Ghazal
Graceful with Butter in Hand
This verse portrays the enchanting and endearing childhood form of Lord Krishna holding butter in his hand. Crawling on his knees with a dust-covered body and curd smeared across his radiant face, the divine child's innocent beauty evokes pure love and joyful devotion.
Source: Sri Sur Sagar (Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, 1924) · HI
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सोभित कर नवनीत लिये ॥
घुटुरुन चलत रेनु तनुमंडित मुख दधिलेप किये ॥
He looks so exquisite with fresh butter in his hand; Crawling on his knees, his body adorned with dust, his face smeared with curd.
With fresh butter in his hand, young Krishna looks exquisitely beautiful; crawling on his knees, his body is covered in dust, and his face is smeared with curd.
2
चारु कपोल लोल लोचन गोरोचन तिलक किये ।
लट लटकनि मनो मत्त मधुपगन मादक मदहि पिये॥
With lovely cheeks and restless eyes, adorned with a forehead mark of saffron bright, / The straying curls hang down like drunken bees, steeped deep in nectar's sweet delight.
With lovely cheeks, restless eyes, and a tilak of yellow gorochan on the forehead, the dangling curls of hair look like intoxicated bees that have drunk deeply of sweet, heady nectar.
3
कठुला कंठवज्र केहरि नख राजत रुचिर हिये।
धन्य सूर एको पल या सुख का सत कल्प जिये ॥
The tiger's claw and neck-charm gleam upon His lovely chest; blessed is even a moment of this joy over living a hundred eons.
A small necklace and a tiger's claw look splendid upon His charming chest; Surdas says that even a single moment of this divine joy is blessed, rendering a life of a hundred eons meaningless without it.
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