
Tvam Upayanta Sakhi Vanamali
Bhajan | Jiva Goswami
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
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.
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
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.
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