# देखो भाई शोभा सामल | Dekho Bhai Shobha Samal

Source: https://pushtikirtan.com/kirtan/dekho-bhai-shobha-samal-2861

Kirtan ID: 2861

Raag: Malhar · मल्हार

Occasion: Malhar Laheriyan · मल्हार लहेरियां

Updated: 2026-09-07

## Original text

देखो भाई शोभा सामल तनकी ॥ मानो लई रसिक नंद नंदन सब गति नौतन घनकी ॥१॥ तडित वसन पुरंदर धनुष मानो मालावनकी ॥ मुक्तामाल कंठ उर उपर पंगतिहें बगगनकी ॥२॥ रूपवारि बरषत जु निरंतर सींचतहे वृत्ति मानकी ॥ कुंभनदास प्रभु गोवर्धनधर जीवन सब ब्रज जनकी ॥३॥

## English meaning

देखो भाई शोभा सामल | Dekho Bhai Shobha Samal

(राग मल्हार | Raga Malhar)

देखो भाई शोभा सामल तनकी ॥ मानो लई रसिक नंद नंदन सब गति नौतन घनकी ॥१॥
Brother, behold the beauty of His dark form. It is as though rasika Nandanandan has taken on all the grace and movement of a fresh raincloud. ॥१॥

तडित वसन पुरंदर धनुष मानो मालावनकी ॥ मुक्तामाल कंठ उर उपर पंगतिहें बगगनकी ॥२॥
His garment shines like lightning, and His forest garland appears like Indra’s bow, the rainbow. The pearl garland upon His neck and chest appears like a row of white herons in the sky. ॥२॥

रूपवारि बरषत जु निरंतर सींचतहे वृत्ति मानकी ॥ कुंभनदास प्रभु गोवर्धनधर जीवन सब ब्रज जनकी ॥३॥
The rain of His beauty pours continuously, refreshing the heart and mind. Kumbhandas says: Prabhu Govardhandhar is the very life of all the people of Vraj. ॥३॥

## Transliteration

dekho bhaaee shobhaa saamal tanakee ||
maano laee rasik Nand nandan sab gati nautan ghanakee ||1||

tadit vasan purandar dhanush maano maalaavanakee ||
muktaamaal kanth ur upar pangatihen bagaganakee ||2||

roopavaari barashat ju nirantar seenchatahe vritti maanakee ||
kumbhanadaas prabhu govardhanadhar jeevan sab Braj janakee ||3||

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