ਸਵੈਯਾ ॥

Savaiyya

Having had her meals, suffusing herself with the perfumes of flowers, she was sitting there casually.

The maid came in and told her, ‘You the one cherished by (Sri Krishna) with broad vision, come quick he is aspiring for you.

‘Go and meet him as the lightening immerses in the clouds.

‘The night is passing away and you are not listening to me.(22)

‘You had told me that he often passed through the streets in the guise of a cowherd.

‘Sometime he visited the houses of the milkmaids, to enjoy the milk, wearing the feathers of a peacock.

‘Now, my friend! He is playing the flute on the banks of Jamuna and has sent me for you.

‘Come, listen to me and come, Sri Krishna is calling you.(23)

‘He always praises you, and to get your attention he plays the flute,

And, for your sake, he is embellishing himself and blending his body with the sandalwood cream.’

Sri Krishna’s soul was filched by Radha, the daughter of Brikhbhan,

But nobody else could experience the perception.(24)

Sri Krishna, the one emanating the sublime rays like the feathers of the peacock, was ensconced at the banks of Jamuna.

Hearing about Sri Krishna the cowherd-boys became impatient and proceeded to the place.

And, learning all about Sri Krishna, Radha primed herself, and, getting rid of all the fears, she, as well, quickly walked along.

Discerning Sri Krishna, she had abandoned her home, and, in the wake of passion, forgotten her pride.(25)

The pearly ornaments and the nose-stud enhanced her bodily grace.

The pearly necklaces and bracelets were adding charm, and, holding the lotus flowers, she waited for Sri Krishna.

She looked like the rice-pudding emanating from the body of the

Moon which (the Moon) had been churned out of the sea.(26)