Kalayati Nayanam

Srimati Radha, Kalayati Nayanam

Ramananda Raya has written this song “Kalayati Nayanam”. In this song, Ramananda Raya briefly describes the divine activites of Srimati Radha to Gajapati Maharaja Prataparudra.

(1)
kalayati nayanaḿ diśi diśi valitam
pańkajam iva mṛdu-māruta-calitam

(2)
keli-vipinaḿ praviśati rādhā
pratipada-samudita-manasija-bādhā

(3)
vinidadhati mṛdu-manthara-pādaḿ
racayati kuñjara-gatim anuvādam

(4)
janayati rudra-gajādhipa-muditaḿ
rāmānanda-rāya-kavi-gaditam

(1) Radha’s eyes move in all directions like a lotus moving in a gentle breeze.
(2) Tortured by ever-increasing amorous desires, Radha enters the pastimes forest.
(3) She walks with gentle, slow steps as gracefully as an elephant.
(4) May these words spoken by the poet Ramananda Raya bring happiness to Gajapati Maharaja Prataparudra. 

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