Siddhanta Madhuri · Pad 118
suno mana! eka kāma kī bāta
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
Oh mind! Listen to a matter of great importance. Some maintain that it is impossible to get rid of desires without practising devotion to Shyāmasundara, while some declare the impossibility of attaining Shyāmasundara through devotion without first being emptied of desires. In my opinion, the holders of both these views are naive. What actually should be done is, surrender all your desires in Shyāmasundara’s lotus-feet. Then, says Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī, those very desires will gradually change into this one desire. ‘When will I meet Shyāmasundara?’ Thus, the two contradictory principles - destruction of desires and devotion to Shyāmasundara - will be banded together.
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 page 147 · printed page 92.
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.
suno mana! eka kāma kī bāta
kou kaha ‘shyāma bhajana binu kaisehuṁ, kāma na kabahūṁ jāta’
kou kaha ‘kāma taje binu kaisehuṁ, shyāma na pāi sakāta’
ina douna bhorena batiyana suni, mohiṁ acharaja darasāta
hauṁ kaha ‘karu yaha kāma samarpita, shyāma charaṇa jalajāta’
taba ‘kripālu’ ika kāma ihai raha, kaba milihahiṁ balabhrāta