# balihārī hai tihārī banavārī

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Language: English (source Roman transliteration is Braj/Hindi in Latin script)
Source ID: PRM-0976-M20-K011
Original work: Prem Ras Madira by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
Madhuri: Rasiya
Local pad: 11

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## English whole-pad meaning

A rasika says, “Oh Shyāmasundara! We sacrifice ourselves on Your blissful but intricate divine pastimes, which are totally inverse to the worldly code. The greatest liberated paramahansas like Sanaka etc. want to have just a little glimpse of Your fascinating form in their nirvikalpa trance but You probably feel shy in going there; whereas You delight in being insulted by the illiterate water-carriers, the maidens of Braja, while chasing them in order to flirt with them. Indrāṇī, Bhawānī, Saraswatī, Brahmāṇī, Rati and others always long for Your looks of love but Oh Līlādhārī! You are really blessed to ignore them and give supreme happiness to an ordinary woman like Kubjā after transforming her from a hunchbacked woman into a beautiful maiden!” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “I offer myself on that lovely sight when hearing bitter remarks from the maidens of Braja, Shyāmasundara, feeling inebriated with joy, involuntarily utters, ‘Balihāra!’(i.e. I sacrifice myself on this).”

English source: prm-english-part-2, Part 2; PDF pages 385; printed pages 720.

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.

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## Pad · Roman transliteration · Source edition

balihārī hai tihārī banavārī  
chaha sanakādika sādhi samādhina, jhāṁkana ṭuka jhāṁkī pyārī  
pai tahaṁ jāta lajāta, jāta puni, jorana panihārini yārī  
indrāṇī, rudrāṇī, vāṇī, brahmāṇī, rati matavārī  
pai dhani-dhani manamohana tohiṁ jo, manabhāvati kubarihiṁ nārī  
suni ‘kripālu’ brajanārina gārina, ‘balihārī’ kaha balihārī

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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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