Shri Krishna Madhuri · Pad 47
hamāro, dṛiga-añjana naṁdalāla
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
Beloved Shyāmasundara is like the collyrium of our eyes. His hanging curly hair puts even a swarm of black-bees to shame. He is wearing a peacock-feathered crown on His head and the tilaka of gorochana is beautifying His forehead. He has lotus-like big eyes. The intoxicated black bees are humming sweetly on the vanamālā hanging down His neck. His sweet, gentle smile along with His side-glance is enticing all the maidens of Braja. The golden kiṅkiṇī with tinkling bells around His waist is producing a captivating sweet jingling music. And He is playing most melodiously on His flute. Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “Swaying to and fro, He strolls in such an intoxicated manner that even a swan feels ashamed of its own otherwise beautiful gait.”
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 373, 374 · printed pages 318, 319.
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.
hamāro, dṛiga-añjana naṁdalāla
kuñchita kacha nikuramba biḍambita, vilulita-ali-kula-māla
sira shikhi puchchha tilaka gorochana, lochana kamala vishāla
matta-madhuvrata guna guna guñjita, gala dolita vanamāla
manda-smita-mukha-chāru-vilokani, mohini saba brajabāla
kaṭi kiṅkini kalarava mana rañjini, mukharita benu rasāla
chalata ‘kripālu’ jhūmi jhuki laṭapaṭa, lajavata chāla marāla