Sajala Jalada Anga Manohara

Sajala Jalada Anga Manohara

Govinda Das Kaviraj has written this song “Sajala Jalada Anga Manohara”. This song is taken from the book Padavali. In this song, Govinda Das Kaviraj has given a vivid description of the charming form of the playful boy, i.e. Lord Krishna whom he saw under a keli-kadamba tree.
 
(1)
sajala jalada anga manohara
chataye cahila nahe
isata hasiya manera akuti
aruna nayane kahe
 
(2)
aju ki pekhalu binoda nagara
keli-kadambera tale
rupa nirakhite ankhira laja
bhasila ananda-jale
 
(3)
baula-mala diya kuntala taniya
ma-ura-pucchera chande
rangini locana khanjana bandhite
patila bisama phande
 
(4)
makara-kundala sange dolaye
ganda darapana-bhane
bhale se madana tahe bimbita
gobinda-dasa anumane
 
 
(1) His charming limbs dark like monsoon clouds were so effulgent I could not even look upon them. His gently smiling reddish eyes spoke of the desires hidden in His heart.
 
(2) Who is it I saw today? He was a playful boy under a keli-kadamba tree. My eyes were shy to gaze on His handsome form. I floated in an ocean of bliss.
 
(3) He wore a garland of bakula flowers. A peacock feather decorated His hair. His reddish eyes were like restless kanjana birds. I fell into the terrible trap He had carefully set.
 
(4) Shark-shaped earrings swung to and fro on His glistening-mirror cheeks. Kamadeva was reflected on His forehead. Govinda dasa thinks of Him in this way.