Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu
by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī | 180,912 words
The English translation of the Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu verse 3.2.98; 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 3.2.98
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation:
यथा व, श्री-दशमे (१०.३८.१०) —
अप्य् अद्य विष्णोर् मनुजत्वम् ईयुषोर्
भारावताराय भुवो निजेच्छया ।
लावण्य-धाम्नो भवितोपलम्भनं
मह्यं न न स्यात् फलम् अञ्जसा दृशः ॥३.२.९८॥yathā va, śrī-daśame (10.38.10) —
apy adya viṣṇor manujatvam īyuṣor
bhārāvatārāya bhuvo nijecchayā |
lāvaṇya-dhāmno bhavitopalambhanaṃ
mahyaṃ na na syāt phalam añjasā dṛśaḥ ||3.2.98||
English translation
Another example of longing before meeting (utkaṇṭhitam), from the Tenth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam [10.38.10]:
“I am going to see the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu, the reservoir of all beauty, who by His own sweet will has now assumed a humanlike form to relieve the earth of her burden. Thus there is no denying that my eyes will achieve the perfection of their existence.”