Gita Govindam Chapter 9

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• verse 1

  ॥ नवमः सर्गः ॥॥ मन्दमुकुन्दः ॥

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  ॥ navamaḥ sargaḥ ॥॥ mandamukundaḥ ॥

  meaning

  Section heading: The Ninth Canto — 'Manda Mukunda' (Mukunda who is languid and slow, i.e., Krishna who lingers longingly for Radha).

• verse 2

  तामथ मन्मथखिन्नां रतिरसभिन्नां विषादसम्पन्नाम् ।अनुचिन्तितहरिचरितां कलहान्तरितमुवाच सखी ॥ 51 ॥

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  tāmatha manmathakhinnāṃ ratirasabhinnāṃ viṣādasampannām ।anuchintitaharicharitāṃ kalahāntaritamuvācha sakhī ॥ 51 ॥

  meaning

  Then the sakhi found Radha weary of love's longing, filled with grief of separation, drowned in despondency — with her mind occupied thinking of Hari's deeds...

• verse 3

  ॥ गीतं 18 ॥

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  ॥ gītaṃ 18 ॥

  meaning

  Song heading: Song number 18.

• verse 4

  हरिरभिसरति वहति मधुपवने ।किमपरमधिकसुखं सखि भुवने ॥माधवे मा कुरु मानिनि मानमये ॥ 1 ॥

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  harirabhisarati vahati madhupavanē ।kimaparamadhikasukhaṃ sakhi bhuvanē ॥mādhavē mā kuru mānini mānamayē ॥ 1 ॥

  meaning

  Hari is coming — the honey-wind is blowing; what greater happiness is there in this world, O sakhi? O Madhava...

• verse 5

  तालफलादपि गुरुमतिसरसम् ।किं विफलीकुरुषे कुचकलशम् ॥ 2 ॥

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  tālaphalādapi gurumatisarasam ।kiṃ viphalīkuruṣē kuchakalaśam ॥ 2 ॥

  meaning

  More heavy than the weight of a palm fruit — why do you make your pitcher-breasts fruitless now?

• verse 6

  कति न कथितमिदमनुपदमचिरम् ।मा परिहर हरिमतिशयरुचिरम् ॥ 3 ॥

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  kati na kathitamidamanupadamachiram ।mā parihara harimatiśayaruchiram ॥ 3 ॥

  meaning

  How many times has this not been said to you, again and again, so recently? Do not reject Hari who is so exceedingly beautiful.

• verse 7

  किमिति विषीदसि रोदिषि विकला ।विहसति युवतिसभा तव सकला ॥ 4 ॥

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  kimiti viṣīdasi rōdiṣi vikalā ।vihasati yuvatisabhā tava sakalā ॥ 4 ॥

  meaning

  Why do you grieve, why do you cry in distress? The whole assembly of young women is laughing at you.

• verse 8

  सजलनलिनीदलशीतलशयने ।हरिमवलोक्य सफलय् नयने ॥ 5 ॥

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  sajalanalinīdalaśītalaśayanē ।harimavalōkya saphalay nayanē ॥ 5 ॥

  meaning

  On a bed as cool as the petals of a wet lotus, behold Hari and let your eyes fulfil their purpose.

• verse 9

  जनयसि मनसि किमिति गुरुखेदम् ।शृणु मम वचनमनीहितभेदम् ॥ 6 ॥

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  janayasi manasi kimiti gurukhēdam ।śṛṇu mama vachanamanīhitabhēdam ॥ 6 ॥

  meaning

  Why do you create such deep anguish in your mind? Listen to my word that removes all unwanted pain.

• verse 10

  हरिरुपयातु वदतु बहुमधुरम् ।किमिति करोषि हृदयमतिविधुरम् ॥ 7 ॥

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  harirupayātu vadatu bahumadhuram ।kimiti karōṣi hṛdayamatividhuram ॥ 7 ॥

  meaning

  Let Hari come to you; let him speak so many sweet things — why do you make your heart so full of grief?

• verse 11

  श्रीजयदेवभणितमतिललितम् ।सुखयतु रसिकजनं हरिचरितम् ॥ 8 ॥

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  śrījayadēvabhaṇitamatilalitam ।sukhayatu rasikajanaṃ haricharitam ॥ 8 ॥

  meaning

  This exquisitely graceful speech of Sri Jayadeva — may the deeds of Hari gladden the hearts of the discerning.

• verse 12

  स्निग्धे यत्परुषासि यत्प्रणमति स्तब्धासि यद्रागिणि द्वेषस्थासि यदुन्मुखे विमुखतां यातासि तस्मिन्प्रिये ।युक्तं तद्विपरीतकारिणि तव श्रीखण्डचर्चा विषं शीतांशुस्तपनो हिमं हुतवहः क्रीडामुदो यातनाः ॥ 52 ॥

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  snigdhē yatparuṣāsi yatpraṇamati stabdhāsi yadrāgiṇi dvēṣasthāsi yadunmukhē vimukhatāṃ yātāsi tasminpriyē ।yuktaṃ tadviparītakāriṇi tava śrīkhaṇḍacharchā viṣaṃ śītāṃśustapanō himaṃ hutavahaḥ krīḍāmudō yātanāḥ ॥ 52 ॥

  meaning

  Where you are harsh toward the tender one, where you are stiff toward the one who bows, where you are full of passion yet show repugnance — where you turn away from the open-faced...

• verse 13

  ॥ इति गीतगोविन्दे कलहान्तरितावर्णने मन्दमुकुन्दो नाम नवमः सर्गः ॥

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  ॥ iti gītagōvindē kalahāntaritāvarṇanē mandamukundō nāma navamaḥ sargaḥ ॥

  meaning

  Colophon: Thus ends the ninth canto called Manda Mukunda — the description of the Kalahantarita — in the Gita Govinda.