hamāro alabelo naṁdalāla

English meaning

(A gopī is describing her beloved Shyāmasundara’s beauty to her sakhī.) Oh sakhi! Our Shyāmasundara is extremely unique! He walks in an intoxicated manner that puts even a baby-swan to shame. He forcibly attracts the hearts of everyone He looks at with His nectar-filled eyes, making them lose all consciousness. He is wearing a beautiful peacock-feathered crown on His head and an alluring pītāmbara around His waist. His curly locks are beautifully entangled. There are lovely earrings in His ears and a charming bulāka is adorning His nose. A beautiful fine cloth (muslin) and a garland of wild flowers are embracing His chest. There is coming the tinkling sound of the anklets from His feet, the jingling sound of the karadhanī from His waist, and the sweet melodious music of the flute from His mouth. Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “The beauty of beloved Shyāmasundara can only be experienced; it can never be expressed in words. Therefore,” adds the poet most humbly, “this foolish poet is doing nothing but showing his scholarship in trying to describe it.”

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 370 · printed page 315.

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