Shrimad Chaturasi Path — Pad 41 | Chaurasi Ji Ka Path Arth Sahit | रास-लीला — प्रेम की रंगीली रीति

Original pad (Devanagari)

प्रीति की रीति रंगीलीई जानै ।
जद्यपि सकल लोक चूडामणि, दीन अपनपी मानै ॥
यमुना पुलिन निकुंजन भवन में, मान मानिनी ठानै ।
निकट नवीन कोटि कामिनि कुल, धीरज मनहि न आनै ॥
नस्वर नेह चपल मधुकर ज्यौं, आन-आन सौं बानै ।
जयश्रीहित हरिवंश चतुर सोई लालहिं, छाँड़ि मैड़ पहिचानै ॥४१॥

Transliteration

prīti kī rīti raṁgīlīī jānai.
jadyapi sakal lok cūḍāmaṇi, dīn apanapī mānai.
yamunā pulin nikuñjan bhavan meṁ, mān mānini ṭhānai.
nikaṭ navīn koṭi kāmini kul, dhīraj manahi na ānai.
nasvar neh capal madhukar jyauṁ, ān-ān sauṁ bānai.
jaya śrīhita harivaṁśa catur soī lālahiṁ, chāṁṛi maiṛ pahicānai. (41)

Word-by-word meanings

prīti — love; kī rīti — the ways of; raṁgīlīī — only the dyed-in-love one; jānai — knows; jadyapi — although; sakal — all; lok — the worlds; cūḍāmaṇi — the crown-jewel; dīn — lowly; apanapī — Himself; mānai — He considers; yamunā pulin — on Yamunā's bank; nikuñjan bhavan — the house in the grove; meṁ — in; mān — a sulk; mānini — the sulking lady; ṭhānai — She has resolved upon; nikaṭ — nearby; navīn — new; koṭi — millions; kāmini — beauties; kul — hosts; dhīraj — patience; manahi — to the mind; na ānai — does not come; nasvar — fleeting; neh — love; capal — restless; madhukar — the bee; jyauṁ — like; ān-ān — from one to another; sauṁ — by; bānai — it goes, by habit; jaya śrīhita harivaṁśa — says Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa; catur — clever; soī — that very one; lālahiṁ — Lāl alone; chāṁṛi — leaving; maiṛ — the boundary, outer attractions; pahicānai — recognises.

Translation

Only those dyed in love know the ways of love. Although Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the crown-jewel of all the worlds, in love He considers Himself lowly. On Yamunā's bank, in the house in the grove, the sulking Śrī Rādhā sits resolved in Her sulk. Though millions of new beauties stand nearby, no patience comes to Kṛṣṇa's mind, for His heart rests only in Rādhā. Fleeting, restless love moves like a bee from one flower to another, but true love is that which leaves everything and recognises only Lāl. Says Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa — clever is the one who leaves outer attractions and recognises his own Lāl.

Explanation

There are two kinds of love in the world. One is like a bee, moving from flower to flower — restless, fleeting, never staying. The other stays in one place, in one Beloved, for a whole life. Kṛṣṇa, the crown-jewel of all worlds, has everything — yet without Rādhā He finds no peace, though millions of beauties stand near. That is the difference: the bee's love is habit, but Rādhā's love — and Kṛṣṇa's love for Rādhā — is single, settled and deep. Cleverness is not in gathering many, but in leaving all else and recognising the one Lāl.

Summary

In this pad, the colourful, single-hearted and Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa-centred way of love is described.

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