Ramananda Raya - Kalayati Nayanam

Song Name: Kalayati Nayanam

Official Name: None

Author: Ramananda Raya

Book Name: None

Language: Sanskrit

LYRICS:

(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

TRANSLATION

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.