Shrimad Chaturasi Path — Pad 4 | Chaurasi Ji Ka Path Arth Sahit | प्रेम-विलास — युगल माधुरी

Original pad (Devanagari)

आजु तौ जुवति तेरौ, वदन आनन्द भरयौ,
पिय के संगम के सूचत सुख चैंन ।
आलस-वलित बोल, सुरंग रँगे कपोल,
विथकित अरुण उनींदे दोऊ नैंन ॥
रुचिर तिलक-लेश, किरत कुसुम-केश,
सिर सीमंत भूषित मानौं तैं न ।
करुणाकर उदार, राखत कछु न सार,
दसन-वसन लागत जब दैंन ॥
काहे कौं दुरत भीरु, पलटे प्रीतम चीर,
बस किये श्याम सिखै सत मैंन ।
गलित उरसि माल, सिथिल किंकिनी जाल,
जय श्रीहित हरिवंश लता-गृह सैंन ॥४॥

Transliteration

āju tau juvati terau, vadana ānanda bharayau,
piya ke saṁgama ke sūcata sukha caiṁna.
ālas-valita bola, suraṁga raṁge kapola,
vithakita aruṇa unīṁde doū naiṁna.
rucira tilaka-leśa, kirata kusuma-keśa,
sira sīmaṁta bhūṣita mānaũ taiṁ na.
karuṇākara udāra, rākhata kachu na sāra,
dasana-vasana lāgata jaba daiṁna.
kāhe kauṁ durata bhīru, palaṭe prītama cīra,
basa kiye śyāma sikhai sata maiṁna.
galita urasi māla, sithila kiṁkinī jāla,
jaya śrīhita harivaṁśa latā-gṛha saiṁna. (4)

Word-by-word meanings

āju — today; tau — indeed; juvati — O young lady; terau vadana — your face; ānanda bharayau — is full of joy; piya ke saṁgama — of meeting your Beloved; sūcata — it shows; sukha caiṁna — happiness and peace; ālas-valita bola — languorous words; suraṁga raṁge kapola — cheeks coloured with love; vithakita — tired; aruṇa — red; unīṁde — drowsy; doū naiṁna — both eyes; rucira tilaka-leśa — a trace of the beautiful tilaka; kirata kusuma-keśa — flowers scattered from the hair; sira sīmaṁta — the parting of the head; bhūṣita mānaũ taiṁ na — no longer adorned as before; karuṇākara udāra — generous and merciful; rākhata kachu na sāra — kept nothing back; dasana-vasana — lips and garments; lāgata jaba daiṁna — when given; kāhe kauṁ durata bhīru — O shy one, why do you hide; palaṭe prītama cīra — you have exchanged clothes with your Beloved; basa kiye śyāma — you have brought Śyāma under your sway; sikhai sata maiṁna — awakening countless Kāmadevas; galita urasi māla — the garland on the breast has loosened; sithila kiṁkinī jāla — the net of waist-bells has slackened; jaya śrīhita harivaṁśa — says Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa; latā-gṛha saiṁna — the bed in the bower of creepers is the witness.

Translation

A sakhi says: O young lady, today your face is full of joy — it speaks of the happiness and peace of meeting your Beloved. Your words are full of languor, your cheeks are coloured with love, and both your eyes are red, drowsy and tired. Only a trace of the beautiful tilaka remains, the flowers have fallen from your hair, and the adornment of your parting is no longer as it was. Your generous and merciful love has given everything to your Beloved; the colour has faded from your lips with the giving of their nectar. O shy one, why do you hide? You have taken your Beloved's clothes and He has taken yours. With your love and sweetness you have awakened countless Kāmadevas in Śyāma's heart and brought Him under your sway. The garland on your breast has loosened, the net of waist-bells has slackened. Says Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa — the bed in the bower of creepers is the witness of this sweet union.

Explanation

The sakhi reads the whole story of the night in Rādhā's face, voice, eyes and dress — the faded tilaka, the fallen flowers, the exchanged garments. Her teasing is full of affection: love cannot be hidden, because it shows itself in every limb. And the verse ends with a gentle truth — the one who gives everything in love is the one who wins the Beloved completely.

Summary

Love cannot be hidden — the face, the dress and the ornaments all tell of the meeting.

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