Jo Ras Rasik · जो रस रसिक
MEANING
जो रस रसिक कीर मुनि गायो ॥ सो रस रटत रहत निशिवासर शेष सहस्रमुख पार न पायो ॥१॥ That rasa which the rasik sage Shukadeva sang of—Shesha praises that same rasa day and night with his thousand mouths, yet cannot reach its limit. ॥१॥गावत शिव शारद मुनि नारद कमलकोश वासी न चखायो ॥ यद्यपि रमारहत चरणनतर निगम न अगम अगाध बतायो ॥२॥ Shiva, Sharada, and the sage Narada sing of it, yet even Brahma, who dwells in the lotus, has not tasted it. Though Lakshmi remains at His feet, the Vedas declare this rasa to be inaccessible and unfathomable. ॥२॥तरणितनयातट बंसीवट निकट वृंदाविपिन वीथिन बहायो ॥ सो रस रसिकदास परमानंद वृषभानसुता कुचबीच बसायो ॥३॥ That rasa flows through the pathways of the groves of Vrindavan, near Bansivat on the bank of Yamuna, the daughter of the Sun. Rasik Das Parmanand says: that rasa has made its dwelling in the heart of Vrishabhanu’s daughter. ॥३॥
ORIGINAL
जो रस रसिक कीर मुनि गायो ॥ सो रस रटत रहत निशिवासर शेष सहस्रमुख पार न पायो ॥१॥ गावत शिव शारद मुनि नारद कमलकोश वासी न चखायो ॥ यद्यपि रमारहत चरणनतर निगम न अगम अगाध बतायो ॥२॥ तरणितनयातट बंसीवट निकट वृंदाविपिन वीथिन बहायो ॥ सो रस रसिकदास परमानंद वृषभानसुता कुचबीच बसायो ॥३॥
TRANSLITERATION
jo ras rasik keer muni gaayo · so ras ratat rahat nishivaasar shesh sahasramukh paar na paayo (1) gaavat shiv shaarad muni naarad kamalakosh vaasee na chakhaayo · yadyapi ramaarahat charananatar nigam na agam agaadh bataayo (2) taranitanayaatat banseevat nikat vrindaavipin veethin bahaayo · so ras rasikadaas paramaanand vrishabhaanasutaa kuchabeech basaayo (3)