neku de mākhana o brajanāra

English meaning

Shyāmasundara, asking for the alms of butter from a gopī, says to her, “Oh milkmaid! Give some butter to Me as well.” The sakhī replied, “Move away; leave my path. Look, He has come to taste my butter! Before daring to taste my butter, go and look at Your face in a mirror. It is very disgracful that even though there are nine lakh cows in the house of Nandabābā, yet You practise robbery for butter. The whole world knows very well about all Your black deeds. If You do not listen to me, I will go to Mother Yashodā right now and complain about You. Consequently, You will have to ‘eat’ beating instead of butter.” In the words of Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī, Shyāmasundara replies, “Let Me eat butter first, then having acquired strength, I will also ‘eat’ beating. The inference is, you must feed butter to Me, whether by hook or by crook.”

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 306, 307 · printed pages 251, 252.

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