Shrimad Chaturasi Path — Pad 37 Chaurasi Ji Ka Path Arth Sahit निकुंज-लीला — सखी का प्रेम-आग्रह

Original pad (Devanagari)

चलहि किन मानिनि कुंज कुटीर ।
तो बिनु कुँवर कोटि बनिता जुत, मथन मदन की पीर ॥
गद-गद सुर विरहाकुल पुलकित, स्रवत बिलोचन नीर ।
क्वासि क्वासि वृषभानु नन्दिनी, बिलपत विपिन अधीर ॥
वंशी विसिख व्याल मालावलि, पंचानन पिक कीर ।
मलयज गरल हुतासन मारुत, साखामृग रिपु चीर ॥
जय श्रीहित हरिवंश परम कोमल चित, चपल चली पिय तीर
सुनि भयभीत बज्र की पंजर, सुरत सूर रणधीर ॥३७॥

Transliteration

calahi kin mānini kuñj kuṭīr.
to binu kuṁvar koṭi banitā jut, mathan madan kī pīr.
gad-gad sur virahākul pulakit, sravat bilocan nīr.
kvāsi kvāsi vṛṣabhānu nandinī, bilapat vipin adhīr.
vaṁśī visikh vyāl mālāvalī, pañcānan pik kīr.
malayaj garal hutāsan mārut, śākhāmṛg ripu cīr.
jaya śrīhita harivaṁśa param komal cit, capal calī piy tīr
suni bhayabhīt bajr kī pañjar, surat sūr raṇadhīr. (37)

Word-by-word meanings

calahi — come, please go; kin — why not; mānini — O sulking beloved; kuñj kuṭīr — the cottage in the grove; to binu — without you; kuṁvar — the Prince, Śrī Kṛṣṇa; koṭi — millions; banitā — beautiful women; jut — surrounded by; mathan — churning; madan — Kāmadeva, love; kī pīr — the pain of; gad-gad — choked; sur — the voice; virahākul — distressed by separation; pulakit — thrilled; sravat — flowing; bilocan — the eyes; nīr — tears; kvāsi kvāsi — where, where; vṛṣabhānu nandinī — the daughter of Vṛṣabhānu, Śrī Rādhā; bilapat — lamenting; vipin — the forest; adhīr — restless; vaṁśī — the flute; visikh — an arrow; vyāl — a serpent; mālāvalī — the garland; pañcānan — a lion; pik — the cuckoo; kīr — the parrot; malayaj — sandalwood; garal — poison; hutāsan — fire; mārut — the wind; śākhāmṛg — a monkey; ripu — an enemy; cīr — garments; jaya śrīhita harivaṁśa — says Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa; param komal cit — the most tender heart; capal — swiftly; calī — went; piy tīr — towards the Beloved; suni — on hearing; bhayabhīt — frightened; bajr — the thunderbolt; kī pañjar — the cage of; surat — love-play; sūr — the hero; raṇadhīr — brave in battle.

Translation

A sakhi says to the sulking Śrī Rādhā — why do you not come to the cottage in the grove? Without you, Prince Kṛṣṇa, though surrounded by millions of beautiful sakhīs, is distressed by the churning pain of love. His voice is choked, He is distressed by separation, thrilled, and tears flow from His eyes. Again and again He asks — where is the daughter of Vṛṣabhānu? For Him the flute feels like an arrow, the garland like a serpent, the cuckoo and the parrot like lions, sandalwood like poison, the wind like fire, and even His garments like enemies. Says Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa — on hearing this, tender-hearted Śrī Rādhā, frightened, set out at once towards Her Beloved. She is the brave heroine of love's battle.

Explanation

In this pad the sakhi melts Śrī Rādhā's sulking by describing Kṛṣṇa's distress in separation. For Him, the very things that give pleasure — the flute, the garland, the cuckoo's song, sandalwood, the breeze, fine garments — have all turned into tormentors. Rādhā's tender heart cannot bear to hear of His pain for even a moment. Her sulking was never hardness; it was love waiting to be called, and one word of His suffering is enough to send Her running to Him.

Summary

In this pad, the sakhi describes Kṛṣṇa's pain of separation and leads Śrī Rādhā to meet Her Beloved.

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