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SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI : SPECIAL POETRY

Sri Sri Radha-Madhava Mahotsav
(Jubilation of Sri Sri Radha-Madhav)

(By Srila Prabodhananda Saraswati)

smaratu mano mama niravadhi radham
madhupati-rupa-guna-sravanodita-sahaja-manobhava-badham [1]

My dear mind, please always remember Sri Radha. As soon as She hears about Madhupati Krishna’s beauty, She feels naturally aroused and agitated.

su-ruchira-kavari-virajita-komala-parimala-malli-sumalam
mada-chala-khanjana-khelana-ganjana-lochana-kamala-visalam [2]

She has very beautiful hair, and Her neck is adorned with a garland of fragrant lotus flowers. Her large bright lotus eyes are more agile than the playful wagtail bird that keeps jumping everywhere like mad.

madakari-raja-virajad-anuttama-chalita-lalita-gati-bhangim
ati-sukumara-kanaka-nava-champaka-gaura-madhura-madhurangim [3]

Her beautiful agile gait and bent posture surpass the magnificence of the king of mad elephants. Her very youthful and sweetly beautiful figure is of an enchanting golden colour, the colour of a newly blossomed champaka flower.

mani-keyura-lalita-balayavali-mandita-mrdu-bhujavallim
prati-padam-adbhuta rupa-chamatkrti-mohana-yuvati-matallim [4]

Her gentle beautiful arms are adorned with jewelled armlets and elegant bracelets. The more you behold the beauty of this enchanting young girl, the more astonishing and miraculous it appears to be.

mrdu-mrdu-hasa-lalita-mukha-mandala-krta-sasi-bimba-vidambam
kinkini-jala khachita-prthu-sundara-nava-rasa-rasi-nitambam [5]

The sweet smile on Her gentle face derides the beauty of the moon-disc. Her dainty ankle-bells tinkle as She dances expressing very beautiful, novel ecstatic sentiments.

chitrita-kanchulika-sthagitodbhata-kucha-hataka ghatasobham
sphurad-arunadhara-svadu-sudha-rasa-krta-hari-manasa-lobham [6]

Her beautiful, well-formed breasts, which resemble round water-pots, are covered with a colourful bodice – the sight of Her shaking reddish breasts is pure nectar that arouses the mind of the Supreme Lord.

sundara-chibuka virajita-mohana-mochaka-bindu-vilasam
sakanaka-ratna-khachita-prthu-mauktika-ruchi-ruchirojjvala-nasam [7]

Her beautiful chin is decorated with an effulgent, charming auspicious dot; and a beautiful pearl set in gold and ornamented with gems shines brilliantly in Her nose.

ujjvala-raga-rasamrta-sagara-sara-tanum sukha-rupam
nipatita-madhava-mugdha-mano-mrganabhi-sudha-rasa-kupam [8]

Her figure is an ocean of nectar of ecstatic paramour love; it is the very embodiment of bliss. Captivated by Her beauty, Lord Madhav Himself is swept off His feet, revelling in the pure nectar of musk.

nupura-hara-mano-hara-kundala-krta-ruchim-aruna-dukulam
pathi pathi madana-madakula gokula-chandra-kalita pada-mulam [9]

Seeing Her walk down the road in Her crimson dress, adorned with ankle-bells, necklace and charming earrings, Gokula-chandra Sri Krishna loses His mind and falls at the soles of Her feet.

rasika-sarasvati-gita-mahadbhuta-radha-rupa-rahasyam
vrndavana-rasa-lalasa-manasam-idam-upageyam-avasyam [10]

Thus, Rasika Saraswati sings about the mystery of Sri Radha’s greatly astonishing beauty, which must be sung by all those who long and crave for the ecstatic devotional pastimes of Vrindavan.

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