Catura Siromani Kana, Govinda Dasa Kaviraja, Krishna Songs

Govinda Das Kaviraj has written this song “Catura Siromani Kana”. This song is taken from the book Padavali. In this song, Govinda Das Kaviraj describes the divine pastime in which Lord Krishna, being wild with Kamadeva’s desires left the company of his gopa friends and set out on a boat, which he had created with his flute music, to find Srimati Radha.

(Refrain)
catura-śiromaṇi kāna
heri yamunā-jalamanasija mātala
pūrala muralī niśāna
(1)
sakhā-gaṇa sańge      rańge kata khelata
khelata naṭabara-rāja
bhora manorathe calala bipina pathe
choḍi śiśu sańgahi mājha
(2)
sṛjala taraṇī-khāni  prabāla mukutā-maṇi
mājhe mājhe hīrāra gānthani
sāri sāri yoje guḍā      ratana kāñcane moḍā
pherayāle bājata kińkiṇī
(3)
tapana-tanayā tīre taraṇī la-iyā phire
bidagadha nāgara-rāja
gobinda-dāsa kahe naukāya basi rahe
pherayālera ghuńghura bāja

TRANSLATION

(Refrain) Glancing at the Yamuna’s waters, Lord Krsna, the jewel of the wise, filled His flute with music. Now He was wild with Kamadeva’s desires.

1) How many games did the king of dancers play and play with His gopa friends? Then, pushed by a certain desire, He left the boys’ company and walked alone on the forest path.

2) With that flute-music He created a boat, a boat made of jewels, pearls, and coral, a boat with decks made of diamonds, a boat with seat after seat made of gold and jewels, a boat with many small bells that jangled as it moved.

3) Lord Krsna, the wise king of heroes, entered that boat and set out from the Yamuna’s banks. Govinda dasa says: As the boat moved, its many small bells jangled.