Sujān-Rasakhān 61
Sourceखंजन मीन सरोजन को मृग को मद गंजन दीरघ नैना। कंजन ते निकस्यौ मुसकात सु पान पर्यौ मुख अमृत बैना।। जाइ रटे मन प्रान बिलोचन कानन में रचि मानत चैना। रसखानि कर्यौ घर मो हिय में निसिवासर एक पलौ निकसै ना
khaṃjana mīna sarojana ko mṛga ko mada gaṃjana dīragha nainā| kaṃjana te nikasyau musakāta su pāna paryau mukha amṛta bainā|| jāi raṭe mana prāna bilocana kānana meṃ raci mānata cainā| rasakhāni karyau ghara mo hiya meṃ nisivāsara eka palau nikasai nā
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His long eyes humble the wagtail, fish, lotus, and deer; He emerged smiling from the bower, and nectar-filled words poured from His mouth. Mind, life-breath, eyes, and ears went after Him and found their delight in the forest. Rasakhān has lodged Him within the house of my heart, and night or day He does not leave for even a moment.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 62
Sourceमन लीनो प्यारे चितै, पै छटाँक नहिं देत। यहै कहा पाटी पढ़ी, दल को पीछो लेत
mana līno pyāre citai, pai chaṭā~ka nahiṃ deta| yahai kahā pāṭī par̤hī, dala ko pīcho leta
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Beloved, You stole my heart with one glance, yet will not give back even the smallest share. What strange lesson did You study, that You take the whole and leave the owner trailing behind?
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Sujān-Rasakhān 63
Sourceमो मन मानिक ले गयौ, चिते चोर नंदनंद। अब बेमन मैं क्या करूँ, परी फेर के फंद
mo mana mānika le gayau, cite cora naṃdanaṃda| aba bemana maiṃ kyā karū~, parī phera ke phaṃda
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Nanda’s son, that thief of hearts, stole the jewel of my mind with a glance. Now that I am left without a mind, what can I do? I have fallen into His snare again.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 64
Sourceनैन दलालनि चौहटें, मन मानिक पिय हाथ। रसखाँ ढोल बजाइके, बेच्यौ हिय जिय साथ
naina dalālani cauhaṭeṃ, mana mānika piya hātha| rasakhā~ ḍhola bajāike, becyau hiya jiya sātha
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At the marketplace of the eyes, those brokers placed the jewel of my mind in my Beloved’s hand. Rasakhān says: with drums sounding, I sold it openly—heart and life along with it.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 65
Sourceप्रीतम नंदकिशोर, जा दिन तें नेननि लग्यौ। मन पावन चित्त चोर, पलक ओट नहिं सहि सकौं
prītama naṃdakiśora, jā dina teṃ nenani lagyau| mana pāvana citta cora, palaka oṭa nahiṃ sahi sakauṃ
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From the day my eyes met my beloved Nanda-kiśora—the purifier of the mind and thief of consciousness—I cannot bear even a moment when a single eyelid hides Him from me.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 66
Sourceमैन मनोहर नैन बड़े सखि सैननि ही मनु मेरो हर्यौ है। गेह को काज तज्यौ रसखानि हिये ब्रजराजकुमार अर्यौ है।। आसन-बासन सास के आसन पाने न सासन रंग पर्यौ है। नैननि बंक बिसाल की जोहनि मत्त महा मन मत कर्यौ है
maina manohara naina bar̤e sakhi sainani hī manu mero haryau hai| geha ko kāja tajyau rasakhāni hiye brajarājakumāra aryau hai|| āsana-bāsana sāsa ke āsana pāne na sāsana raṃga paryau hai| nainani baṃka bisāla kī johani matta mahā mana mata karyau hai
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Friend, that Love-enchanting One’s great eyes stole my mind by their gestures alone. I abandoned the work of home, says Rasakhān, and installed the prince of Vraja within my heart. I heed neither seat nor dress, neither mother-in-law’s command nor household discipline; I am steeped in His color. Watching those immense, curving eyes, my deeply intoxicated mind has lost all judgment.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 67
Sourceभटू सुंदर स्याम सिरोमनि मोहन जोहन मैं चित्त चोरत है। अबलोकन बंक बिलोचन मैं ब्रजबालन के दृग जोरत है। रसखानि महावत रूप सलोने को मारग तें मन मोरत है। ग्रह काज समाज सबै कुल लाज लला ब्रजराज को तोरत है
bhaṭū suṃdara syāma siromani mohana johana maiṃ citta corata hai| abalokana baṃka bilocana maiṃ brajabālana ke dṛga jorata hai| rasakhāni mahāvata rūpa salone ko māraga teṃ mana morata hai| graha kāja samāja sabai kula lāja lalā brajarāja ko torata hai
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Beautiful dark Śyāma, crown-jewel of charm, steals the heart wherever He is seen. With the crooked play of His eyes, He joins His gaze to the eyes of Vraja’s young women. The goad of His lovely beauty, says Rasakhān, turns every mind from its accustomed road. That darling prince of Vraja breaks through home, duty, society, and all the honor of one’s family.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 68
Sourceआली लाल घन सों अति सुंदर तैसो लसे पियरो उपरैना। गंडनि पै छलकै छवि कुंडल मंडित कुंतल रूप की सैना। दीरघ बंक बिलोकनि की अबलोकनि चोरति चित्त को चैना। मो रसखानि रट्यौ चित्त री मुसकाइ कहे अधरामृत बैना
ālī lāla ghana soṃ ati suṃdara taiso lase piyaro uparainā| gaṃḍani pai chalakai chavi kuṃḍala maṃḍita kuṃtala rūpa kī sainā| dīragha baṃka bilokani kī abalokani corati citta ko cainā| mo rasakhāni raṭyau citta rī musakāi kahe adharāmṛta bainā
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Friend, the darling dark as a raincloud is exceedingly beautiful, and His yellow upper cloth shines upon Him. Beauty spills across His cheeks; earrings and curling locks form an army of loveliness. A single look from those long, curving eyes steals away the heart’s peace. He remains fixed in my heart, says Rasakhān, smiling as He speaks nectar from His lips.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 69
Sourceवह नंद को साँवरो छैल अली अब तौ अति ही इतरान लग्यौ। नित घाटन बाटन कुंजन मैं मोहिं देखत ही नियरान लग्यौ। रसखानि बखान कहा करियै तकि सैननि सों मुसकान लग्यौ। तिरछी बरखी सम मारत है दृग-बान कमान मुकान लग्यौ
vaha naṃda ko sā~varo chaila alī aba tau ati hī itarāna lagyau| nita ghāṭana bāṭana kuṃjana maiṃ mohiṃ dekhata hī niyarāna lagyau| rasakhāni bakhāna kahā kariyai taki sainani soṃ musakāna lagyau| tirachī barakhī sama mārata hai dṛga-bāna kamāna mukāna lagyau
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Friend, that graceful dark son of Nanda has lately grown very bold. Day after day, at bathing places, pathways, and bowers, He draws near the moment He sees me. What more can Rasakhān describe? He watches, signals, and begins to smile. His slanting glances strike like spears—arrows loosed from the bow of His eyes.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 70
Sourceमोहन रूप छकी बन डोलति घूमति री तजि लाज बिचारें। बंक बिलोकनि नैन बिसाल सु दंपति कोर कटाछन मारैं।। रंगभरी मुख की मुसकान लखे सखी कौन जु देह सम्हारे। ज्यौं अरबिंद हिमंत-करी झकझोरि कैं तोरि मरोरि कैं डारैं
mohana rūpa chakī bana ḍolati ghūmati rī taji lāja bicāreṃ| baṃka bilokani naina bisāla su daṃpati kora kaṭāchana māraiṃ|| raṃgabharī mukha kī musakāna lakhe sakhī kauna ju deha samhāre| jyauṃ arabiṃda himaṃta-karī jhakajhori kaiṃ tori marori kaiṃ ḍāraiṃ
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Drunk on Mohana’s beauty, she wanders and circles through the forest, abandoning modesty and reflection. The great eyes of the lovely couple bend in sidelong glances and shoot from their very corners. Friend, who can keep possession of the body after seeing that color-filled smile upon His face? It is as though the winter wind seized a lotus, shook it, tore it, twisted it, and cast it down.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 71
Sourceआज गई ब्रजराज के मंदिर स्याम बिलोक्यौ री माई। सोइ उठ्यौ पलिका कल कंचन बैठ्यो महा मनहार कन्हाई।। ए सजनी मुसकान लख्यौ रसखानि बिलोकनि बंक सुहाई। मैं तब ते कुलकानि तजौ सुबजी ब्रजमंडल मांह दुहाई
āja gaī brajarāja ke maṃdira syāma bilokyau rī māī| soi uṭhyau palikā kala kaṃcana baiṭhyo mahā manahāra kanhāī|| e sajanī musakāna lakhyau rasakhāni bilokani baṃka suhāī| maiṃ taba te kulakāni tajau subajī brajamaṃḍala māṃha duhāī
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Mother, today I went to the prince of Vraja’s palace and there beheld dark Śyāma. He rose from sleep upon a lovely golden couch—Kanhāī, the great enchanter of hearts. Companion, when I saw that smile and the lovely curve of His glance, says Rasakhān, I cast away family restraint from that very moment and proclaimed it throughout the land of Vraja.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 72
Sourceमोहन के मन की सब जानति जोहन के मोहि मग लियौ मन। मोहन सुंदर आनन चंद तें कुंजनि देख्यौ में स्याम सिरोमन। ता दिन तें मेरे नैननि लाज तजी कुलकानि की डोलत हौं बन। कैसी करौं रसखानि लगी जक री पकरी पिय के हित को पन
mohana ke mana kī saba jānati johana ke mohi maga liyau mana| mohana suṃdara ānana caṃda teṃ kuṃjani dekhyau meṃ syāma siromana| tā dina teṃ mere nainani lāja tajī kulakāni kī ḍolata hauṃ bana| kaisī karauṃ rasakhāni lagī jaka rī pakarī piya ke hita ko pana
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I know all that moves within Mohana’s heart: with a glance He took my mind away upon the road. In the bowers I saw dark Śyāma, crown-jewel of beauty, His lovely face outshining the moon. From that day my eyes abandoned shame and family restraint, and I wander through the forest. What can I do, says Rasakhān? Love has seized me; I have taken a vow to live for my Beloved’s delight.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 73
Sourceलोक की लाज तज्यौ तबहिं जब देख्यो सखी ब्रजचंद सलौनो। खंजन मीन सरोजन की छबि गंजन नैन लला दिन होनो। हेर सम्हारि सकै रसखानि सो कौन तिया वह रूप सुठोनो। भौंह कमान सौं जोहन को सर बेधत प्राननि नंद को छोनो
loka kī lāja tajyau tabahiṃ jaba dekhyo sakhī brajacaṃda salauno| khaṃjana mīna sarojana kī chabi gaṃjana naina lalā dina hono| hera samhāri sakai rasakhāni so kauna tiyā vaha rūpa suṭhono| bhauṃha kamāna sauṃ johana ko sara bedhata prānani naṃda ko chono
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I abandoned worldly shame the very moment, friend, that I saw the lovely moon of Vraja. The darling’s eyes humbled the beauty of wagtails, fish, and lotuses; that day was my undoing. What woman, says Rasakhān, could behold such perfect beauty and still keep command of herself? From the bow of His brow, Nanda’s child shoots a glance that pierces the very life-breath.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 74
Sourceवा मुख की मुसकान भटू अँखियानि तें नेकु टरै नहिं टारी। जौ पलकैं पल लागति हैं पल ही पल माँझ पुकारैं पुकारी। दूसरी ओर तें नेकु चितै इन नैनन नेम गह्यौ बजमारी। प्रेम की बानि की जोग कलानि गही रसखानि बिचार बिचारी
vā mukha kī musakāna bhaṭū a~khiyāni teṃ neku ṭarai nahiṃ ṭārī| jau palakaiṃ pala lāgati haiṃ pala hī pala mā~jha pukāraiṃ pukārī| dūsarī ora teṃ neku citai ina nainana nema gahyau bajamārī| prema kī bāni kī joga kalāni gahī rasakhāni bicāra bicārī
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That smile upon His face will not leave my eyes, however much I try to drive it away. If the eyelids close for even an instant, in that very instant the eyes cry out in protest. They have vowed never to look even slightly toward another—such lightning-struck eyes! Rasakhān says: after deep reflection, they have embraced the discipline and art of love.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 75
Sourceकातिग क्वार के प्रात सरोज किते बिकसात निहारे। डीठि परे रतनागर के दरके बहु दामिड़ बिंब बिचारे।। लाल सु जीव जिते रसखानि दरके गीत तोलनि मोलनि भारे। राधिका श्रीमुरलीधर की मधुरी मुसकानि के ऊपर बारे
kātiga kvāra ke prāta saroja kite bikasāta nihāre| ḍīṭhi pare ratanāgara ke darake bahu dāmir̤a biṃba bicāre|| lāla su jīva jite rasakhāni darake gīta tolani molani bhāre| rādhikā śrīmuralīdhara kī madhurī musakāni ke ūpara bāre
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How many lotuses have I watched unfold at dawn in Kārtika and Kvāra? How many costly gems and shining red jewels of the ocean have met my gaze? Whatever precious lives and weighty songs there are, says Rasakhān, however carefully appraised— I would sacrifice them all to the sweet smile shared by Rādhikā and glorious Muralīdhara.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 76
Sourceबंक बिलोचन हैं दुख-मोचन दीरघ रोचन रंग भरे हैं। घमत बारुनी पान कियें जिमि झूमत आनन रूप ढरै हैं। गंडनि पै झलकै छबि कुंडल नागरि-नैन बिलोकि भरे हैं। बालनि के रसखानि हरे मन ईषद हास के पानि परे हैं
baṃka bilocana haiṃ dukha-mocana dīragha rocana raṃga bhare haiṃ| ghamata bārunī pāna kiyeṃ jimi jhūmata ānana rūpa ḍharai haiṃ| gaṃḍani pai jhalakai chabi kuṃḍala nāgari-naina biloki bhare haiṃ| bālani ke rasakhāni hare mana īṣada hāsa ke pāni pare haiṃ
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Those curving eyes dispel sorrow—long, radiant, and filled with color. His face sways and pours forth beauty as though He were reeling from drinking wine. Earrings flash across His cheeks, while accomplished women drink Him in with their eyes. The hearts of the young women, says Rasakhān, have fallen into the hands of His faint smile.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 77
Sourceअब ही खरिक गई, गाइ के दुहाइबे कौं, बावरी ह्वै आई डारि दोहनी यौ पानि की। कोऊ कहै छरी कोऊ मौन परी कोऊ, कोऊ कहै भरी गति हरी अँखियानि की।। सास व्रत टानै नंद बोलत सयाने धाइ दौरि-दौरि मानै-जानै खोरि देवतानि की। सखी सब हँसैं मुरझानि पहिचानि कहूँ, देखी मुसकानि वा अहीर रसखानि की
aba hī kharika gaī, gāi ke duhāibe kauṃ, bāvarī hvai āī ḍāri dohanī yau pāni kī| koū kahai charī koū mauna parī koū, koū kahai bharī gati harī a~khiyāni kī|| sāsa vrata ṭānai naṃda bolata sayāne dhāi dauri-dauri mānai-jānai khori devatāni kī| sakhī saba ha~saiṃ murajhāni pahicāni kahū~, dekhī musakāni vā ahīra rasakhāni kī
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She had only just gone to the cattle pen to milk the cow, but returned crazed, having poured water into the milk-pail. One says she has been bewitched, another falls silent, and another says her eyes have stolen away her composure. Her mother-in-law undertakes vows; Nanda summons the wise, who hurry about and blame the gods. All her companions laugh, recognizing the wilted girl: somewhere, says Rasakhān, she saw that cowherd’s smile.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 78
Sourceमैन-मनोहर बैन बजै सु सजे तन सोहत पीत पटा है। यौं दमकै चमकै झमकैं दुति दामिनि की मनौ स्याम घटा है। ए सजनी ब्रजराजकुमार अटा चढ़ि फेरत लाल बटा है। रसखानि महा मधुरी मुख की मुसकानि करै कुलकानि कटा है
maina-manohara baina bajai su saje tana sohata pīta paṭā hai| yauṃ damakai camakai jhamakaiṃ duti dāmini kī manau syāma ghaṭā hai| e sajanī brajarājakumāra aṭā car̤hi pherata lāla baṭā hai| rasakhāni mahā madhurī mukha kī musakāni karai kulakāni kaṭā hai
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The Love-enchanter’s flute sounds; His adorned body shines in yellow silk. He glitters, flashes, and shimmers like lightning within a dark raincloud. Companion, the prince of Vraja has climbed the terrace and is tossing about a red ball. The exceedingly sweet smile upon His face, says Rasakhān, cuts through every bond of family honor.
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Sujān-Rasakhān 79
Sourceजा दिन तें मुसकानि चुभी चित ता दिन तें निकसी न निकारी। कुंडल लोल कपोल महा छबि कुंजन तें निकस्यो सुखकारी।। हौ सखि आवत ही दगरें पग पैंड़ तजी रिझई बनवारी। रसखानि परी मुसकानि के पाननि कौन गनै कुलकानि विचारी
jā dina teṃ musakāni cubhī cita tā dina teṃ nikasī na nikārī| kuṃḍala lola kapola mahā chabi kuṃjana teṃ nikasyo sukhakārī|| hau sakhi āvata hī dagareṃ paga paiṃr̤a tajī rijhaī banavārī| rasakhāni parī musakāni ke pānani kauna ganai kulakāni vicārī
English translation
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From the day His smile pierced my heart, it has never departed and cannot be driven out. Earrings swinging against His splendid cheeks, the giver of joy emerged from the bowers. Friend, the moment I met Him on the road I left the path beneath my feet, enchanted by Banavārī. Once she has drunk that smile, says Rasakhān, who will pause to reckon the claims of family honor?
All 256 roots printed in the retained Granthāvalī witness.
Sujān-Rasakhān 80
Sourceकाननि दै अँगुरी रहिहौं जबहीं मुरली धुनि मंद बजैहै। मोहनी ताननि सों रसखानि अटा चढ़ि गोधन गैहै तौ गैहै।। टेरि कहौं सिगरे ब्रज लोगनि काल्हि कोऊ सु कितौ समुझैहै। माइ री वा मुख की मुसकानि सम्हारी न जैहे न जैहे न जैहे
kānani dai a~gurī rahihauṃ jabahīṃ muralī dhuni maṃda bajaihai| mohanī tānani soṃ rasakhāni aṭā car̤hi godhana gaihai tau gaihai|| ṭeri kahauṃ sigare braja logani kālhi koū su kitau samujhaihai| māi rī vā mukha kī musakāni samhārī na jaihe na jaihe na jaihe
English translation
Fresh editorial translation from the Rasakhān Granthāvalī authority
I shall keep my fingers pressed into my ears whenever the flute begins to sound softly. If He climbs the terrace and sings to the cattle in those enchanting notes, says Rasakhān—then let Him sing. I will call out and warn all the people of Vraja; perhaps tomorrow someone will understand. But mother, that smile upon His face cannot be withstood—cannot, cannot, cannot!
All 256 roots printed in the retained Granthāvalī witness.