निष्फलं च गतं जन्म गच्छ मिथ्यादुराशया । आशा हि परमं दुःखं नैराश्यं परमं सुखम्
This life has passed in vain; go, for your hopes are false and far away. Hope is the greatest sorrow; freedom from hope is the highest happiness.
पश्चाद्विचिन्त्य गोविन्दं जीवन्मुक्ता बभूव सा । इत्युक्त्वा राधिका तत्र रुरोद च भृशं पुनः
Afterward, reflecting on Govinda, she became liberated while still alive. Having said this, Radhika wept intensely there again.
प्रणम्य तां रुदन्तीं च यशोदाभवनं ययौ । अथोद्धवे गते राधा मूर्च्छां मंप्राप नारद
Bowing to her as she wept, he went to Yashoda's house. When Uddhava departed, Radha fainted, O Narada.
तत्याज चेतनां शश्वद्बभूव ध्यानतत्परा । पङ्कस्थे पङ्कजदके सजले शयने मुने
She abandoned consciousness and remained absorbed in meditation, lying in the muddy, lotus-filled, watery bed, O sage.
गोप्यस्तां स्थापयामासुः साश्रुनेत्रोत्पला वराः । तत्स्पर्शमात्राच्छयनं भस्मीभूतं बभूव ह
The noble gopīs, their eyes like lotuses brimming with tears, placed her there; but at the mere touch of that bed, it was instantly reduced to ashes.
पुनः स्निग्धस्थले स्थिग्धनिचोले चन्दनाङ्किते । पुनस्तां स्थापयामासुर्विरहज्वरकातराम्
Again, on a soft spot, with a moist cloth scented with sandalwood, they laid her down once more, distressed by the fever of separation.
सहसा शुष्कतां प्राप सुगन्धि चन्दनोदकम् । निमेषेण शतयुगं तद्बभूवोद्धवं विना
Suddenly, the fragrant sandalwood water dried up; in a moment, a hundred ages seemed to pass without Uddhava.
हा होद्धवोद्धव हरिं शीघ्रं गत्वा वदेति च । समानय हरिं शीघ्रं मत्प्राणेश्वरमित्यपि
"Ah, Uddhava, Uddhava! Go quickly and tell Hari!" she cried, "Bring Hari at once, the lord of my life!"
इत्युक्तवचनां दीनां संतापहृतचेतनाम् । रुरुदुर्गोपिकाः सर्वा राधां कृत्वा स्ववक्षसि चेतनां कारयामासुर्बोधयामासुरौप्सितम्
Having spoken thus, weakened and her senses overcome by suffering, all the gopīs wept, holding Rādhā to their breasts, and tried to revive her, to bring her back to consciousness as they wished.
इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo राधोद्धवसंo सप्तनवतितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the seventy-ninth chapter, entitled 'The Meeting of Rādhā and Uddhava,' in the Śrī Brahmavaivarta Mahāpurāṇa, Kṛṣṇajanma-khaṇḍa, as narrated by Nārada.
अथाष्टनवतितमोऽध्यायः नारायण उवाच अथोद्धवो यशोदां च प्रणम्य त्वरया मुदा । खर्जूरकाननं वामे कृत्वा च यमुनां ययौ
Now begins the eighty-ninth chapter. Nārāyaṇa said: Then Uddhava, after respectfully greeting Yaśodā with joy and haste, left the grove of date palms to his left and went to the Yamunā.
स्नात्वा भुक्त्वा च तत्रैव जगाम् मथुरां पुनः ।ददर्श वटमूले च गोविन्दं रहसि स्थितम्
There, after bathing and eating, he again set out for Mathurā; and under the banyan tree, he saw Govinda sitting alone.
प्रफुल्लोऽप्युद्धवं दृष्टवा सस्मितं तमुवाच सः । रुदन्तं शोकदग्धं च साश्रुनेत्रं च कातरम्
Though blossoming, upon seeing Uddhava, he smiled and spoke to him, who was weeping, scorched by sorrow, his eyes filled with tears and full of distress.
श्रीभगवानुवाच आगच्छोद्धव कल्याणं राधा जीवति जीवति । कल्याणयुक्ता गोप्यश्च जीवन्ति विरहज्वरात्
The Blessed Lord said: Come, Uddhava! All is well. Rādhā lives, she lives! The gopīs, too, endure, though afflicted by the fever of separation.
शुभं गोपशिशूनां च वत्सानां च गवामपि । माता मे पुत्रविरहाद्यशोदा कीदृशी च सा
The calves, the cowherd boys, and even the cows are well. But my mother Yaśodā—how is she, suffering from the pain of separation from her son?
वद बन्धो यथार्थं तत्त्वां दृष्ट्वा किमुवाच सा । त्वयोक्ता जननी किं वा पुनः सा किमुवाच माम्
Tell me truly, friend: what did she say when she saw you? What did my mother say to you, and what did she say about me?
दृष्टं तद्यमुनाकूलं पुण्यं वृन्दावनं वनम् । निर्जनोपवनोघैश्च सुरम्यं रासमण्डलम्
Did you see that sacred bank of the Yamunā, the forest of Vṛndāvana, the delightful circle of the rāsa, and the charming groves and secluded bowers?
रम्यं कुञ्जकुटीरौधै रम्यं क्रीडासरोवरम् । पुष्पोद्यानं विकसितं संकुलं च मधुव्रतैः
Did you see the lovely vine-covered cottages, the beautiful play-lakes, the blossoming flower gardens crowded with bees?
भाण्डीरे च वटो दृष्टः सुस्निग्धो बालकान्वितः । दृष्टो गोष्ठो गवां दृष्टं गोकुलं गोकुलव्रजम्
Did you see the Bhāṇḍīra banyan, lush and surrounded by children? Did you see the cow-pens, the settlement of Gokula, and the cowherd village?
यदि जीवति राधा सा दृष्ट्वा त्वां किमुवाच माम् । तत्सर्वं वद हे बन्धी चाऽऽन्दोलयति मे मनः
If Rādhā is alive, what did she say to me upon seeing you? Tell me all of it, friend, for it stirs my heart.
किमूचुर्गोपिकाः सर्वाः किमुचुर्गोपबालकाः । गोपाश्च वृद्धाः किंवोचुर्वयस्या जनकस्य मे
What did all the gopīs say? What did the cowherd boys say? What did the elder cowherds say, and what did my father's friends say?
बलवेवस्य जननी किमूचे रोहिणी सती । किमुचूरपरास्तात बन्धुवल्लभवल्लवाः
What did the mother of my friend Balarāma, the virtuous Rohiṇī, say? And what did the other dear relatives and cowherd women say?
किं भुक्तं किमपूर्वं वा दत्तं मात्रा च राधया । कीदृग्वाक्यं सुमधुरं संभाषा कीदृशीति च
What has been eaten, what is unprecedented, what has been given by my mother and by Radha; what kind of words, how sweet, and what manner of conversation—what are these like?
गोपानां गोपिकानां च शिशूनां मातुरेव च । राधायाश्चापि कीदृग्वा मयि प्रेमोद्धवाधिकम्
Among the cowherds, cowherd women, children, and mothers, and also in Radha, what kind of love has arisen in me that surpasses all?
मां च स्मरति माता मे मां च स्मरति रोहिणी। मां च स्मरति सा राधा मत्प्रेमविरहाकुला
My mother remembers me, Rohini remembers me, and that Radha, overwhelmed by separation from my love, remembers me as well.
मां च स्मरन्ति गोप्यश्च गोपाश्च गोपबालकाः । भाण्डीरे वटमूले च बालाः क्रीडन्ति मां विना
The cowherd women, cowherds, and cowherd boys remember me; under the banyan tree at Bhāṇḍīra, the children play without me.
दत्तमन्नं ब्राह्मणीभिर्यत्र भुक्तं सुधोपमम् । प्रमदाबालकैः सार्धं तद्दृष्टं पदमीप्सितम्
The food given by the Brahmin women, where it was eaten with utmost satisfaction, together with the young women and children, that place is seen and desired.
इन्द्रयागस्थलं दृष्टं दृष्टो गोवर्धनो वरः । ब्रह्मणा च हृता गावो यत्र तद्दृष्टमुत्तमम्
The site of Indra's sacrifice has been seen, Govardhana, the best, has been seen; and where the cows were taken by Brahma, that excellent place has been seen.
श्रीकृष्णस्य वचः श्रुत्वा शोकोक्तं मधुरान्वितम् । उद्धवः समुवाचेदं भगवन्तं सनातनम्
Hearing the words of Shri Krishna, spoken with sorrow and sweetness, Uddhava addressed the eternal Lord thus.
उद्धव उवाच यद्यदुकतं त्वया नाथ सर्वं दृष्टं यथेप्सितम् । सफलं जीवनं जन्म कृतमत्रैव भारते
Uddhava said: O Lord, whatever you have spoken, all has been seen as desired; life and birth are fruitful, accomplished here in Bharata.