राजा संपूज्य तां भक्त्या तस्थौ पत्नींसर्प्य च । सा विज्ञाय प्रसूं तातं कृत्वा च विनयं सुदा
The king worshipped her with devotion and accepted her as his wife; she, understanding her father, acted with great humility.
ययौ पुण्यवनं रम्यं तपसे यमृनान्तिकम् । तत्तपस्यावनं यस्मात्तस्माद्दृन्दावनं स्मृतम्
She went to the beautiful holy forest near Yamuna for penance; because of her austerity there, it became known as Vrindavana.
तपसा वरयामास मां वरं च वरं वरम् । ब्रह्मा ददौ वरं तस्यै पश्यात्कृष्णं लभेष्यसि
Through her penance she sought me, asking again and again for a boon; Brahma granted her the boon: 'You shall see Krishna.'
स चैकदा नदीतीने वसन्ते सस्मिता सती । शयाना पुष्पशय्यायां रत्नाभरणभूषिता
Once, in spring, she lay smiling on a bed of flowers by the river, adorned with jeweled ornaments.
ब्रह्मा परीक्षितुं यातःसाध्वीं च सुमनोहराम् । ददर्श कन्या रहसि युवानं पुरुषं परम्
Brahma went to test the virtuous and enchanting maiden; he saw her alone with a supreme young man.
चन्दनोक्षितसर्वाङ्गं रत्नभूषणभूषितम् । सस्मीतं कामुकं रम्यं रमणीनां च वाञ्छितम्
His whole body was anointed with sandalwood, adorned with jeweled ornaments, smiling, charming, and desired by women.
यथा षोडशवर्षीयं कुमारं कनकप्रभम् । कोटिकन्दर्पलीलाभं वीताम्बरधरं वरम्
Like a sixteen-year-old youth, radiant as gold, possessing the charm of millions of Cupids, adorned with yellow garments, and most excellent.
शरत्पार्वणाचन्द्रास्यं शरत्पद्मसुलोचनम् । दृष्ट्वा तं च समुत्थाय वासयामास संनिधौ
His face shone like the autumn full moon, his eyes beautiful as autumn lotuses; seeing him, she rose and welcomed him into her presence.
पूजां चकार भक्त्या च फलं मूलं ददौ मुदा। सुवा सितं जलं दत्त्वा प्रणनाम मुदाऽन्विता
With devotion she performed worship, joyfully offering fruits and roots; giving pure white water, she bowed with delight.
पूजां गृहीत्वा मुदितः सादरं तामुवाच ह । विप्ररूपी च भगवान्प्रज्वलन्ब्रह्मातेजसा
Receiving the worship with happiness and respect, the Lord, appearing as a brāhmaṇa and blazing with Brahman’s splendor, spoke to her.
धर्म उवाच भवती कस्य कन्या वा किं ते नाम मनोहरे । किं करोषि रहस्येव तन्मे कथितुमर्हसि
Dharma said: O charming one, whose daughter are you? What is your name? What are you doing here in solitude? Please tell me.
कस्य हेतोस्तपस्या ते किं वा वाञ्छसि सुन्दरि । वरं वृणीष्व भद्रं ते यत्ते मनसि वाञ्छितम्
For what reason are you performing austerity? What do you desire, beautiful one? Choose a boon, auspiciousness to you, whatever you wish in your heart.
वृन्दोवाच विप्र केदारकन्याऽहं वृन्दा वृन्दावने स्थिता । तपः करोमि रहसि चिन्तयामि हरिं पतिम्
Vṛndā said: O brāhmaṇa, I am Vṛndā, daughter of Kedāra, dwelling in Vṛndāvana; I perform austerity in secret, contemplating Hari as my husband.
यदि दातुं समर्थोऽसि देहि मे वाञ्छितं वरम् । असमर्थोऽसि चेद्गच्छ किं ते प्रश्नेन ब्राह्मण
If you are able to grant, then give me the boon I desire; if you are unable, then go—why do you question me, O brāhmaṇa?
धर्म उवाच निरीहमवितर्क्यं च परमात्मानमीश्वरम् । निर्गुणं च निराकारं भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहम्
Dharma said: The Supreme Self, the Lord, is without desire or doubt, without qualities or form, yet assumes a form to show grace to devotees.
का क्षमा तं पतिं कर्तुं विना लक्षमीं सरस्वतीम्
Who is able to make him a husband, except for Lakṣmī and Sarasvatī?
गोलोके द्विभुजस्यापि श्रीवंशीवदनस्य च । किशोरगोपवेषस्य परिपूर्णतमस्य च
In Goloka, even the two-armed one with the flute-bearing face, in the guise of a youthful cowherd, is the embodiment of complete fullness.
तस्य भार्या स्वयं राधा महालक्ष्मीः परात्परा । ब्रह्मस्वरूपा परमा परमात्मानमीश्वरम्
His wife is Rādhā herself, the supreme Mahālakṣmī, transcendent; she is the very form of Brahman, the highest, the Supreme Lord.
भजते सततं शान्तं सुरम्यं श्यामसुन्दरम् । कोटिकन्दर्पसौन्दर्यनिन्दितं सुकलेवरम्
She always worships the peaceful, delightful, darkly beautiful Lord, whose perfect body puts to shame the beauty of millions of Cupids.
अमूल्यरत्नाभरणं सत्यं च नित्यविग्रहम् । पीताम्बरधरं रम्यं दातारं सर्वसंपदाम्
He is adorned with priceless jewels, truly eternal in form, clad in yellow garments, lovely, and the giver of all prosperity.
श्रीकृष्णश्च द्विधारूपो द्विभुजश्च चतुर्भुजः । चतुर्भुजश्च वैकुण्ठे गोलोके द्विभुजः स्वयम्
Śrī Kṛṣṇa has two forms: two-armed and four-armed; in Vaikuṇṭha he is four-armed, but in Goloka he is naturally two-armed.
यन्निमेषो भवेद्वृन्दे ब्रह्मणः पततेन च । पञ्चविंशत्सहस्रेणा युगेनेन्द्रस्य पातनम्
O Vṛndā, the blink of his eye equals the fall of Brahmā, and the fall of Indra after twenty-five thousand ages.
चतुर्दशेन्द्रावच्छिन्नकालेन ब्रह्मणो दिनम् । तावतीति निशा तस्य विधातुर्जगतामपि
The day of Brahmā is measured by the time it takes for fourteen Indras to pass; that is the length of night for the Creator of even the worlds.
एवं त्रिंशद्दिनैर्मासं द्विषट्के मासि वर्षकम् । एवं शतायुस्तस्यैव निबोध बोधतत्परम्
Thus, a month consists of thirty such days; two months make a season, and so a year; know that his lifespan is a hundred such years, understand this well.
यावज्जीवनपर्यन्तं सेवन्ते सनकादयः । कल्पानां कोटिकोटिं च तन्न साध्याश्चयो विभुः
Sanaka and the others serve Him for the duration of their lives, and even for countless millions of aeons, yet that all-pervading Lord cannot be attained by them.
सहस्रवक्त्रः शेषश्च सेवते च जपन्सदा । दिवानिशं च यं भक्त्या कल्पकोटिशतं शतम्
Śeṣa, with a thousand mouths, always serves Him, constantly reciting His names with devotion, day and night, for hundreds of millions of aeons.
तन्न साध्यो हितकरो दुराराध्यः परात्परः । ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मास्वरूपं तं भजेज्जन्मनि जन्मनि
He is not attainable, though He is the source of welfare, difficult to worship, and the Supreme beyond the supreme; Brahmā, in the form of Brahman, worships Him birth after birth.
वक्त्रैश्चतुर्भिः सततं स्तौति नित्यं सनातनम् । वेदेऽनिर्वचनीयश्च वेदानां जनको विधिः
With four faces, he constantly praises the eternal One; in the Vedas, He is indescribable, and the creator of the Vedas is the ordinance.
विधाता फलदाता च दाता च सर्वसंपदाम् । तन्न साध्यो हि भगवान्कालकालान्तकः
He is the creator, the giver of results, and the bestower of all wealth; that Lord, the destroyer of time and death, is not attainable.
संहारकर्ता जगतां कलया रुद्ररूपतः । स स्तौति पञ्चवक्त्रेण कोऽन्योऽन्यस्यापि का कथा
He, as Rudra in a portion, is the agent of destruction of the worlds; with five faces, he praises Him—who else is there, and what need is there to speak of another?