Candana Carcita Nila Kalevara

(1) candana-carcita-nīla-kalevara-pīta-vasana-vana-mālī keli-calan-maṇi-kuṇḍala-maṇḍita-gaṇḍa-yuga-smita-śālī (2) harir iha mugdha-vadhū-nikare vilāsini vilāsati kelī-pare (3) pīna-payodhara-bhāra-bhareṇa hariḿ parirabhya sarāgam gopa-vadhūr anugāyati kācid udañcita-parama-rāgam (4) kāpi vilāsa-vilola-vilocana-khelana-janita-manojam dhyāyati mugdha-vadhūr adhikaḿ madhusūdana-vadana-sarojam (5) kapi kapola-tale militā lapituḿ kim api śruti-mūle cāru cucumba nitambavatī dayitaḿ pulakair anukūle (6) keli-kalā-kutukena ca kācid amuḿ yamunā-jala-kūle mañjula-vañjula-kuñja-gataḿ vicakarṣa kareṇa dukūle (7) kara-tala-tāla-tarala-valayāvali-kalita-kalasvana-vaḿśe rāsa-rase saha-nṛtya-parā hariṇa-yuvatī-praśaśaḿse (8) śliṣyati kām api cumbati kām api kām api ramayati rāmām paśyati sa-smita-cāru-tarām aparām anugacchati vāmām (9) śrī-jayadeva-bhaṇitam idam adbhuta-keśava-keli-rahasyam vṛndāvana-vipine lalitaḿ vitanotu śubhāni yaśasyam

(1) Lord Krishna wears yellow garments and His lovely, dark complexioned body is decorated with sandalwood paste. While He enjoys loving pastimes with His gopis, His jewel earrings dance over His cheeks as He smiles at them. (2) Look Radhe! Look at Krishna’s loving and divine lila with all of His surrendered gopis! (3) One beautiful gopi lovingly smacks Krishna with the heavy weight of her devotion! Then she sings to Him from the fifth scale at a higher octave. (4-5) One charmed gopi fixes her love filled gaze upon Krishna’s mukharvinda.Aho! Her playful, batting eyes light become lamps of love for Krishna’s heart! A gopi attempts to whisper something to Krishna’s ear, but ends up kissing His cheek. (6) One haughty gopi grabs hold of Krishna’s garments to playfully pull Him into a solitary location beside the Yamuna. (7) Another gopi is dancing with the rasa with Krishna. As He plays the flute; she claps her hands making her bracelets sweetly tinkle in time with the music. Seeing her skill, Krishna praises. (8) Krishna embraces a gopi, kisses another, and associates with someone else. Then, He eagerly smiles to attract another gopi with His vulnerable eyes. However, noticing a resisting damsel, who is ever more beautiful, He begins pursuing her. (9) O reader! Let Jayadeva’s description of Sri Kesava’s amazing and secret Vrndavana prema keli bring good fortune to you.