SB 10.83.29 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.83.29

उन्नीय वक्त्रमुरुकुन्तलकुण्डलत्विड् गण्डस्थलं शिशिरहासकटाक्षमोक्षै: । राज्ञो निरीक्ष्य परित: शनकैर्मुरारे- रंसेऽनुरक्तहृदया निदधे स्वमालाम् ॥ २९ ॥

unnīya vaktram uru-kuntala-kuṇḍala-tviḍ-

[unneeya vaktram uru-kuntala-kundala-tvid-]

gaṇḍa-sthalaṁ śiśira-hāsa-kaṭākṣa-mokṣaiḥ

[ganda-sthalam shishira-haasa-kataaksha-mokshaih]

rājño nirīkṣya paritaḥ śanakair murārer

[raajno nireekshya paritah shanakair muraarer]

aṁse ’nurakta-hṛdayā nidadhe sva-mālām

[amse ’nurakta-hridayaa nidadhe sva-maalaam]

Word-for-word

unnīya — lifting vaktram — my face uru — abundant kuntala — with locks of hair kuṇḍala — of earrings tviṭ — and with the effulgence gaṇḍa - sthalam — whose cheeks śiśira — cooling hāsa — with a smile kaṭa - akṣa — of sidelong glances mokṣaiḥ — and with the casting rājñaḥ — the kings nirīkṣya — looking at paritaḥ — all around śanakaiḥ — slowly murāreḥ — of Kṛṣṇa aṁse — upon the shoulder anurakta — attracted hṛdayā — whose heart nidadhe — I placed sva — my mālām — necklace .

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

unnīya vaktram uru-kuntala-kuṇḍala-tviḍ-

unnīya

lifting

vaktram

my face

uru

abundant

kuntala

with locks of hair

kuṇḍala

of earrings

tviṭ

and with the effulgence

gaṇḍa-sthalaṁ śiśira-hāsa-kaṭākṣa-mokṣaiḥ

gaṇḍa - sthalam

whose cheeks

śiśira

cooling

hāsa

with a smile

kaṭa - akṣa

of sidelong glances

mokṣaiḥ

and with the casting

rājño nirīkṣya paritaḥ śanakair murārer

rājñaḥ

the kings

nirīkṣya

looking at

paritaḥ

all around

śanakaiḥ

slowly

murāreḥ

of Kṛṣṇa

aṁse ’nurakta-hṛdayā nidadhe sva-mālām

aṁse

upon the shoulder

anurakta

attracted

hṛdayā

whose heart

nidadhe

I placed

sva

mālām

necklace .

Important Words

murāreḥ — of Murāri (Kṛṣṇa, enemy of Mura)
Mura (the demon) + ari (enemy). Kṛṣṇa is named here by a name that recalls His killing of the demon Mura at Bhaumāsura's fortress (SB 10.59). Gauḍīya commentators note: the same Lord who slays demons is gentle enough to receive a bride's garland.
anurakta - hṛdayā — whose heart was attached
Anu (after) + rakta (colored, attached) + hṛdaya (heart). Anurāga — coloring-after, the Gauḍīya term for prema's first ripening. The heart has taken the color of the Lord before the body has approached Him.
kaṭa - akṣa - mokṣaiḥ — with the casting of sidelong glances
Kaṭa (corner) + akṣa (eye) + mokṣa (release). The sidelong glance — a sthāyī Gauḍīya iconographic element of Rādhā's interaction with Kṛṣṇa. Here used by Lakṣmaṇā but the same rasa-vocabulary.
śiśira - hāsa — cooling smile
Śiśira (cool) + hāsa (smile). Her smile cools the rival kings even as it warms the Lord. Gauḍīya rasa-doctrine: one bhāva produces opposite effects in different ground.
śanakaiḥ — slowly
Adverb — unhurriedly. She does not rush the garland onto Kṛṣṇa's neck. The slowness is its own statement: the choice has been made years ago at Nārada's first gītam; the hand may take its time.

I lifted my face, which was encircled by my abundant locks and effulgent from the glow of my earrings reflected from my cheeks. Smiling coolly, I glanced about. Then, looking around at all the kings, I slowly placed the necklace on the shoulder of Murāri, who had captured my heart.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya

Commentary

Her locks fell over the edges of her cheeks since her locks were tied in a special way near her ears. I looked at the kings present with distain, and then looked at Kṛṣṇa with cooling, smiling glances. With attached heart, I placed a garland that I had made with my own hands (sva-mālām) for him on the shoulders of Murārī, killer of Mura, qualified as the greatest hero. The face had abundant locks around them and its cheeks shone with earrings. Or, the face had cheeks shining with earrings and abundant locks. Śiśira means cool or faint. Going (ayā) with attracted heart (hṛd) to Murāri, I placed the garland on his shoulder. This indicates their mutual love.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya

Commentary

I lifted my face, with glances of cool smiles and looked the kings gathered there with distain. Slowly I placed the garland on the Lord, which she held in her hand to present to him (sva-mālām), because my heart was attracted to him. She was absorbed in the Lord out of intense prema. Kṛṣṇa was the killer of the powerful demon Mura. Thus the garland was suitable for him, since he was courageous. Her cheeks glowed from her two earrings and plentiful locks of hair. Her smile was soft (śiśira). Or she went (ayā) to Murārī whose heart was attracted to her (anurakta-hṛt). They had mutual prema.

Related values & verses

Related values

Sthitaprajna (Steady Wisdom)Vairagya (Detachment / Dispassion)Discriminative WisdomAbhaya (Fearlessness)Seva (Service / Selfless Action)Saurya (Heroism / Bravery)Ahimsa (Non-violence / Compassion)Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)

Concepts

Moksha

Personal Guidance

I glanced around at all the kings and slowly placed the necklace on Murāri, who had captured my heart. The chosen one is not announced; the heart simply moves toward Him.

Reflection Questions

Where does my heart already know its choice but my action has not caught up?
What gesture would let the choice become visible?

Analogy

She lifts her face once, glances around the assembly with cool sidelong eyes, and slowly — śanakaiḥ, slowly — places her garland on Murāri's shoulder. The slowness is theological: there is no rival under consideration; the glance around is courtesy, not deliberation. Her citta had gone to Mukunda at Nārada's first verse; the hand is only completing the citta's journey.

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