Padavali

Govinda dasa

Song 1 (Bandanä-räga)

1. campaka çoëa          kusuma kanakäcala
         jitala gaura-tanu-läbaëi re
unnata géma         séma nähi anubhaba
         jaga-mana-mohana bhäìané re
2. (Refrain) jaya çacé-nandana          tribhubana-bandana
         kali-yuga-käla-bhujaga-bhaya-khaëòana re
3. bipula pulaka kula         äkula kalebara
         gara gara antare prema-bhare
lahu lahu häsané         gada gada bhäñaëé
         kata mandäkiné nayane jhare
4. nija-rase näcata      nayana òhuläyata
         gäyata kata kata bhakatahià meli
yo rase bhäsi       abaça mahé-maëòala
         gobinda-däsa tahià paraça nä bheli

    1. Lord Gaura's handsome form defeats the golden mountain and the golden campaka flowers. His neck is long. His glory has no end. He charms the world's hearts.
    2. (Refrain) Glory to Çacé's son! The three worlds bow before Him. He breaks into shards everyone's fear of the black snake that is Kali-yuga. 
    3. The hairs of His body stand erect. His heart is overcome with the ecstasy of spireitual love. He gently, gently smiles. He speaks broken words in a choked voice. How many celestial Gaìgäs flow from His eyes?
    4. Tasting the nectar of ecstatic spiritual love, He dances. His eyes move restlessly. How many devotees gather around Him and sing? He makes the circle of the earth float in the nectar of ecstatic spiritual love. Govinda däsa alone was not touched by that flood of nectar.

Song 2 (Beloyära-räga)

1. (Refrain) jaya jaga-täraëa-käraëa dhäma
änanda-kanda nityänanda näma
2. òagamaga locana-      kamala òhuläyata
sahaje athira gati       jiti matoyära
bhä-iyä abhiräma bali         ghana ghana òäka-i
         gaura prema-bhare cala-i nä pära
3. gada gada ädha        madhura bacanämåta
         lahu lahu häsa-bikaçita ganta
päñaëòa khaëòana         çré-bhuja-maëòana
         kanaka-khacita abalambana daëòa
4. kali-yuga käla        bhujaìgama daàçala
         dagadhala sthäbara jäìgama dekhi
prema-sudhä-rasa         jaga bhari barikhala
         gobinda-däsake käàhe upekhi

    1. (Refrain) Glory to the Lord who delivers the worlds, the Lord who is the root of all bliss, the Lord who bears the name Nityänanda!
    2. Tears stream from His restless lotus eyes. He is restless and unsteady. "Brother Abhiräma!", He calls. Overcome with ecstatic spiritual love for Lord Gaura, He has no power to walk.
    3. His half words spoken in a choked voice are sweeter than nectar. A gentle gentle smile blossoms on His face. He breaks all sins into pieces. His glorious arms are decorated with a golden staff.
    4. Seeing the moving and unmoving beings burning with poison, bitten by the fangs of the black snake that is Kali-yuga, He showers everyone with a monsoon of the nectar-antidote of ecstatic spiritual love. Only Govinda däsa does not receive that antidote. Only Govinda däsa is forgotten.

Song 3 (Gauré-räga)

1. nanda-nandana         gopéjana-ballabha
         rädhä-näyaka nägara çyäma
so çacé-nandana          nadéyä-purandara
         sura-muni-gaëa-mano-mohana dhäma
2. jaya nija-käntä-      känti-kalebara
         jaya jaya preyasé-bhäba-binoda
jaya braja-sahacaré-      locana-maìgala
         nadéyä-badhüjana-nayana-ämoda
3. jaya jaya çrédäma-         sudäma-subalärjuna-
         prema-prabardhana naba-ghana-rüpa
jaya rämädi-sundara-          priya-sahacara
         jaya jaya mohana gaura anupa
4. jaya ati-bala         balaräma-priyänuja
         jaya jaya nityänanda-änanda
jaya jaya saj-jana-      gaëa-bhaya-bhaïjana
         gobinda-däsa-äça-anubandha
5. (Refrain) jaya jaya çré-çré-nibäsa guëa-dhäma
déna-héna-täraëa         prema-rasäyana
         aichana madhurima näma
6. käïcana-baraëa        haraëa tanu su-lalita
         kauñika basana biräje
prema näma kahi          kahata bhägabate
         aiche baraëa tanu säje
7. nija nija bhakata          päriñada saìgati
         prakaöahi caraëärabinda
nirabadhi badane         näma biräjita
         rädhe kåñëa gobinda
8. yugala-bhajana-guëa-       lélä-äswädana
         grantha kalpa-taru häte
tuyä bine adhame         çaraëa ko deyaba
         gobinda-däsa anäthe

    1. Lord Kåñëa, who is Nanda's son, the gopés' beloved, Rädhä's lover, a hero of amorous pastimes, and dark in complexion, now has become Çacé's son. He is the ruler of Nadéyä. He charms the hearts of the demigods and sages.
    2. Glory to the Lord, whose bodily complexion is now like that of His beloved! Glory, glory to the Lord, who enjoys pastimes of feeling the ecstatic spiritual love His beloved feels! Glory to the Lord who brought auspicious bliss to the vraja-gopés' eyes and who now delights the eyes of the girls in Nadéyä!
    3. Glory, glory to the Lord whose form is dark like a new raincloud and who is the ecstatic friend of Çrédämä, Sudämä, Subala, and Arjuna! Glory to the Lord who was the dear and glorious companion of Balaräma and a host of gopa boys! Glory, glory to the Lord who now manifests a fair form charming and peerless!
    4. Glory, glory to the Lord who was Balaräma's dear younger brother! Glory, glory to the Lord who now delights Nityänanda! Glory, glory to the Lord who breaks into pieces the fears of the saintly devotees! Glory to the Lord whose association Govinda däsa yearns to attain!
    5. (Refrain) Glory, glory to the Lord who is the goddess of fortune's shelter, who is the abode of all virtues, and whose sweet holy name carries the nectar-elixir of spiritual love, an elixir that rescues the poor fallen souls!
    6. Glory to the Lord whose graceful form is now more splendid than gold, who is gloriously arrayed in silken garments. Describing the glories of the holy name, He speaks from Çrémad-Bhägavatam. His form is now fair.
    7. He is accompanied by His devotees. Now His lotus feet are visible in this world. Without stop the holy names {.sy 168}Rädhe! Kåñëa! Govinda!" are gloriously manifest in His mouth.
    8. He relishes the nectar of the divine couple's qualities, pastimes, and devotional service. The kalpa-taru tree of scriptures He holds in His hand. O Supreme Lord, but for You who will give shelter to fallen helpless Govinda däsa?

Song 4 

1. (Refrain) jaya re jaya re jaya       öhäkura narottama
         prema-bhakati-mahäräja
yäàke mantré        abhinu kalebara
         rämacandra kabiräja
2. prema-mukuöa-maëi          bhüñaëa bhäbäbali
         aìgahi aìga biräja
nåpa äsana          khetura mähä baiöhata
         saìgahi bhakata-samäja
3. sanätana-rüpa-kåta         grantha bhägabata
         anudina karata bicära
rädhä-mädhaba       yugala ujjwala-rasa
         paramänanda sukha sära
4. çré-saìkértana        biñaya-rase unamata
         dharmädharma nähi mäna
yoga-däna-brata          ädi bhaye bhägata
         royata karama geyäna
5. bhägabata çästra-gaëa      yo de-i bhakati-dhana
         täka gauraba äpa
säìkhya mémäàsaka        tarkädika yata
         malina dekhi paratäpa
6. abhakata caura        dürahi bhägi rahu
         niyaòe nähi parakäça
déna héna jane      deyala bhakati-dhane
         baïcita gobinda-däsa

    1. (Refrain) Glory, glory, glory to Narottama däsa Öhäkura, a great king of spiritual love and devotion, a king whose prime minister is youthful Rämacandra Kaviräja! 
    2. King Narottama's crown is studded with the jewels of ecstatic spiritual love. On his body the ornaments of devotional ecstasies glisten. In Khetura-gräma he sits on a royal throne. The devotees are his royal assembly.
    3. Day after day he studies, discusses, and lectures on Çrémad-Bhägavatam and the books Rüpa and Sanätana wrote. In the glistening nectar pastimes of the divine couple, of Çré Çré Rädhä and Mädhava, he finds the sweetest bliss.
    4. Tasting the nectar of saìkértana, he becomes wild with bliss. He does not consider what is materially pious and what is materially impious. Frightened, he flees from non-devotional yoga, charity, and vows. In the presence of frutiive actions and impersonal speculations, he weeps.
    5. The treasure of devotion described in the Bhägavata scriptures is the great goal he strives to attain. Seeing the impure ideas of the followers of säìkhya, mémäàsa, material logic, and other non-devotional philosophies, he burns with unhappiness. 

    6. He stays far away from the thieves that are the opponants of devotional service. He will not come near them. To the poor fallen people he gives the treasure of devotional service. Only to Gocinda däsa he did not give that treasure. Only Govinda däsa was cheated.

Song 5 (Suha-i-räga)

1. jaya jaya yadu-kula-jalanidhi-candra
braja-kula gokula änanda-kanda
2. jaya jaya jaladhara çyämara aìga
helana kalpa-taru lalita tri-bhaìga
3. sudha-i sudhämaya murali-biläsa
jaga-jana-mohana madhurima häsa
4. abané bilambita bani bana-bäla
madhukara jhaìkaru tatahi rasäla
5. taruëa aruëa ruci pada arabinda
nakha-maëi nichani däsa gobinda

    1. Glory, glory to the Lord who is like a moon risen from the ocean of the Yadu dynasty, to the Lord who is the bliss of Gokula's pastures! 
    2. Glory, glory to the Lord whose limbs are dark like a monsoon cloud, the Lord whose graceful form bends in three places like a bending kalpa-taru tree!
    3. His pastime is to play nectar melodies on His flute. The sweetness of His smile enchants everyone in the world.
    4. He lingers in the forest of new flowers. He is like a mango tree where black bees hum.
    5. The lotus flowers of the soles of His feet glisten with a charming new redness. Govinda däsa worships the jewels that are the nails of His toes.

Song 6 (Çré-räga)

1. (Refrain) jaya jaya jaga-jana-locana-phända
rädhä-ramaëa båndäbana-cända
2. abhinaba néla         jalada tanu òhala òhala
         piïcha mukuöa çire säjani re
käïcana basana           ratanamaya äbharaëa
         nüpura raëaraëi bäjané re
3. indébara-yuga         subhaga bilocana
         aïcala caïcala kusuma-çare
abicala kula          ramaëé-gaëa mänasa
         jara jara antare madana-bhare
4. bani bana-mäla        äjänu-lambita
         parimale ali-kula mäti rahu
bimbädhara pare          mohana muralé
         gä-ota gobinda-däsa-pahu

    1. (Refrain) Glory, glory to the Lord who is Rädhä's lover, the Lord who is like a trap to catch the eyes of the world's people, the Lord who is like a moon shining in Våndävana!
    2. His form glistens like a dark new raincloud. A peacock-feather crown adorns His head. His garments are golden. His ornaments are made of jewels. His anklets jangle.
    3. His graceful eyes are two blue lotus flowers. The restless glances from His eyes' corners are arrows of flowers, arrows that wound the saintly gopés' amorous hearts.
    4. A forest-flower garland hangs to His knees. Its fragrance makes the black bees wild with bliss. Placing the flute to His bimba-fruit lips, Govinda däsa's master plays enchanting melodies. 

Song 7 (Çré-räga)

1. dheaja-vajräìkuça-paìkaja-kalitam
vraja-vanitä-kuca-kuìkuma-lalitam
2. (Refrain) vande girivaradhara-pada-kamalam
kamalä-kamaläïcitam amalam
3. maïjula-maëi-nüpura-ramaëéyam
acapala-kula-ramaëé-kamanéyam
4. ati-lohitam atirohita-bhäñam
madhu-madhupé-kåta-govinda-däsam

    2. (Refrain) I offer my respectful obesiances to Lord Giridhäré's splendid and pure lotus feet, which the goddess of fortune worships with offerings of lotus flowers, . . .
    1. . . . lotus feet marked with the auspicious signs of the flag, thunderbolt, elephant-goad, and lotus, lotus feet gracefully marked with kuìkuma from the vraja-gopés' breasts, . . .
    3. . . . lotus feet charming with graceful jewel anklets, lotus feet the saintly and beautiful gopés always yearn to attain, . . .
    4. . . . reddish lotus feet eternally described in graceful prayers, lotus feet that have transformed Govinda däsa into a bumblebee thirsting for their honey.

Song 8 (Tuòé-räga)

1. sajala jalada         aìga manohara
         chaöäye cähila nahe
éñata häsiyä        manera äkuti
         aruëa nayäne kahe
2. äju ki pekhalu        binoda nägara
         keli-kadambera tale
rüpa nirakhite      äìkhira läja
         bhäsila änanda-jale
3. baula-mäla diyä       kuntala öäniyä
         ma-ura-pucchera chände
raìginé locana      khaïjana bandhite
         pätila biñama phände
4. makara-kuëòala        saìge dolaye
         gaëòa darapaëa-bhäne
bhäle se madana          tähe bimbita
         gobinda-däsa anumäne

    1. His charming limbs dark like monsoon clouds were so effulgent I could not even look upon them. His gently smiling reddish eyes spoke of the desires hidden in His heart.
    2. Who is it I saw today? He was a playful boy under a keli-kadamba tree. My eyes were shy to gaze on His handsome form. I floated in an ocean of bliss. 
    3. He wore a garland of bakula flowers. A peacock feather decorated His hair. His reddish eyes were like restless kaïjana birds. I fell into the terrible trap He had carefully set.
    4. Shark-shaped earrings swung to and fro on His glistening-mirror cheeks. Kämadeva was reflected on His forehead. Govinda däsa thinks of Him in this way.

Song 9 (Sindhuòä-räga)

1. matta-ma-ura-çikhaëòika-maëòita
         cüòäye mälaté mäla
parimale mäti pänti mata madhukara
         guïjare tähi rasäla
2. (Refrain) sajani pekhalu baraja-kiçora
piba-ite badana-sudhäkara-mädhuré
         mätala nayana-cakora
3. néla jalada tanu bhäìu madana dhanu
         nayana-kamala païca bäëa
jara jara antara kulabaté-gauraba
         saàçaya rahala paräëe
4. madana makara yanu maëimaya kuëòala
         öalamala dolata käne
hera-ite jaga-mana-ména garäsaye
         gobinda-däsa paramäëe

    1. He was crowned with the feather of a wild peacock. The fragrance of His jasmine garland made the buzzing black bees wild with bliss. 
    2. (Refrain) O gopé friend, today I saw a handsome teenage boy in Vraja. The cakora birds of my eyes became wild to taste the sweetness of the moonlight of the moon of His face.
    3. His form was a dark monsoon cloud. His eyebrows were the archer Kämadeva's two bows. From His lotus eyes Kämadeva fired his five arrows. The saintly gopés' hearts were gravely wounded. Their lives are now in doubt.
    4. His glistening jewel earrings shaped like Kämadeva's sharks swing to and fro from His ears. The fish of the gopés' hearts gaze at that shark. Now that shark devours those small fish. Govinda däsa thinks in this way.

Song 10 (Gändhära-räga)

1. (Refrain) käliya-damana déna-näha
kälindé-küla kadamba chäha
2. kata kata braja naba bälä
pekhalu janu thira bijaréka mälä
3. tohe kaho subala säìgäti
tabadhari häma nä jäni dibä räti
4. tahi dhani maëi du-i cäri
tahi mano-mohiné eka näré
5. so rahu majhu mane paöhi
manasija dhüme ghuma nähi diöhi
6. anukhaëa tahita samädhi
ko jäne kaichana biraha-biyädhi
7. dine dine kñéëa bhela dehä
gobinda-däsa kaha aiche naba-lehä

    1. (Refrain) Kåñëa, who is the Lord of the poor and meek and the hero that vanquished Käliya, stays in a kadamba tree's shade on the Yamunä's banks.
    2. (Lord Kåñëa says:) How many girls of Vraja have I seen? Still, this one girl is splendid like a garland of unmoving lightning flashes, 
    3. O friend Subala, I tell you: from that moment I no longer know whether it is day or night.
    4. In that place were two or four beautiful girls splendid like glistening jewels. But only one of those girls cast a spell on My heart.
    5. I keep that girl in my heart. My heart is filled with the smoke of Kämadeva's flames. Lost in the smoke, I cannot see the directions.
    6. Moment after moment I am rapt in thinking of this girl. I know nothing but Her. I am overcome by the fever of separation from Her.
    7. Day after day my body becomes more thin and emaciated. Govinda däsa says: These are the signs of new love.

Song 11 (Baräòé-räga)

1. niçasi nihärasi phuöala kadamba
kara-tale badana saghana abalamba
2. (Refrain) kñaëe tanu moòasi kari kata bhaìga
abirala pulaka mukula bharu aìga
3. e dhani mohe nä karu aru chanda
jänala bheöali çyämara chanda
4. bhäba ki gopasi gopata nä raha-i
maramaka bedana badane saba kaha-i
5. yatane nibärasi nayänake lola
gadagada çabade kahasi ädha bola
6. äna chale aìga nayäna chale pantha
saghane gatägati karasi ekänta
7. düre rahu gurujana-gauraba läja
gobinda-däsa kaha paòala akäja

    1. You stare. You sigh. With your sighs the kadamba trees burst into bloom. Your head rests in your hands.
    2. Sometimes you bend your body into how many awkward postures? Like budding flowers, the hairs of your body always stand erect.
    3. (Refrain) O beautiful gopé, you did not tell me anything. Still, I know what has happened. You must have met the dark moon Kåñëa.
    4. Why do you try to hide your feelings? You cannot hide them. The expression on your face proclaims the pain in your heart.
    5. You struggle to suppress the signs of what you feel. Your eyes are restless. You speak half words in a choked voice.
    6. On some pretext you carefully watch the path. Your purpose in watching is only one.
    7. Far away you have thrown all shyness and all respect for your elders and superiors. Govinda däsa says: Alas! This girl has fallen into mischief.

Song 12 (Gändhära-räga)

1. òhala òhala sajala         jalada tanu çohana
         mohana abharaëa säja
aruëa nayana gati        bijuré camaka jiti
         dagadhala kulabaté-läja
2. (Refrain) sajani yä-ite pekhalu käna
tabadhari jaga-bhari          bharala kusuma-çara
         nayane nä heriye äna
3. majhu mukha daraçi         bihasi tanu moòa-i
         bigalita mohana baàça
nä jäniye kona      manoratha äkula
         kiçalaya-dale karu daàça
4. ataye se majhu mana        jwalatahi anukhaëa
         dolata capala paräëa
gobinda-däsa        micha-i äçoyäsa
         tabahu nä milala käna

    1. His form was glorious like a monsoon cloud. He was charming with graceful ornaments. The glance from his reddish eyes defeats lightning. That glance burned this saintly girl's shyness into ashes.
    2. (Refrain) O gopé-freiend, I saw Kåñëa. If I attain Him I will have the whole world. He struck me with the flower-arrow of His glance. Now my eyes see none but Him.
    3. When He saw my face, He smiled. His body trembled, and He dropped His charming flute. He bit a budding twig. What desire filled Him? I do not know.
    4. Since that time my heart burns at every moment. My restless life-breath trembles. Govinda däsa says: Your hope is false. Kåñëa weill not meet with you yet.

Song 13 (Dhänaçé-räga)

1. cüòaka cüòä      mayüra-çikhaëòaka
         maëòita mälaté-mäleee
saurabha unamata         bhramaré bheramara kata
         caudike karata jhaìkäre
2. (Refrain) sajani ko kahe käma anaìga
keli kadamba tale        so rati-näyaka
         pekhalu naöa-bhara-bhaìga
3. katahu biñama çara         nayana tüëa bhara
         saïcaru bhäìa kämäne
nägaré näré         marama mähä häna-i
         lekha-i nä pära-i äne
4. çruti-müle caïcala         maëimaya kuëòala
         dolata makara-äkära
gobinda-däsa        ataye anumänala
         madana-mohana abatära

    1. He wore a peacock-feather crown. His jasmine garland was surrounded by black bees. Intoxicated by the scent of His garland, how many humming bees filled the four directions?
    2. (Refrain) O gopé-friend, was that person I saw Kämadeva Himself? A hero of playful pastimes, He gracefully danced under a kadamba tree.
    3. Moving ythe archer's bows of His eyebrows and emptying the two quivers of His eyes, how many flower-arrows did He fire? Many playful girls' hearts were wounded. Those girls could not gaze on anyone but Him.
    4. Shark-shaped jewel earrings swung from His ears. Govinda däsa says: I think that person must have been more enchanting than Kämadeva himself.

Song 14 (Çré-räga)

1. marakata-darapaëa baraëa ujora
hera-ite prati aìga anaìga ägora
2. nä bhujaluà ki kahala aruëa nayäna
hänala ata-e kusuma-çara bäna
3. e sakhi kahe bheöaluà nanda-nandanä
madira gahana dahana bhela candanä
4. taikhane dakhiëa pabana bhela bäma
saha-i nä päriye himakara-näma
5. sahaja çeja kamala-dala päti
kulabaté yubaté le-u nija çäti
6. taàhi rahala mana locana lägi
dhairaja läja düre gela bhägi
7. ki phala ekala bikala-paräëa
gobinda-däsa kaha milaba käna

    1. He is splendid like a sapphire mirror. His limbs eclipse even Kämadeva.
    2. I do not knowe of any eyes like His reddish eyes, eyes that shoot Kämadeva's arrows.
    3. O gopé-friend, whom did I meet? It was Nanda's son. Because of Him a palace has now become a wild forest and a blazing fire has become cooling sandal paste.
    4. Because of Him the southern wind now blows from the north. Because of Him I cannot bear the glistening moonlight.
    5. Please mnake a bed from lotus leaves and petals. This pious girl will rest upon it.
    6. My thoughts rest in Him. My eyes yearn for Him. <y shyness and my peaceful composure are now thrown far away.
    7. What fruit will come from the great disorder in this girl's life? Govinda däsa says: She will meet Kåñëa.

Song 15 (Suha-i-räga)

1. yaàhi yaàhi nikasa-i tanu-tanu-jyoti
taàhi taàhi bijuré camaka-mati hoti
2. yaàhi yaàhi aruëa caraëa cali cala-i
taàhi taàhi thala-kamala-dala thala-i
3. dekhaluà ko dhani sahacaré meli
hämäri jébana säïe karatahià kheli
4. yaàhi yaàhi bhaìgura-bhäìa-bilola
taàhi taàhi uchalala kälindé-kalola
5. yaàhi yaàhi tarala dåg-aïcala paòa-i
taàhi taàhi néla utapala bana bhara-i
6. yaàhi yaàhi heriye madhurima häsa
taàhi taàhi kunda kumuda parakäça
7. gobinda däsa kahe mugadhala käna
cinalahià rä-i cina-i nähi jäna

    1. Wherever Your glorious slender form shines, that place becomes like a wonderful lightning flash.
    2. Wherever Your reddish feet walk, that place becomes like lotus petals.
    3. Who is the fortunate girl I glance at, the girl that accompanies Me? I enjoy pastimes with that girl. That girl is My very life.
    4. Wherever Your restless graceful eyebrows are raised, that place becomes like the rising waves of the Yamunä.
    5. Wherever You cast restless glances from the corners of Your eyes, that place becomes like a forest of blue lotus flowers.
    6. Wherever You gaze at Me with sweet smiles, that place becomes like a place filled with jasmine flowers and water-lilies.
    7. Govinda däsa says: Charming Kåñëa sees these comparisons. Rädhä does not.

Song 16 (Dhänaçé-räga)

1. (Refrain) sundari tuhu baòi hådaya päñäëa
tuyä lägi madana-        çaränale péòita
         jéba-ite saàçaya käna
2. baiöhali taru-tale         pantha nehära-i
         nayäne galaye ghana lora
rä-i rä-i kari      saghane japaye hari
         tuyä bhäbe taru deya kora
3. çétala naliné-dala         tähe malayänila
         ägore lepa-i aìga
camaki camaki hari       uöhata kata beri
         hänata madana-taraìga
4. calaha bipine dhani        ramaëé-çiromaëi
         jhäöa kari bheöaha käna
gobinda-däsera bäëé      turite calaha dhani
         känu bhela bahuta nidäna

    1. (Refrain) O beautiful girl, Your heart is like stone. Because of You Kåñëa is tormented, is wounded by Kamadeva's flaming arrows. Because of You Kåñëa's very life is now in doubt.
    2. Sitting under a tree, Kåñëa watches the pathway. Tears glide from His eyes. "Rädhä! Rädhä!" is the japa He chants. He is overcome with love for You. 
    3. Bearing the fragrance of lotus petals, the cooling Malaya breeze anoints His body. Again and again He is startled. How many times does He stand up? Kämadeva's waves toss Him to and fro.
    4. O beautiful girl, run to the forest. O crest jewel of all beautiful girls, go and meet Kåñëa. Govinda däsa says: O beautiful girl, quickly go. Kåñëa is on the verge of death.

Song 17 (Kämoda-räga)

1. gaura baraëa tanu          çohana mohana
         sundara madhura su-öhäma
anupama aruëa       kiraëa jini ambara
         sundara cäru bayäna
2. (Refrain) pekhalu gauräìgacandra bibhora
kali-yuga kaluña-         timira-ghora-näçaka
         nabadwépa cända ujora
3. bhäbahi bhora         ghora duhuà locana
         mocana bhaba-nada-bandha
naba naba prema-bhara         bara tanu sundara
         uyala bhakata gaëa saìga
4. lahu lahu häsa        bhäña mådu bolata
         çohata gati ati manda
déna jane nija béja           saba de-i tärala
         baïcita däsa gobinda

    1. His complexion is fair. His form is splendid, ecnhanting, hansome, sweet, and graceful. His garments defeat the peerless rising sun. His face is handsome and graceful.
    2. (Refrain) I saw Lord Gauräìgacandra. Now I am overcome. Lord Gaura is a splendid moon rising in Navadvépa, a moon that destroys the horrible darkness of Kali-yuga's sins.
    3. His eyes are restless with ecstatic spiritual love. He frees everyone from the bonds of repeated birth and death. His graceful form is overcome with newer and newer ecstatic spiritual love. He stays amongst the devotees.
    4. He gently gently smiles. He speaks sweet words. His slow movements are graceful. Giving them the seed of ecstatic spiritual love, He delivers the poor fallen people. Only Govinda däsa He did not deliver. Only Govinda däsa was cheated.

Song 18 (Çré-räga)

1. cikaëa kälä      galäya mälä
         bäjaye nüpura päya
cüòära phule        bhramara bule
         teracha nayane cäya
2. kälindé-küle          ki pekhinu sa-i
         chaliyä nägara käna
ghara mu yä-ite          närinu sa-i
         äkula karila präëa
3. cända jhalamali       mayüra päkhä
         cüòäya uòaye bäya
éñat häsiyä         madhura baàçäré
         madhura madhura gäya
4. rasera bhare          aìga nä dhare
         keli-kadambera helä
kulabaté saté       yubaté janära
         paräëa la-iyä khelä
5. çrabaëe caïcala       makara kuëòala
         pindhana piìala bäsa
räìgä utpala        caraëa-yugala
         nichani gobinda-däsa

    1. His black complexion glistened. A flower-garland rested on His neck. On His feet anklets jangled. Flowers adorned His hair. Black bees flew nearby. He glanced at me with crooked eyes.
    2. Whom did I see, O gopé-friend, on the Yamunä's banks? It was the cheater Kåñëa, the rake Kåñëa. O friend, I had no power to run home. My life's breath became anxious.
    3. The moon shone. The breeze made His peacock-feather in His crown move to and fro. He gently smiled. He sweetly sweetly played on His sweet flute.
    4. Overcome with sweetness, He could not stand up. He leaned against a keli-kadamba tree. His sport is to cheat saintly young girls of their very life's breath.
    5. Shark-shaped earrings swung on His ears. His garments were yellow. His feet were red lotus flowers. Govinda däsa worships Him.

Song 19 (Çré-räga)

1. òhala òhala käïcä          aìgera läbaëé
         abané bahiyä yäya
éñat häsira         taraìga-hillole
         madana mürachä päya
2. kibä se nägara        ki khene dekhinu
         dhairaya rahala düre
nirabadhi mora      cita beyäkula
         kena bä sadä-i jhure
3. häsiyä häsityä        aìga dolä-iyä
         näciyä näciyä yäya
nayäna katäkñe      biñama biçikhe
         paräëa bindhita dhäya
4. mälaté phulera        mäläöi gale
         hiyära mäjhare dole
uòiyä paòiyä        mätala bhramara
         ghuriyä ghuriyä bule
5. kapäle candana        phoöära chaöä
         lägila hiyära mäjhe
nä jäni ki byädhi        marame bädhala
         nä kahi lokera läje
6. emana kaöhina         näréra paräëa
         bähira nähika haya
nä jäni ki jäni          haye parimäëa
         däsa gobinde kaya

    1. His glorious youthful handsomeness was beyond anything in this world. The splashing waves of his gentle smile would make even Kämadeva faint in bliss.
    2. Who was that handsome boy? What happened to me when I saw Him? My peaceful composure fled far away. Now my heart is always agitated. Why do I always weep?
    3. Smiling and smiling, and His limbs swaying to and fro, He danced and danced as He walked. From the corner of His eye He shot a fearsome sharp arrow, an arrow that pierced my life's breath.
    4. Hanging from His neck, a jasmine garland swayed to and fro on His chest. Rising and falling, intoxicated black bees flew around and around its flowers.
    5. Sandal-paste tilaka glistened on His forehead and chest. Why am I now so agitated? I do not know. My heart is wounded. Afraid of the people's gossip, I do not tell anyone.
    6. The women and girls all have hard hearts. That is why I do not even go outside. Govinda däsa says: Who knows why this girl has become so changed? I do not know.

Çré Kåñëera daça daçä
Ten States of Çré Kåñëa's Heart

Song 20 (Bälä-räga)

1. campaka däma heri          mürachi rahu mädhaba
         locana jharu anuräga
tuyä guëa-mantara        japaye nirantara
         bhäle dhani tohäri sohäga
2. båñabhänu-nandiné          japaye räti dini
         bharame nä bolaye äna
läkha läkha dhané        kaha-i madhura bäëé
         swpaane nä päta-i käna
3. puruña-ratana bara         dharaëi loöä-ota
         ko kahu ärati-ora
rä bali dhä bali         bala-i nä pära-i
         dhärädhära bahe lora
4. gobinda däsa tuyä          caraëe nibedala
         känuko aichana sambäda
nicaya jänaha       tachu duùkha-khaëòaka
         kebala tuyä parasäda

    1. When He saw Your campaka garland, Kåñëa was overcome. Tears of love streamed from His eyes. Without stop He chants the mantra of Your glories. My dear beautiful friend, He loves You deeply.
    2. O daughter of Våñabhänu, He chants the mantras of Your glories day and night. He does not glorify any other girl. Millions and millions of girls praise Himw ith sweet words, but even in His dreams Kåñëa does not love any girl but You.
    3. He is the jewel of men, the best of lovers. Overcome with love for You, He rolls on the ground. Does He love another girl? He chants, "Rä!" Then He chants, "Dhä!" Then He is overcome and He has no power to say anything more. Then flooding streams of tears flow from His eyes.
    4. Govinda däsa falls at Your feet and makes this request. Please give to Kåñëa a reply that will show mercy to Him, a reply that will break His sufferings into pieces.

Song 21 (Aòäna-räga)

1. käïcana-yüthé kusuma la-i gori
nirama-i mürati yatana kari tori
2. tuyä anubhäbe äliìga-i täya
so tanu täpe bhasama bha-i yäya
3. çuna çuna o båñabhänu-kumäré
tuyä birahänale jwalata muräri
4. jhamara néla-utpala-dala aìga
lore nä heraye nayana-taraìga
5. bigati muralé phurali rahu düra
anukhaëa madana dahana paripüra
6. bicharala piïcha mukuöa paripäöi
sahacare meli marata jé-u käöi
7. jé-u rahata aba tuyä rasa äçe
tohari caraëe kahe gobinda-däse

    1. O beautiful fair girl, taking a golden yüthé flower, He carefully made a Deity of You.
    2. Filled with love for You, He embraced that Deity, but the heat of His body turned that Deity into ashes.
    3. Listen. Listen, O daughter of King Våñabhänu. Kåñëa burns in many flames of separation from You.
    4. His body graceful like blue lotus petals is overcome. His eyes now flooded with waves of tears, He cannot see.
    5. He threw His flute far away. Moment after moment He drowns in the flames of Kämadeva's fire.
    6. He forgets His peacock-feather crown. His friends gather around Him. Soon His life with be cut and He will die.
    7. Before Your feet Govinda däsa says: The hope that again He will enjoy nectar pastimes with You is all that keeps Çré Kåñëa alive.

Song 22 (Suha-i-räga)

1. gahana birahaka lägi
rajané pohäya-i jägi
2. karatahi tohari dheyäna
to bine äkula käna
3. çétala péta nicola
tohari bharame karu kora
4. so rasa paraça nä pä-i
mürachita dharaëé loöä-i
5. manamahä madana-taräìga
ghana ghana moòa-i aìga
6. kahatahi gada gada bhäña
nä bujhala gobinda-däsa

    1. Overcome with feelings of separation, He stays awake the whole night.
    2. He meditates on You. Without You, Kåñëa is very unhappy.
    3. Bewildered, He embraces His yellow cloth. He thinks the cloth is You.
    4. He cannot taste any sweetness. Fainting, He falls to the ground.
    5. His heart is tossed to and fro by Kämadeva's waves. His limbs are bent. 
    6. He speaks broken words in a choked voice. Govinda däsa does not understand what has happened to Him.

Song 23 (Aòäna-räga)

1. mudita nayane hiyä bhuja-yuga cäpi
çüti rahala hari kachu nä äläpi
2. parasaìge kahalahi nämahi tori
tabahi meliyä äìkhi cähe mukha mori
3. sundari ithe nähi kaha äna chanda
tahe anurata bhela çyämara canda
4. yo-i nayana-bhaìgé nä sahe anaìga
so-i nayane srabe lora-taraìga
5. yo-i adhare sadä madhurima häsa
so-i nérasa bhela dérgha niçwäsa
6. bidyäpati kaha micha naha bhäti
gobinda-däsa rahu tahi kåta säthi

    1. His hands folded over His heart, and His eyes closed, Kåñëa lies down to rest. He speaks not a word.
    2. He chants Your name. His eyes glance at my face.
    3. O beautiful girl, do not say anything more. Kåñëa glorious like a dark moon loves You.
    4. From the eyes that could not resist amorous crooked glances now flow waves of tears.
    5. The lips that always held the sweetness of a smile now are filled with sad long sighs.
    6. What Vidyäpati said was not a lie. Govinda däsa says: O gopé-friend, please go to Him.

Song 24 (Dhänaçé-räga)

1. nanda-nandana         räja-bhüñaëa
         nayana sukha-maya çeja
ki khane tuyä sane       leha karala he
         se saba dürahi teja
2. (Refrain) çuna båñabhänu-nandiné rä-i
abalä-maëòale      kiréti räkhali
         bhäla mati se bithä-i
3. ye tuhu täkara        birasa änata
         heri mürachita bhela
kaiche pämari       bacana aichana
         nidaya antara-çela
4. tuhäri nägara         dhüli-dhüsara
         se nähi lagaye toya
bäma kara-tale      badana lambita
         dharaëé likhi lihki roya
5. ye jana duhu-jana-         bedana nähi jäne
         täkara antara jäna
räya rämacandra          bacana mänaha
         däsa gobinda bhäëa

    1. Nanda's son is a regal jewel. Delight resides in His eyes. He loves You. Why do You flee so far from Him?
    2. (Refrain) O Rädhä, O daughter of Våñabhänu, please listen. In the circle of young girls Your reputation was good in the past. But today that good reputation is in disarray. 
    3. You have made Him very unhappy. If He sees You He is overcome. O cruel girl, why did You speak such words to Him, cruel words, words like a lance pushed into His heart?
    4. For Your sake Your lover is now anointed with dust. Now He cannot attain You. In His left hand He rests His head. Aimlessly scratching some letters in the ground, He weeps.
    5. No one knows what You two feel. Only You know what is truly in His heart. Please reflect on Rämacandra Räya's words. This Govinda däsa says.

Song 25 (Baräòé-räga)

1. (Refrain) mädhaba dhairaya nä kara gamane
tohäri biraha dhané      antara jarajara
         mänasa milana çamane
2. dhüli-dhüsara dhané        dhairaya nä dhara
         dharaëé çütala bharame
mukata kabaré-bhära      hära teyägala
         täpita bhüñita paräëe
3. bigalita ambara       sambara nahe dhané
         sura-sutä srabe nayäne
kamalaja kamale-i        kamalaja jhämpala
         so-i nayana bara bayäne
4. mä bola-i dhané       dharaëé-tale mürachani
         präëa prabodha nä mäne
kaha-i caturä dhané      ära kiye hoya jäni
         gobinda-däsa paramäëe

    1. (Refrain) O Kåñëa, You do not go to her and make her peaceful. Separated from You, a beautiful girl feels her heart is now overcome. Now her heart is on the verge of death.
    2. Now that girl is covered with dust. She is not peaceful. She lies on the ground. She removes her necklace. She unties her braids. Now her life's breath is decorated with flames. 
    3. Her garments are in disarray. She has lost all restraint. A Yamunä of tears flows from her eyes. Her beautiful eyes are like lotus whorls in the lotus of her face.
    4. She speaks not a word. On the ground she has fallen unconscious. I do not think her life's breath is still awake. An intelligent girl speaks some words to her. What will happen now? Govinda däsa is the witness of all this.

Song 26 (Dhänaçé-räga)

1. käïcana goré          bheré båndäbane
         khela-i sahacaré meli
tuyä diöhi miöhi         garale tanu järala
         taikhane çyämaré bheli
2. (Refrain) mädhaba no abicära kula-rämä
maramahi go-i       ro-i dina-yäminé
         guëi guëi tuyä guëa-gämä
3. guru-jana abudha      mugadha-mati parijana
         alakhita biñama beyädhi
ki karaba dhané maëi          mantra mahauñadha
         locane lägala samädhi
4. kñaëe kñaëe aìga           bhaìga tanu moòa-i
         kahata bharamamaya bäëé
çyämara näme        camaki tanu jhämpa-i
         gobinda-däsa kiye jäni

    1. Meeting her friends there, a girl fair like gold enjoyed many pastimes in Våndävana forest. Then the poison of Your sweet glance made her burst into flames. At once she became filled with thoughts of dark Kåñëa.
    2. (Refrain) O Kåñëa, this saintly girl is now overcome. Her heart is wounded. Day and night she weeps. She thinks and thinks of Your host of virtues.
    3. Her elders know nothing of her plight. He friends don't know what to do. Unknown to others, she is ravaged by a terrible affliction. What medicine, what mantra should we use to cure this jewel of a girl? Her eyes are now closed in a trance of samädhi.
    4. Moment after moment her body is bent and crumpled. Bewildered, she speaks nonsense. Hearing the name {.sy 168}Çyäma", she becomes startled and trembles. How can Govinda däsa know what to do?

Song 27 (Dhänaçé-räga)

1. känu-kathä çuni gadagada bhäña
milati sahacaré rä-ika päça
2. kahatahi sahacaré çuna bara gora
tuyä lägi hälata nanda-kiçora
3. tuyä rüpa nirakha-i taru de-i kora
hera-ite galatahi locana-lora
4. yaba nahi sundara karabi payäna
taba jé-u tejaba nägara käna
5. saha-i nä pära-i madana-hutäça
cämara òhuläyata gobinda-däsa

    1. After hearing Kåñëa speak broken words in a choked voice, the gopés approached Rädhä.
    2. The gopés said: O beautiful fair girl, please listen. Nanda's son trembles with love for You.
    3. Thinking it is Your beautiful form, He embraces a tree. Tears stream from His eyes.
    4. If You do not go to Him, the hero Kåñëa will give up His life.
    5. He has no power to bear Kämadeva's flames that now surround Him. As these words are spoken, Govinda däsa moves the cämara-whisk.

Song 28 (Suha-i-räga)

1. äïcare mukha-çaçé goya
jhara jhara locana roya
2. käraëa binu kñaëe hasa-i
utapata dérgha niçasa-i
3. çuna çuna sundara çyäma
premaka iha pariëäma
4. tätala tanu nähi öuöa-i
satata mahé-tale luöha-i
5. kähuka kachu nähi kaha-i
ko ächu bedana saha-i
6. jagabhari kulabaté bäda
kä de-i kara-i sambäda
7. gobinda-däsa äçoyäse
jéba-i tuyä abhiläñe

    1. She hides the moon of her face behind the edge of her garment. Tears stream from her eyes.
    2. Without reason she suddenly laughs. Again and again she deeply sighs.
    3. Hear. Please hear, O handsome dark Kåñëa. These are the symptoms of love.
    4. Her body burns with a fever. It is not a slight fever. Again and again she rolls on the ground.
    5. She will not say a word to anyone. Who can bear to see her suffer in this way?
    6. The saintly ladies confer amongst themselves: {.sy 168}Who will talk with this girl?"
    7. Govinda däsa reassures them: By your wish this girl will certainly survive.

Song 29 (Çré-räga)

1. cända nehäri          candane tanu lepana
         täpa saha-i nä pära
dhabala nicola      baha-i nä pära-i
         kaiche karaha abhisära
2. (Refrain) sundari tuyä lägi sambädala käna
biraha-kñéëa tanu        anukhaëa jarajara
         aba ithe bidhi bhela bäma
3. yatanahi megha        mallära äläpa-i
         timira paräëa gati äçe
ä-ota jalada        tatahi uòi yä-ota
         utapata déragha niçäse
4. tuyä guëa näma        gäna japi jéba-i
         bahu pulakäyita dehä
gobinda-däsa kaha        iha aparüpa naha
         yähä iha naba naba lehä

    1. He gazes at the moon. He anoints his limbs with sandal paste. Still He cannot tolerate the flames of His fever. He cannot wear His white shawl. How can he meet with You?
    2. (Refrain) O beautiful girl, Kåñëa talks about You. Separated from You, His body has become emaciated. At every moment He is distraught. Fate is tormenting Him.
    3. Wishing to hide in the darkness, He plays the megha-mallära melody on His flute. As the clouds come and go, He deeply sighs.
    4. He sings of Your virtues. It is only by chanting japa of Your name that He lives. The hairs of His body stand erect. Govinda däsa says: These symptoms are not surprising. Are they not the signs of new love?

Song 30 (Kedära-räga)

1. ädha ädha aìga milala rädhä känu
ädha kapäle çaçé ädha bhäle bhänu
2. ädha gale gaja-moti ädha bana-mälä
ädha naba gaura-tanu ädha cikaëa kälä
3. ädha aìge péta-bäsa ädha néla çäòi
ädha bhuje balayä ädha bhuje néla cuòi
4. ädha aìge hilähili gherägheri bähu
gobinda kahe cända garäsala rähu

    1. Rädhä and Kåñëa, the two halves that are the divine couple, meet. One half has a forehead like the moon. The other half has a forehead like the sun.
    2. One half wears an elephant-pearl necklace. The other half wears a forest-flower garland. One half has a youthful fair form. The other half has a glistening dark form.
    3. One half wears yellow garments. The other half wears a säri of blue. One half wears valaya bracelets. The other half wears dark cuòi bracelets.
    4. The two halves of the divine couple stand side-by-side, arm-in-arm. Govinda däsa says: They are fair and dark, splendid like dark Rähu in the midst of swallowing the glistening moon.

Song 31 (Bhäöiyäri-räga)

1. tanu tanu milane upajala prema
marakata yaichana beòhala hema
2. kanaka-latäya janu taruëa tamäla
naba-jaladhare janu bijuré rasäla
3. kamale madhupa jena pä-ola saìga
duhuà tanu pulakita prema-taraìga
4. mukha adharämåta duhu karu päna
gobinda-däsa duhuka guëa gäna

    1. Their two forms meet. Ecstatic spiritual love takes birth within Them. They become like a sapphire encircled by gold.
    2. They become like a youthful tamäla tree and a golden vine. They become like a new raincloud and nectar lightning.
    3. They become like a black bee meeting a lotus. The hairs on Their bodies stand erect. They are splashed by waves of ecstatic spiritual love.
    4. They taste the nectar of each other's lips. Govinda däsa sings the divine couple's glories.

Song 32 (Bhäöiyäri-räga)

1. bipinahi keli kayala duhu meli
jalamäha paiöhi karala jala-keli
2. nähi uöhala duhu mochana aìga
duhu rüpa nirakhite mürache anaìga
3. aìge karala duhu naba naba beça
kabaré bänä-ola bändhala keça
4. nija nija mandire kayala payäëa
gobinda-däsa duhuka guëa gäna

    1. Meeting in the forest, They both enjoy many pastimes. Entering the water, They enjoy water-pastimes.
    2. Rising from the water, They dry Their limbs. Gazing at Their transcendental forms, Kämadeva is overcome.
    3. They dress in new garments. She ties His hair. He twines Her braids.
    4. They walk to Their own palaces. Govinda däsa sings the divine couple's glories.

Song 33 (Çré-räga or Gändhära-räga)

1. käjara bharama        timira janu tanu-ruci
         nibasa-i kuïja-kuöira
bamsi nisase        madhura bisa ugara-i
         gati ati kuöila su-dhéra
2. (Refrain) sajani känu se baraja-bhujaìga
so majhu hådaya          candana-ruhe lägala
         bhägala dharama-bihaìga
3. locana-koëe      paòata yaba nägaré
         raha-i nä pära-i thira
kuïcita aruëa       adhare dhari piba-i
         kulabaté barata-saméra
4. eka aparüpa      nayane biña täkara
         meòhaye daçanaka daàçe
biña auñadha        biña abadhärala
         gobinda-däsa paraçaàse

    1. He stays in a forest-cottage. The splendor of His body is the like darkness of black kajjala. From the sound of His flute a sweet poison arises. His clever ways are very crooked.
    2. (Refrain) O gopé-friend, Kåñëa is a snake slithering about the land of Vraja. The Kåñëa-snake coils itself around the sandal-tree of my heart and makes the bird of dharma fly away.
    3. When Kåñëa glances at her from the corner of His eye, no graceful girl has the power to remain steady and peaceful. With His reddish pursed lips, Kåñëa sips away the saintly gopés' pious vows, vows carried to Him by the fluttering breeze.
    4. Kåñëa's wonderful poison-glance bites the gopés. The nectar poison of that glance now flows within them. In this way Govinda däsa praises Lord Kåñëa.

Song 34 (Suha-i-räga)

1. hådaya mandire mora        känu ghumä-ola
         prema-praharé rahu jägi
gurujana paura      caura sadåça bhela
         dürahi düre rahu bhägi
2. (Refrain) sajani eta dine bhäìgala dwandwa
känu anuräga        bhujage garäsala
         kula-daduré maru manda
3. äpanaka carita        äpe nähi samujhiye
         äna karite haye äna
bhäbe bharala mana       parijana bäïcite
         gåha-pati sa-patika öhäma
4. ninda-u ninda         nayane nähi heriye
         nä jäniye kiye bhela äìkhi
yaba paramäda       kaha-i nä-i päriye
         gobinda-däsa eka säthé

    1. In the palace of my heart, Kåñëa sleeps. Staying awake the whole night, the watchman of love guards Him. Like thieves, my elders and superiors stay far away.
    2. (Refrain) O gopé-friend, on this day my jealous quarrel with Kåñëa is broken into pieces. The snake of love for Kåñëa has suddenly devoured the foolish frog of my so-called piety.
    3. I do not understand my own actions. I do one thing and then I do another. My heart is overcome with love. I cheat my kinsmen. I flee from my house and husband.
    4. I rebuke them. My eyes will not look on them. Why have my eyes become like that? I do not know. I am overcome. I have no power to speak of it. Govinda däsa, you are my only friend. I tell all this to you.

Song 35 (Çré-räga)

1. bhäle se candana cända          käminé mohana phända
         ändhäre kariyäche älä
meghera upara kibä       sadä-i udaya kare
         niçi diçi çaçé ñola-kalä
2. (Refrain) sa-i kiba se-i nayäna cähani
häsira holole more       paräëa-putalé dole
         dite cä-i yaubana nichani
3. kibä se cüòära öhäöa       daça nakha cända näöa
         aparüpa baàçé bäjä-ite
hera-ite se-i mukha      mane haya yata sukha
         jite ki päriye päsärite
4. kula çéla yata chila       mane läge saba gela
         dekhiyä bäreka se-i rüpa
gobinda-däsera cite      aichana mägaye go
         naba anurägera swarüpa

    1. The sandal-paste-moon on His forehead is a trap to charm and catch beautiful girls. It is an effulgence that lights up the darkness. He is a raincloud where rests a full moon that lights up the night.
    2. (Refrain) I gaze at Him with my eyes. The puppet of my life-breath is tossed to and fro by the waves of His smiles. I gaze at Him. I worship His youthful grace.
    3. His hair is graceful. The ten moons of His fingernails dance as He plays His wonderful flute. When I ghaze at His face, my heart is filled with bliss. I am overcome. How can I forget Him?
    4. Now that I have once seen His handsome form, I find that piety, good character, and all else have fled from my heart. In his heart Govinda däsa prays that in this way he may also fall in love with Lord Kåñëa.

Song 36 (Tuòé-räga)

1. dinamaëi-kiraëa       malina mukha-maëòala
         ghäme tilaka bahi gela
komala caraëa       tapata patha-bäluka
         äpata dahana sama bhela
2. (Refrain) hera-ite çämara-canda
kore ägori          goré-mukha mochata
         basana òhuläyata manda
3. karpüra tämbula       adharahi deyala
         candana lepa-i aìga
çyämara aìga        paraçe naba nägaré
         bäòhala prema-taraìga
4. kuïja-kuöéra ghara         çeja manohara
         madhukara çruti-dhara bhäbe
goré çyäma duhu          karata kutühali
         kahatahi gobinda-däsa

    1. The dark circle of His face glistened in the sunlight. In drops of perspiration His tilaka marking ran. When He walked with delicate soft feet on the hot sandy pathway, I felt that I myself had burst into flames.
    2. (Refrain) I gazed at Him. He was like a dark moon. The doorway of His chest and the great bolts of His arms charm the most beautiful fair girls. His garments gently sway to and fro.
    3. Betelnuts and camphor are on His lips. With sandal paste His limbs are anointed. Any graceful girl that touches His dark limbs will find herseelf tossed to and fro by waves of prema. 
    4. In a forest cottage He rests on a charming bed. Learned in all the scriptures, the buzzing bees chant His glories. Fair Rädhä and dark Kåñëa enjoy many blissful pastimes. So says Govinda däsa.

Song 37 (Kämoda-räga)

1. çyäma abhisäre        calali sundaré dhané
         naba naba raìginé säthe
bäma çrabana müle        çata-dala paìkaja
         käma jaya phula-dhanu häte
2. bhälahi sindüra       bhänu-kiraëa ñanu
         taàhi cäru candana-bindu
mukha heri läjame        säyare lukäyala
         dine dine kñéëa bhela indu
3. kari-rada-biracita         cäru bhüñaëa kare
         madana jiniyä dhané säja
caraëa-i nüpura          mukhara manohara
         rati-jaya bäjala bäja
4. lalitädi sakhé mili        maìgala hulähuli
         çyäma-daraça-rasa-äçe
doàhe doàhä hera-ite          duhu cita pulakita
         bäli hari gobinda-däse

    1. Accompanied by a young gopé-friend, a beautiful girl goes to meet Kåñëa. A hundred-petal lotus flower decorates Her left ear. She defeats Kämadeva, who holds a bow of flowers in his hand.
    2. She is decorated with red sindüra. She is effulgent like the sun. She is gracefully marked with sandal-paste dots. Shyly she watches. She hides by a pond. She is slender like a crescent-moon grown more and more slender after many days.
    3. She is graceful with ivory ornaments. She is so beautiful She defeats Kämadeva. Anklets adorn Her feet. Her face is enchanting. Her jingling ornaments defeat Rati.
    4. She meets with Lalitä and Her other friends. A joyful tumult arises. She yearns to taste the nectar of gazing on dark Kåñëa. She and Kåñëa gaze at each other. The hairs of Their bodies stand erect with joy. This Govinda däsa saya.

Song 38 (Çré-räga)

1. kuïcita-keçiné        nirupama-beçiné
         rasa äbeçiné bhaìginé re
adhara suraìgiëé         aìga taraìgiëé
         saìginé naba naba raìgiëé re
2. (Refrain) sundaré rädhe         ä-oye dhané
         braja-ramaëé-gaëa-mukuöa-maëi
3. kuïjara-gäminé        motima-daçané
         däminé camaka nehäriëé re
4. naba anurägiëé        akhila sohäginé
         païcama rägiëé mohiné re
räsa-biläsiné       häsa-bikäçiné
         gobinda-däsa cita-çohiné re

    1. Her curly hair is graceful. Her garments have no peer. Her graceful gestures are plunged in nectar, O! Her lips are red. Her limbs are a wave-filled stream of nectar. A joyful girl is Her companion, O!
    2. (Refrain) Beautiful glorious Rädhä, the crest-jewel of Vraja's beautiful girls, has come!
    3. Her glorious graceful motions are like those of a graceful elephant. Her teeth are like pearls. She is wonderful to behold, wonderful like a lightning flash, O! 
    4. She is filled with ever-new spiritual love. She possesses all auspiciousness and good fortune. She sings enchanting melodies in the fifth räga, O! She enjoys pastimes of räsa-dancing. She blossoms with smiles. She is splendidly manifest in Govinda däsa's heart, O!

Song 39 (Basanta-räga)

1. pada-tale bhakata          kalpa-taru siïcita
         prema-rasa makaranda
yäkara chäyära      sosara naba naba
         paramänanda niradanda
2. (Refrain) pekhalu guaracandra naöa-räja
jaìgama hema        dharädhara uyala
         kiye nabadwépa-mäjha
3. naba nérada jini      kata mandäkiné
         tri-bhubana bharala taraìga
nityänandacandra         abhiräma dinamaëi
         bhrama-i pradakñiëa raìge
4. yäkara caraëa         samädhaye çaìkara
         caturänana karu äçe
se pahu patita        kore dhari kända-i
         ki kahaba gobinda-däse

    1. He is a kalpa-taru tree that sprinkles the honey of ecstatic spiritual love on the devotees that approach His feet. The shade of that tree brings newer and newer bliss and peace.
    2. (Refrain) I saw Lord Gauracandra, the king of dancers! How has He become so like a golden mountain walking in the midst of Navadvépa?
    3. The waves of His tears flood the three worlds. How many celestial Gaìgäs are they like? How many rain-pouring clouds are they like? Lord Nityänandacandra and Abhiräma Öhäkura are like two suns that circle around Him in the dancing-arena.
    4. Rapt in samädhi, Çiva meditates on His feet. Brahmä yearns to attain Him. Hugging a fallen soul, Lord Gaurancandra weeps. What more need Govinda däsa say?

Song 40 (Kämoda-räga)

1. go-rakha jägä-i       çiìgä-dhwani çuna-ite
         jaöilä bhikha äni dela
mauné yogeçwara          mätha hiläyata
         bujhala bhikha nähi nela
2. jaöilä kahata taba         kähä tuhu mägata
         yogé kahata bujhä-i
tere badhü häta          bhikha häma leyaba
         turitahi deha päöhä-i 
3. paribaratä binu       bhikha le-u yaba
         yogé barata hoye näça
täkara bacana       çunite tanu pulakita
         dhä-i kahe badhü päça
4. dwäre yogé-bara       parama manohara
         jïäni bujhala anumäne
bahuta yatana kari       ratana-thälé bhari
         bhikha deha tachu öhäme
5. çuni dhané rä-i       ä-i kari uöhala
         yogé-niyaòe häma yäba
jaöilä kahata       yogé naha äna mata
         daraçane hoyaba läbha
6. godhüma-cürëa         pürëa thälé para
         kanaka-kaöhora bhari ghi-u
kara-yoòe rä-i      leha kari phukara-i
         tähe hari tharahari jé-u
7. yogé kahata häma      bhikha nähi leyaba
         tuyä mukha-bacana eka cä-i
nanda-nandana para       yo abhimäna so
         mäpha karaha yä-i
8. çuni dhané rä-i       cére mukha jhämpala
         bhekha-dhäré naöa-räja
gobinda-däsa kaha        naöa-bara-çekhara
         sädhi calata mana käja

    1. Hearing the sound of a buffalo-horn, the cowherd people awakened. Bringing some alms, Jaöilä offered them to the beggar. Disguised as a beggar-yogé, Lord Kåñëa, the master of all yoga, was silent. He tilted His head. He would not accept the alms.
    2. Jaöilä said: {.sy 168]What do You want, then?" The yogé said, "Your daughter-in-law should offer the alms with Her own hand. Only then will I accept them. Send for Her at once.
    3. "If I accept alms without this change, then My yogé's vow will perish." Hearing these words, and the hairs of her body now standing erect, Jaöilä ran to the side of her daughter-in-law.
    4. Jaöilä thought the supremely charming yogé at her door must be a great sage. With great effort she gathered up some offerings and placed them on a jewel-tray. 
    5. Hearing the commotion, beautiful Rädhä came. "I will go to the yogé," She said. Jaöilä affirmed, "This yogé is not an ordinary man. Simply by seeing Him, one attains a great spiritual treasure."
    6. On the tray was an offering of whole-wheat flour. Ghee was in a golden cup. Taking the tray in Her hands, sighing with love, and Her life's breath trembling, Rädhä brought the offering to the yogé Kåñëa.
    7. The yogé Kåñëa said, "I will not accept this offering yet. First I wish to hear a single word from Your mouth. I am Nanda's arrogant son. Say that You forgive Me, and then I will depart."
    8. Hearing these words, beautiful Rädhä covered Her face with Her cloth. Then Kåñëa, the king of dancers, took the alms. Govinda däsa says: His heart's mission accomplished, Lord Kåñëa, the corwn of dancers, took His leave.

Song 41 (Çré-räga)

1. çuna-ite känu         muralé-raba mädhuré
         çrabaëe nibäranu tora
hera-ite rüpa       nayäna-yuga jhäàpalu
         taba mohe rokhali bhora
2. (Refrain) sundari taikhane kahala mu toya
bharamahi tä saïe          leha bäòhäyali
         janama goìäyabi roya
3. bini guëa parakhi          paraka rüpa lälase
         kähe soàpali nija deha
dine dine khoyabi        iha rüpa-läbaëé
         jéba-ite bhela sandeha
4. yo tuhu hådaye        prema-taru ropali
         çyäma-jalada-rasa-äçe
so aba nayana       néra ghana siïcaha
         kahatahià gobinda-däse

    1. When you heard the sweetness of Kåñëa's flute-music, I blocked your ears. When you gazed at Kåñëa's handsome form, I covered your eyes. You were very determined to be enchanted by Him.
    2. (Refrain) O beautiful girl, the enchantment of your love for Him grew stronger and stronger. In the end you will pass this lifetime only in weeping.
    3. For no reason you pined to attain Him. What has become of your body? Day after day the beauty of your body wasted away. Now even your life is in doubt.
    4. In your heart you planted the tree of love for Him. You expected the dark raincloud of Kåñëa would water that tree with its nectar rains. Alas! Now that tree is watered only with the tears from your eyes. This Govinda däsa says.

Song 42 (Dhänaçé-räga)

1. so bahu ballabha sahaje-i bhora
kaichane bedana jänäba mora
2. cala-ite cähi taha ädara bhaìga
saha-i nä päriye biraha-taraìga
3. sakhi he kähe upekhalu käna
nä jäniye dagadhi calaba mohe mäna
4. sakhé-gaëa gaëa-ite tuhu se seyäné
tohe ki çikhäyaba caturima bäëé
5. majhu eta ärati ho jäni jäna
ithe lägi taba päya soàpalu paräëa
6. aba biracaha tuhu so parabandha
känuka yaiche hoya nirabandha
7. jéba-ite mohe milaba yaba käna
gobinda-däsa taba tuyä guëa gäna

    1. Now I am overcome with love for Him. How can I understand what has happened to me?
    2. When I see Him, my peaceful composure is broken into pieces. I cannot bear being tossed to an fro by the waves of the anguish of separation from Him.
    3. O gopé-friend, how can I turn away from Kåñëa? I do not know. It is as if I am burning in the midst of flames. My heart is enchanted by Him.
    4. You gopé-friends are very wise. What wise words can I speak to you?
    5. Ah! I am so overcome with longings. I feel that soon I will lose my life.
    6. Please write a letter. Place my request before Kåñëa.
    7. Only if I can meet Kåñëa will I stay alive. Govinda däsa says: O gopé girl, in this song I sing your glories.

Song 43 (Suha-i-räga)

1. ye dige pasäri äìkhi dekhi çyäma räya
kulabaté barata dhairaya nähi raya
2. kata nä yatane yadi mudi duöi äìkhi
nabéna-tribhaìga rüpa hiyä-mäjhe dekhi
3. ki ha-ila antare sa-i ki ha-ila antare
äji ha-ite sakhi mora sädha nähi ghare
4. nirabadhi çyäma-näma japiche rasanä
eta dine ayatane pürila bäsanä
5. präëera adhika käna jäniluà niçcaya
gobinda-däsete kaya daòä-ila haya

    1. Wherever I place my eyes I see dark Kåñëa. I cannot keep the vow of a saintly girl.
    2. How many times did I carefully close my eyes only to see Kåñëa's youthful threefold-bending form in the middle of my heart?
    3. How did He enter my heart? How did He enter my heart? O gopé-friend, from this moment I have no wish to return to my home.
    4. On the day my tongue chants the name ïÇyäma" without stop, I become filled with longings.
    5. Kåñëa is more dear to me than life. This I know without doubt. Govinda däsa says: This gopé's love is very strong.

Song 44 (Dhänaçé-räga)

1. çuna çuna e sakhi nibedana toya
maramaka bedana jänasi moya
2. baiöhahe näha catura-gaëa mäjhi
aiche kahabi yaiche na hoya läja
3. sakhé-gaëa mäjhe caturé tohe jäni
ädara räkhi miläyabi äni
4. aba biracaha tuhuà so parabandha
känuka yaiche hoya nirabandha
5. jébana rahite näha yadi päba
gobinda-däsa taba tuyä yaça gäba

    1. Listen. Listen. I beg you. O gopé-friend, only you know the anguish in my heart.
    2. You are not shy. You will speak to Lord Kåñëa, who sits among His clever friends. 
    3. You are the wisest of my gopé-friends. This I know. You can keep your honor and still meet with Kåñëa.
    4. Please write a letter that places my request before Kåñëa.
    5. If I do not attain Kåñëa, I will not continue to live. O gopé, in this song Govinda däsa sings your glories.

Song 45 (Bihägaòä-räga)

1. prema äguni      mänahi guëi guëi
         e dina-yäminé jägi
madana-kuïjara      kuïje roya-i
         tohari rasika lägi
2. ki phala mänini       mäna mänasi
         känu jänasi tori
tuhu se jaladhara        aìge çobhata
         yaichana däminé goré
3. na-ola kiçalaya       balaya malayaja
         paìka paìkaja-päta
çayane chaöaphaöa        luöha-i mahé-tale
         to bine daha-i gäta
4. jänaha puna puna      so piyä parékhana
         so-i püje päïca bäëa
räya campati        o rasa gähaka
         däsa gobinda bäëa

    1. He burns in the flames of love. Thinking and thinking of Your proud jealous anger, He stays awake all day and all night. Although He is like Kämadeva's wild elephant, now He sits in the forest, thinks of You, and weeps.
    2. O angry gopé, what fruit do You think will come from Your proud jealous anger? You know Kåñëa very well. His body is glorious like a dark monsoon cloud, and You are like a glistening lightning flash at His side.
    3. He wears bracelets of new flower-buds. He is anointed with sandal-paste. He is adorned with lotuses. Now He is restless and cannot sleep. He rolls about on the ground. Without You, He feels His body is licked by flames.
    4. Again and again You have tested Him and seen that He loves You dearly. To attain You, He now worships Kämadeva with offerings of campaka flowers. Govinda däsa sings this sonmg of Lord Kåñëa's nectar pastimes.

Song 46 (Jayajayanté-räga)

1. präëa-priya dukha          çuni çaçi-mukhé
         pucha-i gadagada bola
amala kubalaya      nayäna yugalahi
         galaye jhara jhara lora
2. beça beçäyala         sabahi bichürala
         calali parihari mäna
tejala kula-bhaya        nähi gauraba
         manahi jägala käna
3. péna payodhara        jaghana gurutara
         bhäre gati ati manda
ärati antara        pantha düratara
         bihika biracana ninda
4. gaòhala manoratha          calala sundaré
         bighana bipada nä mäna
milala bhäminé      kuïja-dhäminé
         däsa gobinda bhäëa

    1. Hearing that her lover, more dear to her than life, was now unhappy, the moon-faced gopé asked about Him with broken words in a choked voice. Tears streamed from her glistening lotus eyes.
    2. She dressed in fine garments, anointed her limbs with fragrances, abandoned her proud jealous anger, and went to meet Him. Fear of her kinsmen she left far behind. To her elders she gave no thought. Keeping a vigil there, Kåñëa stayed always in her heart.
    3. Her great breasts and heavy hips forced her to walk very slowly. Her heart was filled with longings. The path way very long. She rebuked destiny for writing such things as her fate.
    4. Filled with longings, the beautiful gopé walked. To dangers and obstacles she gave no thought. In the forest that beautiful passionate gopé finally met Lord Kåñëa. So says Govinda däsa.

Song 47 (Çré-räga)

1. badana na kara malina chända
bäde ki ä-oye püëimaka cända
2. adhara bändhuli madhura häsa
nérasa nä kara déragha niçäsa
3. (Refrain) rä-i he aba tejaha mäna
caraëe lägi tohe sädhaye käna
4. caïcala nayana khaïjana jora
bhäìga-bhujaìgama rähu ägora
5. ki phala mohe etahu roña
jagate bidita däsaka doña
6. bacana amiya binu ye nähi jéye
mäna-kuliça daraçäyasi kiye
7. gobinda-däsa cite e-i äça
tejana baraye mäna abhiläña

    1. Don't make Your face so dark. Make it like a glistening full-moon.
    2. Don't give out these long despairing sighs. Place a sweet smile on Your bandhulé-flower lips.
    3. (Refrain) O Rädhä, give up Your jealous anger. Walking with Your feet, go to meet Kåñëa.
    4. Your restless eyes are like khaïjana birds. Now You are in a snake's grip.
    5. What sweet fruit will You jealous anger bring to You? The whole world know that Your servant has His faults. 
    6. He cannot live without the nectar of Your words. Why do You show this thunderbolt of Your jealous anger?
    7. In Govinda däsa's heart this desire resides: Give up this jealous anger.

Song 48 (Tirotä or Bhüpälé-räga)

1. rasabaté rädhä rasamaya käna
ko jäne kahe kayala tuhu mäna
2. tuhu ati rokhe bimukha nä baiöha
duhu båndäbana-bana mähä paiöha
3. ki kahaba re sakhi kaha-ite häsa
kiye kiye adbhuta duhuka biläsa
4. locana lore bhari duhu pantha
pä-ola timira nikuïjaka anta
5. duhu dumha pucha-ite duhu mati bäma
duhu kahali nija sahacaré näma
6. bharame kahata maramaka bola
sahacaré bodhe tuhu duhu kara kora
7. yaba duhu meli äliìgana dela
gobinda-däsa kahata kiye bhela

    1. Rädhä is sweet like nectar. Kåñëa is sweet like nectar. Why do They quarrel? Who knows?
    2. Angrily They turn from each other. They will not meet. Still, They both enter Våndävana forest.
    3. O gopé-friend, what shall I say to make Them smile and laugh? How shall I arrange that They enjoy wonderful pastimes together?
    4. Tears streamed from their eyes as They gazed at the pathway. They entered the forest darkness.
    5. They asked about each other. Their hearts were stubborn and contrary. They each called out the name of a special gopé-friend. 
    6. To those friends They told what was in Their hearts. Those two friends met, hugged, and told what they had heard.
    7. Then Rädhä and Kåñëa met and embraced. Govinda däsa asks: What pastimes did They enjoy then?

Song 49 (Kedära-räga)

1. (Refrain) iha madhu yäminé mähä
kähe lägi mäna      dahane tanu dahi dahi
         duhu mukha duhu nähi cäha
2. uha purukha-bara      bidagadha-çekhara
         e abicala kula-bälä
bihi yo nä jänala        madana ghaöäyala
         janu jaladhare bidhu-mälä
3. cända udaye kiye      kumudiné mudita
         cändané bimukha cakora
aichana yäminé      kabahu nä pekhiye
         kiye bidhi mati bhora
4. duhu tanu paraça      kñaëeka paraçahi
         jaladhare däminé-mälä
aichana käminé      so su-purukha-bara
         duhuka dulaha naba-bälä
5. sahacaré bacana       çuniyä duhu harañita
         duhu mukha heri duhu häsa
duhuka anubhaba          pürala manoratha
         gobinda-däsa parakäça

    1. (Refrain) On this sweet springtime night why do You two make Your bodies burn with the flames of a lover's quarrel? Why do You two not even look at each other's faces?
    2. Here is the best of males, the crown of the playful and wise. And here is a saintly faithful girl. Alas! Destiny does not know the greatness of Your love. You are like a monsoon cloud garlanded with a host of moons.
    3. When the moon rises do the lotus flowers close their petals? When the glistening moonlight shines, do the cakora birds turn their faces from it? How have Your hearts become so bewildered that on a night like this you will not even look at each other?
    4. You two should touch. For a moment the garland of lightning should touch the dark monsoon cloud. Here is a beautiful passionate girl. And here is the best of charming boys. You two are a glorious teenage couple.
    5. Hearing the gopé-friend's words, the divine couple became happy. Looking at each other's faces, They smiled. They felt Their every desire was at once fulfilled. Govinda däsa reveals this pastimes.

Song 50 (Dhänaçé-räga)

1. muralé milita         adhara naba-pallaba
         gäyata kata kata räga
kulabaté ho-i       mandira choòi äyalu
         sahite nä päri biräga
2. (Refrain) mädhaba tohe ki çikhäyaba äna
goré äläpi          çyäma naöa saïcaru
         aba tuhu bidagadha jäna
3. muralé choòi achu          madhura äläpite
         saba jana nähi äna
kaëöhahi kaëöha meli          abahi samujhiye
         yati åëe hota suöhäma
4. nirajana jäni         hådaye aba dhärabi
         aichana guëabaté bhäña
guëijana-läja       aiche nähi hoyata
         kahatahià gobinda-däsa

    1. How many melodies do You play on the flute placed to Your flower-petal lips? Leaving their homes, the saintly gopés run to You. They have no power to stay away.
    2. (Refrain) O Kåñëa, what more can I say to You? You are the most wise. You are the graceful dark dancer. With these melodies You call the fair gopés.
    3. Putting down the flute, now You speak sweetly. No one is like You. Meeting the gopés neck-to-neck, You declare that You are in debt to them.
    4. Thus You speak to the saintly gopés. In this secluded place You will embrace them to Your chest. The saintly devotees are not shy to praise these pastimes. So speaks Govinda däsa.

Song 51 (Kedära-räga)

1. dekha rädhä-mädhaba meli
mürati madana rasa-keli
2. o naba jaladhara aìga
iha thira bijuré-taraìga
3. o bara marakata öhäma
iha käïcana daçabäëa
4. o matta madhukara-räja
iha naba padiminé säja
5. o naba taruëa tamäla
iha hema yüthé rasäla
6. aruëa niyaòe puna canda
gobinda-däsa rahu dhandha

    1. Look! Rädhä and Kåñëa meet. They are Kämadeva's nectar pastimes personified.
    2. His form is a dark monsoon cloud. She is waves of lightning.
    3. He is an abode of sapphires. She is the purest gold.
    4. He is the king of wild black bees. She is a lake of new lotus flowers.
    5. He is a young tamäla tree. She is a sweet golden-jasmine vine.
    6. They are glorious like the sun and moon rising together. Gazing at Them, Govinda däsa is filled with wonder.

Song 52 (Mallära-räga)

1. bhule bhule re doàhära rüpe nayana bhule
kanaka-latikä rä-i tamäla-kole
2. béja-i bane bane bhrama-i duhu
duàhära kändhe çobhe duàhära bähu
3. dépa-samépe yena indranéla maëi
jalada jaòäyala yena saudaminé
4. kañite kañila nahe kundana hema
tulanä dibära nähi duàhära prema
5. badane badana dite madana jäge
äliìgana diyä çyäma kibä dhana mäge
6. cända upare cända piye rasa sudhä
gobinda-däsa kahe nä bhaìgila kñudhä

    1. Gazing at each other's forms, Their eyes are enchanted. They are enchanted and again enchanted. Rädhä is like a golden vine embracing a tamäla tree.
    2. They wander from forest to forest. They adorn each other's shoulders with Their arms. 
    3. They are like a sapphire and a glistening lamp. They are like a monsoon cloud and lightning.
    4. No gold is pure as Their love. Their love has no peer.
    5. When They gaze at each other, amorous desires awaken within Them. When dark Kåñëa embraces Her, for what greater treasure can Rädhä ask?
    6. They are like one moon sipping the nectar of another moon. Govinda däsa says: Their thirst to taste that nectar is never broken.

Song 53 (Dhänaçé-räga)

1. rüpe bharata diöhi         soìari paraça miöhi
         pulaka nä teja-i aìga
mohana muralé-bare       çruti paripürita
         nä çune äpana parasaìga
2. (Refrain) sajani aba ki karabi upadeça
känu anuräge mora        tanu mana bätula
         nä sahe dharama-bhara-leça
3. näsikä se aìgera      saurabha unamata
         badane nänä laya äna näma
naba naba guëa-gaëe      bändhala majhu mane
         dharama rahaba kon öhäma
4. gåha-pati tarajane         guru-jana garajane
         ko jäne upajaye häsa
tahi eka manoratha       yadi haye anurata
         puchata gobinda-däsa

    1. I filled my eyes with the sight of His handsome form. As I remember the sweetness of that form, the hairs of my body do not stop standing up with joy. The enchanting sound of His flute entered my ears. Now I do not hear anything else.
    2. (Refrain) O gopé-friend, what shall I say to you? I have fallen in love with Kåñëa. My body and heart are now wild to attain Him. I have not the slightest fear of breaking dharma's rules.
    3. When my nose smelled the fragrance of His body, I became wild. My mouth will not speak any name but His. My heart is bound hg the ropes of His newer and newer virtues. Where will the rules of dharma stay within me now?
    4. Govinda däsa asks: When her husband rebukes and her elders roar their disapproval, only a smile sprouts within her. Who understands her smile? If she is indeed enchanted by Kåñëa, only one desire must stay within her now.

Song 54 (Kämoda-räga)

1. sabahu badhü-jana          calu båndäbana
         gauré ärädhana lägi
aichana mugadha          bacana racana kari
         guru-jana anumati mägi
2. (Refrain) hari hari kähe çikhala parakära
guru-jane bäïci          micha-i bacanämåta
         dinahi karala abhisära
3. beça banä-ota         nanadé çunäyata
         catura sakhé saïe bäta
gauré ärädhi        manoratha püraba
         paçupati nandana sätha
4. su-basita kusuma      kapürita tämbula
         bhari le-i candana kaöora
gobinda-däsa        patha daraçäyata
         yäàhä nähi kaëöaka äcora

    1. All the teenage gopés went to Våndävana forest to worship Goddess Durgä. Speaking sweet words, they asked their elders' permission.
    2. (Refrain) Ah! Ah! What did they say? Chaating their elders with a host of nectar lies, they went to meet Kåñëa in broad daylight.
    3. They dressed in nice garments, talked with their sisters-in-law, and spoke clever words with their gopé-friends. They declared all their desires.would be fulfilled by worshiping Durgä and Gaëeça.
    4. They brought with them fragrances, flowers, camphor, betelnuts, and cups of sandal paste. Govinda däsa took care no brambles blocked their path.

Song 55 (Dhänaçé-räga)

1. kunda-kusume karu kabaraki bhära
hådaye biräjita motima hära
2. candane caracita rucira kapüra
aìgahi aìga anaìga bhari püra
3. cändané rajané ujorali goré
hari abhisära rabhasa-rase bhori
4. dhabala bibhüñaëa ambara dhara-i
dhabalima kaumudé mili tanu cala-i
5. hera-ite parijana locana bhula
raìga-putalé yena rasa mähä bula
6. pürita manoratha gati anibära
guru-kula-kaëöaka ki karaye pära
7. mürati çiìgära pirétimaya bhäña
milali nikuïje kahe gobinda-däsa

    1. Jasmine flowers are twined in her braids. A pearl necklace glistens on her chest.
    2. Her limbs are gloriously anointed with camphor and sandal paste. Her limbs are flooded with amorous desires.
    3. Her fair complexion is glorious in the moonlit night. Sipping the nectar of yearning to meet Kåñëa, she is overcome.
    4. Her garments and ornaments are white. As she walks, her graceful form meets the white moonlight.
    5. She blunders. She glances at her kinsmen's eyes. As a puppet dances on a stage, she dances the dance of tasting nectar pastimes.
    6. Without stopping, she goes to fulfill her desire. How did she cross over the shoreless ocean of thorns that were her elders?
    7. Her words are filled with passionate love for a person who is like Kämadeva personified. In the forest she meets Kåñëa. So says Govinda däsa.

Song 56 (Kämoda-räga)

1. ädare ägu-sari         rä-i hådaye dhari
         jänu upare puna räkhi
nija kara-kamale         nayana-yuga mucha-i
         hera-i cira thira äìkhi
2. (Refrain) piréti mürati adhidebä
yäkara daraçane          saba dukha miöala
         so-i äpane kara sebä
3. himakara çétala       nérahi titala
         kara-tale maja-i mukha
sa-jala naliné-dale      mådu mådu béja-i
         pucha-i pantha ki dukha
4. aìguli cibuka dhari        badane tämbula püri
         madhura sambhäña-i käna
gobinda-däsa bhaëa       niti naba nütana
         rä-ika amiya sinäna

    1. Respectfully He approaches. He embraces Rädhä. He holds Her to His chest. With unblinking eyes He gazes at Her for a long time. With His lotus hands He rubs His eyes. 
    2. (Refrain) He who is the Deity of love, who is love personified, gazes at Her. Now all Her sufferings are ended. He personally serves Her.
    3. Even though She stays in the cooling moonlight, She perspires. With the palms of His hand He wipes Her face. With a moistened lotus-petal He gently gently fans Her. "Was there trouble on the path?", He asks.
    4. Holding Her chin with a finger, He places betelnuts in Her mouth. Kåñëa speaks sweetly. Govinda däsa says: Rädhä feels She is being bathed in nectar that is eternally newer and newer.

Song 57 (Dhänaçé-räga)

1. (Refrain) mädhaba ki kahaba daiba-bipäka
patha-ägamana kathä      kata nä kahiba he
         yadi haya mukha läkhe läkha
2. mandira teja yäba          pada cäri ä-olu
         niçi heri kampita aìga
timira duranta patha          hera-i nä päriye
         pada-yuga beòhala bhujaìga
3. eke kula-käminé       tähe kuhu-yäminé
         ghora gahana ati düra
äre tahe jaladhara       barakhiye jhara jhara
         häma yä-oba kona püra
4. eke pada-paìkaja      paìke bibhüñita
         kaëöake jarajara bhela
tuyä daraçana äçe        kachu nähi jänalu
         cira-dukha aba düre gela
5. tohäri muralé yaba         çrabaëe prabeçala
         choòalu gåha-sukha äça
pantha dukha tåëahu      kari nä gaëalu
         kahatahi gobinda-däsa

    1. (Refrain) O Kåñëa, how can I describe my fate? How many calamities fell on me as I walked here on the path? Even if I had millions and millions of mouths, I could not describe them all.
    2. Leavibng my house, I began walking here. When I saw night fall, my body trembled. Great darkness made the path impassable. I had no power to see anything. Snakes slithered about my feet.
    3. I was all alone. The night was fearful. The path was very long. Then clouds rained and rained. Every place was flooded. Where could I go?
    4. My lotus feet became adorned with mud. Again and again I was pricked by thorns. I yearned to see You. I didn't know where to go. Then my long sufferings fled far away.
    5. The sound of Your flute-music entered my ears. Then I turned away from any wish to be happy in my home. Now I think all the troubles I met on that path to be insignificant like a blade of grass. So says Govinda däsa.

Song 58 (Bhüpälé-räga)

1. mandira bähira kaöhina kapäöa
cala-ite çaìkila paìkila bäöa
2. taàhi ati düratara bädara dola
bari ki bära-i néla nicola
3. sundaré kaiche kayabi abhisära
hari raha mänasa suradhuné pära
4. ghana ghana jhana jhana bajara nipäta
çuna-ite çrabaëe marame jari jäta
5. daça diça däminé daha-i bithära
hera-ite ucaka-i locana-bhära
6. ithe yadi sundari tejabi geha
premaka lägi upekhabi deha
7. gobinda-däsa kaha ithe ki bicära
chüöala bäëa kiye yatane nibära

    1. She departs from the house and the locked gate. Frightened, she flees on the muddy pathway.
    2. A ferocious rainstorm blows with great winds. How can her black cloak keep out the torrents of rain?
    3. How will this beautiful girl meet with Kåñëa? He is on the Mänasa-gaìgä's farther shore.
    4. "Jhanajhana!" Thunderbolts fall again and again. Hearing the thunder, she feels her ears and heart filled with flames of pain.
    5. Flames of lightning flash in the ten directions. Watching, she fills her upraised wide-open eyes.
    6. O beautiful girl, if you leave your home for love's sake, then for love's sake you should give up all worry for your own body.
    7. Govinda däsa says: How can worry stop her now? When shot from the bow, how can an arrow be stopped?

Song 59 (Kämoda-räga)

1. nélima mågamade       tanu anuraïja-i
         nélima hara ujora
néla-balayä-gaëa         bhuja-yuga-maëòita
         pahirali néla nicola
2. (Refrain) sundari hari-abhisarika lägi
naba anuräge        goré bheli çaàari
         kuhu-yäminé-bhaya bhägi
3. néla alakäkula        alike hilolata
         néla timire calu go-i
néla nalina yaiche       çämaru säyare
         lakha-i nä pära-i ko-i
4. néla-bhramara-gaëa         parimale dhäba-i
         caudike karata jhaìkära
gobinda-däsa        ata-e anumäna-i
         rä-i calali abhisära

    1. Black is the musk that anoints Her. Black is Her glistening necklace. Black are the bracelets that adorn Her wrists. Black is Her bodice. 
    2. (Refrain) The beautiful girl goes to Her meeting with Kåñëa. Overcome with new and passionate love, the fair girl has become black. The black night is fearsome. 
    3. Black are the curly locks of hair that toss like waves on Her forehead. In the black darkness She stealthily walks. Black now are thge lotus flowers. Blackness was brought by the sunset. No one can see anything. 
    4. Black are the bumblebees chasing the sweet fragrance. Their buzzing fills the four directions. Govinda däsa says: I can only guess that Çré Rädhä is now running to meet with Kåñëa.

Song 60 (Kedära-räga)

1. guru-jana-nayana bidhuntuda manda
néla nicola jhämpali mukha-candra
2. yena yäminé ghana timira duranta
madana-dépa daraçäyala pantha
3. calali nitambini hari abhisära
gati ati manthara ärati bithära
4. rasa-dhädhase calu pada du-i cäri
lélä-kamala tejala bara-näré
5. parihari maulika mälaté-mälä
tejala maëi-maya gémaka hära
6. naba anuräga-bharame bhela bholi
nindaye péna payodhara jori
7. beça çeña rahu nélima bäsa
milali nikuïje kaha gobinda däsa

    1. Covering your face with a great black cloak, you hid your moonlike face from your elders' prying eyes.
    2. In the impenetrable darkness and mist of night, Kämadeva's lamp showed you the path.
    3. O girl with beautiful hips, you hurried to your meeting with Kåñëa. Overcome with passionate love, you walked slowly.
    4. Wild with the desire to taste nectar, you took two steps and then four. O beautiful girl, you dropped your toy lotus flower.
    5. You dropped the jasmine crown from your head. You broke the string of jewels at your neck.
    6. You were overcome with new and passionate love. Your very full breasts rebuked all rivals.
    7. Your garments and ornaments were hidden under a great black cloak. In this way you met Lord Krsna in the forest. Thus speaks Govinda däsa.

Song 61 (Kedära-räga)

1. duhu jana ä-ola kuïjaka mäha
aparüpa ko bihi rasa nirabäha
2. jhara jhara barikhe gagane jaladhära
däminé daha-i jhalake anibära
3. aiche samaye bara rädhä käna
kuïjaka mäjhe baiöhi eka öhäma
4. duhu tanu milala manamathe mäti
duhu parirambhaëa samaraka bhäti
5. aparüpa duhu jana nidhubana keli
gobinda-däsa hera-i sakhé meli

    1. The divine couple came to the forest grove. What wonderful nectar will fate now create?
    2. In the sky clouds shower rain again and again. Flames of lightning flash without stop.
    3. Now Rädhä and Kåñëa sit together in a forest grove. 
    4. Their bodies meet. They are wild with passionate desire. They fight a glorious battle of embraces.
    5. They enjoy wonderful amorous pastimes. Standing with the gopés, Govinda däsa watches.

Song 62 (Sindhuòä-räga)

1. gaganahi nimagana dinamaëi känti
lakha-i nä päriye kiye dina räti 
2. aichana jalada kalaya ändhiyära
niyaòahi ko-i lakha-i nähi pära
3. calu gaja-gäminé hari abhisära
gamana niraìkuça ärati bithära
4. caudike athira pabana taru dola
jaga bhari çékara-nikara hilola
5. òhala-ite goré nagara pura-bäöa
mandire mandire lägala kapäöa
6. yaba dhani kuïje milala hari päça
dürahi düre rahu gobinda-däsa

    1. The sky's sunlight suddenly plunges into darkness. Is it day or night? I have no power to see.
    2. A great cloud has brought blinding darkness. No one can see even the nearest object.
    3. Walking like a graceful elephant, a beautiful girl goes to meet Kåñëa. She is wild with passionate longing to meet with Him.
    4. In the four directions a fickle wind blows the trees back and forth. Waves of drizzling rain fill the worlds.
    5. The fair girl follows the path to Kåñëa's abode. She comes to the doors of house after house.
    6. Finally the beautiful fortunate girl meets Kåñëa in the forest. Govinda däsa respectfully stays far far away.

Song 63 (Kedära-räga)

1. maëi maïjéra          yatane äni dhané
         so pahiranu du-i häta
kiìkiëé géma        hära bali pahirala
         hära säjä-ola mätha 
2. (Refrain) sundaré aparüpa pekhala äja
hari abhisära       bharama bhare sundaré
         bichurala säja bisäja
3. ghana andhiyära       rajané jani käjara
         garajata barikhata meha
biñadhara bharala        dürata patha pätara
         ekäli calali teji geha
4. cäòhala manorathe          dosara manamathe
         patha bipatha nähi mäna
gobinda-däsa       kaha-i braja=nägaré
         aichana bheöali käna

    1. With both hands she carefully placed jewel anklets on her feet. She placed a necklace on her neck and an ornament on her head.
    2. (Refrain) The beautiful gopé looked at the wonderful arrangement. Yearning to meet Kåñëa, she took no care that the ornaments were proper or not.
    3. The night was dark like black kajjala. The clouds thundered and rained. Snakes slithered on the path. Leaving her home, she walked all alone.
    4. She was filled with longing. Käma was her only companion. She did not care if she walked on the path or on the places where there was no path. Govinda däsa says: This vraja-gopé certainly met Lord Kåñëa.

Song 64 (Bhüpälé-räga)

1. guru duru baïca ujorala canda
gurujana nayana padahi pada phanda
2. tähe ati duratara pantha saïcära
tatahi kaläbaté calu abhisära
3. ki kahaba mädhaba premaka réta
tuyä anurägiëé tri-bhubana jita
4. yähä dhané dhädhase bhäìa dhunäna
sädhase dhä-oye katahu päïcabäëa
5. so tohe kuïje milala nirabädha
gobinda-däsa hake pürala sädha

    1. The moon is bright. Now the eyes of her elders are spread like a net to catch her.
    2. She walks on the frightening path. This graceful girl hurries to meet You.
    3. O Kåñëa, how can I describe the love she bears for You? Her love for You eclipses the three worlds.
    4. The beautiful agitated girl knits her eyebrows. How many times does Kämadeva attack with his five arrows?
    5. O Kåñëa, now she meets You in the forest. Now her desires are all fulfilled.

Song 65 (Kalyäëé-räga)

1. bayase samana         saìge naba raìgiëé
         säjali çyäma-daraça rasa-lobhe
ko-i rabäba         muraja swara-maëòala
         béëä upäìga häta para çobhe
2. (Refrain) bhäle bané ä-oye båñabhänu tani
caraëa-kamala-tale       aruëa biräjita
         maïjéra-raïjita madhura dhwani
3. gati ati manthara          naba yaubana bhara
         néla-basana maëi-kiìkiëé rola
gaja-ari mäjhäri         upare kanayä-giri
         bécahi suradhuné mukutä-hilola
4. rabi maëòala chabi         jini maëi-kuëòala
         sundara sindüra-bindu bhälahi bhäle
gobinda-däsa kaha        bhulala ali-kula
         beòhala kabaréka mälaté-mäle

    1. The graceful young gopés eagerly prepare to sip the nectar of meeting with Kåñëa. One gopé plays the rabäb. Another gopé plays the muraja. Another gopé makes her hand melodiously stroke the véëä. 
    2. (Refrain) Våñabhänu's daughter gracefully arrives. The soles of Her lotus feet are reddish and glorious. Her anklets sweetly jangle.
    3. She walks with slow grace. She is a glorious youthful teenage girl. Her garments are blue. Her ornaments jangle. Her slender waist is like a lioness' waist. Her breasts are golden mountains. Her pearl necklace is a host of waves in the celestial Gaìgä.
    4. Her jewel earrings defeat the sunshine. A graceful sindüra dot decorates Her forehead. Govinda däsa says: Black bees wander among the jasmine flowers that adorn Her braids.

Song 66 (Beloyära-räga)

1. maïju caraëa-yuga          yäbaka raïjana
         khaïjana gaïjana maïjéra bäje
néla-basana maëi         kiìkiëé raëaraëi
         kuïjara damana gamana kñéëa mäjhe
2. (Refrain) säjali çyäma binodiné rädhe
saìgahi raìga       taraìgi raìgiëé
         madana mohana chände
3. kanaka kaöora cora         kuca koraka jora
         ujora motima däma
bhuja-yuga thira         bijuré pari maëimaya
         kaìkaëa jhanakite camakita käma
4. manorama häsa         sudhä-rasa nirasana
         daçana-jyoti jita motima känti
subhaga kapola      lola maëi-kuëòala
         daça diça bharala nayana çara-pänti
5. jhämpila kabaré       bhäle alakäbalé
         bhäìa dhanuyä janu manamatha sebi
gobinda-däsa        hådaye abadhärali
         çiìgära deba adhidebé

    1. Her graceful feet are anointed with red yävaka. Her anklets jangle like cooing khanjana birds. Her garemnts are blue. Her jewel prnaments jangle. Her waist is slender like a lioness' waist.
    2. (Refrain) Rädhä enjoys many pastimes with dark Kåñëa. In His company She splashes in many waves of pastimes. She enchants Him with amorous playing.
    3. Her flower-bud breasts rob the golden goblet of its splendor. Her pearl necklace glistens. Her arms defeat the unmoving lightning flashes. Her jangling jewel bracelets startle Kämadeva.
    4. Her charming smile eclipses the sweetest nectar. The splendor of Her teeth defeats the splendor of pearls. Jewel earrings sway to and fro on Her graceful cheeks. Her eyes fill the ten directions with arrows of glances.
    5. Her ringlets of hair are gathered into graceful braids. The archer Kämadeva skilfully bends the bows of Her eyebrows. In his heart Govinda däsa knows for certain this girl is the goddess who keeps company with Kåñëa, the Deity of playful amorous pastimes.

Song 67 (Bihägaòä-räga)

1. e dhani äïcare badana jhämpäìa
lubadhala madhupa        cakora bidhuntuda
         änata änata cali yäìa
2. mukha-maëòala kiye         çärada saroruha
         bhälahi añöaméka canda
madhuripu marama         bharama yähä aichana
         täre ki gaëiye mati manda
3. jani kaha garabe      päëi-tale bäraba
         e thala-kamala ujora
tahi nakha-cända         bharama bhare aichana
         tatahià paòata jani bhora
4. bhäìa dhanuyä kiye         sutanu dhunäyasi
         yachu çare giridhara kämpa
se kiye atanu       pataga çire òärasi
         gobinda-däsa hiye täpa

    1. With the edge of her garment a beautiful gopé covers her face. She has become like a greedy bumblebee or a cakora bird. Yearning and yearning, she walks.
    2. Is the half-covered circle of her face really an autumn lotus? Is her forehead a moon on the eighth night? She enchants Kåñëa's heart. Now He is bewildered. What does Kåñëa think now?
    3. The palm of her hand eclipses the land-growing lotus. The moons of her fingernails enchant and bewilder Kåñëa. Now He is overcome.
    4. She bends the archer's bow of her eyebrows. An arrow is fired. Now Kåñëa trembles. Did Kämadeva's arrow strike Kåñëa's head? Govinda däsa says: Lord Kåñëa's heart is now licked by flames.

Song 68 (Çré-räga)

1. känane sabahu kusuma parakäça
çäré çuka pika-kula madhurima bhäña
2. mayüra mayüré-gaëa de-i näda
çuna-ite kätara bhela unamäda
3. dekha dekha nägara-räja
calalahi saìketa-kuïjaka mäjha
4. kiçalaya-puïjahi çeja-bara kela
taàhi para baiöhi puna tarakhita bhela
5. patha heri äkula bikala paräëa
abahu nä sundaré karala payäna
6. antare madana karala parakäça
caudiçe hera-i gobinda-däsa

    1. Flowers bloom in the forest. Parrots and cuckoos sweetly talk.
    2. Peacocks and peahens loudly call. These sounds make one wild with bliss.
    3. Look! Look! There is the king of playful heroes. He walks to the forest-place where He will meet His beloved.
    4. He sits on a couch of twigs and leaves. He thirsts to enjoy pastimes with His beloved.
    5. He watches the path. His life's breath is uneasy. The beautiful gopé has not yet come.
    6. Kämadeva is manifest in His heart. Govinda däsa carefully watches the four directions.

Song 69 (Sindhuòä-räga)

1. çärada sudhäkara      maëòala khaëòana
         badana kamala bikäça
adhare miläyata          çyäma manohara
         cita coräyali häsa
2. (Refrain) äju naba çyäma binodiné rä-i
tanu tanu atanu          yuta çata sebita
         labaëi baraëi nä yä-i
3. bari bakula-phule          äphula ali-kula
         madhu pibi pibi utarola
sakala alaìkåti          karuëa jhaìkåti
         kiìkiëé raëaraëi bola
4. pada-paìkaja para          maëimaya nüpura
         pürita khaïjana bhäña
madana mukura janu       nakha maëi-darapaëa
         nichani gobinda-däsa

    1. Her blossoming lotus face breaks the nectar-moon into pieces. The smile on her lips robs charming Kåñëa of His heart.
    2. (Refrain) Rädhä, the teenage girl who enjoys pastimes with dark Kåñëa, Rädhä who is filled with hundreds of amorous desires, and who is gloriously beautiful has not yet come.
    3. She is decorated with many bakula flowers. Sipping and sipping the nectar of these flowers, the balck bees are wild with bliss. All Her ornaments sweetly jangle.
    4. The jewel anklets on Her lotus feet coo like khaïjana birds. Her toenails are like Kämadeva's jewel mirrors. Govinda däsa offers ärati to Her.

Song 70 (Dhänaçé-räga)

1. (Refrain) sundari turitahià karaha payäëa
sabahu tératha-phala          swämé su-maìgala
         bhänuka kuëòe sinäna
2. aichana bacana        kahala yaba so sakhé
         guru-jane anumati mägi
bahu upahära        su-kapüra candana
         le-ola bhänuka lägi
3. sabahu sakhé meli          de-i hulähuli
         calatahim panthaka mäjha
so bara sundaré          kari patha cäturé
         miläyala nägara-räja
4. rä-ika badana         cända heri mädhaba
         pürala saba abhiläña
duhu daraçane duhu       ärati naba naba
         katahim gobinda-däsa

    1. (Refrain) "O beautiful girl, please quickly depart. You should bathe at most auspicious Bhänu-kuëòa, which grants the results of visiting all holy places."
    2. When a friend had spoken these words, that gopé asked permission from her elders. Taking sandal paste, camphor, and many other things, She left for Bhänu-kuëòa.
    3. When She met her gopé-friends there was a great uproar of joyful greetings. Together, the gopés walked on the path. Walking, that wise gopé met Kåñëa, the king of playful heroes.
    4. Gazing at Çré Rädhä's moonlike face, Lord Kåñëa felt all His desires were fulfilled. Gazing at Çré Çré Rädhä and Kåñëa, who are youthful eternally, and offering ärati to Them, Govinda däsa sings this song.

Song 71 (Dhänaçé-räga)

1. sakhé-gaëa meli ye karala payäëa
kautuke keli-kuëòe abagäna
2. jala-mäha paiöhala sakhé-gaëa meli
duhu jana samara karala jala-keli
3. bichurala kuntala jarajara aìga
gahana samare de-i nägara bhaìga
4. sakhé-gaëa beòhala nägara-canda
gobinda-däsa heri raha dhandha

    1. The gopés assemble and depart. They joyfully enter the waters of the pastime lake.
    2. The gopés meet in the midst of the waters. The divine couple enjoy many water pastimes. Playfully They fight in the water.
    3. Their hair becomes dishevelled. Their limbs are filled with bliss. In a furious duel, the hero Kåñëa defeats His gopi beloved.
    4. The gopés surround Kåñëa, the moon of heroes, and attack Him from all sides. Watching, Govinda däsa is filled with wonder.

Song 72 (Dhänaçé-räga)

1. keli-abaçeñe o bara näha
sakhé saïe keli-kuëòe abagäha
2. (Refrain) täàhä karala aparüpa jala-keli
sakhé-gaëa saïe nägaré eku meli
3. daurathe yaiche yuruta de-u béra
taichana siïcata duhuka çaréra
4. gobinda-däsa pähu kuëòaka öhäha
abasare rä-i kara jala-abagäha

    1. At the end of His pastimes, Lord Kåñëa enters the pastime-lake with the gopés.
    2. (Refrain) Rädhä and Her gopé-friends enjoy wonderful water-pastimes.
    3. Rädhä and Kåñëa and splash each other.
    4. Govinda däsa's master grasps Rädhä. With His hand He pushes Her into the water.

Song 73 (Dhänaçé-räga)

1. nähi uöhala doàhe kuëòaka-téra
tanu tanu lägala pätala céra
2. aìge banä-ola naba naba beça
kuïjaka-mäjhe karala parabeça
3. bibidha miöhä-i katahu upahära
bhojana kari taàhi kata parakära
4. rä-ika yatane so-i çyäma-räya
bahu-bidha bhujala hariña hiyäya

    1. The divine couple emerge from the water. They walk on the lakeshore. They dress in fine garments.
    2. Newer and newer garments They place on Their limbs. They enter a forest grove. 
    3. They eat many delicious foods. How many kinds of foods do They enjoy?
    4. In many ways Rädhä tries to bring pleasure to dark Kåñëa's heart.

Song 74 (Känäòä-räga)

1. çarada canda pabana manda
bipine bharala kusuma-gandha
phulla mallikä mälaté yüthé
matta madhukara bhoraëé
2. herata räti aichana bhäti
çyäma-mohana madana mäti
muralé gäna païcama täna
kulabaté-cita-coraëé
3. çunata gopé prema ropi
manahià manahià äpanä soàpi
täàhi calata yäàhi bolata
muraléka kala rolané
4. bichuri geha nijahu deha
eku nayane käjara-reha
yähe raïjita eku maïjéra
eku kuëòala dolané
5. çithila chanda nébika bandha
begete dhä-ota yubaté-bånda
khasata basana rasana coli
galita beëé lolané
6. tatahià beli sakhiné meli
kehu kahuka patha nä heri
aichana milala gokula-canda
gobinda-däsa bolané

    1. The autumn moon glistened. A gentle breeze blew. A fragrance of flowers filled the forest. Mallikä, mälaté, and yüthé flowers bloomed. Intoxicated black bees flew.
    2. The gopés looked at the splendid night. They were enchanted by dark Kåñëa. They had fallen in love with Him. From a flute somewhere came melodies on the fifth note, melodies that robbed the saintly gopés of their hearts.
    3. Hearing the music, the gopés were overcome with feelings of love. Entering the gopés' thoughts andf there speaking eloquent words, the sweet flute-music aroused the gopis' desire to enjoy with Kåñëa.
    4. Overcome, the gopés forgot their homes and their own bodies. To only one eye they applied black kajjala. On only one ankle they placed a jangling anklet. On only one ear they placed a swinging earring.
    5. Their tight belts became loosened. Quickly the teenage gopés ran. Their belts, bodices, and garments became loose and began to slip. Their braids were tossed to and fro.
    6. Somehow the gopés all met. As they walked, they could not see the path before them. They met Lord Kåñëa, who is like a glorious moon shining in Gokula. Thus sings Govinda däsa.

Song 75 (Dhänaçé-räga)

1. ki ye çuni sudhämaya muraléra raba
nä sambare ambare dhäya gopé saba
2. kare tuli pare keha pada-äbharaëa
keha pare nija ädha nayane aïjana
3. sadana chäòiyä keha känanete dhäya
paya-päne çiçu chäòi seha gopé yäya
4. eka gopére pati dhariyä räkhila
çyäma-anuräge seha tanu teyägila
5. sakala gopéra äge pä-ila se-i rämä
gobinda-däsa kahe ki diba upamä

    1. Hearing Kåñëa's nectar flute-music, the gopés ran. They took no care that their garments were properly arranged.
    2. Some gopés placed their anklets around their wrists. Other gopés decorated only half their eyes with black kajjala.
    3. Leaving their homes, some gopés ran to the forest. Suddenly stopping feeding milk to their infants, other gopés also ran.
    4. Forcibly stopped by their husbands, other gopés left their bodies. They were rapt in love for dark Kåñëa.
    5. One gopé was the foremost. She was the goddess of fortune Herself. Govinda däsa says: What metaphors and similes can I speak that will do justice to Her glories?

Song 76 (Mallära-räga)

1. bipine milala gopa-näré
heri hasata muralé-dhäré
nirakhi bayäna puchata bäta
prema-sindhu gähané
2. puchata sabaka gamana kñema
kahata kiye karaba prema
brajaka sabahu kuçala bäta
kähe kuöila cähani
3. heri aichana rajané ghora
teji taruëé patika kora
kaiche pä-oli känana ora
thora nahata kähiné
4. galita lalita kabaré-bånda
kähe dhä-ota yubaté-bånda
mandire kiye paòala dwanda
beòhala bipatha-bähiné
5. kiye çärada cändané räti
nikuïje bharala kusuma pänti
herata çyäma bhramara bhäti
bujhi ä-oli sähiné
6. etahu kahata nä kaha ko-i
räkhata käàhe manahi go-i
iha-i äna naha-i ko-i
gobinda-däsa gayané

    1. The gopés assembled in the forest. Seeing Kåñëa play the flute, they smiled. Kåñëa glanced at their faces and asked them some questions. He plunged them in an ocean of amorous desires.
    2. He asked iof their journey through the forest was good and auspicious. He wished them well. But why did He talk to them of love? Why did He glance at them with crooked eyes?
    3. "You can see this night is very fearsome. Why did you girls leav your husbands' embraces and come to the forest?" Why did Kåñëa speak these words? 
    4. "Your graceful braids have become loose. Why did you girls run here? Was there a quarrel in your homes?" As an army surrounds its oppnent, the gopés surrounded Lord Kåñëa.
    5. "This autumn night is splendid with its moonlight. This forest grove is filled with flowers. You can see the black bees are very glorious here. Did you girls know all this before you came here?"
    6. Lord Kåñëa spoke these words, but no gopé offered a reply. Why did they always keep Kåñëa in their hearts? No gopé offered a reply. Govinda däsa sings this song.

Song 77 (Dhänaçé-räga)

1. aichana bacana kahala yaba käna
braja-ramaëé-gaëa sajala nayäna
2. öutäla sabahu manoratha karaëé
abanata änane nakhe likhu dharaëé
3. äkula antara gadagada kaha-i
akaruëa bacana biçikha nähi saha-i
4. çuna çuna su-kapaöa çyämara canda
kaiche kahasi tuhu iha anubandha
5. bhäìgahi kula-çéla muraléka-gäne
kiìkiëé-gaëa janu keça dhari äne
6. aba kaha kapaöe dharama-yuta bola
dhärmika haraye kiye kumäré nicola
7. tohe soàpita jéba tuyä rasa päba
tuyä pada choòi aba ko käàhä yäba
8. etahu kahata braja-yubaté mela
çuni nanda-nandana harañita bhela
9. kabi parasäda tahi karaye biläsa

änande nirakhaye gobinda-däsa

    1. When Lord Kåñëa spoke these words, tears flowed from the gopés' eyes. 
    2. The gopés' desires were all broken into pieces. The gopés bowed their heads. With their toenails they cratched the ground.
    3. Their hearts were overcome. They spoke broken words in choked voices. They could not bear Kåñëa's cruel sharp words.
    4. "Listen. Listen, O cruel dark moon Kåñëa. Why do You speak these words?
    5. "Your flute music broke our saintliness into pieces. Now we are Your maidservants. It is You who hold us by the hair.
    6. "Now You speak these crooked words of pretended dharma. How can a saintly girl remove even her cloak in front of You?
    7. "We have given our lives to You. We yearn to taste the nectar of Your company. Where will we go if we leave Your feet?"
    8. These words the girls of Vraja spoke. Hearing them, Lord Kåñëa became happy.
    9. By the mercy of a saintly poet (Çréla Çukadeva Gosvämé), Govinda däsa joyfully watches these pastimes.

Song 78 (Kämoda-räga)

1. käïcana maëi-gaëa          janu niramä-ola
         ramaëé-maëòala säja
mäjhahi mäjha       mahä-marakata sama
         çyäma naöa-bara räja
2. (Refrain) dhani dhani aparüpa räsa-bihära
thira bijura saïe          caïcala jaladhara
         rasa barakhiye anibära
3. kata kata canda       timira para  bilasa-i
         timirahi kata kata cände
kanaka-latäye       tamälaha kata kata
         duhu duhu tanu tanu bändhe
4. kata kata paduminé         païcama gä-ota
         madhukara dharu çruti-bhäña
madhukara mili kata      paduminé gä-ota
         mugadhala gobinda-däsa

    1. Glistening like a gold and jewel necklace, the gopés form a circle. In that circle's center of centers is Lord Kåñëa, the king of dancers. He glistens like a great sapphire there.
    2. (Refrain) O beautiful gopé, O beautioful gopé, there is the wonderful rasa-dance pastime. Rädhä and Kåñëa are like a stationary lightning flash and restless monsoon cloud that together shower without stop a great monsoon of nectar.
    3. How many moons now glisten in the darkness of this night? How many moons now glisten in the darkness of this night? How many golden vines now embrace how many tamäla trees? One couple after another are now bound in an embrace.
    4. How many lotuslike girls sing melodies in the fifth note? How many blackbee teenage boys chant the hymns of the Vedas? How many such lotus girls and blackbee boys meet and sing charming melodies together? Govinda däsa is charmed by their music.

Song 79 (Bihägaòä-räga)

1. nanda-nandana         saìge çohana
         na-ola gokula-käminé
tapana-nandiné      tére bhäli bani
    bhubana-mohana läbaëé
2. tätä thaiyä thaiyä         bäje pakhoyäja
         mukhara kaìkaëa kiìkiëé
biläse gobinda      prema änanda
         saìge naba naba raìginé
3. cäru-bicitra          duhuka ambara
         pabane aïcala dolané
duhu kalebara       bharata çramaja
         moti marakata hema maëi
4. ura bilola       bäjata kiìkiëé
         nüpura-dhwani saìgiyä
géma dolané         nayana-näciné
         saìge rasabaté raïjiyä
5. rädhe mädhaba         bibidha bilasa-i
         saìge raìginé mätiyä
néla darapaëa       çyäma mürati
         herata gobinda-däsiyä

    1. Gokula's beautiful girls stay in the company of Nanda's son. On the riverbank stands Våñabhänu's daughter, the most beautiful and enchanting girl in the world.
    2. "Tätä thaiyä thaiyä!", the pakhoyaja drums declare. The gopés' bracelets and belts jangle. Filled with love ans bliss, the beautiful girls enjoy pastimes with Lord Kåñëa.
    3. Their beautiful colorful garments flutter in the breeze. Covered with perspiration, their bodies seem like sapphires and gold adorned with jewels and pearls.
    4. Their belts and anklets jangle. Their necklaces sway to and fro. Their eyes dance. In this way Lord Kåñëa enjoys pastimes with His sweet and graceful beloveds.
    5. Çré Çré Rädhä and Kåñëa enjoy many nectar pastimes together. They are wild with bliss. Govinda däsa gazes at Lord Kåñëa's form, a form dark like a sapphire mirror.

Song 80 (Mayüra-kaëöhaka-täla)

1. äju bipine yä-ota käna
mürati mürata kusuma bäëa
janu jaladhara rucira aìga
    bhaìgé naöa-bara çohané
éñata hasata badana-cända
taruëé nayana nayana phända
bimba adhare murali khurali
    tri-bhubana-mano-mohiné
2. kusuma milita cikura-puïja
caudike bhramara bhramaré guïja
piïcha-nicaya racita mukuöa
    makara-kuëòala dolané
caïcala nayana khaïjana jora
saghane yä-ota çrabaëa ora
géma çohana ratana-räja
    motima-hära lolané 
3. kaöi péta paöa kiìkiëé bäja
mada-gati ati kuïjara-räja
janu-lambita kadamba-mälä
    matta madhukara bhoraëé
aruëa baraëa caraëa kaïja
aruëa taraëi kiraëa gaïja
gobinda-däsa hådaya raïja
    maïju maïjära bolané

    1. Now Kåñëa goes to the forest. He is Kämadeva personified, Kämadeva who shoots arrows of flowers. His form is splendid like a monsoon cloud. He bends like the best of dancers. A gentle smile rests on the moon of His face. His eyes set a trap to catch the teenage gopés' eyes. He play the flute at His bimbe-fruit lips. He enchants the hearts of the three worlds.
    2. Flowers adorn His hair, flowers that attract the humming black bees on four sides. His crown is made of peacock feathers. His shark-shaped earrings swing to and fro. His glistening large eyes, eyes that reach almost to his ears, are restless like khaïjana birds. The king of jewels glistens at His neck. His pearl necklace sways to and fro.
    3. About His waist are a yellow cloth and a belt of jangling links. His gait is graceful and slow, like the king of elephants. His kadamba garland extends to His knees, a garland that maddens the the black bees. The soles of His lotus feet are reddish like the dawn. Govinda däsa says: Graceful like a blossoming flower, Lord Kåñëa delights the heart.

Song 81 (Tuòi-räga)

1. (Refrain) goöha bijayé braja-räja kiçora
janané-biracita beça ujora
2. äge agaëita kata go-dhana caliyä
päche braja-bälaka hai hai baliyä
3. sama baya beça sabahu kari chända
räma bäme calu çyämara-cända
4. mayüra çikhaëòa cüòe jhalamaliyä
maëimaya kuëòala öalamaliyä
5. çira-para cända adhara-para muralé
cala-ite panthe karaye kata kuralé
6. kaöi-taöe péta paöämbara baniyä
manthara gati calu gaja-bara jiniyä
7. maëi-maïjéra bäjata raëa-jhaniyä
gobinda-däsa kaha-i dhani dhaniyä

    1. (Refrain) Splendidly dressed by His mother, Vraja's young prince walks to the pastures.
    2. Numberless cows walk before Him. Behind Him Vraja's boys cry, "Hai! Hai!"
    3. Like Him in age, garments, manner, and every other way, hosts of boys surround Him. With Balaräma at His left, Lord Kåñëa, splendid like a dark moon, walks. 
    4. A peacock feather splendidly rests in His crown. His jewel earrings swing to and fro. 
    5. His forehead is like the glistening moon. Walking on the path, how many melodies does He play on the flute at His lips?
    6. A yellow cloth is gracefully wrapped about His waist. He slow walking defeats the graceful elephant. 
    7. His jewel anklets jangle. Govinda däsa says: Lord Kåñëa is the most glorious of all who are glorious.

Song 82 (Säraìga-räga)

1. go-dhana saìge        raìge yadu-nandana
         bihara-i yamunä-téra
däma çrédäma        sudäma mahä-bala
         gopa goyäla saìge bala-béra
2. (Refrain) bäjata ghana ghana beëu
hai hai räba        hämbä raba garajana
         änande magana carata saba dhenu
3. sama-baya-beça        keça parimaëòita
         cüòe çikhaëòaka kusuma ujora
maëimaya hära       guïjä naba maïjula
         hera-ite jaga-jana-mana karu bhora
4. balaya nisäna         kanaka kaöi kiìkiëé
         nüpura ruëu jhunu bäja
gobinda-däsa pahu        niti niti aichana
         bihara-i naba ghana bipina samäja

    1. Surrounded by His cows, Lord Kåñëa enjoys pastimes on the Yamunä's banks. The powerful boy-hero Kåñëa is surrounded by Dämä, Çrédämä, Sudämä, and the boys and cows.
    2. (Refrain) Again and again He plays the flute. {.sy 168}Hai! Hai!", the boys call. "Hämbä", the cows moo. Plunged in bliss, the cows walk and graze.
    3.  His friends are like Him in age and garments. His hair is decorated with flowers and a peacock-feather. He wears a jewel necklace and a graceful string of guïjä. Gazing at Him, the people of the world feel their hearts overcome with bliss.
    4. His bracelets, anklets, and golden belt jangle. Again and again Govinda däsa's master enjoys pastimes in this way with His friends in the newly-blossoming forest.

Song 83 (Tuòi-räga)

1. goöhe prabeça         karäyala go-gaëa
         sakhä-gaëa nija nija mandire gela
batsaka bändhi      chändhi dhenu-gaëa
         ghana ghana go-dhana kela
2. (Refrain) sundara çyämara aìga
raìga paöämbara          hära manohara
         go-dhüli-dhüsara aìga
3. naba naba pallaba          guccha-sumaëòita
         cüòe çikhaëòaka beòhala däma
makara-kåti maëi         kuëòala dolani
         hera-i camake paòaye kata käma
4. bana-phula-mäla       biräjita ura-para
         kiìkiëé raëa-raëi nüpura päya
gobinda-däsa pahu        jaga-mana-mohana
         braja-ramaëé-gaëa harañita täya

    1. He leads the cows back to Vraja Village. His friends return to their own homes. He ties the calves. Tying the cows, again and again He draws milk from them.
    2. (Refrain) Dark-limbed Kåñëa is handsome and charming. His garments and necklace are glorious. His limbs covered with dust raised by the cows' hooves, He charms every heart.
    3. He is decorated with new new leaves. On His head is a peacock feather and a ring of flowers. His shark-shaped jewel earrings swing to and fro. Gazing at Him, how many Kämadevas are overcome with wonder?
    4. His chest is glorious with a forest-flower garland. His anklets and belt jangle. Govinda däsa's master charms the hearts of all the world. He delights Vraja's teenage girls.

Song 84 (Suha-i-räga)

1. ähä ki dekhi go baòä-i kadambera tale
taòita jaòita yaiche naba jaladhare
2. çyämacändera upare dhabala cändera kalä
tähära upare çobhe timirera mälä
3. tähära upare kibä indradhanu säje
emana adbhuta rüpa kebä dekhiyäche
4. indradhanu jiniyä se bhurü dhanu-chaöä
gobinda-däsera mana kare laöapaöä

    1. Aha! What did I see under a kadamba tree? It was like a new raincloud embraced by lightning.
    2. It was like a glistening wehite full moon above a dark new moon. Above those two moons glistened a garland of darkness.
    3. Above that garland was a rainbow. What was that wonderful form I saw?
    4. The effulgent archer's bows of that form's eyebrows defeated the rainbow. That form enchanted Govinda däsa's heart.

Song 85 (Baräòé-räga)

1. e-i ta båndäbana-pathe
niti niti kari gatägate
2. häte kari la-i yä-i sonä
tumi ke nä kahe hena janä
3. tumi dekhi puchaha baòä-i
kisera däna cähena känä-i
4. saìge sabe ghåtera päsära
tähe kene eteka jaïjäla
5. tumi ta baraja yuba-räja
tumi kene karibe akäja
6. düra kara häsa parihäsa
kahatahià gobinda-däsa

    1. Again and again they come and go on Våndävana forest's pathways. 
    2. "With Your own hand give Me Your golden ornaments." "Who are You? You have no right to make such a demand.
    3. "Why do You stare at Me and make these demands? O Kåñëa, why do You demand all this?"
    4. "To Me You must give all the butter You carry." "Why must You make trouble for Us?
    5. "You are Vraja's prince. Why do You act in a way that is not right?"
    6. In this way the divine couple joked and laughed for a long time. So says Govinda däsa.

Song 86 (Dhänaçé-räga)

1. sakhä-gaëa saìge      raìge kata khelata
         khelata naöabara-räja
bhora manorathe          calala bipina pathe
         choòi çiçu saìgahi mäjha
2. (Refrain) catura-çiromaëi käna
heri yamunä-jala         manasija mätala
         pürala muralé niçäna
3. såjala taraëé-khäni        prabäla mukutä-maëi
         mäjhe mäjhe hérära gänthani
säri säri yoje guòä      ratana käïcane moòä
         pherayäle bäjata kiìkiëé
4. tapana-tanayä tére         taraëé la-iyä phire
         bidagadha nägara-räja
gobinda-däsa kahe        naukäya basi rahe
         pherayälera ghuìghura bäja

    1. How many games did the king of dancers play and playw ith His gopa friends? Then, pushed by a certain desire, He left the boys' company and walked alone on the forest path.
    2. (Refrain) Glancing at the Yamunä's waters, Lord Kåñëa, the jewel of the wise, filled His flute with music. Now He was wild with Kämadeva's desires.
    3. With that flute-music He created a boat, a boat made of jewels, pearls, and coral, a boat with decks made of diamonds, a boat with seat after seat made of gold and jewels, a boat with many small bells that jangled as it moved.
    4. Lord Kåñëa, the wise king of heroes, entered that boat and set out from the Yamunä's banks. Govinda däsa says: As the boat moved, its many small bells jangled.  

Song 87 (Basanta-räga)

1. (Refrain) åtu-pati biharati nägara-çyäma
rädhä raìgiëé saìginé bäma
2. cuyä candana          parimala kuìkuma
         phägu-raìge saba aìga bhari
madana-mohana heri       mätala manasija
         yubaté-yuta çata gä-ota horé
3. kehu dhara ambara          kehu hära hara
         kehu tanu paçiyä rahalahi bhori
kehu le-i mudaré         kehu le-i müralé
         dürahià düre kehu gä-ota horé
4. òampha rabäba         upäìga pakhoyäja
         karatäla täla su-meli kari
gobinda-däsa pahuà       naöa-bara çekhara
         näcata gä-ota täla dhari

    1. (Refrain) With beautiful playful Rädhä at His left, the dark hero Kåñëa enjoys pastimes in the springtime, the king of seasons.
    2. Every limb is now covered with showers of sandal-water, red powder, and frgarant kuìkuma. Gazing at Kåñëa, who is more enchanting than Kämadeva, hundreds of teenage gopés are overcome with amorous desires. They sing graceful songs in the festival of Holé.
    3. Some bring cloth. Some bring necklaces. Their bodies are filled with bliss. Some bring finger-rings. Some bring flutes. From far away some come, singing the glories of Holé.
    4. Gathering together, they play òamphas, rabäbs, pakhoyäjas, and karatälas. As they play graceful rhythms, Govinda däsa's master, who is the crown of dancers, dances.

Song 88 (Basanta-räga)

1. khelata phägu båndäbana-canda
åtu-pati manamatha manoratha chanda
2. sundari-gana kara-mandali-majha
raìgiëé prema-taraìgiëé säja
3. ägu phägu de-i nägaré nayäne
abasare nägara cumbaye bayäne
4. cakita candra-mukhé sahacaré gahane
dhä-i dhä-ola giridhärika eka sane
5. tarala nayäné turite eka yä-i
kare saïe käòi muralé le-i dhä-i
6. ghana karatäli bhäli bhäli bola
ho ho hori tumula utarola
7. aruëa taruëa taru aruëahi dharaëé
sthala jala-cara bhela sabe eka-baraëé
8. aruëahi nére aruëa arabinda
aruëa hådaye bhela däsa gobinda

    1. He who is like a moon shining in Våndävana forest enjoys pastimes of throwing red powder. He is filled with Kämadeva's desires.
    2. In the midst of circle of beautiful gopés a blissful, reddish, wave-filled river of spiritual love flows.
    3. She who is the great heroine of amorous pastimes showers red powder on Him. He who is the king of amorous pastimes kisses Her face.
    4. Her moon-faced gopé friends are filled with wonder. Gathering together, they all attack Kåñëa.
    5. Trembling, they run to Kåñëa, snatch away His flute, and flee. 
    6. "Bhäli! Bhäli!" the karatälas declare. There is a great tumult of, "Ho! Ho! Holé!"
    7. The ground is now red with powder. They young trees are red. Every being moving on the ground or in the water is now one color only.
    8. The water is red. The lotuses are red. Even Govinda däsa's heart is covered now with red.

Song 89 (Basanta-räga)

1. néläcale banakäcala gora
gobinda phägu-raìge bhela bhora
2. deba-kumäré nägaré-gaëa saìga

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pastimes Govinda däsa has no power to understand.

Song 90 (Basanta-lélä)

1. taru taru naba kiçalaya bana lägi
kusuma-bhara kata abanata çäkhé
2. taàhi çuka çäriëé kokila bola
kuïja nikuïja bhramara karu rola
3. aparüpa çré-båndäbana mäjha
ñaòa åtu saìge basanta åtu-räja
4. bikaçita kubalaya kamala kadamba
mädhabé mälaté mili taru lamba
5. käàhä käàhä särasa haàsa nisäna
käàhä käàhä däduré unamata gäna
6. käàhä käàhä cätaka pi-u pi-u phura
käàhä käàhä unamata näcaye mayüra
7. gobinda-däsa kaha aparüpa bhäti
caudike beòhala kusumaka pänti

    1. Tree after tree bears new shoots and buds. How many branches bend, burdened with hosts of flowers?
    2. The parrots and cuckoos coo. In forest after forest the black bees buzz.
    3. In the midst of wonderful Våndävana forest stays King Springtime, surrounded by his court of the six seasons.
    4. The kuvalaya, kamala, and kadamba flowers bloom. The flowering mädhavé and mälaté vines wind their tendrils around the trees.
    5. Here and there swans and särasa cranes call. Here and there frogs wildly sing.
    6. Here and there cätaka birds call, "Pi-u! Pi-u!" Here and there peacocks wildly dance.
    7. Govinda däsa says: Våndävana forest has become wonderful and glorious. In the four directions it is filled with flowers.

Song 91 (Mallära-räga)

1. naba ghana känana çobhana kuïja
bikasita kusuma madhukara guïja
2. naba naba pallabe çobhita òola
çäré çuka pika gä-oye rasäla
taàhi bani aparüpa ratana hindola
tä para baiöhaki kiçoré kiçora
3. braja-ramaëé-gaëa de-ota jhaìkära
gérata jani dhané karatahi kora
4. kata kata upajala rasa-payasaìga
gobinda-däsa taàhi dekhata raìga

    1. Filled with blossoming flowers and humming bees, the new forest is beautiful.
    2. It is beautiful with newer and newer leaves, buds, and sprouts. Its parrots and cuckoos sweetly sing.
    3. Here a divine teenage boy and a divine teenage girl enjoy pastimes on a jewel-decorated swing. 
    4. Arm in arm, the two divine teenagers enjoy pastimes. The beautiful gopés sing of Their glories.
    5. How many nectar pastimes do the two divine teenagers enjoy? Filled with bliss, Govinda däsa gazes at Them.

Song 92 (Bhairabé-räga)

1. äju çacé-nandana naba abhiñeka
änanda-kanda nayana bhari dekha
2. nityänanda adwaita mili raìge
gä-ota unamata bhakatahià saìge
3. hera-ite nirupama käïcana-deha
barikhaye sabahu nayana ghana-mehä
4. puna puna nirakhite gora-mukha-indu
uchalala prema-sudha-rasa-sindhu
5. jaga bhari pürala prema-taraìge
baïcita gobinda-däsa parasaìge

    1. Look! Now is the abhiñeka ceremony of Çacé's son, the root of all bliss.
    2. Gathering around Lord Nityänanda and Lord Advaita, and now wild with bliss, the devotees sing.
    3. Gazing at the Lord's peerless golden form, the devotees shower tears from the rainclouds of their eyes.
    4. Again and again gazing at the fair moon of Lord Gaura's face, the devotees are plunged into a flooding ocean of spiritual love.
    5. The whole world is now flooded by waves of spiritual love. Only Govinda däsa is not touched by those waves. Only he is cheated of their touch.

Song 93 (Kämoda-räga)

1. nanda-nandana         candra-candana
         gandha nindiha aìga
jalada sundara      kambu-kandhara
         nindi sindhura aìga
2. prema äkula      gopa gpkula
         kulajä käminé känta
kusuma raïjana      maïju-baïjula
         kuïja-mandire santa
3. gaëòa-maëòala         balita kuëòala
         uòa cüòa çikhaëòa
keli-täëòaba        täla-paëòita
         bähu-daëòita-daëòa
4. kaïja-locana          kaluña-mocana
         çrabaëa-rocana bhäña
amala komala        caraëa-kiçalaya
         nilaya gobinda-däsa

    1. The fragrance of Kåñëa's limbs eclipses the fragrance of sandal paste and camphor. Lord Kåñëa is more glorious than the monsoon clouds. His neck is more graceful than the conchshell. He is more handsome than an ocean of handsomeness.
    2. Gokula's cowherd people all love Him. The saintly beautiful gopés dearly love Him. He is decorated with many flowers. He is graceful and charming. He stays in a forest cottage.
    3. Earrings adorn the circles of His cheeks. He wears a peacock-feather crown. He playfully dances. He is expert in a host of graceful rhythms. His arms are great maces.
    4. His eyes are lotus flowers. He frees the devotees from a host of sins. His wrods edelight the ear. Govinda däsa takes shelter of His soft and splendid flower-bud feet.

Song 94 (Säraìga-räga)

1. kusumita kuïja        kalapa-taru känana
         maëimaya mandira-mäjha
räsa-biläsa         kalä utakaëöhita
         mana-mohana naöa-räja
2. (Refrain) giribara-kandare sundara çyäma
motima hära         biräjita kandhara
         kuïjara gati anupäma
3. bahu-bidha baidagadhi      binoda biçärada
         beëu boläyata manda
kuïjara-gamané      ramaëé-gaëa yä-ota
         bigalita nébi-nibandha
4. käminé-kara      kiçalaya-balayäìkita
         rätula pada-arabinda
räya basanta        madhupa anusandhita
         nindita däsa gobinda

    1. In a jewel palace in the midst of a flowering kalpa-taru tree forest, Lord Kåñëa, the king of dancers who charms every heart, yearns to enjoy räsa dance pastimes.
    2. (Refrain) Entering a cave of Govardhana Hill, and a pearl-necklace glistening around His neck, handsome dark Kåñëa walks with peerless grace, grace that eclipses even the graceful wild elephant.
    3. Expert in many arts and pastimes, He plays languid melodies on the flute. Graceful like wild elephants, and their tight belts now loosened, the beautiful gopés run to Him.
    4. He takes the hands of the beautiful gopés. Bracelets adorn His budding-twig wrists. The soles of His feet are red lotus flowers. The black bees follow Him. He is the king of spiringtime. Govinda däsa feels very fallen and lowly in His company.

Song 95 (Baräòé-räga)

1. mudita marakata       madhura mürati
         mugadha mohana chända
mallikä mälaté      mäle madhu-mata
         madhupa manamatha-phända
2. (Refrain) çyäma sundara         sugaòa çekhara
         çarada-çaçadhara häsa
saìge sa-bayasa          su-beça sama-rasa
         satata sukhamaya bhäña
3. cikaëa cäïcara        cikura-cumbita
         cäru-candraka pänti
capala-camakita          cakita cähani
         cita-coraka bhänti
4. girika gairika        goraja gorocana
         gandha garabhita bçaa
gopa gopana         garima guëa-guëa
         gä-ota gobinda-däsa

    1. His graceful sweet form glistens like sapphires. His ways are charming. His garland of mallikä and mälaté flowers makes the black bees wild with its nectar scent. He has set Kämadeva's trap.
    2. (Refrain) He is handsome and dark. His peacock-feather crown is graceful. His smile glistens like the autumn moon. Again and again He happily talks with His gopa friends, friends whose glorious garments, age, and sweetness are all like His own.
    3. A line of graceful peacock feathers kisses His curly glistening hair. His glistening restless wonderful glances rob every heart.
    4. He is decorated with red gairika and yellow gorocanä, anointed with sweet fragrances, and dressed in graceful garments. Govinda däsa sings the glories of Him, the Lord filled with all virtues, the protector of the cowherd people.