Shrimad Chaturasi Path — Pad 45 |Chaurasi Ji Ka Path Arth Sahit | निकुंज-लीला — श्रृंगार में राधा जी

Original pad (Devanagari)

आवत श्रीवृषभानु दुलारी
रूप-रासि अति चतुर-शिरोमणि अंग-अंग सुकुमारी ॥
प्रथम उबटि मज्जन करि सज्जित, नील-बरन तन सारी ।
गूँथित अलक तिलक कृत सुन्दर, सैदुर माँग सवारी ॥
मृगज समान नैन अंजन जुत, रुचिर रेख अनुसारी
जटित लवंग ललित नासा पर, दसनावलि कृत कारी ॥
श्रीफल उरज कसूँभी कंचुकि कसि, ऊपर हार छबि न्यारी ।
स कटि उदर गंभीर नाभिपुट, जघन नितम्बन भारी ॥
मन मृनाल भूषन भूषित भुज श्याम अंस पर डारी ।
जय श्रीहित हरिवंश जुगल करिनी-गज बिहरत वन पिय-प्यारी ॥४५॥

Transliteration

āvat śrīvṛṣabhānu dulārī
rūp-rāsi ati catur-śiromaṇi aṁg-aṁg sukumārī.
pratham ubaṭi majjan kari sajjit, nīl-baran tan sārī.
gūṁthit alak tilak kṛt sundar, saidur māṁg savārī.
mṛgaj samān nain añjan jut, rucir rekh anusārī
jaṭit lavaṁg lalit nāsā par, dasanāvali kṛt kārī.
śrīphal uraj kasūṁbhī kañcuki kasi, ūpar hār chabi nyārī.
sa kaṭi udar gambhīr nābhipuṭ, jaghan nitamban bhārī.
man mṛnāl bhūṣan bhūṣit bhuj śyām aṁs par ḍārī.
jaya śrīhita harivaṁśa jugal karinī-gaj biharat van piy-pyārī. (45)

Word-by-word meanings

āvat — is coming; śrīvṛṣabhānu dulārī — the beloved daughter of Śrī Vṛṣabhānu, Śrī Rādhā; rūp-rāsi — a treasure of beauty; ati — most; catur-śiromaṇi — the crown of the clever; aṁg-aṁg — every limb; sukumārī — tender and delicate; pratham — first; ubaṭi — the ubtan paste; majjan — bathing; kari — having done; sajjit — adorned; nīl-baran — blue-coloured; tan — on the body; sārī — the sari; gūṁthit — braided; alak — the locks; tilak — the tilaka; kṛt — applied; sundar — beautiful; saidur — vermilion; māṁg — the parting; savārī — decorated; mṛgaj — like a deer's; samān — like; nain — the eyes; añjan — collyrium; jut — endowed with; rucir — lovely; rekh — lines; anusārī — following; jaṭit — set with jewels; lavaṁg — the clove ornament; lalit — lovely; nāsā — the nose; par — upon; dasanāvali — the row of teeth; kṛt — made; kārī — dark; śrīphal — the bael fruit; uraj — the breasts; kasūṁbhī — saffron-coloured; kañcuki — the bodice; kasi — tied tight; ūpar — above; hār — the necklace; chabi — the beauty; nyārī — unique; sa — beautiful; kaṭi — the waist; udar — the belly; gambhīr — deep; nābhipuṭ — the navel; jaghan — the hips; nitamban — the buttocks; bhārī — full and shapely; man — as if; mṛnāl — lotus stalks; bhūṣan — ornaments; bhūṣit — adorned with; bhuj — the arms; śyām — Śyāma; aṁs — the shoulder; par — upon; ḍārī — placed; jaya śrīhita harivaṁśa — says Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa; jugal — the pair; karinī-gaj — the she-elephant and the elephant; biharat — sport; van — in the forest; piy-pyārī — the Beloved and His Beloved, Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.

Translation

The beloved daughter of Śrī Vṛṣabhānu is coming. She is a treasure of beauty, the crown of the clever, tender and delicate in every limb. First She applied ubtan and bathed, and adorned Herself, then She wore a blue sari. Her braided locks, Her beautiful tilaka, and Her parting decorated with vermilion shine. Her deer-like eyes are lined with collyrium, following lovely lines; upon Her lovely nose rests a jewel-set clove ornament, and Her row of teeth gleams dark and beautiful. Her bael-like breasts rest in the tight saffron bodice, and above, the necklace's beauty is unique. Her slender waist, deep navel and shapely hips shine. Her arms, like lotus stalks adorned with ornaments, rest upon Śyāma's shoulder. Says Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa — as the elephant and the she-elephant sport together, so the Beloved and His Beloved sport in the forest.

Explanation

This pad is the full adornment of Śrī Rādhā for meeting — ubtan and bath, the blue sari, braided locks, tilaka, vermilion, collyrium, the clove on the nose, the saffron bodice, the necklace, arms resting on Śyāma's shoulder. Yet no part of this preparation is for show: every ornament, every limb, was readied for one single moment — the forest pastime with Śrī Kṛṣṇa. And the pad closes with the simplest image of all: as the elephant and the she-elephant walk together, so the divine pair walks in the forest. After all the beauty, the truth is simple — they belong together.

Summary

In this pad, the adornment and beauty of Śrī Vṛṣabhānu's beloved daughter and Her forest pastime with Śyāmasundara are described.

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