Garga Samhita · Chapter 4.4

mādhuryakhaṇḍaḥ - caturtho'dhyāyaḥ
kauśalā gopīgaṇānāmupākhyānam -
śrīnārada uvāca -
kauśalānāṃ gopikānāṃ varṇanaṃ śṛṇu maithila /
sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ śrīkṛṣṇacaritāmṛtam

navopanandageheṣu jātā rāmavarād‌vraje /
pariṇītā gopajanai ratnarabhūṣaṇabhūṣitāḥ

pūrṇacandrapratīkāśā navayauvanasaṃyutāḥ /
padminyo haṃsagamanāḥ padmapatravilocanāḥ

jāradharmeṇa susnehaṃ sudṛḍhaṃ sarvato'dhikam /
cakruḥ kṛṣṇe nandasute kamanīye mahātmani

tābhiḥ sārddhaṃ sadā hāsyaṃ vrajavīthīṣu mādhavaḥ /
smitaiḥ pītapaṭādānaiḥ karṣaṇaiḥ sa cakāra ha

dadhivikrayārthaṃ yāntyastāḥ kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇeti cābruvan /
kṛṣṇe hi premasaṃyuktā bhramaṃtyaḥ kuṃjamaḍale

khe vāyau cāgnijalayormahyāṃ jyotirdiśāsu ca /
drumeṣu janavṛndeṣu tāsāṃ kṛṣṇo hi lakṣyate

premalakṣaṇasaṃyuktāḥ śrīkṛṣṇahṛtamānasāḥ /
aṣṭabhiḥ sāttvikairbhāvaiḥ saṃpannāstāśca yoṣitaḥ

premṇā paramahaṃsānāṃ padavīṃ samupāgatāḥ /
kṛṣṇanandāḥ pradhāvantyo vrajavīthīṣu tā nṛpa

jaḍā jaḍaṃ na jānaṃtyo jaḍonmattapiśācavat /
abruvantyo bruvantyo vā gatalajjā gatavyathāḥ

evaṃ kṛtārthatāṃ prāpptāstanmayā yāśca gopikāḥ /
balādākṛṣya kṛṣṇasya cucuṃburmukhapaṃkajam

tāsāṃ tapaḥ kiṃ kathayāmi rājan
pūrṇe pare brahmaṇi vāsudeve /
yāścakrire prema hṛdiṃdriyādyai-
rvisṛjya lokavyavahāramārgam

yā rāsaraṃge vinidhāya bāhuṃ
kṛṣṇāṃsayoḥ premavibhinnacittāḥ /
cakrurvaśe kṛṣṇamalaṃ tapasta-
d‌vaktuṃ na śakto vadanaiḥ phaṇīndraḥ

yogena sāṃkhyena śubhena karmaṇā
nyāyādivaiśeṣikatattvavittamaiḥ /
yatprāpyate tacca padaṃ vedeharāṭ
saṃprāpyate kevalabhaktibhāvataḥ

bhaktyaiva vaśyo harirādidevaḥ
sadā pramāṇaṃ kila cātra gopyaḥ /
sāṃkhyaṃ ca yogaṃ na kṛtaṃ kadāpi
premṇaiva yasya prakṛtiṃ gatāḥ syuḥ

iti śrīgargasaṃhitāyāṃ mādhuryakhaṇḍe śrīnāradabahulāśvasaṃvāde
kauśalopākhyānaṃ nāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ

hariḥ ॐ tatsacchrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastu //
vargaḥ :garga saṃhitā