Shrimad Chaturasi Path — Pad 32 | Chaurasi Ji Ka Path Arth Sahit | रास-लीला — शरद रात में युगल विहार

Original pad (Devanagari)

आजु वन क्रीड़त श्यामा श्याम ।
सुभग बनी निशि शरद चाँदनी, रुचिर कुञ्ज अभिराम ॥
खंडन अधर करत परिरम्भन, ऐंचत जघन दुकूल ।
उर नख-पात तिरीछी चितवन, दंपति रस समतूल ॥
वे भुज पीन पयोधर परसत, वामदृशा पिय हार ।
बसनन पीक अलक आकर्षत, समर स्रमित सतमार ॥
पल-पल प्रबल चौंप रस लम्पट, अति सुन्दर सुकुमार ।
जय श्रीहित हरिवंश आजु तृण टूटत, हौं बलि विशद बिहार ॥३२॥

Transliteration

āju van krīṛat śyāmā śyām.
subhag banī niśi śarad cāṁdanī, rucir kuñj abhirām.
khaṇḍan adhar karat parirambhan, aiñcat jaghan dukūl.
ur nakh-pāt tirīchī citavan, dampati ras samatūl.
ve bhuj pīn payodhar parasat, vāmadṛśā piy hār.
basnan pīk alak ākarṣat, samar sramit satamār.
pal-pal prabal caump ras lampaṭ, ati sundar sukumār.
jaya śrīhita harivaṁśa āju tṛṇ ṭūṭat, hauṁ bali viśad bihār. (32)

Word-by-word meanings

āju — today; van — in the forest; krīṛat — sporting; śyāmā śyām — Śyāmā and Śyāma; subhag — beautiful; banī — formed; niśi — the night; śarad cāṁdanī — the Sharad moonlight; rucir — lovely; kuñj — the grove; abhirām — delightful; khaṇḍan — bitten; adhar — the lips; karat — doing; parirambhan — embrace; aiñcat — pulling; jaghan — the hips; dukūl — the garment; ur — the chest; nakh-pāt — nail-marks; tirīchī — sidelong; citavan — the glance; dampati — the couple; ras — rasa; samatūl — equal; ve — [as written in the txt]; bhuj — the arms; pīn — full; payodhar — the breast; parasat — touching; vāmadṛśā — [as written in the txt]; piy — the Beloved; hār — the necklace; basnan — the garments; pīk — the red of betel; alak — the tresses; ākarṣat — drawing; samar — the battle of love; sramit — tired; satamār — [as written in the txt]; pal-pal — moment by moment; prabal — strong; caump — the taste; ras — rasa; lampaṭ — greedy; ati sundar — most beautiful; sukumār — tender; jaya śrīhita harivaṁśa — hail to Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa; āju — today; tṛṇ ṭūṭat — the straw breaks, words fail; hauṁ — I; bali — am sacrificed; viśad bihār — upon this vast pastime.

Translation

Today Śyāmā and Śyāma are sporting in the forest. The Sharad moonlit night is beautiful, and the lovely grove is most delightful. The couple embraces in love; bitten lips, the pulling of garments, nail-marks upon the chest and sidelong glances reveal the rasa of love. The Beloved's necklace, garments, tresses and the red of betel show the tiredness of love's battle. Both are most beautiful, tender, and greedy for the taste of rasa. Says Śrī Hita Harivaṁśa — today, upon this vast pastime, I am sacrificed.

Explanation

This pad gives a suggestive description of Śyāmā and Śyāma's love-play in the forest on a Sharad night. Through nail-marks, glances, garments and tresses, the poet shows the intensity of their love. And the seer himself falls silent before it — when love grows so deep that words fail, know that it is true love.

Summary

The pad describes the forest pastime of Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa in the Sharad moonlight, full of the rasa of love and the bliss of the grove.

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