Siddhanta Madhuri · Pad 66
prīti sakhi, kāko kahata batāya
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
A gopī says to another, “Oh sakhi! Tell me the definition of love.” The other gopī asks, “Do you want to love someone?” The first gopī replied, “Oh friend! Although I had never loved someone nor did I know what the hell this love is, yesterday I saw Shyāmasundara all of a sudden and immediately He occupied my heart. Now every moment in His separation seems to me as long as a kalpa.” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “Oh sakhi! You did not practise love, it came to you involuntarily. This is called rāgātmikā bhakti in scriptures.”
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 111, 112 · printed pages 56, 57.
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.
prīti sakhi, kāko kahata batāya
sakhi kaha kata pūchhati? kā katahūṁ, chāhati prīti lagāya
hauṁ kabahūṁ sakhi prīti kiyo nahiṁ, jāna na vāya balāya
pai hauṁ kāli lakhī manamohana, so mana gayo samāya
aba mohiṁ ika pala kala na parata kahuṁ, pala pala kalapa lakhāya
kaha ‘kripālu’ sakhi prīti karī nahiṁ, pai hvai gai balabhāya