BSS Nisanta 14 Correction

tAmbUla-mAlA-vividhAnulepair aGgAra-dhAnyAguru-vaizva-dhUpaiH |

kAlocitais taiH pratipAdyamAnaiH kati-kSaNAMs tA gamayAM babhUvuH || 14 ||

A few manjaris passed the time by stringing garlands and preparing tambula and various cosmetic ointments. Another began to place pieces of incense made of aguru and myrrh into a charcoal burner. (KRSNa-BhAvanAmRtam 1.16)

BSS Nisanta 13 Correction

sa kRSNa-meghaH sthira-caJcalAlI-vRto’timAdhurya-rasair amUH kim? |

AsnApayat svArhaNa-kRtya-vRttAH pratyarhaNenAdita eva dhinvan || 13 ||

Another manjari exclaimed, “Look! Is that a dark cloud encircled by lightning bolts? It seems to be showering the kinkaris with madhurya-rasa. Usually servants please their masters and then receive a reward, but today they have received it even before the service.” (KRSNa-BhAvanAmRtam 1.15)

BSS Nisanta 12 Correction

itas tato nyasta-maNi-pradIpAn aphulla-nIlotpala-campakAbhAn |

vidhatta etau sva-mayUkha-vRndair anAvRtair maNDana-mAlya-celaiH || 12 ||

Radha-Krishna wore no clothing, ornaments or garlands, and their lustrous complexions caused the jeweled lamps placed here and there in the cottage to appear as buds of either campaka or blue lotus. (KRSNa-BhAvanAmRtam 1.9)

BSS Nisanta 10 Correction

nizAnta-sevocita-mAlya-vITikA-kRtyAtta-cittA atha kAcid Aha tAH |

anaGga-baddhAGga-yuva-dvayocchalat-saurabhya-saulabhyavatI rasoccalA || 10 ||

As the kinkaris absorbed themselves in seva appropriate for the end of night, such as stringing garlands and making tambula, one girl, having smelled the sweet fragrances of Radha-Krishna’s bodies, excitedly told the others, “Look! They’re still bound together by the god of love!” (KRSNa-BhAvanAmRtam 1.7) 

BSS Nisanta 9 Correction

papracchur anyonyam imA mimAnayA rasaM parIhAsa-bhRtaM sajRmbhayA |

girA cirAj jAgara-mUDha-ghUrNana-sva-svAkSi-bhRGgI-tati-lIDha-vakSasaH || 9 ||

After some time, with yawning, languid speech, they began to jokingly inquire about each other’s breasts, whose love-marks were relished by their own drowsy, bee-like rolling eyes. (KRSNa-BhAvanAmRtam 1.6)

BSS Nisanta 7-8 Correction

pratisva-sevAvasara-prabodhitA-sadAtanAbhyAsa-juSo’tha kiGkarIH |

nidraiva rAtryantam avetya tA jahau saiva svayaM jAgarayAJ cakAra kim? || 7 ||

Realizing that the night had ended, could it be that the Goddess of Sleep had personally awakened Sri Radha’s kinkaris, who each rose just in time to perform her cherished seva? (KRSNa-BhAvanAmRtam 1.4)

utthAya talpAc cakitekSaNAH kSaNAn duhAnayor nAgara-cakravartinoH |

svApaM rahaH-svApam abhaGgam aGganA AlakSya tUSNIm adhizayam Asata || 8 ||

After awakening, they became alarmed that the time for seva might have passed, so they began looking anxiously in every direction. Seeing that Radha and Krishna, the Sovereigns of Enjoyment, were still peacefully asleep, the kinkaris sat quietly upon their beds. (KRSNa-BhAvanAmRtam 1.5)

BSS Nisanta 6 Correction

rAtryante trasta-vRnderita-bahu-viravair bodhitau kIra-zArI-

padyair hRdyair ahRdyair api sukha-zayanAd utthitau tau sakhIbhiH |

dRSTau hRSTau tadAtvodita-rati-lalitau kakkhaTI-gIH sazaGkau

rAdhA-kRSNau satRSNAv api nija-nija-dhAmny Apta-talpau smarAmi || 6 ||

I remember Sri Radha-Krishna at the end of night. Alarmed that daylight has come, Vrindadevi sends the parrots and mynahs to waken them with the loud sounds of both pleasant and unpleasant poetry. Along with their sakhis, they then rise from their peaceful slumber. Seeing each other, Radha-Krishna become joyful and long for more lovemaking, but then they hear the monkey Kakkhati screeching, become afraid and return to their respective homes and beds. (Govinda-LIlAmRtam 1.10)

BSS Nisanta 4-5 Correction

bhakti-rasAmRta-sindhau carataH paribhUta-kAla-jAla-bhiyaH |

bhakta-makarAn azIlita-mukti-nadIkAn namasyAmi || 4 ||

I bow to the dolphin-like devotees who sport in the nectarous ocean of bhakti-rasa. They have conquered their fear of the snare of death and care nothing for the rivers of mukti. (Bhakti-RasAmRta-Sindhu 1.1.4)

prage zrIvAsasya dvija-kula-ravair niSkuTavare

zruti-dhvAna-prakhyaiH sapadi gata-nidraM pulakitam |

hareH pArzve rAdhA-sthitim anubhavantaM nayana-jair

jalaiH saMsiktAGgaM vara-kanaka-gauram bhaja manaH || 5 ||


O mind! Just worship the beautiful golden form of Sri Gaura as he lies at dawn in a pleasure grove near the house of Srivasa Thakura. Awakened by the singing of birds, which resembled the chanting of the Vedas, he is at once filled with joy and soaked in tears as he perceives Sri Radha alongside Sri Hari.

BSS Nisanta 3 Correction

zoNa-snigdhAGguli-dala-kulaM jAta-rAgaM parAgaiH

zrI-rAdhAyAH stana-mukulayoH kuGkuma-kSoda-rUpaiH |

bhakta-zraddhA-madhu-nakha-mahaH-puJja-kiJjalka-jAlaM

jaGghA-nAlaM caraNa-kamalaM pAtu naH pUtanAreH || 3 ||

May we always serve the lotus feet of the enemy of Putana, Sri Krishna, their petal-like toes soft and reddish. The crimson pollen they bear is kunkuma powder from the budding breasts of Sri Radha. The effulgences of their nails are the filaments, their shanks are the stalks, and the bhaktas’ faith is the nectar. (Ananda-VRndAvana-CampUH 1.2)