# prīti sakhi, kāko kahata batāya
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Language: English (source Roman transliteration is Braj/Hindi in Latin script)
Source ID: PRM-0075-M03-K066
Original work: Prem Ras Madira by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
Madhuri: Siddhanta
Local pad: 66
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## English whole-pad meaning
A gopī says to another, “Oh sakhi! Tell me the definition of love.” The other gopī asks, “Do you want to love someone?” The first gopī replied, “Oh friend! Although I had never loved someone nor did I know what the hell this love is, yesterday I saw Shyāmasundara all of a sudden and immediately He occupied my heart. Now every moment in His separation seems to me as long as a kalpa.” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “Oh sakhi! You did not practise love, it came to you involuntarily. This is called rāgātmikā bhakti in scriptures.”
English source: prm-english-part-1, Part 1; PDF pages 111, 112; printed pages 56, 57.
Published meaning author: Smt. Padmā Devī. Transliteration and translation: Sushrī Braj Parikarī Devī. English edition: Radha Govind Samiti, New Delhi, 2009-10. These credits are separate from the original work's literary author, Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj.
## Pad · Roman transliteration · Source edition
prīti sakhi, kāko kahata batāya
sakhi kaha kata pūchhati? kā katahūṁ, chāhati prīti lagāya
hauṁ kabahūṁ sakhi prīti kiyo nahiṁ, jāna na vāya balāya
pai hauṁ kāli lakhī manamohana, so mana gayo samāya
aba mohiṁ ika pala kala na parata kahuṁ, pala pala kalapa lakhāya
kaha ‘kripālu’ sakhi prīti karī nahiṁ, pai hvai gai balabhāya
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For Prem Ras Madira, the publisher states 1,008 pads in 21 Madhuris. The imported source identities are preserved; numbering reconciliation is deferred. Hindi meanings are whole-pad meanings from the supplied scan. Five are unavailable. 1009 source-derived English meanings and Roman transliterations are available for Prem Ras Madira, from the supplied English Parts 1 and 2. Roman text follows that edition; source wording can differ from the independently preserved Hindi scan. Each record identifies its translation source and PDF/printed pages. Unavailable translations remain explicitly marked; English navigation alone is not a translation. Text may contain OCR errors. This export does not grant a redistribution license.
## Published-book provenance
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Prem Ras Madira is a published work by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj, with a print history preceding this website. The supplied companion Gutka identifies Radha Govind Samiti as publisher and its eighth edition as 15 July 2011 (PDF page 3, printed page II).
The official biography says Prem Ras Madira was published by 1955; a JKP article gives 1960 for its first Hindi publication. These sources disagree, so this collection does not assert a single verified first-publication year. The 2011 date identifies the supplied companion Gutka edition, not the first publication or every scanned edition.
- [Official Prem Ras Madira book and publisher listing](https://www.jkpliterature.org.in/products/prem-ras-madira-regular-size)
- [Official author's biography: publication by 1955](https://jagadgurukripalujimaharaj.org.in/life-history/)
- [JKP article: first Hindi publication reported as 1960](https://www.jkp.org.in/the-supremacy-of-the-divine-name-radhe/)
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## Prem Ras Madira English edition
The supplied English first edition (October 2009) credits Smt. Padmā Devī for meanings and Sushrī Braj Parikarī Devī for transliteration and translation. Publisher: Radha Govind Samiti, New Delhi. These facts are visually verified in both parts, PDF pages 2–3. This is the English edition date, not the original work’s first-publication date.
1009 source-derived English meanings and Roman transliterations are available for Prem Ras Madira, from the supplied English Parts 1 and 2. Roman text follows that edition; source wording can differ from the independently preserved Hindi scan. Each record identifies its translation source and PDF/printed pages. Unavailable translations remain explicitly marked; English navigation alone is not a translation.
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