# arī sakhi!, mati torī bharamāī
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Language: English (source Roman transliteration is Braj/Hindi in Latin script)
Source ID: PRM-0763-M19-K012
Original work: Prem Ras Madira by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
Madhuri: Virah
Local pad: 12
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## English whole-pad meaning
(Discussion of a gopī pining in Shyāmasundara’s separation, with her close friend.) Addressing the virahiṇī, her friend says, “Oh sakhi! Don’t be crazy; you are unnecessarily being deluded. I swear on you that moon-rays are absolutely devoid of warmth, rather they are very cooling.” The virahiṇī replies, “Oh sakhi! Wise men regard the proof of experience to be better than the proof of hearing or also the proof of the Vedas. The implication is, what you just said is based on Vedic testimony, while what I have gone through is clearly a proof of experience. How then can I accept what you say?” At this, the virahiṇī’s friend questions, “Well, you say that your Beloved pervades your entire being, why then are you so sad?” The virahiṇī replies, “I personally do not want to meet the Beloved, but how can I make these stubborn eyes understand? Refusing to listen to me, they always crave to see the Beloved.” The virahiṇī’s friend then advises her to renounce this love which acts like an enemy, otherwise it will surely take her life. At this, Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī answers her on behalf of the virahiṇī, “Oh innocent sakhi! You are totally ignorant about the nature of love. Once a person develops love for someone, it is impossible for him or her to get rid of it even though he or she may try crores of means. This is a fact which only a lover experiences.”
English source: prm-english-part-2, Part 2; PDF pages 228, 229; printed pages 563, 564.
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
arī sakhi!, mati torī bharamāī
terī sauṁha sāṁchu shashi-kiranana, neku na tāpa lakhāī
shruti-pramāṇa te shreshṭha kahata saba, budha anubhavahiṁ sadāī
kahā socha! tava roma roma mahaṁ, priyatama rahyo samāī
ye dou naina neku nahiṁ mānata, koṭi bhāṁti samujhāī
taju sakhi! bairiṇi prīti nāhiṁ to, tora prāṇa lai jāī
tū ‘kripālu’ anajāna, lagī nahiṁ, chhūṭati koṭi upāī
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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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- [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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