Dekho Sakhi Jhulato Radha Syama

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Song Name: Dekho

Sakhi

Jhulato

Radha

Syama

Official Name: None

Author: Uddhava

Dasa

Book Name: None

Language: Bengali

 

LYRICS

(1)

dekho

sakhi

jhulato

rādhā-śyāma -

vividha

yantra , sumeli

susvara ,

tāna

māna suṭhāma

 

(2)

āṣāḍha

gata

puna

māha

śāńana

sukhada

yamunā

tīra

cāńda

rajani , sukhamaya

sukhodaya ,

manda

malaya

samīra

 

(3)

paripūrṇa

sarovara , praphullita

taru

vara

gagane

garaje gabhīra

ghora

ghaṭā

ghana , dāminī damakata ,

bindu

barikhata nīra

 

(4)

tahi

kalpadruma , tala chāya suśītala

racita

ratanahi

ḍora

jhulaye

tachu

para , gori

śyāmara,

jhulāye

sakhi dui ora

 

(5)

taḍita

ghana

janu , dolaye

duhu

tanu ,

adhare mṛdu

mṛdu

hāsa

vadana

hema nīla, kamala vikaśita

sveda

bindu

parakāśa

 

(6)

charama

heri

koi , vījana vījai

karpūra tāmbūla yogāy

surat ̣a

megha , mallāra

gāota

mohana

mṛdańga

bājāy

 

(7)

kusuma

caya

vara , hāra naṭa koto

bhramara

guna

guna

rol

haḿsa

śikhi sārasa , susvara

śabadita

dāduri

ghana

ghana

bol

 

(8)

duhuń bhāle candana , cāńda

camakita

tilaka

racita

kapola

cañcala

mukuṭa , sucāru

candrika

pīṭha

pora veṇī dola

 

(9)

duhuń

śravaṇe kuṇḍala , capala

jhalamala ,

hṛdaye śaśimaṇi hāra

jhalake ābharaṇa, jhańkṛta jhana

jhana

jhukita

jhulana

vihāra

 

(10)

koi

candana gharṣaṇa, sugandhi

chirakata ,

śyāma

gori

ańga

heri

sakhi

bhāṣa

ińgitahi , dāsa

uddhava ,

koroto

kusuma

ḍheri

 

TRANSLATION

1. “Look, O sakhi , how Radha-Syama are swinging! Various musical instruments are being played, and songs are sung with beautiful voices and with nice rhythms and tunes.”

 

2. “The month of Asadha (June-July, when it is very hot) is gone and the Sravana month (July-August) has come on the delightful bank of the Yamuna . The moon is rising in the blissful night sky and a gentle Malayan (southern) breeze is blowing.”

 

3. “The lakes are full and the trees are blooming (due to profuse rain at that time of the year) and the clouds rumble deeply in the sky. The lightning flashes and drops of rain are showered.”

 

4. “A swing is hung there on jewelled ropes in the cool shade of a wish-yielding tree. On it Gauri

Radha

and Syama

Krsna are seated and pushed by sakhis who stand on each side.”

 

5. “Their bodies resemble the lightning ( Radha ) and the clouds (Krsna) as They oscillate on the swing. Their faces, that resemble golden and blue lotusflowers , show drops of perspiration and are adorned with tenderly smiling lips.”

 

6. “Some sakhi , seeing that the swinging reaches a climax, starts fanning, others offer betel-leaves, and others sing the surata ,

megha and mallara ragas while playing fascinating mrdanga .”

 

7. “ Radha

and Krsna wear excellent flower-garlands that dance in so many ways [along with the oscillating swing] while the bees buzz around them. Swans, peacocks and cranes sing with beautiful voices and the frogs croak loudly.”

 

8. “ Radha

and Krsna wear sandalwood- tilaka

on Their foreheads that astonishes even the moon. Krsna wears a beautiful wiggling peacock-feather crown and Radha

has a braid that dangles on Her back down to Her buttocks.”

 

9. “Their restlessly dangling earrings shimmer on Their ears and They wear moon-stone necklaces on Their chests. Their ornaments glitter and chime along with the rhythm of the swinging. In this way the Jhulan -pastimes is ended.”

 

10. “Some sakhis grind fragrant sandalwood. Looking at the limbs of Syama and Gauri some sakhi gives a verbal hint to Uddhava

Dasa to go and pick flowers.”

 

Remarks/ Extra Information

This song is to be sung in Raga Malhara in Tivra

Tala .

 

UPDATED: June 25, 2009