Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu
by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī | 180,912 words
The English translation of the Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu verse 2.3.34; 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 2.3.34
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation:
हर्षाद्, यथा श्री-दशमे (१०.३०.१०) —
किं ते कृतं क्षिति तपो बत केशवाङ्घ्रि-
स्पर्शोत्सवोत्पुलकिताङ्ग-रुहैर् विभासि ।
अप्य् अङ्घ्रि-सम्भव उरुक्रम-विक्रमाद् वा
आहो वराह-वपुषः परिरम्भणेन ॥२.३.३४॥harṣād, yathā śrī-daśame (10.30.10) —
kiṃ te kṛtaṃ kṣiti tapo bata keśavāṅghri-
sparśotsavotpulakitāṅga-ruhair vibhāsi |
apy aṅghri-sambhava urukrama-vikramād vā
āho varāha-vapuṣaḥ parirambhaṇena ||2.3.34||
English translation
From joy, from the Tenth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam [10.30.10]:
“O mother earth, what austerity did you perform to attain the touch of Lord Keśava's lotus feet, which has brought you such great joy that your bodily hairs are standing on end? You appear very beautiful in this condition. Was it during the Lord's current appearance that you acquired this ecstatic symptom, or was it perhaps much earlier, when He stepped upon you in His form of the dwarf Vāmanadeva, or even earlier, when He embraced you in His form of the boar Varāhadeva?”