Shri Radha Bal Leela Madhuri · Pad 14
kuṁvari! jā khelu latāna tare
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
On being asked the meaning of the word ‘engagement’ by little Kishorī Jī, Mother Kīrti, scolding her daughter with great love, says, “Oh Lālī! Why are You unnecessarily bugging me? What will You do by knowing the meaning of engagement? Go and play in the groves.” But Kishorī Jī does not listen to Her mother. She stamps Her tiny feet on the ground voicing ‘Ūm Ūm’ and wrangles with her, shedding tears from Her eyes. Seeing Her childish tantrum, the Mother said to Her, “O.K. Fine. I will tell You the meaning of engagement in Your ears, but don’t tell it to anyone else.” Then she whispered to Her, “See Lālī! Just as You perform the marriage of Your male and female dolls; in the same way, You will be married to Nandalāla.” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says that hearing this, the innocent little Kishorī Jī began to laugh, shrieking with extreme joy and said jumping, “Oh Mother! Then get Me married right away.”
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 334 · printed page 279.
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.
kuṁvari! jā khelu latāna tare
kahā karegī jāni sagāī, pāchhe vṛithahiṁ pare
ūṁ, ūṁ, kari paṭakati paga bhū para, jhagarati naina jhare
maiyā kaha, sunu kuṁvari! kāna mahaṁ, rahiyo urahiṁ dhare
tū jimi gud̤iyahiṁ byāhu karati nita, timi, so byāhu kare
kaha ‘kripālu’ kilakāri kuṁvari ‘druta, kari de byāhu are’