Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu
by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī | 180,912 words
The English translation of the Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu verse 3.3.60; 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 3.3.60
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation:
यथा श्री-दशमे (१०.१३.११) —
बिभ्रद् वेणुं जठर-पटयोः शृङ्ग-वेत्रे च कक्षे
वामे पाणौ मसृण-कवलं तत्-फलान्य् अङ्गुलीषु ।
तिष्ठन् मध्ये स्व-परिसुहृदो हासयन् नर्मभिः स्वैः
स्वर्गे लोके मिषति बुभुजे यज्ञ-भुग् बाल-केलिः ॥३.३.६०॥yathā śrī-daśame (10.13.11) —
bibhrad veṇuṃ jaṭhara-paṭayoḥ śṛṅga-vetre ca kakṣe
vāme pāṇau masṛṇa-kavalaṃ tat-phalāny aṅgulīṣu |
tiṣṭhan madhye sva-parisuhṛdo hāsayan narmabhiḥ svaiḥ
svarge loke miṣati bubhuje yajña-bhug bāla-keliḥ ||3.3.60||
English translation
An example from the Tenth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam [10.13.11]:
“Kṛṣṇa is yajña-bhuk—that is, He eats only offerings of yajña—but to exhibit His childhood pastimes, He now sat with His flute tucked between His waist and His tight cloth on His right side and with His horn bugle and cow-driving stick on His left. Holding in His hand a very nice preparation of yogurt and rice, with pieces of suitable fruit between His fingers, He sat like the whorl of a lotus flower, looking forward toward all His friends, personally joking with them and creating jubilant laughter among them as He ate. At that time, the denizens of heaven were watching, struck with wonder at how the Personality of Godhead, who eats only in yajña, was now eating with His friends in the forest.”