Shrimad Chaturasi Path — Pad 10 | Chaurasi Ji Ka Path Arth Sahit | रास-लीला — प्रेम का उत्सव

Original pad (Devanagari)

आजु नागरी-किशोर, भाँवती विचित्र जोर,
कहा कहौं अंग-अंग परम माधुरी ।
करत केलि कंठ मेलि, बाहुदंड, गंड-गंड,
परस, सरस रास लास मंडली जुरी ॥
श्यामसुन्दरी बिहार, बाँसुरी मृदंग तार,
मधुर घोष नूपुरादि किंकिनी चुरी ।
जय श्री देखत हरिवंश आलि, निर्त्तनी सुधंग चाल,
वारि फेर देत प्राण देह सौं दुरी ॥१०॥

Transliteration

āju nāgarī-kiśor, bhāṁvatī vicitra jor,
kahā kahaũ aṁg-aṁg param mādhurī.
karat keli kaṇṭh meli, bāhudaṇḍ, gaṇḍ-gaṇḍ,
paras, saras rās lās maṇḍalī jurī.
śyāmasundarī bihār, bāṁsurī mṛdaṁg tār,
madhur ghoṣ nūpurādi kiṁkiṇī curī.
jaya śrī dekhat harivaṁśa āli, nirttanī sudhaṁg cāl,
vāri pher det prāṇ deh saũ durī. (10)

Word-by-word meanings

āju — today; nāgarī-kiśor — the maiden Rādhā and the youth Kṛṣṇa; bhāṁvatī — appears; vicitra jor — wonderfully strange, unique; kahā kahaũ — how can I describe; aṁg-aṁg — every limb; param mādhurī — supreme sweetness; karat keli — they sport in love; kaṇṭh meli — embracing neck to neck; bāhudaṇḍ — with arms entwined; gaṇḍ-gaṇḍ — cheek to cheek; paras — touch; saras — full of rasa; rās lās maṇḍalī — the circle of rāsa dance; jurī — has gathered in joy; śyāmasundarī bihār — the pastimes of Śyāma and Śyāmasundarī; bāṁsurī — the flute; mṛdaṁg tār — mṛdaṅga and stringed instruments; madhur ghoṣ — sweet sound; nūpurādi — ankle-bells and more; kiṁkiṇī — waist-bells; curī — bangles; jaya śrī dekhat harivaṁśa — Śrī Harivaṁśa beholds; āli — as a sakhi; nirttanī — the dance; sudhaṁg — of beautiful limbs; cāl — the gait; vāri pher det — offers up; prāṇ deh saũ — even life and body; durī — as an offering.

Translation

Today the pair of the maiden Rādhā and the youth Kṛṣṇa looks wonderfully strange and enchanting. How can I describe the supreme sweetness of every limb? Neck to neck, arms entwined, cheek to cheek, they sport in love, and at their tender touch the whole circle of rāsa dance gathers in joy. In the pastimes of Śyāma and Śyāmasundarī, the flute, the mṛdaṅga and the stringed instruments sound sweetly, and the jingling of ankle-bells, waist-bells and bangles makes the līlā sweeter still. Śrī Harivaṁśa, in the mood of a sakhi, beholds their beautiful dance and graceful gait, and offers up even his life and body upon that vision.

Explanation

In the rāsa, love does not remain a feeling — it becomes embrace, dance and music, shining from every limb. The flute, drums and bells are not decoration; they are the sound of love itself. And Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa, watching as a sakhi, shows the devotee's response: to offer one's very life upon such a vision.

Summary

Embrace, dance and music — the rāsa shows love in every limb, and the seer offers his life upon the sight.

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