Sri Hamsadutta

Radha and Krishna

Sri Hamsadutta
By Srila Rupa Goswami

Text 1

dukulam bibhrano dalita-haritala-dyuti-bharam
java-pushpa-shreni-ruci-rucira-padambuja-talah
tamala-shyamango dara-hasita-lilancita-mukhah
paranandabhogah sphuratu hridi me ko ‘pi purushah

dukulam-silk garments; bibhranah-wearing; dalita-manifested; haritala-yellow; dyuti-effulgence; bharam-abundance; java-java; pushpa-flowers; shreni-series; ruci-with the splendor; rucira-resplendent; pada-feet; ambuja-lotus; talah-surface; tamala-tamala tree; shyama-dark; angah-form; dara-gentle; hasita-smile; lila-playfully; ancita-bent; mukhah-mouth; para-supreme; ananda-bliss; abhugah-enjoyment; sphuratu-may be manifest; hridi-in the heart; me-of me; kah api-someone; purushah-the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

May a certain blissful person in splendid yellow silk garments, the soles of His lotus feet glorious as a host of red roses, His form dark as a tamala tree, and His mouth playfully curved in a gentle smile, appear in my heart.

Text 2

yada yato gopi-hridaya-madano nanda-sadanan
mukundo gandinyas tanayam anuvindan madhu-purim
tadamankshic cinta-sariti ghana-ghurna paricayair
agadhayam badha-maya-payasi radha virahini

yada-when; yatah-went; gopi-of the gopis; hrdaya-in the heart; madanah-cupid; nanda-of Nanda Maharaja; sadanat-from the house; mukundah-Lord Mukunda; gandinyah-of Gandini-devi. tanayam-the son (Akrura); anuvindan-meeting; madhu-purim-the city of Mathura; tada-then; amankshit-longed; cinta-of anxiety; sariti-in the river; ghana-intense; ghurna-movements; paricayaih-with an abundance; agadhayam-very deep; badha-pain; maya-consisting of; payasi-in the water; radha-Shrimati Radharani; virahini-separated from Krishna.

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