ककारः पुरुषः कृष्णः सच्चिदानन्दविग्रहः ।
ईकारः प्रकृती राधा नित्यवृन्दावनेश्वरी ॥
लश्चानन्दात्मकं प्रेमसुखं तयोश्च कीर्तितम् ।
चुम्बनाश्लेषमाधुर्यं बिन्दुनाद समीरितम् ॥
ka-kāraḥ puruṣaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ |
ī-kāraḥ prakṛtī rādhā nitya-vṛndāvaneśvarī ||
laś cānandātmakaṁ prema-sukhaṁ tayoś ca kīrtitam |
cumbanāśleṣa-mādhuryaṁ bindu-nādaḥ samīritaḥ ||
(Bṛhad Gautamīya-tantra; cited in the Mantrārtha-dīpikā)
“The letter k is the Puruṣa, Kṛṣṇa, who is possessed of a form of eternal being, consciousness, and bliss. The letter ī is Prakṛti, Rādhā, the Īśvarī of Eternal Vṛndāvana. [The letter] L, furthermore, is said to be the blissful joy of their prema [for one another], and the nāda and drop [i.e., the half-moon shape and dot within the candrabindu (̐)] are said to refer of the sweetness (mādhurya) of [their] kissing and embracing.”
Commentary
A variant form of the first foot of the last line, cumbanānanda-mādhuryaṁ, is also found in some editions. In this case, the compound conveys the idea of “the sweetness (mādhurya) of the bliss of their kissing.”