Shri Krishna Bal Leela Madhuri · Pad 40
maiyā mero, raṁga goro kari de rī
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
The innocent little Kanhaiyā says to His Mother Yashodā, “Oh mother! Make My complexion fair, because all My friends call Me ‘black, black’ and afterwards, laugh, making fun of Me. Oh Maiyā! This is absolutely true that you have favoured Brother Balarāma by making his complexion fair, and have been unjust to Me by making Me dark.” Yashodā replied, “Listen, my son! Complexion of the body and other such things are not made by any mother. These things are made by God alone.” At this, baby Kṛishṇa immediately asked, “Maiyā! Where does that God live? Do tell Me right now, for I will go and beat Him badly.” In the words of Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī, little Kṛishṇa threateningly added, “If you do not tell Me where He lives, I will never come to your lap again.”
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 278 · printed page 223.
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.
maiyā mero, raṁga goro kari de rī
sabai kahata mohiṁ kāro kāro, sakhana sakhina haṁsi ke rī
bhaiyā ko goro mohiṁ kāro, kyoṁ dubhāṁti janame rī
sunu lālā! kaha maiyā, vaha to, raṁga bhagawāna diye rī
vaha bhagawāna rahata kahaṁ maiyā! mārūṁ māra ghanerī
begi batāu ‘kripālu’ mātu na tu, goda na aihauṁ terī