bhalā tuma kaise ho bhagawāna

English meaning

An innocent sakhī, addressing Shyāmasundara asks, “How can You be God? Like a man who is attached to sensual pleasures, You love other men’s wives. Thus, although on the one hand, You have preached and praised the religion of fidelity to a husband, on the other hand, You Yourself keep on destroying it. When the Supreme God, who is knowable through the Vedas, Himself does not follow the dictates of the Vedas, who else, then, can be expected to do so?” Shyāmasundara replied, “The religion of fidelity to a husband can be defined as being exclusively devoted to worldly husbands, which is also called physical religion. It results in the attainment of transient heaven. Whereas,” adds Shyāmasundara, in the words of Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī, “exclusive love for the Supreme husband, God, alone is Supreme religion which results in the attainment of Supreme happiness or the divine abode, Goloka, for endless time.”

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 310 · printed page 255.

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