Shrimad Chaturasi Path — Pad 40 | Chaurasi Ji Ka Path Arth Sahit | निकुंज-लीला — देह-सुध भूली राधा

Original pad (Devanagari)

बैठे लाल निकुंज भवन ।
रजनी रुचिर मल्लिका मुकुलित, त्रिविध पवन ॥
तू सखि काम केलि मनमोहन, मदन दवन ।
वृथा गहर कत करत कृसोदरि, कारन कवन ॥
चपल चली तन की सुध बिसरी, सुनत श्रवन ।
जयश्रीहितहरिवंश मिले रस लंपट, राधिका रवन ॥४०॥

Transliteration

baiṭhe lāl nikuñj bhavan.
rajanī rucir mallikā mukulit, trividh pavan.
tū sakhi kām keli manmohan, madan davan.
vṛthā gahar kat karat kṛsodari, kāran kavan.
capal calī tan kī sudh bisarī, sunat śravan.
jaya śrīhita harivaṁśa mile ras laṁpaṭ, rādhikā ravan. (40)

Word-by-word meanings

baiṭhe — is seated; lāl — Lāl, Śrī Kṛṣṇa; nikuñj bhavan — the house in the grove; rajanī — the night; rucir — lovely; mallikā — jasmine; mukulit — in bud, blooming; trividh — of three kinds; pavan — the breeze; tū — you; sakhi — O sakhi; kām keli — the play of love; manmohan — Manmohan, the enchanter of minds; madan — Kāmadeva; davan — the subduer of; vṛthā — in vain; gahar — delay; kat — why; karat — are you making; kṛsodari — O slender-waisted one; kāran — the reason; kavan — what; capal — restless; calī — She went; tan — the body; kī sudh — awareness of; bisarī — forgetting; sunat — on hearing; śravan — with the ears; jaya śrīhita harivaṁśa — says Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa; mile — met; ras laṁpaṭ — immersed in rasa; rādhikā ravan — Rādhikā's voice, Her footfall.

Translation

A sakhi says — Lāl, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, is seated in the house in the grove. The night is lovely, the jasmine buds have bloomed, and a breeze of three kinds blows pleasantly. O sakhi, you are the one who can soothe Manmohan's burning love. O slender-waisted one, why do you delay in vain? What is the reason? On hearing this, restless Śrī Rādhā went, forgetting even awareness of Her body. Says Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa — Kṛṣṇa, immersed in rasa, met Rādhikā by the sound of Her voice alone.

Explanation

Here love is so deep that a single sound is enough. Rādhā does not wait to dress or to think — on hearing the call she forgets her own body and walks. And Kṛṣṇa, the great relisher of rasa, needs nothing more than the sound of Her anklets, the fall of Her step, to find union. When love is this deep, one footfall is enough for meeting.

Summary

In this pad, Śrī Kṛṣṇa waits in the grove, and Śrī Rādhā, eager to meet Him, forgets even Her body on hearing the call.

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