Siddhanta Madhuri · Pad 34
ko kaha rādhe sama giridhārī ?
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
A devotee, teasing Bhagwan Kṛishṇa with love, says – “How can there exist any comparison between Rādhā and Giridhārī? While Rādhā is a princess, the daughter of King Vṛishabhānu, Shrī Kṛishṇa is merely a cowherd boy tending the cows of Gokula in the forests of Vṛindāvana. How can there be any equality between Kishorī Jī, on whose head shines the beautiful crown of gold studded with costly jewels, and Shrī Kṛishṇa, wearing an ordinary crown made of peacock-feathers? While different necklaces made of precious jewels and pearls beautify Kishorī Jī’s neck, all Shrī Kṛishṇa gets to wear is the chain of ghuṁghachī. Where is any comparison between Kishorī Jī with all the sixteen adornments and Shrī Kṛishṇa with a lathi in His hand and a black blanket on His shoulders? How can there ever be any comparison between Kishorī Jī, so simple and innocent, and cruel-hearted Shrī Kṛishṇa who is always intoxicated with gopīs’ love?” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “What to say more? On one side is the adorable and venerable Kishorī Jī and on the other is the worshipper of Her feet, Shrī Kṛishṇa. Therefore, the question of any comparison between Kishorī Jī and Shrī Kṛishṇa does not arise at 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 89, 90 · printed pages 34, 35.
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.
ko kaha rādhe sama giridhārī ?
kita vṛishabhānubhūpa kī beṭī, kita gokula go-kula banachārī?
kanaka-mukuṭa maṇimaya shobhita kita, kita mayūra-paṅkhana siradhārī?
kita chhavi motiyana-lara ura rājita, kita gala-guñjana kī mālā rī?
kita shod̤asha shṛiṅgāra kalita chhavi, kita kara-lakuṭi kāmarī kārī?
kita bhorī, ati sarala kishorī, kita lampaṭa bepīra murārī?
kita ‘kripālu’ ārādhya swāminī, kita pada-avarādhaka banavārī?