Shrimad Chaturasi Path — Pad 38 | Chaurasi Ji Ka Path Arth Sahit | निकुंज-लीला — पुकार सुनी राधा ने

Original pad (Devanagari)

बेगि चलहि उठि गहर करत कत, निकुंज बुलावत लाल ।
हा राधा राधिका पुकारत, निरखि मदन गज ढाल ॥
करत सहाय शरद शशि मारुत, फूटि मिली उर माल ।
दुर्गम तकत समर अति कातर, करहि न पिय प्रतिपाल ॥
जय श्री हित हरिवंश चली अति आतुर, स्रवन सुनत तेहिकाल ।
लै राखे गिरि कुच बिच सुन्दर, सुरत-सूर ब्रजबाल ॥३८॥

Transliteration

begi calahi uṭhi gahar karat kat, nikuñj bulāvat lāl.
hā rādhā rādhikā pukārat, nirakhi madan gaj ḍhāl.
karat sahāy śarad śaśi mārut, phūṭi milī ur māl.
durgam takat samar ati kātar, karahi na piy pratipāl.
jaya śrī hit harivaṁśa calī ati ātur, sravan sunat tehikāl.
lai rākhe girī kuc bic sundar, surat-sūr brajabāl. (38)

Word-by-word meanings

begi — quickly; calahi — come; uṭhi — rise; gahar — delay; karat — are you making; kat — why; nikuñj — the grove; bulāvat — is calling you; lāl — Lāl, Śrī Kṛṣṇa; hā — alas; rādhā rādhikā — Rādhā, Rādhikā; pukārat — He calls out; nirakhi — seeing; madan — Kāmadeva; gaj — the elephant; ḍhāl — the shield; karat sahāy — are helping; śarad — autumn; śaśi — the moon; mārut — the wind; phūṭi — broken; milī — scattered; ur — the chest; māl — the garland; durgam — hard to cross; takat — watching; samar — the battle of love; ati kātar — deeply distressed; karahi na — why do you not; piy — your Beloved; pratipāl — protect; jaya śrī hit harivaṁśa — says Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa; calī — She went; ati ātur — most eager; sravan sunat — on hearing; tehikāl — at that very moment; lai rākhe — She took and kept; girī — mountain-like; kuc — the breasts; bic — between; sundar — beautiful; surat-sūr — the hero of love; brajabāl — the boy of Braj, Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

Translation

A sakhi says — rise quickly and come, why do you delay? Lāl, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, is calling you in the grove. He calls out "Alas, Rādhā, Rādhikā!" and is distressed by the attack of Kāmadeva's elephant. The autumn moon and the wind seem only to help His separation grow, the garland on His chest has broken and scattered, and He is deeply distressed in the battle of love. O dear sakhi, why do you not protect your Beloved? Says Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa — on hearing this, the Braj maiden Śrī Rādhā went at once, most eager, and took the hero of love, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and held Him close between Her mountain-like breasts.

Explanation

The sakhi does not argue with Rādhā's sulking — she simply reports the Beloved's cry. The autumn moon, the cool wind, even the garland on His chest have all turned against Him, and He stands alone in love's battle, calling Her name again and again. On hearing this, Rādhā does not walk — she rushes, and her embrace itself becomes His shelter. True love does not wait for the other to recover; it goes and holds him.

Summary

On hearing the distressed call of Śrī Kṛṣṇa in separation, Śrī Rādhā goes to the grove at once, most eager.

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