Shri Radha Madhuri · Pad 11
kishorī! tore, charanana kī bali jāūṁ
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
Oh Kishorī Jī! I sacrifice my ‘everything’ on Your lotus-feet. I have tried to find a simile in this world to describe the tender redness of these feet, but all my efforts have been in vain. I feel ashamed to compare them with the redness of an indravadhūtī (a very soft, red, velvety insect), gulāla and the new and tender leaves of a mango tree, etc. How can I liken the infinite softness of Your lotus-feet to the bland softness of the petals of a rose and the gentleness of butter? What glories can I sing of those feet that are always served even by the Supreme Lord Shrī Kṛishṇa? Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī prays to Shrī Rādhā, “My only desire is to meditate day and night on Your lotus-feet alone!”
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 387 · printed page 332.
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.
kishorī! tore, charanana kī bali jāūṁ
jina yuga-charaṇa-aruṇimā-upamā, pachihārī nahiṁ pāūṁ
japā, gulāla, pravāla ādi kī, upamā deta lajāūṁ
mṛidutā meṁ gulāba navanī kī, samatā lakhi na sakāūṁ
jina charanana ko chāpata hari nita, kā mahimā maiṁ gāūṁ
yaha ‘kripālu’ kī chāha raina-dina, charanana dhyāna lagāūṁ