सुरतोत्सव संग्रामा चित्ररेखा प्रकीर्तिता । गौरांगी नातिदीर्घा च सदा वादनतत्परा
She is renowned as Citrarekha, whose festivals of love are like battles; fair-complexioned, not very tall, always devoted to playing music.
दैन्यानुरागनटना मूर्च्छारोमांचविह्वला । हरिदक्षिणपार्श्वस्था सर्वमंत्रप्रिया तथा
She dances with feelings of sorrow and affection, overwhelmed by swooning and goosebumps; standing at Hari's right side, and fond of all mantras.
अनंगलोभमाधुर्या चंद्रा सा परिकीर्तिता । सलीलमंथरगतिर्मंजुमुद्रित लोचना
She is called Chandra, sweet in her passion for love, moving gracefully like water, with charming, expressive eyes.
प्रेमधारोज्ज्वलाकीर्णा दलितांजन शोभना । कृष्णानुरागरसिका रासध्वनिसमुत्सुका
She is adorned with streams of radiant love, beautiful with smudged collyrium; she delights in Krishna's affection and eagerly awaits the sound of the rasa dance.
अहंकारसमायुक्ता मुखनिंदितचंद्रमाः । मधुरालापचतुरा जितेंद्रियशिरोमणिः
Endowed with pride, she shames the moon with her face; skilled in sweet speech, she is the jewel among those who have mastered their senses.
सुंदरस्मितसंयुक्ता सा वै मदनसुंदरी । विविक्तरासरसिका श्यामा श्याममनोहरा
She is united with a beautiful smile, truly Madanasundari; she enjoys secluded rasa, dark-complexioned and captivatingly dark.
प्रेम्णा प्रेमकटाक्षेण हरेश्चित्तविमोहनी । जितेंद्रिया जितक्रोधा सा प्रिया परिकीर्तिता
With loving glances and love, she enchants Hari's mind; she is known as the beloved, victorious over her senses and anger.
सुतप्तस्वर्णगौरांगी लीलागमनसुंदरी । स्मरोत्थ प्रेमरोमांच वैचित्रमधुराकृतिः
Her body is golden like well-refined gold, beautiful in her playful arrival; her form is sweet and varied, with goosebumps arising from love born of desire.
सुंदरस्मितसंयुक्त मुखनिंदितचंद्रमाः । मधुरालापचतुरा जितेंद्रियशिरोमणिः
She is adorned with a lovely smile, her face shaming the moon; skilled in sweet conversation, she is the foremost among those who have conquered their senses.
कीर्तिता सा मधुमती प्रेमसाधनतत्परा । संमोहज्वररोमांच प्रेमधारा समन्विता
She is called Madhumati, devoted to the practice of love; possessed of the fever and goosebumps of bewilderment, and streams of love.
दानधूलिविनोदा च रासध्वनि महानटी । शशिरेखा च विज्ञेया गोपालप्रेयसी सदा
She delights in the dust of gifts, is a great dancer in the sound of the rasa; she is known as Shashirekha, always the beloved of Gopala.
कृष्णात्मा सोत्तमा श्यामा मधुपिंगललोचना । तत्पादप्रेमसंमोहात्क्वचित्पुलकचुंबिता
Her soul is Krishna's, she is supreme and dark-complexioned, with honey-golden eyes; sometimes kissed by goosebumps from the enchantment of love for his feet.
शिवकुंडे शिवानंदा नंदिनी देहिकातटे । रुक्मिणी द्वारवत्यां तु राधा वृंदावने वने
In Shivakunda she is Shivānandā, Nandinī on the banks of Dehika; Rukmini in Dvāravatī, and Radha in the forest of Vrindavan.
देवकी मथुरायां तु जाता मे परमेश्वरी । चंद्रकूटे तथा सीता विंध्ये विंध्यनिवासिनी
She was born as Devakī in Mathurā, the supreme goddess for me; likewise Sītā at Chandrakūṭa, and the resident of Vindhya in the Vindhya mountains.
वाराणस्यां विशालाक्षी विमला पुरुषोत्तमे । वृंदावनाधिपत्यं च दत्तं तस्यै प्रसीदता
In Vārāṇasī she is Vishālākṣī, in Puruṣottama she is Vimalā; the lordship of Vrindavan was given to her by the one who is pleased.
कृष्णेनान्यत्र देवी तु राधा वृंदावने वने । नित्यानंदतनुः शौरिर्योऽशरीरीति भाष्यते
Elsewhere, Krishna's goddess is Radha in the forest of Vrindavan; the ever-blissful body of Shauri, who is called bodiless.
वाय्वग्निनाकभूमीनामंगाधिष्ठितदेवता । निरूप्यते ब्रह्मणोऽपि तथा गोविंदविग्रहः
She is the presiding deity established in the elements of air, fire, sky, and earth; even Brahma is described thus, as is the form of Govinda.
सेंद्रियोऽपि यथा सूर्यस्तेजसा नोपलक्ष्यते । तथा कांतियुतः कृष्णः कालं मोहयति ध्रुवम्
Just as the sun, though possessing senses, is not perceived by its brilliance, so Krishna, endowed with radiance, certainly bewilders time.
न तस्य प्राकृती मूर्तिर्मेदोमांसास्थिसंभवा । योगी चैवेश्वरश्चान्यः सर्वात्मा नित्यविग्रहः
He does not possess a material form arising from fat, flesh, or bone; the yogi and the Lord are distinct, all-pervading, and eternally embodied.
काठिन्यं देवयोगेन करकाघृतयोरिव । कृष्णस्यामिततत्त्वस्य पादपृष्ठं न देवता
By divine yoga, there is hardness as between the palms and ghee; the sole of Krishna, of infinite essence, is not for the gods.
वृंदावनरजोवृंदे तत्र स्युर्विष्णुकोटयः । आनंदकिरणे वृंदव्याप्तविश्वकलानिधिः
In the dust of Vrindavan, there are countless manifestations of Vishnu; in the rays of bliss, Vrinda pervades, the treasury of universal arts.
गुणात्मतात्मनि यथा जीवास्तत्किरणांगकाः । भुजद्वयवृतः कृष्णो न कदाचिच्चतुर्भुजः
Just as living beings are rays within the self of qualities, Krishna is surrounded by two arms, never four-armed.
गोप्यैकया वृतस्तत्र परिक्रीडति सर्वदा । गोविंद एव पुरुषो ब्रह्माद्याः स्त्रिय एव च
There, surrounded by a single gopi, he always sports; Govinda alone is the person, and even Brahma and others are women.
तत एव स्वभावोयंऽप्रकृतेर्भाव ईश्वरः । पुरुषः प्रकृतिश्चाद्यौ राधावृंदावनेश्वरौ
From that very nature arises the Lord, whose essence is beyond matter; the original man and nature are Radha and the Lord of Vrinda.
प्रकृतेर्विकृतं सर्वं विना वृंदावनेश्वरम्
All transformations of nature exist only through the Lord of Vrinda.
समुद्भवेनैव समुद्भवेदिदं भेदं गतं तस्य विनाशतो हि । स्वर्णस्य नाशो न हि विद्यते तथा मत्स्यादिनाशेऽपि न कृष्णविच्युतिः
This world arises only from its origin; difference ceases with his destruction. The loss of gold does not occur, nor does Krishna depart even with the destruction of fish and others.
त्रिगुणादिप्रपंचोऽयं वृंदावनविहारिणः । ऊर्म्मीवाब्धेस्तरंगस्य यथाब्धिर्नैव जायते
This universe of three qualities belongs to the one who delights in Vrindavan; just as a wave arises from the ocean, yet the ocean is not born from the wave.
न राधिका समा नारी न कृष्णसदृशः पुमान् । वयः परं न कैशोरात्स्वभावः प्रकृतेः परः
There is no woman equal to Radhika, nor any man comparable to Krishna; their age is supreme, not from childhood, and their nature is beyond matter.
ध्येयं कैशोरकं ध्येयं वनं वृंदावनं वनम् । श्याममेव परं रूपमादिदेवं परो रसः
One should meditate on the youthful form, on the forest, Vrindavan, the forest; the supreme form is dark, the original god, the highest essence.
बाल्यं पंचमवर्षांतं पौगंडं दशमावधि । अष्टपंचककैशोरं सीमा पंचदशावधि
Childhood lasts until the fifth year, boyhood until the tenth; the limit of youth is fifteen, comprised of eight and five.