DASAKOM 73

 STANZA 1

 THOSE GIRLS MET AND TOLD

 OTHERS ABOUT YOUR DEPARTURE,

 AND GAVE LOUDLY VENT TO THEIR GRIEFS, " HOW, HOW

 CAN KRISHNA WHOM WE LOVE SO MUCH LEAVE US”

 STANZA 2

 THEY CONTUED TO WEEP

 SAYING “THAT KRISHNA

 WHO LOVES US LEAVES

 IS OUR FATE

 STANZA 3

 WHLE LEAVING, YOU SENT A FRIEND

 TO CONSOLE THEM WITH A MESSAGE

 THAT YOU WERE LEAVING ONLY FOR SHORT TIME

 TO OBEY KAMSA'S ORDER AND WILL BE IMMEDIATELY BACK AFTER THAT

 STANZA 4

 YOU ADDED AND CONSOLED THEM

 SAYING “SOON I WILL RETURN,

 AND WILL MAKE YOU

 AS HAPPY AS BEFORE”

 STANZA 5

 THEY, SAD AND WITH AN APPEALING LOOK IN THEIR EYES,

 WATCHED YOU, UNTIL YOU DSAPPEARED THE VIEW

 UNTIL ALONG WITH YOUR BROTHER

 YOU LEFT IN AKRURA'S CHARIOT

 

 (END OF LIFE IN VRINDAVANAM AND START OF LIFE IN MATHURA)

 

 STANZA 6

 AS IF CARRIED FORWARD BY THE FLOW OF A RIVER OF JOY,

 BY AKRURA'S CHARIOT AND THE MINDS OF THE BELOVED GIRLS,

 YOU CROSSED THE FOREST IN WHICH

 TREES AND ALSO SEEMED TO WAIL

 STANZA 7

 WHAT TO WONDER THAT HE

 SAW YOU ALL ROUND

 EVEYWHERE IN THE RIVER

 AS WELL AS IN THE CHARIOT!

 STANZA 8

 HE WAS LUCKY TO SEE YOU

 GLORIOUSLY SEATED

 CARRYING IN YOUR HANDS

 WHEEL CONCH HAMMER AND BRACELET

 STANZA 9

 HE SAW YOU AS BRAHMA

 THE BLISSFUL UNIVERSAL SOUL

 AND PRAISED YOU IN SEVERAL WAYS,

 TINKLING WITH JOY

 STANZA 10

 WHEN YOU ASKED WHY

 THESE PRICKLES ON HIS BODY,

 HE REMAIED SILENT

 BECAUSE HE WAS OYERWHELMED BY JOY