Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu
by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī | 180,912 words
The English translation of the Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu verse 2.1.187; 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 2.1.187
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation:
यथा वा ललित-माधवे (१.५२) —
कुलवर-तनु-धर्म-ग्राव-वृन्दानि भिन्दन्
सुमुखि निशित-दीर्घापाङ्ग-टङ्क-च्छटाभिः ।
युगपद् अयम् अपूर्वः कः पुरो विश्व-कर्मा
मरकत-मणि-लक्षैर् गोष्ठ-कक्षां चिनोति ॥२.१.१८६॥yathā vā lalita-mādhave (1.52) —
kulavara-tanu-dharma-grāva-vṛndāni bhindan
sumukhi niśita-dīrghāpāṅga-ṭaṅka-cchaṭābhiḥ |
yugapad ayam apūrvaḥ kaḥ puro viśva-karmā
marakata-maṇi-lakṣair goṣṭha-kakṣāṃ cinoti ||2.1.186||
English translation
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation:
अनोथेर् एxअम्प्ले fरोम् ललित-माधव:
“ओ बेऔतिfउल्-fअचेद् fरिएन्द्! Wहो इस् थिस् एxचेल्लेन्त् च्रfत्स्मन् विश्वकर्म स्तन्दिन्ग् इन् fरोन्त् ओf उस्, ब्रेअकिन्ग् थे स्तोनेस् ओf सेल्f-चोन्त्रोल् इन् अल्ल् थे योउन्ग् wओमेन् wइथ् थे तिप्स् ओf थे लोन्ग्, स्हर्प्, छिसेल्-लिके चोर्नेर्स् ओf हिस् एयेस् अन्द् सिमुल्तनेओउस्ल्य् चोन्स्त्रुच्तिन्ग् अ चोwपेन् उसिन्ग् मिल्लिओन्स् ओf सप्फिरेस्?”
(५४) सच्-चिद्-आनन्द-सान्द्राङ्गः —
सच्-चिद्-आनन्द-सान्द्राङ्गश् चिदानन्द-घनाकृतिः ॥२.१.१८७॥Another example from Lalita-mādhava:
“O beautiful-faced friend! Who is this excellent craftsman Viśvakarma standing in front of us, breaking the stones of self-control in all the young women with the tips of the long, sharp, chisel-like corners of His eyes and simultaneously constructing a cowpen using millions of sapphires?”(54) sac-cid-ānanda-sāndrāṅgaḥ —
sac-cid-ānanda-sāndrāṅgaś cidānanda-ghanākṛtiḥ ||2.1.187||
English translation
(54) sac-cid-ānanda-sāndrāṅgaḥ: has a body made from condensed eternity—
“He who has a form thoroughly composed of knowledge and bliss, with no contamination of other elements, is called sac-cid-ānanda-sāndrāṅgaḥ.”