ḍhāṁpi mukha, kāmari rūṭhe lāla

English meaning

Shyāmasundara has not yet gotten out of bed this morning. Someone or something has upset Him, for He is showing displeasure by covering His face with His black blanket. Mother Yashodā, trying to coax Him out of bed, says, “Oh Lālā! It is time to take the cows out to graze, get up soon. Look, Your friends are waiting at the door calling out for You.” But Shyāmasundara still does not get up. And after a long time when He does, He still does not disclose what has upset Him so. His anger is however evident by the lines between His eyebrows. Then Maiyā asks Him lovingly, “Tell me, my Lālā, what is wrong? Who has teased You?” Before Maiyā can finish her sentence, Kṛishṇa excitedly interrupts her, “Maiyā, do you know what Bhaiyā tells Me?... ”; after saying just this much, Shyāmasundara starts sobbing. Then, after sometime, He says, “Maiyā! Bhaiyā keeps telling Me that I do not have any mother or father. Hearing this from him, all cowherd friends of ours start laughing and clapping together, Maiyā! Bhaiyā tells Me that Nanda Bābā found Me lying somewhere. Maiyā! I can’t begin to tell you how mean all of them are to Me. And Maiyā!, even you are smiling at Me. It means that there must be something in what they all say to Me.” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “In the double-edged words, Mother Yashodā, then, says, ‘My Lālā! One always judges others by one’s own standards.’ One meaning of Maiyā’s words is that it was Balarāma who was found by Nanda Bābā and not You. And the other meaning is that since You (the Supreme Lord) Yourself always trick the individual souls with Your potency, yogamāyā, You suspect even me of doing the same.”

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 302, 303 · printed pages 247, 248.

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