Yamunashtakam

यमुनाष्टकम् १

Yamunāṣṭakam 1

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Verse 1

मुरारिकायकालिमाललामवारिधारिणी तृणीकृतत्रिविष्टपा त्रिलोकशोकहारिणी । मनोऽनुकूलकूलकुञ्जपुञ्जधूतदुर्मदा धुनोतु नो मनोमलं कलिन्दनन्दिनी सदा ॥१॥

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मुरारिकायकालिमाललामवारिधारिणी तृणीकृतत्रिविष्टपा त्रिलोकशोकहारिणी । मनोऽनुकूलकूलकुञ्जपुञ्जधूतदुर्मदा धुनोतु नो मनोमलं कलिन्दनन्दिनी सदा ॥१॥: Bearer of the dark garland that is the beloved of Murari, who makes the three worlds as straw, remover of the three worlds' sorrow, who shakes off arrogance in the clusters of bowers on banks favorable to the mind, may Kalinda's daughter ever wash away our mind's impurity.

She who humbles the three worlds and removes their sorrow acts on the mind's banks where Krishna sported; when pride is shaken from the heart's groves, the stain on consciousness yields to the current of devotion.

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Verse 2

मलापहारिवारिपूरभूरिमण्डितामृताभृशं प्रपातकप्रभञ्जनातिपण्डितानिशम् । सुनन्दनन्दनाङ्गसङ्गरागरञ्जिता हिताधुनोतु नो मनोमलं कलिन्दनन्दिनी सदा ॥२॥

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मलापहारिवारिपूरभूरिमण्डितामृताभृशं प्रपातकप्रभञ्जनातिपण्डितानिशम् ।: Greatly adorned with floods of sin-removing waters, very full of nectar, exceedingly skilled night and day in waterfalls and in the breaking of pride.
सुनन्दनन्दनाङ्गसङ्गरागरञ्जिता हिताधुनोतु नो मनोमलं कलिन्दनन्दिनी सदा ॥२॥: Tinted by the rapture of contact with the limbs of Nanda's good son, benevolent, may Kalinda's daughter ever wash away our mind's impurity.

Tinted by Krishna's limbs, her waters show that the Lord's presence colors every sacred stream; the nectar that removes sin works through love's contact, purifying the mind that turns toward the beloved of Nanda.

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Verse 3

लसत्तरङ्गसङ्गधूतभूतजातपातका नवीनमाधुरीधुरीणभक्तिजातचातका । तटान्तवासदासहंससंवृताह्निकामदा धुनोतु नो मनोमलं कलिन्दनन्दिनी सदा ॥३॥

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लसत्तरङ्गसङ्गधूतभूतजातपातका नवीनमाधुरीधुरीणभक्तिजातचातका । तटान्तवासदासहंससंवृताह्निकामदा धुनोतु नो मनोमलं कलिन्दनन्दिनी सदा ॥३॥: Washing away sins of all born beings through contact with shining waves, cuckoo of devotion rich in fresh sweetness, delighting the daily round of servant swans dwelling on her banks, may Kalinda's daughter wash away our mind's impurity.

Waves that wash every creature's fault and nourish devotion's cuckoo-call point to consciousness refreshing all levels of life; those who dwell on her bank as humble servants find the day's round turned into glad service of the Self.

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Verse 4

विहाररासखेदभेदधीरतीरमारुतागता गिरामगोचरे यदीयनीरचारुता । प्रवाहसाहचर्यपूतमेदिनीनदीनदाधुनोतु नो मनोमलं कलिन्दनन्दिनी सदा ॥४॥

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विहाररासखेदभेदधीरतीरमारुतागता गिरामगोचरे यदीयनीरचारुता ।: The charm of whose waters is beyond speech, arrived with the steady bank-breeze that dispels the weariness of rasa-lila sport.
प्रवाहसाहचर्यपूतमेदिनीनदीनदाधुनोतु नो मनोमलं कलिन्दनन्दिनी सदा ॥४॥: Purifier of the earth through the companionship of her flow, giver to the river, may Kalinda's daughter ever wash away our mind's impurity.

Her beauty beyond words and breeze on the banks of divine play hint at reality exceeding speech; the current that purifies the earth invites the mind to let go of fatigue and rest in the flow that accompanies all movement.

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Verse 5

तरङ्गसङ्गसैकतान्तराञ्चिता सदाऽसिताशरन्निशाकरांशुमञ्जुमञ्जरीसभाजिता । भवार्चनाप्रचारणाम्बुनाधुना विशारदाधुनोतु नो मनोमलं कलिन्दनन्दिनी सदा ॥५॥

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तरङ्गसङ्गसैकतान्तराञ्चिता सदाऽसिताशरन्निशाकरांशुमञ्जुमञ्जरीसभाजिता ।: Adorned within the sand by contact with waves, ever sharing honor with the tender buds that are the rays of the autumn-night moon.
भवार्चनाप्रचारणाम्बुनाधुना विशारदाधुनोतु नो मनोमलं कलिन्दनन्दिनी सदा ॥५॥: Skilled in worship of Bhava through the waters offered in ritual, may Kalinda's daughter ever wash away our mind's impurity.

Compared to the autumn moon's rays and skilled in worship through offering-water, she teaches that outer rite and inner luminosity meet in one stream; ritual becomes contemplation when the mind knows the goddess as the flow itself.

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Verse 6

जलान्तकेलिकारिचारुराधिकाङ्गरागिणी स्वभर्तुरन्यदुर्लभाङ्गताङ्गतांशभागिनी । स्वदत्तसुप्तसप्तसिन्धुभेदिनातिकोविदा धुनोतु नो मनोमलं कलिन्दनन्दिनी सदा ॥६॥

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जलान्तकेलिकारिचारुराधिकाङ्गरागिणी स्वभर्तुरन्यदुर्लभाङ्गताङ्गतांशभागिनी । स्वदत्तसुप्तसप्तसिन्धुभेदिनातिकोविदा धुनोतु नो मनोमलं कलिन्दनन्दिनी सदा ॥६॥: Taking delight in the rapture of Radha's limbs in water-sport, sharing in the limb-contact hard for any other to gain with her own lord, exceedingly skilled at dividing the seven sleeping oceans she herself gave, may Kalinda's daughter wash away our mind's impurity.

She who shares Krishna's embrace in water-sport and once split the seven oceans shows Shakti as the power of the Lord in play and in cosmic deed; the mind's stain dissolves where divine intimacy and world-sustaining might are known as one.

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Verse 7

जलच्युताच्युताङ्गरागलम्पटालिशालिनी विलोलराधिकाकचान्तचम्पकालिमालिनी । सदावगाहनावतीर्णभर्तृभृत्यनारदा धुनोतु नो मनोमलं कलिन्दनन्दिनी सदा ॥७॥

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जलच्युताच्युताङ्गरागलम्पटालिशालिनी विलोलराधिकाकचान्तचम्पकालिमालिनी । सदावगाहनावतीर्णभर्तृभृत्यनारदा धुनोतु नो मनोमलं कलिन्दनन्दिनी सदा ॥७॥: Abounding in clinging love for Achyuta's limbs fallen in the water, garlanded with the dark champaka at the end of restless Radha's hair, ever served by Narada when the lord descends to bathe, may Kalinda's daughter wash away our mind's impurity.

Clinging to Achyuta's limbs and served by Narada at every bath, she embodies love that will not release the Lord; such steadfast clinging of the heart to the supreme is itself the bath that cleanses the mind.

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Verse 8

सदैव नन्दिनन्दकेलिशालिकुञ्जमञ्जुला तटोत्थफुल्लमल्लिकाकदम्बरेणुसूज्ज्वला । जलावगाहिनां नृणां भवाब्धिसिन्धुपारदा धुनोतु नो मनोमलं कलिन्दनन्दिनी सदा ॥८॥

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सदैव नन्दिनन्दकेलिशालिकुञ्जमञ्जुला तटोत्थफुल्लमल्लिकाकदम्बरेणुसूज्ज्वला । जलावगाहिनां नृणां भवाब्धिसिन्धुपारदा धुनोतु नो मनोमलं कलिन्दनन्दिनी सदा ॥८॥: Ever sweet with bowers fit for Nanda's son's sport, blazing with pollen of full jasmine and kadamba risen from her banks, ferry across the ocean of becoming for men who plunge in her waters, may Kalinda's daughter wash away our mind's impurity.

Her groves sweet with jasmine dust and her power to carry bathers across samsara unite beauty and liberation; those who immerse in her waters cross the sea of becoming because the sacred stream and the Lord's playground are one grace.

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