Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Shiva mine



(3744) Ambara majhe dambaru baje

Amid sky a damru is resounding;
Which is that Rudra, now has come?
Matted locks, their knot has started opening;
With tandav garb, they have adorned.

Horn having sounded with its resonance severe,
The Bow-Wielder dances, seized by which fancy?
He proceeds with lightning-speed,
On north and south poles thunderbolts to toss.

Hey the fearsome Bhaerav, do get calm;
Your special power, please share with all.
What You want, we will give; take it, being cordial...
Hey the tranquil Shiva, King of three regions,[1]
Hey the Gaunga-Bearer, hey the Dance Lord.

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Reverie



(3743) Ei puspita campakatale

Beneath this same blossoming champak tree,
Hey the Most Beloved,
You'd appeared, You had appeared.
In color of teak and liking the clothing,
You'd smiled through teeth pearl-dropping.

That day's tale I won't be able to ignore;
It does not get erased, that date's memory-song.
On moonlit night, on gust of madhavii
That lunar day makes ardent at split moment in a jiffy.

With that date mingled are a hundred thoughts;
With that date has gone on a honeyed sensation.
In that date's dance and song, sweetness heaven brings,
Throbbing in heart and mind upon a breeze of fancy.

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Monday, August 3, 2026

Lord, You are my all in all



(3742) Praner gopal priitir gulal

Gopal of heart, gulal of love,
The darling of thought in a grove of psyche,
Due to You, hope is replete;
I am on watch with eyes teary.

I don't want Your proximity just a bit;
I want You close every day forever.
Your smile and flute so magic
Rise afloat in Vrndavan eternally.

Unto my vicinity kindly come, Sweetheart;
Far removed, please don't ever depart.
Without You, everything is lost;
Why do I even exist, who perceives?

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Saturday, August 1, 2026

Forever entwined



(3741) Ami tomar tumi amar

I am Yours, and You are mine;
Know this fact everyone does.
With rhythm and tune at home of thought,
Into each moment You are stuffed.

Strong and domineering, very ancient,
Hey the Supreme Being, ever novel,
Yourself I crave, dyed I keep dancing;
In the world You're one without a second.

To Your company is anyone's alike?
Never did it happen, nor since might.
In thought's cradle, with a matchless game divine,
Having danced, You persist in mind of all.

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Despite everything



(3740) Balechilum ami bare bar

I had said repeatedly:
Again I won't forget Thee.
Hey the Ever-New, the Killer of Gloom,
Just once, please come near.

Inside the Gokul of my mind You were,
By the tamal trees hidden.
Underneath Cadamba, on Jamuna's waters,
You left a heap of memories.

In my heart again appear;
In knowledge and in deed, hey the Epitome.
An endless and smiling ambrosial sea,
In life and in death, You're my footing.

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Friday, July 31, 2026

In Your midst



(3739) Tumi rupe bhuvan alo kara

Who lights the world with beauty, You're the One;
With rhythm You fill up dance and song.
Your equal does not exist, I don't find comparison;
Alone, You are pair to the whole cosmos.

You march forward, You look not backward;
Wheels of Your chariot, You don't let pause.
Those oblivious, lifting onto lap You haul;
Darling, in Your attributes Earth is absorbed.

You love, and You create liila
With both tender and severe, mixed You are.
Those having no one, You've remained for them all;
Beginningless and endless are You formed.

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Thursday, July 30, 2026

Heart of my heart



(3738) Mor nirashar andhare tumi ke

Who are You in the gloom of my despair?
Into this solitude, oh Who came?
In dream, what I did not fabricate,
Is it You? Confidentially, please say.

Lackadaisical, I had been bewitched by the mundane;
Consciousness, who knows why You brought and gave.
Inside thinking You infused sensibility's cascade,
Like an unearned, crimson grace.

With Your company there'd been no familiarity;
I never did anything in exchange for well-being.
At no time did I request to appear;
Lonely and ashamed, I'd been far away.

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