যঙ্ কলি রূপ শরীর ন ধরত
তঙ্ ব্রজপ্রেম, মহানিধি কুঠরীক,
কোন্ কপাট উঘাḓঅত ১
yaṅ kali rūpa śarīra na dharata
taṅ brajaprema, mahānidhi kuṭharīka,
kon kapāṭa ughāḓata 1
yaṅ — if; kali — the age of quarrel; rūpa — Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; śarīra — body; na — not; dharata — were to have accepted; taṅ — then; brajaprema — the love of Vraja; mahānidhi — the great treasure-house; kuṭharīka — (koṣṭhāgār) the inner part of a (dwelling) house; kon — who; kapāṭa — the doors; ughāḓata — opened
Had Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī not appeared in this age of Kali, who would have opened the doors to the great treasure-house of vraja-prema?
নীরক্ষীরহংসন, পানবিধায়ন,
কোন্ প্ড়্থক্ করি পায়ত
কো সব ত্যজিঽ, ভজিঽ ব্ড়্ন্দাবন,
কো সব গ্রন্থ বিরচিত ২
nīra-kṣīra-haṁsana, pāna-bidhāyana,
kon pṛthak kari pāyata
ko saba tyaji’, bhaji’ bṛndābana,
ko saba grantha biracita 2
nīra — water; kṣīra — milk; haṁsana — swan; pāna — of drinking; bidhāyana — showing the proper method; kon — who; pṛthak kari — separated; pāyata — can get; ko — who; saba — all; tyaji’ — abandoning; bhaji’ — having worshipped; bṛndābana — Vṛndāvana; ko — who; saba — all; grantha — scriptures; biracita — written
Who but Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī could have extracted the essence of the scriptures in the same way that a swan separates water from milk? Who could have abandoned everything to perform bhajana in Vṛndāvana? Who could have written such scriptures?
যব্ পিতু বনফুল, ফলত নানাবিধ,
মনোরাজি অরবিন্দ
সো মধুকর বিনু, পান কোন্ জানত,
বিদ্যমান করি বন্ধ ৩
yab pitu banaphula, phalata nānābidha,
manorāji arabinda
so madhukara binu, pāna kon jānata,
bidyamāna kari bandha 3
yab — when; pitu — yellow; banaphula — forest-flowers; phalata — blossoming; nānābidha — various kinds; manorāji — mind-enchanting; arabinda — lotus; so — that; madhukara — honey bee; binu — without; pāna — dring; kon — who; jānata — known; bidyamāna — present; kari bandha — confined
He was a honey bee amid varieties of blossoming yellow forest flowers and mind-enchanting lotuses. Without that honey bee, who could have known the art of drinking the nectar present yet confined within [those flowers]?
কো জানত, মথুরা ব্ড়্ন্দাবন,
কো জানত ব্রজনীত
কো জানত, রাধামাধবরতি,
কো জানত সোই প্রীত ৪
ko jānata, mathurā bṛndābana,
ko jānata brajanīta
ko jānata, rādhāmādhaba-rati,
ko jānata soi prīta 4
ko — who; jānata — could know; mathurā bṛndābana — Mathurā and Vrṇdāvana; ko — who; jānata — could know; brajanīta — intricacies of Vraja; ko — who; jānata — could know; rādhāmādhaba rati — the loving attachment between Śrī Rādhā and Mādhava; ko — who; jānata — could know; soi — that; prīta — love
Who could have understood the glories of Mathurā and Vrṇdāvana? Who could have fathomed the intricacies of Vraja? Who could have understood the rati between Śrī Rādhā and Mādhava? Who could have known that love?
যাকরচরণ, প্রসাদে সকল জন,
গাই গাওয়াই সুখ পাওত
চরণকমলে, শরণাগত মাধো,
তব মহিমা উর লাগত ৫
yākara-caraṇa-, prasāde sakala jana,
gāi gāoyāi sukha pāota
caraṇa-kamale, śaraṇāgata mādho,
taba mahimā ura lāgata 5
yākara — whose; caraṇa — feet; prasāde — by mercy; sakala — all; jana — souls; gāi — sing; gāoyāi — make sing; sukha — joy; pāota — get; caraṇa kamale — at the lotus feet; śaraṇāgata — surrendered; mādho — Mādhava dāsa; taba — your; mahimā — glories; ura — topmost; lāgata — comprehend
By the mercy of his lotus feet, all souls may sing and inspire others to sing [about glories of the love of Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava], thereby attaining true joy. [O Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī,] having surrendered at your lotus feet, may this Mādhava dāsa be able to comprehend your unlimited glories.