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Sri Ujjwala Rasa Sara Swabhabatah Dwi Prakara

Bhajan | Bhaktivinoda Thakura

Verses

Verse 1

śrī ujjwala rasa sāra swabhābataḥ dwi-prakāra

bipralambha sambhoga ākhyāna

binā bipralambhāśroya sambhogera puṣṭi noya

tāi bipralambhera bidhāna

Verse 2

pūrba-rāga tathā māna prabāsa baicttya-jñāna

bipralambha cāri to' prakāra

saṅgamera pūrba-rīti labhe pūrba-rāga khyāti

darśane śrabaṇe janma tāra

Verse 3

anurakta dam-patira abhiṣṭa biśleṣa sthira

darśana birodhi bhāba māna

sa-hetu nirhetu māna praṇayera pariṇāma

praṇayera bilāsapramāṇa

Verse 4

sāma-bheda kriyā dāne natyupekhā su-bidhāne

sahetu mānera upaśama

deśa kāla beṇu-rabe nirhetuka mānotsabe

kore ati śīghra uparama

Verse 5

biccheda āśaṅkā hoite premera baicittya citte

premera swabhābe upajoya

deśa grāma banāntare priyā je prabāsa kore

prabāsākhya bipralambha hoya

Translation

Verse 1

Ujjvala-rasa, the best of rasas, is naturally of two kinds: vipralambha (separation) and samhoga (enjoyment together). The pleasure in sambhoga is not properly appreciated without vipralambha. That is vipralambha's function.

Verse 2

Vipralambha is of four kinds: pūrva-rāga (preliminary attraction), māna (seeming anger), pravāsa (separation by distance), and vaicittya-jñāna (apprehension). Pūrva-rāga is love born from seeing or hearing of the beloved before the actual meeting.

Verse 3

In māna the lovers voluntarily separate and will not see each other. This may be with reason (sahetu) or without reason (nirhetu). The anger manifested in māna is a transformation of love. These are pastimes of love.

Verse 4

Sahetu māna may be pacified by sweet words, witty jokes, worship, gifts, bowing down, or indifference. Nirhetu māna may quickly be pacified by a beautiful place, the passing of time, or the sound of flute music.

Verse 5

Prema-vaicittya is manifested in the heart because of fear of separation from the beloved. When the beloved travels to another country, town, or forest, that is called pravāsa separation.

TraditionBhajan
ComposerBhaktivinoda Thakura
SourceGitamala
LanguagesEnglish, Hindi
Verses5 verses

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