Shrimad Chaturasi Path — Pad 43 | Chaurasi Ji Ka Path Arth Sahit | निकुंज-लीला — राधा की रूप-माधुरी

Original pad (Devanagari)

अति नागरि वृषभानु किशोरी ।
सुन दूतिका चपल मृगर्नैनी, आकर्षत चितवत चित गोरी ॥
श्रीफल उरज कंचन-सी देही, कटि केहरि गुण-सिंधु झकोरी
बैनी भुजंग चन्द्रसत बदनी, कदलि जंघ जलचर गति चोरी ॥
सुनि हरिवंश आज रजनी मुख, बन मिलाइ मेरी निज जोरी।
जद्यपि मान समेत भामिनी, सुनि कत रहत भली जिय भोरी ॥४३॥

Transliteration

ati nāgari vṛṣabhānu kiśorī.
sun dūtikā capal mṛgarnainī, ākarṣat citavat cit gorī.
śrīphal uraj kañcan-sī dehī, kaṭi kehari guṇ-sindhu jhakōrī
bainī bhujaṁg candrasat badanī, kadali jaṁgh jalacar gati corī.
suni harivaṁśa āj rajanī mukh, ban milāi merī nij jorī.
jadyapi mān samet bhāminī, suni kat rahat bhalī jiy bhorī. (43)

Word-by-word meanings

ati — most; nāgari — clever and beautiful; vṛṣabhānu kiśorī — the maiden daughter of Vṛṣabhānu, Śrī Rādhā; sun — listen; dūtikā — O messenger sakhi; capal — restless; mṛgarnainī — deer-eyed; ākarṣat — draws; citavat — with a glance; cit — the heart; gorī — the fair one; śrīphal — the bael fruit; uraj — the breasts; kañcan-sī — like gold; dehī — the body; kaṭi — the waist; kehari — a lion; guṇ-sindhu — the ocean of virtues; jhakōrī — shaking; bainī — the braid; bhujaṁg — a serpent; candrasat — like the moon; badanī — the face; kadali — the plantain; jaṁgh — the thighs; jalacar — creatures of the water; gati — the gait; corī — stealing; suni — listen; harivaṁśa — Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa; āj — tonight; rajanī — the night; mukh — at the very start; ban — in the forest; milāi — unite; merī — my; nij — own; jorī — the pair; jadyapi — although; mān — sulking; samet — filled with; bhāminī — the lovely lady; kat — how; rahat — can She remain; bhalī — innocent; jiy — the heart; bhorī — simple-hearted.

Translation

The maiden daughter of Vṛṣabhānu is most clever and beautiful. The dutika says to Śrī Kṛṣṇa — the restless deer-eyed fair one draws the heart with a single glance. Her breasts are like bael fruits, Her body like gold, Her waist like a lion's, Her beauty shakes the ocean of virtues, Her braid is like a serpent, Her face like the moon, Her thighs like plantain stems, and Her gait steals even the grace of water creatures. Says Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa — at the very start of tonight, unite my own pair in the forest. Although the lovely lady is filled with sulking, on hearing such words, how can Her innocent heart hold back?

Explanation

In this pad the dutika — the simple, loving sakhi who carries messages between the two — describes Śrī Rādhā's beauty to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, limb by limb, so that His longing grows and the meeting happens. Both are sulking, yet the dutika knows the secret: Rādhā's beauty melts Kṛṣṇa's sulk, and Kṛṣṇa's restlessness melts Rādhā's. When each needs the other this deeply, no sulking can last — the meeting follows on its own.

Summary

In this pad, the dutika describes Śrī Rādhā's wonderful beauty and inspires the meeting, even while She sulks.

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