Song 21

(Vihāgaḍā rāga)

Refrain: During Lord Gaurāṅgacandra’s wedding sounds of "Jaya! Jaya!" filled the four directions. The saintly ladies gathered and made a tumult of auspicious sounds. Joyfully they sang auspicious songs glorifying the Lord.

84. Decorate your hair. Dress in a silk sari. Decorate your eyes with black kajjala. We will assemble and go together to Śrī Viśvambhara’s wedding.

85. Quickly decorate yourself with necklaces, bracelets, armlets, anklets, and tinkling ornaments. In the place where your hair is parted place a line of red sindūra. On your forehead place dots of sandal.

86. Place betelnuts on your lips. Place betelnuts in your left hand. Walk with playful, languid grace. When we see Viśvambhara, who is like Kāmadeva himself, we will have no power to remain peaceful and serene.

87. Many different musical instruments are sounded. A hundred concshells are blown. Mṛdaṅgas, paṭāhas, kāhālas, dundubhis, diṇḍimas, and muharis make a sweet and joyful sound.

88. The vīṇās make playful sounds. The flutes softly speak. The pākowājas are sounded. in Nadīyā bliss fills home after home. Auspicious music is played everywhere.

89. Gazing at Lord Gauracandra’s face, everyone in Nadīyā is filled with bliss. No one is shy. Everyone gazes at Lord Gaura, whose glory defeats ten million Kāmadevas.

90. How many women, forgetting their husbands and children, flowers falling from their disheveled braids, and their garments in disarray, wildly ran?

91. "Glorious! Glorious! Glorious!", the beautiful girls called. No other sounmd could be heard. From thr four directions the ladies ran to see Lord Gaura.

92. Some played the vīṇā. Others sang songs. Others joyfully ran. The four directions were filled with asupicious glory and with sounds of "Jaya! Jaya!" This says Locana dāsa.