Srila Rupa Gosvami's Sri Padyavali Text 11

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Text 11

 

kAshAyan na ca bhojanAdi-niyamAn no vA vane vAsato

 

vyAkhyAnAd athavA muni-vrata-bharAc cittodbhavaH

kSIyate

 

kintu sphIta-kalinda-shaila-tanayA-tIreSu vikrIDato

 

govindasya padAravinda-bhajanArambhasya leshAd api

 

kAshAyAt-from the saffron colour; na-not; ca-and;

bhojana-of eating; Adi-etc; niyamAt-from restraint;

na-not; vA-or; vane-in the forest; vAsataH-from the

residence; vyAkhyAnAt-from explanation of the

scriptures; athavA-or; muni-vrata-from the vow of

silence; bharAt-great; citta-udbhavaH-cupid;

kSIyate-becomes weakened; kintu-but; sphIta-broad;

kalinda-of mount kalinda; shaila-mountain;

tanayA-daughter (the yamunA river); tIreSu-on the

banks; vikrIDataH-playing; govindasya-of lord govinda;

pada-feet; aravinda-lotus flowers; bhajana-of the

devotional service; Arambhasya-of the beginning;

leshAt-from a little particle; api-even.

 

“Not by wearing saffron cloth, not by restricting food

and other sense-activities, not by living in the

forest, not by discussing philosophy, and not by

observing a vow of silence, but only by even the

slightest beginning of devotional service to the lotus

feet of lord govinda, who enjoys pastimes on the

yamunA.as wide banks, is kAmadeva stopped.” - Author unknown

 

 

 

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