L1definition
chinnaḥ priyo maṇisaraḥ sakhi mauktikāni
chinnaḥhas snapped, broke apart nom., predicated of maṇisaraḥटूट गया (यह मणि-हार का विधेय है)
priyaḥ[my] dear nom., agreeing with maṇisaraḥप्रिय, प्यारा (मणि-हार का विशेषण)
maṇisaraḥthe pearl-necklace nom. subject; maṇi-sara, the string of gems/pearlsमणि-हार — मणियों (मोतियों) की लड़ी
sakhiO friend — voc.; Rādhā calling to her companionहे सखी! (राधा अपनी सखी को पुकारती हैं)
mauktikānithe pearls acc. pl.; object of vicinuyām in the next lineमोतियों को (आगे 'विचिनुयाम्' का कर्म)
sakhi — O friend; priyaḥ maṇisaraḥ chinnaḥ — my dear pearl-necklace has snapped; mauktikāni — [and] the pearls…
हे सखी! (मेरा) प्रिय मणि-हार टूट गया; (ये) मोती—
This verse is the example of the pāṭavānvitā — the clever, resourceful heroine. The scene: Kṛṣṇa is reporting to a friend what Rādhā did. These opening words are what Rādhā said out loud: 'O friend, my dear pearl-necklace has broken! The pearls...' — the sentence runs into the next line.
हे सखी! मेरा प्रिय मणि-हार टूट गया है; और ये मोती—
The lead-in atha pāṭavānvitā ('now, the one full of skill') marks Rādhā here as the model of pāṭava — cleverness, resourcefulness in reaching her beloved. L1–L2 are the words Rādhā spoke as her cover story; L3–L4 (below) are Kṛṣṇa's report of what she was really doing.
L2definition
vṛttāny ahaṁ vicinuyām iti kaitavena |
vṛttānithe round ones — the round pearls acc. pl.; Viśvanātha glosses vartulāni, 'round'गोल (मोतियों को); विश्वनाथ 'वर्तुल' कहते हैं
ahamlet me — I myself nom.; subject of the optativeमैं (विधिलिङ् क्रिया का कर्ता)
vicinuyāmgather up, pick out optative 1sg of vi-√ci; 'let me collect'बीन लूँ, चुन लूँ (मैं—ऐसी इच्छा)
iti— so [she said] closes the quoted pretext-speechइस प्रकार (यह कहकर) — यहाँ उद्धृत वचन समाप्त होता है
kaitavenaas a mere pretext, by way of a ruse instr. of meansछल से, बहाने के द्वारा
vṛttāni aham vicinuyām iti — 'let me gather up the round pearls' [she said]; kaitavena — but only as a pretext.
'इन गोल मोतियों को मैं बीन लूँ'—इस प्रकार (कहकर), बहाने से,
'...let me pick up the round pearls.' That is what she said — but Kṛṣṇa flags it: only as a ruse. Collecting the scattered pearls is a cover story. Under it she is doing something else entirely.
'इन गोल मोतियों को मैं बीन लूँ'—यह कहकर, केवल बहाने से,
vṛtta can also mean 'past events / doings'; both commentators here read it plainly as vartula, 'round' (see Viśvanātha, s3). Kept unresolved beyond that.
L3definition
mugdhaṁ vivṛtya mayi hanta dṛganta-bhaṅgīṁ
mugdhamcharmingly, in a captivating way adv.; Viśvanātha glosses manoharam, 'charming'मनोहर ढंग से; विश्वनाथ 'मनोहरम्' कहते हैं
vivṛtyaturning [herself] around gerund; both commentators gloss parāvṛtya, 'turning back'मुड़कर, घूमकर (दोनों टीकाकार 'परावृत्य' कहते हैं)
mayiupon me [Kṛṣṇa] loc.; where the glance lands — 'me' = Kṛṣṇa, the speakerमुझ (कृष्ण) पर — जहाँ कटाक्ष जा पड़ा
hantaah! — exclamation of Kṛṣṇa's wonder and delightअहा! (कृष्ण का विस्मय और आनन्द)
dṛganta-bhaṅgīma curving sidelong glance — the crook of the corner of her eye acc.; object of vyatānīt; dṛś-anta = eye-corner, bhaṅgī = curve, archकटाक्ष की भंगिमा को — नेत्र-कोर की टेढ़ी छटा ('व्यतानीत्' का कर्म)
mugdham vivṛtya — charmingly turning around; hanta — ah!; mayi dṛganta-bhaṅgīm — upon me, a curving sidelong glance…
मनोहर ढंग से मुड़कर, अहा! मुझ पर कटाक्ष की भंगिमा को—
Now Kṛṣṇa tells what she really did. Charmingly she turned around and — ah! — cast a curving sidelong glance straight at me, right from the corner of her eye. The bending for pearls was cover; the glance was the point.
अहा! मनोहर ढंग से मुड़कर, मुझ (कृष्ण) पर कटाक्ष की टेढ़ी छटा को—
L4definition
rādhā guror api puraḥ praṇayād vyatānīt ||
rādhāRādhā [did this] nom.; subject of the whole verseराधा (सम्पूर्ण श्लोक की कर्त्री)
guroḥ api puraḥeven right in front of her elder guroḥ gen. + puraḥ 'before' + api 'even'; guru = Jaṭilā, per Viśvanātha s6गुरुजन के सामने भी — विश्वनाथ के अनुसार 'गुरु' अर्थात् जटिला
praṇayātout of love abl. of cause; what drove her to risk itप्रेम के कारण, प्रेमवश (जिसने उन्हें यह साहस कराया)
vyatānītshe cast, spread out aorist 3sg of vi-√tan; the main verbफैला दी, कर डाली (मुख्य क्रिया)
rādhā — Rādhā; praṇayāt — out of love; guroḥ api puraḥ — even before her elder [Jaṭilā]; vyatānīt — cast [that glance].
राधा ने प्रेमवश गुरुजन (जटिला) के सामने भी (कटाक्ष की भंगिमा) फैला दी।
Rādhā cast that glance out of sheer love — and she did it even right in front of her elder. That is the whole force of pāṭava: the clever heroine finds a way to reach her beloved even under a guardian's watching eyes. The broken necklace gave her the excuse; her cleverness did the rest.
राधा ने प्रेमवश गुरुजन (जटिला) के सामने भी वह कटाक्ष कर डाला।
The 'elder' (guru) is Jaṭilā, Rādhā's watchful mother-in-law (see Viśvanātha, s6). Her presence is exactly what makes the glance daring — and what makes this the textbook case of the pāṭavānvitā.
Commentary — decoded
Jīva Gosvāmī
s1gloss
vivṛtya parāvṛtya |
vivṛtya'turning around' — the verse-word he picks up'विवृत्य' (जिस पद का अर्थ बताया जा रहा है)
parāvṛtyameans: turning [herself] back aroundपरावृत्य — अर्थात् मुड़कर, घूमकर
vivṛtya — [the verse's] vivṛtya; parāvṛtya — [means] turning back around.
'विवृत्य' का अर्थ 'परावृत्य' (मुड़कर) है।
Jīva glosses the verse-word vivṛtya: it means parāvṛtya — she pivots her body around. As she stoops for the pearls she wheels herself back toward Kṛṣṇa, and that turn is what delivers the glance.
जीव गोस्वामी कहते हैं—यहाँ 'विवृत्य' का अर्थ है 'परावृत्य', अर्थात् मुड़कर।
s2alternative
nivṛtyeti vā pāṭhaḥ ||
nivṛtyanivṛtya ['drawing back, turning aside'] the variant verb offered in its place'निवृत्य' — इसके स्थान पर दिया गया वैकल्पिक पद
iti vā pāṭhaḥ— or this is the [manuscript] reading vā = or; pāṭhaḥ = the textual reading, i.e. a variantअथवा ('वा') ऐसा पाठ भी है
nivṛtya iti vā pāṭhaḥ — or the reading is nivṛtya.
अथवा 'निवृत्य'—ऐसा पाठ (भी) है।
Or, Jīva adds, some texts read nivṛtya instead of vivṛtya — 'drawing back, turning aside.' He records the variant and leaves both standing; he does not decide between them.
अथवा यहाँ 'निवृत्य' ऐसा पाठ भी है।
pāṭha = a manuscript reading; this is a pāṭhāntara, a variant reading, not a change of sense — vivṛtya (turning around) and nivṛtya (drawing back) are near in meaning.
यह एक पाठभेद है; 'विवृत्य' और 'निवृत्य'—दोनों पाठ रखे गए हैं, किसी एक का निर्णय नहीं किया गया।
Viśvanātha Cakravartī
s1avataranika
chinna iti madhumaṅgalaṁ prati kṛṣṇasyoktiḥ |
chinna itithe verse 'chinnaḥ…' — named by its opening word'छिन्नः' इत्यादि (यह श्लोक)
madhumaṅgalaṁ pratiaddressed to Madhumaṅgala prati + acc.; Kṛṣṇa's brahmin friendमधुमंगल के प्रति (उसे लक्ष्य करके) — कृष्ण का ब्राह्मण मित्र
kṛṣṇasyais Kṛṣṇa's gen., with uktiḥकृष्ण का (कथन के साथ सम्बन्ध)
uktiḥutterance, speech nom.; the verse = a statement by Kṛṣṇaकथन, वचन (यह श्लोक = एक उक्ति)
chinna iti — the verse 'chinnaḥ…'; kṛṣṇasya uktiḥ — is Kṛṣṇa's speech; madhumaṅgalaṁ prati — addressed to Madhumaṅgala.
'छिन्नः' इत्यादि श्लोक मधुमंगल के प्रति कृष्ण का कथन है।
Viśvanātha sets the speaker. The verse is Kṛṣṇa talking — and he is talking to Madhumaṅgala, his friend. So the whole thing is Kṛṣṇa reporting to his companion what Rādhā did, which fixes the 'me' (mayi) in the verse as Kṛṣṇa himself.
यह 'छिन्नः...' श्लोक कृष्ण द्वारा अपने मित्र मधुमंगल से कहा गया वचन है।
Madhumaṅgala is Kṛṣṇa's comic brahmin companion (narma-sakhā). Naming the addressee is what pins 'upon me' to Kṛṣṇa as the one who received the glance.
s2gloss
pāṭavaṁ cāturyam |
pāṭavam'skill' — the class-word (the heroine here is pāṭavānvitā)'पाटव' (जिस पद का अर्थ बताया जा रहा है)
cāturyammeans cleverness, quick resourcefulnessचातुर्य — अर्थात् चतुराई, निपुणता
pāṭavam — pāṭava; cāturyam — [means] cleverness.
'पाटव' का अर्थ 'चातुर्य' (चतुराई) है।
He glosses the label-word pāṭava (this heroine is pāṭavānvitā, 'endowed with pāṭava'): it means cāturya — cleverness, resourcefulness. That is precisely the quality the verse is put here to illustrate.
विश्वनाथ कहते हैं—'पाटव' का अर्थ है 'चातुर्य', अर्थात् चतुराई।
s3gloss
vṛttāni vartulāni |
vṛttāni'vṛttāni' — the verse-word he takes up'वृत्तानि' (श्लोकगत पद)
vartulānimeans round [ones] — the round pearlsवर्तुल — अर्थात् गोल
vṛttāni — vṛttāni; vartulāni — [means] round.
'वृत्तानि' का अर्थ 'वर्तुल' (गोल) है।
The verse-word vṛttāni Viśvanātha glosses as vartulāni — 'round.' The pearls she claims to be gathering are the round ones. He settles the word to its plain 'round' sense here.
'वृत्तानि' का अर्थ है 'वर्तुल', अर्थात् गोल (मोती)।
s4gloss
mugdhaṁ manoharam |
mugdham'mugdham' — the verse-word he takes up'मुग्धम्' (श्लोकगत पद)
manoharammeans charming, heart-stealingमनोहर — अर्थात् मनोरम, चित्ताकर्षक
mugdham — mugdham; manoharam — [means] charming.
'मुग्धम्' का अर्थ 'मनोहर' है।
mugdham he glosses as manoharam — 'charming, heart-stealing.' It describes the manner of her turn and glance: she did it in a way that captivates.
'मुग्धम्' का अर्थ है 'मनोहर', अर्थात् मनोरम।
mugdham works adverbially here — 'charmingly' — coloring how she turned and cast the glance, not naming a thing.
s5gloss
vivṛtya parāvṛtya |
vivṛtya'vivṛtya' — the verse-word he takes up'विवृत्य' (श्लोकगत पद)
parāvṛtyameans turning [herself] back aroundपरावृत्य — अर्थात् मुड़कर, घूमकर
vivṛtya — vivṛtya; parāvṛtya — [means] turning back around.
'विवृत्य' का अर्थ 'परावृत्य' (मुड़कर) है।
Like Jīva, Viśvanātha glosses vivṛtya as parāvṛtya — turning herself around. She wheels back toward Kṛṣṇa.
'विवृत्य' का अर्थ है 'परावृत्य', अर्थात् मुड़कर।
Both commentators give the identical gloss (parāvṛtya); Viśvanātha does not mention the nivṛtya variant reading that Jīva records (c1.s2).
s6gloss
guror jaṭilāyāḥ ||
guroḥ'of the elder' — the verse-word he takes up gen. in the verse, guror api puraḥ'गुरोः' (श्लोक में 'गुरोरपि पुरः' में आया पद)
jaṭilāyāḥmeans: of Jaṭilā gen.; the specific person namedजटिला का — यहाँ 'गुरु' से जटिला ही अभिप्रेत हैं
guroḥ — guroḥ; jaṭilāyāḥ — [means] of Jaṭilā.
यहाँ 'गुरु' का अर्थ जटिला है।
And the 'elder' (guru) of the verse he identifies by name: it is Jaṭilā. So 'even before her guru' means even right in front of Jaṭilā — and that is exactly what makes the glance so bold.
'गुरोः' अर्थात् जटिला के; यहाँ 'गुरु' से जटिला अभिप्रेत हैं।
Jaṭilā is Rādhā's mother-in-law, the guardian of the household. Pinning guru to her sharpens 'guror api puraḥ': Rādhā signals her love under the very eyes of the one set to watch her.