Lord Krishna

gītagovindaṃ saptamaḥ sargaḥ - nāgara nārayaṇaḥ

(Gitagovindam Saptamah Sargah - Nagara Narayana in English (IAST))

Jayadeva

This text constitutes the seventh canto of the Gita Govinda, a masterpiece of devotional literature composed by the 12th-century poet Jayadeva. It vividly captures the intense pangs of separation experienced by Radha while awaiting Krishna in the forest of Vrindavana. Through poignant lyrical verses and the 'Ashtapadi' structure, Jayadeva explores the profound emotional landscape of divine love. Chanting or meditating upon these verses is considered a transformative spiritual practice that cleanses the heart, evokes deep longing for the Divine, and allows the devotee to participate in the intimate, eternal play of Krishna and Radha.

|| saptamaḥ sargaḥ ||

|| nāgaranārāyaṇaḥ ||
atrāntare ca kulaṭākulavartmapāta-sañjātapātaka iva sphuṭalāñchanaśrīḥ |
vṛndāvanāntaramadīpayadaṃśujālai-rdiksundarīvadanacandanabindurinduḥ || 40 ||
prasarati śaśadharabimbe vihitavilambe ca mādhave vidhurā |
viracitavividhavilāpaṃ sā paritāpaṃ cakāroccaiḥ || 41 ||
|| gītaṃ 13 ||
kathitasamaye'pi harirahaha na yayau vanam |
mama viphalamidamamalarūpamapi yauvanam ||
yāmi he kamiha śaraṇaṃ sakhījanavacanavañcitā || 1 ||
yadanugamanāya niśi gahanamapi śīlitam |
tena mama hṛdayamidamasamaśarakīlitam || 2 ||
mama maraṇameva varamativitathaketanā |
kimiha viṣahāmi virahānalacetanā || 3 ||
māmahaha vidhurayati madhuramadhuyāminī |
kāpi harimanubhavati kṛtasukṛtakāminī || 4 ||
ahaha kalayāmi valayādimaṇībhūṣaṇam |
harivirahadahanavahanena bahudūṣaṇam || 5 ||
kusumasukumāratanumatanuśaralīlayā |
sragapi hṛdi hanti māmativiṣamaśīlayā || 6 ||
ahamiha nivasāmi nagaṇitavanavetasā |
smarati madhusūdano māmapi na cetasā || 7 ||
haricaraṇaśaraṇajayadevakavibhāratī |
vasatu hṛdi yuvatiriva komalakalāvatī || 8 ||
tatkiṃ kāmapi kāminīmabhisṛtaḥ kiṃ vā kalākelibhi-rbaddho bandhubhirandhakāriṇi vanopānte kimu bhrāmyati |
kāntaḥ klāntamanā manāgapi pathi prasthātumevākṣamaḥ saṅketīkṛtamañjuvañjulalatākuñje'pi yannāgataḥ || 42 ||
athāgatāṃ mādhavamantareṇa sakhīmiyaṃ vīkṣya viṣādamūkām |
viśaṅkmānā ramitaṃ kayāpi janārdanaṃ dṛṣṭavadetadāha || 43 ||
|| gītaṃ 14 ||
smarasamarocitaviracitaveśā |
galitakusumadaravilulitakeśā ||
kāpi madhuripuṇā vilasati yuvatiradhikaguṇā || 1 ||
hariparirambhaṇavalitavikārā |
kucakalaśopari taralitahārā || 2 ||
vicaladalakalalitānanacandrā |
tadadharapānarabhasakṛtatandrā || 3 ||
cañcalakuṇḍaladalitakapolā |
mukharitarasanajaghanagalitalolā || 4 ||
dayitavilokitalajjitahasitā |
bahuvidhakūjitaratirasarasitā || 5 ||
vipulapulakapṛthuvepathubhaṅgā |
śvasitanimīlitavikasadanaṅgā || 6 ||
śramajalakaṇabharasubhagaśarīrā |
paripatitorasi ratiraṇadhīrā || 7 ||
śrījayadevabhaṇitahariramitam |
kalikaluṣaṃ janayatu pariśamitam || 8 ||
virahapāṇḍumurārimukhāmbuja-dyutiriyaṃ tirayannapi cetanām |
vidhuratīva tanoti manobhuvaḥ sahṛdaye hṛdaye madanavyathām || 44 ||
|| gītaṃ 15 ||
samuditamadane ramaṇīvadane cumbanavalitādhare |
mṛgamadatilakaṃ likhati sapulakaṃ mṛgamiva rajanīkare ||
ramate yamunāpulinavane vijayī murāriradhunā || 1 ||
ghanacayarucire racayati cikure taralitataruṇānane |
kurabakakusumaṃ capalāsuṣamaṃ ratipatimṛgakānane || 2 ||
ghaṭayati sughane kucayugagagane mṛgamadarucirūṣite |
maṇisaramamalaṃ tārakapaṭalaṃ nakhapadaśaśibhūṣite || 3 ||
jitabisaśakale mṛdubhujayugale karatalanalinīdale |
marakatavalayaṃ madhukaranicayaṃ vitarati himaśītale || 4 ||
ratigṛhajaghane vipulāpaghane manasijakanakāsane |
maṇimayarasanaṃ toraṇahasanaṃ vikirati kṛtavāsane || 5 ||
caraṇakisalaye kamalānilaye nakhamaṇigaṇapūjite |
bahirapavaraṇaṃ yāvakabharaṇaṃ janayati hṛdi yojite || 6 ||
ramayati sadṛśaṃ kāmapi subhṛśaṃ khalahaladharasodare |
kimaphalamavasaṃ ciramiha virasaṃ vada sakhi viṭapodare || 7 ||
iha rasabhaṇane kṛtahariguṇane madhuripupadasevake |
kaliyugacaritaṃ na vasatu duritaṃ kavinṛpajayadevake || 8 ||
nāyātaḥ sakhi nirdayo yadi śaṭhastvaṃ dūti kiṃ dūyase svacchandaṃ bahuvallabhaḥ sa ramate kiṃ tatra te dūṣaṇam |
paśyādya priyasamgamāya dayitasyākṛṣyamāṇaṃ gaṇai-rutkaṇṭhārtibharādiva sphuṭadidaṃ cetaḥ svayaṃ yāsyati || 45 ||
|| gītaṃ 16 ||
anilataralakuvalayanayanena |
tapati na sā kisalayaśayanena ||
sakhi yā ramitā vanamālinā || 1 ||
vikasitasarasijalalitamukhena |
sphuṭati na sā manasijaviśikhena || 2 ||
amṛtamadhuramṛdutaravacanena |
jvalati na sā malayajapavanena || 3 ||
sthalajalaruharucikaracaraṇena |
luṭhati na sā himakarakiraṇena || 4 ||
sajalajaladasamudayarucireṇa |
dalati na sā hṛdi ciraviraheṇa || 5 ||
kanakanikaṣaruciśucivasanena |
śvasati na sā parijanahasanena || 6 ||
sakalabhuvanajanavarataruṇena |
vahati na sā rujamatikaruṇena || 7 ||
śrījayadevabhaṇitavacanena |
praviśatu harirapi hṛdayamanena || 8 ||
manobhavānandana candanānila prasīda re dakṣiṇa muñca vāmatām |
kṣaṇaṃ jagatprāṇa vidhāya mādhavaṃ puro mama prāṇaharo bhaviṣyasi || 46 ||
ripuriva sakhīsaṃvāso'yaṃ śikhīva himānilo viṣamiva sudhāraśmiryasmindunoti manogate |
hṛdayamadaye tasminnevaṃ punarvalate balāt kuvalayadṛśāṃ vāmaḥ kāmo nikāmaniraṅkuśaḥ || 47 ||
bādhāṃ vidhehi malayānila pañcabāṇa prāṇāngṛhāṇa na gṛhaṃ punarāśrayiṣye |
kiṃ te kṛtāntabhagini kṣamayā taraṅgai-raṅgāni siñca mama śāmyatu dehadāhaḥ || 48 ||
prātarnīlanicolamacyutamurassaṃvītapītāmbaram
radhāyāśkitaṃ vilokya hasati svairaṃ sakhīmaṇḍale |
vrīḍācañcalamañcalaṃ nayanayorādhāya rādhānane
svādusmeramukho'yamastu jagadānandāya nandātmajaḥ|| (kasmiṃścana pāṭhāntare idaṃ padyaṃ vidyate)
||
iti gītagovinde vipralabdhāvarṇane nāganārāyaṇo nāma saptamaḥ sargaḥ ||

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