Text 42]
The Śikṣāṣṭaka Prayers
263
TEXT 40
উদ্বেগে দিবস না যায়, ‘ক্ষণ’ হৈল ‘যুগ’-সম। বর্ষার মেঘপ্রায় অশ্রু বরিষে নয়ন ॥ ৪০ ॥
udvege divasa nā yāya ‘kṣaṇa’ haila ‘yuga’-sama varṣāra megha-prāya aśru variṣe nayana
SYNONYMS
udvege —by great agitation;  divasa —day;  nā —not;  yāya —passes;  kṣaṇa —a moment;  haila —became;  yuga-sama —like a great millennium;  varṣāra —of the rainy season;  megha-prāya —like clouds;  aśru —tears;  variṣe —fall down;  nayana —from the eyes.
TRANSLATION
“In My agitation, a day never ends, for every moment seems like a millennium. Pouring incessant tears, My eyes are like clouds in the rainy season.
TEXT 41
গোবিন্দ-বিরহে শূন্য হইল ত্রিভুবন। তুষানলে পোড়ে,—যেন না যায় জীবন ॥ ৪১ ॥
govinda-virahe śūnya ha-ila tribhuvana tuṣānale poḍe, —yena nā yāya jīvana
SYNONYMS
govinda-virahe —by separation from Govinda;  śūnya —void;  ha-ila —became;  tri-bhuvana —the three worlds;  tuṣa-anale —in the slow fire;  poḍe —burns;  yena —just like;  nā yāya —does not go;  jīvana —life.
TRANSLATION
“The three worlds have become void because of separation from Govinda. I feel as if I were burning alive in a slow fire.
TEXT 42
কুষ্ণ উদাসীন হইলা করিতে পরীক্ষণ। সখী সব কহে,—‘কুষ্ণে কর উপেক্ষণ’ ॥ ৪২ ॥
kṛṣṇa udāsīna ha-ilā karite parīkṣaṇa sakhī saba kahe, —‘kṛṣṇe kara upekṣaṇa’