96. thath thvath mukham kaThamivaambujathulyakaksham
vaachaam avaachi nanu parvaNi parvaNi indhoH
thath kim bruve kimaparam bhuvanaikakaantham
yasya thavdhaananasamaa sushamaasadhaasyaath
How can your face be like the lotus? It is not possible to compare it with moon also who waxes and wanes. What else is there which enchants the whole world, and could be compared to the ever beautiful face of yours.
Continuing the line of thought in the two previous slokas, Leelasuka finds that the usual things that are compared to a beautiful face fall short of comparison to the face of
97.SuSrooyase yadhi vachaH SrNu maamakeenam
poorvaiH apoorvakavibhiH na kataakshitham yath
neeraajanakramaDhuram bhavadhaananendhoH
nirvyaajam arhathi chiraaya SaSi pradheepaH
Hear from me the words which has not been perceived even by unexcelled poets before me .The moon serves as the fitting light that does neeraajana to your face naturally.
Leelasuka further establishes the inferiority of the moon as a standard of comparison to the face of
98. akhandanirvaana rasapravaahaiH vikhandithaaSesharasaanthraaNi
ayanthrithodhvaantha suDhaarNavaani jayanthi Seethaani thava smithaani
Your smiles, cool and comforting, effortlessly emitting oceans of nectar, by its uninterrupted flow of the bliss of salvation, which pulverizes all the other sense experience, always triumph.
The smiles of
99. kaamam santhu sahasrasaH anye svaarasyaDhoureyakaah
kaamam vaa kamaneeythaa parinathiH svaaraajyabadDhavrathaaH
thairnaivam vivadhaamahe na cha vayam dheva priyam broomahe
yath sathyam ramaNeeyathaa parinathiH thvayyeva paaram gathaa
Let there be many others who are foremost in excellence, or let there be those who profess to be sovereigns of beauty. We are not going to argue with them nor be pleasant to them, because we know the truth, my Lord , that the you are the utmost limit of all that is attractive.
The _expression_ `kaamam santhu' is usually used to denote the meaning let there be others, who is bothered, to denote the inferiority of I others compared to the subject on hand. Kalidasa says in Raghuvamsa, `kaamam nrpaaH santhu sahasraSo anye raajanvatheem aahuH anena bhomim,' meaning , let there be thousands of kings but the earth is said to be having a king only because of him.'
Svaarasya means excellence and Dhoureyaka is one who stands first and foremost.
Svaaraajya also means heaven and it could refer to other devas like ManmaTha who are reputed for their beauty.
Leelasuka means that the devotees of
100. mandhaaramoole madhanaabhiraamam bimbaaDharaapoorithaveNunaadham
gogopagopeejanamaDhya samsTham gopam bhaje gokula poornachandhram
I worship
Here Leelasuka paints a beautiful portrait of Krishna standing under the tree, playing the flute, in the midstof the cows cowherds and gopis.he looks like the lord of love Manmatha himself, `saakshaath manmaTha manamaThah.'(Srimadbhagavatham)
101. galadhvreedaa lolaa madhanavinathaa gopavanithaa
maDhuspheetham geetham kimapi maDhuraa chaapalaDhuraaH
samujjrmbhaa gumphaa maDhurimakiraam maadhrsagiraam
thvayi sThaane yaathe dhaDhathi chapalam janma saphalam
When you resorted to the place (Brindavan), the gopis became influenced with love and shed their modesty and their song became sweet , from which flowed honey.All the play in brindhavan became delightful to all. The words of people like me also became sweet and the life has become fruitful.
The life becomes fruitful, janma saphalam, only when we speak or sing about the glory of the Lord. The rasakreeda is supposed to be the heart of Bhagavathapurana and the gopika geetham is extolled as the epitome of devotion.That is what Leelasuka refers to here and says that the gopis who forgot their body- consciousness, galadhvreedaaH, became the sarira of the Lord who is their inner self. Their song on
102. bhuvanam bhavanam vilaasinee Sreeh thanayaH thaanarasaasanah smaraScha
parichaaraparamparaaH surendhraaH thadhapi thvaccharitham prabho vichithram
Your abode is the universe. Your consort is Lakshmi. Your offsprings are Brahma and Manmatha. Your attendents are devas. Your ctions as Gopala is most wonderful.
The whole universe, bhuvanam, is the abode, bhavanam of the Lord as He is tramscendent and imminent. His consort, vilaasinee, is Mahalakshmi.. Brahma whose abode is the lotus, thaamarasaasanaH, is his son, thanayaH, and so is Manmatha, smaraH, who was born to
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