Posted on: 18 Jun 2018
(Songs of God Krishna On Cowherd Lady)
(This song is in Sanskrit.)
10) Gopikaa meva taam,
Bhaavaye maamikaam. (Chorus)
Sphatikavannirmalaam, kamalavatkomalaam,
Manmanohaariniim, hrudaya sanchaariniim.
Mukta bhartruvrataam, tyakta putriisutaam,
Baandhava tyaaginiim, madvapuhkaaminiim.
Sarvadharmojjhitaam, matpriyaikavrataam,
Trikaranairarpitaam, maam gataam tarpitaam.
Venunaadadhvane—raagataam raatrishu,
Gaadhamaalingitaam, raasakelipriyaam.
Dattagamyaaturaam, Krishnamaargasthitaam,
Rushitapodevataam, yaadaviiveshiniim.
Venugopaalakah, Krishanadatto jagau,
Gopikaagiitikaam, Bhaagavata vaahiniim.
(English translation)
I always think about her only,
She is My cowherd darling. (Chorus)
She is the pure crystal, she is tender like lotus,
She has stolen My mind, she moves in My heart.
She left her life partner, she left even her issues,
She left all her relatives, she loves My form alone.
She left all rules of ethics, she clings only to My love,
She surrendered fully to Me, she is peaceful by Me only.
On hearing My flute song, she runs to Me even in nights,
I embrace her immediately, she is fond of dancing with Me.
Her final goal is that God Datta, the path is this Lord Krishna,
She is deity of penance of sages, acting in role of cowherd lady.
This song on cowherd lady, the divine river of Bhaagavatam,
Is sung by this Venugopala—Krishna Datta on sweet flute.
11) Cowherd lady! Cowherd lady!
I am tied by your love-rope. (Chorus)
As sage, you did lot of penance in knowledge and devotion,
Recognized Me as the ultimate truth, reached practice-path.
Even though born in village as ignorant, you identified Me,
You immersed Me in your love by total sacrifice-surrender.
You started from your house to sell butter in Madhura city,
You are searching Me in the path looking both sides eagerly.
Even all the Vedas couldn’t catch Me saying ‘Not this, Not this’,
I am waiting in your path for your arrival saying ‘not yet, not yet’.
In the path to Madhura city, we meet in dense Yamuna-bushes,
After tasting your sweet love, I hated even that divine nectar.
You were sage in Tretaa age, you reached Me in Dwaapara age,
Datta gave you the spiritual knowledge, Krishna is testing you.
Let ignorant stupid think that Bhaagavatam is illegal sex,
Scholars know that this is the ultimate path of great sages.
12) Cowherd darling! Arise and come,
Hear My sweet flute-song started. (Chorus)
The full moon-light bulb shines in the centre of the sky,
Lotus eyed! it is time to start the love dance in Brunda.
Veda says that I am the love, you alone can grasp the love,
You have read Vedas previously and came now to catch Me.
(The Veda says “Raso vai sah”.)
You are the real sage hidden in the role of cowherd lady,
I am also the real preacher Datta hidden in role of Krishna.
Then, I was sage Datta and you were the sage doing penance,
Now, I am cowherd Krishna and you are loving cowherd lady.
When you kissed Me, I told “You have broken the justice”,
“Whatever pleases you is the justice” you replied at once.
“You have come cheating your family, go to hell” I commented,
“You are the real husband of all these souls” you gave the reply.
“It is sin to love other male” I told and you told “among souls,
God alone is the real Purusha, soul is Prakruti or creation only”.
(God is Purusha, the male, the creator and soul is a part of Prakruti or female, the creation. Soul is called as Paraaprakruti and its body called as Aparaaprakruti “Purusham Prakrutim chaiva”- Gita).
I stole all your clothes while you were bathing in the Yamuna River,
You came out with folded hands up, saying “You, the omniscient!”.
I told “I am illegal darling”, You told “sage Narada wrote that God
Shall be searched like searching your illegal darling, top most love”.
(Jaaravatcha, yathaa vraja gopikaanaam — Narada Bhakti Sutra)
“That simile used in the search of God must be known properly”.
You explained Bhakti Sutra of Narada to Me! while I was smiling,
(Sage Narada in the Bhakti Sutra compared the love of Gopikas to the love of a bad lady having illegal darling, cheating legal bond of husband. This is the only common point between Gopikas and bad lady. A simile can be given if there is single common point between two items and hence, Narada gave this simile. There are several points of difference:- Gopikaa:- 1) She has left all worldly bonds including the bond with husband. 2) Her darling is God (who proved Himself by lifting hill already) and not human being. 3) She reached eternal abode of God. Bad lady:- 1) She has left only one worldly bond with husband and all other worldly bonds are very tight. 2) Her darling is human being (who can’t lift hill), who is not God. 3) She reached hell. This is the meaning of statement of Gopikaa. Since she tried to explain to God, God is smiling.)
Sages and angels told You that you are cheating them in this role,
You replied smiling “This cheat can be caught by other cheat only”.
I told “how can you cheat your own beloved family members?”
You replied “O cheat! You are truth and all else is non-existent”.
Vedas followed Me and became dogs to show their faith in Me,
I followed you and became your feet-dog to show My faith in you.
Lotus faced! Lotus eyed! Lotus handed! Lotus footed!
Your house is My heart-lotus, your love is lotus scent.
“Datta-Datta, Krishna-Krishna, Datta-Krishna, Krishna-Datta”
Is the song of all in the dance and also the song of My flute.