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Tvam Upayanta Sakhi Vanamali

Bhajan | Jiva Goswami

Verses

Verse 1

tvam upayanta sakhi vanamalī

sakala-śubhakara-vara-guna-śalī

Verse 2

yatra vraja-patir ati-ruci-rucitam

vartaṁ calayita sukha-sacitam

Verse 3

śrutva tat tava matara-pitarau

sukham ayitarau kṛta-dhana-vitarau

Verse 4

harir api mudam iha hṛdi gopayita

sakhibhir narmani yaḥ kopayita

Verse 5

gaṇaka-nidiṣṭa-tare su-dinahe

veśaṁ dhasyati sa nija-vivahe

Verse 6

nīla-ruci-cita-gaura-dukulam

ghana-capalabhirucam iva mulam

Verse 7

antara-vasanaga-kañcika-pītam

citra-pracchada-ruci-parivītam

Verse 8

mukuṭa-kirīta-tirīṭa-virajam

alakavali-mani-citraka-bhajam

Verse 9

kuṇḍala-maṇḍita-gaṇḍa-vibhagam

tambula-cchavi-jid-adhara-su-ragam

Verse 10

adharavṛtaye kara-dhṛta-celam

graiveyakam anukṛta-maṇi-melam

Verse 11

saṅgada-kaṅkaṇa-mudrika-hastam

avapaka-dhṛti-valayita-śastam

Verse 12

hara-valita-hṛdi dhṛta-maṇi-rajam

vana-maladika-malya-samajam

Verse 13

maṇi-maya-śṛṅkhala-lasad-avalagnam

caraṇa-vibhuśaṇa-gaṇa-ruci-magnam

Verse 14

veśe casmin etad apurvam

yat tu na dṛṣṭaṁ kvacana ca purvam

Verse 15

aṅgaṁ bhuśaṇam api kila sarvam

sarvabharaṇaṁ svayam iti garvam

Verse 16

atha maṇi-śakaṭadhiṣṭhitam etam

kalayiṣyanti suhṛdbhir apetam

Verse 17

taṁ janyanaṁ śakaṭa-parītam

kusumair varṣiṣyanti sa-gītam

Verse 18

śakaṭa-dhvani-yuta-vadya-śatena

mudam apsyati sa svayam api tena

Verse 19

tad-dhvani-kalanat tava sakhi cittam

dhṛtam api yatnad bhavita bhittam

Verse 20

sa yada ganta dvara-sadeśam

sakhi visṛjeḥ sukha-murchaveśam

Verse 21

tam upavrajita sa tava goṣṭhī

strī-taṭir api gasyati bimboṣṭhī

Verse 22

upayanaṁ tad-vadya-vitanam

gali-prayam tad api ca ganam

Verse 23

saratrika-nirmañchana-dṛṣṭim

kartaras te sa-kusuma-vṛṣṭim

Verse 24

manḍapa-varam upanīte śyame

sukha-sammardo bhavita rame

Verse 25

gopendradika-gaṇa-pujam anu

narma-kutuhalam udayed vara-tanu

Verse 26

purvaṁ vidhim api kṛtva sad-vidhi

aneṣyanti tvam iha saha-nidhi

Verse 27

vara-puratas tvaṁ śithilita-gatriṁ

sthapayitaraḥ priya-rati-patrīm

Verse 28

tatas tava karam atha dadhad abalam

grahayita vara-karam anu sa-jalam

Verse 29

tatra ca bhavati sumukhi sukhena

kiṁ bhaviteti jñata kena

Verse 30

kiṁ bahuna tava kara-samyamanam

kṛtam iva paśyamy amuna kamanam

Translation

Verse 1

O gopi-friend, Kṛṣṇa, who wears a garland of forest flowers, who is a mine of auspciciousness, and who possesses all good qualities, will certainly marry you.

Verse 2

Vraja's King Nanda will happily bring this joyful news.

Verse 3

Hearing this, Your mother and father will become very happy. They will give you a very opulent dowry.

Verse 4

Kṛṣṇa will hide the happiness in His heart. He will joke with His friends and pretend to be angry.

Verse 5

On the auspicious wedding day indicated by the astrologers He will dress in very opulent clothing.

Verse 6

His beautiful dark complexion and His golden-colored silk dhoti will make Him seem like the origin of the handsomeness of dark rainclouds and golden lightning flashes.

Verse 7

He will wear another wonderfully splendid yellow garment on His chest.

Verse 8

bhajam - possessing.He will wear the most splendid of all crowns. He will have jewels in His hair. He will be decorated with splendid tilaka.

Verse 9

His cheeks will be decorated with earrings. His handsome red lips will defeat the splendor of betelnuts.

Verse 10

He will wear a jewel necklace. He will hold in His hand a veil to cover your lips.

Verse 11

His glorious hands will be decorated with aṅgadas, kaṅkanas and rings, and encircled by āvāpaka bracelets.

Verse 12

On His chest He will wear a jewel necklace holding the regal Kaustubha gem. He will wear a garland of forest flowers and many other garlands also.

Verse 13

He will wear splendid anklets and a glistening jeweled belt.

Verse 14

No one has ever seen anything as splendid as the garments and ornaments He will wear on that day.

Verse 15

His transcendental body will also be an ornament. It will proudly think: "I am myself the best of all ornaments."

Verse 16

His friends will travel to the wedding on a jeweled chariot.

Verse 17

The friends on the chariot will sing and shower Him with flowers.

Verse 18

Accompanied by the music of a hundred instruments, the sounds from the chariot will make Him very happy.

Verse 19

O friend, when you hear these tumultous sounds you will become overwhelmed. The sedate composure in your heart will become broken.

Verse 20

When He comes to the door You will faint in happiness.

Verse 21

Your gopi-friends will then approach, sweetly singing with bimba-fruit lips.

Verse 22

There will be singing and instrumental music as He approaches.

Verse 23

Your friends will offer ārati and nirmañchana to Him with their glances. They will shower Him with flowers.

Verse 24

O beautiful girl, when dark-complexioned Kṛṣṇa is led to the splendid wedding-pavilion you will become filled with happiness.

Verse 25

O beautiful girl, then the gopa-king Nanda and his associates will be worshiped, and then there will be a great festival of joking words.

Verse 26

After the preliminary rituals have been nicely performed they will bring you into His presence.

Verse 27

When they place you before your husband you will become filled with love for Him and your limbs will become slackened.

Verse 28

Then your father will take your delicate hand, place it in the hand of your husband, and sprinkle you both with water.

Verse 29

O beautiful-faced girl, who can know the happiness you will feel then?

Verse 30

What more need I say? It is as if I now directly see the beautiful ceremony of His accepting your hand in marriage.

TraditionBhajan
ComposerJiva Goswami
SourceGopala Campu
LanguagesEnglish, Hindi
Verses30 verses

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