piyā! mohiṁ prema-dāna jani dījai

English meaning

A virahiṇī says very cleverly – “Oh beloved Shyāmasundara! I have heard that imparting divine love is very painful to you. Therefore, I do not want love. Another reason for not being desirous of love is that after attaining this love, the premikā (the individual soul) always craves to meet her Beloved, and her body, mind and prana all burn in the fire of separation. The only thing I beg from You is that, after my death, You accept the five elements of my body – ether, air, fire, water and earth as Your eternal servants in accordance with my wish. Let the water element mingle with that stream of tears, which flows from Your lotus-eyes out of joy at the time of meeting with Kishorī Jī. Let the element of earth mix with the dust of Your lotus-feet. Oh Beloved! In the same way let the element of fire mingle in Your lotus-eyes, and the element of air in Your breath. And let the element of ether mix in that divine Sevā-Kuñja, where You and Kishorī Jī are always drowned in the ocean of divine love-bliss of mahārāsa with innumerable gopīs.” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “If somebody questions as to why this virahiṇī cares so much for the five elements of her body and does not care for her pranas at all, then the answer is that this prana is not mine, this is Shyāmasundara’s, the Lord of my life. Therefore, after my leaving this body, He will take it Himself; why should I care for this?”

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 206 · printed page 151.

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