tatra aṅga-saṅge, yathā—
asi ghana-rasa-rūpas tvaṁ
pālī lāvaṇya-sāra-maya-mūrtiḥ |
mādhava bhavad-āśleṣe
bhavitā nāsyāḥ kathaṁ dravatā ||
The verse — decoded
L1example
asi ghana-rasa-rūpas tvaṁ
tvaṁyou — Kṛṣṇa, whom the verse addressesतुम (कृष्ण को सम्बोधित करके)
ghana-rasa-rūpaḥmade of ghana-rasa: on one reading thick, dense rasa (the mellow of love); on the second reading cloud-water, rain — ghana a raincloud, its rasa the water it pours śleṣa — the whole verse turns on this double senseजो घनीभूत रस के स्वरूप वाले हो — श्लेष में, जो जल के स्वरूप वाले हो
asiyou areहो
tvaṁ — you, Kṛṣṇa; asi — are; ghana-rasa-rūpaḥ — one whose very form is ghana-rasa, dense rasa / rain-water
tvaṁ — तुम; ghana-rasa-rūpaḥ — घनीभूत रस के स्वरूप वाले, श्लेष में जल-स्वरूप; asi — हो।
You, Kṛṣṇa, are made of ghana-rasa. Read one way, that is thick, concentrated rasa — love's own essence. Read the other way, ghana is a raincloud and rasa is its water: so you are water itself. The whole verse rides on this pun.
तुम घनीभूत रस के स्वरूप हो — और श्लेष में, जल के स्वरूप हो।
The opening line of an udāharaṇa illustrating aṅga-saṅga, 'bodily contact, the embrace' — the topic the lead-in sets up ('tatra aṅga-saṅge, yathā—').
यह अङ्ग-सङ्ग अर्थात् 'देह का स्पर्श, आलिंगन' के उदाहरण की पहली पंक्ति है — भूमिका में 'तत्र अङ्ग-सङ्गे, यथा—' कहकर जो विषय उठाया गया है, उसी का यह दृष्टान्त है।
L2example
pālī lāvaṇya-sāra-maya-mūrtiḥ |
pālīPālī — the gopī named here, the one held in the embraceपाली (नायिका का नाम)
lāvaṇya-sāra-maya-mūrtiḥher body is made of the essence of lāvaṇya: on one reading her loveliness, beauty's glitter; on the second reading saltiness — she is made of the essence of salt śleṣa on lāvaṇya (beauty) / lavaṇatā (saltiness)जिसकी देह सौन्दर्य के सार से बनी है — श्लेष में, लवणता के सार से बनी है
pālī — Pālī; lāvaṇya-sāra-maya-mūrtiḥ — whose form is made of the essence of lāvaṇya (beauty / salt)
pālī — पाली; lāvaṇya-sāra-maya-mūrtiḥ — सौन्दर्य के सार से बनी मूर्ति वाली, श्लेष में लवणता के सार से बनी।
Pālī's very body is made of the essence of lāvaṇya. One reading: the essence of beauty, pure loveliness. The other reading: the essence of salt — she is, so to speak, solid salt.
पाली की देह सौन्दर्य के सार से बनी है — और श्लेष में, लवण के सार से बनी है।
L3example
mādhava bhavad-āśleṣe
mādhavaO Mādhava — the speaker calls out to Kṛṣṇaहे माधव
bhavad-āśleṣein your embrace, once you hold her locative of occasion — 'when your embrace happens'जब आपका आलिंगन हो
mādhava — O Mādhava; bhavad-āśleṣe — in your embrace, once you hold her
mādhava — हे माधव; bhavad-āśleṣe — जब आपका आलिंगन हो।
O Mādhava, in your embrace —
हे माधव, जब आपका आलिंगन हो —
L4example
bhavitā nāsyāḥ kathaṁ dravatā ||
asyāḥof her — of Pālīइसकी (पाली की)
kathaṁ na bhavitāhow will there fail to be? — rhetorical: surely there will be kathaṁ + na = 'how could there not be', i.e. it must beकैसे न होगी — अर्थात् अवश्य होगी
dravatāmelting, flowing: on one reading melting with love; on the second, salt dissolving in water śleṣa — the pun pays off hereद्रवता, पिघलना (यहीं श्लेष चरितार्थ होता है)
asyāḥ — of her; dravatā — a melting; kathaṁ na bhavitā — how will it not come about (surely it will)
asyāḥ — इसकी; kathaṁ na bhavitā — कैसे न होगी, अर्थात् अवश्य होगी; dravatā — द्रवता।
How could she not melt? Put salt into water and it must dissolve. So, held by you — who are water — Pālī, who is salt, cannot but melt away. And melt with love she does. The rhetorical 'how not?' means: she surely will.
तो इसकी द्रवता कैसे न होगी? अवश्य होगी।
Commentary — decoded
Jīva Gosvāmī
s1gloss
lāvaṇyaṁ kānti-cākacakyam eva sāro yasya tādṛśasya, pakṣe lāvaṇyaṁ lavaṇataiva sāro yasya lāvaṇyākhya-vastunaḥ |
lāvaṇyaṁlāvaṇya — here it meansलावण्य
kānti-cākacakyamthe glitter and shine of beauty, radianceकान्ति की चमक
evaprecisely — this and nothing elseही
sāro yasya tādṛśasyashe is such that this radiance is her very essenceजिसका सार है — ऐसे (माधव) का
pakṣeon the second readingश्लेष-पक्ष में
lāvaṇyaṁ lavaṇataiva sāro yasyalāvaṇya means saltiness itself, which is the essenceलावण्य अर्थात् लवणता ही जिसका सार है
lāvaṇyākhya-vastunaḥof the substance called lāvaṇya — that is, salt'लावण्य' नामक वस्तु का
lāvaṇyaṁ — lāvaṇya means; kānti-cākacakyam eva — precisely the glitter of beauty; sāro yasya tādṛśasya — she whose essence that is; pakṣe — on the second reading; lāvaṇyaṁ lavaṇatā eva sāro yasya — lāvaṇya is saltiness itself as the essence; lāvaṇyākhya-vastunaḥ — of the thing called lāvaṇya, salt
lāvaṇyaṁ — लावण्य; kānti-cākacakyam — कान्ति की चमक; eva — ही; sāro yasya tādṛśasya — जिसका सार है, ऐसे का; pakṣe — श्लेष-पक्ष में; lāvaṇyaṁ lavaṇataiva sāro yasya — लावण्य अर्थात् लवणता ही जिसका सार है; lāvaṇyākhya-vastunaḥ — 'लावण्य' नामक वस्तु का।
Jīva splits lāvaṇya two ways. First: lāvaṇya is kānti-cākacakya, the glitter and shine of beauty — and Pālī's essence is that radiance. Second reading: lāvaṇya is lavaṇatā, saltiness — the essence of the very thing called lāvaṇya, namely salt. So Jīva lays out both halves of the pun.
लावण्य अर्थात् कान्ति की चमक ही जिसका सार है — ऐसे (माधव) का। श्लेष-पक्ष में, लावण्य अर्थात् लवणता ही जिसका सार है — ऐसे 'लावण्य' नामक पदार्थ का।
s2gloss
tan-maya-mūrtiḥ ||
tan-maya-mūrtiḥher body is made of that — of that essence (radiance on one reading, salt on the other)उसी (सार) से बनी मूर्ति वाली
tan-maya-mūrtiḥ — she whose form is made of that essence
tan-maya-mūrtiḥ — उसी सार से बनी हुई मूर्ति वाली।
And her body is made of that essence through and through — of radiance one way, of salt the other.
उसी सार से बनी हुई मूर्ति वाली (पाली)।
s3other
(75)
(75)a bare number, '75', standing in the text — a cross-reference to verse 75श्लोक-संख्या ७५
(75) — the numeral seventy-five
(75) — श्लोक-संख्या ७५।
A bare '75' stands in the text here: a cross-reference number to verse 75, not part of the gloss itself.
(यह श्लोक-संख्या ७५ का सन्दर्भ है।)
Viśvanātha Cakravartī
s1avataranika
pālyāḥ sakhī śrī-kṛṣṇam āha—asīti |
pālyāḥ sakhīPālī's friend, her sakhīपाली की सखी
śrī-kṛṣṇam āhaspeaks to Śrī Kṛṣṇaश्रीकृष्ण से कहती है
asītiin the verse beginning 'asi' pratīka — the first word quoted to name the verse'असि' इत्यादि (श्लोक का प्रतीक — इसी पहले शब्द से श्लोक का नाम)
pālyāḥ sakhī — Pālī's friend; śrī-kṛṣṇam āha — addresses Śrī Kṛṣṇa; asīti — in the verse beginning 'asi'
pālyāḥ sakhī — पाली की सखी; śrī-kṛṣṇam āha — श्रीकृष्ण से कहती है; asīti — 'असि' इत्यादि श्लोक।
Viśvanātha names the speaker: it is Pālī's sakhī, her girlfriend, and she is addressing Śrī Kṛṣṇa. The verse begins 'asi.'
पाली की सखी श्रीकृष्ण से कहती है — 'असि' इत्यादि श्लोक।
s2gloss
ghana-raso niviḍo rasaḥ, pakṣe jalam |
ghana-rasaḥghana-rasa meansघन-रस
niviḍo rasaḥdense, thick rasaगाढ़ा रस
pakṣe jalamon the second reading, waterश्लेष-पक्ष में — जल
ghana-rasaḥ — ghana-rasa; niviḍaḥ rasaḥ — dense rasa; pakṣe jalam — on the second reading, water
ghana-rasaḥ — घन-रस; niviḍo rasaḥ — गाढ़ा रस; pakṣe jalam — श्लेष-पक्ष में जल।
ghana-rasa, says Viśvanātha, is niviḍa rasa — thick, dense rasa. On the second reading it is simply water, the rain a cloud pours down.
घन-रस अर्थात् गाढ़ा रस; श्लेष-पक्ष में — जल।
s3gloss
lāvaṇyaṁ kānti-cākacakyam |
lāvaṇyaṁlāvaṇya meansलावण्य
kānti-cākacakyamthe glitter and shine of beauty, radianceकान्ति की चमक
lāvaṇyaṁ — lāvaṇya; kānti-cākacakyam — the glitter of beauty
lāvaṇyaṁ — लावण्य; kānti-cākacakyam — कान्ति की चमक।
lāvaṇya, on the first reading, is kānti-cākacakya — the glitter and shine of beauty.
लावण्य अर्थात् कान्ति की चमक।
s4gloss
pakṣe lavaṇatvaṁ sāro yasya lavaṇākhya-vastunaḥ |
pakṣeon the second readingश्लेष-पक्ष में
lavaṇatvaṁ sāro yasyaof which saltiness is the essenceलवणता ही जिसका सार है
lavaṇākhya-vastunaḥof the substance called salt'लवण' नामक वस्तु का
pakṣe — on the second reading; lavaṇatvaṁ sāro yasya lavaṇākhya-vastunaḥ — the thing called salt, whose essence is saltiness
pakṣe — श्लेष-पक्ष में; lavaṇatvaṁ sāro yasya — लवणता ही जिसका सार है; lavaṇākhya-vastunaḥ — 'लवण' नामक वस्तु का।
On the second reading, lāvaṇya is saltiness: the essence of the substance we call salt.
श्लेष-पक्ष में — लवणता ही जिसका सार है, ऐसे 'लवण' नामक पदार्थ का।
s5gloss
tan-mayī mūrtir yasyāḥ sā ||
tan-mayī mūrtir yasyāḥ sāshe is the one whose body is made of that — of radiance, or of saltजिसकी मूर्ति उसी (सार) से बनी है, वह (पाली)
tan-mayī mūrtiḥ yasyāḥ — whose form is made of that essence; sā — she is that one (Pālī)
tan-mayī mūrtir yasyāḥ sā — जिसकी मूर्ति उसी सार से बनी है, वह।
And Pālī is the one whose body is made of that essence — radiance on one reading, salt on the other. Viśvanātha resolves the compound as a bahuvrīhi describing her.
जिसकी मूर्ति उसी सार से बनी है, वह — पाली।
s6other
(75)
(75)a bare number, '75', standing in the text — a cross-reference to verse 75श्लोक-संख्या ७५
(75) — the numeral seventy-five
(75) — श्लोक-संख्या ७५।
A bare '75' again closes the note: a cross-reference number to verse 75, not part of the gloss itself.
(यह श्लोक-संख्या ७५ का सन्दर्भ है।)