Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu
by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī | 180,912 words
The English translation of the Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu verse 3.5.27; 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 3.5.27
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation:
यथा पद्यावल्याम् (१८१) —
अकस्माद् एकस्मिन् पथि सखि मया यामुन-तटं
व्रजन्त्या दृष्टो यो नव-जलधर-श्यामल-तनुः ।
स दृग्-भङ्ग्या किं वाकुरुत न हि जाने तत इदं
मनो मे व्यालोलं क्वचन गृह-कृत्यो न लगते ॥३.५.२७॥yathā padyāvalyām (181) —
akasmād ekasmin pathi sakhi mayā yāmuna-taṭaṃ
vrajantyā dṛṣṭo yo nava-jaladhara-śyāmala-tanuḥ |
sa dṛg-bhaṅgyā kiṃ vākuruta na hi jāne tata idaṃ
mano me vyālolaṃ kvacana gṛha-kṛtyo na lagate ||3.5.27||
English translation
An example from Padyāvalī [181]:
“One day while going to the bank of the Yamunā, I suddenly saw one man with the complexion of a new rain cloud. I do not know what He did by moving His eyes playfully, but since then My heart has become unstable, and I no longer partake of household duties.”