# शोभा माई अब देखन | Shobha Mai Ab Dekhan

Source: https://pushtikirtan.com/kirtan/shobha-mai-ab-dekhan-2837

Kirtan ID: 2837

Raag: Malhar · मल्हार

Occasion: Malhar Chandrika · मल्हार चन्द्रिका

Updated: 2026-09-07

## Original text

शोभा माई अब देखन की बहार ॥ गोवर्धन पर्वतके ऊपर मोरनकी पतवार ॥१॥ ठाडे लाल पीतपट ओढें मुरली मधुर रसाल ॥ मोर चंद्रिका माथें सोहे और गुंजनके हार ॥२॥ घनगरजत और दामिनी दमकत नेन्ही नेन्ही परत फुहार ॥ सूरदास प्रभु तोऊ न अघेहें अखियां होंय लख चार ॥३॥

## English meaning

शोभा माई अब देखन | Shobha Mai Ab Dekhan

(राग मल्हार | Raga Malhar)

शोभा माई अब देखन की बहार ॥ गोवर्धन पर्वतके ऊपर मोरनकी पतवार ॥१॥
Mother, now is the season for beholding beauty. Upon Mount Govardhan there are rows of peacocks. ॥१॥

ठाडे लाल पीतपट ओढें मुरली मधुर रसाल ॥ मोर चंद्रिका माथें सोहे और गुंजनके हार ॥२॥
Lal stands there draped in yellow cloth, and His flute sounds sweet and full of rasa. A peacock-feather chandrika shines upon His forehead, and He wears garlands of gunja beads. ॥२॥

घनगरजत और दामिनी दमकत नेन्ही नेन्ही परत फुहार ॥ सूरदास प्रभु तोऊ न अघेहें अखियां होंय लख चार ॥३॥
The clouds thunder, the lightning flashes, and fine little sprays of rain keep falling. Surdas says: even then, one would not have enough of Prabhu’s beauty, even if one had a hundred thousand eyes. ॥३॥

## Transliteration

shobhaa maaee ab dekhan kee bahaar ||
Govardhan parvatake oopar moranakee patavaar ||1||

thaade laal peetapat odhen muralee madhur rasaal ||
mor chandrikaa maathen sohe aur gunjanake haar ||2||

ghanagarajat aur daaminee damakat nenhee nenhee parat phuhaar ||
Soordaas prabhu tooo na aghehen akhiyaan hony lakh chaar ||3||

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