Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu
by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī | 180,912 words
The English translation of the Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu verse 2.1.188; 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 2.1.188
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation:
यथा —
क्लेशे क्रमात् पञ्च-विधे क्षयं गते
यद्-ब्रह्म-सौख्यं स्वयम् अस्फुरत् परम् ।
तद् व्यर्थयन् कः पुरतो नराकृतिः
श्यामो’यम् आमोद-भरः प्रकाशते ॥२.१.१८८॥yathā —
kleśe kramāt pañca-vidhe kṣayaṃ gate
yad-brahma-saukhyaṃ svayam asphurat param |
tad vyarthayan kaḥ purato narākṛtiḥ
śyāmo’yam āmoda-bharaḥ prakāśate ||2.1.188||
English translation
“Who is that person standing before us, revealing a human form black in color, full of bliss, who covers even the happiness of brahman which appears spontaneously after the five types of suffering have been destroyed?”