(Rag Todi)
Shyam Hi Sundar Shyam Hi Alaken Shyam Bane Beni Ati Bhari,
Shyam Hi Bhaunh Sohni Banki Shyam Hi Nenan Anjan Saari. (1)
Shyam Kapolan Shyam Dithauna Shyam Hi Odhe Kamri Kari,
Shyam Drigan Ke Shyam Hain Tare Shyam Sundar Govind Girdhari. (2)
- Shri Govind Swami, Shri Govind Swami Ji Ki Vani
This dark-hued Shri Krishn is very beautiful. The curly hair that surrounds His Face is black and so is His long and heavy braid. His enticing eyebrows are black and so are His eyes which are blackened even more with collyrium. [1]
Shyam Hi Sundar Shyam Hi Alaken Shyam Bane Beni Ati Bhari,
Shyam Hi Bhaunh Sohni Banki Shyam Hi Nenan Anjan Saari. (1)
Shyam Kapolan Shyam Dithauna Shyam Hi Odhe Kamri Kari,
Shyam Drigan Ke Shyam Hain Tare Shyam Sundar Govind Girdhari. (2)
- Shri Govind Swami, Shri Govind Swami Ji Ki Vani
This dark-hued Shri Krishn is very beautiful. The curly hair that surrounds His Face is black and so is His long and heavy braid. His enticing eyebrows are black and so are His eyes which are blackened even more with collyrium. [1]
A black mark has been made on his dark cheeks as a way of protection and He is wrapped up in a black blanket. Shri Govindadas says that his Lord Sri Krishn, the Upholder of the Sri Giriraj Mountain, is the apple of the eyes of those devotees whose eyes remain absorbed in His black form. [2]