Candana Carcita Nila Kalevara

candana-carcita-nīla-kalevara-pīta-vasana-vana-mālī keli-calan-maṇi-kuṇḍala-maṇḍita-gaṇḍa-yuga-smita-śālī

Lord Krsna wears yellow garments and His lovely, dark complexioned body is decorated with sandalwood paste. While He enjoys loving pastimes with His gopis, His jewel earrings dance over His cheeks as He smiles at them.

harir iha mugdha-vadhū-nikare vilāsini vilāsati kelī-pare

here, O playful one, Hari revels among a host of enchanted young women, absorbed in amorous sport.

pīna-payodhara-bhāra-bhareṇa hariḿ parirabhya sarāgam gopa-vadhūr anugāyati kācid udañcita-parama-rāgam

One cowherd girl, embracing Hari tightly with the weight of her full, heavy breasts, sings after him with deepest passion, her love rising ever higher.

kāpi vilāsa-vilola-vilocana-khelana-janita-manojam dhyāyati mugdha-vadhūr adhikaḿ madhusūdana-vadana-sarojam

Another enchanted young woman meditates intently on the lotus face of Madhusudana, her passion aroused by the playful, restless glances they exchange.

kapi kapola-tale militā lapituḿ kim api śruti-mūle cāru cucumba nitambavatī dayitaḿ pulakair anukūle

Another, drawing close to his cheek as if to whisper something in his ear, her hair bristling with delight, sweetly kisses her beloved.

keli-kalā-kutukena ca kācid amuḿ yamunā-jala-kūle mañjula-vañjula-kuñja-gataḿ vicakarṣa kareṇa dukūle

Another, eager for the sport of love, pulls him by the hem of his garment into a lovely bower of vanjula trees on the bank of the Yamuna.

kara-tala-tāla-tarala-valayāvali-kalita-kalasvana-vaḿśe rāsa-rase saha-nṛtya-parā hariṇa-yuvatī-praśaśaḿse

As his flute sounds sweetly to the rhythm of clapping hands and the tinkling of bracelets, a young doe-eyed gopi, dancing beside him in the rasa dance, praises him again and again.

śliṣyati kām api cumbati kām api kām api ramayati rāmām paśyati sa-smita-cāru-tarām aparām anugacchati vāmām

He embraces one, kisses another, delights yet another in love; he gazes with a lovely smile upon one more, and follows after another still, graceful and charming.

śrī-jayadeva-bhaṇitam idam adbhuta-keśava-keli-rahasyam vṛndāvana-vipine lalitaḿ vitanotu śubhāni yaśasyam

May this song of Sri Jayadeva, revealing the wondrous secret of Keshava's amorous sport so charmingly played out in the forest of Vrindavana, bestow auspiciousness and glory.