He gave me his heart and stole mine. Surdas (the lady in this bhajan) says, after taking my heart, all that I had, Prabhu Krishna smiled and sped away on his chariot. सुंदर सदन सुख सदन श्याम को निरख नयन मन ठाग्यो...
"No one knows the pain I go through on account of separation from Krishna. Krishna, without seeing you, I cannot rest," says Surdas, in this Krishna bhajan.
Jagjit Singh in a live performance at Iskcon’s Hare Krishna temple, Juhu, Mumbai. The bhajan has been written by Bhakti saint, Surdas, a disciple of Mahaprabhu Vallabhacharya. Surdas, like Mira Bai has been a great contributor to Braj sahitya, the literature of Vrindavan.
Surdas's verses are a valuable store of Braj sahitya, the literature of Vrindavan. He was awarded by Vallabhacharya the title of Asht-chhaap Sakha, one of the eight poet-musicians at the Haweli of Srinathji at Govardhan. The deity was later shifted to Nathdwara, but the tradition of Haweli sangit and Raag sewa started by the eight poet-musicians (Asht-chhaap), Surdas among them, continues...