Ashtapadi XXI - Pravisa Radhe - Ode to the Lord

Radha has reached

Threshold of cottage

Where the Lord is waiting

For her eternal  presence  

 

Cottage is illuminated  

By her gem studded bracelets

  By her waist band with bells

 

At the sight of the Lord

She felt shy and timid 
She is described
By her confidant thus !
 
O Radha thou smilest
Excitingly  to meet the Lord !
You can enjoy blissful moments
With the Lord of Bliss !

 
Cottage is beauteous
With a bed of tender Asoka leaves
Pearl garlands swing
On thy breasts !
You enjoy delightfully
Here in this place !
 
 
Flagrant flowers
Adorn the cottage
Thy body is delicate
Like flowers blooming
You be in ecstasy
In this very place !
 
 
 
Scared art thou
Of Cupid's arrows
Cool breeze blows
From hills lovely
Enjoy thy Lord
Thy Krishna, who attracts !

With colorful creepers
And leaves tender
This cottage is beauteous
Attractive are thy loins
And thy personality !

 

 

Enjoy the Love

Of the Eternal Lover !
 
How happy the bees are
With honey in flowers
With humming bees
The ambience sings !
By flower arrows of Cupid
Thou art excited !
Have a great time
With thy beloved Lord !
 
Spring seasons dominates
How pleasant are the coos of cuckoos
Like gems thy teeth shine
Enjoy with thy Lord
In this very cottage !


 
The poet Jayadeva
With Padmavathy, wife
Sings wtih devotion
Love between Purusha and Prakriti
Between Being and His Becoming
Between Brahman and His Maya
Between Shiva and His Shakti
Blessed be the biune Principles !   Translation By