ajira mahaṁ bihara ‘brahma sākāra’

English meaning

The personal God (Sākāra Brahma) is playing in Yashodā’s courtyard as Nandalāla. With butter on His face and a black mark on His little forehead (to ward off the effect of an evil eye), He is crawling on His knees. Sometimes, He crawls very slowly and sometimes tries to crawl very fast screeching with joy. Sometimes, seeing dust from a distance, He speedily goes there and puts it in His mouth. When His mother, Yashodā, sees Him doing so, she forcibly takes the dust out of His mouth. He starts crying, rolling on the ground, as if He has lost all He had. Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “Seeing Him thus rolling on the ground, Mother Yashodā, taking Him in her lap, tries to pacify Him in various ways, and kisses Him again and again, to make Him stop crying.”

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 257, 258 · printed pages 202, 203.

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