Shrimad Chaturasi Path — Pad 39 | Chaurasi Ji Ka Path Arth Sahit | निकुंज-लीला—प्रियतम ने सजाया कुंज

Original pad (Devanagari)

खेल्यौ लाल चाहत रवन ।
रचि-रचि अपने हाथ सवाय, निकुंज भवन ॥
रजनी सरद मंद सौरभ सौं, सीतल पवन ।
तो बिनु कुँवरि काम की वेदन, मेटव कवन ॥
चलहि न चपल बाल-मृगर्नैनी, तजिव मवन ।
जय श्रीहित हरिवंश मिलव प्यारे की, आरति-दवन ॥३९॥

Transliteration

khelyau lāl cāhat ravan.
raci-raci apane hāth savāy, nikuñj bhavan.
rajanī sarad manda saurabh sauṁ, sītal pavan.
to binu kuṁvari kām kī vedan, meṭav kavan.
calahi na capal bāl-mṛgarnainī, tajiv mavan.
jaya śrīhita harivaṁśa milav pyāre kī, ārati-davan. (39)

Word-by-word meanings

khelyau — wishes to play; lāl — Lāl, Śrī Kṛṣṇa; cāhat — desires; ravan — play, delight; raci-raci — having decorated; apane hāth — with His own hands; savāy — He adorned; nikuñj bhavan — the house in the grove; rajanī — the night; sarad — autumn; manda — gentle; saurabh — fragrance; sauṁ — with; sītal — cool; pavan — the breeze; to binu — without you; kuṁvari — O princess; kām — love, Kāmadeva; kī vedan — the pain of; meṭav — will remove; kavan — who; calahi na — why do you not go; capal — restless; bāl-mṛgarnainī — O young deer-eyed one; tajiv — leaving; mavan — the house; jaya śrīhita harivaṁśa — says Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa; milav — meeting; pyāre kī — of the Beloved; ārati — distress; davan — subduing.

Translation

A sakhi says — Lāl, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, wishes to play with you. He has decorated the house in the grove with His own hands. It is an autumn night, and a gentle, fragrant, cool breeze blows. O princess, without you, who will remove His burning pain of love? O restless young deer-eyed one, leave your sulking now and come. Says Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa — meet the Beloved and soothe His distress and the burning of separation.

Explanation

This pad shows the most beautiful mood of Śrī Kṛṣṇa: the Lord of the three worlds decorates the grove with His own hands for Śrī Rādhā. He sends no one else; He does it Himself. That is the glory of Her love — in it, even the Almighty becomes a servant. When the Beloved Himself has prepared everything, delay and sulking have no place left.

Summary

In this pad, the sakhi invites Śrī Rādhā to meet Her Beloved in the grove and soothe the burning of His separation.

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