मनोहरां मुनीनां च मालतीमाल्यभूषिताम् । कस्तूरीकुङ्कुमाक्तं च चारुचन्दनपत्रकम्
She adorned her with a delightful garland of jasmine, pleasing to the sages, and with a beautiful sandalwood leaf scented with musk and saffron.
स्तनयुग्मे सुकठिने चकार चन्दना सती । चारुचम्पकपुप्पाणां मालां गन्धमनोहराम्
Sati applied sandalwood to her firm pair of breasts, and made a fragrant, charming garland of lovely champaka flowers.
मालावती ददौ तस्यौ प्रफुल्लां नवमल्लिकाम् । रतीषु रसिका गोपी रत्नभूषणभूषिताम्
Malavati gave her a fresh, blossoming jasmine garland; the Gopi, skilled in love, adorned her with jeweled ornaments.
तां चकारातिरसिकां वरां रतिरसोत्सुकाम् । शरत्पद्मदलाभं च लोजनं कज्जलोज्ज्वलम्
They made her most skilled in love, eager for the delights of passion, and her eyes shone with collyrium, resembling autumn lotus petals.
कृत्वा ददौ सुललितं वस्त्रं च ललिता सती । महेन्द्रेण प्रदत्तं च पारिजातप्रसूनकम्
Lalita, having dressed her in a graceful garment, gave her a parijata flower, which had been given by Mahendra.
सुगन्धियुक्तं तस्याश्च पारिजातं करे ददौ । सुशीलं मधुरोक्तं च भर्तुः पार्श्वे यथोचितम्
She placed the fragrant parijata in her hand, and, with gentle and sweet words, seated her properly at her husband's side.
शिक्षां चकार नीतिं च सुशीला गोपिका सती । स्त्रीणां च षोडशकलां विपत्तौ विस्मृतांतयोः
The virtuous and chaste Gopikā instructed in proper conduct and ethics, and in adversity, she recalled the sixteen arts of women that are often forgotten.
स्मरणं कारयामास राधामाता कलावती । श्रृङ्गारविषयोक्तं च वचनं च सुधोपमम्
Rādhā’s mother, Kalāvatī, caused her to remember, and spoke words as sweet as nectar, filled with the subject of love.
स्मरणं कारयामास भगिनी च सुधामुखी । कमलानां चम्पकानां दले चन्दनचर्चिते
Her sister Sudhāmukhī also caused her to remember, amidst petals of lotuses and campaka flowers, anointed with sandalwood.
चकार रतितल्पं च कमला चाऽऽशु कोमलम् । चारुचम्पकपुष्पं च कृष्णार्थं पुटकस्थितम्
Kamalā quickly prepared a soft bed for love-play, and placed beautiful campaka flowers in a basket for Kṛṣṇa.
चकार चन्दनाक्तं च स्वयं च पार्वती सती । पुष्पं केलिकदम्बानां स्तबकं च मनोहरम्
Pārvatī herself, chaste and pure, prepared flowers anointed with sandalwood, and a charming cluster of kadamba blossoms for play.
कदम्बमालां कृष्णार्थ विद्यमानां चकार सा । ताम्बूलं च वरं सम्यं कर्पूरादिसुवासितम्
She made a garland of kadamba flowers for Kṛṣṇa, and prepared excellent betel leaves, properly scented with camphor and other fragrances.
कृष्णप्रिया च कृष्णार्थं चकार वासितं जलम् । एतस्मिन्नन्तरे सर्वमाश्रमं सजलस्थलम्
Kṛṣṇa’s beloved prepared perfumed water for Kṛṣṇa; meanwhile, the entire hermitage became moist and fresh.
साक्षाद्गोरोचनाभं च ददृशुर्मुनयः सुराः । ते सर्वे विस्मयं गत्वा पप्रच्छुः कृष्णमीश्वरम्
The sages and gods saw the place shining like pure gorocanā; all of them, filled with wonder, questioned Kṛṣṇa, the Lord.
उवाच भगवांस्ताश्च सर्वज्ञः सर्वकाराणा
The Blessed Lord, the all-knowing, the cause of all, spoke to them.
श्रीभगवानुवाच अभिशप्ता च श्रीदाम्ना भ्रष्टशोभा राधिका । सर्वं ज्ञानं विसस्मार मद्विच्छेदज्वरातुरा
The Blessed Lord said: Cursed by Śrīdāmā, Rādhikā lost her radiance; afflicted by the fever of separation from me, she forgot all knowledge.
विमुक्ते वर्षशतके ज्ञानं सस्मार सा सती । सिद्धाश्रमं च पीताभं रासेश्वर्याश्च तेजसा
When a hundred years had passed in release, that chaste one remembered her knowledge, and the hermitage shone with the golden radiance of the Queen of the Rāsa.
परमाह्लादकं तेजश्चन्द्रकोटिसमप्रभम् । सुखदृश्यं च सुखदं चक्षुधां प्राणिनामपि
That supreme, blissful radiance, equal to ten million moons, delightful to see and bestowing happiness even to the eyes of living beings.
तच्छ्रुत्वा परमाश्चर्यं मुनयो मनवस्तथा । देव्यश्च सर्वदेवास्ते ब्रह्मेशानादयस्तथा
Hearing of this most wondrous event, the sages, Manus, all the goddesses, all the gods, and even Brahmā and Śiva were amazed.
जवेन गत्वा तत्स्थानं भक्तिनम्रात्मकंधरा । सर्वे जनास्ते ददृशुस्त्रैलोक्यस्थाश्च राधिकाम्
Swiftly they went to that place, their heads bowed in devotion, and all the people there, as well as those in the three worlds, beheld Rādhikā.
श्वेतचम्पकवर्णाभामतुलां सुमनोहराम् । मोहिनीं मानसानां च मुनीनामूर्ध्वरेतसाम्
They saw her with a complexion like white campaka flowers, incomparable in beauty, enchanting the minds even of sages with controlled senses.
सुकेशीं सुन्दरीं श्यामां न्यग्रोधपरिमण्डलाम् । नितम्बकठिनश्रोणीं स्तनयुग्मोन्नताननाम्
Her hair was lovely, her form beautiful and dark, her hips and thighs well-shaped like a banyan tree, her waist and buttocks firm, her face radiant with prominent breasts.
कोटीन्दुनिन्दितास्यां तां सस्मितां सुदतीं सतीम् । कज्जलोज्ज्वलरूपां च शरत्कमललोजनाम्
Her face outshone millions of moons, she was smiling, with beautiful teeth, chaste, her eyes shining with collyrium, and resembling autumn lotuses.
महालक्ष्मीं बीजरूपां परामाद्यां सनातीम् । परमात्मस्वरूपस्य प्राणाधिष्ठातृदेवताम्
She was Mahālakṣmī, the primal seed, supreme, original, eternal, the presiding goddess of the life-force of the Supreme Self.
स्तुतां च पूजितां चैव परां च परमात्मने । ब्रह्मस्वरूपां निर्लिप्तां नित्यरूपां च निर्गुणाम्
Praised and worshipped, she is the supreme one, the Supreme Self; of the nature of Brahman, untouched, eternal in form, and without qualities.
विश्वानुरोधात्प्रकृतिं भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहाम् । मत्यस्वरूपां शुद्धां च पूतां पतितपावनीम्
By the will of the universe, she assumes the form of nature, an embodiment of grace for devotees; her form is mortal, pure, sanctified, and the purifier of the fallen.
सुतीर्थपूतां सत्कीर्तिं विधात्रीं वेदसामपि । महत्प्रियां च महतीं महाविष्णोश्च मातरम्
Sanctified by holy places, of noble fame, the creator even of the Vedas; beloved of the great, herself great, and the mother of the great Vishnu.
रासेश्वरेश्वरीं रम्यां रसिकां रसिकेश्वरीम् । वह्निशुद्धांशुकाधामां स्वेच्छारूपां शुभालयाम्
She is the sovereign of the Lord of the Rasa dance, beautiful, connoisseur of rasa and the mistress of those who delight in rasa; her radiance is like fire-purified cloth, her form as she wishes, the abode of auspiciousness.
गोपीभिः सप्तभिः शश्वत्सेवितां श्वेतचामरैः । चतसृभिः प्रियालीभिः पादपद्मोपसेविताम्
Eternally served by seven gopīs with white yak-tail fans, and by four dear companions who attend to her lotus feet.
अमूल्यरत्ननिर्माणभूषणोच्चैर्विभूषिताम् । चारुकुण्डलयुग्मेन श्रुतिगण्डस्थलोज्ज्वलाम्
Adorned with ornaments crafted from priceless gems, she shines with a pair of beautiful earrings that illuminate her cheeks and temples.