Sundara Kundala Naina

O Kṛṣṇa, You wear beautiful earrings, and You have lovely widened eyes. Around Your neck hangs the splendrous vaijantī flower garland. Your complexion is most excellent-Rādhe-Śyāma, Śyāmā-Śyāma!

Sometimes You secretly plunder yogurt and eat it, and sometimes You design a rāsa-dance performance with the young gopīs in the forest of Madhuvana. There dances Vipina-Vihārī, You who love to sport in the forest-Rādhe-Śyāma, Śyāmā-Śyāma!

You herd the cows in the company of the cowherd boys. You, the monarch of the Yadu dynasty, thus wander from forest to forest, carrying a blanket draped over Your shoulder-Rādhe-Śyāma, Śyāmā-Śyāma!

Because You, O Murāri, repeatedly steal fresh butter from the homes of the women of Vraja and secretly eat it, they have named You 'Mākhan-Chor' (the butter thief)-Rādhe-Śyāma, Śyāmā-Śyāma!

One day You curbed the pride of Indra by lifting the great mountain Govardhana upon the tip of Your fingernail, thus winning for Yourself the name Giridhārī-Rādhe-Śyāma, Śyāmā-Śyāma!

You did not accept the sumptuous feast of the wicked Duryodhana, but took the coarse food offered by Your devotee Vidura. Therefore You are worshipped by love and not by mere rituals-Rādhe-Śyāma, Śyāmā-Śyāma!

To bestow mercy upon Draupadī, You, the Lord of the forest, supplied unlimited cloth to protect her from shame, while the assembly of men and women looked on-Rādhe-Śyāma, Śyāmā-Śyāma!

You deliver each of Your devotees in unique ways. Alas, we who are bereft of devotion are standing here outside Your door. Please favorably receive the news of our presence-Rādhe-Śyāma, Śyāmā-Śyāma!

You were the driver of Arjuna's chariot, and on the battlefield You gave Arjuna the instructions of the Bhagavad-gītā. During the fight You exhibited Your form as the wielder of the discus Sudarśana-Rādhe-Śyāma, Śyāmā-Śyāma!