Chapter 35
अनुचरै: समनुवर्णितवीर्य आदिपूरुष इवाचलभूति: । वनचरो गिरितटेषु चरन्ती- र्वेणुनाह्वयति गा: स यदा हि ॥ ८ ॥ वनलतास्तरव आत्मनि विष्णुं व्यञ्जयन्त्य इव पुष्पफलाढ्या: । प्रणतभारविटपा मधुधारा: प्रेमहृष्टतनवो ववृषु: स्म ॥ ९ ॥ दर्शनीयतिलको वनमाला- दिव्यगन्धतुलसीमधुमत्तै: । अलिकुलैरलघुगीतामभीष्ट- माद्रियन् यर्हि सन्धितवेणु: ॥ १० ॥ सरसि सारसहंसविहङ्गा- श्चारुगीताहृतचेतस एत्य । हरिमुपासत ते यतचित्ता हन्त मीलितदृशो धृतमौना: ॥ ११ ॥
Transliteration
anucaraiḥ samanuvarṇita-vīrya ādi-pūruṣa ivācala-bhūtiḥ vana-caro giri-taṭeṣu carantīr veṇunāhvayati gāḥ sa yadā hivana-latās tarava ātmani viṣṇuṁ vyañjayantya iva puṣpa-phalāḍhyāḥ praṇata-bhāra-viṭapā madhu-dhārāḥ prema-hṛṣṭa-tanavo vavṛṣuḥ smadarśanīya-tilako vana-mālā- divya-gandha-tulasī-madhu-mattaiḥ ali-kulair alaghu gītām abhīṣṭam ādriyan yarhi sandhita-veṇuḥsarasi sārasa-haṁsa-vihaṅgāś cāru-gītā-hṛta-cetasa etya harim upāsata te yata-cittā hanta mīlita-dṛśo dhṛta-maunāḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
anucaraiḥ — by His companions; samanuvarṇita — being elaborately described; vīryaḥ — whose prowess; ādi-pūruṣaḥ — the original Personality of Godhead; iva — as if; acala — unchanging; bhūtiḥ — whose opulences; vana — in the forest; caraḥ — moving about; giri — of the mountains; taṭesu — on the sides; carantīḥ — who are grazing; veṇunā — with His flute; āhvayati — calls; gāḥ — the cows; saḥ — He; yadā — when; hi — indeed; vana-latāḥ — the forest creepers; taravaḥ — and the trees; ātmani — within themselves; viṣṇum — the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu; vyañjayantyaḥ — revealing; iva — as if; puṣpa — with flowers; phala — and fruits; āḍhyāḥ — richly endowed; praṇata — bowed down; bhāra — because of the weight; viṭapāḥ — whose branches; madhu — of sweet sap; dhārāḥ — torrents; prema — out of ecstatic love; hṛṣṭa — hairs standing on end; tanavaḥ — on whose bodies (trunks); vavṛṣuḥ sma — they have rained down; darśanīya — of persons who are attractive to see; tilakaḥ — the most excellent; vana-mālā — upon His garland made of forest flowers; divya — divine; gandha — whose fragrance; tulasī — of the tulasī flowers; madhu — by the honeylike sweetness; mattaiḥ — intoxicated; ali — of bees; kulaiḥ — by the swarms; alaghu — strong; gītam — the singing; abhīṣṭam — desirable; ādriyan — thankfully acknowledging; yarhi — when; sandhita — placed; veṇuḥ — His flute; sarasi — in the lake; sārasa — the cranes; haṁsa — swans; vihaṅgāḥ — and other birds; cāru — charming; gīta — by the song (of His flute); hṛta — taken away; cetasaḥ — whose minds; etya — coming forward; harim — Lord Kṛṣṇa; upāsata — worship; te — they; yata — under control; cittāḥ — whose minds; hanta — ah; mīlita — closed; dṛśaḥ — their eyes; dhṛta — maintaining; maunāḥ — silence.
Translation
“Kṛṣṇa moves about the forest in the company of His friends, who vividly chant the glories of His magnificent deeds. He thus appears just like the Supreme Personality of Godhead exhibiting His inexhaustible opulences. When the cows wander onto the mountainsides and Kṛṣṇa calls out to them with the sound of His flute, the trees and creepers in the forest respond by becoming so luxuriant with fruits and flowers that they seem to be manifesting Lord Viṣṇu within their hearts. As their branches bend low with the weight, the filaments on their trunks and vines stand erect out of the ecstasy of love of God, and both the trees and the creepers pour down a rain of sweet sap.Maddened by the divine, honeylike aroma of the tulasī flowers on the garland Kṛṣṇa wears, swarms of bees sing loudly for Him, and that most beautiful of all persons thankfully acknowledges and acclaims their song by taking His flute to His lips and playing it. The charming flute-song then steals away the minds of the cranes, swans and other lake-dwelling birds. Indeed they approach Kṛṣṇa, close their eyes and, maintaining strict silence, worship Him by fixing their consciousness upon Him in deep meditation.”