Shrimad Chaturasi Path — Pad 22 | Chaurasi Ji Ka Path Arth Sahit | रास-लीला — राधा के नयन अलौकिक

Original pad (Devanagari)

नैनन पर वारों कोटिक खंजन ।
चंचल चपल अरुन अनियारे,
अग्रभाग बन्यौ अंजन ॥
रुचिर मनोहर वक्र बिलोकन,
सुरत-समर-दल-गंजन ।
जय श्री हित हरिवंश कहत न बनें छबि,
सुखसमुद्र मनरंजन ॥

Transliteration

nainana para vāroṁ koṭika khañjana.
cañcala capala aruna aniyāre,
agrabhāga banyau añjana.
rucira manohara vakra bilokana,
surata-samara-dala-gañjana.
jaya śrī hita harivaṁśa kahata na banaiṁ chabi,
sukhasamudra manarañjana.

Word-by-word meanings

nainana para — upon these eyes; vāroṁ — I would sacrifice; koṭika — millions of; khañjana — khañjana birds; cañcala — restless; capala — quick; aruna — flushed red; aniyāre — matchless; agrabhāga — at the corners; banyau — is drawn; añjana — collyrium; rucira — beautiful; manohara — enchanting; vakra bilokana — the sidelong glance; surata-samara-dala-gañjana — conquering the whole army in the battle of love; kahata na banaiṁ — cannot be told; chabi — the beauty; sukhasamudra — an ocean of joy; manarañjana — delighting the heart.

Translation

Upon these eyes I would sacrifice millions of khañjana birds. They are restless, quick, flushed red and matchless, with collyrium drawn at their corners. Their beautiful, enchanting sidelong glance conquers the whole army in the battle of love. Says Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa — their beauty cannot be told; they are an ocean of joy, delighting the heart.

Explanation

The khañjana bird is famed for its restless, darting movement — yet beside Rādhā's eyes even millions of them are a small offering. Her eyes are restless and quick, flushed with love, lined with collyrium, and their sidelong glance is a weapon in the battle of love: one glance wins the whole field. The poet confesses at the end that words fail — these eyes are not a sight to describe but an ocean of joy to drown in.

Summary

Rādhā's restless, collyrium-lined eyes outshine millions of khañjana birds — one sidelong glance wins every heart.

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