Shrimad Chaturasi Path — Pad 44 | Chaurasi Ji Ka Path Arth Sahit | निकुंज-लीला — वृंदावन ने बुलाया

Original pad (Devanagari)

चलि सुन्दरि बोली वृन्दावन ।
कामिनि कण्ठ लागि किन राजहि, तू दामिनि मोहन नूतन घन ।
कंचुकि सुरंग विविध रंग सारी, नख जुग-ऊन बने तेरे तन
ये सब उचित नवल मोहन कौं, श्रीफल कुच जोवन आगम-धन ॥
अतिसय प्रीति हुती अन्तर गति, जै श्रीहित हरिवंश चली मुकुलित मन
निविड़ निकुंजन मिले रस सागर, जीते सत रतिराज सुरत रन ॥४४॥

Transliteration

cali sundari bolī vṛndāvan.
kāmini kaṇṭh lāgi kin rājahi, tū dāmini mohan nūtan ghan.
kañcuki suraṁg vividh raṁg sārī, nakh jug-ūn bane tere tan
ye sab ucit naval mohan kauṁ, śrīphal kuc jovan āgam-dhan.
atiśay prīti hutī antar gati, jai śrīhita harivaṁśa calī mukulit man
niviṛ nikuñjan mile ras sāgar, jīte sat ratirāj surat ran. (44)

Word-by-word meanings

cali — come; sundari — O beautiful one; bolī — spoke; vṛndāvan — Vṛndāvana; kāmini — O lovely lady; kaṇṭh — the neck; lāgi — clinging to; kin — why do you not; rājahi — shine; tū — you; dāmini — the lightning; mohan — Mohan; nūtan — new; ghan — the cloud; kañcuki — the bodice; suraṁg — of lovely colour; vividh — of many kinds; raṁg — colours; sārī — the sari; nakh — nail-marks; jug-ūn — pairs; bane — formed; tere — your; tan — body; ye — these; sab — all; ucit — befitting; naval — the fresh one; mohan kauṁ — for Mohan; śrīphal — the bael fruit; kuc — the breasts; jovan — youth; āgam-dhan — the wealth of its arrival; atiśay — great; prīti — love; hutī — arose; antar — within; gati — movement; jai śrīhita harivaṁśa — says Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa; calī — She went; mukulit — blossoming like a bud; man — the heart; niviṛ — dense; nikuñjan — the grove; mile — She met; ras sāgar — the ocean of rasa; jīte — were conquered; sat — hundreds; ratirāj — the kings of love, Kāmadevas; surat — love-play; ran — the battle.

Translation

Vṛndāvana itself speaks, as if to the beautiful one — O lovely lady, why do you not shine, clinging to the neck of Mohan, the new cloud? You are like lightning, and Mohan is like a fresh cloud. Your colourful bodice, Your sari, and the marks of love upon Your limbs — all befit the fresh Mohan. The wealth of Your youth and beauty is for Śrī Mohan alone. Deep love awoke within. Says Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa — the beautiful one went, Her heart blossoming like a bud, and in the dense grove She met Kṛṣṇa, the ocean of rasa; there, in the battle of love, hundreds of kings of love were conquered.

Explanation

In this pad no sakhi calls — Vṛndāvana itself calls. The cloud and the lightning were made for each other, and so were Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa: Her bodice, Her sari, the marks of love on Her limbs, the wealth of Her youth — all of it belongs to Mohan alone. When the whole creation — every tree, every flower, every gust of wind — waits for one meeting, that meeting is not only the joy of two lovers but the need of the entire world.

Summary

In this pad, Vṛndāvana calls Śrī Rādhā to Mohan, and in the grove She meets Kṛṣṇa, the ocean of rasa.

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