Dainya Madhuri · Pad 25
kahāṁ hari! gaī kṛipā kī bāni
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
Oh Shyāmasundara! Where has Your wont of being causelessly merciful gone? The Vedas, Shāstras, Purāṇas and saints declare You as a donor without cause. Why then do You place a condition for obtaining Your grace, enunciating spiritual practices like chanting, devotion, etc.? Oh Shyāmasundara, everyone tells that You are naturally affectionate, ocean of mercy and reservoir of bliss. If You say, ‘Why don’t you give me what I ask for?’ then its straightforward answer is that we are not ready to admit that a divine lord like You should require anything from us, the worthless souls. Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says on behalf of Shyāmasundara, “You are speaking the truth, but if you actually believe from the bottom of your heart that Shyāmasundara is a causeless donor and naturally affectionate, He will gratify you immediately.”
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 179 · printed page 124.
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.
kahāṁ hari! gaī kṛipā kī bāni
nigamāgama purāna santana tohiṁ, kahata ahaituka dāni
puni kata kintu parantu lagāvata, sādhana bhajana bakhāni
tuma kahaṁ saba kaha sahaja sanehī, kṛipāsindhu sukha khāni
tuma kahaṁ kachhu hama saba soṁ chāhiya, hauṁ na sakauṁ yaha māni
kaha ‘kripālu’ sāṁchī tabahūṁ ura, nahiṁ pratīti yaha jāni