उद्धव उवाच सत्यमायास्यति हरिः सत्यं द्रक्ष्यसि सुन्दरि । ध्रुवं त्यक्ष्यसि संतापं दृष्ट्वा चन्द्रमुखं हरेः
Uddhava said: Truly, Hari will come; you will see him, O beautiful one. Surely, you will abandon your sorrow when you see Hari's moon-like face.
मद्दर्शनान्महाभागे गतस्ते विरहज्वरः । नानाभोगसुखं भुक्त्वा त्यज चिन्तां दुरत्ययाम्
By seeing me, O greatly fortunate one, your fever of separation has departed. Having enjoyed various pleasures, abandon your unbearable anxiety.
अहं प्रस्थापयास्यामि गत्वा मधुपुरीं हरिम् । विधाय तत्प्रबोधं च कार्यमन्यत्करिष्यति
I myself will send someone to go to Mathura and approach Hari; after awakening him, he will accomplish the other necessary tasks.
विदायं कुरु मे मातर्यास्यामि हरिसंनिधिम् । सर्वं तं कथयिष्यामि त्वद्वृत्तान्तं यथोचितम्
Mother, grant me leave; I will go into the presence of Hari and tell him everything, recounting your story as is proper.
राधिकोवाच गमिष्यसि यदा वत्स मथुरां सुमनोहराम् । श्रृणु दुःखकथां कांचित्तिष्ठ वत्स स्थिरोभव
Rādhikā said: When you, dear child, go to Mathurā, that most enchanting place, listen to a tale of sorrow; wait, child, and be steadfast.
मां विस्मृतो न भवसि विरहज्वरकातराम् । कथयिष्य सि मत्कान्तं ध्रुवं प्रस्थापयिष्यसि
You will not forget me, who am tormented by the fever of separation; you will surely tell my beloved and set out.
नारीणां मनसो वार्तां को वा जानाति पण्डितः । किंचिच्छास्त्रानुसारेण प्रकरोति निरूपणम्
Who among the wise truly knows the thoughts of women? Some attempt an explanation according to the scriptures.
वेदा वक्तुं न शक्ताश्च शास्त्राणि किं वदन्ति च । कथ यिष्यामि त्वां सर्वं पुत्र कृष्णं च वक्ष्यसि
The Vedas are unable to speak of it, and what do the scriptures say? I will tell you everything, my son, and you must also tell Krishna.
गेहे वने न भेदो मे पश्वादिषु तथा नृषु । किं वा जलं किमु स्वप्नमज्ञानं च दिवानिशम्
For me, there is no difference between home and forest, nor among animals or people; what is water, what is dream, what is ignorance, day or night?
आत्मानं च न जानामि चौदयं चन्द्रसूर्ययोः । क्षणं प्राप्य हरेर्वार्तां चेतनं मे बभूव ह
I do not know myself, nor the rising of the moon or sun; only when I hear news of Hari does awareness return to me for a moment.
कृष्णाकृतिं च पश्यामि श्रृणोमि मुरलीध्वनिम् । कुलं लज्जां भयं त्यक्त्वा चिन्तयामिहरेः पदम्
I see Krishna's form and hear the sound of his flute; abandoning family, shame, and fear, I contemplate the feet of Hari.
संप्राप्य सर्वजगतामीश्वरं प्रकृतेः परम् । न ज्ञानं मायया तस्य ज्ञात्वा गोपपतेर्मंम
Having attained the Lord of all worlds, who is beyond nature, there is no knowledge of him because of Māyā—know this, O friend of the cowherds.
ध्यायन्ते यत्पदाम्भोजं वेदा ब्रह्मादयः सुराः । स भर्त्सितो मया कीपाद्ध्दि शत्यमिदं मम
The Vedas, Brahmā, and other gods meditate upon his lotus feet; yet, out of affection, I have reproached him—this is the truth of my heart.
तत्पदाम्भोजसेवाभिर्गुणप्रस्तावतोऽपि वा । तद्भक्त्या यत्क्षणो नीतो ध्यातो ध्यानेन पूजया
Whether by serving his lotus feet, by recounting his virtues, or through devotion, whatever moment is spent in meditation or worship of him—
तत्रापि मङ्गलं सर्वं हर्षमायुर्व्यंवस्थितम् । विघ्नं च हृदि संतापस्तद्विच्छेदे सदोद्धव
In that, all auspiciousness, joy, and life are established; but, O Uddhava, in separation, there is only pain and distress in the heart.
क्रीडाप्रीतिर्नं भविता तादुशीष्टा पुनर्मम । तादृशं प्रेमसौभाग्यं निर्जने न च संगमः
Such delight in play will never be mine again; such fortune of love, nor union in solitude.
वृन्दावनं न यास्यामि तत्सङ्गे पुनरुद्धव । चन्दनं वा न दास्यामि नन्दनन्दनवक्षसि
I will not go again to Vṛndāvana, nor join that company, O Uddhava; nor will I anoint the chest of Nandanandana with sandalwood.
मालां तस्मै न दास्यामि न द्रक्ष्यामि मुखाम्बुजम् । मालतीनां केतकीनां चम्पकानां च काननम्
I will not give him a garland, nor see his lotus face; nor the forest of mālatī, ketakī, and campaka flowers.
पुनरेव न यास्यामि सुन्दरं रासमण्डलम् । हरिसङ्गे न यास्यामि रम्यं चन्द्रनकाननम्
Never again will I go to the beautiful circle of the rāsa dance; nor, in Hari's company, to the lovely moonlit forest.
पुनरेव न यास्यामि मलयं रत्नमन्दिरम् । माधवीनां वनं रम्यं रहस्यं मधुकाननम्
Never again will I go to Malaya, the jeweled palace, the delightful grove of mādhavī flowers, or the secret honeyed forest.
श्रीखण्डकाननं रम्यं स्वच्छं चन्द्रसरोवरम् । विस्पन्दकं सुरवनं नन्दनं पुष्पभद्रकम्
The delightful sandalwood forest, the clear Moon Lake, the vibrant divine grove, Nandana, and Puṣpabhadraka—
भद्रकं हरिणां सार्धं न यास्यामि पुनः पुनः । क्व सा रम्या विकसिता माधवे माधवीलता
Bhadraka, together with the deer—I will not go there again and again; where is that lovely, blossoming Mādhavī creeper in spring?
क्व गता माधवी रात्रिः क्व मधुः क्वापि माधवः । इस्येवमुक्त्वा सा राधा ध्यात्वा कृष्णपदाम्बुजम्
Where has the Mādhavī night gone? Where is the honey? Where, indeed, is Mādhava? Thus speaking, Rādhā, meditating on Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet—
अथ चतुर्नवतितमोऽध्यायः नारायण उवाच उद्धवो विस्मयं प्राप्य भयं च विपुलं मुने । चेतनं कारयामास तामुवाच मृतामिव
Chapter Ninety-Four Nārāyaṇa said: Uddhava, struck with wonder and great fear, O sage, revived her consciousness and spoke to her as if she were dead.
तद्भक्तिं समभिज्ञाय स्वात्मानं भक्तसंख्यकम् । तुच्छं मेने जगत्सर्वं दृष्ट्वा भाग्यवतीं सतीम्
Recognizing her devotion, and understanding himself as counted among the devotees, he regarded the entire world as insignificant, seeing her as a most fortunate and virtuous woman.
उद्धव उवाच चेतनं कुरु कल्याणि जगन्मातर्नमोऽस्तु ते । त्वमेद प्राक्तनं सर्वं कृष्णं द्रक्ष्यसि सांप्रतम्
Uddhava said: Regain consciousness, O blessed one, Mother of the world, I bow to you! All that was before is now over; you will see Kṛṣṇa very soon.
त्वत्तो विश्वं पवित्रं च त्वत्पादरजसा मही । सुपवित्रं त्वद्वदनं पुण्यवत्यश्च गोपिकाः
The universe is purified by you, and the earth by the dust of your feet; your face is supremely pure, and the gopīs are virtuous because of you.
लोकास्त्वामेव गायन्ति संगीतैर्मङ्गलस्तवैः । त्वत्सुकीर्तिं च देवाश्च सनकाद्याश्च संततम्
The worlds sing of you with auspicious hymns and songs; the gods and sages like Sanaka constantly praise your glorious deeds.
कृतपापहरां पुण्यां तीर्थपूजां च निर्मलाम् । हरिभक्तिप्रदां भद्रां सर्वविघ्नदिनाशिनीम्
You remove accumulated sins, you are holy, the pure object of pilgrimage, bestower of devotion to Hari, auspicious, and destroyer of all obstacles.
त्वमेव राधा त्वं कृष्णस्त्वं पुमान्प्रकृतिः परा । राधामाधवयोर्भेदो न पुराणे श्रुतौ तथा
You are indeed Rādhā, you are Kṛṣṇa, you are the Supreme Person and the highest Nature; there is no difference between Rādhā and Mādhava in the Purāṇas and the Vedas.