Shrimad Chaturasi Path — Pad 26 | Chaurasi Ji Ka Path Arth Sahit | रास-लीला — बाँसुरी और शरद रात

Original pad (Devanagari)

मोहनी मदन गोपाल की बाँसुरी ।
माधुरी श्रवन पुट, सुनत सुनि राधिके !
करत रतिराज के ताप कौ नासुरी ॥
सरद राका रजनि, विपिन वृन्दा सजनि,
अनिल अति मंद सीतल सहित बासु री
परम पावन पुलिन, भंग सेवित नलिन,
कल्पतरु तीर बलवीर कृत रासु री ॥
सकल मंडल भलीं, तुम जु हरि सौं मिलीं,
बनी वर बनित उपमा कहीं कासु री ।
तुम जु कंचन तनी, लाल मर्कत मनी,
उभय कल हंस हरिवंश बलि दासु री ॥२६॥

Transliteration

mohanī madan gopāl kī bāṁsurī.
mādhurī śravan puṭ, sunat suni rādhike!
karat ratirāj ke tāp kau nāsurī.
sarad rākā rajani, vipin vṛndā sajani,
anil ati manda sītal sahit bāsu rī
param pāvan pulin, bhaṁg sevit nalin,
kalpataru tīr balavīr kṛt rāsu rī.
sakal maṇḍal bhalīṁ, tum ju hari sauṁ milīṁ,
banī var banit upamā kahīṁ kāsu rī.
tum ju kañcan tanī, lāl markat manī,
ubhay kal haṁs harivaṁśa bali dāsu rī. (26)

Word-by-word meanings

mohanī — enchanting; madan gopāl kī — of Madan Gopāl; bāṁsurī — the flute; mādhurī — sweetness; śravan puṭ — the ears; sunat — as soon as heard; suni — listen; rādhike — O Rādhikā; karat — does; ratirāj ke tāp kau — the burning of Rati-rāj, love's longing; nāsurī — destroys, O sakhi; sarad rākā rajani — the Sharad full-moon night; vipin vṛndā — the forest of Vṛndāvan; sajani — adorned; anil — the breeze; ati manda — very gentle; sītal — cool; sahit bāsu rī — fragrant, O sakhi; param pāvan pulin — the supremely holy bank; bhaṁg sevit nalin — lotuses served by bees [txt: 'भंग'; as per the meaning: भृंग]; kalpataru tīr — on the bank of the Kalpataru; balavīr — the brave one; kṛt rāsu rī — created the rāsa, O sakhi; sakal maṇḍal — the whole circle; bhalīṁ — beautifully; tum ju — you; hari sauṁ milīṁ — met Hari; banī var banit — the best of ladies; upamā kahīṁ kāsu rī — to whom can a simile be given, O sakhi; tum ju kañcan tanī — you of golden body; lāl — the red Lāl; markat manī — like an emerald jewel; ubhay kal haṁs — both graceful swans; harivaṁśa bali dāsu rī — Harivaṁśa is sacrificed upon them, O sakhi.

Translation

O Rādhikā, the flute of Madan-Mohan Gopāl is utterly enchanting. The moment its sweetness falls upon the ears, it quiets the burning of love. It is the Sharad full-moon night; the forest of Vṛndāvan stands adorned, and a gentle, cool, fragrant breeze flows. On the supremely holy bank of the Yamunā, beside lotuses served by bees, at the foot of the Kalpataru, the brave Kṛṣṇa has arranged the rāsa. O Rādhā, when You meet Hari in that circle of the rāsa, to whom can Your pair be compared? You are of golden body, and the red Lāl is dark like an emerald jewel. Says Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa — I am sacrificed upon this pair, graceful as two swans.

Explanation

This pad holds the sound of the flute, the Sharad night, the bank of the Yamunā and the circle of the rāsa in one sweet atmosphere. The sakhi tells Śrī Rādhā that Gopāl's flute is calling Her to the rāsa, where the meeting of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa is beyond compare. The video adds that a single note of the flute ends the ache of the heart simply by being heard.

Summary

The pad describes the sound of the flute, the Sharad rāsa, and the incomparable beauty of the pair of Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.

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