Yamuna Tira Vihari-Govardhana giri dhari-Gopala Krishna Murari

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Jaya Sri Radhey!

 

Another sublime prayer in Sanskrit by Adi Jagadguru Sri

Shankarcarya Bhagavatpada glorifying Srimari Yamuna devi:

 

... shrIH ..

|| yamunAShTakam ||

 

kR^ipApArAvArA.n tapanatanayA.n tApashamanI.n

murAripreyasyA.n bhavabhayadavA.n bhaktivaradAm .

viyajjvAlonmuktA.n shriyamapi sukhApteH paridina.n

sadA dhIro nUna.n bhajati yamunA.n nityaphaladAm .. 1 ..

 

madhuvanachAriNi bhAskaravAhini jAhnavisaN^gini sindhusute

madhuripubhUShaNi mAdhavatoShiNi gokulabhItivinAshakR^ite .

jagadaghamochini mAnasadAyini keshavakelinidAnagate

jaya yamune jaya bhItinivAriNi sa.nkaTanAshini pAvaya mAm .. 2 ..

 

ayi madhure madhumodavilAsini shailavidAriNi vegapare

parijanapAlini duShTaniShUdini vA~nChitakAmavilAsadhare .

vrajapuravAsijanArjitapAtakahAriNi vishvajanoddharike

jaya yamune jaya bhItinivAriNi sa.nkaTanAshini pAvaya mAm .. 3 ..

 

ativipadambudhimagnajana.n bhavatApashatAkulamAnasaka.n

gatimatihInamasheShabhayAkulamAgatapAdasarojayugam .

R^iNabhayabhItimaniShkR^itipAtakakoTishatAyutapu~njatara.n

jaya yamune jaya bhItinivAriNi sa.nkaTanAshini pAvaya mAm .. 4 ..

 

navajaladadyutikoTilasattanuhemabhayAbharara~njitake

taDidavahelipadA~nchalacha~nchalashobhitapItasucheladhare .

maNimayabhUShaNachitrapaTAsanara~njitaga~njitabhAnukare

jaya yamune jaya bhItinivAriNi sa.nkaTanAshini pAvaya mAm .. 5 ..

 

shubhapuline madhumattayadUdbhavarAsamahotsavakelibhare

uchchakulAchalarAjitamauktikahAramayAbhararodasike .

navamaNikoTikabhAskaraka~nchukishobhitatArakahArayute

jaya yamune jaya bhItinivAriNi sa.nkaTanAshini pAvaya mAm .. 6 ..

 

karivaramauktikanAsikabhUShaNavAtachamatkR^itacha~nchalake

mukhakamalAmalasaurabhacha~nchalamattamadhuvratalochanike .

maNigaNakuNDalalolaparisphuradAkulagaNDayugAmalake

jaya yamune jaya bhItinivAriNi sa.nkaTanAshini pAvaya mAm .. 7 ..

 

kalaravanUpurahemamayAchitapAdasaroruhasAruNike

dhimidhimidhimidhimitAlavinoditamAnasama~njulapAdagate .

tava padapaN^kajamAshritamAnavachittasadAkhilatApahare

jaya yamune jaya bhItinivAriNi sa.nkaTanAshini pAvaya mAm .. 8 ..

 

bhavottApAmbhodhau nipatitajano durgatiyuto

yadi stauti prAtaH pratidinamanyAshrayatayA .

hayAhreShaiH kAma.n karakusumapu~njai ravisutA.n

sadA bhoktA bhogAnmaraNasamaye yAti haritAm .. 9 ..

 

iti shrImatparamaha.nsaparivrAjakAchAryasya

shrIgovindabhagavatpUjyapAdashiShyasya

shrImachCha.nkarabhagavataH kR^itau

yamunAShTakam sa.npUrNam ..

 

Source: http://www.ambaa.org/stotrams/yamuna2_itrans.htm

 

(English translation will be posted later)

 

Enjoy reading more about 'Yamuna' at: http://www.urday.com/yamuna.htm

 

Jaya Sri Radhey!

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Jaya Sri Radhey!

 

Here is a song from the writings of Saint Suradasji, describing

the 'Kanta Bhava (Divine Conjugal love)' in 'Vipralambha Sringara

Rasa' (Divinelove in separation) of Sri Yamuna Devi, through the

words of the Gopis of Vraja.

 

The Vraja Gopis address to Uddhavaji-

 

"Wayfarer, see the dark Jumuna's blackened.

 

Carry to that HARI of yours the word

that she's blackened, scorched in a FEVEROUS LONGING

 

As if from her couch she had FAINTED to the earth --

her weight too great for her wave-washed bed ---

 

Hoping a poultice of sand from her banks

could salve her riven body, rivered with SWEAT.

 

Her hair is a TANGLE of grasses and reeds;

her sari's flowered pattern is fouled and BLACK with mud;

 

She fails about like AIMLESS, RESTLESS bees

through a thousand TORTURED courses, HORRID, FORLORN,

 

Subsisting on FOAM, BABBLING night and day

like PITIFUL bird who CALLS when its MATE AWAY.

 

Sur Das says, Lord, the SAD STATE OF the JUMUNA

is NOT HERS ALONE; it's ALSO OUR OWN."

 

 

('Sur Das-Poet, Singer, Saint'- by John S. Hawley)

 

Jaya,Jaya Sri Radhey!