SB 1.9.33

त्रिभुवनकमनं तमालवर्णं रविकरगौरवराम्बरं दधाने ।
वपुरलककुलावृताननाब्जं विजयसखे रतिरस्तु मेऽनवद्या ॥ ३३ ॥
tri-bhuvana-kamanaṁ tamāla-varṇaṁ
ravi-kara-gaura-vara-ambaraṁ dadhāne
vapur alaka-kulāvṛtānanābjaṁ
vijaya-sakhe ratir astu me’navadyā

Synonyms

astu — may; anavadyā — irreproachable [or causeless, bereft of motivation for any fruits (ahaitukī phalābhisandhi rahitā)107]; ratiḥ — love [premā108]; me — be mine [mama109]; vijaya-sakhe — for Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the friend of Arjuna [pārtha-sārathau]; dadhāne — who assumes; vapuḥ — a form; tri-bhuvana-kamanam — that alone enchants the three worlds [trailokyām ekam eva yat kamanīyam]; tamāla-varṇam — with a dark complexion like that of a tamāla tree [tamāla-van nīlo varṇo yasya tat]; gaura-vara-ambaram — adorned in exceptional naturally yellow garments [svata eva gaure pīte vare nirmale ambare yasmin tat]; ravi-kara — as brilliant as the rays of the early morning sun [prātaḥ-kālīnā raveḥ karā iva]; ānanābja — [and] whose lotus face; alaka-kula-āvṛta — is encircled with locks of curly hair [alaka-kulair uparyāvṛtam].

Translation

May I be granted irreproachable love for Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the friend of Arjuna, who assumes a form that alone enchants the three worlds, with a dark complexion like that of a tamāla tree, adorned in exceptional naturally yellow garments as brilliant as the rays of the early morning sun, and whose lotus face is encircled with locks of curly hair.

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