
किमु शीतलिमा महान् जले यत् पुलकोऽसाविति चोदितेन तेन ।
अतिहर्षनिरुत्तरेण सार्धं रथवासी पवनेश पाहि मां त्वम् ॥१०॥
अतिहर्षनिरुत्तरेण सार्धं रथवासी पवनेश पाहि मां त्वम् ॥१०॥
| किमु शीतलिमा | is it cool |
| महान् जले यत् | very much in the water so that |
| पुलक:-असौ- | horripillation this |
| इति चोदितेन | thus asked |
| तेन अति-हर्ष- | (with) him (because of) extreme bliss |
| निरुत्तरेण | speechless |
| सार्धम् रथवासी | with (him, Akrura) seated on the chariot |
| पवनेश | O Lord of Guruvaayur |
| पाहि मां त्वम् | save me Thou |
Thou asked him if the water was so cold that he had horripillation on his body, as if not knowing the cause. Akrura was speechless because he was immeresed in extreme bliss. Thou sitting with him on the chariot, O Lord of Guruvaayur! Do save me.
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