Padyavali of Srila Govinda das, Part 23
BY: SUN STAFF
Feb 18, 2025 — CANADA (SUN) — A serial presentation of the 95 songs from 'Padyavali'.
Song 78 (Kamoda-raga)
1. kancana mani-gana janu nirama-ola
ramani-mandala saja
majhahi majha maha-marakata sama
syama nata-bara raja
2. (Refrain) dhani dhani aparupa rasa-bihara
thira bijura sane cancala jaladhara
rasa barakhiye anibara
3. kata kata canda timira para bilasa-i
timirahi kata kata cande
kanaka-lataye tamalaha kata kata
duhu duhu tanu tanu bandhe
4. kata kata padumini pancama ga-ota
madhukara dharu sruti-bhasha
madhukara mili kata padumini ga-ota
mugadhala gobinda-dasa
1. Glistening like a gold and jewel necklace, the gopis form a circle. In that circle's center of centers is Lord Krishna, the king of dancers. He glistens like a great sapphire there.
2. (Refrain) O beautiful gopi, O beautiful gopi, there is the wonderful rasa-dance pastime. Radha and Krishna are like a stationary lightning flash and restless monsoon cloud that together shower without stop a great monsoon of nectar.
3. How many moons now glisten in the darkness of this night? How many moons now glisten in the darkness of this night? How many golden vines now embrace how many tamala trees? One couple after another are now bound in an embrace.
4. How many lotuslike girls sing melodies in the fifth note? How many blackbee teenage boys chant the hymns of the Vedas? How many such lotus girls and blackbee boys meet and sing charming melodies together? Govinda dasa is charmed by their music.
Song 79 (Bihagada-raga)
1. nanda-nandana sange sohana
na-ola gokula-kamini
tapana-nandini tire bhali bani
bhubana-mohana labani
2. tata thaiya thaiya baje pakhoyaja
mukhara kankana kinkini
bilase gobinda prema ananda
sange naba naba rangini
3. caru-bicitra duhuka ambara
pabane ancala dolani
duhu kalebara bharata sramaja
moti marakata hema mani
4. ura bilola bajata kinkini
nupura-dhwani sangiya
gima dolani nayana-nacini
sange rasabati ranjiya
5. radhe madhaba bibidha bilasa-i
sange rangini matiya
nila darapana syama murati
herata gobinda-dasiya
1. Gokula's beautiful girls stay in the company of Nanda's son. On the riverbank stands Vrishabhanu's daughter, the most beautiful and enchanting girl in the world.
2. "Tata thaiya thaiya!", the pakhoyaja drums declare. The gopis' bracelets and belts jangle. Filled with love and bliss, the beautiful girls enjoy pastimes with Lord Krishna.
3. Their beautiful colorful garments flutter in the breeze. Covered with perspiration, their bodies seem like sapphires and gold adorned with jewels and pearls.
4. Their belts and anklets jangle. Their necklaces sway to and fro. Their eyes dance. In this way Lord Krishna enjoys pastimes with His sweet and graceful beloveds.
5. Sri Sri Radha and Krishna enjoy many nectar pastimes together. They are wild with bliss. Govinda dasa gazes at Lord Krishna's form, a form dark like a sapphire mirror.
Song 80 (Mayura-kanthaka-tala)
1. aju bipine ya-ota kana
murati murata kusuma bana
janu jaladhara rucira anga
bhangi nata-bara sohani
ishata hasata badana-canda
taruni nayana nayana phanda
bimba adhare murali khurali
tri-bhubana-mano-mohini
2. kusuma milita cikura-punja
caudike bhramara bhramari gunja
pincha-nicaya racita mukuta
makara-kundala dolani
cancala nayana khanjana jora
saghane ya-ota srabana ora
gima sohana ratana-raja
motima-hara lolani
3. kati pita pata kinkini baja
mada-gati ati kunjara-raja
janu-lambita kadamba-mala
matta madhukara bhorani
aruna barana carana kanja
aruna tarani kirana ganja
gobinda-dasa hridaya ranja
manju manjara bolani
1. Now Krishna goes to the forest. He is Kamadeva personified, Kamadeva who shoots arrows of flowers. His form is splendid like a monsoon cloud. He bends like the best of dancers. A gentle smile rests on the moon of His face. His eyes set a trap to catch the teenage gopis' eyes. He play the flute at His bimba-fruit lips. He enchants the hearts of the three worlds.
2. Flowers adorn His hair, flowers that attract the humming black bees on four sides. His crown is made of peacock feathers. His shark-shaped earrings swing to and fro. His glistening large eyes, eyes that reach almost to his ears, are restless like khanjana birds. The king of jewels glistens at His neck. His pearl necklace sways to and fro.
3. About His waist are a yellow cloth and a belt of jangling links. His gait is graceful and slow, like the king of elephants. His kadamba garland extends to His knees, a garland that maddens the the black bees. The soles of His lotus feet are reddish like the dawn. Govinda dasa says: Graceful like a blossoming flower, Lord Krishna delights the heart.
