Ashtapadi XIII - kApi madhuripunA - Ode to the Lord



Radha's confidante
Returned from the Lord
Standing in silence
She describes her imagination

As if she had seen
His amorous pastimes !
His play amorous,
With his own Nature, Prakriti

kApi madhuripunA - sAranga - tripuTa
SlOkam adha gatAm mAdhava mantarENa
sakheemiyam veekshya vishAda mookam
viSankamAnA ramitam kayApi
janArdanam drushTavA dEta dAha ||

smara samarOchita virachita vESa
guLita kusuma dara viluLita kESa
kApi madhu ripunA
vilasati yuvati ratyadhika guNA ||

One young damsel,
Dressed up well,
To meet the Lord,
Lord of the Cosmos !

From her hair,
Flowers fell,
She was enjoying,
With the Lord !


hari parirambhaNA vaLita vikArA
kucha kalaSOpari taraLita hArA||kApi||

She embraced Purusha.
Purusha transcending Prakriti,
Necklace dangled on her mein,
When she embraced Lord !

vichala dalaka lalitAnana chandrA
tadadhara pAna rabhasa kruta tandrA||kApi||

Her front locks curly
Are shaking on
Her lunar face !
As she kisses the Lord !

chanchala kunDala dalita kapOlA
mukharita rasana jaghana gati lOla||kApi ||

Her ear rings are striking
Her rosy cheeks !
On waist band bells ringing,
Looks like She is in love with Him.


daita vilOkita lajjita hasita
bahu vidha koojita ratira sarasitA||kApi||

She gazes at her lover,
With extreme shyness,
Seeing the Lord smile,
She makes shrill cries !

vipula pulaka prudhu vEpadhu bhangA
Svasita nimeelita vikasadanangA||kApi||
 
She is enraptured,
She closes her eyes
Making deep sighs !
In a state of Ecstasy !,

Cupid has marked her,
For his own !
She is overwhelmed,
By joy infinite !


Sramajala kaNa bhara subhaga Sareera
pari patitOrasi rati raNadheerA||kApi||

Body beautified by sweat drops
She looks obviously tired,
And blissfully She lies
At the chest of the Lord !
 

Sree jayadEva bhaNita hari ramitam
kali kalusham janayatu pari Samitam||kApi||
 

Let this romance divine
Of Purusha and Prakriti
Of Finite and Infinite,
Of Absolute and Relative.

Of the Lord dancing
With the Upanishads ( Gopis )
Dispell the darkness
Of Kali Yuga malefic !

 
Translation By Govind Kumar


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