Shrimad Chaturasi Path — Pad 2 | Chaurasi Ji Ka Path Arth Sahit | मान-लीला — सखी की सेवा

Original pad (Devanagari)

प्यारे बोली भामिनी आजु नीकी जामिनी,
भेंट नवीन मेघ सों दामिनी ॥
मोहन रसिक-राइरी माई, तासौं जु-
मान करै, ऐसी कौन कामिनी ।
जय श्रीहित हरिवंश श्रवण सुनत प्यारी,
राधिकारमण सों मिली गज-गामिनी ॥२॥

Transliteration

pyāre bolī bhāminī āju nīkī jāminī,
bheṁṭa navīna megha soṁ dāminī.
mohana rasik-rāirī māī, tāsauṁ ju-
mān karai, aisī kauna kāminī.
jaya śrīhita harivaṁśa śravaṇa sunata pyārī,
rādhikāramaṇa soṁ milī gaja-gāminī. (2)

Word-by-word meanings

pyāre — O beloved; bolī — said; bhāminī — O beautiful lady; āju — today; nīkī — beautiful; jāminī — the night; bheṁṭa — the meeting; navīna megha — the fresh cloud (Śyāmasundara); soṁ — with; dāminī — the lightning (Śrī Rādhā); mohana — Mohan; rasik-rāirī — the king of relishers; māī — O friend; tāsauṁ — from Him; mān karai — could hold a sulk; aisī kauna kāminī — what woman could do so; jaya śrīhita harivaṁśa — says Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa; śravaṇa sunata — on hearing; pyārī — the beloved; rādhikāramaṇa soṁ milī — met Rādhikāramaṇa; gaja-gāminī — the elephant-gaited one.

Translation

The sakhi says to the beloved: O fair one, tonight is beautiful — the fresh cloud has met the lightning. Mohan is the king of relishers, my friend — what woman could hold a sulk against Him? Says Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa — on hearing these words, the beloved's sulk melted, and the elephant-gaited one met Rādhikāramaṇa.

Explanation

A sakhi gently teases Śrī Rādhā out of Her sulk. Tonight the dark cloud, Kṛṣṇa, has met the lightning, Rādhā — how could anyone stay cross with Mohan, the king of all relishers? The sakhi's sweet words melt the beloved's pride, and the elephant-gaited Rādhā goes to meet Her Rādhikāramaṇa. Even a lover's sulk is only another colour of love, and it ends in union.

Summary

A sakhi's sweet words melt Rādhā's sulk, and the divine couple meet again.

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