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bhujā-catuṣṭayaṁ kvāpi narmaṇā darśayann api |
vṛndāvaneśvarī-premṇā dvibhujaḥ kriyate hariḥ ||
The verse — decoded
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bhujā-catuṣṭayaṁ kvāpi narmaṇā darśayann api |
bhujā-catuṣṭayamhis set of four arms — the four-armed form he displays accusative; the thing shownचार भुजाओं को (चतुर्भुज रूप को), जिसे वे दिखाते हैं
kvāpion some occasion, here and there indefinite adverbकभी किसी अवसर पर
narmaṇāplayfully, as a bit of fun instrumental of mannerहँसी-विनोद से (विनोद के ढंग से)
darśayann apieven though he shows it — the api concedes the point before overturning it concessive api with present participleदिखाते हुए भी (यद्यपि दिखा देते हैं)
kvāpi — on some occasion; narmaṇā — playfully; bhujā-catuṣṭayam — his four-armed form; darśayan api — even though he shows it.
कभी किसी अवसर पर हँसी-विनोद से अपने चतुर्भुज रूप को दिखाते हुए भी—
Now and then Kṛṣṇa, just for fun, shows a four-armed form. Grant that he does. Even so —
कृष्ण कभी हँसी-विनोद में अपना चतुर्भुज रूप दिखा भी दें।
This is the concessive half of the sentence; the api ("even though") sets up the reversal delivered in the next line.
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vṛndāvaneśvarī-premṇā dvibhujaḥ kriyate hariḥ ||
vṛndāvaneśvarī-premṇāby the love of the queen of Vṛndāvana (Rādhā) — her love is what does it instrumental of means/causeवृन्दावनेश्वरी (राधा) के प्रेम के कारण
dvibhujaḥtwo-armed — back to his original form predicate adjectiveद्विभुज (दो भुजाओं वाले)
kriyateis made, is turned into passiveकर दिए जाते हैं (बना दिए जाते हैं)
hariḥHari, Kṛṣṇa himself nominative subject of the passiveहरि (कृष्ण), जो इस क्रिया के कर्म बनते हैं
hariḥ — Hari; vṛndāvaneśvarī-premṇā — by the love of Vṛndāvana's queen; dvibhujaḥ — two-armed; kriyate — is made.
वृन्दावनेश्वरी के प्रेम के कारण हरि द्विभुज कर दिए जाते हैं।
the love of Vṛndāvana's queen makes Hari two-armed again. Rādhā's love alone pulls him back out of the four-armed form and into his own two-armed shape. That is the measure of her.
तो भी वृन्दावनेश्वरी राधा के प्रेम से हरि द्विभुज बना दिए जाते हैं।
vṛndāvaneśvarī, "the queen of Vṛndāvana," is Rādhā. The verse's whole point: not even his own displayed opulence stands against her love — it undoes the four arms.
Commentary — decoded
Jīva Gosvāmī
s1avataranika
atra śrī-rādhāyā vaiśiṣṭyaṁ vyañjayitum āha—bhujeti ||
atrahere, at this verse adverbयहाँ (इस श्लोक में)
śrī-rādhāyāḥof Śrī Rādhā — whose distinction is at issue genitiveश्रीराधा का
vaiśiṣṭyamher special distinction, what sets her apart accusative objectवैशिष्ट्य (विशेषता) को
vyañjayitumin order to bring it out, to suggest it infinitive of purposeव्यंजित करने के लिए (प्रकट करने के लिए)
āhahe (Rūpa) says verbकहते हैं
bhujā itithe verse beginning "bhujā..." pratīka, the catchword naming the verse"भुजा" इत्यादि—श्लोक का प्रतीक (नामकरण)
atra — here; śrī-rādhāyāḥ vaiśiṣṭyam — Śrī Rādhā's special distinction; vyañjayitum — in order to bring out; āha — he says; bhujā iti — the verse "bhujā...".
यहाँ श्रीराधा के वैशिष्ट्य को व्यंजित करने के लिए "भुजा" इत्यादि श्लोक कहते हैं।
Jīva: Here, to bring out what makes Śrī Rādhā special, Rūpa speaks the verse beginning "bhujā."
इस श्लोक में श्रीराधा की विशेषता प्रकट करने के लिए "भुजा" वाला श्लोक कहा गया है।
Jīva frames the verse modestly, as showing Rādhā's vaiśiṣṭya — her distinctiveness. vyañjayitum is a suggestive verb (from vyañj, to hint/reveal indirectly): the verse does not assert her greatness flatly but lets it show through the image.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī
s1avataranika
tāsv api śrī-rādhikābhāvasya paramādbhutam utkarṣam āha—bhujā-catuṣṭayam iti ||
tāsv apieven among all those heroines — set against the whole company just surveyed locative plural; api = evenउन (गोपियों) में भी
śrī-rādhikā-bhāvasyaof Śrī Rādhikā's love, her particular emotion genitiveश्रीराधिका के भाव का
parama-adbhutamthe utterly astonishing accusative adjectiveपरम अद्भुत
utkarṣamthe surpassing height, how far it rises above the rest accusative objectउत्कर्ष (श्रेष्ठता) को
āhahe (Rūpa) states verbकहते हैं
bhujā-catuṣṭayam itithe verse beginning "bhujā-catuṣṭayam..." pratīka"भुजा-चतुष्टयम्" इत्यादि—श्लोक का प्रतीक
tāsu api — even among all those heroines; śrī-rādhikā-bhāvasya — of Śrī Rādhikā's love; parama-adbhutam utkarṣam — the utterly astonishing, surpassing height; āha — he states; bhujā-catuṣṭayam iti.
उन गोपियों में भी श्रीराधिका के भाव के परम अद्भुत उत्कर्ष को "भुजा-चतुष्टयम्" इत्यादि श्लोक से कहते हैं।
Viśvanātha: Even set among all those heroines, Śrī Rādhikā's love rises to an utterly astonishing height above them all. To state that height, Rūpa speaks the verse beginning "bhujā-catuṣṭayam."
उन सब गोपियों में भी श्रीराधिका के भाव की सबसे अद्भुत श्रेष्ठता को "भुजा-चतुष्टयम्" वाला श्लोक कहता है।
Note where Viśvanātha pitches this differently from Jīva: Jīva said the verse brings out Rādhā's vaiśiṣṭya (distinction); Viśvanātha says it states the paramādbhuta utkarṣa — the utterly astonishing, surpassing height — of her bhāva (love), and the tāsv api ("even among them") explicitly ranks her above the whole company of heroines just discussed. Do not collapse the two: one names a distinction, the other names a summit.
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