Odissi
Odissi by Padma Vibhushan Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra
- kuru yadu-nandanacandana-shishira, tarenakarenapayodhare | mruga-mada-patrakamatra mano-bhava, mangala-kalasha-sahodare ||1|| “O Yadu-nandana, with Your hands more cooling than sandal paste, paint a leafy creeper in musk on My breasts, Kämadeva’s auspicious vessels.”
- nijagadasayadu-nandane, kridatihrudaya-nandaneShe spoke to the son of Yadu, whose love play delighted Her heart.
ali-kula-bhañjanamañjanakam, rati-nayaka-sayaka-mochane | tvad-adhara-chumbana-lambita-kajjalam, ujjvalayapriyalocane, NijagadasaYadunandane ||2|| “My love, besmear My eyes with shiny collyrium eclipsing the beauty of a swarm of dark bumblebees. Your lips kissed away the black kajjala lining My eyes, the bow that discharges Cupid’s arrows. - mama ruchirechikure kuru manada, manasija-dhvaja-chamare | rati-galitelalitekusumani, shikhandi-shikhandaka-damare,NijagadasaYadunandane ||6||“O Mänada, respectful one, My hair fell loose in Our amorous play. Weave flowers into My tresses, which are like the whisk of Kämadeva’s flag and which are more captivating than peacock plumes.”
- sarasa-ghanejaghane mama sambara, darana-varana-kandare | mani-rashana-vasanabharananisubhashayavasayasundare, NijagadasaYadunandane ||7|| “O pure-hearted one, please array My beautiful, broad loins – the cave of that madly passionate elephant Kämadeva – with a jeweled girdle, fine cloth and ornaments.”