Shrimad Chaturasi Path — Pad 35 | Chaurasi Ji Ka Path Arth Sahit | रास-लीला — झूलते युगल किशोर

Original pad (Devanagari)

झूलत दोऊ नवल किशोर ।
रजनी जनित रंग सुख सूचत, अंग-अंग उठि भोर ॥
अति अनुराग भरे मिलि गावत, सुर मंदर कल घोर ।
बीच-बीच प्रीतम चित चोरत, प्रिया नैन की कोर ॥
अबला अति सुकुमार डरत मन, वर हिंडोर झकोर ।
पुलकि पुलकि प्रीतम उर लागत, दै नव उरज अॅकोर ।
अरुझी विमल माल कंकन सौं, कुंडल सौं कच डोर ।
वेपथ जुत क्यौं बनें विवेचत, आनंद बढ्यो न थोर ॥
निरखि निरखि फूलत ललितादिक, विवि मुख चन्द्र चकोर ।
दै असीस हरिवंश प्रसंसत, करि अंचल की छोर ॥३५॥

Transliteration

jhūlat doū naval kiśor.
rajanī janit raṁg sukh sūcat, aṁg-aṁg uṭhi bhor.
ati anurāg bhare mili gāvat, sur mandar kal ghor.
bīc-bīc prītam cit corat, priyā nain kī kor.
abalā ati sukumār ḍarat man, var hiṁḍor jhakor.
pulaki pulaki prītam ur lāgat, dai nav uraj aṁkor.
arujhī vimal māl kaṅkan sauṁ, kuṇḍal sauṁ kac ḍor.
vepath jut kyauṁ banaiṁ vivecat, ānand baḍhyo na thor.
nirakhi nirakhi phūlat lalitādik, vivi mukh candra cakor.
dai asīs harivaṁśa prasansat, kari aṁcal kī chor. (35)

Word-by-word meanings

jhūlat — swinging; doū — both; naval kiśor — the ever-fresh youths; rajanī — the night; janit — born of; raṁg — the colour; sukh — joy; sūcat — showing; aṁg-aṁg — every limb; uṭhi — risen; bhor — at dawn; ati anurāg — deep love; bhare — filled; mili — together; gāvat — singing; sur mandar — [as written in the txt]; kal ghor — sweet and deep; bīc-bīc — in between; prītam — the Beloved; cit — the heart; corat — steals; priyā — the Beloved; nain kī kor — from the corner of the eyes; abalā — the tender lady; ati sukumār — most delicate; ḍarat — fears; man — the heart; var — strong; hiṁḍor — the swing; jhakor — the gust; pulaki pulaki — thrilled again and again; prītam ur — the Beloved's chest; lāgat — clings; dai — giving; nav — fresh; uraj — the breast; aṁkor — [as written in the txt; the embrace]; arujhī — entangled; vimal — pure; māl — the garland; kaṅkan sauṁ — in the bangle; kuṇḍal sauṁ — in the earring; kac ḍor — the strands of hair; vepath — trembling; jut — joined with; kyauṁ — how; banaiṁ — can it be; vivecat — described; ānand — joy; baḍhyo — grown; na thor — not a little; nirakhi nirakhi — gazing again and again; phūlat — blooming; lalitādik — Lalitā and the others; vivi — [as written in the txt]; mukh — the face; candra — like the moon; cakor — like cakora birds; dai — giving; asīs — blessings; harivaṁśa — Harivaṁśa; prasansat — praising; kari — holding; aṁcal kī chor — the end of the veil.

Translation

Both the ever-fresh youths are swinging. At dawn, every limb of theirs still shows the colour of the joy born of the night. Filled with deep love, they sing together in sweet voices. In between, the Beloved steals the Beloved's heart with the corner of Her eyes. The most delicate lady fears in her heart the strong gust of the swing, and thrilled again and again, She clings to the Beloved's chest. Her pure garland is entangled in the bangle, and the strands of Her hair in the earrings. How can this state, joined with trembling and grown in joy, be described? Lalitā and the other sakhīs bloom with joy gazing again and again at the moon-like faces. Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa holds the end of the veil, praising Her and giving blessings.

Explanation

This pad holds the sweetness of the swing pastime — the gust of the swing, the Beloved clinging to the Beloved, the stolen glances, the song, and the sakhīs' gazing — all together form a sweet vision of the rasa of love. The video adds the rarest note of the whole Chaurasi: here Harivaṁśa does not only behold as a servant — he steps forward in feeling, holds the end of Rādhā's veil, and blesses Her, because the vision was too sweet for his heart to hold back.

Summary

The pad describes the love-filled, musical swing pastime of Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, watched by the sakhīs.

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