janama saphala tā’ra, kṛṣṇa daraśana yā’ra

K41The Beautiful Form of Śrī Kṛṣṇa

জনম সফল তাঽর, ক্ড়্ষ্ণ দরশন যাঽর,

ভাগ্যে হইয়াছে একবার

বিকশিয়া হ্ড়্ন্নয়ন, করিঽ ক্ড়্ষ্ণদরশন,

ছাḓএ জীব চিত্তের বিকার ১

janama saphala tā’ra, kṛṣṇa daraśana yā’ra,

bhāgye ha·iyāche ekabāra

bikaśiyā hṛnnayana, kari’ kṛṣṇa-daraśana,

chāḓe jība cittera bikāra 1

janamabirth; saphalasuccessful; tā’rahis; kṛṣṇaŚrī Kṛṣṇa; daraśanabeholds, has audience; yā’raof he who; bhāgyeby good fortune; ha·iyāchehappends; ekabāraone + time; bikaśiyāhaving opened, widened; hṛnnayanaof the heart + eyes; kari’having [connected with darśan]; kṛṣṇaŚrī Kṛṣṇa; daraśanabeheld; chāḓeabandons; jībathe living entity; citteraof conscinousness, mind, heart; bikāraderangement, perversion, deviation from the natural state

That person's birth is successful if, by good fortune, he has Kṛṣṇa's darśana just once. By seeing Kṛṣṇa with the opened eyes of the heart, the jīva abandons all perversions of consciousness.

ব্ড়্ন্দাবনকেলিচতুর বনমালী

ত্রিভঙ্গভঙ্গিম রূপ, বংশীধারী অপরূপ,

রসময়নিধি গুণশালী ২

bṛndābana-kelicatura banamālī

tribhaṅga-bhaṅgima rūpa, baṁśīdhārī aparūpa,

rasamayanidhi guṇaśālī 2

bṛndābanain Vṛndāvana; kelicaturain amorous enjoyment + expert; banamālīA name for Kṛṣṇa who is bedecked with garlands of forest flowers; tribhaṅgacurved in three places; bhaṅgimashape, form, figure, posture; rūpaform, beauty; baṁśīdhārīHe who holds the vaṁśī flute; aparūpaunparalleled; rasamayanidhimade of nectar + an ocean; guṇaśālīgood qualities + posessing

Bedecked with garlands of forest flowers, He [Kṛṣṇa] expertly engages in amorous enjoyment in Vṛndāvana. Standing in His threefold bending form and holding His flute, He displays unparalleled beauty. He is an ocean of nectarean mellows and a reservoir of all good qualities.

বর্ণ নবজলধর, শিরে শিখিপিচ্ছবর,

অলকা তিলক শোভা পায়

পরিধানে পীতবাস, বদনে মধুর হাস,

হেন রূপ জগত মাতায় ৩

barṇa nabajaladhara, śire śikhipicchabara,

alakā tilaka śobhā pāya

paridhāne pītabāsa, badane madhura hāsa,

hena rūpa jagata mātāya 3

barṇacomplexion; nabajaladharafresh + rain cloud; śireon the head; śikhipicchabarapeacock + feather + great; alakā tilakapainting on the face with sandal-paste; śobhā pāyalooks beautiful, present beautifully; paridhāneHe wears; pītabāsayellow + garment; badaneon his lips; madhurasweet; hāsasmile; henasuch; rūpabeauty; jagatathe world; mātāyaHe maddens

His bodily complexion is the color of a fresh rain cloud, He wears a great peacock feather on His head, and His forehead is beautifully decorated with marks of sandalwood paste. Wearing yellow garments and smiling sweetly, He maddens the whole world with His beauty.

ইন্দ্রনীল জিনিঽ, ক্ড়্ষ্ণরূপখানি,

হেরিয়া কদম্বমূলে

মন উচাটন, না চলে চরণ,

সংসার গেলাম ভুলে ৪

indranīla jini’, kṛṣṇarūpakhāni,

heriyā kadambamūle

mana ucāṭana, nā cale caraṇa,

saṁsāra gelāma bhule 4

indranīlablue sapphire; jini’defeating; kṛṣṇarūpakhāniof Kṛṣṇa + form + [used as the article ‘the’]; heriyāseeing; kadambamūlea kadamba tree + at the foot, base; manathe mind; ucāṭanaunsteady; not; calemoves; caraṇathe feet; saṁsāramaterial existence; gelāma bhuleI have forgotten

When I see that form of Kṛṣṇa, whose beauty defeats the dark blue indranīla jewel (sapphire), standing under a kadamba tree, my mind becomes unsteady. My feet cannot move, and I forget my material existence.

(সখি হে) সুধাময়, সে রূপমাধুরী

দেখিলে নয়ন, হয় অচেতন,

ঝরে প্রেমময় বারি ৫

(sakhi he) sudhāmaya, se rūpamādhurī

dekhile nayana, haya acetana,

jhare premamaya bāri 5

(sakhi he)O friend; sudhāmayafull of nectar; sethat; rūpamādhurīform + sweet; dekhileif it beholds; nayanathe eyes; haya[one] becomes; acetanaunconscious; jhareflows; premamayamade of love; bāriwater (tears)

O sakhī! His sweet form is full of nectar. If the eyes behold that form, one falls unconscious and tears of love stream from them.

কিবা চূḓআ শিরে, কিবা বংশী করে,

কিবা সে ত্রিভঙ্গঠাম

চরণকমলে, অমিয়া উছলে,

তাহাতে নূপুরদাম ৬

kibā cūḓā śire, kibā baṁśī kare,

kibā se tribhaṅga-ṭhāma

caraṇakamale, amiyā uchale,

tāhāte nūpuradāma 6

kibāhow wonderful; śireon the head; kibāhow wonderful; baṁśīthe vaṁśī flute; karein the hands; kibāhow wonderful; sethat; tribhaṅgacurved in three places; ṭhāmashape, form, figure, posture; caraṇakamalefrom the lotus feet; amiyānectar; uchaleoverflows; tāhāteon that; nūpuradāmaof ankle bells + a string

How wonderful is the peacock-feather crown on His head! How wonderful is the flute in His hands! How wonderful is His three-fold bending form! His lotus feet overflow with nectar and are bound with ankle bells.

সদা আশা করিঽ, ভ্ড়্ঙ্গরূপ ধরিঽ,

চরণকমলে স্থান

অনায়াসে পাই, ক্ড়্ষ্ণগুণ গাই,

আর না ভজিব আন ৭

sadā āśā kari’, bhṛṅgarūpa dhari’,

caraṇakamale sthāna

anāyāse pāi, kṛṣṇaguṇa gāi,

āra nā bhajiba āna 7

sadāalways; āśā kari’desiring; bhṛṅgarūpathe form of a bee; dhari’assuming; caraṇakamaleat the lotus feet; sthānaa place; anāyāsereadily; pāiI get; kṛṣṇaguṇaKṛṣṇa’s glories; gāiI sing; āraand; not; bhajibaI shall worship; ānaother

I always desire to take the form of a bee and attain shelter at His lotus feet. I shall readily sing of Kṛṣṇa’s glories and never worship any other.

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