Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu
by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī | 180,912 words
The English translation of the Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu verse 4.6.8; 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 4.6.8
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation:
स्मरणाद्, यथा —
विरम विरम मातः पूतनायाः प्रसङ्गात्
तनुम् इयम् अधुनापि स्मर्यमाणा धुनोति ।
कवलयितुम् इवान्धीकृत्य बालं घुरन्ती
वपुर् अतिपुरुषं या घोरम् आविश्चकार ॥४.६.८॥smaraṇād, yathā —
virama virama mātaḥ pūtanāyāḥ prasaṅgāt
tanum iyam adhunāpi smaryamāṇā dhunoti |
kavalayitum ivāndhīkṛtya bālaṃ ghurantī
vapur atipuruṣaṃ yā ghoram āviścakāra ||4.6.8||
English translation
Demon as the cause, Kṛṣṇa as the viṣaya, by remembering:
“O mother, let us stop this topic of Pūtanā. Even now, remembering about her, my body begins to shake. When Pūtanā put Kṛṣṇa on her lap to devour Him, she manifested a fearful, rough body while making terrible sounds.”