(A Conversation Between Mother Yashoda and a Gopi)
Text 1
tava sunur muhur anayam kurute
akurata kim va vyanjita-kurute
tava - your; sunuh - sons; muhuh - repeatedly; anayam - misconduct; kurute - does; akuruta - did; kim - what? va - or; vyanjita - manifested; ku-rute - criticizers.
"Your son is always mischievous."
"O critic, what has He done?"
Text 2
muncati vatsan bhramam bhramam
sacivyam vah kurute kamam
muncati - He releases; vatsan - the calves; bhramam bhramam - wandering about; sacivyam - friendship; vah - of you; kurute - does; kamam - greatly.
"He wanders about releasing the calves."
"He is your friend. He does it to help out."
Text 3
asamaya-mocanam asukha-nidhanam
kah kim kurute na yadi nidanam
asamaya - at the wrong time; mocanam - releasing; asukha - of unhappiness; nidhanam - the abode; kah - who? kim - why? kurute - does; na - not; yadi - if; nidanam - reason.
"He releases the calves at the wrong time. This brings us great unhappiness."
"Why would He do this? Who would do this if he did not have a reason?"
Text 4
vina nidanam kurute svamini
krosham na kim iva kurushe bhamini
vina - without; nidanam - reason; kurute - He does; svamini - O queen; krosham - anger; na - not; kim - why? iva - as if; kurushe - you do; bhamini - O noble lady.
"O queen, He does this without any reason."
"O noble lady, why do you not angrily scold Him?"
Text 5
kroshe hasati praty uha so 'yam
dattva vashaya sphutam api toyam
korshe - at the colding; hasati - laughs; prati uta - on the contrary; sah ayam - He; dattva - giving; vashaya - you should control; sphutam - clearly; api - also; toyam - water.
"When I scold Him He laughs at me."
"Splash water on Him. That will stop Him."
Text 6
atti steyam param iha rucitam
ajne bhanam katham idam ucitam
atti - He eats; steyam - stolen; praram - further; iha - here; rucitam - delicious; ajne - O foolish woman; bhanam - being visible; katham - how? idam - this; ucitam - is proper.
"He steals my delicious food and eats it."
"Foolish woman, why do you leave the food out in plain view?"
Text 7
steyopaye gurur ayam akhile
narhati sarvam mithya-nikhile
steya - of theft; upaye - in methods; guruh - the guru; ayam - He; akhile - in all; na - not; rhatideserves; sarvam - all; mithya - lies; nikhile - all.
"He is the guru of all thieves."
"It is not true. It is all a lie."
Text 8
racayati pithadikam aroham
tad agamyam kuru sarvam doham
racayati - He does; pitha - on a chain; adikam - beginning with; aroham - climbing; tat - then; agamyam - unreachable; kuru - make; sarvam - all; moham - the milk.
"He stands on a chair or other object to reach my supply of milk."
"Then keep your milk very high so He cannot reach it."
Text 9
durac cchidram kalayati patre
asya katham dhih sati tan-matre
durat - from far away; chidram - a hole; kalayati - He makes; patre - in the pot; asya - of Him; katham - how? dhih - intelligence; sati - O noble lady; tat-matre - in this.
"When He cannot reach the pot because it is too high, He finds a way to poke a hole in it."
"O noble lady, how can He be clever enough to do all these things?"
Text 10
antar dhiyam anu sa iha vishalah
vakshi yathasau na tatha balah
antah - within; dhiyam - intelligence; anu - following; sah - He; iha - in this; vishalah - great; vakshi - I will say; yatha - in that way; asau - He; na-not; tatha - in that way; balah - a
child.
"He is very intelligent."
"I say it is not possible. He is only a child."
Text 11
vetti sa kritsnam gopana-ritim
geha-guha na hi davayati bhitim
vetti - He knows; sah - He; kritsnam - completely; gopa-ritim - hiding; geha - of the house; guha - in the inner reccesses; na - not; hi - indeed; davayati bhitim - cause fear.
"He knows all my hiding-places."
"Your dark closet does not frighten Him?"
Text 12
geha-guhatra vritha tanu-dipe
tanur anulipta kalaya samipe
geha - of; guha - the colset; atra-here vritha - useless; tanu - of the body; dipe - in the lamp; tanuh - the body; anulipta - anointed; kalaya - you may see; samipe - in the presence.
"My closet is useless. The effulgence of His body lights up the darkness.”
"Then I shall anoint His body with dark cosmetics. That will cover the effulgence. I shall do this in your presence. You watch as I do it."
Text 13
mani-gana-mahasa ganayati na tamah
bhushana-rahitas tishthet katamah
mani - of jewels; gana - of the host; mahasa - by the effulgence; ganayati - counts; na - not; tamah - the darkness; bhushana - ornaments; rahitah - withoup; tishthet - may remain;
katamah - who?
"The effulgence of His jewels has made the darkness very insignificant."
"What child can remain without ornaments?"
Text 14
api cashayati balad api kisham
manushe kiyad amum attum adhisham
api - and; ca - also; ashayati - He feeds; balat - by force; api - even; kisham a monkey; manushe - you think; kiyat - how much; amum - He; attum - to eat; adhisham - is able.
"He also feeds a monkey."
"How much do you think He can eat by Himself?"
Text 15
tad ashaktau patram bhedayate
tasyashaucam va vedayate
tat - then; ashaktau - in the inability; patram - the pot; bhedayate - breaks; tasya - of that; ashaucam - the impure; va - or; vedayate - informs.
"When He cannot reach a pot He breaks it."
"That is His way of telling you the pot is impure."
Text 16
gama-samaye rodayati ca balam
prakshamo vara-mahila-malam
gama - of going; samaye - at the time; rodayati - causes to cry; ca - also; balam - small child; prakshamah - well-behaved; vara - good; mahila - of women; malam - to the group.
"When He goes He makes the babies cry."
"It is not true. He is always well-behaved to the good women of Vraja."
Text 17
api balan mehayate gehe
na hi na hi curnam patitam snehe
api - also; balat - forcibly; mahayate - urinates; gehe - in our hone; na - not; hi - indeed; na - not; hi - indeed; curnam - dust; patitam - fallen; snehe - in oil;
"He urinates in my home!"
"No! No! That is only dust fallen on some oil!"
Text 18
tava purato 'yam sthiravan murtih
ashcarye 'yam tava vak-purtih
tava - of you; puratah - in the presence; sthiravan - still; murtih - form; ashcarye - in wonder; ayam - He; tava - of you; vak - of words; purtih - the flood.
"He is standing very still before you."
"He is struck with wonder by the flood of your words."
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