Sri Padyavali
BY: SUN STAFF
Dec 03, CANADA (SUN) — A serial presentation of 'Sri Padyavali' by Srila Rupa Gosvami.
Uddhavam prati radha-sakhi-vakyam
The Words of Srimati Radharani's Gopi-friend to Uddhava
Text 354
hastodare vinihitaika-kapola-paner
asranta-locana-jala-snapitananayah
prasthana-mangala-dinavadhi madhavasya
nidra-lavo 'pi kuta eva saroruhakshyah
hasta-of Her hand; udare-in the middle; vinihita-placed; eka-one; kapola-of the cheek; paneh-the middle; asranta-ceaseless; locana-from the eyes; jala-water; snapita-bathed; ananayah-whose face; prasthana-of the departure; mangala-auspicious; dina-day; avadhi-since; madhavasya-of Krishna; nidra-of sleep; lavah-a moment; api-even; kutah-where?; eva-certainly; saroruha-akshyah-of this lotus-eyed girl.
She rests a cheek on Her hand and bathes her face in continual tears. Since the auspicious day of Krishna's departure, how what method could this lotus-eyed girl employ to obtain even a moment's sleep? -Sri Harihara
Text 355
niscandanani vanijam api mandirani
nishpallavani ca dig-antara-kananani
nishpankajany api sarit-sarasi-kulani
jatani tad-viraha-vedanaya na santam
nih-candanasi-witout sandalwood; vanijam-of the vaishyas; api-even; mandirani-the homes; nih-pallavani-without flowers; ca-also; dik-antara-in all directions; kananani-the forests; nih-pankajani-without lotus flowers; api-also; sarit-of the streams; sarasi-kulani-the waters; jatani-manifested; tat-from Him; viraha-of separation; vedanaya-by the torment; na-not; santam-peaceful.
There is no sandalwood incense in the homes of the vaisyas. There are no flower in any forest. There are no lotuses in the waters of the rivers and streams. Because of the torture of separation from Krishna, no one is peaceful.
-Sri Harihara
Text 356
pranas tvam jagatam harer api pura sanketa-venu-svanan
adaya vraja-subhruvam iha bhavan margopadese guruh
hamho mathura-nishkutanila sakhe sampraty api sri-pater
anga-sparsa-pavitra-sitala-tanus trata tvam eko 'si nah
pranah-the life-breath; tvam-you; jagatam-of the universes; hareh-of Lord Krishna; api-also; pura-formerly; sanketa-of the rendezvous; venu-of the flute; svanan-the sounds; adaya-taking; vraja-subhruvam-of the beautiful-eyebrowed girls of Vraja; iha-here; bhavan-you; marga-of the path; upadesa-in the teaching; guruh-the teacher; hamho-O; mathura-of Mathura; niskuta-of the garndens; anila-O breeze; sakhe-O friend; samprati-now; api-also; sri-pateh-of Lord Krishna, the husband of the goddess of fortune; anga-of the body; sparsa-by the touch; pavitra-pure; sitala-cool; tanuh-whose form; trata-the protector; tvam-you; ekah-alone; api-even; nah-of us.
O breeze, you are the life-breath of all the universes. By picking up the sound of Krishna's flute and revealing the path to Him, you formerly became the leader of the beautiful-eyebrowed girls of Vraja. O breeze from the gardens of Mathura, by touching the transcendental body of Lord Krishna you have become very pure and cool. At this moment you are our only protector.
-Sri Ramacandra dasa
Go to Text 351-353
