त्वया सह समर्थोऽहं नालं दग्धुं च त्वां विना । अहं दीप्तिमतां सूर्यः कलया त्वं प्रभाकरी
With you, I am capable; without you, I am not able to burn; I am the sun among the radiant, and by my portion, you are the light-giver.
संज्ञा त्वं च त्वया भामि त्वां विनाऽहं न दीप्तिमान् । अहं च कलया चन्द्रस्त्वं च शोभा च रोहिणी
You are Samjna, and through you I shine; without you, I am not luminous; by my portion, I am the moon, and you are Rohini, the beauty.
मनोहरस्त्वया सार्धं त्वां न च सुन्दरः । अहमिन्द्रश्च कलया स्वर्गलक्ष्मीश्च त्वं शची
With you, I am charming; without you, I am not beautiful; I am Indra by my portion, and you are Shachi, the wealth of heaven.
त्वया सार्धं देवराजो हतश्रीश्च त्वया विना । अहंधर्मश्च कलया त्वं च मूर्तिश्च धर्मिणी
With you, the king of gods possesses glory; without you, he is bereft; by my portion, I am Dharma, and you are the form of righteousness.
नाहं शक्तो धर्मकृत्यो त्वां च धर्मक्रियां विना । अहं यज्ञश्च कलया त्वं च स्वांशेन दक्षिणा
I am not able to perform acts of dharma without you, the action of dharma; by my portion, I am sacrifice, and by your own portion, you are the offering.
त्वया सार्धं च फलदोऽप्यकमर्थस्त्वया विना । कलया पिदृलोकोऽहं स्वांशेन त्वं स्वधा सती
With you, I am the giver of fruits; without you, I am without purpose; by my portion, I am the world of ancestors, and by your own portion, you are the venerable Svadhā.
त्वयाऽलं कव्यदाने च सदा नालं त्वया विना । अहं पुमांस्त्वं प्रकृतिर्न स्रष्टाऽहं त्वया विना
With you, I am sufficient to give offerings to the ancestors; without you, I am not; I am the male, you are nature; I am not the creator without you.
त्वं च संवत्स्वरूपाऽहमीश्वरश्च त्वया सह । लक्ष्मीयुक्तस्त्वया लक्ष्मया निः श्रीकश्च त्वया दिना
You are the form of the year, and I am the lord together with you; with you as Lakshmi, I am endowed with fortune; without you, I am bereft of wealth.
यथा नालं कुलालश्च घटं कर्तुं मृदा विना । अहं शेषश्च कलया स्वांशेन त्वं वसुंधरा
Just as a potter cannot make a pot without clay, so by my portion I am Shesha, and by your own portion, you are the earth.
त्वां सस्यरत्नाधारां च बिभर्मि मूर्ध्नि सुन्दरि । त्वं च कान्तिश्च शान्तिश्च भूतिर्मूर्तिमती सती
I bear you, the support of crops and jewels, upon my head, O beautiful one; you are beauty, peace, prosperity, and the embodiment of abundance.
तुष्टिः पुष्टिः क्षमा लज्जा क्षुधा तृष्णा परा दया । निद्रा श्रद्धा च तन्द्रा च मूर्च्छा च संनतिः क्रिया
Contentment, nourishment, forgiveness, modesty, hunger, thirst, supreme compassion, sleep, faith, drowsiness, fainting, humility, and action—
मूर्तिरूपा भक्तिरूपा देहिनां देहरूपिणी । ममाऽऽधारा सदा त्वं च तवाऽत्माऽहं परस्परम्
These take form, these take the form of devotion, and dwell in embodied beings as the very form of the body; you are always my support, and I am your very self—thus we are mutually so.
यथा त्वं च तथाऽहं च समौ प्रकृतिपूरुषौ । न हि सृष्टिर्भवेद्देवि द्वयोरेकतरं विना
Just as you and I are thus, we are both Nature and Spirit; O goddess, without either one of the two, creation could not exist.
इत्युक्त्वा परमात्मा च राधां प्राणाधिकां प्रियाम् । कृत्वा वक्षसि सुप्रीतो बोधयामास नारद
Having spoken thus, the Supreme Self, exceedingly pleased, embraced Rādhā, his beloved dearer than life, to his chest, and began to instruct her, O Nārada.
स च कीडानियुक्तश्च बभूव रत्नमन्दिरे । तथा च राधाया सार्धं कामुक्या सह कामुकः
And he, engaged in playful sport, was present in the jeweled palace, together with Rādhā, the lover with his beloved.
अथाष्टषष्टितमोऽध्यायः नारायण उवाच कृत्वा क्रीडां समुत्थाय पुष्पतल्पात्पुरातनः । निद्रितां प्राणसदृशीं बोधयामास तत्क्षणम्
Chapter Sixty-Eight. Nārāyaṇa said: Having played, the Ancient One rose from the flower-strewn bed and at that moment awakened her, who was sleeping and dear as life.
वस्त्राञ्चलेन संस्कृत्य कृत्वा तन्निर्मलं मुखम् । उवाच मधुरं शान्तं शान्तां च मधुसूदनः
He gently arranged her spotless face with the edge of her garment, and Madhusūdana spoke sweet and peaceful words to the peaceful one.
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच अयि तिष्ठक्षणं राधे रासेश्वरि शुचिस्मिते । व्रज बृन्दावनं वाऽपि व्रजं व्रज व्रजेश्वरि
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: O Rādhe, queen of the dance, of pure smile, stay a moment; go to Vṛndāvana, or go to the cowherd village, go, O queen of Vraja.
रासाधिष्ठातृतेवि त्वं रासं रासे कुरु क्षणम् । ग्रामे ग्रामे यथा सन्ति सर्वत्र ग्रामदेवताः
O goddess presiding over the dance, perform the dance for a moment; just as every village has its own village deity, so too here.
प्रियारलिनिवहैः सार्धं क्षणं चन्दनकाननम् । क्षणं वा चम्पकवनं घच्छ वा तिष्ठ सुन्दरि
Go for a moment, O beautiful one, with your dear friends to the sandalwood forest, or for a moment to the grove of campaka flowers, or stay as you wish.
क्षणं गृहं च यास्यामि विशिष्टं कार्यमस्ति मे । विदायं देहि मे प्रीत्या क्षणं मां प्राणवल्लभे
For a moment I must go home; I have a special task. Give me leave with affection, O beloved of my life, just for a moment.
प्राणाधिष्ठातृदेवी त्वं प्राणाश्च त्वयि सन्ति मे । प्राणी विहाय प्रणांश्च कुत्र स्थातुं क्षमः प्रिये
You are the goddess presiding over my life-breaths, and my life-breaths are in you; how can one who has left his life-breaths remain anywhere, O dear one?
त्वयि मे मानसं शश्वत्तवं मे संसारवासना । त्वत्तो मम प्रिया नास्ति त्वमेव शंकरात्प्रिया
My mind is always in you, and my desire for worldly existence is in you; I have no one dearer than you, you are dearer to me even than Śaṃkara.
प्राणा मे शंकरः सत्यं त्वं च प्राणाधिका सति । इत्युक्त्वा तां समाश्लिष्य भगवान् गन्तुसुद्यतः
Śaṃkara is my very life, and you are dearer than life; having spoken thus, the Lord embraced her and prepared to depart.
अक्रूरागमनं ज्ञात्वा सर्वज्ञः सर्वसाधनः । आत्मा पाता च सर्वेषां सर्वोपकारकारकः
Knowing of Akrūra's coming, the all-knowing, all-accomplishing Lord, the soul and protector of all, the doer of all good, prepared himself.
दृष्ट्वा तमेव गच्छन्तमुत्सुकं भिन्नमानसम् । उवाच राधिका देवी हृदयेन विदूयता
Seeing him departing, eager and with a troubled mind, goddess Rādhikā, her heart torn, spoke.
राधिकोवाच हे नाथ रमणप्रेष्ठ श्रेष्ठश्च प्रेयसां मम । हे कृष्ण हे रमानाथ व्रजेश मा द्रज व्रजम्
Rādhikā said: O Lord, dearest of lovers, best of my beloveds, O Kṛṣṇa, O Lord of Lakṣmī, O king of Vraja, do not go to the cowherd village.
अधुना त्वां प्राणनाथ पश्यामि भिन्नमानसम् । गते त्वयि मम प्रेम गतं सौभाग्यमेव च
Now, O lord of my life, I see you with a troubled mind; when you go, my love and my good fortune will also depart.
क्व यासि मां विनिक्षिप्य गम्भीरे शोकसागरे । विरहव्याकुलां दीनां त्वय्येव शरणागताम्
Where are you going, abandoning me in this deep ocean of sorrow—me, distressed by separation, helpless, who has taken refuge in you alone?
न यास्यामि पुनर्गेहं यास्यामि काननान्तरम् । कृष्ण कृष्णेति कृष्णेति गायं गायं दिवानिशम्
I will not return home again; I will go into the depths of the forest, singing and singing 'Krishna, Krishna' day and night.