kahata hama kharī-kharī kachhu bāta

English meaning

Addressing the spiritual aspirants who, caught up in the whirl of wealth, women and fame, make the entertainment of public their sole aim, the poet says – “Oh aspirants! I am going to tell you something very frankly and bluntly. Do not feel bad about what I intend to say for your own good, rather ponder upon it thoughtfully in solitude with an unprejudiced mind!” The poet unhesitatingly begins to tell that such impostors, though outwardly wear sacred beads and put religious mark on their foreheads, claiming themselves to be Vaishṇavas, have illicit relations with prostitutes. They are quite illiterate so far as scriptural knowledge is concerned, yet they teach the Yogavāshishṭhya (the scripture which contains divine knowledge of the Supreme Brahma and whose listener can only be one who fulfils all the four conditions, sādhana chatushṭaya, of detachment, discrimination, absence of bodily sensation and intense yearning for the attainment of Brahma) to all and remain fully attached to the worldly people themselves. They make thousands of disciples by giving mantra in their ears, though the reality is that they themselves are the devoted disciples of their senses. These impostors are envious of the genuine saints, hate to even go near them and always abuse them, but talk with and praise the awfully materialistic people. These impostors who themselves are so degraded that they do not get detached from the world even after experiencing its reality every moment, try to reveal the secret of the highest divine līlā, mahārāsa, which is beyond the intellect of even the governors of the universe Brahmā, etc., to the fallen souls who are like themselves. Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī humbly remarks, “Even I am full of egotism, though I declare myself to be humble before all.”

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 pages 88, 89 · printed pages 33, 34.

Meanings: Smt. Padmā Devī. English translation and transliteration: Sushrī Braj Parikarī Devī. Source details.