khare hari kuñja-latāna tare

English meaning

Shrī Shyāmasundara is standing underneath an arbour overgrown with creepers. He is repeatedly playing the flute composing in it various ascending and descending scales consisting of the seven musical keys - sā, re, ga, ma, pa, dha, nī and in that very flute, He is singing the attributes of Shrī Rādhā, the daughter of King Vṛishabhānu. While singing Shrī Rādhā’s virtues through His flute, He is also meditating exclusively on Her with closed eyes. The eyes and the soul of Shyāmasundara, thus absorbed in meditating upon Shrī Rādhā, are fighting with each other. The fight is that both of them want to meet Kishorī Jī first. (The soul, unable to bear the pangs of separation, wants to leave the body at once; while eyes, equally yearning to see Shrī Rādhā, want the soul to stay in the body till they have a glimpse of Her.) Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī teasingly says that only when one suffers himself can he understand the sufferings of others. The implication is that now, after having experienced the agony of separation Himself, Bhagwan Kṛishṇa will know better how His devotees suffer in longing for Him and will be graceful towards them more quickly.

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 347, 348 · printed pages 292, 293.

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