Gao Gao Ri, Priyapritam Ki Aarti
गाओ गाओ री, प्रियाप्रीतम की आरती
Sung by the companions, to the companions — an aarti for the pair, with instruments named.
Dedicated toLord Ramaगाओ गाओ री,प्रियाप्रीतम की आरती गाओ ॥
आसपास सखियाँ सुख दैनी,सजि नव साज सिंगार सुनैनी।बीन सितार लिएँ पिकबैनी,गाइ सुराग सुनाओ ॥
अनुपम छबि धरि दंपति राजत,नील पीत पट भूषन भ्राजत।निरखत अगनित रति छबि लाजत,नैनन को फल पाओ ॥
नीरज नैन चपल चितवन में,रुचिर अरुनिमा सुचि अधरन में।चन्द्रबदन की मधु मुसकन में,निज नयनाँ अरुझाओ ॥
कंचन थार सँवारि मनोहर,घृत कपूर सुभ बाति ज्योतिकर।मुरछल चँवर लिएँ रामेस्वर,हरषि सुमन बरसाओ ॥
Drik Panchang — Shri Sitarama Aarti
Traditional public-domain Braj devotional composition; BhajanDhara transcription and meanings prepared independently
As with the Janakinatha aarti, no second independent edition could be located, so this rests on a single witness; the closing signature names Rameshwar. A printed anthology should be consulted before treating the wording as settled. No modern source translation is reproduced.
Related prayers
Shri Ramachandra Kripalu Bhajman ↗Aarti Kijai Shri Raghuvar Ji Ki ↗Aisi Aarti Rama Raghuvira Ki ↗What does Gao Gao Ri, Priyapritam Ki Aarti mean?
The grammar here is worth noticing: gao gao ri, with the feminine vocative, means the aarti is being sung by women to women. The sakhis hold the instruments, the sakhis are told to look, and what they are told to look at is a couple — priya-pritam, she named first. It belongs to the same devotional world as the Braj aartis of Radha and Krishna rather than to the heroic Rama of the Ramayana, and its instruction is simply to let the eyes get caught and stay caught.