Sri Garga Samhita
BY: SUN STAFF
Feb 04, CANADA (SUN) —
Canto Two, Volume Three
Chapter Twenty-five
Rasa-krida
The Rasa-dance Pastime
Text 1
evam vicintya manasa
sivo vasurina saha
tau krishna-darishnarthaya
jagmatur vraja-mandalam
Thinking in this way, Siva and Asuri went to the circle of Vraja to see Lord Krishna.
Text 2
divya-druma-lata-kunja-
tolika-punja-sobhitam
pasyantau tau divya-bhumim
kalindi-nikate gatau
Near the Yamuna they went to a splendid transcendental place filled with splendid groves of trees, vines, and archways.
Text 3
goloka-vasinyo naryo
vetra-hasta maha-balah
cakrur balat tan-nishedham
marga-stha dvara-palikah
Many very powerful, stick-wielding women of Goloka guarded the entrance. Blocking the path, they and forbade them to enter.
Text 4
tav ucatus cagatau svah
krishna-darsana-lalasau
tav ahur nripa-sardula
marga-stha dvara-palikah
The two of them said, "Yearning to see Lord Krishna, we have come here". O tiger of kings, as they blocked the path, the entrance-guards spoke to them.
Text 5
sri-dvara-palika ucuh
sarvato vrindakaranyam
kotisah kotiso vayam
rasa-raksham sada kurmo
nyasta krishnena bho dvijau
The entrance guards said: There are many millions of millions of us everywhere in Vrindavana. Appointed by Lord Krishna, we eternally guard the rasa dance.
Text 6
eko 'sti purushah krishno
nirjane rasa-mandale
anyo na yati rahasi
gopi-yutham vina kvacit
In this secluded rasa-dance circle Krishna is the only male. Except for Him there are only gopis here.
Text 7
ced didrikshu yuvam tasya
snanam mana-sarovare
kurutam tatra gopitvam
prapyasu vrajatam muni
O sages, if you wish to see Lord Krishna, then please bath in the Mana-sarovara lake. In that way you will become gopis, and then you may enter.
Text 8
sri-narada uvaca
ity uktau tau muni-sivau
snatva mana-sarovare
gopitvam prapya sahasa
jagmatu rasa-mandale
Bathing in Mana-sarovara, and at once becoming gopis, Lord Siva and Asuri Muni went to the circle of the rasa dance.
Text 9
sauvarna-prakhacit-padma-
raga-bhumi-manohare
madhavi-latika-vrinda-
kadambacchadite subhe
In a beautiful place paved with gold and rubies, shaded by kadamba trees and flowering madhavi vines, . . .
Text 10
vasanta-candra-kaumudya
pradipte sarva-kausale
yamuna-ratna-sopana-
tolikabhir virajite
. . . filled with all beauty, splendid with spring moonlight, glorious with arches and jewel stairways leading to the Yamuna, . . .
Text 11
mayura-hamsa-datyuha-
kokilaih kujite pare
yamunanila-nilaijat-
taru-pallava-sobhite
. . . filled with cooing peacocks, swans, datyuhas, and cuckoos, fanned by the Yamuna's breezes, beautiful with newly-blossoming trees, . . .
Text 12
sabha-mandapa-vithibhih
prangana-stambha-panktibhih
patat-patakair divyabhaih
sauvarnaih kalasair vrite
. . . filled with meeting houses that had courtyards with rows of pillars, splendid fluttering flags, and golden domes, . . .
Text 13
svetarunaih pushpa-sanghaih
pushpa-mandira-vartmabhih
ali-kolahalair vyapte
vaditra-madhura-dhvanau
. . . filled with flower-palaces of red and white blossoms, the buzzing of bees, and sweet sounds of musical instruments, . . .
Text 14
sahasra-dala-padmanam
vayuna manda-gamina
sitalena su-punyena
sarvatah surabhi-krite
. . . and fragrant with pure and cooling breezes carrying the scent of thousand-petal lotuses, . . .
Texts 15-20
tasmin nikunje sri-krishnam
koti-candra-prakasaya
padminya hamsa-gaminya
radhaya samalankritam
stri-ratnair avritam sasvad
rasa-mandala-madhya-gam
koti-manmatha-lavanyam
syamasundara-vigraham
vamsi-dharam pita-patam
vetra-panim manoharam
srivatsankam kaustubhinam
vana-mala-virajitam
kvanan-nupura-manjira-
kanci-keyura-bhushitam
hara-kankana-balarka-
kundala-dvaya-manditam
koti-candra-pratikasa-
maulinam nanda-nandanam
dana-dakshaih katakshais ca
harantam yoshitam manah
durad apasyatam rajann
asurisau kritanjali
gopi-jananam sarvesham
pasyatam nripa-sattama
natva sri-krishna-padabjam
ucatur harsha-vihvalau
. . . bowing down to the lotus feet of Lord Krishna, who in that forest grove was splendid as as ten million moons, who was decorated by lotuslike, swan-graceful Sri Radha's company, who, surrounded by jewellike women, eternally stayed the middle of the rasa-dance circle, who was handsome as ten million Kamadevas, whose form was dark and handsome, who was dressed in yellow garments, who held a flute and stick in His hand, who bore the mark of Srivatsa, who was decorated with the Kaustubha gem, who was splendid with a forest garland, who was decorated with tinkling anklets, belt, and armlets, and with necklaces, bracelets, and earrings splendid as two rising suns, who wore a crown splendid as ten million suns, who with generous sidelong glances stole the gopis' hearts, and whom the gopis gazed at from afar, Lord Siva and Asuri Muni, now overcome with happiness, spoke.
Text 21
dvav ucatuh
krishna krishna maha-yogin
deva-deva jagat-pate
pundarikaksha govinda
garuda-dhvaja te namah
The two of them said: O Krishna, O Krishna, O great yogi, O master of the demigods, O Lord of the universes, O lotus-eyed one, O Govinda, O Lord who carries a flag with the emblem of Garuda, obeisances to You!
Text 22
janardana jagannatha
padmanabha trivikrama
damodara hrishikesa
vasudeva namo 'stu te
O savior from miseries, O Lord of the universes, O lotus-naveled one, O Lord who took three steps, O Lord bound at the waist with a rope, O master of the senses, O son of King Vasudeva, obeisances to You!
Text 23
adyaiva deva paripurnatamas tu sakshad
bhu-bhuri-bhara-haranaya satam subhaya
prapto 'si nanda-bhavane paratah paras tvam
kritva hi sarva-nija-lokam asesha-sunyam
O Supreme Personality of Godhead, leaving all Your transcendental abodes and making them devoid of Your presence, You have now come to Nanda's home to remove the earth's great burden and to bring auspiciousness to Your devotees.
Text 24
amsamsakamsa-kalayabhirutabhiramam
avesa-purna-nicayabhir ativa yuktah
visvam bibharshi rasa-rasam alankaroshi
vrindavanam ca paripurnatamah svayam tvam
You are the original and perfect Supreme Personality of Godhead, glorious with incarnations that display a part, a part of a part, or a part of a part of a part of Your power. With Your many empowered inacarnations You maintain the universe. With the sweet rasa dance You decorate the forest of Vrindavana.
Text 25
goloka-natha giriraja-pate paresa
vrindavanesa krita-nitya-vihara-lila
radha-pate vraja-vadhu-jana-gita-kirte
govinda gokula-pate kila te jayo 'stu
O master of Goloka, O master of the king of mountains. O supreme master, O master of Vrindavana, O enjoyer of eternal pastimes, O master of Radha, O master whose glories are sung by the girls of Vraja, O master of Gokula, O Govinda, all glories to You!
Text 26
sriman-nikunja-latika-kusumakaras tvam
sri-radhika-hridaya-kantha-vibhushanas tvam
sri-rasa-mandala-patir vraja-mandaleso
brahmanda-mandala-mahi-paripalako 'si
You are decorated with beautiful flowers taken from Vrindavana's vines. You are the ornament Sri Radha wears on Her neck and over Her heart. You are the master of the rasa-dance circle. You are the master of the circle of Vraja. You are the protector of the circle of the universes.
Text 27
sri-narada uvaca
tada prasanno bhagavan
radhaya sahito harih
manda-smito munim praha
megha-gambhiraya gira
Sri Narada said: Pleased and gently smiling as He stood by Sri Radha's side, with words like thunder Lord Krishna spoke to the sage.
Text 28
sri-bhagavan uvaca
sashti-varsha-sahasrani
yuvayos tapatos tapah
mad-darsanam tena jatam
sarvato nairapekshayoh
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Renouncing everything, the two of you performed austerities for sixty-thousand years in order to see Me.
Text 29
nishkincano yo santas ca-
jata-satruh sa mat-sakha
tasmad yuvabhyam manasa
vriyatam ipsito varah
You do not crave material wealth, you are peaceful, you do not think anyone your enemy, and you are my friends. Therefore, please choose a benediction. Choose whatever your hearts desire.
Text 30
sivasuri ucatuh
namo 'stu bhuman yuvayoh padabje
sadaiva vrindavana-madhya-vasa
na rocate no 'nyam atas tvad-anghrer
namo yuvabhyam hari-radhikabhyam
Lord Siva and Asuri Muni said: O Lord who resides in Vrindavana, we eternally offer our obeisances to Your lotus feet. Nothing other than Your lotus feet gives us any happiness. O Sri Sri Radha-Krishna, we offer our respectful obeisances to You!
Text 31
sri-narada uvaca
tathastu coktva bhagavan
vrindaranye manohare
kalindi-nikate rajan
rasa-mandala-mandite
nikunja-parsve puline
vamsivata-samipatah
sivo 'pi casuri-munir
nityam vasam cakara ha
The Lord then said, "So be it." From that moment Lord Siva and Asuri Muni made their residence there, at Vamsivata, where the forest grove by the Yamuna's shore is decorated with the circle of the rasa dance.
Text 33
atha krishno rasa-lilam
cakre padmakare vane
patat-sugandhi-rajasi
gopibhir bhramarakule
Then Lord Sri Krishna enjoyed a rasa dance with the gopis in Padmakara forest, which was filled with buzzing bees and fragrant flower pollen.
Text 34
evam shan-masiki ratrih
krita krishnena maithila
gopinam rasa-lilayam
vyatita kshanavat sukhaih
O king of Mithila, although in truth it lasted for six months, the night Lord Krishna enjoyed the rasa dance with the gopis seemed to Them only a single moment of great happiness when it was over.
Text 35
arunodaya-velayam
sva-grihan vraja-yoshitah
yuthi-bhutva yayu rajan
sarvah purna-manorathah
At sunrise all the gopis, their desires fulfilled, returned to their homes.
Text 36
sri-nanda-mandiram sakshat
prayayau nanda-nandanah
vrishabhanu-puram pragad
vrishabhanu-suta tvaram
Lord Krishna went to Nanda's palace and Sri Radha hurried to King Vrishabhanu's palace.
Texts 37 and 38
evam sri-krishnacandrasya
rasakhyanam manoharam
sarva-papa-haram punyam
kama-dam mangalayanam
trivargya-dam jananam tu
mumukshunam su-mukti-dam
maya tavagre kathitam
kim bhuyah srotum icchasi
Thus I have described to You Sri Krishnacandra's beautiful and sacred rasa dance, which removes all sins, fulfills all desires, brings auspiciousness, gives to the people the three goals of life, and gives to they who yearn for liberation the highest kind of liberation. What more do you wish to hear?
