Gita Govindam Chapter 6
Krishna
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- verse 1॥ षष्ठः सर्गः ॥॥ कुण्ठवैकुण्ठः ॥॥ ṣaṣṭhaḥ sargaḥ ॥॥ kuṇṭhavaikuṇṭhaḥ ॥meaning
The sixth canto — 'Kuntha Vaikuntha' (Frustrated in Vaikuntha). [chapter heading]
word by wordषष्ठSsasstthaSixthसर्गSargaCreation - verse 2अथ तां गन्तुमशक्तां चिरमनुरक्तां लतागृहे दृष्ट्वा ।तच्चरितं गोविन्दे मनसिजमन्दे सखी प्राह ॥ 37 ॥atha tāṃ gantumaśaktāṃ chiramanuraktāṃ latāgṛhē dṛṣṭvā ।tachcharitaṃ gōvindē manasijamandē sakhī prāha ॥ 37 ॥meaning
Now seeing Radha long unable to come to him, deep in love, standing in the vine-bower — a sakhi speaks to Govinda about her condition.
word by wordअथAthaThen · Indeed, Moreover · Moreover · An auspicious and inceptive particle used in a sentence · An auspicious and inceptive particleदृष्ट्वाDrssttvaaSeeing [Ravana in front] · Having seen (Your Angry Dreadful Frown) · Seeing HerसखीSakhiiFemale friend or companionतंTamHim · To You · That · Thenगोविन्दGovinda[O] Govinda · Govinda, another name of Sri Vishnu · Sri Govindaप्रहाPrahaaTo Abandon, To Leave - verse 3॥ गीतं 12 ॥॥ gītaṃ 12 ॥meaning
Song twelve begins. [song marker]
word by wordगीतंGiitamSong, Singing · Singing, Song · Sung - verse 4पश्यति दिशि दिशि रहसि भवन्तम् ।तदधरमधुरमधूनि पिबन्तम् ॥नाथ हरे जगन्नाथ हरे सीदति राधा वासगृहे - ध्रुवम् ॥ 1 ॥paśyati diśi diśi rahasi bhavantam ।tadadharamadhuramadhūni pibantam ॥nātha harē jagannātha harē sīdati rādhā vāsagṛhē - dhruvam ॥ 1 ॥meaning
She looks in every direction in solitude thinking of you; she sips the honey of your sweet lips — O Natha Hari, O Jagannatha Hari, Radha languishes in her bower. [refrain]
word by wordपश्यतिPashyatiTo SeeदिशिDishi[In the Eastern] DirectionनाथNaathaLordहरेHareIn Hara [i.e. Sri Shiva] · Taking Away, Removing, Destroying · Who takes awayजगन्नाथJagannaathaLord of the WorldसीदतिSiidati(They also get endowed with Fame and their Righteousness do not) SinkराधाRaadhaaSrimati Radharaniध्रुवम्Dhruvam[He indeed becomes a Siddha, Gana or Gandharva,] truly · Truly · Certainly, Surelyपिबन्तंPibantamDrinking - verse 5त्वदभिसरणरभसेन वलन्ती ।पतति पदानि कियन्ति चलन्ती ॥ 2 ॥tvadabhisaraṇarabhasēna valantī ।patati padāni kiyanti chalantī ॥ 2 ॥meaning
Rushing eagerly to meet you she stumbles forward a few steps. [verse 2]
word by wordपततिPatatiFallपदानिPadaaniCharacteristics - verse 6विहितविशदबिसकिसलयवलया ।जीवति परमिह तव रतिकलया ॥ 3 ॥vihitaviśadabisakisalayavalayā ।jīvati paramiha tava ratikalayā ॥ 3 ॥meaning
She makes white lotus-stalk bangles and lives here solely for the joy of union with you. [verse 3]
word by wordतवTavaYour · You · Of You - verse 7मुहुरवलोकितमण्डनलीला ।मधुरिपुरहमिति भावनशीला ॥ 4 ॥muhuravalōkitamaṇḍanalīlā ।madhuripurahamiti bhāvanaśīlā ॥ 4 ॥meaning
She repeatedly observes her own adornment with the thought: 'It is Madhuripu Hari himself I am adorning for.' [verse 4]
- verse 8त्वरितमुपैति न कथमभिसारम् ।हरिरिति वदति सखीमनुवारम् ॥ 5 ॥tvaritamupaiti na kathamabhisāram ।haririti vadati sakhīmanuvāram ॥ 5 ॥meaning
She does not hurry to the tryst — 'Hari' she tells her sakhi again and again. [verse 5]
word by wordनNaNot · Us, Our · [There are] no [Mantras or Medicine available, even a trace which can accomplish Uccatana etc.] · Us, of us, to us · The letter Nna · Not, Us · Not, No, Nor, Neither - verse 9श्लिष्यति चुम्बति जलधरकल्पम् ।हरिरुपगत इति तिमिरमनल्पम् ॥ 6 ॥śliṣyati chumbati jaladharakalpam ।harirupagata iti timiramanalpam ॥ 6 ॥meaning
She holds a dark mass she mistakes for Hari come — 'Hari has come!' she says of abundant darkness. [verse 6]
word by wordइतिItiRefers to something that precedes - verse 10भवति विलम्बिनि विगलितलज्जा ।विलपति रोदिति वासकसज्जा ॥ 7 ॥bhavati vilambini vigalitalajjā ।vilapati rōditi vāsakasajjā ॥ 7 ॥meaning
As you delay, she who awaits her lover grows shameless, weeping and crying. [verse 7]
word by wordभवतिBhavatiBe, Exist · Becomes · Is · Is, Exists · (Under Your Refuge, one's Life indeed cannot go Astray and) become (afflicted with Fear) · Being, Becoming · Comes into being - verse 11श्रीजयदेवकवेरिदमुदितम् ।रसिकजनं तनुतामतिमुदितम् ॥ 8 ॥śrījayadēvakavēridamuditam ।rasikajanaṃ tanutāmatimuditam ॥ 8 ॥meaning
This composed by the poet Shri Jayadeva — may it bring delight to those who relish rasa. [verse 8]
- verse 12विपुलपुलकपालिः स्फीतसीत्कारमन्त-र्जनितजडिमकाकुव्याकुलं व्याहरन्ती ।तव कितव विधत्तेऽमन्दकन्दर्पचिन्तां रसजलधिनिमग्ना ध्यानलग्ना मृगाक्षी ॥ 38 ॥vipulapulakapāliḥ sphītasītkāramanta-rjanitajaḍimakākuvyākulaṃ vyāharantī ।tava kitava vidhattē'mandakandarpachintāṃ rasajaladhinimagnā dhyānalagnā mṛgākṣī ॥ 38 ॥meaning
Her body thrilling with dense horseflesh, sighing within, speech faltering and confused with frozen awkwardness — she keeps forming thoughts of you, the deceiver, her eyes submerged in the ocean of rasa, immersed in meditation.
word by wordतवTavaYour · You · Of You - verse 13अङ्गेष्वाभरणं करोति बहुशः पत्रेऽपि सञ्चारिणि प्राप्तं त्वां परिशङ्कते वितनुते शय्यां चिरं ध्यायति ।इत्याकल्पविकल्पतल्परचनासङ्कल्पलीलाशत-व्यासक्तापि विना त्वया वरतनुर्नैषा निशां नेष्यति ॥ 39 ॥aṅgēṣvābharaṇaṃ karōti bahuśaḥ patrē'pi sañchāriṇi prāptaṃ tvāṃ pariśaṅkatē vitanutē śayyāṃ chiraṃ dhyāyati ।ityākalpavikalpatalparachanāsaṅkalpalīlāśata-vyāsaktāpi vinā tvayā varatanurnaiṣā niśāṃ nēṣyati ॥ 39 ॥meaning
She adorns her limbs repeatedly; when a leaf stirs she imagines you have arrived; she spreads the bed for a long time dwelling in thought — occupied thus in hundreds of dreams of making a bed while imagining you — yet without you this fine-bodied one does not survive the night. [verse 38]
word by wordकरोतिKaroti(All the Righteous Deeds that the Virtuous ones) do (everyday with great care is always done by Your Blessings) · Does · Make · (The Devotee) doesप्राप्तंPraaptamAttained to, Reached, Acquired, Gainedत्वाTvaa(Among the Ganas or Group of Prayers) You (are the Ganapati or the Lord of the Prayers) · YouचिरंCiramDuring a long timeध्यायतिDhyaayati[e who]meditatesविनाVinaaWithout [chanting any Mantras one indeed accomplishes Uccatana, all to its very root] · Without · Without (You, the Fruits of Human Birth in this World are Deficient)त्वयाTvayaaBy You · (All the Three Worlds by the destruction of Enemies has been Protected) by YouनिशाNishaaNightत्वंTvamYou · You (are that Inconceivable great Penance for the cause of Liberation)सायम्SaayamEveningवीणाViinnaaVeena, a stringed musical instrument - verse 14किं विश्राम्यसि कृष्णभोगिभवने भाण्डीरभूमीरुहि भ्रात र्याहि नदृष्टिगोचरमितस्सानन्दनन्दास्पदम्।रधायावचनं तदध्वगमुखान्नन्दान्तिकेगोपतो गोविन्दस्यजयन्ति सायमतिथिप्राशस्त्यगर्भागिरः॥ 40 ॥kiṃ viśrāmyasi kṛṣṇabhōgibhavanē bhāṇḍīrabhūmīruhi bhrāta ryāhi nadṛṣṭigōcharamitassānandanandāspadam।radhāyāvachanaṃ tadadhvagamukhānnandāntikēgōpatō gōvindasyajayanti sāyamatithiprāśastyagarbhāgiraḥ॥ 40 ॥meaning
Why do you rest in the bower of Krishna's serpent? O brother, go — do not go beyond sight — to that place of ananda, Nandaa's abode; those words of Radha from wayfarers' mouths reaching Nanda's vicinity — Govinda's words at evening hold the greatness of auspicious welcome. [verse 39]
word by wordकिम्KimWhat - verse 15॥ इति गीतगोविन्दे वासकसज्जावर्णने कुण्ठवैकुण्ठो नाम षष्ठः सर्गः ॥॥ iti gītagōvindē vāsakasajjāvarṇanē kuṇṭhavaikuṇṭhō nāma ṣaṣṭhaḥ sargaḥ ॥meaning
Thus ends the sixth canto named 'Kuntha Vaikuntha — the Frustrated in Vaikuntha,' describing the Vasakasajja in the Gita Govinda. [colophon]
word by wordइतिItiRefers to something that precedesनामNaamaNameषष्ठSsasstthaSixthसर्गSargaCreation
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