Pada 1
Sourceपहिले करि परनाम नंद सों समाचार सब दीजो। और वहाँ वृषभानु गोप सों जाय सकल सुधि लीजो॥ श्रीदामा आदिक सब ग्वालन मेरे हुतो भेंटियो। सुख-संदेस सुनाय हमारो गोपिन को दुख मेटियो॥ मंत्री इक बन बसत हमारो ताहि मिले सचु पाइयो। सावधान ह्वै मेरे हूतो ताही माथ नवाइयो॥ सुन्दर परम किसोर बयक्रम चंचल नयन बिसाल। कर मुरली सिर मोरपंख पीताम्बर उर बनमाल॥ जनि डरियो तुम सघन बनन में ब्रजदेवी रखवार। बृन्दावन सो बसत निरंतर कबहुँ न होत नियार॥ उद्धव प्रति सब कही स्यामजू अपने मन की प्रीति। सूरदास किरपा करि पठए यहै सकल ब्रज रीति
pahile kari paranāma naṃda soṃ samācāra saba dījo| aura vahā~ vṛṣabhānu gopa soṃ jāya sakala sudhi lījo|| śrīdāmā ādika saba gvālana mere huto bheṃṭiyo| sukha-saṃdesa sunāya hamāro gopina ko dukha meṭiyo|| maṃtrī ika bana basata hamāro tāhi mile sacu pāiyo| sāvadhāna hvai mere hūto tāhī mātha navāiyo|| sundara parama kisora bayakrama caṃcala nayana bisāla| kara muralī sira morapaṃkha pītāmbara ura banamāla|| jani ḍariyo tuma saghana banana meṃ brajadevī rakhavāra| bṛndāvana so basata niraṃtara kabahu~ na hota niyāra|| uddhava prati saba kahī syāmajū apane mana kī prīti| sūradāsa kirapā kari paṭhae yahai sakala braja rīti
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First bow to Nanda and give him all my news; then go to the cowherd Vṛṣabhānu and learn how everyone fares. Meet Śrīdāmā and all the other cowherds on my behalf. Carry my message of well-being and dispel the gopīs’ sorrow. A counselor of mine dwells in the forest; meet that one and you will find joy. Be attentive, and bow your head there for me: a supremely beautiful youth, with great restless eyes, flute in hand, peacock plume upon the head, yellow cloth and a forest garland upon the breast. Do not fear the dense woods—the goddess of Vraja keeps watch. That presence dwells forever in Vṛndāvana and is never far away. Śyāma thus told Uddhava all the love within his heart; by his grace, says Sūrdās, he sent him forth into the whole way of Vraja.
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Pada 2
Sourceकहियो नन्द कठोर भए। हम दोउ बीरै डारि पर-घरै मानो थाती सौंपि गए॥ तनक तनक तैं पालि बड़े किए बहुतै सुख दिखराए। गोचारन को चलत हमारे पाछे कोसक धाए॥ ये बसुदेव देवकी हमसों कहत आपने जाए। बहुरि बिधाता जसुमतिजू के हमहिं न गोद खिलाए॥ कौन काज यह राज, नगर को सब सुख सों सुख पाए? सूरदास ब्रज समाधान कर आजु काल्हि हम आए
kahiyo nanda kaṭhora bhae| hama dou bīrai ḍāri para-gharai māno thātī sauṃpi gae|| tanaka tanaka taiṃ pāli bar̤e kie bahutai sukha dikharāe| gocārana ko calata hamāre pāche kosaka dhāe|| ye basudeva devakī hamasoṃ kahata āpane jāe| bahuri bidhātā jasumatijū ke hamahiṃ na goda khilāe|| kauna kāja yaha rāja, nagara ko saba sukha soṃ sukha pāe? sūradāsa braja samādhāna kara āju kālhi hama āe
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Tell them: ‘Nanda has grown hard-hearted. He left us two brothers in another’s house as though entrusting a deposit. From our earliest days he raised us to manhood and showed us every happiness; when we went to graze the cows, he would run for miles behind us. Now Vasudeva and Devakī tell us we are their own sons—as though destiny had not placed us in Mother Yaśodā’s lap! What use is this kingdom? How can the city’s every pleasure bring happiness? We shall soothe Vraja and return today or tomorrow,’ says Sūrdās.
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Pada 3
Sourceतबहिं उपँगसुत आय गए। सखा सखा कछु अंतर नाहीं भरि भरि अंक लए॥ अति सुंदर तन स्याम सरीखो देखत हरि पछिताने। ऐसे को वैसी बुधि होती ब्रज पठवैं तब आने॥ या आगे रस-काब्य प्रकासे जोग-बचन प्रगटावै। सूर ज्ञान दृढ़ याके हिरदय युबतिन जोग सिखावै
tabahiṃ upa~gasuta āya gae| sakhā sakhā kachu aṃtara nāhīṃ bhari bhari aṃka lae|| ati suṃdara tana syāma sarīkho dekhata hari pachitāne| aise ko vaisī budhi hotī braja paṭhavaiṃ taba āne|| yā āge rasa-kābya prakāse joga-bacana pragaṭāvai| sūra jñāna dṛr̤ha yāke hiradaya yubatina joga sikhāvai
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Just then Upāṅga’s son arrived. Between the two friends there was not the slightest distance; again and again Kṛṣṇa drew him into his arms. His beautiful body so resembled Śyāma’s that Hari looked upon him and regretted: ‘If only a form like this possessed the understanding suited to it, then sending him to Vraja would bring him back transformed. Before the women he will set forth the words of yoga where love’s poetry shines.’ Knowledge sat firm in Uddhava’s heart, says Sūrdās, and so he would teach yoga to the young women.
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Pada 4
Sourceहरि गोकुल की प्रीति चलाई। सुनहु उपँगसुत मोहिं न बिसरत ब्रजबासी सुखदाई॥ यह चित होत जाउँ मैं अबही, यहाँ नहीं मन लागत। गोप सुग्वाल गाय बन चारत अति दुख पायो त्यागत॥ कहँ माखन चोरी? कह जसुमति 'पूत जेंव' करि प्रेम। सूर स्याम के बचन सहित सुनि ब्यापत आपन नेम
hari gokula kī prīti calāī| sunahu upa~gasuta mohiṃ na bisarata brajabāsī sukhadāī|| yaha cita hota jāu~ maiṃ abahī, yahā~ nahīṃ mana lāgata| gopa sugvāla gāya bana cārata ati dukha pāyo tyāgata|| kaha~ mākhana corī? kaha jasumati 'pūta jeṃva' kari prema| sūra syāma ke bacana sahita suni byāpata āpana nema
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Hari began to speak of his love for Gokula: ‘Listen, son of Upāṅga—the joy-giving people of Vraja never leave my memory. My heart longs to go there this very moment; here my mind cannot settle. The cowherds, the dear cowherd boys, and the cows wander grazing in the forest—I suffer greatly for having left them. Where is the stealing of butter? Where is Yaśodā lovingly calling, “Son, come eat”?’ Uddhava heard Śyāma’s words, says Sūrdās, yet remained enclosed within his own discipline.
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Pada 5
Sourceजदुपति लख्यो तेहि मुसकात। कहत हम मन रही जोई सोइ भई यह बात॥ बचन परगट करन लागे प्रेम-कथा चलाय। सुनहु उद्धव मोहिं ब्रज की सुधि नहीं बिसराय॥ रैनि सोवत, चलत, जागत लगत नहिं मन आन। नंद, जसुमति नारि नर ब्रज जहाँ मेरो प्रान॥ कहत हरि, सुनि उपँगसुत! यह कहत हौं रसरीति। सूर चित तें टरति नाहीं राधिका की प्रीति
jadupati lakhyo tehi musakāta| kahata hama mana rahī joī soi bhaī yaha bāta|| bacana paragaṭa karana lāge prema-kathā calāya| sunahu uddhava mohiṃ braja kī sudhi nahīṃ bisarāya|| raini sovata, calata, jāgata lagata nahiṃ mana āna| naṃda, jasumati nāri nara braja jahā~ mero prāna|| kahata hari, suni upa~gasuta! yaha kahata hauṃ rasarīti| sūra cita teṃ ṭarati nāhīṃ rādhikā kī prīti
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The Lord of the Yadus saw him and smiled: ‘The very thought that remained in my mind has now come to pass.’ He began to reveal it in words and unfolded the tale of love. ‘Listen, Uddhava: remembrance of Vraja does not leave me. Sleeping at night, walking, or waking, my mind fastens on nothing else. Nanda, Yaśodā, every woman and man of Vraja—my life is there. Hear me, son of Upāṅga: I speak the very way of rasa. Rādhikā’s love never departs from Śyāma’s heart,’ says Sūrdās.
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Pada 6
Sourceसखा! सुनो मेरी इक बात। वह लतागन संग गोपिन सुधि करत पछितात॥ कहाँ वह वृषभानुतनया परम सुंदर गात। सुरति आए रासरस की अधिक जिय अकुलात॥ सदा हित यह रहत नाहीं सकल मिथ्या जात। सूर प्रभु यह सुनौ मोसों एक ही सों नात
sakhā! suno merī ika bāta| vaha latāgana saṃga gopina sudhi karata pachitāta|| kahā~ vaha vṛṣabhānutanayā parama suṃdara gāta| surati āe rāsarasa kī adhika jiya akulāta|| sadā hita yaha rahata nāhīṃ sakala mithyā jāta| sūra prabhu yaha sunau mosoṃ eka hī soṃ nāta
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‘Friend, listen to this one thing. Remembering the gopīs among those vine-covered bowers, I repent. Where is Vṛṣabhānu’s daughter now, she of the supremely beautiful form? When the rasa of the rāsa dance returns to memory, my heart grows still more distraught. No worldly bond remains forever; all the rest passes away as false. Hear this from me,’ says Sūrdās’s Lord, ‘I have a bond with that one alone.’
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Pada 7
Sourceउद्धव! यह मन निस्चय जानो। मन क्रम बच मैं तुम्हैं पठावत ब्रज को तुरत पलानो॥ पूरन ब्रह्म, सकल, अबिनासी ताके तुम हौ ज्ञाता। रेख, न रूप, जाति, कुल नाहीं जाके नहिं पितु माता॥ यह मत दै गोपिन कहँ आवहु विरह-नदी में भासति। सूर तुरत यह जाय कहौ तुम ब्रह्म बिना नहिं आसति
uddhava! yaha mana niscaya jāno| mana krama baca maiṃ tumhaiṃ paṭhāvata braja ko turata palāno|| pūrana brahma, sakala, abināsī tāke tuma hau jñātā| rekha, na rūpa, jāti, kula nāhīṃ jāke nahiṃ pitu mātā|| yaha mata dai gopina kaha~ āvahu viraha-nadī meṃ bhāsati| sūra turata yaha jāya kahau tuma brahma binā nahiṃ āsati
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‘Uddhava, know this resolve within my mind: I send you in thought, deed, and word—depart for Vraja at once. You are a knower of the complete, all-pervading, imperishable Brahman, which has neither line nor form, caste nor family, father nor mother. Give this teaching to the gopīs and bring them out of the river of separation. Go quickly and tell them, says Sūrdās, that apart from Brahman no other reality exists.’
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Pada 8
Sourceउद्धव! बेगि ही ब्रज जाहु। सुरति सँदेस सुनाय मेटो बल्लभिन को दाहु॥ काम पावक तूलमय तन बिरह-स्वास समीर। भसम नाहिन होन पावत लोचनन के नीर॥ अजौं लौं यहि भाँति ह्वैहै कछुक सजग सरीर। इते पर बिनु समाधाने क्यों धरैं तिय धीर॥ कहौं कहा बनाय तुमसों सखा साधु प्रबीन? सूर सुमति बिचारिए क्यों जियैं जल बिनु मीन
uddhava! begi hī braja jāhu| surati sa~desa sunāya meṭo ballabhina ko dāhu|| kāma pāvaka tūlamaya tana biraha-svāsa samīra| bhasama nāhina hona pāvata locanana ke nīra|| ajauṃ lauṃ yahi bhā~ti hvaihai kachuka sajaga sarīra| ite para binu samādhāne kyoṃ dharaiṃ tiya dhīra|| kahauṃ kahā banāya tumasoṃ sakhā sādhu prabīna? sūra sumati bicārie kyoṃ jiyaiṃ jala binu mīna
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‘Uddhava, go swiftly to Vraja. Recite my remembered message and quench the burning of my beloveds. Desire is the fire, their cotton-soft bodies its fuel, and the sighs of separation the wind; only the water of their eyes has kept them from turning to ash. Until now that water has somehow kept their bodies barely conscious—but without reassurance, how can those women hold fast to courage? What more can I compose for you, my virtuous and discerning friend? Consider wisely, says Sūrdās: how can fish live without water?’
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Pada 9
Sourceपथिक! सँदेसो कहियो जाय। आवैंगे हम दोनों भैया, मैया जनि अकुलाय॥ याको बिलगु बहुत हम मान्यो जो कहि पठयो धाय। कहँ लौं कीर्ति मानिए तुम्हरी बड़ो कियो पय प्याय॥ कहियो जाय नंदबाबा सों, अरु गहि पकर्यो पाय। दोऊ दुखी होन नहिं पावहिं धूमरि धौरी गाय॥ यद्यपि मथुरा बिभव बहुत है तुम बिनु कछु न सुहाय। सूरदास ब्रजबासी लोगनि भेंटत हृदय जुड़ाय
pathika! sa~deso kahiyo jāya| āvaiṃge hama donoṃ bhaiyā, maiyā jani akulāya|| yāko bilagu bahuta hama mānyo jo kahi paṭhayo dhāya| kaha~ lauṃ kīrti mānie tumharī bar̤o kiyo paya pyāya|| kahiyo jāya naṃdabābā soṃ, aru gahi pakaryo pāya| doū dukhī hona nahiṃ pāvahiṃ dhūmari dhaurī gāya|| yadyapi mathurā bibhava bahuta hai tuma binu kachu na suhāya| sūradāsa brajabāsī logani bheṃṭata hṛdaya jur̤āya
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‘Traveler, go and carry this message: “We two brothers will return; Mother, do not be distraught. I have taken deeply to heart the reproach you sent in haste—how long can I speak of your glory, you who made me grow great by giving me milk? Go, grasp Nanda Bābā’s feet, and tell him that the smoky and the white cows must not be allowed to grieve. Mathurā has abundant splendor, yet without you nothing pleases us. Meeting the people of Vraja alone cools the heart,” says Sūrdās.’
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Pada 10
Sourceनीके रहियो जसुमति मैया। आवैंगे दिन चारि पाँच में हम हलधर दोउ भैया॥ जा दिन तें हम तुमतें बिछुरे काहु न कह्यो 'कन्हैया'। कबहूँ प्रात न कियो कलेवा, साँझ न पीन्हीं धैया॥ बंसी बेनु सँभारि राखियो और अबेर सबेरो। मति लै जाय चुराय राधिका कछुक खिलौनो मेरो॥ कहियो जाय नंदबाबा सों निपट निठुर जिय कीन्हो। सूर स्याम पहुँचाय मधुपुरी बहुरि सँदेस न लीन्हो
nīke rahiyo jasumati maiyā| āvaiṃge dina cāri pā~ca meṃ hama haladhara dou bhaiyā|| jā dina teṃ hama tumateṃ bichure kāhu na kahyo 'kanhaiyā'| kabahū~ prāta na kiyo kalevā, sā~jha na pīnhīṃ dhaiyā|| baṃsī benu sa~bhāri rākhiyo aura abera sabero| mati lai jāya curāya rādhikā kachuka khilauno mero|| kahiyo jāya naṃdabābā soṃ nipaṭa niṭhura jiya kīnho| sūra syāma pahu~cāya madhupurī bahuri sa~desa na līnho
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‘Remain well, Mother Yaśodā. Within four or five days we two brothers, I and Haladhara, shall return. Since the day we were parted from you, no one has called me “Kanhaiyā.” I have never eaten my morning meal, nor drunk my evening milk. Keep my flute safely, morning and evening; do not let Rādhikā steal away any little toy of mine. Go tell Nanda Bābā that he has made his heart utterly hard: after sending Śyāma to Mathurā, says Sūrdās, he never sent another message.’
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Pada 11
Sourceउद्धव मन अभिलाष बढ़ायो। जदुपति जोग जानि जिय साँचो नयन अकास चढ़ायो॥ नारिन पै मोको पठवत हौ कहत लिखावन जोग। मनहीं मन अब करत प्रसंसा है मिथ्या सुख-भोग॥ आयसु मानि लियो सिर ऊपर प्रभु-आज्ञा परमान। सूरदास प्रभु पठवत गोकुल मैं क्यों कहौं कि आन
uddhava mana abhilāṣa bar̤hāyo| jadupati joga jāni jiya sā~co nayana akāsa car̤hāyo|| nārina pai moko paṭhavata hau kahata likhāvana joga| manahīṃ mana aba karata prasaṃsā hai mithyā sukha-bhoga|| āyasu māni liyo sira ūpara prabhu-ājñā paramāna| sūradāsa prabhu paṭhavata gokula maiṃ kyoṃ kahauṃ ki āna
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Desire swelled in Uddhava’s mind. Knowing the Lord of the Yadus to be speaking true yoga, he lifted his eyes toward the sky: ‘You are sending me to women, telling me to write down and explain yoga!’ Within himself he praised the teaching and judged the pleasures of love to be false. He accepted the command upon his head, taking the Lord’s word as final. ‘When the Lord himself sends me to Gokula,’ says Sūrdās, ‘how could I answer otherwise?’
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Pada 12
Sourceउद्धव प्रति कुब्जा के वाक्य सुनियो एक सँदेसो ऊधो तुम गोकुल को जात। ता पाछे तुम कहियो उनसों एक हमारी बात॥ मात-पिता को हेत जानि कै कान्ह मधुपुरी आए। नाहिंन स्याम तिहारे प्रीतम, ना जसुदा के जाए॥ समुझौ बूझौ अपने मन में तुम जो कहा भलो कीन्हो। कह बालक, तुम मत्त ग्वालिनी सबै आप-बस कीन्हो॥ और जसोदा माखन-काजै बहुतक त्रास दिखाई। तुमहिं सबै मिलि दाँवरि दीन्ही रंच दया नहिं आई॥ अरु वृषभानसुता जो कीन्ही सो तुम सब जिय जानो। याही लाज तजी ब्रज मोहन अब काहे दुख मानो? सूरदास यह सुनि सुनि बातैं स्याम रहे सिर नाई। इत कुब्जा उत प्रेम ग्वालिनी कहत न कछु बनि आई
uddhava prati kubjā ke vākya suniyo eka sa~deso ūdho tuma gokula ko jāta| tā pāche tuma kahiyo unasoṃ eka hamārī bāta|| māta-pitā ko heta jāni kai kānha madhupurī āe| nāhiṃna syāma tihāre prītama, nā jasudā ke jāe|| samujhau būjhau apane mana meṃ tuma jo kahā bhalo kīnho| kaha bālaka, tuma matta gvālinī sabai āpa-basa kīnho|| aura jasodā mākhana-kājai bahutaka trāsa dikhāī| tumahiṃ sabai mili dā~vari dīnhī raṃca dayā nahiṃ āī|| aru vṛṣabhānasutā jo kīnhī so tuma saba jiya jāno| yāhī lāja tajī braja mohana aba kāhe dukha māno? sūradāsa yaha suni suni bātaiṃ syāma rahe sira nāī| ita kubjā uta prema gvālinī kahata na kachu bani āī
English translation
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Kubjā said to Uddhava: ‘Listen to one message while you are going to Gokula, and afterward tell those women one thing from me. Knowing his duty to mother and father, Kanhā came to Mathurā. Śyāma is neither your lover nor Yaśodā’s son. Think it through in your own minds: what good did you do? He was a child, while you infatuated cowherd women brought him wholly under your power. Yaśodā tormented him over butter, and all of you joined together to bind him without a trace of pity. And what Vṛṣabhānu’s daughter did—you all know it in your hearts. From shame at this alone Mohana left Vraja; why, then, do you grieve?’ Hearing these words again and again, Śyāma hung his head. Caught between Kubjā here and the loving cowherd women there, says Sūrdās, he could find no answer.
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Pada 13
Sourceउद्धव का ब्रज में आना कोऊ आवत है तन स्याम। वैसेइ पट, वैसिय रथ-वैठनि, वैसिय है उर दाम॥ जैसी हुतिं उठि तैसिय दौरीं छाँड़ि सकल गृह-काम। रोम पुलक, गदगद भई तिहि छन सोचि अंग अभिराम॥ इतनी कहत आय गए ऊधो, रहीं ठगी तिहि ठाम। सूरदास प्रभु ह्याँ क्यों आवै बंधे कुब्जा-रस स्याम
uddhava kā braja meṃ ānā koū āvata hai tana syāma| vaisei paṭa, vaisiya ratha-vaiṭhani, vaisiya hai ura dāma|| jaisī hutiṃ uṭhi taisiya daurīṃ chā~r̤i sakala gṛha-kāma| roma pulaka, gadagada bhaī tihi chana soci aṃga abhirāma|| itanī kahata āya gae ūdho, rahīṃ ṭhagī tihi ṭhāma| sūradāsa prabhu hyā~ kyoṃ āvai baṃdhe kubjā-rasa syāma
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‘Someone is coming whose body is dark—the same garment, the same seat upon the chariot, the same garland upon his breast!’ Just as they were, they sprang up and ran, abandoning every task at home. Their hair stood on end; their voices choked as for one instant they imagined the beloved form. But while they spoke, Uddhava arrived, and they stood rooted to the spot. ‘Why would the Lord come here?’ says Sūrdās. ‘Śyāma is bound fast by the rasa of Kubjā.’
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Pada 14
Sourceउद्धव का ब्रज में दिखाई पड़ना है कोई वैसीई अनुहारि। मधुबन ते इत आवत, सखि री! चितौ तु नयन निहारि॥ माथे मुकुट, मनोहर कुंडल, पीत बसन रुचिकारि। रथ पर बैठि कहत सारथि सों ब्रज-तन बाँह पसारि॥ जानति नाहिंन पहिचानति हौं मनु बीते जुग चारि। सूरदास स्वामी के बिछुरे जैसे मीन बिनु वारि
uddhava kā braja meṃ dikhāī par̤anā hai koī vaisīī anuhāri| madhubana te ita āvata, sakhi rī! citau tu nayana nihāri|| māthe mukuṭa, manohara kuṃḍala, pīta basana rucikāri| ratha para baiṭhi kahata sārathi soṃ braja-tana bā~ha pasāri|| jānati nāhiṃna pahicānati hauṃ manu bīte juga cāri| sūradāsa svāmī ke bichure jaise mīna binu vāri
English translation
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‘There is someone with that very likeness, coming this way from Mathurā. Friend, look—fix your eyes and see! A crown upon his head, lovely earrings, a radiant yellow garment; seated on the chariot, he speaks to the driver and stretches his arms toward Vraja. I neither know nor recognize him—it seems four ages have passed.’ Since parting from Sūrdās’s Lord, she is like a fish without water.
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Pada 15
Sourceदेखो नंदद्वार रथ ठाढ़ो। बहुरि सखी सुफलकसुत आयो पज्यो सँदेह उर गाढ़ो॥ प्रान हमारे तबहिं गयो लै अब केहि कारन आयो। जानति हौं अनुमान सखी री! कृपा करन उठि धायो। इतने अंतर आय उपंगसुत तेहि छन दरसन दीन्हो। तब पहिंचानि सखा हरिजू को परम सुचित तन कीन्हो॥ तब परनाम कियो अति रुचि सों और सबहि कर जोरे। सुनियत रहे तैसेई देखे परम चतुर मति-भोरे। तुम्हरो दरसन पाय आपनो जन्म सफल करि जान्यो। सूर ऊधो सों मिलत भयो सुख ज्यों झख पायो पान्यो
dekho naṃdadvāra ratha ṭhār̤ho| bahuri sakhī suphalakasuta āyo pajyo sa~deha ura gār̤ho|| prāna hamāre tabahiṃ gayo lai aba kehi kārana āyo| jānati hauṃ anumāna sakhī rī! kṛpā karana uṭhi dhāyo| itane aṃtara āya upaṃgasuta tehi chana darasana dīnho| taba pahiṃcāni sakhā harijū ko parama sucita tana kīnho|| taba paranāma kiyo ati ruci soṃ aura sabahi kara jore| suniyata rahe taiseī dekhe parama catura mati-bhore| tumharo darasana pāya āpano janma saphala kari jānyo| sūra ūdho soṃ milata bhayo sukha jyoṃ jhakha pāyo pānyo
English translation
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‘Look—a chariot stands at Nanda’s gate! Friend, has the son of Sūraphala come again?’ A deep suspicion entered their hearts: ‘He carried away our very life before; why has he come now? I think, friend, that he has hastened here to show us mercy.’ In that interval Upāṅga’s son came and granted them sight of him. Recognizing him as Hari’s friend, they made themselves wholly composed. With great warmth they bowed, and all joined their palms. He was just as they had heard—supremely clever, yet innocent in understanding. ‘By receiving your sight we count our birth fulfilled.’ Meeting Uddhava, says Sūrdās, they found joy as a fish finds water.
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