Gītā-mālā

(1)
su-ramya madhura-smita, sarva-sal-lakṣaṇānvita
balīyān taruṇa gambhīra
vādī priya-bhāṣī, sudhī sapratibhāśvāsī
vidagdha catura sukhī dhīra

The Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa, the supreme hero, possesses a most enchanting form endowed with all auspicious characteristics. His smile is supremely sweet, He is endowed with great strength, and He is eternally youthful and grave. He speaks charming and pleasing words, is intelligent and eloquent in expression, and is expert, clever, joyful, and peaceful in all situations.

(2)
kṛtajña dakṣiṇa preṣṭha, varīyān kīrti-mac-chreṣṭha
lalanā-mohana keli-para
su-nitya nūtana-mūrti, kevala saundarya-sphūrti
vaṁśī-gāne su-dakṣa tat-para

Kṛṣṇa is grateful, gentle, and most beloved. He is supremely glorious and renowned for His excellent qualities. He attracts all women and is expert in amorous pastimes. His form is eternally fresh and youthful, the embodiment of pure beauty, and He is most skilled in playing His flute and fully absorbed in it.

(3)
dhīrodātta dhīra-śānta, sudhīra lalita kānta
dhīroddhata lalanā-nāyaka
ceṭaka-viṭa-veṣṭit,a vidūṣaka-susevita
pīṭha-marda priya narma-sakha

Kṛṣṇa is grave, gentle, peaceful, self-controlled, tolerant, playful, charming, and the beloved hero of all women. He is surrounded by five kinds of intimate associates: spies (ceṭa), dressing attendants (viṭa), jesters (vidūṣaka), massage attendants (pīṭha-marda), and dear confidential friends (priya-narma-sakhā).

(4)
e pañca sahāya-yuta, nanda-īśvara-pati-suta
pati-upapati-bhāvācārī
anukūla śaṭha dhṛṣṭa, dakṣiṇa rasa-tṛṣṇa
rasa-mūrti nikuñja-vihārī

Thus accompanied by these five kinds of associates, the son of the Lord of Nandīśvara (Nanda Mahārāja) enjoys various loving moods, sometimes as a lawful husband and sometimes as a paramour. Always eager to taste rasa, He assumes different types of heroic dispositions – favourable (anukūla), deceitful (śaṭha), impudent (dhṛṣṭa), and clever (dakṣiṇa) – and thus He sports as the embodiment of rasa within the groves of Vṛndāvana.