The Pinnacle of Elegant Love

 

~ The Pinnacle of Elegant Love ~​

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यदमितरसशास्त्रे व्याञ्जि वैदग्ध्यवृन्दं

तदणुमपि न वेत्तुं कल्पते कामिलोकः ।

तदखिलमपि यस्य प्रेमसिन्धौ न किञ्चि-

न्मिथुनमजितगोपीरूपमेतद्विभाति ॥मालिनी॥

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[Meter: Mālinī (Sing like govardhana-vāsa-prārthanā-daśakam)]:

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yad amita-rasa-śāstre vyāñji vaidagdhya-vṛndaṁ

tad aṇum api na vettuṁ kalpate kāmi-lokaḥ

tad akhilam api yasya prema-sindhau na kiñcin

mithunam ajita-gopī-rūpam etad vibhāti

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Hindi: अपार रसशास्त्र में कवियों नें जिस चतुराई से रसवैचित्री की विवेचना की है, कामी लोग उसका लेशमात्र भी जानने मे समर्थ नही हैं । अब वह समूचा रसशास्त्र भी जिनके प्रेमसमुद्र के सामने अतिशय छोटा प्रतीत होता है, वह राधा-कृष्ण का युगलस्वरूप अतिशय शोभायमान हो रहा है ।

— (गोपालचम्पूः, पूर्व, २४/१०४)

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English Translation: In the limitless expanse of rasa literature, an enormous variety of romantic expertise has been expressed by the great poets. The typical lusty person cannot grasp even a tiny atom of that vast expertise.

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Now, all that romantic expertise of rasa literature becomes absolutely insignificant in comparison to the ocean of prema of a particular divine couple. That couple having the eternal form of Rādhā-Krishna appears to be the most splendid [in the entirety of creation].

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— (Gopāla-campūḥ, Pūrva, 24.104. Translated by Hari Pārṣada Dāsa)