# lalī-mukha, upamā deta lajāye
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Language: English (source Roman transliteration is Braj/Hindi in Latin script)
Source ID: PRM-0483-M10-K041
Original work: Prem Ras Madira by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
Madhuri: Shri Radha
Local pad: 41
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## English whole-pad meaning
The poet says, “Actually, the beauty of Kishorī Jī’s face is incomparable, therefore, the very effort of comparing it with something is embarrassing me. Even then, I want to say something. It seems that the moon, in order to save his life from Rāhu, has become Kishorī Jī’s face. The round halo of the rays of the new moon has become Her red lips. Kishorī Jī’s forehead is the half-moon and the rest of the face is the full moon. Thus, Kishorī Jī’s face is made of one and a half moon. The blackness within the moon has become the eyebrows of Kishorī Jī.” The poet Shrī Kripālu Jī further says that although the poets generally compare Kishorī Jī’s face with the moon and the lotus flower, it is absolutely wrong. The moon and the lotus flower can never stand in any comparison with Kishorī Jī’s face. Because, the moon has got his beauty after begging it from his friend, the mirror; and the lotus has got it from his father, the water. And the water and the mirror both have got it from Kishorī Jī Herself. When Kishorī Jī looked at Her face in the mirror, the mirror stole away the reflection of Kishorī Jī’s face, and the same was done by the water when Kishorī Jī’s face, at the time of bathing etc., got reflected in it. Thus, after stealing away the reflection of Kishorī Jī’s face, the mirror and the water gave it to their friend, the moon, and the son, lotus respectively at their request. Since then, the lotus and the moon beautify the atmosphere during day and night respectively. Then, how can they become the objects of comparison for Kishorī Jī’s face? Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “The moon seems to be again practising severe austerities on Shaṅkara Jī’s head to get the boon of being called as beautiful as Kishorī Jī’s face. Although he has been reduced to only two kalās, he is still persistent in his obstinacy.”
English source: prm-english-part-1, Part 1; PDF pages 408, 409; printed pages 353, 354.
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
lalī-mukha, upamā deta lajāye
sabhaya chandra janu rāhu-bhakhana-bhaya, rādhānana bani āye
chandrabāla-kara-chakrabāla janu, adhara bimba pada pāye
ardha-chandra sama bhāla, nimna puni, pūrṇa chandra chhavi chhāye
yaha mukha chhavi chandrādhika sohati, bhrū-kalaṅka bilagāye
shrīmukha shrī pratibimba ambu aru, darpaṇa kabahuṁka pāye
padma, chandra tina tāta, mitra soṁ, yachi divasa, nishi bhāye
shashi ‘kripālu’ misa hod̤a ajahuṁ janu, shiva sira tanuhiṁ tapāye
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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.
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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.
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