# Shyāma mukha chhavi lakhi gai balihāra.

Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj

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Source Roman transliteration

<a id="line-2"></a>Shyāma mukha chhavi lakhi gai balihāra.  
<a id="line-3"></a>lakhatahiṁ banata sakhī mukha chhavi jaba, haṁsata shyāma sarakāra.  
<a id="line-4"></a>dādima bīja sarisa dashanana duti, damakani shveta nihāra.  
<a id="line-5"></a>so duti adhara aruṇimā te mili, shvetāruṇa raṅgadhāra.  
<a id="line-6"></a>puni shvetāruṇa raṅga meṁ tanu raṅga, nīlo mili ika sāra.  
<a id="line-7"></a>lakhi ‘Kṛipālu’ mukha raṅga triveṇī, vidhi hari hara manahāra.

Published English meaning — Dr. Bageeshwari Devi

<a id="line-8"></a>One sakhi says to another, I have completely surrendered myself for-  
<a id="line-9"></a>ever since I beheld Shyāmasundara’s beautiful face. When He laughs  
<a id="line-10"></a>His ineffable beauty is multiplied a hundred times. His teeth that look  
<a id="line-11"></a>like shining ripe pomegranate seeds are dazzling white. When the white  
<a id="line-12"></a>radiance of His teeth mingles with the redness of His lips, it appears to  
<a id="line-13"></a>be reddish white. And when the blue complexion of His face also  
<a id="line-14"></a>combines with these two, even Vishnu and Shiva surrender themselves  
<a id="line-15"></a>seeing this wonderful Triveṇī (confluence of three; the whiteness of His  
<a id="line-16"></a>teeth—(Ganga), the redness of His lips—(Saraswati), and the bluishness  
<a id="line-17"></a>of His face (Yamuna).

Published English and Roman text from the supplied combined Krishna Dwadashi and Radha Trayodashi scan. Krishna verse 6 is absent from this source; the gap remains explicit. Radha numbering restarts at 1 and is kept in its own group. Published translation: Dr. Bageeshwari Devi.

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