.. गोपीगीतम् .. गोप्य ऊचुः .जयति तेऽधिकं जन्मना व्रजःश्रयत इन्दिरा शश्वदत्र हि .दयित दृश्यतां दिक्षु तावका-स्त्वयि धृतासवस्त्वां विचिन्वते .. १..शरदुदाशये साधुजातस-त्सरसिजोदरश्रीमुषा दृशा .सुरतनाथ तेऽशुल्कदासिकावरद निघ्नतो नेह किं वधः .. २..विषजलाप्ययाद्व्यालराक्षसा-द्वर्षमारुताद्वैद्युतानलात् .वृषमयात्मजाद्विश्वतोभया-दृषभ ते वयं रक्षिता मुहुः .. ३..न खलु गोपिकानन्दनो भवा-नखिलदेहिनामन्तरात्मदृक् .विखनसार्थितो विश्वगुप्तयेसख उदेयिवान्सात्वतां कुले .. ४..विरचिताभयं वृष्णिधुर्य तेचरणमीयुषां संसृतेर्भयात् .करसरोरुहं कान्त कामदंशिरसि धेहि नः श्रीकरग्रहम् .. ५..व्रजजनार्तिहन्वीर योषितांनिजजनस्मयध्वंसनस्मित .भज सखे भवत्किंकरीः स्म नोजलरुहाननं चारु दर्शय .. ६..प्रणतदेहिनां पापकर्शनंतृणचरानुगं श्रीनिकेतनम् .फणिफणार्पितं ते पदांबुजंकृणु कुचेषु नः कृन्धि हृच्छयम् .. ७..मधुरया गिरा वल्गुवाक्ययाबुधमनोज्ञया पुष्करेक्षण .विधिकरीरिमा वीर मुह्यती-रधरसीधुनाऽऽप्याययस्व नः .. ८..तव कथामृतं तप्तजीवनंकविभिरीडितं कल्मषापहम् .श्रवणमङ्गलं श्रीमदाततंभुवि गृणन्ति ते भूरिदा जनाः .. ९..प्रहसितं प्रिय प्रेमवीक्षणंविहरणं च ते ध्यानमङ्गलम् .रहसि संविदो या हृदिस्पृशःकुहक नो मनः क्षोभयन्ति हि .. १०..चलसि यद्व्रजाच्चारयन्पशून्नलिनसुन्दरं नाथ ते पदम् .शिलतृणाङ्कुरैः सीदतीति नःकलिलतां मनः कान्त गच्छति .. ११..दिनपरिक्षये नीलकुन्तलै-र्वनरुहाननं बिभ्रदावृतम् .घनरजस्वलं दर्शयन्मुहु-र्मनसि नः स्मरं वीर यच्छसि .. १२..प्रणतकामदं पद्मजार्चितंधरणिमण्डनं ध्येयमापदि .चरणपङ्कजं शंतमं च तेरमण नः स्तनेष्वर्पयाधिहन् .. १३..सुरतवर्धनं शोकनाशनंस्वरितवेणुना सुष्ठु चुम्बितम् .इतररागविस्मारणं नृणांवितर वीर नस्तेऽधरामृतम् .. १४..अटति यद्भवानह्नि काननंत्रुटिर्युगायते त्वामपश्यताम् .कुटिलकुन्तलं श्रीमुखं च तेजड उदीक्षतां पक्ष्मकृद्दृशाम् .. १५..पतिसुतान्वयभ्रातृबान्धवा-नतिविलङ्घ्य तेऽन्त्यच्युतागताः .गतिविदस्तवोद्गीतमोहिताःकितव योषितः कस्त्यजेन्निशि .. १६..रहसि संविदं हृच्छयोदयंप्रहसिताननं प्रेमवीक्षणम् .बृहदुरः श्रियो वीक्ष्य धाम तेमुहुरतिस्पृहा मुह्यते मनः .. १७..व्रजवनौकसां व्यक्तिरङ्ग तेवृजिनहन्त्र्यलं विश्वमङ्गलम् .त्यज मनाक् च नस्त्वत्स्पृहात्मनांस्वजनहृद्रुजां यन्निषूदनम् .. १८..यत्ते सुजातचरणाम्बुरुहं स्तनेषभीताः शनैः प्रिय दधीमहि कर्कशेषु .तेनाटवीमटसि तद्व्यथते न किंस्वित्कूर्पादिभिर्भ्रमति धीर्भवदायुषां नः .. १९..इति श्रीमद्भागवत महापुराणे पारमहंस्यां संहितायांदशमस्कन्धे पूर्वार्धे रासक्रीडायां गोपीगीतं नामैकत्रिंशोऽध्यायः ..Bhagavata Purana: Part X:Ch.31:verses 1-19 Gopika GeetaO beloved Lord! please(reveal Yourself and) seehow your sweethearts, who have centered their life in you, are searchingfor you in every quarter. 1.Is it no massacring here on Your part, O Granter of boons, who kill us,Your gratuitous slaves, O Bestower of enjoym,ent,, by your (shaft-like)eyes, that steal the splendour of the interior of a lovely and full-blownlotus growing in an autumnal pond? 2.We have been saved by You time and again, O jewel among men, from deaththrough poisonous water, from (the clutches of) a demon disguised as asnake (Aghasura by name), from showers and storm as well as from strokesof lightning, from the demon that appeared in the form of a calf, as wellas from Vyomasura (the son of the demon Maya), nay from every other peril. 3.Surely You are no (mere) son of a cowherd woman (Yasoda), being the witnessof the mind of all embodied souls. Solicitd by Brahma, You appeared, O Friend,in the race of the Yadus for the protection of the universe. 4.Place on our head, O beloved Lord, Your lotus-like palm, that has vouchsafedprotection, O Chief of the Vrishnis, to those that have sought your feet fromfear of transmigration, nay, which grants all desires and has clasped the handof Shri (as a part of the marriage ceremony.). 5.O Alleviator of the suffering of the people of Vraja, O gallant Lord, whosevery smile crushes the pride (born of unrequited love) of your own people,accept in your service, O Friend, us, Your avowed servants and reveal to us(poor women) Your charming lotus-like countenance. 6.Set on our bosom your lotus feet, which dissipate the sins of all embodiedbeings that bow down to You, which follow (out of affection even) animalthat live on grass, which are the abode of beuty and prosperity and whichwere dauntlessly placed on the hoods of a terrible snake (Kaliya), and therebysoothe the pangs of love pent up in our heart. 7.Pray, revive with the nectar of Your lips O valiant One, these women, in theperson of ourselves, who are ready to do Your bidding and who are gettingcharmed,O Lord with lotus eyes, by Your melodious speech, consisting ofdelightful expressions and pleasing even to the learned. 8.Munificent are those men who extensively recite on earth Your nectar-likestory, which is life-giving to the afflicted, has been celebrated by the wise,and eradicates all sins, which is auspicious to hear and is most soothing too. 9.You hearty laugh, O Darling, loving glances and pastimes which are happy tocontemplate on and Your covert jests uttered in secret, that went deep into ourheart, really agiatate our mind (now that you are away from us), O deceitfulLover! 10.Our mind, O beloved Lord, grows uneasy to think that your feet, charming asa lotus, get pricked with spikes of corn, blades of grass and sprouts whenYou go out of Vraja pasturing the cattle. 11.You kindle love in our heart, O gallant Lord, again and again, even as Youreveal Yourself before us at the close of the day, wearing a countenanceoverhung by dark curly locks and soiled with the dust raised by cows (thatconstitute the wealth of the Gopas), and thus resembling a lotus (surroundedby black bees and covered with pollen). 12.O Delighter of souls, pray set on our bosom, O Reliever of agony, Your mostblissful lotus-like feet, which grant the desires of those that bow low tothem, and are worshipped by Brahma (the lotus-born), which are the ornamentof the earth and are worth contemplating upon in times of adversity. 13.Vouchsafe to us, O heroic Lord, the nectar of your lips, which heightensourenjoyment and destroys all grief, nay which is fully enjoyed by the flutesounded by You and makes people forget all other attachments. 14.When You proceed to the woods during the daytime, even half a moment becomesan age to us, who fail to see You. And dull-witted is he (Brahma) who has created rows of hair on the edge (and thus interrupted the joy) of eyes of us all,that eagerly behold without winking, Your splendid countenance overhungby curly hair (on Your return from the woods at eventide). 15.Completely neglecying our husband, children, kinsmen, brothers and otherrelations, O immortal Lord, and enchanted by the shrill note of Your flute,we have sought Your presence, knowing as we did Your alluring ways. What man.O Trickster, would abandon helpless women at dead of night? 16.Perceiving Your amorous advances made in secret, Your smiling countenance, which kindles love in our heart, Your loving glances and broad chest, the abode of Shri (the goddess of beauty and prosperity), our mind gets infatuated again andagain through intense longing to meet You . 17.Your manifestation on earth, O Darling, has put an end to the sorrows of theinhabitants of Vraja as well as of the denizens of the forest, and is extrmelyauspicious for the whole universe. Pray, unreservedly administer to us - whosemind is full of longing for You - at least a little of that remedy (in the formof Your company) which may relieve the pangs of heart of Your own people. 18.You traverse the forest on those tender lotus-like feet which, O Darling, we have gently and timidly set on our hard bosom (for fear of injuring them). Are they not pained by coming in contact with gravel, etc.? The mind of us all, whose life is centered in You, reels at the very thought of it . 19.Thus ends the 31st discourse, entitled "The Goppi's Song (at the Lord's disappearance)during the Rasa Play", in the first half of Book Ten of the great and gloriousBhagavata Purana, otherwise known as Paramahamsa-Samhita.[Bharata Natya Shastra:raasa = Name of a particular dance carried on by a number of women dancing in a circlewith their hands interlocked, in the company of men who dance with them withtheir arms placed round the neck of their female partners.]
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