Friday, September 12, 2008

Sri Radha's foot-lac rasa

zrIvatsasya ca kaustubhasya ca ramAdevyAz ca garhAkaro
rAdhA-pAda-saroja-yAvaka-raso vakSaHsthalastho hareH |
bAlArka-dyuti-maNDalIva timiraiz chandena vandIkRtA
kAlindyAH payasIva pIva-vikacaM raktotpalaM pAtu vaH ||

"May Sri Radha's foot-lac rasa smeared upon Sri Hari's chest protect you. Its beauty puts the beauty of the Srivatsa, Kaustubha and Ramådevi to shame. It is as though the rays of the newly-risen sun are being offered prayers by the darkness, or as though a red lotus has blossomed within the dark waters of the Kalindi." (AlaGkAra-KaustubhaH 8.59)

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