Bharat Samhita

Aarti Kunj Bihari Ki

भगवान् कुंजबिहारी

Sri Krishna playing the flute in the shade of trees by a river, with Radha ji seated near him, listening
Picture: Chitrashala Press, Poona

The English translation of this text is being prepared. For now, the original is shown with its transliteration. Read it with its Hindi translation

Tap any word of the original to see its meaning.

refrain

। ॥āratī kuṃjabihārīkī| śrīgiradhar kṛṣnamurārīkī||

, ।galemeṃ baijaṃtīmālā, bajāvai murali madhur bālā| , ॥ ॥śravanameṃ kuṇḍal jhalakālā, naṃdake ānam̐d nam̐dalālā|| śrīgiradhar kṛṣnamurārīkī||

, ,gagan sam aṃg kāṃti kālī, rādhikā camak rahī ālī, ,latanameṃ ṭhār̤he banamālī, , , ,bhramar-sī alak, kastūrī-tilak, caṃdra-sī jhalak, । ॥lalit chabi syāmā pyārīkī| śrīgiradhar kṛṣnamurārīkī||

, ,kanakamay mor-mukuṭ bilasai, devatā darasanakoṃ tarasai, ,gagan soṃ suman rāsi barasai, , , ,baje muracaṃg, madhur miradaṃg, gvālinī saṃg, । ॥atul rati gopakumārīkī| śrīgiradhar kṛṣnamurārīkī||

, ,jahām̐ te pragaṭ bhaī gaṃgā, sakal-mal-hāriṇi śrīgaṃgā, ,smaran te hot moh-bhaṃgā, , , ,basī siv sīs, jaṭāke bīc, harai agh kīc, । ॥caran chabi śrībanavārīkī| śrīgiradhar kṛṣnamurārīkī||

, ,camakatī ujjval taṭ renū, baj rahī bṛndāban benū, ,cahūm̐ disi gopi gvāl dhenū, , , ,ham̐sat mṛdu maṃd, cām̐danī caṃd, kaṭat bhav-phaṃd, । ॥ṭer sunu dīn dukhārīkī| śrīgiradhar kṛṣnamurārīkī|| । ॥āratī kuṃjabihārīkī| śrīgiradhar kṛṣnamurārīkī||

Original: Traditional aarti, author unverified. Text as printed in श्रीआरती-संग्रह (Gita Press, Gorakhpur, ed. Hanuman Prasad Poddar, 80th reprint, Samvat 2075), pp. 34-35, the stanza-1 refrain written out as in Gita Press's pocket आरती-संग्रह (pp. 54-55); every line checked against श्रीपूर्णवैष्णवाऽऽर्योदय पुष्पांजलि (Shri Guru Purnagiri Sansthan, Lakhanpur, Jammu, 1993), pp. 117-118, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas's Shri Krishna Chalisa (Shri Venkateshwar Press, Mumbai, April 2009), pp. 22-24, Shiv Prakashan Mandir's आरती संग्रह (undated), p. 15, and the Faizpur Aarti Sangrah BK 0265 (undated), pp. 28-29; compared with Hari Darshan Prakashan Mandir, Delhi (undated, damaged) and the shorter Marathi-region recension in Bhaktimarga Pradip (18th or later edition), pp. 78-79. Digital text: Bharat Samhita (bharatsamhita.com): transcribed by Claude (AI) and checked line by line against the printings named in the edition; not yet reviewed by an editor (Public domain).