Siddhanta Madhuri · Pad 106
sakhī! mohiṁ prīti rīti samujhāya
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
Oh sakhi! Tell me about the mode of love. The sakhī replied, “The mode of love can neither be expressed in words nor can anyone comprehend it by hearing. It is known only to Rādhā-Kṛishṇa, and is beyond anyone else’s apprehension. Still, this much can be said that if someone surrenders his body, mind and soul to the Divine Couple, he, then, understands the secret of love to certain extent only by Their grace. Words can suffice to make one understand only this much that to give and give is love, and to take and take is lust.” In the meanwhile, Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī said, “Oh sakhi! Understand one more thing and that is, to take and give is called business.”
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 138, 139 · printed pages 83, 84.
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.
sakhī! mohiṁ prīti rīti samujhāya
kahā kahūṁ sakhi rīti prīti kī, kahī sunī nahiṁ jāya
jānata vāya priyā priyatama basa, aura na jāni sakāya
jo kara tana mana prāna samarpana, priyā priyahiṁ harashāya
so tinahiṁna anukampā te sakhi, jānata kachhu kachhu vāya
deno prīti kāmanā leno, sunu sankshepa batāya
deno leno ho ‘kripālu’ jahaṁ, soi vyāpāra kahāya