Lord Krishna

gītagovindaṃ ekādaśaḥ sargaḥ - sānanda dāmodaraḥ

(Gita Govinda, Eleventh Canto - Sananda Damodara in English (IAST))

Jayadeva

The eleventh canto of Jayadeva's masterpiece, Gita Govinda, focuses on the theme of Sananda Damodara, depicting the divine reunion of Radha and Krishna. Through exquisite lyrical poetry, the text explores the emotional depth of Radha's longing and Krishna's ultimate surrender to her love. This section is revered for its sophisticated Sanskrit meter and evocative imagery of the divine play in the forest of Vrindavan. Chanting these verses helps devotees cultivate deep emotional devotion, known as Bhakti, and fosters a meditative connection to the transcendental love shared between the soul and the Divine.

|| ekādaśaḥ sargaḥ ||

|| sānandadāmodaraḥ ||
suciramanunayane prīṇayitvā mṛgākṣīṃ gatavati kṛtaveśe keśave kuñjaśayyām |
racitarucirabhūṣāṃ dṛṣṭimoṣe pradoṣe sphurati niravasādāṃ kāpi rādhāṃ jagāda || 59 ||
|| gītaṃ 20 ||
viracitacāṭuvacanaracanaṃ caraṇe racitapraṇipātam |
samprati mañjulavañjulasīmani keliśayanamanuyātam ||
mugdhe madhumathanamanugatamanusara rādhike || 1 ||
ghanajaghanastanabhārabhare daramantharacaraṇavihāram |
mukharitamaṇīmañjīramupaihi vidhehi marālavikāram || 2 ||
śṛṇu ramaṇīyataraṃ taruṇījanamohanamadhupavirāvam |
kusumaśarāsanaśāsanabandini pikanikare bhaja bhāvam || 3 ||
anilataralakisalayanikareṇa kareṇa latānikurambam |
preraṇamiva karabhoru karoti gatiṃ pratimuñca vilambam || 4 ||
sphuritamanaṅgataraṅgavaśādiva sūcitahariparirambham |
pṛccha manoharahāravimalajaladhāramamuṃ kucakumbham || 5 ||
adhigatamakhilasakhībhiridaṃ tava vapurapi ratiraṇasajjam |
caṇḍi rasitaraśanāravaḍiṇḍimamabhisara sarasamalajjam || 6 ||
smaraśarasubhaganakhena kareṇa sakhīmavalambya salīlam |
cala valayakvaṇītairavabodhaya haramapi nijagatiśīlam || 7 ||
śrījayadevabhaṇitamadharīkṛtahāramudāsitavāmam |
harivinihitamanasāmadhitiṣṭhatu kaṇṭhataṭīmavirāmam || 8 ||
sā māṃ drakṣyati vakṣyati smarakathāṃ pratyaṅgamāliṅganaiḥ prītiṃ yāsyati ramyate sakhi samāgatyeti cintākulaḥ |
sa tvāṃ paśyati vepate pulakayatyānandati svidyati pratyudgacchati mūrcchati sthiratamaḥpuñje nikuñje priyaḥ || 60 ||
akṣṇornikṣipadañjanaṃ śravaṇayostāpicchagucchāvalīṃ mūrdhni śyāmasarojadāma kucayoḥ kastūrikāpātrakam |
dhūrtānāmabhisārasatvarahṛdāṃ viṣvaṅnikuñje sakhi dhvāntaṃ nīlanicolacāru sadṛśāṃ pratyaṅgamāliṅgati || 61 ||
kāśmīragauravapuṣāmabhisārikāṇāṃ ābaddharekhamabhito rucimañjarībhiḥ |
etattamāladalanīlatamaṃ tamiśraṃ tatpremahemanikaṣopalatāṃ tanoti || 62 ||
hārāvalītaralakāñcanakāñcidāma-keyūrakaṅkaṇamaṇidyutidīpitasya |
dvāre nikuñjanilayasyahariṃ nirīkṣya vrīḍāvatīmatha sakhī nijagāha rādhām || 63 ||
|| gītaṃ 21 ||
mañjutarakuñjatalakelisadane |
vilasa ratirabhasahasitavadane ||
praviśa rādhe mādhavasamīpamiha || 1 ||
navabhavadaśokadalaśayanasāre |
vilasa kucakalaśataralahāre || 2 ||
kusumacayaracitaśucivāsagehe |
vilasa kusumasukumāradehe || 3 ||
calamalayavanapavanasurabhiśīte |
vilasa rasavalitalalitagīte || 4 ||
madhumuditamadhupakulakalitarāve |
vilasa madanarasasarasabhāve || 5 ||
madhutaralapikanikaraninadamukhare |
vilasa daśanaruciruciraśikhare || 6 ||
vitata bahuvallinavapallavaghane |
vilasa ciramalasapīnajaghane || 7 ||
vihitapadmāvatīsukhasamāje |
bhaṇati jayadevakavirāje || 8 ||
tvāṃ cittena ciraṃ vahannayamatiśrānto bhṛśaṃ tāpitaḥ kandarpeṇa tu pātumicchati sudhāsambādhabimbādharam |
asyāṅgaṃ tadalaṅkuru kṣaṇamiha bhrūkṣepalakṣmīlava-krīte dāsa ivopasevitapadāmbhoje kutaḥ sambhramaḥ || 64 ||
sā sasādhvasasānandaṃ govinde lolalocanā |
siñjānamañjumañjīraṃ praviveśa niveśanam || 65 ||
|| gītaṃ 22 ||
rādhāvadanavilokanavikasitavividhavikāravibhaṅgam |
jalanidhimiva vidhumaṇḍaladarśanataralitatuṅgataraṅgam ||
harimekarasaṃ ciramabhilaṣitavilāsaṃ sā dadārśa guruharṣavaśaṃvadavadanamanaṅganivāsam || 1 ||
hāramamalataratāramurasi dadhataṃ parirabhya vidūram |
sphuṭataraphenakadambakarambitamiva yamunājalapūram || 2 ||
śyāmalamṛdulakalevaramaṇḍalamadhigatagauradukūlam |
nīlanalinamiva pītaparāgapatalabharavalayitamūlam || 3 ||
taraladṛgañcalacalanamanoharavadanajanitaratirāgam |
sphuṭakamalodarakhelitakhañjanayugamiva śaradi taḍāgam || 4 ||
vadanakamalapariśīlanamilitamihirasamakuṇḍalaśobham |
smitarucirucirasamullasitādharapallavakṛtaratilobham || 5 ||
śaśikiraṇacchuritodarajaladharasundarasakusumakeśam |
timiroditavidhumaṇdalanirmalamalayajatilakaniveśam || 6 ||
vipulapulakabharadanturitaṃ ratikelikalābhiradhīram |
maṇigaṇakiraṇasamūhasamujjvalabhūṣaṇasubhagaśarīram || 7 ||
śrījayadevabhaṇitavibhavadviguṇīkṛtabhūṣaṇabhāram |
praṇamata hṛdi suciraṃ vinidhāya hariṃ sukṛtodayasāram || 8 ||
atikramyāpāṅgaṃ śravaṇapathaparyantagamana-prayāsenevākṣṇostaralataratāraṃ patitayoḥ |
idānīṃ rādhāyāḥ priyatamasamālokasamaye papāta svedāmbuprasara iva harṣāśrunikaraḥ || 66 ||
bhavantyāstalpāntaṃ kṛtakapaṭakaṇḍūtipihita-smitaṃ yāte gehādbahiravahitālīparijane |
priyāsyaṃ paśyantyāḥ smaraśarasamākūlasubhagaṃ salajjā lajjāpi vyagamadiva dūraṃ mṛgadṛśaḥ || 67 ||
|| iti śrīgītagovinde rādhikāmilane sānandadāmodaro nāmaikādaśaḥ sargaḥ ||

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