ශ්ලෝකඃ
ත්වයි විහරණලෝලේ බාලජාලෛඃ ප්රලංබ-
ප්රමථනසවිලංබේ ධේනවඃ ස්වෛරචාරාඃ ।
තෘණකුතුකනිවිෂ්ටා දූරදූරං චරංත්යඃ
කිමපි විපිනමෛෂීකාඛ්යමීෂාංබභූවුඃ ॥1॥
Meaning
ත්වයි විහරණ-ලෝලේ - (when) Thou (were) engaged in playing; බාල-ජාලෛඃ - with the boys' group; ප්රලංබ-ප්රමථන- - in the Pralambaasura killing; සවිලංබේ - (and) were delayed; ධේනවඃ ස්වෛර-චාරාඃ - the cows of their own will; තෘණ-කුතුක-නිවිෂ්ටා - eager to eat grass; දූර-දූරං චරංත්යඃ - far and far moving; කිමපි විපිනම්- - (to) some forest; ඓෂීක-ආඛ්යම්- - Aishika (also a grass) named; ඊෂාං බභූවුඃ - came near;
Translation
As Thou were engaged in playing with the group of boys and were held up in the destruction of Pralambaasura, the cows moved far ahead in their eagerness to eat grass. They reached a nearby forest named Aishika.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
අනධිගතනිදාඝක්රෞර්යවෘංදාවනාංතාත්
බහිරිදමුපයාතාඃ කානනං ධේනවස්තාඃ ।
තව විරහවිෂණ්ණා ඌෂ්මලග්රීෂ්මතාප-
ප්රසරවිසරදංභස්යාකුලාඃ ස්තංභමාපුඃ ॥2॥
Meaning
අනධිගත - (which was) not felt; නිදාඝ-ක්රෞර්යං- - the summer heat cruel (intensity); වෘංදාවන-අංතාත් - at Vrindaavana's outer end; බහිඃ-ඉදම්-උපයාතාඃ - outside this (who had) reached; කානනං ධේනවඃ-තාඃ - the forest, those cows; තව විරහ-විෂණ්ණා - (by) Thy separation tormented; ඌෂ්මල-ග්රීෂ්ම-තාප- - (and) the intensely hot the summer heat; ප්රසර-විසරත්- - increasing and spreading; අංභස්ය-ආකුලාඃ - for want of water suffering; ස්තංභම්-ආපුඃ - motionless became;
Translation
The cruel summer heat was not felt in the Vrindaavana forest. But when the cows reached the outskirts of the forest, they were tormented by the intensely hot summer heat which was increasing and spreading. Exhausted by the heat and for the want of water and also out of grief at the separation from Thee, they stood stunned and motionless.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
තදනු සහ සහායෛර්දූරමන්විෂ්ය ශෞරේ
ගලිතසරණිමුංජාරණ්යසංජාතඛේදම් ।
පශුකුලමභිවීක්ෂ්ය ක්ෂිප්රමානේතුමාරා-
ත්ත්වයි ගතවති හී හී සර්වතෝऽග්නිර්ජජෘංභේ ॥3॥
Meaning
තදනු සහ සහායෛඃ- - then with Thy helpers; දූරම්-අන්විෂ්ය - till far searching; ශෞරේ - O Krishna; ගලිත-සරණි- - loosing the way; මුංජ-අරණ්ය- - (reaching) the Munja forest; සඤාත-ඛේදම් - overcome by exhaustion; පශුකුලම්-අභිවීක්ෂ්ය - the cattle seeing; ක්ෂිප්රම්-ආනේතුම්- - quickly to bring; ආරාත්-ත්වයි ගතවති - near (when) Thou went; හී හී සර්වතඃ- - alas, alas, all around; අග්නි;-ජජෘංභේ - a fire broke out;
Translation
O Krishna! Along with Thy mates, Thou ventured far in search of the cattle and having lost the way, Thou reached the Munja forest. There Thou discovered the cows standing in distress and as Thou were nearing them to bring them back, alas a wild fire broke out and spread.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
සකලහරිති දීප්තේ ඝෝරභාංකාරභීමේ
ශිඛිනි විහතමාර්ගා අර්ධදග්ධා ඉවාර්තාඃ ।
අහහ භුවනබංධෝ පාහි පාහීති සර්වේ
ශරණමුපගතාස්ත්වාං තාපහර්තාරමේකම් ॥4॥
Meaning
සකල-හරිති දීප්තේ - (when) all the directions were blazing; ඝෝර-භාංකාර-භීමේ - (with) terrific roars frightening; ශිඛිනි - the fire; විහත-මාර්ගා - obstructed the ways; අර්ධ-දග්ධාඃ - half burnt; ඉව-ආර්තාඃ - like tormented; අහහ භුවනබංධෝ - O Friend of all!; පාහි පාහි-ඉති - save, save us, thus; සර්වේ ශරණම්-උපගතාඃ- - all of them took refuge; ත්වාං තාප-හර්තාරම්-ඒකම් - in Thee, from all sorrows the saviour, the Only One;
Translation
All the directions were blazing with the outrageous fire and its terrific frightening roars. All the escape routes were obstructed and all the boys and cows were so tormented as if they were half burnt. They all took refuge in Thee who are a friend of all and called Thee saying, ' O The Only One saviour from all sorrows , save us, save us.'
ශ්ලෝකඃ
අලමලමතිභීත්යා සර්වතෝ මීලයධ්වං
දෘශමිති තව වාචා මීලිතාක්ෂේෂු තේෂු ।
ක්ව නු දවදහනෝऽසෞ කුත්ර මුංජාටවී සා
සපදි වවෘතිරේ තේ හංත භාංඩීරදේශේ ॥5॥
Meaning
අලම්-අලම්- - enough enough; අති-භීත්යා - of so much fright; සර්වතඃ මීලයධ්වං - all of you close; දෘශම්-ඉති - the eyes, thus; තව වාචා - by Thy words; මීලිත-අක්ෂේෂු - (when they) had closed the eyes; තේෂු ක්ව නු - when they, where indeed (was); දව-දහනඃ-අසෞ - forest fire that; කුත්ර මුංජා-අටවී සා - where (was) Munja forest that; සපදි වවෘතිරේ තේ - at once found themselves they; හංත භාංඩීර-දේශේ - how wonderful, in Bhaandeera land;
Translation
Enough, enough of so much fright. Let all completely close their eyes.' Thus on Thy instruction when they had all closed their eyes, where indeed was the forest fire and where was the Munja forest? They instantly found themselves in the Bhaandeera area inside Vrindaavana. How wonderful!
ශ්ලෝකඃ
ජය ජය තව මායා කේයමීශේති තේෂාං
නුතිභිරුදිතහාසෝ බද්ධනානාවිලාසඃ ।
පුනරපි විපිනාංතේ ප්රාචරඃ පාටලාදි-
ප්රසවනිකරමාත්රග්රාහ්යඝර්මානුභාවේ ॥6॥
Meaning
ජය ජය - hail hail; තව මායා - Thy mysterious ways; කා-ඉයම් - what is it; ඊශ- - O Lord; ඉති තේෂාං - thus by them (the cowherds); නුතිභිඃ-උදිතහාසඃ - being praised, smilingly; බද්ධ-නානා-විලාසඃ - in various ways sporting; පුනඃ-අපි - again also; විපින-අංතේ - in the forest's end; ප්රාචරඃ පාටලාදි- - Thou roamed about, (where) the Paatala etc; ප්රසව-නිකර- - (flowers) blooming in bunches; මාත්ර-ග්රාහ්ය- - (were the) only indication; ඝර්ම-අනුභාවේ - summer season's presence;
Translation
Hail, hail, Thy mysterious ways, unfathomable, O Lord!' Thus Thou were smilingly praised by them. Thou continued to roam about and sport in various ways, where the Paatala flowers blooming in bunches, were the only indication of the presence of the summer season.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
ත්වයි විමුඛමිවෝච්චෛස්තාපභාරං වහංතං
තව භජනවදංතඃ පංකමුච්ඡෝෂයංතම් ।
තව භුජවදුදංචද්භූරිතේජඃප්රවාහං
තපසමයමනෛෂීර්යාමුනේෂු ස්ථලේෂු ॥7॥
Meaning
ත්වයි විමුඛම්- - (when) unto Thee, (one is) indifferent; ඉව-උච්චෛඃ- - like that, very intense; තාපභාරං වහංතම් - the weight of heat, carrying; තව භජන-වදංතඃ - Thy praises speaking (worshipping); පංකම්- - the mud/slush; උච්ඡෝෂයංතම් - drying up; තව භුජ-වත්- - Thy two arms like; උදංචත්- - emitting; භූරි-තේජ-ප්රවාහං - a great brilliance flow; තප-සමයම්- - the summer time; අනෛෂීඃ - Thou spend; යාමුනේෂු ස්ථලේෂු - on the Yamunaa banks;
Translation
The intense heat of the summer time was like the weight of the heat of passion that people carry in their minds who are indifferent to Thee. It was like the heat which is created by worshipping Thee, which dries up all the mud and slush of Thy devotees. It was like the brilliance flowing from Thy two arms. Such a summer time Thou spent on the banks of the river Yamunaa.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
තදනු ජලදජාලෛස්ත්වද්වපුස්තුල්යභාභි-
ර්විකසදමලවිද්යුත්පීතවාසෝවිලාසෛඃ ।
සකලභුවනභාජාං හර්ෂදාං වර්ෂවේලාං
ක්ෂිතිධරකුහරේෂු ස්වෛරවාසී ව්යනෛෂීඃ ॥8॥
Meaning
තදනු ජලද-ජාලෛඃ- - then with the cloud clusters; ත්වත්-වපුඃ- - Thy body; තුල්ය-භාභිඃ- - like splendorous; විකසත්-අමල- - shining pure; විද්යුත්-පීතවාසඃ- - lightening (like Thy) yellow garment; විලාසෛඃ - beautifully; සකල-භුවන-භාජාං - (to) all the world's inhabitants; හර්ෂදාං වර්ෂවේලාං - joy giving, the rainy season; ක්ෂිතිධර-කුහරේෂු - (in) the mountain caves; ස්වෛරවාසී ව්යනෛෂීඃ - at will residing Thou spend;
Translation
Then, the clusters of clouds in the rainy season were like the hue of Thy splendorous body, the lightening shining was like the luster of Thy beautiful yellow garment. It gave joy to all the inhabitants of the world. Such a rainy season Thou spent, sporting at will, in the caves of the mountain (Govardhana).
ශ්ලෝකඃ
කුහරතලනිවිෂ්ටං ත්වාං ගරිෂ්ඨං ගිරීංද්රඃ
ශිඛිකුලනවකේකාකාකුභිඃ ස්තෝත්රකාරී ।
ස්ඵුටකුටජකදංබස්තෝමපුෂ්පාංජලිං ච
ප්රවිදධදනුභේජේ දේව ගෝවර්ධනෝऽසෞ ॥9॥
Meaning
කුහරතල-නිවිෂ්ටං - in the caves residing; ත්වාං ගරිෂ්ඨං - to Thee, the highly honoured; ගිරීංද්රඃ - the mountain; ශිඛි-කුල- - the peacocks'; නව-කේකා- - pleasant cooings; කාකුභිඃ ස්තෝත්රකාරී - as hymns praising; ස්ඵුට-කුටජ-කදංබ- - blooming Kutaja and Kadamba; ස්තෝම-පුෂ්පාංජලිං ච - heaps and as flower offerings; ප්රවිදධත්-අනුභේජේ - performing worship; දේව - O Lord! (To Thee); ගෝවර්ධනඃ-අසෞ - Govardhana this, (the mountain);
Translation
O Lord! To Thee, the highly honoured One, living in its caves, the mountain king (Govardhana) extended its hospitality. It sang hymns of Thy praise in the form of the pleasant cooings of the peacocks. It worshipped Thee in the form of offering heaps of fully bloomed Kutaja and Kadamba flowers falling from the branches at Thy feet.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
අථ ශරදමුපේතාං තාං භවද්භක්තචේතෝ-
විමලසලිලපූරාං මානයන් කානනේෂු ।
තෘණමමලවනාංතේ චාරු සංචාරයන් ගාඃ
පවනපුරපතේ ත්වං දේහි මේ දේහසෞඛ්යම් ॥10॥
Meaning
අථ ශරදම්-උපේතාං - then spring season approaching; තාං භවත්-භක්ත-චේතඃ- - that (season) (like) Thy devotees' mind; විමල-සලිල-පූරාං - with pure water full; මානයන් කානනේෂු - enjoying in the forests; තෘණම්-අමල-වනාංතේ - grass in the pleasant forest; චාරු සංචාරයන් ගාඃ - happily grazing the cows; පවනපුරපතේ - O Lord of Guruvaayur!; ත්වං දේහි - Thou bestow; මේ දේහ-සෞඛ්යම් - unto me good health;
Translation
Then the spring season approached. In that season the streams were full of pure water, like the pure minds of Thy devotees. O Lord of Guruvaayur! Thou spent such a season enjoying in the forests and happily grazing grass to the cattle in the pleasant forests. O Thou! bestow unto me good health.
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