His lotus feet are so sweet that they have made the bumblebees servants of Govinda

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THE LOTUS FEET OF SRI KRISHNA

 

(śrī rāga)

dhvaja-vajrā kusa-pa kaja-kalitam

vraja-vanitā-kuca-ku kuma-lalitam

vande giri-vara-dhara-.-kamalam

kamalā-kara kamalañchitam amalam

mañjula mani nūpura ramanīyam

acapala-kula ramaī kamanīyam

ati lohitam ati rohita bhāam

madhu madhupī-kta govinda dāsam

1) The lotus feet of Krishna are marked with

a flag, a thunderbolt, a rod for controlling an

elephant, and a lotus flower, and are embellished

with ku kuma from the breasts of the

young girls of Vraja.

2) I offer my humble obeisances to those lotus

(kamala) feet of the lifter of Govardhan Hill,

which are held by the lotus hands of Kamala,

Srimati Radharani.

3) His lotus feet are very attractively decorated

with ankle bells made of beautiful jewels,

and are dressed by beautiful girls who are

stunned and afflicted by the beauty of those

lotus feet.

4) Because the glow of His lotus feet has entered

their minds, their minds seem reddish.

His lotus feet are so sweet that they have made

the bumblebees servants of Govinda.

 

— From .-kalpa-taru compiled by Gokulananda Sen. Syamacharan Library.

Calcutta. 438 Gaurabda (1924). Bengali. Unknown author.