Shrimad Chaturasi Path — Pad 21 | Chaurasi Ji Ka Path Arth Sahit | निकुंज-लीला — नयन सब कह देते हैं

Original pad (Devanagari)

तेरे नैन करत दोऊ चारी ।
अति कुलकात समात नहीं कहुँ, मिले हैं कुञ्जबिहारी ॥
बिथुरी माँग कुसुम गिरि गिरि परे, लटकि रही लट न्यारी ।
उर नख-रेख प्रगट देखियत है, कहा दुरावत प्यारी ॥
परी है पीक सुभग गंडन पर, अधर निरंग सुकुमारी ।
जय श्री हित हरिवंश रसिकनी भामिनि, आलस अँग अँग भारी ॥

Transliteration

tere naina karata doū cārī.
ati kulakāta samāta nahīṁ kahauṁ, mile haiṁ kuñjabihārī.
bithurī māṁga kusuma giri giri pare, laṭaki rahī laṭa nyārī.
ura nakha-rekha pragaṭa dekhiyata hai, kahā durāvata pyārī.
parī hai pīka subhaga gaṇḍana para, adhara niraṁga sukumārī.
jaya śrī hita harivaṁśa rasikanī bhāmini, ālasa aṁga aṁga bhārī.

Word-by-word meanings

tere naina — your eyes; karata doū cārī — both bear witness; ati kulakāta — brimming with joy; samāta nahīṁ kahauṁ — cannot contain it anywhere; mile haiṁ — you have met; kuñjabihārī — Kuñjabihārī; bithurī — scattered; māṁga — the parting of the hair; kusuma giri giri pare — the flowers keep falling; laṭaki rahī laṭa nyārī — a lovely lock hangs loose; ura — on the breast; nakha-rekha — nail-marks; pragaṭa — clearly; dekhiyata hai — are seen; kahā durāvata — why do you hide; pyārī — O beloved; parī hai pīka — the red of pān rests; subhaga — beautiful; gaṇḍana para — on the cheeks; adhara niraṁga — the faded colour of the lips; sukumārī — O tender one; rasikanī — O relisher; bhāmini — O lovely lady; ālasa — languor; aṁga aṁga — in every limb; bhārī — heavy.

Translation

The sakhi says to Śrī Rādhā — Your two eyes themselves tell the whole story; they bear witness against you. They are so brimming with joy that they cannot contain it anywhere — surely you have met Kuñjabihārī. Your parting is scattered, the flowers keep falling, and a lovely lock hangs loose. O beloved, the nail-marks are clearly seen on your breast — why do you hide it? The red of pān rests on your beautiful cheeks, and the colour has faded from your tender lips. Says Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa — O relisher, O lovely lady, a heavy languor lies in every limb.

Explanation

Here the eyes are the first witnesses. Rādhā's eyes are so full of joy that they cannot hide it — they give Her away before She says a word. Then the sakhi reads the rest: the scattered parting, the falling flowers, the loose lock, the nail-marks, the pān-red cheeks, the faded lips, the heavy languor in every limb. The verse states the simple truth of this path: love cannot be hidden, because the eyes and the body speak on their own.

Summary

Your eyes give you away — love cannot be hidden when joy shines in every limb.

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