ශ්ලෝකඃ
සංප්රාප්තෝ මථුරාං දිනාර්ධවිගමේ තත්රාංතරස්මින් වස-
න්නාරාමේ විහිතාශනඃ සඛිජනෛර්යාතඃ පුරීමීක්ෂිතුම් ।
ප්රාපෝ රාජපථං චිරශ්රුතිධෘතව්යාලෝකකෞතූහල-
ස්ත්රීපුංසෝද්යදගණ්යපුණ්යනිගලෛරාකෘෂ්යමාණෝ නු කිම් ॥1॥
Meaning
සංප්රාප්තඃ මථුරාං - reaching Mathura; දින-අර්ධ-විගමේ - at the day's half end (noon); තත්ර-අංතරස්මින් - there, just outside (the city); වසන්-ආරාමේ - halting in a garden; විහිත-ආශනඃ - having finished eating food; සඛි-ජනෛඃ-යාතඃ - with friend folks (Thou) went to; පුරීම්-ඊක්ෂිතුම් - the city to see (around); ප්රාපඃ රාජපථං - (Thou) reached the main road; චිර-ශ්රුති-ධෘත- - for long hearing (about Thee, and so) holding; ව්යාලෝක-කෞතූහල- - to see (Thee) the eagerness; ස්ත්රී-පුංස- - women and men; උද්යත්-අගණ්ය-පුණ්ය-නිගලෛඃ- - (whose) arising innumerable merits (in a) chain (like); ආකෘෂ්යමාණඃ - drawn (towards them); නු කිම් - as if;
Translation
Thou reached Mathura by noon. Having taken Thy lunch in a garden on the outskirts of Mathura, Thou proceeded to see the city with Thy friends, and reached the main road. Thou were drawn as though by a chain formed by the meritorious people of Mathura who had long heard about Thee and were very eager to see Thee in person.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
ත්වත්පාදද්යුතිවත් සරාගසුභගාඃ ත්වන්මූර්තිවද්යෝෂිතඃ
සංප්රාප්තා විලසත්පයෝධරරුචෝ ලෝලා භවත් දෘෂ්ටිවත් ।
හාරිණ්යස්ත්වදුරඃස්ථලීවදයි තේ මංදස්මිතප්රෞඪිව-
න්නෛර්මල්යෝල්ලසිතාඃ කචෞඝරුචිවද්රාජත්කලාපාශ්රිතාඃ ॥2॥
Meaning
ත්වත්-පාද්-ද්යුතිවත් - Thy feet glow like; සරාග-සුභගාඃ - 1)with reddish tinge beautiful2)with intense love, radiant; ත්වත්-මූර්තිවත්-යෝෂිතඃ - Thy form like, the women; සංප්රාප්තාඃ - assembled; විලසත්-පයෝධර-රුචඃ - 1) sporting the rain bearing cloud lustre2)having breasts beautiful; ලෝලා - 1) moving about2) desirous (of seeing Thee); භවත්-දෘෂ්ටිවත් - Thy eyes like; හාරිණ්යඃ - 1) wearing necklaces2) attractive; ත්වත්-උරඃස්ථලීවත්- - Thy chest area like; අයි තේ - O Thou! Thy; මංද්-ස්මිත-ප්රෞඪිවත් - mild smile's majesty like; නෛර්මල්ය-උල්ලසිතාඃ - (because of) purity, shining; කචෞඝ-රුචිවත්- - (Thy) cluster of hair beauty like; රාජත්-කලාප-ආශ්රිතාඃ - 1) adorned by peacock feather stuck in them2) adorned by ornaments wearing;
Translation
The women who came to see Thee were similar to Thee in various respects - Thy feet glow with a reddish tinge, they were radiant and glowed with the intense love for Thee. Thou have a lustre of rain bearing clouds, they had beautiful full breasts. Thy eyes always moved about, they had eyes which were always desirous to see Thee. Thy chest is attractive with many necklaces, they were also attractive.Thy mild smile has a majesty of innocence, they had a majesty and they shined due to their purity. Thy cluster of black hair is adorned by a peacock feather stuck in it, their tresses were adorned by wearing ornaments.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
තාසාමාකලයන්නපාංගවලනෛර්මෝදං ප්රහර්ෂාද්භුත-
ව්යාලෝලේෂු ජනේෂු තත්ර රජකං කංචිත් පටීං ප්රාර්ථයන් ।
කස්තේ දාස්යති රාජකීයවසනං යාහීති තේනෝදිතඃ
සද්යස්තස්ය කරේණ ශීර්ෂමහෘථාඃ සෝऽප්යාප පුණ්යාං ගතිම් ॥3॥
Meaning
තාසාම්-ආකලයන්- - to them (the women) causing; අපාංග-වලනෛඃ- - by sidelong glances; මෝදං - extreme delight; ප්රහර්ෂ-අද්භුත-ව්යාලෝලේෂු - (when) with joy and wonder swaying; ජනේෂු තත්ර - the people were there; රජකං කංචිත් - a washerman some; පටීං ප්රාර්ථයන් - garments (Thou) asking for; කඃ-තේ දාස්යති - who to you is going to give; රාජකීය-වසනං - royal robes; යාහි-ඉති - go away', thus; තේන-උදිතඃ - by him being said; සද්යඃ-තස්ය - at once his (head); කරේණ ශීර්ෂම්-අහෘථාඃ - by hand head (Thou) cut off; සඃ-අපි-ආප - he also attained; පුණ්යාං ගතිං - salvation;
Translation
Thy sidelong glances gave intense joy to the women and swayed the populace with joy and wonder. There among the people, Thou asked a washerman for clothes to which he retorted saying 'who is going to give you royal robes, go away.' Thou at once cut off his head with Thy hand, whereby he attained salvation.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
භූයෝ වායකමේකමායතමතිං තෝෂේණ වේෂෝචිතං
දාශ්වාංසං ස්වපදං නිනේථ සුකෘතං කෝ වේද ජීවාත්මනාම් ।
මාලාභිඃ ස්තබකෛඃ ස්තවෛරපි පුනර්මාලාකෘතා මානිතෝ
භක්තිං තේන වෘතාං දිදේශිථ පරාං ලක්ෂ්මීං ච ලක්ෂ්මීපතේ ॥4॥
Meaning
භූයඃ - then thereafter; වායකම්-ඒකම්- - weaver, one; ආයත-මතිං - (who was) broad minded; තෝෂේණ වේෂ-උචිතං - with satisfaction, dress suitable; දාශ්වාංසං ස්වපදං - gave, (him to) Thy abode; නිනේථ සුකෘතං - (Thou) did lead, merits; කඃ වේද - who can fathom; ජීවාත්මනාම් - of embodied souls; මාලාභිඃ ස්තබකෛඃ - with garlands and bouquets; ස්තවෛඃ-අපි - and hymns of praise also; පුනඃ-මාලාකෘතා - again by a garland maker; මානිතඃ භක්තිං - honoured, Bhakti; තේන වෘතාං - by him desired; දිදේශිථ - (Thou) gave; පරාං ලක්ෂ්මීං ච - and immense wealth also; ලක්ෂ්මීපතේ - O Lord of Laxmi!;
Translation
One broad minded weaver gave to Thee suitable clothes and Thou conferred salvation to him. Who other than Thou can fathom the merits of the jivas. O Lord of Laxmi! Again a garland maker who gave Thee garlands and bouquets and also sung hymns of praises was given Bhakti as desired by him, and also immense wealth.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
කුබ්ජාමබ්ජවිලෝචනාං පථිපුනර්දෘෂ්ට්වාऽංගරාගේ තයා
දත්තේ සාධු කිලාංගරාගමදදාස්තස්යා මහාංතං හෘදි ।
චිත්තස්ථාමෘජුතාමථ ප්රථයිතුං ගාත්රේऽපි තස්යාඃ ස්ඵුටං
ගෘහ්ණන් මංජු කරේණ තාමුදනයස්තාවජ්ජගත්සුංදරීම් ॥5॥
Meaning
කුබ්ජාම්-අබ්ජ-විලෝචනාම් - to the hunched backed woman who was lotus eyed; පථි-පුනඃ-දෘෂ්ට්වා- - on the way, then, seeing; අංගරාගේ තයා දත්තේ - and being given unguents by her; සාධු කිල- - well indeed; අංග - Dear Lord!; රාගම්-අදදාඃ- - love (thou) did give; තස්යාඃ මහාංතම් - to her intense (love); හෘදි චිත්තස්ථාම්- - in heart, which was there in her mind (also); ඍජුතාම්-අථ - that s traightness then; ප්රථයිතුං ගාත්රේ-අපි - to manifest in the body also; තස්යාඃ ස්ඵුටං ගෘහ්ණන් - for her clearly holding; මංජු කරේණ - with (Thy) beautiful hand; තාම්-උදනයඃ-තාවත්- - uplifted her , then; ජගත්-සුංදරීම් - to the most beautiful woman;
Translation
On the way Thou saw a beautiful woman with lotus eyes but with a hunch back. She presented to Thee sandal paste and other unguents and in return Thou created in her heart an intense love for Thee. Then, in order that her straight forward inner mind be reflected in her outer physical appearance also, Thou gave a gentle pull holding her chin by Thy beautiful hand and thus transformed her into one of the most beautiful women in the world.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
තාවන්නිශ්චිතවෛභවාස්තව විභෝ නාත්යංතපාපා ජනා
යත්කිංචිද්දදතේ ස්ම ශක්ත්යනුගුණං තාංබූලමාල්යාදිකම් ।
ගෘහ්ණානඃ කුසුමාදි කිංචන තදා මාර්ගේ නිබද්ධාංජලි-
ර්නාතිෂ්ඨං බත හා යතෝऽද්ය විපුලාමාර්තිං ව්රජාමි ප්රභෝ ॥6॥
Meaning
තාවත් - then; නිශ්චිත-වෛභවාඃ-තව - those who had acquired full faith in Thy greatness; විභෝ - O Lord!; න-අත්යංත-පාපා-ජනා - and who were not very sinful; යත්-කිංචිත්-දදතේ-ස්ම - something or the other were giving (to Thee); ශක්ති-අනුගුණං - according to their capacity; තාංබූල-මාල්ය-ආදිකම් - betel, garlands etc.,; ගෘහ්ණානඃ කුසුම-ආදි - carrying flowers etc; කිංචන තදා මාර්ගේ - some, at that time, in the path; නිබද්ධ-අංජලිඃ - with joined palms (in salutation); න-අතිෂ්ඨං - did not stand (I); බත හා යතඃ-අද්ය - because of which today; විපුලාම්-ආර්තිම් - great sorrow; ව්රජාමි ප්රභෝ - I am experiencing O Lord!;
Translation
O Lord! Then those who were not very sinful and so had acquired full faith in Thy greatness, offered to Thee something or the other according to their capacity, like betel, garlands etc., At that time, in the path, carrying some flowers, alas, I did not stand with joined palms in salutation, because of which, today, I am experiencing great sorrow.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
ඒෂ්යාමීති විමුක්තයාऽපි භගවන්නාලේපදාත්ර්යා තයා
දූරාත් කාතරයා නිරීක්ෂිතගතිස්ත්වං ප්රාවිශෝ ගෝපුරම් ।
ආඝෝෂානුමිතත්වදාගමමහාහර්ෂෝල්ලලද්දේවකී-
වක්ෂෝජප්රගලත්පයෝරසමිෂාත්ත්වත්කීර්තිරංතර්ගතා ॥7॥
Meaning
ඒෂ්යාමි-ඉති - I shall come thus; විමුක්තයා-අපි - though sent away; භගවන්- - O Lord!; ආලේපදාත්ර්යා - (by her) who gave Thee unguents; තයා දූරාත් - by her from far; කාතරයා - disdainfully; නිරීක්ෂිත-ගතිඃ-ත්වම් - watching going Thee; ප්රාවිශඃ ගෝපුරම් - entered the main gate of the city; ආඝෝෂ-අනුමිත- - from jubilation inferred; ත්වත්-ආගම- - Thy coming; මහා-හර්ෂ-උල්ලලත්- - the great joy stimulating; දේවකී-වක්ෂෝජ- - from Devaki's breasts; ප්රගලත්-පයෝරස- - flowing milk; මිෂාත්- - in the guise of; ත්වත්-කීර්තිඃ- - Thy fame; අංතඃගතා - went in (the city);
Translation
I will come again', saying so Thou dispersed the woman who had given unguents to Thee, whose gaze followed Thee till as far as Thou could be seen, going away. Then Thou prepared to enter the outer gate of the city (Mathura). Thy coming was preceded by Thy fame which was like Devaki's (Krishna's mother) breast milk stimulated by the jubilation of Thy arrival.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
ආවිෂ්ටෝ නගරීං මහෝත්සවවතීං කෝදංඩශාලාං ව්රජන්
මාධුර්යේණ නු තේජසා නු පුරුෂෛර්දූරේණ දත්තාංතරඃ ।
ස්රග්භිර්භූෂිතමර්චිතං වරධනුර්මා මේති වාදාත් පුරඃ
ප්රාගෘහ්ණාඃ සමරෝපයඃ කිල සමාක්රාක්ෂීරභාංක්ෂීරපි ॥8॥
Meaning
ආවිෂ්ටඃ - (Thou) having entered; නගරීං මහෝත්සවවතීං - the city ready for the festival; කෝදංඩශාලාං ව්රජන් - to the hall of the great bow going; මාධුර්යේණ නු - whether by charm; තේජසා නු - or by Thy majesty,; පුරුෂෛඃ-දූරේණ - by the guards, standing at a distance; දත්තාංතරඃ - and allowing Thee to enter,; ස්රග්භිඃ-භූෂිතම්- - with garlands adorned; අර්චිතං වර-ධනුඃ- - and worshipped the great bow; මා මා-ඉති - do not do not thus; වාදාත් පුරඃ - saying, before (that),; ප්රාගෘහ්ණාඃ - taking hold of and lifting; සමරෝපයඃ කිල - strung it, indeed; සමාක්රාක්ෂීඃ- - and drew it; අභාංක්ෂීඃ-අපි - and broke it also;
Translation
Having entered the festive city Thou proceeded to the hall of the great bow. Charmed by Thy majesty, the people stood at a distance and the guards too gave way to Thee to enter. The great bow lay there decorated with flower garlands and worshipped. Before the guards or the caretakers admonished Thee saying 'No no" Thou took hold of the bow, lifted it up, strung it, drew it and also broke it.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
ශ්වඃ කංසක්ෂපණෝත්සවස්ය පුරතඃ ප්රාරංභතූර්යෝපම-
ශ්චාපධ්වංසමහාධ්වනිස්තව විභෝ දේවානරෝමාංචයත් ।
කංසස්යාපි ච වේපථුස්තදුදිතඃ කෝදංඩඛංඩද්වයී-
චංඩාභ්යාහතරක්ෂිපූරුෂරවෛරුත්කූලිතෝऽභූත් ත්වයා ॥9॥
Meaning
ශ්වඃ - tomorrow; කංස-ක්ෂපණ-උත්සවස්ය - of the Kansa's slaying festival's; පුරතඃ ප්රාරංභ-තූර්ය-උපමඃ- - before, beginning with the initial drum beat like; චාප-ධ්වංස-මහා-ධ්වනිඃ- - the bow's breaking terrific sound; තව විභෝ - by Thee O Lord!; දේවාන්-අරෝමාංචයත් - in the gods' produced horripilation; කංසස්ය-අපි ච - and of Kansa also; වේපථුඃ-තත්-උදිතඃ - trembling from that arose; කෝදංඩ-ඛංඩ-ද්වයී- - with the bow's two pieces; චංඩ-අභ්යාහත- - severely beaten; රක්ෂි-පූරුෂ-රවෛඃ- - the guard's cries; උත්කූලිතඃ-අභූත් - (the sound) was made to overflow (or increased manifold); ත්වයා - by Thee;
Translation
The breaking of the bow with a terrific sound was like the heralding drum beat to the festival of Kansa's destruction due the next day. O Lord! The sound caused horripilation in the gods. Even Kansa trembled by the sound which increased many fold and overflowed by the shrieks of the guards who were severely beaten by Thee with the two pieces of the bow.
ශ්ලෝකඃ
ශිෂ්ටෛර්දුෂ්ටජනෛශ්ච දෘෂ්ටමහිමා ප්රීත්යා ච භීත්යා තතඃ
සංපශ්යන් පුරසංපදං ප්රවිචරන් සායං ගතෝ වාටිකාම් ।
ශ්රීදාම්නා සහ රාධිකාවිරහජං ඛේදං වදන් ප්රස්වප-
න්නානංදන්නවතාරකාර්යඝටනාද්වාතේශ සංරක්ෂ මාම් ॥10॥
Meaning
ශිෂ්ටෛඃ- - by the good people; දුෂ්ට-ජනෛඃ-ච - and by the wicked people; දෘෂ්ට-මහිමා - was realised the greatness; ප්රීත්යා ච භීත්යා - with love and with fear; තතඃ සංපශ්යන් - then seeing; පුර-සංපදං ප්රවිචරන් - the city's prosperity, moving about; සායං ගතඃ වාටිකාම් - in the evening went to the garden; ශ්රීදාම්නා සහ - with Shreedaamaa; රාධිකා-විරහ්ජං ඛේදං - Raadhaa's separation causing sorrow; වදන් ප්රස්වපන්- - talking about and then sleeping; ආනංදන්- - and feeling happy; අවතාර-කාර්ය-ඝටනාත්- - at the impending fulfilment of the purpose of Thy incarnation; වාතේශ සංරක්ෂ මාම් - O Lord of Guruvaayur! Protect me;
Translation
Thy greatness was realised by the good people with love and by the wicked people with fear. Thou moved about the city viewing its prosperity and returned to Thy camp in the garden in the evening. Thou talked to Shreedaamaa about Thy sorrow because of the separation from Raadhaa. Thou then went to sleep feeling content and happy at the impending fulfilment of the purpose of Thy incarnation. O Lord of Guruvaayur! deign to protect me.
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