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सप्तमोवकाशः - चंचरीक छन्द; भूलना छन्द

From water-dance to flower-swings

Page unit 30 of 53 · printed page 30

Original · Devanagari

रत्नालंकृत विचित्र जगमग जल विच पवित्र जनु घन दिवि तड़ित विपुल दमकत दुतिगारी ॥३॥ छुम छुम थेइ थेइ तरंग गावति पिय संग संग चलित लजित गज अनंग वाजत करतारी अद्भुत राहस अनूप देखहि कोइ सखि स्वरूप रामचरण देखें किमि नयन अंध चारी ॥४॥ ॥ भूलना छन्द ॥ भक्ति को रूप जलजात अलि हँसियान रहत जस लाल मन भजन बोलैं कूल दोउ रतन मय विविध तरु फूल भय राज ऋतु नित्य घन परन झोलैं बहुत प्रभु संग बहु सखिय उपवन गई सुमन को लेत वन पुलिन डोलैं सखिन तह वरन फूलन हिंडोला रचि विविधि विधि रंग के छवि अमोलैं ॥१॥ कहति कोइ लाल हम भली रचना करी कहति कोइ स्वामि हम भली बनाई कहति कोइ देखि हौं मोहिनै हो लता नयन के सयनि सो कोइ लखाई पानि धरि चलिय कोइ पीतपट धरिय कोइ नृत्य के भाव कोइ हँसि दिखाई रामचरणाति करुणा निधे चरित कृत सकति के भूलना चढ़ेउ जाई ॥२॥

Fresh English translation

The continuing dance glitters amid holy water adorned like jewels, as if abundant lightning flashed within heavenly clouds. Waves sing 'chum-chum, thei-thei' beside the Beloved; their gait shames elephants and Love while hand-clappers sound. A companion beholds the incomparable secret sport in its own form, but how can Rāmacaraṇa see with the four blind eyes of ordinary vision? In the Bhūlanā metre, lotuses, bees, and swans seem to call Lāl's mind toward worship. Both banks are made of jewels and crowded with many flowering trees; perpetual spring reigns as dense foliage sways. The Lord and many companions enter the grove, gather blossoms, and wander the forested riverbank. The companions hang swings of many-coloured flowers, priceless in beauty. One says, 'Lāl, I made this well'; another, 'Master, I fashioned mine well'; another asks him to look and be enchanted. One takes his hand, another holds his yellow cloth, and another laughingly reveals the mood of dance. Rāmacaraṇa invokes the Compassionate One's deeds as the swing is mounted through divine power.