Bhagavata Purana

प्रणतकामदं पद्मजार्चितं धरणिमण्डनं ध्येयमापदि । चरणपङ्‌कजं शन्तमं च ते रमण नः स्तनेष्वर्पयाधिहन्

Your lotus feet, which grant desires to those who bow, are worshipped by Lakshmi, ornament of the earth, worthy of meditation in adversity, and bring peace; beloved, place them upon our breasts and relieve our pain.

सुरतवर्धनं शोकनाशनं स्वरितवेणुना सुष्ठु चुम्बितम् । इतररागविस्मारणं नृणां वितर वीर नस्तेऽधरामृतम्

Your lips, kissed by the melodious flute, increase love and destroy sorrow, making people forget all other passions; O hero, grant us the nectar of your lips.

अटति यद् भवानह्नि काननं त्रुटिर्युगायते त्वामपश्यताम् । कुटिलकुन्तलं श्रीमुखं च ते जड उदीक्षतां पक्ष्मकृद् दृशाम्

When you wander the forest by day, for those who do not see you, a moment becomes an age; your curly hair and beautiful face, for those who gaze with dull eyes, are hidden by their own eyelids.

पतिसुतान्वयभ्रातृबान्धवान् अतिविलङ्‌घ्य तेऽन्त्यच्युतागताः । गतिविदस्तवोद्‍गीतमोहिताः कितव योषितः कस्त्यजेन्निशि

Having abandoned husbands, sons, family, brothers, and relatives, we, the last ones, have come to you, O infallible one. Knowing your path, enchanted by your song, which woman would return home at night?

रहसि संविदं हृच्छयोदयं प्रहसिताननं प्रेमवीक्षणम् । बृहदुरः श्रियो वीक्ष्य धाम ते मुहुरतिस्पृहा मुह्यते मनः

The secret conversations, the rising of love in the heart, your smiling face, loving glances, and the splendor of your broad chest, O abode of fortune, repeatedly cause our minds to long and become bewildered.

व्रजवनौकसां व्यक्तिरङ्‌ग ते वृजिनहन्त्र्यलं विश्वमङ्‌गलम् । त्यज मनाक् च नस्त्वत्स्पृहात्मनां स्वजनहृद्रुजां यन्निषूदनम्

O embodiment of auspiciousness for the dwellers of Vraja, your presence alone destroys all suffering and brings universal blessing. Please, withdraw even slightly from those whose hearts are afflicted by longing for you, for your absence is the cure for the pain of separation among your own people.

( वसंततिलका ) यत्ते सुजातचरणाम्बुरुहं स्तनेषु भीताः शनैः प्रिय दधीमहि कर्कशेषु । तेनाटवीमटसि तद् व्यथते न किं स्वित् कूर्पादिभिर्भ्रमति धीर्भवदायुषां नः

O beloved, we gently place your beautiful lotus feet upon our breasts, though we are fearful of their hardness. Is it for this reason you wander the forest, and do your feet not feel pain from walking on sharp stones? Our minds, sustained by your life, do not stray from you.

इति श्रीमद्‍भागवते महापुराणे पारमहंस्यां संहितायां दशमस्कन्धे पूर्वार्धे रासक्रीडायां गोपीगीतं नामैकत्रिंशोऽध्यायः

Thus ends Chapter Thirty-One, named 'The Song of the Gopīs,' in the first half of the Tenth Book of the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, the great Purāṇa, the scripture of the supreme renunciates.

रामपत्न्यश्च तद्देहं उपगुह्याग्निमाविशन् । वसुदेवपत्‍न्यस्तद्‍गात्रं प्रद्युम्नादीन् हरेः स्नुषाः । कृष्णपत्न्योऽविशन्नग्निं रुक्मिण्याद्याः तदात्मिकाः

The wives of Rāma embraced his body and entered the fire; the wives of Vasudeva, as well as the daughters-in-law of Hari, including those of Pradyumna, did likewise; and the wives of Kṛṣṇa, led by Rukmiṇī, entered the fire, united in spirit with him.

अर्जुनः प्रेयसः सख्युः कृष्णस्य विरहातुरः । आत्मानं सांत्वयामास कृष्णगीतैः सदुक्तिभिः

Arjuna, overwhelmed by separation from his dear friend Kṛṣṇa, consoled himself with songs and wise sayings about Kṛṣṇa.

बंधूनां नष्टगोत्राणां अर्जुनः सांपरायिकम् । हतानां कारयामास यथावद् अनुपूर्वशः

Arjuna performed the proper funeral rites for his relatives whose lineage had been lost, arranging them in due order for those who had been slain.

द्वारकां हरिणा त्यक्तां समुद्रोऽप्लावयत् क्षणात् । वर्जयित्वा महाराज श्रीमद् भगवदालयम्

The ocean flooded Dvārakā, which had been abandoned by Hari, in a moment, O King, except for the splendid abode of the Lord.

नित्यं सन्निहितस्तत्र भगवान् मधुसूदनः । स्मृत्याशेषाशुभहरं सर्वमङ्गलमङ्गलम्

There, the Lord Madhusūdana is eternally present, removing all evil by remembrance, the most auspicious among all auspicious things.

स्त्रीबालवृद्धानादाय हतशेषान् धनञ्जयः । इंद्रप्रस्थं समावेश्य वज्रं तत्राभ्यषेचयत्

Taking the surviving women, children, and elders, Dhanañjaya brought them to Indraprastha and installed Vajra there as king.

श्रुत्वा सुहृद् वधं राजन् अर्जुनात्ते पितामहाः । त्वां तु वंशधरं कृत्वा जग्मुः सर्वे महापथम्

Hearing of the death of their friends, O King, Arjuna's grandfathers made you the bearer of the lineage and all departed on the great path.

य एतद् देवदेवस्य विष्णोः कर्माणि जन्म च । कीर्तयेत् श्रद्धया मर्त्यः सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

Whoever, with faith, recounts the deeds and birth of Viṣṇu, Lord of the gods, is freed from all sins.

( वसंततिलका ) इत्थं हरेर्भगवतो रुचिरावतार वीर्याणि बालचरितानि च शंतमानि । अन्यत्र चेह च श्रुतानि गृणन् मनुष्यो भक्तिं परां परमहंसगतौ लभेत

In this way, hearing and reciting the charming descents, heroic deeds, and childhood exploits of Hari, the Lord, whether here or elsewhere, a person attains supreme devotion on the path of the highest renunciates.

सह देहेन मानेन वर्धमानेन मन्युना । करोति विग्रहं कामी कामिष्वन्ताय चात्मनः

With the body, pride, increasing anger, and desire, a passionate person engages in conflict with others who are also desirous, bringing ruin upon himself.

भूतैः पञ्चभिरारब्धे देहे देह्यबुधोऽसकृत् । अहं ममेत्यसद्‍ग्राहः करोति कुमतिर्मतिम्

In the body, composed of the five elements, the ignorant soul repeatedly clings to the false notions of 'I' and 'mine,' and this misguided thinking produces a faulty intellect.

यद्यसद्‌भि पथि पुनः शिश्नोदरकृतोद्यमैः । आस्थितो रमते जन्तुः तमो विशति पूर्ववत्

If, again, a creature follows the path of the wicked, striving for the satisfaction of the genitals and belly, he indulges and enters darkness as before.

सत्यं शौचं दया मौनं बुद्धिः श्रीर्ह्रीर्यशः क्षमा । शमो दमो भगश्चेति यत्सङ्गाद्याति सङ्क्षयम्

Truth, purity, compassion, silence, intelligence, fortune, modesty, fame, forgiveness, tranquility, self-control, and prosperity—all these diminish through association with those who lack them.

तेष्वशान्तेषु मूढेषु खण्डितात्मस्वसाधुषु । सङ्गं न कुर्याच्छोच्येषु योषित् क्रीडामृगेषु च

One should not associate with those who are restless, foolish, broken in spirit, or unsaintly, nor with those who are pitiable or women who are like playthings.

न तथास्य भवेन्मोहो बन्धश्चान्यप्रसङ्गतः । योषित्सङ्गात् यथा पुंसो यथा तत्सङ्‌गिसङ्गतः

Delusion and bondage do not arise so much from association with others as they do from association with women, and even more so from association with those attached to women.

प्रजापतिः स्वां दुहितरं दृष्ट्वा तद् रूपधर्षितः । रोहिद्‍भूतां सोऽन्वधावद् ऋक्षरूपी हतत्रपः

The lord of creatures, seeing his own daughter, was overcome by her beauty; she had taken the form of a roe deer, and he, ashamed, pursued her in the form of a stag.

तत्सृष्टसृष्टसृष्टेषु को न्वखण्डितधीः पुमान् । ऋषिं नारायणमृते योषिन् मय्येह मायया

Among all those created and repeatedly created beings, who, except for the sage Nārāyaṇa, whose mind is never disturbed, can resist a woman like me, fashioned by illusion?

बलं मे पश्य मायायाः स्त्रीमय्या जयिनो दिशाम् । या करोति पदाक्रान्तान् भ्रूविजृम्भेण केवलम्

Behold the power of my illusion, embodied as a woman, which conquers even the victorious of all directions—she subdues those who have trodden the earth merely by the arching of her brows.

सङ्गं न कुर्यात्प्रमदासु जातु योगस्य पारं परमारुरुक्षुः । मत्सेवया प्रतिलब्धात्मलाभो वदन्ति या निरयद्वारमस्य

One who seeks to ascend to the highest stage of yoga should never associate with women; those who have attained the true self through serving me declare that such association is the gateway to hell.

योपयाति शनैर्माया योषिद् देवविनिर्मिता । तामीक्षेतात्मनो मृत्युं तृणैः कूपमिवावृतम्

The illusion, in the form of a woman, created by the gods, approaches slowly; one should recognize her as death for the self, like a well covered with grass.

यां मन्यते पतिं मोहान् मन्मायामृषभायतीम् । स्त्रीत्वं स्त्रीसङ्गतः प्राप्तो वित्तापत्यगृहप्रदम्

Deluded, a man thinks of her as his wife, though she is my illusion, appearing as a cow; by associating with women, he enters womanhood and becomes bound to wealth, children, and home.