'Shri Krishna Karnamrita' : Fourth Shloka

barhottamsa-vilasa-kuntala-bharam madhurya-magnananam

pronmilan-nava-yauvanam pravilasad venu-pranadamritam  |

apina-stana-kudmalabhir abhito gopibhir aradhitam ,

jyotish cetasi nash cakastu jagatam ekabhiramadbhutam  ||4||

 Lord Krishna Lights Up our Hearts

The personification of effulgence (Krishna) on whose head curly locks sport with the diadem made of peacock feathers, whose lotus face is absorbed in the ocean of madhurya, whose fresh youthfulness bursts forth, the melodious sound of whose flute makes even the unemotional become sentimental and the lifeless become spirited.The cowherdess of Braj are adoring Him with the lotus blossoms of their bud-like breasts, as they gather around Him from all sides. May such a charming and fantastic effulgence (Krishna) light up our hearts, for all times to come. Amazingly, He is the only enjoyer and source of enjoyment in the entire world with an innocence both of the enchanter and the enchanted.

The Rasa-Laden Commentary

 Blue-hued Krishna Dallies with the Radiant Gopis

In a flash, Shri Bilavamangal ji remembers the romantic dalliance which took place before Krishna vanished. He prays for that effulgence personified (Krishna) to  forever shine in his heart. That ray of light is not Brahma Jyoti or the radiance of  the all pervading spirit of the universe but rather a bluish yellow light, in which the lustre of the gopis' charming bodies combines with blue-hued Krishna, the colour of an emerald.

Vaishnava Acharyas have said that the first darshan is of the changeless impersonal Ultimate Being (a repository of light), the second darshan is to have a glimpse of Parmatma or the Supreme Being (who knows the inner feelings of our heart, and has a form and shape) and the third darshan is seeing God Incarnate, face to face with our own eyes.
  

Shri Bilavmangal ji Has Darshan of Lord Krishna

Shri Bilavmangal ji is having this third darshan, which bhaktas ardently long for. In this state loving devotees sing in joyous abandon as they reach the heights of religious rapture.

morpakha sir par phahren, mukmadhuri sindhu mein lait jhakoren

The shringar of that divine effulgence decked up from head to toe, is remarkable. That effulgence delights mankind and it is very rare to find such radiant beauty in all the three worlds.

Krishna's Locks Dance in Joyous Abandon

Barhottamsa-vilasa-kuntala-bharam : the tail of a peacock feather adorns His forehead, while the hair of Lord Krishna dallies in an extraordinary manner. The curly locks are smooth and glossy. Joyous when He frolics, they seem to be spreading madhurya or sweetness.

 The Flute Player Krishna is Steeped in Joy

Why does Bilavmangal ji say, madhurya-magnananam : Either getting enchanted by His own beauty, Krishna is steeped in joy or He is enraptured by the melodious sounds of His flute? Or since His beloveds are intently gazing at him from the thicket of trees in front, His face becomes increasingly madhur by the nectarous look of their glance. Ardently longing to relish some new passionate tryst, a novel expressive sentiment is reflected on His lotus face.

 The Loving Tenderness of Krishna's Youth

pronmilan-nava-yauvanam: is what Bilavamangal ji calls the lustre of His youthfulness. Adolescence has not yet set in and the loving tenderness of His divine limbs clearly state that youth has not gained entry into this realm, at this juncture.

Pronmilan-nava-yauvanam ?- this early stage of youth is somewhat blooming, as if an enraptured bud slightly astonished at being nudged by the first whiff of a morning breeze, lazily stretches out its  limbs...but has not fully blossomed yet. Like the smile of an enchanted maiden who is so very shy, or like the embarrassed sweetness of some unknown young beauty's initial moments of love play.

This state is a combination of young childhood and youthfulness...which is not yet fully bloomed.

Krishna's Flute Play Enchants the Birds & Trees of Vrindavana

 pravilasad venu-pranadamritam: Lord Krishna is playing the flute, the mellifluous sound of Krishna's flute is a symbol of His majestic power. The melody of His flute is also the breath of sweet love. This maha madhurya is actually a call to eternity; it is the mrit sanjivini, a herb supposed to revive the dead if eaten.

By the melodious notes of Krishna's flute even the arid landscape, and the birds and creepers, express joy and dance to its rhythm.

 

The Gopis Adulate Krishna

While sighting the charming effulgence of Nand Kishore who is newly adorned with  fresh youthfulness, is radiantly bright, and is a flute player endowed with nectarous sweetness, Shri Bilavmangal ji raves-wrapping their arms around that madhurya laden form, the gopis worship Krishna with the lotus blossoms of their bud-like breasts. This innately divine form, which is delightful to the eyes, is not perceptible by the senses anywhere else in the world.

Krishna Enchants the Three Worlds

jagatam ekabhiramadbhutam: That irresistibly attractive form of Krishna, ranks supreme in the three lokas. There are many incarnations of the Supreme Being in this world and all of them are so very endearing, but the ineffable beauty of Lord Krishna which enchants the mundane world can not be found in anyone else. He is the only enjoyer and the only source of enjoyment in the entire universe with an innocence of both the enchanter and the enchanted.

'Shri Krishna Karnamrita': Third Shloka

caturyaika-nidana-sima-capalapanga-cchata-mantharam
lavanyamrita-vici-lolita-drisham lakshmi-katakshadritam  | 
kalindi-pulinangana-pranayinam kamavatarankuram
balamnilam amivayam mahurima-svarajyam aradhnumah  ||3||
 

Simple Meaning:

The Sidelong Glances of Shri Radha & Krishna

 Dark-hued Krishna's flirtatious glance, the peak of His spirited antics, makes the gait of *Braj beauties languid with love. The One whose sidelong glance is playfully naughty, the one who in turn becomes languid by the sidelong glance of *Shri Radha, an incarnation of goddess Lakshmi. To whom the vast sandy banks of the Yamuna are very dear for  romantic dalliances and who rules the domain of sweet love, we propitiate the same blue-hued youthful Krishna.

The Rasa-Laden Commentary

 

Krishna, the Darling Son of Nanda, Ardently Looks at His Beloved Radha 

The darling son of Nanda, the sole peak of spirited antics, is looking at His beloveds with a flirtatious glance. Possibly, Sri Radha standing in the centre of sakhis, is right in front. Becoming languid by Shri Radhika's(Lakshmi incarnate) lovely sidelong glance, rippling waves of fickleness arise in the ocean of His ardent love. Strangely His eyes turn red but the mischievous One is languid with the onslaught of love today. 

 

 Shri Radha's Flirtatious Glance

The passionate eyes of Shri Radha and the Braj beauties pour so much of rasa (juice or essence of love) that Rasraj (a title of Krishna) is dumb struck.

Amazingly,the love-struck condition is the same on both sides. At one end, His beloveds stupify Him with their passionate glance and at the other, Krishna-the Rasika Shiromani, by the wistful glance of His tremulous eyes soaks the beauties, His heart's beloveds and Shri Radha their svamini  who is the supreme object of Krishna's passionate love, and makes them languid with the gush of love. They stand astounded.

An Interpersonal Romantic Exchange Between Krishna & the Gopis

Lavanyamrita-vici-lolita-drisham: What a picturesque description.The terrifying rush of ardent love and the supreme lover's flitting eyes turn fickle and delight the heart. Capriciousness loads His gaze as He looks with sidelong glances. The supreme lover stupefies His heart's beloveds and they in turn astound the supreme lover with their charming mannerisms and intoxicating gaze.It is a case of interpersonal romantic exchange.

A Romantic Dalliance on the Banks of the Yamuna

In the sprawling courtyard of Sri Kalind Nandini (Yamuna said to rise on a mountain called Kalinda)  Krishna, the passionate supreme lover, was immersed in a romantic dalliance.This languid state did not create any impediment but rather added such a unique touch of madhuri or sweetness to the incident, that it gave rise to another fickleness; and great rejoicings of amorous play instinctively pranced on the vast sandy river banks. The combination of fickleness and a languid state made Shri Radha-Krishna long to relish the rasa (essence) of the playful dalliance.

Shri Radha Amorously Frolicking with Krishna

At times Priyatam was dumbstruck by the passionate glance of Shri Radha and at times Priyatama (Radha, the supreme object of Krishna's passionate love) was stupefied as she became languid with His ardent gaze. The trees of Kama (god of love) waved joyously as so many new shoots burst forth. Today Priya (Radha) frolicked with Krishna but a strange thing happened. Though the shoots of passion sprouted in that beautiful blue Tamal (Krishna likened to an evergreeen tree) they made these enraptured beloveds reach the heights of elation and ecstasy.

The Love Struck State of Krishna & the Gopis

Which gave such a sweet indication to this ardent  blue-hued Priyatam that stupefied for a moment, he became capricious again. When it drenched these beautiful maidens, the same love-struck state was theirs. Initially they were dumb-founded and then some new fickleness penetrated them and guess what...on the lovely banks of the flowing river, a festival of romantic dalliances began. Everything is emotionally evocative and serenely spiritual in this domain of sweetness.

Later on in one of the shlokas Bilavamangalji has said

madhuryena dviguna-shishiram vaktra-candram

Krishna's Moonlike Face

The moon of Krishna's face becomes doubly refreshing by its sweet tenderness. What to talk of just the moonlike face when His entire body is madhur...sweetness cascades from every pore of His being...Krishna, the cool youthful supreme lover, is the paragon of sweetness...

 Blue-hued Krishna Rules the Domain of Love

 While presenting his loving salutation to such a Krishna who is the colour of blue sapphires, who is passionately dallying with His beloveds, who is the paragon of cleverness and the zenith of cleverness,- whose slow effulgence gives rise to  some new languid state and capriciousness- whose 'lolita-drisham vichiyan' or frivolous capricious eyes are flitting in the charming nectarous ocean... who is immersed in  passionate romantic dalliances on the sprawling sandy banks of the Kalindi...who impassions (gopis representing His hungering devotees), Shri Bilavmangalji propitiates such a Krishna, who is a ruler of the sweet domain of of love.

Braj beauties: His hungering devotees represented by the enraptured village girls with whom Krishna sported in his youth.

Shri Radha: the Godhead in female form or the divine feminine energy; She above all the other cowherdesses of Vrindavan and all the other souls of the world ultimately emerges as the supreme object of Krishna's passionate love.