ललाभ भारते जन्म निंदिते भाल्लुके गृहे
She was born in Bharata, in the house of the bear Jambavan, which was considered lowly.
हिमालयांशो भल्लूको जांबवान्नाम किंकरः
A portion of Himalaya became the bear named Jambavan, a servant.
रामस्य वरदानेन चिरंजीवी श्रिया युतः
By the boon of Rama, he became long-lived and endowed with prosperity.
सर्वेषां च सुराणां वै वंशा गच्छंतु भूतलम्
Let the lineages of all the gods go down to the earth.
कमलाकलया सर्वा भवंतु नृपकन्यकाः
By a portion of Lakshmi, let all become daughters of kings.
धर्मोऽयमंशरूपेण पांडुपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः
Dharma, in the form of a portion, is the Pandava Yudhishthira.
नकुलः सहदेवश्च स्वर्वैद्यांशसमुद्भवौ । सृर्यांशः कर्णवीरश्च विदुरः स यमः स्वयम् ।। 4.6.
Nakula and Sahadeva were born from portions of the Ashvins; Karna the hero is a portion of Surya; Vidura is Yama himself.
दुर्योधनः कलेरंशः समुद्रांशश्च शंतनुः
Duryodhana is a portion of Kali; Shantanu is a portion of the ocean.
हुताशनांशो भगवान्धृष्टद्युम्नो महाबलः
The blessed, mighty Dhrishtadyumna is a portion of Agni.
वसुदेवः कश्यपांशोऽप्यदित्यंशा च देवकी
Vasudeva is a portion of Kashyapa, and Devaki is a portion of Aditi.
द्रौपदी कमलांशा च यज्ञकुंडसमुद्भवा
Draupadi, a portion of Lakshmi, was born from the sacrificial fire.
देवा गच्छंतु पृथिवीमंशेन भारहारकाः
Let the gods go to earth in portions, as removers of the burden.
इत्येवमुक्त्वा भगवान्विरराम च नारद
Having spoken thus, the blessed Narada became silent.
कृष्णस्य वामे वाग्देवी दक्षिणे कमलालया
On Krishna's left is the goddess of speech, and on his right, the abode of Lakshmi.
गोप्यो गोपाश्च परितो राधा वक्षःस्थलस्थिता
All around are the gopis and gopas, with Radha abiding upon his chest.
शृणु नाथ प्रवक्ष्यामि किंकरीवचनं प्रभो
Hear, O Lord, I will now speak the words of the attendant, O Master.
चक्षुर्निमीलनं कर्तुमशक्ता तव दर्शने 4.6.
In your presence, I am unable even to blink my eyes.
कियत्कालांतरेणैव मेलनं मे त्वया सह
After only a short interval, I will be united with you again.
निमेषं च युगशतं भविता मे त्वया विना
But a single blink will become a hundred ages for me without you.
मातरं पितरं बंधुं भ्रातरं भगिनीं सुतम्
Mother, father, relatives, brother, sister, son—
करोषि मायया छन्ना मां चेन्मायेश भूतले
If, O Lord of Māyā, you conceal me on earth by your illusion—
अनुक्षणं मम मनोमधुपो मधुसूदन
O Madhusūdana, at every moment my mind is absorbed in you.
यत्रयत्र च यस्यां वा योनौ जन्म भवत्विदम्
In whatever womb, at whatever time, this birth of mine may occur—
कृष्णस्त्वं राधिकाऽहं च प्रेमसौभाग्यमावयोः
You are Krishna, I am Rādhikā; the good fortune of our love endures.
यथा तन्वा सह प्राणाः शरीरं छायया सह
Just as the body and its life-breath, or the body and its shadow, are inseparable—
चक्षुर्निमेषविच्छेदो भविता नावयोर्भुवि
So, on earth, there will not be even a blink’s separation between us.
मम प्राणैस्तव तनुः केन वा करुणा हरे 4.6.
O Hari, by whose compassion is your body sustained by my very life-breaths?
स्त्रियः कतिविधाः संति पुरुषा वा पुरुष्टुत
O praised among men, how many kinds of women and men are there?
तव देहार्धभागेन केन वाऽहं विनिर्मिता
By whose agency was I created from half of your body?
ममात्मा मानसं प्राणास्त्वयि संस्थापिता यथा
Just as my self, my mind, and my life-breaths are established in you—