Gita Govindam Chapter 6

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• verse 1

  ॥ षष्ठः सर्गः ॥॥ कुण्ठवैकुण्ठः ॥

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  ॥ ṣaṣṭhaḥ sargaḥ ॥॥ kuṇṭhavaikuṇṭhaḥ ॥

  meaning

  The sixth canto — 'Kuntha Vaikuntha' (Frustrated in Vaikuntha). [chapter heading]

• verse 2

  अथ तां गन्तुमशक्तां चिरमनुरक्तां लतागृहे दृष्ट्वा ।तच्चरितं गोविन्दे मनसिजमन्दे सखी प्राह ॥ 37 ॥

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  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.

• verse 3

  ॥ गीतं 12 ॥

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  ॥ gītaṃ 12 ॥

  meaning

  Song twelve begins. [song marker]

• verse 4

  पश्यति दिशि दिशि रहसि भवन्तम् ।तदधरमधुरमधूनि पिबन्तम् ॥नाथ हरे जगन्नाथ हरे सीदति राधा वासगृहे - ध्रुवम् ॥ 1 ॥

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  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]

• verse 5

  त्वदभिसरणरभसेन वलन्ती ।पतति पदानि कियन्ति चलन्ती ॥ 2 ॥

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  tvadabhisaraṇarabhasēna valantī ।patati padāni kiyanti chalantī ॥ 2 ॥

  meaning

  Rushing eagerly to meet you she stumbles forward a few steps. [verse 2]

• verse 6

  विहितविशदबिसकिसलयवलया ।जीवति परमिह तव रतिकलया ॥ 3 ॥

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  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]

• verse 7

  मुहुरवलोकितमण्डनलीला ।मधुरिपुरहमिति भावनशीला ॥ 4 ॥

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  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 8

  त्वरितमुपैति न कथमभिसारम् ।हरिरिति वदति सखीमनुवारम् ॥ 5 ॥

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  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]

• verse 9

  श्लिष्यति चुम्बति जलधरकल्पम् ।हरिरुपगत इति तिमिरमनल्पम् ॥ 6 ॥

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  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]

• verse 10

  भवति विलम्बिनि विगलितलज्जा ।विलपति रोदिति वासकसज्जा ॥ 7 ॥

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  bhavati vilambini vigalitalajjā ।vilapati rōditi vāsakasajjā ॥ 7 ॥

  meaning

  As you delay, she who awaits her lover grows shameless, weeping and crying. [verse 7]

• verse 11

  श्रीजयदेवकवेरिदमुदितम् ।रसिकजनं तनुतामतिमुदितम् ॥ 8 ॥

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  śrījayadēvakavēridamuditam ।rasikajanaṃ tanutāmatimuditam ॥ 8 ॥

  meaning

  This composed by the poet Shri Jayadeva — may it bring delight to those who relish rasa. [verse 8]

• verse 12

  विपुलपुलकपालिः स्फीतसीत्कारमन्त-र्जनितजडिमकाकुव्याकुलं व्याहरन्ती ।तव कितव विधत्तेऽमन्दकन्दर्पचिन्तां रसजलधिनिमग्ना ध्यानलग्ना मृगाक्षी ॥ 38 ॥

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  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.

• verse 13

  अङ्गेष्वाभरणं करोति बहुशः पत्रेऽपि सञ्चारिणि प्राप्तं त्वां परिशङ्कते वितनुते शय्यां चिरं ध्यायति ।इत्याकल्पविकल्पतल्परचनासङ्कल्पलीलाशत-व्यासक्तापि विना त्वया वरतनुर्नैषा निशां नेष्यति ॥ 39 ॥

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  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]

• verse 14

  किं विश्राम्यसि कृष्णभोगिभवने भाण्डीरभूमीरुहि भ्रात र्याहि नदृष्टिगोचरमितस्सानन्दनन्दास्पदम्।रधायावचनं तदध्वगमुखान्नन्दान्तिकेगोपतो गोविन्दस्यजयन्ति सायमतिथिप्राशस्त्यगर्भागिरः॥ 40 ॥

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  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]

• verse 15

  ॥ इति गीतगोविन्दे वासकसज्जावर्णने कुण्ठवैकुण्ठो नाम षष्ठः सर्गः ॥

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  ॥ 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]