Harivamsha — Chapter 63
HV 63.1
सत्यसंधस्य तच् छ्रुत्वा प्रियं प्रीतस्य भाषितम् प्रणम्य देवदेवस्य मूर्ध्ना शक्रः पदाम्बुजम् । कृष्णस्य साक्षात् त्रिदिवं जगाम त्रिदशेश्वरः ॥ ह्व्_६२।९९ एतद् आख्यानम् आयुष्यां पुण्यं पापप्राणाशनम् । पर्जन्यप्रीतिजनकम् अवग्रहनिवारकम् । सर्वसौख्यप्रियकरं देवगुह्यम् अनुत्तमम् । गते शक्रे ततः कृष्णः पूज्यमानो व्रजौकसैः गोवर्धनधरः श्रीमान् विवेश व्रजम् एव ह
satyasaṃdhasya tac chrutvā priyaṃ prītasya bhāṣitam praṇamya devadevasya mūrdhnā śakraḥ padāmbujam | kṛṣṇasya sākṣāt tridivaṃ jagāma tridaśeśvaraḥ // HV_62.99 etad ākhyānam āyuṣyāṃ puṇyaṃ pāpaprāṇāśanam | parjanyaprītijanakam avagrahanivārakam | sarvasaukhyapriyakaraṃ devaguhyam anuttamam | gate śakre tataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ pūjyamāno vrajaukasaiḥ govardhanadharaḥ śrīmān viveśa vrajam eva ha
Having heard that pleasing speech of the pleased one true to his promise, Śakra, lord of the thirty (gods), bowing with his head to the lotus foot of the god of gods, Kṛṣṇa, before his eyes, went to heaven. This narrative is life-giving, meritorious, destructive of sin, producing the favour of the rain-god, warding off drought, bringing all comforts and delights, a supreme secret of the gods. Then, when Śakra had gone, the glorious Kṛṣṇa, bearer of Govardhana, honoured by the dwellers of the cattle-station, entered the cattle-station.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 63.2
तं स्म वृद्धाभिनन्दन्ति ज्ञातयश् च सहोषिताः धन्याः स्मो ऽनुगृहीताः स्मस् त्वद्धृतेन नगेन ह
taṃ sma vṛddhābhinandanti jñātayaś ca sahoṣitāḥ dhanyāḥ smo 'nugṛhītāḥ smas tvaddhṛtena nagena ha
The elders and the kinsmen who dwelt with him greeted him: "We are fortunate, we have been favoured, by the mountain that was held up by you!"
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HV 63.3
गावो वर्षभयात् तीर्णा वयं तीर्णा महाभयात् तव प्रसादाद् गोविन्द देवतुल्य महाद्युते
gāvo varṣabhayāt tīrṇā vayaṃ tīrṇā mahābhayāt tava prasādād govinda devatulya mahādyute
"The cows have been carried across the fear of the rain, and we have been carried across a great fear, by your grace, Govinda, O you who are like a god, of great splendour.
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HV 63.4
अमानुषाणि कर्माणि तव पश्याम गोपते धारणेनास्य शैलस्य विद्मस् त्वां कृष्णम् अव्ययम्
amānuṣāṇi karmāṇi tava paśyāma gopate dhāraṇenāsya śailasya vidmas tvāṃ kṛṣṇam avyayam
We see your superhuman deeds, lord of cows; by your holding up this mountain we know you to be Kṛṣṇa, the imperishable.
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HV 63.5
कस् त्वं भवसि रुद्राणां मरुतां वा महाबल वसूनां वा किमर्थं च वसुदेवः पिता तव
kas tvaṃ bhavasi rudrāṇāṃ marutāṃ vā mahābala vasūnāṃ vā kimarthaṃ ca vasudevaḥ pitā tava
Who are you — one of the Rudras, or of the Maruts, O greatly strong one, or of the Vasus? And why is Vasudeva your father?
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HV 63.6
वने च बालक्रीडा ते जन्म चास्मासु गर्हितम् कृष्ण दिव्या च ते चेष्टा शङ्कितानि मनांसि नः
vane ca bālakrīḍā te janma cāsmāsu garhitam kṛṣṇa divyā ca te ceṣṭā śaṅkitāni manāṃsi naḥ
Your childhood play in the forest and your birth among us are lowly, Kṛṣṇa, yet your activity is divine; our minds are in doubt.
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HV 63.7
किमर्थं गोपवेषेण रमसे ऽस्मासु गर्हितम् लोकपालोपमश् चैव गास् त्वं किं परिरक्षसि
kimarthaṃ gopaveṣeṇa ramase 'smāsu garhitam lokapālopamaś caiva gās tvaṃ kiṃ parirakṣasi
Why in the guise of a cowherd do you take pleasure among us who are of low station? And, like a world-guardian, why do you protect cows?
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HV 63.9
देवो वा दानवो वा त्वम् यक्षो गन्धर्व एव वा अस्माकं बान्धवो जातो यो ऽसि सो ऽसि नमो ऽस्तु ते ॥ ह्व्_६३।८ नमो ऽस्तु कृष्ण कृष्णेति नमो गोपालबन्धवे । नमो बालाय गोप्त्रे च गोपवेषाय बान्धव ॥ नमस् ते शिशुसिंहाय नमो भूधरधारिणे । देवायाथ वरिष्ठाय यक्षाय च नमो नमः ॥ नमस् ते नन्दपुत्राय यशोदायाः सुताय च । को भवान् कश् च वा देवः किमर्थं नो ऽभिरक्षसि । केनचिद् यदि कार्येण वससि*इह यदृच्छया वयं* तव*अनुगाः सर्वे भवन्तं* शरणं* गताः
devo vā dānavo vā tvam yakṣo gandharva eva vā asmākaṃ bāndhavo jāto yo 'si so 'si namo 'stu te // HV_63.8 namo 'stu kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇeti namo gopālabandhave | namo bālāya goptre ca gopaveṣāya bāndhava || namas te śiśusiṃhāya namo bhūdharadhāriṇe | devāyātha variṣṭhāya yakṣāya ca namo namaḥ || namas te nandaputrāya yaśodāyāḥ sutāya ca | ko bhavān kaś ca vā devaḥ kimarthaṃ no 'bhirakṣasi | kenacid yadi kāryeṇa vasasi*iha yadṛcchayā vayaṃ* tava*anugāḥ sarve bhavantaṃ* śaraṇaṃ* gatāḥ
Whether you are a god or a dānava, a yakṣa or even a gandharva, you have been born as our kinsman; whoever you are, that you are — homage be to you! Homage to you, Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa! Homage to the friend of the cowherds! Homage to the boy, to the protector, to the one in cowherd's dress, O kinsman! Homage to you, lion-cub, homage to the bearer of the earth-holder (mountain); homage, homage to the god, to the most excellent, and to the yakṣa! Homage to you, son of Nanda and son of Yaśodā. Who are you, and what god? Why do you protect us? If for some purpose you dwell here at your own will — we are all your followers; we have gone to you for refuge.
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HV 63.10
गोपानां* वचनं* श्रुत्वा कृष्णः पद्मनिभेक्षणः प्रत्युवाच स्मितं* कृत्वा ज्ञातीन् सर्वान् समागतान्
gopānāṃ* vacanaṃ* śrutvā kṛṣṇaḥ padmanibhekṣaṇaḥ pratyuvāca smitaṃ* kṛtvā jñātīn sarvān samāgatān
Having heard the cowherds' words, Kṛṣṇa, whose eyes resembled lotuses, smiled and replied to all the kinsmen who had assembled.
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HV 63.11
यथा मन्यन्ति मां सर्वे भवन्तो भीमविक्रमाः तथाहं नावगन्तव्यः स्वजातीयो ऽस्मि बान्धवः
yathā manyanti māṃ sarve bhavanto bhīmavikramāḥ tathāhaṃ nāvagantavyaḥ svajātīyo 'smi bāndhavaḥ
As all of you, of terrible valour, think of me, so I am not to be understood: I am of your own kind, a kinsman.
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HV 63.12
यदि त्व् अवश्यं श्रोतव्यः कालः संप्रतिपाल्यताम् ततो भवन्तः श्रोष्यन्ति मां च द्रक्ष्यन्ति तत्त्वतः
yadi tv avaśyaṃ śrotavyaḥ kālaḥ saṃpratipālyatām tato bhavantaḥ śroṣyanti māṃ ca drakṣyanti tattvataḥ
But if (this) must be heard without fail, let the (right) time be awaited; then you gentlemen will hear of me and see me as I truly am.
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HV 63.13
यद्य् अहं भवतां श्लाघ्यो बान्धवो देवसप्रभः परिज्ञानेन किं कार्यम् यद्य् एषो ऽनुग्रहो मम
yady ahaṃ bhavatāṃ ślāghyo bāndhavo devasaprabhaḥ parijñānena kiṃ kāryam yady eṣo 'nugraho mama
If I am a kinsman worthy of your praise, equal to a god, what need is there of (exact) knowledge (of me), if this is (already) my favour (to you)?
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HV 63.14
एवम् उक्तास् तु ते गोपा वसुदेवसुतेन वै बद्धमौना दिशः सर्वे भेजिरे पिहिताननाः
evam uktās tu te gopā vasudevasutena vai baddhamaunā diśaḥ sarve bhejire pihitānanāḥ
Thus addressed by Vasudeva's son, all those cowherds, bound in silence, went off in (various) directions with their faces covered.
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HV 63.15
कृष्णस् तु यौवनं दृष्ट्वा निशि चन्द्रमसो नवम् शारदीनां निशानां च मनश् चक्रे रतिं प्रति
kṛṣṇas tu yauvanaṃ dṛṣṭvā niśi candramaso navam śāradīnāṃ niśānāṃ ca manaś cakre ratiṃ prati
But Kṛṣṇa, seeing at night the new youth of the moon and of the autumn nights, set his mind on love.
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HV 63.16
स करीषाङ्गरागासु व्रजरथ्यासु वीर्यवान् वृषाणां जातरागाणां युद्धानि समयोजयत्
sa karīṣāṅgarāgāsu vrajarathyāsu vīryavān vṛṣāṇāṃ jātarāgāṇāṃ yuddhāni samayojayat
In the lanes of the cow-settlement, smeared with cow-dung, the mighty one arranged fights between bulls in rut.
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HV 63.17
गोपालांश् च बलोदग्रान् योधयाम् आस वीर्यवान् वने स वीरो गाश् चैव जग्राह ग्राहवद् विभुः
gopālāṃś ca balodagrān yodhayām āsa vīryavān vane sa vīro gāś caiva jagrāha grāhavad vibhuḥ
And the mighty one made the cowherds, swollen with strength, fight (one another); and in the forest that hero, the powerful one, seized the cows as a crocodile seizes (its prey).
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HV 63.18
युवत्यो गोपकन्याश् च रात्रौ संकाल्य कालवित् कैशोरकं मानयानः सह ताभिर् मुमोद ह
yuvatyo gopakanyāś ca rātrau saṃkālya kālavit kaiśorakaṃ mānayānaḥ saha tābhir mumoda ha
Gathering the young women, the cowherds' daughters, together at night, he who knew the (right) time, honouring his boyhood-into-youth, took his pleasure with them.
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HV 63.19
तास् तस्य वदनं कान्तं कान्ता गोपस्त्रियो निशि पिबन्ति नयनाक्षेपैर् गां गतं शशिनं यथा
tās tasya vadanaṃ kāntaṃ kāntā gopastriyo niśi pibanti nayanākṣepair gāṃ gataṃ śaśinaṃ yathā
Those lovely cowherd women drank in his lovely face at night with the casting of their eyes, as (one drinks in) the moon come down to earth.
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HV 63.20
हरितालार्द्रपीतेन कौशेयेन च भास्वता भद्रवस्त्रेण वसितः कृष्णः कान्ततरो ऽभवत्
haritālārdrapītena kauśeyena ca bhāsvatā bhadravastreṇa vasitaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ kāntataro 'bhavat
Dressed in a fine silk garment, bright, yellow with moist orpiment, Kṛṣṇa became more lovely still.
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HV 63.21
स बद्धाङ्गदनिर्यूहश् चित्रया वनमालया शोभमानो हि गोविन्दः शोभयाम् आस तं व्रजम्
sa baddhāṅgadaniryūhaś citrayā vanamālayā śobhamāno hi govindaḥ śobhayām āsa taṃ vrajam
With armlets bound on and a projecting crest, radiant with a many-coloured forest-garland, Govinda made that cow-settlement radiant.
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HV 63.23
नमो दामोदरायेति गोपकन्यास् तदाब्रुवन् विचित्रं चरितं घोषे दृष्ट्वा तत् तस्य भास्वतः ॥ ह्व्_६३।२२ नमस् ते कृष्ण गोपेति प्रसीद प्रभवेति च । तास् तं पयोधरोत्तानैर् उरोभिः समपीडयन् भ्रामिताक्षैश् च वदनैर् निरीक्षन्ते वराङ्गनाः
namo dāmodarāyeti gopakanyās tadābruvan vicitraṃ caritaṃ ghoṣe dṛṣṭvā tat tasya bhāsvataḥ // HV_63.22 namas te kṛṣṇa gopeti prasīda prabhaveti ca | tās taṃ payodharottānair urobhiḥ samapīḍayan bhrāmitākṣaiś ca vadanair nirīkṣante varāṅganāḥ
"Homage to Dāmodara!" the cowherds' daughters then said, seeing that varied exploit of his, the shining one, in the cattle-station. "Homage to you, Kṛṣṇa, cowherd!" and "Be gracious, O powerful one!" Those fair-limbed women pressed against him with their breasts, their bosoms lifted up, and gazed at him with faces and rolling eyes.
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HV 63.24
ता वार्यमानाः पितृभिर् भ्रातृभिर् मातृभिस् तथा कृष्णं गोपाङ्गना रात्रौ मृगयन्ति रतिप्रियाः
tā vāryamānāḥ pitṛbhir bhrātṛbhir mātṛbhis tathā kṛṣṇaṃ gopāṅganā rātrau mṛgayanti ratipriyāḥ
Though restrained by their fathers, their brothers and their mothers, those cowherd women, in love with love, went searching for Kṛṣṇa at night.
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HV 63.25
तास् तु पङ्क्तीकृताः सर्वा* रमयन्ति मनोरमम् गायन्त्यः कृष्णचरितं* द्वंद्वशो गोपकन्यकाः
tās tu paṅktīkṛtāḥ sarvā* ramayanti manoramam gāyantyaḥ kṛṣṇacaritaṃ* dvaṃdvaśo gopakanyakāḥ
And all those cowherd girls, drawn up in rows, in pairs, singing of Kṛṣṇa's deeds, gave delight to the delightful one.
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HV 63.26
कृष्णलीलानुकारिण्यः कृष्णप्रणिहितेक्षणाः कृष्णस्य गतिगामिन्यस् तरुण्यस् ता वराङ्गनाः
kṛṣṇalīlānukāriṇyaḥ kṛṣṇapraṇihitekṣaṇāḥ kṛṣṇasya gatigāminyas taruṇyas tā varāṅganāḥ
Imitating Kṛṣṇa's play, their glances fixed on Kṛṣṇa, walking with Kṛṣṇa's gait—those young, fair-limbed women.
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HV 63.27
वनेषु तालहस्ताग्रैः कुट्टयन्त्यस् तथापराः चेरुर् वै चरितं तस्य कृष्णस्य व्रजयोषितः
vaneṣu tālahastāgraiḥ kuṭṭayantyas tathāparāḥ cerur vai caritaṃ tasya kṛṣṇasya vrajayoṣitaḥ
And others, the women of the cow-settlement, went about in the woods beating time with the flats of their hands, (enacting) that deed of Kṛṣṇa's.
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HV 63.28
तास् तस्य नृत्यं गीतं च विलासस्मितवीक्षितम् मुदिताश् चानुकुर्वन्त्यः क्रीडन्ति व्रजयोषितः
tās tasya nṛtyaṃ gītaṃ ca vilāsasmitavīkṣitam muditāś cānukurvantyaḥ krīḍanti vrajayoṣitaḥ
Delighted, the women of the cow-settlement played at imitating his dancing and his singing and his playful smiling glance.
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HV 63.30
भावनिष्पन्नमधुरं गायन्त्यस् ता वराङ्गनाः व्रजं गताः सुखं चेरुर् दामोदरपरायणाः ॥ ह्व्_६३।२९ चेरुर् दामोदरपराः सुखं नार्यो व्रजं गताः । करीषपांसुदिग्धाङ्ग्यस् ताः कृष्णम् अनुवव्रिरे रमयन्त्यो यथा नागं सप्रमोदाः करेणवः
bhāvaniṣpannamadhuraṃ gāyantyas tā varāṅganāḥ vrajaṃ gatāḥ sukhaṃ cerur dāmodaraparāyaṇāḥ // HV_63.29 cerur dāmodaraparāḥ sukhaṃ nāryo vrajaṃ gatāḥ | karīṣapāṃsudigdhāṅgyas tāḥ kṛṣṇam anuvavrire ramayantyo yathā nāgaṃ sapramodāḥ kareṇavaḥ
Those fair-limbed women, singing sweetly with feeling perfected, went to the cow-settlement and moved about happily, devoted to Dāmodara. The women, intent on Dāmodara, moved about happily, having gone to the cow-settlement; their limbs smeared with cow-dung and dust, they followed after Kṛṣṇa, delighting him as joyful cow-elephants delight a bull elephant.
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HV 63.31
तम् अन्या भावविकचैर् नेत्रैः प्रहसिताननाः पिबन्त्य् अतृप्ता वनिताः कृष्णं कृष्णमृगेक्षणाः
tam anyā bhāvavikacair netraiḥ prahasitānanāḥ pibanty atṛptā vanitāḥ kṛṣṇaṃ kṛṣṇamṛgekṣaṇāḥ
Other women, their faces smiling, with eyes opened wide by emotion, drank in that Kṛṣṇa unsated, gazing with the eyes of dark antelopes.
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HV 63.32
मुखम् अस्यापरा वीक्ष्य तृषिता गोपकन्यकाः रत्यन्तरगता रात्रौ पिबन्ति रतिलालसाः
mukham asyāparā vīkṣya tṛṣitā gopakanyakāḥ ratyantaragatā rātrau pibanti ratilālasāḥ
Others, the cowherds' daughters, thirsting, gazing at his face, drank it in at night between one bout of love and the next, longing for love.
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HV 63.33
हाहेति कुर्वतस् तस्य प्रहृष्टास् ता वराङ्गनाः जगृहुर् निःसृतां वाणीं साम्ना दामोदरेरिताम्
hāheti kurvatas tasya prahṛṣṭās tā varāṅganāḥ jagṛhur niḥsṛtāṃ vāṇīṃ sāmnā dāmodareritām
When he cried out "Ah! Ah!", those fair-limbed women, thrilled, caught up the voice that issued from Dāmodara, uttered gently.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 63.35
तासां ग्रथितसीमन्ता रतिचिन्ताकुलीकृताः चारु विस्रंसिरे केशाः कुचाग्रे गोपयोषिताम् ॥ ह्व्_६३।३४ अथ दामोदरः काश्चिज् जग्राह रतिलालसः ॥ एवं गोपाङ्गनाः कृष्णं रमयन्ति मनोरमाः । अलंकृताः सुमधुरं गायन्त्यो मधुविह्वलाः ॥ कृष्णो ऽपि मधुरक्ताक्षो गोपीनां हर्षवर्धनः । पपौ तासां मुखं विष्णुर् घूर्णयन् नेत्रषट्पदम् ॥ अपरां वाससी गृह्य चुचुम्बे गोपकन्यकाम् । आलिलिङ्गे ऽथ कांचित् तु कृष्णो मदविलोचनः ॥ अन्यया सह गोविन्दः शेते लीलाविधानवित् । अन्यस्या वाससी गृह्य दृष्ट्वा चारु पपौ मुखम् । अन्यां लिलेख गोविन्दो नखैः शातैश् च केशवः ॥ अन्यां च केशे संगृह्य मुखम् उन्नम्य लीलया । आलिलिङ्गे ऽथ गोविन्दो गोपवेषतिरस्कृतः ॥ एकां संगृह्य संत्यज्य कांचिद् अन्याम् अवासृजत् । पश्यन्त्या रमयाम् आस कांचिद् अन्याम् अरीरमत् ॥ आहूय कांचिद् देवेशः कांचिद् अन्याम् अरीरमत् । तां पुनः सहसा गृह्य तत्समक्षम् अरीरमत् ॥ ताश् च गोप्यः स्वभर्तृंश् च संत्यज्य हरिम् एव ह । अयम् एव हि नो ज्येष्ठः श्रेष्ठश् चेति वराङ्गनाः । कृष्णे च देवदेवेशे परं भावं समाययुः । एवं स कृष्णो गोपीनां चक्रवालैर् अलंकृतः शारदीषु सचन्द्रासु निशासु मुमुदे सुखी
tāsāṃ grathitasīmantā raticintākulīkṛtāḥ cāru visraṃsire keśāḥ kucāgre gopayoṣitām // HV_63.34 atha dāmodaraḥ kāścij jagrāha ratilālasaḥ || evaṃ gopāṅganāḥ kṛṣṇaṃ ramayanti manoramāḥ | alaṃkṛtāḥ sumadhuraṃ gāyantyo madhuvihvalāḥ || kṛṣṇo 'pi madhuraktākṣo gopīnāṃ harṣavardhanaḥ | papau tāsāṃ mukhaṃ viṣṇur ghūrṇayan netraṣaṭpadam || aparāṃ vāsasī gṛhya cucumbe gopakanyakām | āliliṅge 'tha kāṃcit tu kṛṣṇo madavilocanaḥ || anyayā saha govindaḥ śete līlāvidhānavit | anyasyā vāsasī gṛhya dṛṣṭvā cāru papau mukham | anyāṃ lilekha govindo nakhaiḥ śātaiś ca keśavaḥ || anyāṃ ca keśe saṃgṛhya mukham unnamya līlayā | āliliṅge 'tha govindo gopaveṣatiraskṛtaḥ || ekāṃ saṃgṛhya saṃtyajya kāṃcid anyām avāsṛjat | paśyantyā ramayām āsa kāṃcid anyām arīramat || āhūya kāṃcid deveśaḥ kāṃcid anyām arīramat | tāṃ punaḥ sahasā gṛhya tatsamakṣam arīramat || tāś ca gopyaḥ svabhartṛṃś ca saṃtyajya harim eva ha | ayam eva hi no jyeṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhaś ceti varāṅganāḥ | kṛṣṇe ca devadeveśe paraṃ bhāvaṃ samāyayuḥ | evaṃ sa kṛṣṇo gopīnāṃ cakravālair alaṃkṛtaḥ śāradīṣu sacandrāsu niśāsu mumude sukhī
The hair of those cowherd women, its parting bound up, disordered by thoughts of love-making, slipped down prettily onto the tips of their breasts. // Then Dāmodara, eager for love, took hold of some of them. Thus the charming cowherd women delighted Kṛṣṇa, adorned, singing very sweetly, unsteady with wine. And Kṛṣṇa too, with eyes reddened by wine, increaser of the gopīs' joy — Viṣṇu drank in their faces, rolling about the bee that was his eye. Taking another cowherd girl by her garment, he kissed her; and then Kṛṣṇa, his eyes full of intoxication, embraced yet another. Govinda, who knows the arrangements of love-play, lay down with another; taking another's garment and looking at her, he prettily drank in her face; Govinda, Keśava, scratched another with his sharp nails. And seizing another by her hair and lifting up her face in play, Govinda then embraced her, he who was concealed in cowherd's dress. Having taken hold of one and let her go, he released another; while one looked on he pleasured her, and pleasured yet another. Calling one, the lord of gods pleasured yet another; then seizing her again suddenly, he pleasured her in that other's presence. And those gopīs, abandoning even their own husbands, (chose) Hari alone: "He indeed is our eldest and our best" — so those lovely women came to the highest state of feeling toward Kṛṣṇa, the lord of the gods of gods. Thus that Kṛṣṇa, adorned by the encircling rings of the gopīs, took his pleasure happily on autumn nights that had the moon in them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition