Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu
by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī | 180,912 words
The English translation of the Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu verse 2.1.100; a medieval era Sanskrit book, written by Rupa Goswami (fl. 15th century) which represents a devotional (bhakti) masterpiece. In this work Goswami describes the nature and different forms of pure love (rasa) as well as various other topics on Vaishnavism and devotion.
Verse 2.1.100
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation:
यथा —
शरज्-ज्योत्स्ना-तुल्यः कथम् अपि परो नास्ति समयस्
त्रिलोक्याम् आकृईडः क्वचिद् अपि न वृन्दावन-समः ।
न काप्य् अम्भोजाक्षी व्रज-युवति-कल्पेति विमृशन्
मनो मे सोत्कण्ठं मुहुर् अजनि रासोत्सव-रसे ॥२.१.९९॥yathā —
śaraj-jyotsnā-tulyaḥ katham api paro nāsti samayas
trilokyām ākṛīḍaḥ kvacid api na vṛndāvana-samaḥ |
na kāpy ambhojākṣī vraja-yuvati-kalpeti vimṛśan
mano me sotkaṇṭhaṃ muhur ajani rāsotsava-rase ||2.1.99||
English translation
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation:
अन् एxअम्प्ले:
“थेरे इस् नो तिमे चोम्परब्ले तो थे औतुम्न् सेअसोन् इन् थे मोओन्लिघ्त्. थेरे इस् नो प्लचे ओf अमुसेमेन्त् इन् थे थ्रेए wओर्ल्द्स् एqउअल् तो वृन्दावन. थेरे अरे नो लोतुस्-एयेद् wओमेन् लिके थे योउन्ग् wओमेन् ओf व्रज. चोन्सिदेरिन्ग् थिस्, म्य् हेअर्त् लोन्ग्स् fओर् थे तस्ते ओf थे रास दन्चे.”
(२०) शास्त्र-चक्षुः —
शास्त्रानुसारि-कर्मा यः शास्त्र-चक्षुः स कथ्यते ॥२.१.१००॥An example:
“There is no time comparable to the autumn season in the moonlight. There is no place of amusement in the three worlds equal to Vṛndāvana. There are no lotus-eyed women like the young women of Vraja. Considering this, My heart longs for the taste of the rāsa dance.”(20) śāstra-cakṣuḥ —
śāstrānusāri-karmā yaḥ śāstra-cakṣuḥ sa kathyate ||2.1.100||
English translation
(20) śāstra-cakṣuḥ: sees with the eyes of the scriptures —
“A person who sees with the eyes of the scriptures is a person who performs his actions according to the rules of the scripture.”