Shrimad Chaturasi Path — Pad 31 | Chaurasi Ji Ka Path Arth Sahit | निकुंज-लीला — भोर में युगल दर्शन

Original pad (Devanagari)

आज अति राजत दम्पति भोर ।
सुरत रंग के रस में भीने, नागरि नवल किशोर ॥
अंसन पर भुज दिये विलोकत, इन्दुबदन विवि ओर ।
करत पान रस मत्त परस्पर, लोचन तृषित चकोर ॥
छूटी लटन लाल मन करष्यौ, ये याके चित चोर ।
परिरम्भन-चुम्बन मिल गावत, सुर मंदर कलघोर ॥
पग डगमगत चलत वन बिहरत, रुचिर कुञ्ज घनखोर ।
जय श्रीहित हरिवंश लाल ललना मिलि, हियौ सिरावत मोर ॥३१॥

Transliteration

āja ati rājat dampati bhor.
surat raṁg ke ras meṁ bhīne, nāgari naval kiśor.
aṁsan par bhuj diye vilokat, indubadan vivi or.
karat pān ras matt paraspar, locan tṛṣit cakor.
chūṭī laṭan lāl man karṣyau, ye yāke cit cor.
parirambhan-cumban mil gāvat, sur mandar kalaghor.
pag ḍagamagat calat van biharat, rucir kuñj ghanakhor.
jaya śrīhita harivaṁśa lāl lalanā mili, hiyau sirāvat mor. (31)

Word-by-word meanings

āja — today; ati — exceedingly; rājat — shine; dampati — the couple; bhor — at dawn; surat raṁg — the colour of love-play; ke ras meṁ — in the rasa of; bhīne — drenched; nāgari — the maiden; naval kiśor — the ever-fresh youth; aṁsan par — upon the shoulders; bhuj diye — placing the arms; vilokat — gazing; indubadan — the moon-face; vivi or — again and again; karat pān — drinking; ras matt — intoxicated with rasa; paraspar — mutually; locan — the eyes; tṛṣit — thirsty; cakor — like cakora birds; chūṭī laṭan — loose tresses; lāl — the red Lāl; man — the heart; karṣyau — draws; ye — these; yāke — [as written in the txt]; cit cor — thieves of the heart; parirambhan-cumban — embrace and kiss; mil — together; gāvat — singing; sur mandar — [as written in the txt]; kalaghor — sweet and deep; pag — the feet; ḍagamagat — staggering; calat — walking; van — the forest; biharat — sporting; rucir kuñj — the lovely groves; ghanakhor — dense and dark; jaya śrīhita harivaṁśa — hail to Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa; lāl lalanā — Lāl and Lalanā; mili — meeting; hiyau — my heart; sirāvat — cools; mor — mine.

Translation

Today at dawn the couple shines exceedingly. The maiden Rādhā and the ever-fresh youth Kṛṣṇa are drenched in the rasa of the colour of love-play. Placing their arms upon each other's shoulders, they gaze again and again at the moon-faces. Intoxicated with the rasa of love, their thirsty cakora-like eyes drink each other's moon-like beauty. The loose tresses draw the heart, and both are thieves of each other's hearts. With embrace, kiss and sweet song, they sport in the forest and groves with staggering steps. Says Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa — the meeting of Lāl and Lalanā cools my heart.

Explanation

This pad holds the dawn vision of the couple after the love-play — both drenched in the rasa of love, drinking each other's beauty with their eyes and sporting in the groves. The video adds that this is the morning after a night full of love: a face so peaceful, so fulfilled, that one only wishes to keep gazing — and Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa himself says that seeing it cools his heart and takes away every worry.

Summary

The pad describes the love-intoxication, mutual gazing and joyful forest pastime of Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa at dawn.

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