Shrimad Chaturasi Path — Pad 34 | Chaurasi Ji Ka Path Arth Sahit | निकुंज-लीला — कुंज भोर की झाँकी

Original pad (Devanagari)

वन की कुञ्जन-कुञ्जन डोलन ।
निकसत निपट साँकरी बीथिन, परसत नाहि निचोलन ॥
प्रात काल रजनी सब जागे, सूचत सुख हग लोलन ।
आलसवन्त अरुण अति व्याकुल, कछु उपजत गति गोलन ॥
निर्तन भृकुटि बदन अम्बुज मृदु, सरस हास मधु बोलन ।
अति आसक्त लाल अलि लम्पट, बस कीने बिनु मोलन ॥
बिलुलित सिथिल श्याम छूटी लट, राजत रुचिर कपोलन ।
रति विपरित चुम्बन परिरम्भन, चिबुक चारु टक टोलन ॥
कबहुँ स्रमित किसलय सिज्या पर, मुख अंचल झक झोलन ।
दिन हरिवंश दासि हिय सींचत, वारिध केलि कलोलन ॥३४॥

Transliteration

van kī kuñjan-kuñjan ḍolan.
nikasat nipaṭ sāṁkarī bīthin, parasat nāhi nicolan.
prāt kāl rajanī sab jāge, sūcat sukh hag lolan.
ālasavant aruṇ ati vyākul, kachu upajat gati golan.
nirtan bhṛkuṭi badan ambuj mṛdu, saras hās madhu bolan.
ati āsakt lāl ali lampaṭ, bas kīne binu molan.
bilulit sithil śyām chūṭī laṭ, rājat rucir kapolan.
rati viparit cumban parirambhan, cibuk cāru ṭak ṭolan.
kabahuṁ sramit kisalay sijyā par, mukh aṁcal jhak jholan.
din harivaṁśa dāsi hiy sīṁcat, vāridh keli kalolan. (34)

Word-by-word meanings

van kī — of the forest; kuñjan-kuñjan — from grove to grove; ḍolan — wandering; nikasat — passing; nipaṭ — utterly; sāṁkarī — narrow; bīthin — the lanes; parasat — touching; nāhi — not; nicolan — the garments; prāt kāl — morning time; rajanī — the night; sab — all; jāge — awake; sūcat — indicating; sukh — joy; hag — the eyes; lolan — restless; ālasavant — filled with languor; aruṇ — red; ati — very; vyākul — restless; kachu — somewhat; upajat — arising; gati — movement; golan — round; nirtan — dancing; bhṛkuṭi — the brows; badan — the face; ambuj — like a lotus; mṛdu — soft; saras — sweet; hās — laughter; madhu — like honey; bolan — words; ati āsakt — deeply attached; lāl — the red Lāl; ali — like a bee; lampaṭ — greedy; bas — under control; kīne — made; binu — without; molan — any price; bilulit — scattered; sithil — loose; śyām — Śyāma; chūṭī laṭ — loose tresses; rājat — shine; rucir — lovely; kapolan — the cheeks; rati — love; viparit — contrary; cumban — kisses; parirambhan — embraces; cibuk — the chin; cāru — beautiful; ṭak ṭolan — gazing steadily; kabahuṁ — sometimes; sramit — tired; kisalay sijyā — a bed of tender leaves; par — upon; mukh — the face; aṁcal — the veil; jhak jholan — fluttering; din — humble; harivaṁśa dāsi — the maidservant of Harivaṁśa; hiy — the heart; sīṁcat — watering; vāridh — the cloud; keli — of the pastime; kalolan — the waves.

Translation

The pair wanders from grove to grove in the forest. They pass through such narrow lanes that their garments touch each other. Morning has come, yet the restlessness of their eyes speaks of the joy of the whole night. Their red, languorous and restless eyes move slowly round. The dancing of the brows, the lotus-soft face, sweet laughter and honeyed words steal every heart. The red Lāl is deeply attached and greedy like a bee, won over by His beloved without any price. The scattered tresses and lovely cheeks shine. Love-play, embrace, kisses — and sometimes rest upon a bed of tender leaves — all these waves of the pastime water the heart of Harivaṁśa's maidservant.

Explanation

This pad holds the morning pastime of the couple in the groves. Even after the night's love-play, their eyes, gait, laughter, words and tresses are witnesses of that joy. The poet calls it a wave of love that waters the heart. The video adds the servant's own view: Harivaṁśa never says "I am watching this pastime" — he says the waves of this love have drawn his heart. Only one who becomes Rādhā's own, surrendering everything to Her, can behold this pastime.

Summary

The pad describes the morning vision of Śyāmā and Śyāma wandering from grove to grove — loving, languorous and full of joy.

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