Siddhanta Madhuri · Pad 40
chalu prema nagara kī gaila re
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
Oh mind! Walk on the path which leads to the city of love. Why are you unnecessarily taxing yourself like a drudge for the objects of senses? Even after trying crores of means, one cannot extract oil from sand. Likewise, it is impossible to get even the waste of purified butter from water even after churning it for crores of ages. Oh mind! Bhukti (the desires for the pleasures of this world and the world beyond) and Mukti (the desire for becoming one with God by merging into Him) are two extremely powerful witches. Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “Therefore, Oh mind! Practise unceasing devotion to the darling of Kubjā, Shyāmasundara.”
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 93, 94 · printed pages 38, 39.
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.
chalu prema nagara kī gaila re
indrina vishayana hita kyoṁ bhaṭakata, jyoṁ kolhū ko baila re
koti upāya kare kou tabahūṁ, pāva na sikatahiṁ taila re
yuga yuga mathe vāri kahaṁ tabahūṁ, pāva na kou ghṛita-maila re
bhukti mukti ina douna jāniya, ati hī prabala chud̤aila re
aba ‘kripālu’ mana bhaja unahiṁna kahaṁ, jo kubjā ke chhaila re