Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu
by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī | 180,912 words
The English translation of the Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu verse 3.4.22; 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 3.4.22
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation:
यथा —
मुख-पुट-कृत-पादाम्भोरुहाङ्गुष्ठ-मूर्ध-
प्रचल-चरण-युग्मं पुत्रम् उत्तान-सुप्तम् ।
क्षणम् इह विरुदन्तं स्मेर-वक्त्रं क्षणं सा
तिलम् अपि विरतासीन् नेक्षितुं गोष्ठ-राज्ञी ॥३.४.२२॥yathā —
mukha-puṭa-kṛta-pādāmbhoruhāṅguṣṭha-mūrdha-
pracala-caraṇa-yugmaṃ putram uttāna-suptam |
kṣaṇam iha virudantaṃ smera-vaktraṃ kṣaṇaṃ sā
tilam api viratāsīn nekṣituṃ goṣṭha-rājñī ||3.4.22||
English translation
An example:
“Yaśoda could not stop looking at Her son sucking His big toe, throwing His two feet in the air, lying on His back, sometimes crying and sometimes laughing.”