Shrimad Chaturasi Path — Pad 16 | Chaurasi Ji Ka Path Arth Sahit | निकुंज-लीला— सखी की पुकार

Original pad (Devanagari)

आजु मेरे कहे चली मृग नैनी ।
गावत सरस जुवति मंडल में, पिय सौं मिलें भलैं पिक बैनी ॥
परम प्रवीन कोक विद्या में, अभिनय निपुन लाग गति लैनी ।
रूपरासि सुनि नवल किशोरी, पल-पल घटत चाँदनी रैनी ।
जय श्री हित हरिवंश चली अति आतुर, राधारमन सुरत सुख दैनी ।
रहसि रभस आलिंगन चुम्बन, मदन कोटि कुल भई कुचैनी ॥

Transliteration

āju mere kahe calī mṛga nainī.
gāvata sarasa juvati maṁḍala meṁ, piya sauṁ mileṁ bhalaiṁ pika bainī.
parama pravīna koka vidyā meṁ, abhinaya nipuna lāga gati lainī.
rūparāsi suni navala kiśorī, pala-pala ghaṭata cāṁdanī rainī.
jaya śrī hita harivaṁśa calī ati ātura, rādhāramaṇa surata sukha dainī.
rahasi rabhasa āliṁgana cumbana, madana koṭi kula bhaī kucainī.

Word-by-word meanings

āju — today; mere kahe — at my word; calī — come; mṛga nainī — O deer-eyed one; gāvata — He is singing; sarasa — sweetly; juvati maṁḍala meṁ — among the circle of young women; piya sauṁ mileṁ — meet your Beloved; bhalaiṁ — it is right; pika bainī — O cuckoo-voiced one; parama pravīna — supremely skilled; koka vidyā meṁ — in the art of love; abhinaya nipuna — skilled in expression; lāga gati lainī — graceful in gait and gesture; rūparāsi — O treasure of beauty; suni — listen; navala kiśorī — O youthful maiden; pala-pala ghaṭata — is passing moment by moment; cāṁdanī rainī — the moonlit night; ati ātura — most eager; rādhāramaṇa — Rādhāramaṇa; surata sukha dainī — the giver of the joy of union; rahasi — in secret; rabhasa — eager; āliṁgana — embraces; cumbana — kisses; madana koṭi kula — the hosts of millions of Kāmadevas; bhaī kucainī — grow restless and abashed.

Translation

The sakhi says to Śrī Rādhā — O deer-eyed one, come today at my word. Your Beloved is singing sweetly among the circle of young women, and O cuckoo-voiced Rādhā, it is right that you meet Him now. You are supremely skilled in the art of love and in expression, graceful in every gait and gesture. O treasure of beauty, O youthful maiden, listen — the moonlit night is passing moment by moment; do not delay. Says Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa — on hearing the sakhi's words, Rādhā set out most eagerly, She who gives Rādhāramaṇa the joy of union. In the secret grove their eager embraces and kisses are such that the hosts of millions of Kāmadevas grow restless and abashed.

Explanation

The sakhi is the friend who knows the right moment. Music is sounding, the circle of sakhis is gathered, and the moonlit night is slipping away — so she calls Rādhā with love, not with force. She praises Rādhā's grace and skill, and then gives the gentlest push: do not let the night pass. Rādhā does not hesitate; She goes eagerly, and in the secret grove the union is so sweet that even Kāmadeva himself feels outshone.

Summary

The sakhi calls Rādhā while the moonlit night still lasts — and Rādhā hurries eagerly to Her Beloved.

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