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—
अतो निमेषविरहादात्मनोर्विक्लवं मनः
Therefore, from even a moment’s separation, my mind is distressed.
इत्येवमुक्त्वा सा देवी तत्रैव सुरसंसदि
Having spoken thus, that goddess remained there in the assembly of the gods.
क्रोडे कृत्वा तु तां कृष्णो मुखं संमृज्य वाससा
Then Krishna took her onto his lap and gently wiped her face with his garment.
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि योगींद्राणां च दुर्लभम्
Śrī Krishna said: Listen, O goddess, I will tell you what is difficult even for the greatest yogis.
आधाराधेययोः सर्वं ब्रह्मांडं पश्य सुन्दरि
O beautiful one, behold the entire universe as a relationship of support and that which is supported.
फलाधारं च पुष्पं च पुष्पाधारं च पल्लवम्
The fruit is supported by the flower, and the flower is supported by the bud.
वृक्षाधारो ऽप्यंकुरश्च जीवशक्तिसमन्वितः 4.6.
The sprout is supported by the tree, and both are endowed with the power of life.
शेषो वसुन्धराधारः शेषाधारो हि कच्छपः
Śeṣa supports the earth, and the tortoise supports Śeṣa.
ममाधारस्वरूपा त्वं त्वयि तिष्ठामि सांप्रतम्
You are my very form as the foundation; I now abide in you.
त्वं शरीरस्वरूपाऽसि त्रिगुणाऽऽधाररूपिणी
You are the embodiment of the body, the form of the threefold qualities as the foundation.
पुरुषाद्वीर्यमुत्पन्नं वीर्यात्सन्ततिरेव च
From the man arises the seed, and from the seed, the lineage continues.
विना देहेन क्वात्मा च क्व शरीरं विनाऽऽत्मना
Without the body, where is the self? And without the self, where is the body?
न कुत्राप्यावयोर्भेदो राधे संसारबीजयोः
O Rādhā, there is nowhere any separation between us, the two seeds of worldly existence.
यथा क्षीरे च धावल्यं दाहिका च हुताशने
Just as whiteness is in milk, and heat is in fire,
धावल्यदुग्धयोरैक्यं दाहिकानलयोर्यथा
So is the unity of whiteness and milk, and of heat and fire.
मया विना त्वं निर्जीवा चादृश्योऽहं त्वया विना
Without me, you are lifeless; and without you, I am invisible.
विना मृदा घटं कर्तुं यथा नालं कुलालकः 4.6.
Just as a potter cannot make a pot without clay,
स्वयमात्मा यथा नित्यस्तथा त्वं प्रकृतिः स्वयम्
As the self is eternal by its own nature, so are you, Prakṛti, by your own nature.
मम प्राणसमा लक्ष्मीवाणी च सर्वमंगला
Lakṣmī, Vāṇī, and all that is auspicious are equal to my very life-breath.
समीपस्था इमे सर्वे सुरा देव्यश्च राधिके
All these gods and goddesses, O Rādhā, are standing nearby.