part-10 aham iha nivasämi yähi, rädhäm… anunaya mad-vacanena chä ana-yethä:| iti madhu-ripuna sakhi… niyuktä svaya midam etya, punar jagäda, rädhäm…. || “I’ll stay here, you go to Radha appease her with my words & bring her to me” Commanded by Madhusudhana, her saki went to repeat His words to Radha. Vahati malaya-samire madanam upanidhaya | sphuatti kusuma-nikare virahi-hrudaya-dalanaya ||1|| tava virahe vanamali sakhi sidati || dhruva-pada || “My dear friend Radha, the sandalwood (Malaya) breeze drifts along slowly, just to soak everyone in the mood for amour. Varieties of flowers are opening and tearing open the hearts of lonely lovers. At this provocative time of spring, passionate Vanamali feels morose in separation from you, Radhe.” dahati shishira-mayukhe maranam anukaroti | patati madana-visikhe vilapati vikala taro’ti ||2|| “The moonshine scorches him threatening death. His heart is pierced by flowers that fall from the trees like the arrows of cupid (Kamadeva). He bitterly laments in your separation.” dhvanati madhupa-samuhe shravaam api dadhati | manasi kalita-virahe nishi nishi ruja mupayati ||3|| “He covers his ears with his hands when he hears the humming of bumblebees. Every night he expects that he will attain your company, but he is disappointed. His infirmity increases as he goes on enduring the torture of separation day after day.” vasati vipina-vitane tyajati lalita-dhama | luthati dharai-shayane bahu vilapati tava nama ||4|| “He has abandoned his own charming bed chamber in the palace, to reside in the forest. Instead of living comfortably at home, he rolls about on the ground, repeatedly calling out your name, ‘Radha! Radha!’” bhanati kavi-jayadeve viraha-vilasitena | manasi rabhasa-vibhave hari rudayatu sukrutena (tava virahe vanamali sakhi sidati Radhe) ||5|| This song of Sri Jayadeva is full of Krishna’s anxiety of separation. As a result of the piety infused by this song, those who recite it attain an unsurpassed immersion in the pastimes of separation. May Sri Krishna manifest within their hearts.
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