karego ko kāre te byāhu

English meaning

In order to tease small Ṭhākura Jī, sakhīs state, “Oh Kanhaiyā! You repeatedly ask Your mother to get You married but who will marry a black boy like You? Look at Your face in a mirror before asking for a bride. You go on swindling the maidens of Braja on road like a robber and then, wearing the appearance of extreme innocence, take thousands of false oaths for hiding Your faults. You quarrel with the sakhīs and sakhās of the whole Braja. Just think, who will like to marry You after knowing all these bad things about You?” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī, then humorously said to Kanhaiyā, “Don’t be disappointed. In this big world, You will surely get some black, hunchbacked girl to be married with.”

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 289, 290 · printed pages 234, 235.

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