dekhite dekhite, bhuliba bā kabe

R25Siddhi-lālasā

দেখিতে দেখিতে, ভুলিব বা কবে,

নিজস্থূলপরিচয়

নয়নে হেরিব, ব্রজপুরশোভা,

নিত্য চিদানন্দময় ১

dekhite dekhite, bhuliba bā kabe,

nija-sthūla-paricaya

nayane heriba, brajapura-śobhā,

nitya cidānandamaya 1

dekhite dekhitegazing and gazing, while seeing; bhulibaI will forget; [used to emphasize a question]; kabewhen; nijamy own; sthūlabodily, gross; paricayaconception, identification; nayanewith eyes; heribaI shall behold; brajapuraVraja + abode; śobhābeauty; nityaeternal; cidānandamayaspiritual + bliss + full of

When, before my very sight, will my bodily self-conception disappear? Then, with my own eyes I shall behold the exquisite beauty of Vraja, full of eternal spiritual cognizance and bliss.

ব্ড়্ষভানুপুরে, জনম লইব,

যাবটে বিবাহ হঽবে

ব্রজগোপীভাব, হইবে স্বভাব,

আনভাব না রহিবে ২

bṛṣabhānupure, janama la·iba,

yābaṭe bibāha ha’be

brajagopī-bhāba, ha·ibe sbabhāba,

āna-bhāba nā rahibe 2

bṛṣabhānupurein Vṛṣabhānu-pura (Varṣana), in the villlage of Vṛṣabhānu; janamabirth; la·ibaI shall take; yābaṭein Ĵāvata; bibāhamarriage; ha’bewill happen; brajagopīgopīs of Vraja; bhābathe moods; ha·ibewill be; sbabhābadisposition and character; ānaother; bhābamoods; not; rahibewill remain

At that time, I shall take birth in the village of Vṛṣabhānu Mahārāja, and my marriage will occur in Yāvaṭa. My sole disposition and character will be that of a vraja-gopī. Any other mood will not remain.

নিজ সিদ্ধদেহ, নিজ সিদ্ধনাম,

নিজরূপস্ববসন

রাধাক্ড়্পাবলে, লভিব বা কবে,

ক্ড়্ষ্ণপ্রেমপ্রকরণ ৩

nija siddhadeha, nija siddhanāma,

nija-rūpa-sbabasana

rādhākṛpā-bale, labhiba bā kabe,

kṛṣṇaprema-prakaraṇa 3

nijamy own; siddhadehaperfected spiritual body; nijamy own; siddhanāmaperfected spiritual name; nijamy own; rūpaform; sbabasanaown dress; rādhākṛpāRādhā + mercy; baleby power; labhibaI shall obtain; [used to emphasize a question]; kabewhen; kṛṣṇapremalove of Kṛṣṇa; prakaraṇaingredients, instruments, realm, methodology

When shall I obtain, by the power of Rādhā’s mercy, my perfected spiritual body, my perfected spiritual name, and my own form and dress—true initiation into the realm of kṛṣṇa-prema?

যামুনসলিল, আহরণে গিয়া,

বুঝিব যুগলরস

প্রেমমুগ্ধ হঽয়ে, পাগলিনীপ্রায়,

গাইব রাধার যশ ৪

yāmuna-salila, āharaṇe giyā,

bujhiba yugala-rasa

premamugdha ha’ye, pāgalinī-prāya,

gāiba rādhāra yaśa 4

yāmunaYamunā; salilawater; āharaṇeto fetch; giyāhaving gone; bujhibaI shall understand; yugala rasathe mellows of the Divine Couple; premamugdhadivine love + overwhelmed; ha’yehaving become; pāgalinīmadwoman; prāyajust like; gāibaI shall sing; rādhāraŚrī Rādhā’s; yaśaglories

When I go to draw water from the Yamunā, I shall understand the confidential mellows of the Divine Couple’s loving affairs. Being overwhelmed with prema, I shall sing Śrī Rādhā’s glories just like a madwoman.

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