batāo rādhe! jāūṁ kāke dwāra?

English meaning

Oh Rādhe! Tell me Yourself that to whose door this humble beggar should go to, leaving You? Apart from You, who is so merciful as to accept the humble and make them their own without their exercising any means at all? So far as human beings, kinnaras and all heavenly gods are concerned, they themselves are burning in the three temperatures – daihika (intrinsic), daivika (superhuman) and bhautika (extrinsic). Brahmā, Vishnu, Shaṅkara and Durgā etc. - all who are considered to be the great divine powers, take refuge in Your lotus-feet alone, thinking themselves to be imperfect. Kishorī Jī! Please forgive me as I am going to say something in accordance with the humorous style of rasikas. I have heard that there is one more absolutely perfect personality, who is the essence of bliss, His name is Nandanandana. But His deceitful and cruel behaviour generates fear in my heart. Maidens of Braja are an example of His cruelty. Those who trust Him do not think over His vices and virtues, knowing Him to be Your dearest. The inference is, He may be equal to You, but I am afraid of Him. Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī humorously adds, “Who will go announcing for his baby with a drumbeat in the whole village after seeing it in his own arms? (That is, after knowing Shyāmasundara’s nature, cruel and deceitful so well, who will think of loving Him?)”

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 208, 209 · printed pages 153, 154.

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