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Madhava No Abicara Kula Rama

Bhajan | Govinda Dasa Kaviraja

Verses

Verse 1

mādhaba no abicāra kula-rāmā

maramahi go-i ro-i dina-yāminī

guṇi guṇi tuyā guṇa-gāmā

Verse 2

kāñcana gorī bherī bṛndābane

khela-i sahacarī meli

tuyā diṭhi miṭhi garale tanu jārala

taikhane śyāmarī bheli

Verse 3

guru-jana abudha mugadha-mati parijana

alakhita biṣama beyādhi

ki karaba dhanī maṇi mantra mahauṣadha

locane lāgala samādhi

Verse 4

kṣaṇe kṣaṇe ańga bhańga tanu moḍa-i

kahata bharamamaya bāṇī

śyāmara nāme camaki tanu jhāmpa-i

gobinda-dāsa kiye jāni

Translation

Verse 1

O Madhava, I, a woman of respectable family, have received no fair judgment from you; weeping in secret day and night, again and again I dwell on your qualities.

Verse 2

The golden-fair one used to play in Vrindavana joined with her companions; but now your sweet glance, sweet as poison, has burned her body — since that moment she has grown dark and wasted.

Verse 3

The elders unaware, the family simple-minded and unaware, this fierce disease unrecognized — what can jewels, mantras, or great medicines do, when her very eyes have already fallen into a trance?

Verse 4

Moment by moment her limbs twist and her body writhes, speaking delirious words; at the name of Syama she startles and her body trembles — Govinda Dasa asks, what do I know of this?

TraditionBhajan
ComposerGovinda Dasa Kaviraja
LanguagesEnglish, Hindi
Verses4 verses

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