Kirtan Guide
Śrī Śikṣāṣṭakam
Song 7b
- gāite ‘govinda’-nām, upajilo bhāva-grām,
- dekhilām yamunāra kūle
- vṛṣabhānu-sutā-saṅge, śyāma-naṭa-boro-raṅge,
- bā̐śarī bājāya nīpo-mūle
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And while I sang the name of Govinda a host of ecstasies arose within me. I saw Sundar-śyāma the best of dancers, on Yamunā’s shores, with Śrī Rādhā, Vṛṣabhānu’s daughter, sporting in Pastimes of love playing His flute beside the water while a kadamba tree above cast shade upon the divine couple.
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- dekhiyā jugala-dhana, asthira hoilo mana,
- jñāna hārā hoilu̐ tokhon
- koto-kṣane nāhi jāni, jñāna-labha hoilo māni,
- āro nāhi bhelo daraśan
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On seeing this, my mind was stunned. I lost my senses. Unaware of time, I fainted. When I awoke after immeasurable time, the treasured couple had gone. My vision of Vraja had broken.