calo sakhi kunja Gopala jaha: Let’s go, friend, to Krishna’s forest bower

Kunja poem: "calo sakhī kunja Gopāla jahān"

[The messenger Gopi says to her girlfriend:]

Let’s go, friend, to the forest bower
where Krishna is!
I’ve come to take you there,
where Cupid’s enchanter waits
in the shade of the Kadamba tree,
where pleasant, soft flowery breezes blow.
The son of Nanda is hanging out there,
his heart fixed on yours.
Lovely Braj maiden, after hearing my words,
how can you even think of staying back?
Paramananda’s Lord, the heart-enchanter,
is found only with extreme fortune.

Kunja pad: Rāg Sārang:

calo sakhī kunja Gopāla jahān ।।
terī son Madana Mohana pe cala le jāūn tahān ।।१।।
āche kusuma manda malayānila taru kadamba kī chāh ।।
tahān nivāsa kiyo Nandanandana cita tere mana māh ।।२।।
esī bāta sunata vrajasundari tohi rahyo kyon bhāve ।।
Paramānandasvāmī Manamohana bhāgya baḍe te pāve ।।३।।

राग सारंग
चलो सखी कुंज गोपाल जहां ।।
तेरीसों मदनमोहन पें चल लेजाऊं तहां ।।१।।
आछे कुसुम मंद मलयानिल तरु कदंब की छांह ।।
तहां निवास कियो नंदनंदन चित तेरे मन मांह ।।२।।
ऐसी बात सुनत व्रजसुंदरि तोहि रह्यो क्यों भावें ।। परमानंदस्वामी मनमोहन भाग्य बडे ते पावे ।।३।।

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