Shri Krishna Bal Leela Madhuri · Pad 45
arī o, dadhi kī bechanihāra!
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
Shyāmasundara, inducing a sakhī to give Him curd, says, “Oh sakhi! Oh milkmaid, the seller of the curd! I am the king of Braja, don’t you know Me? It seems that you are extremely boorish. Oh milkmaid! Give this curd to Me in charity with due honour. Why are you unnecessarily aggravating this dispute with your king?” The sakhī said with a taunt, “Hail to the king of Braja! Oh Lord! Please forgive us, we are really ignorant. But Oh Lord! I am surprised that the king of kings, the Lord of Braja, is facing such bad times that leaving His palace, He has started the business of plundering His subjects (dacoity) nowadays, wandering from forest to forest.” Shyāmasundara said, “Oh milkmaid! Careful, mind your tongue.” In the words of Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī, “Because of being the king of Braja, I have every right to taste the curd of every milkmaid to find out whether the curd she sells is sour or sweet or salty.”
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 282, 283 · printed pages 227, 228.
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.
arī o, dadhi kī bechanihāra!
hauṁ brajarāja na jānati mo kahaṁ, tū ati laṭṭha gamāra
dai de dadhi ko dāna gwālinī, kāhe bad̤hāvati rāra
‘jayatu, jayatu brajarāja!’ sakhī kaha, kshamiya kshamiya sarakāra!
mahala tyāgi maharāja phirata kata, vana vana bani baṭamāra
hari kaha ‘sāvadhāna o gūjari! boliya vachana saṁbhāra
hauṁ ‘kripālu’ chakhi lakhihauṁ dadhi ko, khāṭo mīṭho khāra’