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- Read on →: raṇati hare tava veṇau
raṇati hare tava veṇau
nāryo danujāś ca kampitāḥ khinnāḥ |
vanam anapekṣita-dayitāḥ
karabālān projjhya dhāvanti ||
(Stava-mālā: Govinda-virudāvalī: 20)“O Hari!
When your flute resounds,
Women [i.e., the gopīs] begin trembling and perspiring [out of love (rati)],
Become unaware of their husbands,
Drop the hair in their hands [they were braiding],
And run to the forest [to meet you];
Asuras also begin trembling and perspiring [out of fear of death],
Become unaware of their wives,
Drop the swords in their hands,
And run to the forest [to hide from you].” - Read on →: buddhīnāṁ parimohanaḥ kila hriyām uccāṭanaḥ stambhano
buddhīnāṁ parimohanaḥ kila hriyām uccāṭanaḥ stambhano
dharmodagra-bhiyāṁ manaḥ-karaṭināṁ vaśyatva-niṣpādanaḥ |
kālindī-kalahaṁsa hanta vapuṣām ākarṣaṇaḥ subhruvāṁ
jīyād vaiṇava-pañcama-dhvanimayo mantrādhirājas tava ||
(Stava-mālā: Govinda-virudāvalī: 12)“O Swan [i.e., O Frolicker] on the Kālindī!
Beguiling the thoughts,
Causing the abandonment of the shyness,
Paralyzing the mighty fear on account of dharma,
Accomplishing the subjugation of the elephant-like minds,
And drawing near the bodies
Of they of fine brows [i.e., the gopīs],
May the emperor of mantras
Constituted of the fifth note of your flute
Triumph!” - Read on →: tava muralī-dhvanir amarī
tava muralī-dhvanir amarī-
kāmāmbudhi-vṛddhi-śubhrāṁśuḥ |
acaṭula-gokula-kulajā-
dhariyāmbudhi-pāna-kumbhajo jayati ||
(Stava-mālā: Govinda-virudāvalī: 4)“The sound of your flute—
The bright-rayed moon
For swelling the ocean
Of the ladies of Svarga’s desire,
The Agastya for drinking the ocean
Of the composure of the unwavering noble ladies of Gokula—
Triumphs!” - Read on →: adhokṣajālambham ihāśubhātmanaḥ
adhokṣajālambham ihāśubhātmanaḥ
śarīriṇaḥ saṁsṛti-cakra-śātanam |
tad brahma-nirvāṇa-sukhaṁ vidur budhās
tato bhajadhvaṁ hṛdaye hṛd-īśvaram ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 7.7.37)“The wise know the impure mind’s contact with Adhokṣaja [i.e., Bhagavān] to be destructive of the cycle of saṁsāra for an embodied being in this world and to be [inclusive of] the bliss of immersion (nirvāṇa) in Brahman. Therefore, you all should worship the Lord of the heart in the heart.”
- Read on →: ataḥ kṣamasvācyuta me rajo-bhuvo
ataḥ kṣamasvācyuta me rajo-bhuvo
hy ajānatas tvat-pṛthag-īśa-māninaḥ |
ajāvalepāndhatamo’ndha-cakṣuṣa
eṣo’nukampyo mayi nāthavān iti ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.14.10; cited in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.4.24)“Therefore, O Acyuta, forgive me, born of rajas, [thus] ignorant, [thus] possessed of eyes blinded by the utter darkness of the pride of being ‘the unborn one’ [i.e., the emanator of the universe], and [thus] possessed of the conceit of being a lord independent of you, [considering me in the following way,] ‘He is possessed of a master [i.e., he is a servant] in relation to me and [thus] a fit object of [my] favor.’”
- Read on →: ākṛṣyamāṇe vasane draupadyā cintitā hariḥ
ākṛṣyamāṇe vasane draupadyā cintitā hariḥ |
govinda dvārakā-vāsin kṛṣṇa gopī-jana-priya ||
kauravaiḥ paribhūtāṁ māṁ kiṁ na jānāsi keśava |
he nātha he ramānātha vrajanāthārti-nāśana |
kauravārṇava-magnāṁ mām uddharasva janārdana ||
kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahāyogin viśvātman viśva-bhāvana |
prapannāṁ pāhi govinda kuru-madhye’vasīdatīm ||
ity anusmṛtya kṛṣṇaṁ sā hariṁ tribhuvaneśvaram |
prārudad duḥkhitā rājan mukham ācchādya bhāminī ||
yājñasenyā vacaḥ śrutvā kṛṣṇo gahvarito’bhavat |
tyaktvā śayyāsanaṁ padbhyāṁ kṛpāluḥ kṛpayābhyagāt ||
kṛṣṇaṁ ca viṣṇuṁ ca hariṁ naraṁ ca
trāṇāya vikrośati yājñasenī |
tatas tu dharmo’ntarito mahātmā
samāvṛṇod vai vividhaiḥ suvastraiḥ ||
ākṛṣyamāṇe vasane draupadyās tu viśāṁpate |
tad-rūpaṁ aparaṁ vastraṁ prādurāsīd anekaśāḥ ||
nānā-rāga-virāgāṇi vasanān yatha vai prabho |
prādurbhavanti śataśo dharmasya paripālanāt ||
tato halahalā-śabdas tatrāsīd ghora-nihsvanaḥ |
tad-adbhutatamaṁ loke vīkṣya sarve mahībhṛtaḥ |
śaśaṁsur draupadīṁ tatra kutsanto dhṛtarāṣṭrajam ||
(Mahābhārata: 2.68.41–49)“Hari was thought of by Draupadī as her cloth was being pulled [off of her body by Duḥśāsana on the order of Duryodhana], ‘O Govinda! O Resident of Dvārakā! O Kṛṣṇa! O Beloved of the gopīs! Do you not know I am being humiliated by the Kauravas. O Keśava! O Lord! O Lord of Lakṣmī! O Lord of Vraja! O Destroyer of distress! Save I who am drowning in the ocean of the Kauravas! O Janārdana! O Kṛṣṇa! O Kṛṣṇa! O Supreme Yogī! O Soul of the world! O Origin of the world! Please protect I who have taken shelter [in you] and am coming undone in the midst of the Kurus, O Govinda!’ In this way constantly remembering Kṛṣṇa, Hari, the Lord of the three worlds, this beautiful woman, distressed, cried aloud, covering her face, O king. Hearing the words of Yājñasenī [i.e., Draupadī], Kṛṣṇa became absorbed. Leaving his couch and seat, the Compassion One compassionately came [there] on foot. Yājñasenī cried out to Kṛṣṇa, to Viṣṇu, to Hari, to Nara, for deliverance. Then, concealed [from view], Dharma, the Supreme Self, indeed completely covered [her] with various excellent clothes. As Draupadī’s cloth was being pulled, O king, another similar cloth appeared many times. As clothes of various colors and tones appeared by the hundreds on account of [Draupadī’s] apt observance of dharma, so the sound of applause—an awe-inspiring reverberation—[also] arose there. Seeing this paramount wonder in the world [i.e., seeing that Draupadī was miraculously protected from being disrobed], all the kings there praised Draupadī and reproached the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra [i.e., Duryodhana].”