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?
तत्परश्च प्रियो नास्ति वृन्दे भगवातः शृणु । सर्वशक्तिस्वरूपा सा दुर्गा दुर्गतिनाशिनी
O Vṛndā, listen: there is no one dearer to the Lord than her; she is the embodiment of all power, Durgā, the destroyer of misfortune.
ब्रह्मस्वरूपा परमा मूलप्रकृतिरीश्वरी । नारायणी विष्णुमाया वैष्णवी सा सनातनी
She is of the nature of Brahman, the supreme, the original Prakṛti, the sovereign; Nārāyaṇī, the Māyā of Viṣṇu, the eternal Vaiṣṇavī.
यन्मायया जगद्भ्रान्तमनित्ये भ्रमते सदा । सा स्तौति भक्त्यायं देवं वृन्देऽयङ्गे.दिवानिशम्
By whose Māyā the world is ever deluded and wanders in impermanence, she, O Vṛndā, worships this God with devotion, day and night.
स्तौति भक्त्या स्वशक्त्या च गजवक्त्रः षडाननः । ध्यायते यं गणेशश्च सर्वादौ यस्य पूजनम्
With devotion and her own power, Gajavaktra and Ṣaḍānana praise Him; Gaṇeśa meditates upon Him, whose worship comes first of all.
भगवान्सर्वदेवेशो ज्ञानिनां च गुरोर्गुरुः । सिद्वेन्द्रेषु च देवेन्द्रे योमीन्द्रे ज्ञानिनां गुरौ
The Lord, master of all the gods, is the guru of the wise, the guru of gurus; among the perfected and the lords of gods, He is the Indra, the guru of the wise.
न गणेशात्परो विद्वान्गणेशश्च सुराधिपः । सरस्वती च यं स्तोतुमशक्ता परमेश्वरी
There is no one greater than Gaṇeśa, O wise one, and Gaṇeśa is the lord of the gods; even Sarasvatī, the supreme goddess, is unable to praise Him.
दिवानिशं पादपद्मं भक्त्या पद्मा निषेवते । यत्कटाक्षाज्जगत्सर्व परिपूर्णतमं शिवम्
Padmā serves His lotus feet with devotion, day and night; by His glance, the entire world becomes completely fulfilled and auspicious.
यद्भयाद्वाति वातोऽयं सूर्यस्तपति यद्भयात् । वर्षतीन्द्रो दहत्यग्निर्मृत्युश्चरति जन्तुषु
Out of fear of Him, this wind blows; out of fear of Him, the sun shines; Indra sends rain, Agni burns, and death moves among creatures.
पृथिवी सेवया यस्य सर्वाधारा वसंधरा । समृद्रा निश्चलाः शैला यस्य भीताश्च सुन्दरि
The earth, the support of all, serves Him, O beautiful one; the oceans and the immovable mountains, out of fear of Him, remain steady.
तीर्थसारा च सा गङ्गा पवित्रा मुक्तिदायिनी । जगतां पावनी देवी यस्य पादाब्जसेवया
Gaṅgā, the essence of holy places, pure and bestowing liberation, purifies the worlds by serving His lotus feet.