Dainya Madhuri · Pad 70
banahuṁ kaba prema sarovara mīna
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
When will I become a fish of Prema-sarovara? Assuming the form of the fish, I will always keep the water clean for the aquatic sports of Priyā-Priyatama (Rādhā-Kṛishṇa). Although my beautiful eyes in the form of a fish will be a gift from the Divine Couple Themselves, yet I will compete with Their eyes. When Priyā-Priyatama, defying the beauty of crores of Kāmadevas, will indulge in aquatic dalliance, I, too, inebriated with bliss, will try to enter into competition with Them, jumping repeatedly. Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “Thus, I will always remain beside myself with joy perceiving Their ever-new līlās of divine love.”
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 210 · printed page 155.
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.
banahuṁ kaba prema sarovara mīna
dhari tanu mīna salila kahaṁ nita prati, karihauṁ mala te hīna
karihauṁ hod̤a dṛigana te douna, yadyapi ina una dīna
jaba biharaiṁ priyatama pyārī dou, koṭi kāma chhavi chhīna
taba hauṁ uchhala uchhala jala ūpara, biharauṁ rasa raṁga bhīna
imi ‘kripālu’ balihāra jāuṁ lakhi, līlā nitya navīna