darshana denā nanda-dulāre! nanda-nandana nainana ke tāre

English meaning

A devotee, yearning to see Bhagwan Kṛishṇa, thus prays to Him – “Oh apple of my eyes, the Darling of Nanda, Nandanandana! Please appear before my eyes, adorned in the following way. The peacock-feathered crown should be gently swaying on Your head. The mark of sandalwood and saffron should be beautifying Your forehead. Curly locks of hair appearing to be the flocks of the black-bees should be gathering on the lotus of Your face. Your eyes should be intoxicating, appearing to be the ocean of poison (black pupil) in the ocean of nectar (the whites of Your eyes), i.e. Your eyes along with being filled with mischief should also be full of nectar, poison and wine. Pītāmbara should be swaying gently, shining like the lightning. There should be the mark of Bhṛigu’s foot on Your chest and You should be wearing a guñjamālā. A beautiful kāchhanī should be tied around Your waist. There should be the flute in Your hands, resting on Your fingers.” After praying to Bhagwan Kṛishṇa in this manner, the devotee feels unable to bear the separation from his Beloved any longer and says to a gopī, “Oh! Will that day ever come, oh sakhi, when decorated with all the above adornments, beloved Shyāmasundara, who is dearer to me than my own life, will come to me, swaying?” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “Oh Beloved! Bless me with Your blissful sight soon, otherwise my pranas will leave me.”

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 193, 194 · printed pages 138, 139.

Meanings: Smt. Padmā Devī. English translation and transliteration: Sushrī Braj Parikarī Devī. Source details.