Song 3

(Sindhuḍā rāga)

93. Day by day Śacī’s son grew. To Śacī He was like a shower of nectar.

94. To what shall I compare Him? I will not compare Him to anything. I have no power to do it. Still, my restless heart says: "I will give a comparison."

95. His face was like an eternally full moon. Even persons blind from birth would run to see Him.

96. On His lips a half smile rested. He was like waves in an ocean of nectar.

97. His reddish eyes were flooded with nectar. The nectar black kajjala decorating them were dams build to keep that flood of nectar from overflowing.

98. Saintly Śacī and fortunate Jagannātha lovingly gazed at their son’s face.

99. One moment He laughed. Another moment He cried. Another moment He wanted something. Another moment He sat on Śacī’s lap. Another moment He rode on a swing.

100. Keeping His feet on Śacī’s breasts, like a golden vine moving in the wind He swung back and forth.

101. His eyes were very long. His loud laughter was charming. On His lips flowed a stream of nectar.

102. His nose was charming like a parrot’s beak. His symmetrical cheeks were effulgent.

103. One, two, three, four, five, and six months passed. Then came the day of the nāma-karaṇa (name-giving) ceremony and anna-prāśana (first-grain) ceremony.

104. Jagannātha Miśra performed a great festival for his son. With many ornaments he decorated his son’s golden body.

105. Lord Gaura wore bracelets on His hands, armlets on His arms, a pearl necklace on Hix neck, a golden belt on His waist, and anklets on His feet.

106. His palms and soles were anointed with red hiṅgula. His lips were like a bāndhulī flower. His eyes were like red lotus flowers.

107. His fair limbs seemed washed with lightning. His limbs are so effulgent I have no power even to look at them.

108. He was given the name "Viśvambhara", which means "the maintainer of the worlds". The learned followers of Goddess Sarasvatī say this word is a name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

109. On moment, holding His mother’s and father’s hands, He took two unsteady steps and then fell.

110. He made a child’s experiment in a few halfspoken syllables. His broken words were like nectar waves in an ocean agitated by the moon’s rising.

111. Day after day He walked in the courtyard. To the world He brought a soothing coolness. He destroyed the world’s feverish sufferings.

112. His feet worshiped by Goddess Lakṣmī now rest in the earth’s lap. Filled with love, the earth goddess now forgets herself.

113. In the sky one moon shines, but on the earth ten moons now shine. Because of their light even the blind now have eyes.

114. Those ten moons are Lord Gaura’s fingertips. Seeing them, the blind-hearted sinners have become fortunate.

115. Of how many millions of moons is Lord Gaura’s face-moon the king? Offering them his bow, Kāmadeva worships Lord Gaura’s eyebrows.

116. What more can I say? The moon of Lord Gaura’s mercy cuts the darkness in the heart into pieces. That darkness has no power to resist.

117. Who has the power to describe Lord Gaura’s childhood pastimes? Although they seem like the actions of an ordinary child, they purify the whole earth.

118. In a short time Lord Gaura’s saintly elder brother, Viśvarūpa, became learned in all the acriptures.

119. Who has the power to describe His glories? His younger brother is Viśvambhara, Lord Mahāprabhu.

120. Day by day Lord Gaura manifested His mercy. Hearing of it, Locana dāsa feels his heart become filled with bliss.