by Damodara Rao Dasu

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mugdhE madhu - mOhana - Adi or kaLyANi-chApu

Slokam: suchira manunayEna preeNaitvA mrugAksheem
gatavati kruta vESE kESavE kunja SayyAm
rachita ruchira bhooshAm drushTi mOshE pradOshE
sphurati niravaSsdam kApi rAdham jagAda ||
Sri Krishna pleased doe-eyed Radha with many comforting words. Then she happily decorated herself to meet him in the evening on bed in cottage. Her Sakhee advised like this.
C 1 virachita chATu vachana rachana charaNE rachita praNipAtam
samprati manjula vanjula seema ni kELi Sayana manuyAtam
mugdhE madhu madhanam anugata manusara rAdhE||mugdhE ||
Oh innocent Radha, Krishna talked to you sweetly and even bowed to your feet. He is now waiting for you in cottage near beautiful bowers. Please follow him happily.
C 2 ghana jaghana sthana bhAra bharE dara mandhara charaNa vihAram
mukharita maNi manjeera mupEhi vidhEhi marALa nikAram||mugdhE ||
You walk gently. Heaviness of your breasts and loins makes you walk slowly. Your gem-studded anklets make tinkling noise. Your gait humbles the movement of swans.
C 3 SruNu ramaNeeya taram taruNee jana mOhana madhu ripu rAvam
kusuma SarAsana SAsana vandini pika nikarE bhaja bhAvam||mugdhE ||
Please listen to Krishna's melodious flute which entyces young women. See how cuckoos are acclaiming Manmadha's commands by cooing melodiously.
C 4 anila taraLa kisalaya nikarENa karENa latA nikurumbam
prEraNa miva karabhOru karOti gatim pratimuncha vilambam||mugdhE ||
Creepers are beautifully swaying due to breeze. They appear to be encouraging you to meet your beloved Krishna. Don't make delay.
C 5 sphurita mananga taranga vaSAdiva soochita hari parirambham
pruchcha manOhara hAra vimala jaladhAra mamum kucha kumbham||mugdhE ||
Cupid's excessive influence is perhaps tickling your breasts. It is an indication of happy embrace. Pearl garlands on your breasts appear like glittering water over-flowing from pots.
C 6 adhigata makhila sakheebhiridam tava vapurapi ratiraNa sajjam
chanDi raNita raSa nArava DinDima mabhisara sarasa malajjam||mugdhE ||
All your friends know that you are going to have union with your lord. Bells on your golden waist-band are ringing. Oh angry Radha, go to your lord leaving shyness.
C 7 smara Sara subhaga nakhEna sakhee mavalambya karENa saleelam
chala valaya kvaNitai rava bOdhaya harimapi nigadita Seelam||mugdhE ||
Oh Radha, your nails are like Cupid's. Hold your friend and go to Krishna delightfully. Let the sound of your anklets indicate your arrival.
C 8 Sree jayadEva bhaNita madhareekruta hAra mudAsita vAmam
hari vinihita manasAmadhi tishTatu kanTha taTee mavirAmam||mugdhE ||
Poet Sri Jayadeva composed this song with pearl-like words and with no crookedness. Let it remain in the minds and voices of devotees forever.