Asthapadi VI, Sakhee He Kesi Madhana - Ode to the Lord

 

As per Indian Philosophy, the Union of Purusha and Prakriti, Being and Nature, brought forth the Universe. This poem is symbolic of the Cosmic Love, not Eroticism !

 
 
 
How strangely is my mind
Functioning, O friend !
Radha tells her confidante
I cannot get angry
With my beloved Krishna
Even though He sports
With the Upanishads or Gopis !
Am I not Nature Personified?
I yearn for my Lord
That He may clasp
Me to His bosom !
I am perplexed !

sakhee hE kESi madhana - guNa kriya - Eka
SlOkamgaNayati guNa grAmam bhAmam bhramadapi nEhatE
vahaticha pareetOsham dOsham vimunchati doorataha
yuvatishu valattrushNE krushNE vihAriNee mAmvinA
punarapi manO vAmam kAmam karOti karOmi kim ||

 
1nibhruta nikunja gruham gata yA niSi rahasi nileeya vasantam
chakita vilOkita sakala diSa rati rabhasa bharENa hasantam
sakhee hE kESi madhana mudAram
ramaya mayA saha madana manOradha bhAvitAya sAvikAram||sakhee||
 
The Lord was sitting
In a cottage
Under a bower
Shook I with fear
My heart warmed for Him
He has such handsome mien
He looked at me direct
Let Him fulfill my desire
As He fullfils the wishes
Of his dear devotees !

 


pradhama samAgama lajjitayA paTu chATu Satai ranukoolam
mrudu madhura smita bhAshitayA Sithileekruta jaghana dukoolam||sakhee|| |
 
The Lord was sweet
He smiled at me !
He pulled my garment
I did feel shy
He is always smart
The heart stealer !

kisalaya Sayana nivESita yA chira murasi mamai vaSayAnam
kruta parirambhaNa chumbanayA parirabhya krutAdhara pAnam||sakhee||
 
I was lying
On a bed of leaves
He lay on my chest
Embraced me
And  gave me
Nectar like kiss !
Purusha loves
His Prakriti dear !
 

alasa nimeelita lOchanAya pulakAvali lalita kapOlam
Sramajala sakala kaLEbarAya vara madana madAdatilOlam||sakhee||
 
I perspired
Due to exhaustion
I touched His cheeks
My body tingled with ecstasy
So engrossed was I
In his grand acts !
Without Him, how can I exist?
Without me, He is unmanifest !
 

kOkila kalarava koojitAyA jita manasija tantra vichAram
Slatha kusumAkula kuntalayA nakha likhita ghana sthana
bhAram||sakhee||
 
Cuckoos were making
Sonorous sounds !
It seems the Lord
Is an adept in Love
My hair got loose
I danced in ecstasy
With Him who is Lord !
The Lord of all this !
 
 
 
charaNa raNita maNi noopurAya paripoorita surata vitAnam
mukhara viSrunkhala mEkhalAyA sakacha graha chumbana dAnam||sakhee ||
 
 
My gem studded anklets
Made tinkling noises
Waist chain loosened
The Lord caught my hair knot
Embraced me, clasped me
My desire fulfilled
In Love supernal !
So glorious He was !
 

rati sukha samaya rasAlasAyAdara mukuLita nayana sarOjam
nissaha nipatita tanulatAyA madhusudana mudita manOjam||sakhee||
 
My lotus eyes closed
When He met me !
He resembles Cupid
He met me so many times
We danced together
Purusha and Prakrti
Whose divine Union
Brought forth the Universe !
 

Sri jayadEva bhaNita mida matiSaya madhuripu nidhu vana Seelam
sukha mutkanThita gOpavadhoo kadhitam vitanOtu saleelam||sakhee||
 
The poet Jaya Deva
Sings this poem of Love
Love of Prakriti
For Purusha Supernal
Whose union is Cosmos
This is the esoteric meaning
Symbolically depicted
By Radha's utterances
To her confidante
Let this song celestial
Confer Bliss Absolute !
 
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