Siddhanta Madhuri · Pad 27
avadha ke rāma bane braja shyāma
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
Bhagwan Rāma of Avadha appeared as ‘Shyāma’ in Braja. Lakshamaṇa appeared as Balarāma and Jānakī became known as Shrī Rādhā Rānī. In the age of Tretā, Bhagwan Rāma played the role of an elder brother, while in the age of Dwāpara, Balarāma was the elder one. In Braja, Bhagwan Rāma manifested Himself as naughty Kṛishṇa, captivatingly curving His crown, neck, waist and feet in a playful and sportive manner and performed the līlā of the divine rāsa dance for establishing an ideal before the realized souls that the bliss of God with form is far superior to the bliss of God without form. In Braja, Jānakī Jī as Shrī Rādhā made Bhagwan Rāma massage Her feet. Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “One who differentiates between Bhagwan Rāma and Bhagwan Kṛishṇa is an unpardonable offender against the divine name (nāmāparādhī) and does not deserve a place even in hell.”
Complete whole-pad meaning transcribed from the supplied English edition. The source provides no separate line-by-line or word-by-word meaning.
Prem Ras Madira (English), Part 1 · PDF page 84 · printed page 29.
Meanings: Smt. Padmā Devī. English translation and transliteration: Sushrī Braj Parikarī Devī. Source details.
Pad · Roman transliteration
The original verse in Roman letters, as printed in the English edition.
avadha ke rāma bane braja shyāma
lakhana bane balarāma jānakī, rādhārānī nāma
tretā meṁ bad̤a bhrāta rāma bhaye, dwāpara meṁ balarāma
mukuṭa, grīva, kaṭi, pada ṭed̤ho kari, prakaṭe chañchala rāma
yogārūd̤ha jīva hita kīnhī, līlā rāsa lalāma
paga paluṭāvati sadā jānakī, rāmahiṁ yehi braja dhāma
inameṁ bheda ‘kripālu’ māna jo, narakahuṁ nāhīṁ ṭhāma