Shrimad Chaturasi Path — Pad 3 | Chaurasi Ji Ka Path Arth Sahit | निकुंज-विहार युगल शोभा

Original pad (Devanagari)

प्रात समय दोऊ रस लंपट,
सुरत-जुद्ध जय-जुत अति फूल ।
श्रम वारिज घनविन्दु वदन पर,
भूषण अंगहि अंग विकूल ॥
कछु रह्यौ तिलक सिथिल अलकावलि,
वदन कमल मानौं अलि भूल ।
जय श्रीहित हरिवंश मदन-रंग रँगि रहे,
नैन-बैन कटि सिथिल दुकूल ॥३॥

Transliteration

prāta samaya doū rasa laṁpaṭa,
surata-juddha jaya-juta ati phūla.
śrama vārija ghanavindu vadana para,
bhūṣaṇa aṁgahi aṁga vikūla.
kachu rahyau tilaka sithila alakāvali,
vadana kamala mānaũ ali bhūla.
jaya śrīhita harivaṁśa madana-raṁga raṁgi rahe,
naina-baina kaṭi sithila dukūla. (3)

Word-by-word meanings

prāta samaya — in the morning; doū — both; rasa laṁpaṭa — immersed in rasa; surata-juddha — loving play; jaya-juta — triumphant; ati phūla — blooming with joy; śrama vārija — drops of perspiration; ghanavindu — thick drops; vadana para — on the face; bhūṣaṇa — ornaments; aṁgahi aṁga — on every limb; vikūla — in disarray; kachu rahyau — a little remains; tilaka — tilaka; sithila — loosened; alakāvali — the locks of hair; vadana kamala — the lotus face; mānaũ — as if; ali — a bee; bhūla — lost, settled; jaya śrīhita harivaṁśa — says Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa; madana-raṁga — the colour of love; raṁgi rahe — remain coloured; naina-baina kaṭi — eyes, words and waist; sithila dukūla — loosened garments.

Translation

In the morning both are immersed in the rasa of love, triumphant in their loving play, blooming with joy. Drops of perspiration shine on their faces like drops of water on a lotus, and the ornaments on every limb are in disarray. A little tilaka remains, the locks have loosened and fallen over the lotus face, as if a bee had settled there, lost. Says Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa — both remain coloured in the colour of love; their eyes, words, waists and loosened garments all bear its mark.

Explanation

This is the morning vision of the divine couple after their night of loving play. The perspiration shining like water on a lotus, the loosened hair, the faded tilaka and the disordered ornaments are not flaws — in the poetry of the sakhis they are the very signs of love's fulfilment. The whole scene shows how, on this path, even tiredness becomes beauty when it comes from love.

Summary

In the morning the couple's every sign — face, hair, ornaments, garments — speaks of love's joy.

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