Shrimad Chaturasi Path — Pad 33 | Chaurasi Ji Ka Path Arth Sahit | रास-लीला — भोर में युगल किशोर

Original pad (Devanagari)

आजु वन राजत जुगल किशोर ।
नंदनंदन वृषभानु नन्दिनी उठे उनींद भोर ॥
डगमगात पग परत सिथिल गति, परसत नख-ससि छोर ।
दसन-वसन खंडित मषि मंडित, गंड तिलक कछु थोर ॥
दुरत न कच करजन के रोके, अरुन नैन अलि चोर ।
जय श्री हित हरिवंश संभार न तन-मन, सुरत समुद्र झकोर ॥३३॥

Transliteration

āju van rājat jugal kiśor.
nandanandan vṛṣabhānu nandinī uṭhe unīnd bhor.
ḍagamagāt pag parat sithil gati, parasat nakh-sasi chor.
dasan-vasan khaṇḍit maṣi maṇḍit, gaṇḍ tilak kachu thor.
durat na kac karajan ke roke, arun nain ali cor.
jaya śrī hita harivaṁśa sambhār na tan-man, surat samudra jhakor. (33)

Word-by-word meanings

āju — today; van — in the forest; rājat — shine; jugal kiśor — the youthful pair; nandanandan — the son of Nanda; vṛṣabhānu nandinī — the daughter of Vṛṣabhānu; uṭhe — have risen; unīnd — sleepy; bhor — at dawn; ḍagamagāt — staggering; pag — the feet; parat — falling; sithil gati — with languorous gait; parasat — appearing; nakh-sasi — nail-marks like the moon; chor — [as written in the txt]; dasan-vasan — teeth and garments; khaṇḍit — dishevelled; maṣi — collyrium; maṇḍit — smeared; gaṇḍ — the cheeks; tilak — the tilaka; kachu — a little; thor — remaining; durat — hidden; na — not; kac — the hair; karajan ke roke — even when held back by the hands; arun — red; nain — the eyes; ali — the bees; cor — thieves; jaya śrī hita harivaṁśa — hail to Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa; sambhār — remembrance; na — not; tan-man — of body and mind; surat — love-play; samudra — the ocean; jhakor — the waves.

Translation

Today in the forest the youthful pair shines exceedingly. Nandanandan Kṛṣṇa and Vṛṣabhānu-nandinī Rādhā have risen sleepy at dawn. Their steps stagger, their gait is languorous, and moon-like nail-marks appear upon their limbs. The marks upon teeth and garments, the smeared collyrium and the little tilaka left upon the cheeks are signs of the love-play. Even when held back by the hands, the hair cannot be hidden, and their red eyes speak of love without words. Says Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa — the waves of the ocean of love have taken away even the remembrance of body and mind.

Explanation

This pad holds the dawn vision of Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa after the love-play. Sleepy eyes, languorous gait, scattered hair and the marks of love all show how deeply they are immersed in the rasa of love. The video adds: when love grows this deep, one forgets oneself — neither body nor mind remains, only love — and even a single drop of that love gives the heart a sweetness no thing of this world can give.

Summary

The pad describes the lovely dawn vision of the youthful pair, tossed by the waves of the ocean of love.

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