स्त्रीरत्नमतिचार्वंगी रत्नभूषणभूषिता
A jewel among women, with a most graceful form, adorned with ornaments of precious gems.
सुरताद्विरतिर्नासीत्तयोः सुरतविज्ञयोः
There was no cessation of lovemaking between those two, who were skilled in the art of love.
ततो रजस्वलां प्राप्य सुरताद्विरराम सः
Then, upon her becoming menstruous, he refrained from lovemaking.
दधार गर्भं सा सद्यो देवाब्दशतकं सती
She immediately conceived, and, remaining chaste, bore the embryo for a hundred divine years.
शुभक्षणे शुभदिने शुभयोगेन संयुते
At an auspicious moment, on an auspicious day, endowed with an auspicious conjunction,
कार्तिकीपूर्णिमायां च सितवारे च पद्मजे
On the full moon of Kārtika, on a bright day, O lotus-born one,
पादपद्मयुगे चैव पद्मरागविराजिताम्
With a pair of lotus-like feet, resplendent with the hue of padmarāga gems,
राजलक्ष्मीलक्ष्मयुक्तां राजलक्ष्म्यधिदेवताम् 2.15.
Endowed with the fortune of royalty, the presiding goddess of royal prosperity,
पक्वबिम्बाधरोष्ठीं च पश्यन्तीं सस्मितां गृहम्
With lips like ripe bimba fruit, smiling as she gazed about the house,
तदधस्त्रिवलीयुक्तां वृत्तवल्गुनितम्बिनीम्
With three folds below her navel, and rounded, gently swaying hips,
श्यामां सुकेशीं रुचिरां न्यग्रोधपरिमण्डलाम्
Dark-complexioned, with beautiful hair, lovely, and shaped like a banyan tree,
नरा नार्य्यश्च तां दृष्ट्वा तुलनां दातुमक्षमाः
Men and women, seeing her, were unable to find any comparison.
सा च भूमिष्ठमात्रेण योग्या स्त्रीप्रकृतिर्यथा
She, by the measure of the earth, was fit, just as is the nature of women.
तत्र दैवाब्दलक्षं च चकार परमं तपः
There, for a hundred thousand divine years, she performed supreme austerity.
ग्रीष्मे पञ्चतपाः शीते तोयस्था सा च सुन्दरी
In summer, she practiced the five-fold fire austerity; in winter, that beautiful one stood in water.
विंशत्सहस्रवर्षं च फलतोयाशना च सा
For twenty thousand years, she subsisted on fruits and water.
चत्वारिंशत्सहस्राब्दं वाय्वाहारा कृशोदरी
For forty thousand years, the slender-waisted one lived on air alone.
निर्लक्ष्यां चैकपादस्थां दृष्ट्वा तां कमलोद्भवः 2.15.
Seeing her, standing on one foot, subtle and difficult to perceive, the lotus-born one—
चतुर्मुखं च सा दृष्ट्वा प्राणंसीद्धंसवाहनम्
She saw the Four-faced One, whose vehicle is the swan, present there.
ब्रह्मोवाच हरिभक्तिं च मुक्तिं वाऽप्यजरामरतामपि
Brahma said: Whether it is devotion to Hari, or liberation, or even deathlessness and freedom from old age—
तुलस्युवाच सर्वज्ञस्यापि पुरतः का लज्जा मम साम्प्रतम्
Tulasi said: In the presence of the all-knowing one, what shame could there be for me now?
अहं च तुलसी गोपी गोलोकेऽहं स्थिता पुरा
And I, Tulasi, was once a gopi, dwelling in Goloka.
गोविन्देन सहासक्तामतृप्तां मां च मूर्च्छिताम्
Attached to Govinda, unsatisfied and fainting, I was—
गोविन्दं भर्त्सयामास मां शशाप रुषाऽन्विता
Radhika, angered, rebuked Govinda and cursed me.
मामुवाच स गोविन्दो मदंशं त्वं चतुर्भुजम्
Govinda said to me: 'You shall become a portion of me, four-armed.'
इत्येवमुक्त्वा देवेशोऽप्यन्तर्धानमवाप सः
Having spoken thus, the Lord of the gods disappeared from sight.
अहं नारायणं कान्तं शान्तं सुन्दविग्रहम्
I beheld Narayana, my beloved, serene, with a beautiful form.
ब्रह्मोवाच तदंशश्चातितेजस्वी चालभज्जन्म भारते ।। 2.15.
Brahma said: That portion, exceedingly radiant, was born in Bharata as Alabhya.
साम्प्रतं राधिकाशापाद्दनुवंशसमुद्भवः
Now, due to Radhika's curse, he was born in the race of the Danavas.
गोलोके त्वां पुरा दृष्ट्वा कामोन्मथितमानसः
Having seen you before in Goloka, his mind was agitated by desire.