Shri Radha Madhuri · Pad 13
kuṁvari kī, chitavani kī balihāra
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
We sacrifice ourselves on Kishorī Jī’s love-laden looks. It seems as if nectar, poison and wine have personified themselves as the white, the pupils and the redness of Her eyes respectively. Seeing the ogles of Kishorī Jī’s mischievous eyes, Shyāmasundara who is naughtier than veritable naughtiness forgets His naughtiness. Although Kishorī Jī also glances at Her devotees with the eyes of a queen, a swāminī, a friend and a daughter according as they deserve, yet when She casts the love-laden glance of a ladylove at Her beloved, Shyāmasundara, then beloved Shyāmasundara, even after being omnipotent, becomes unable to bear that bliss. Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “Oh Kishorī Jī! I am Your friend (sakhī), therefore kindly gratify me by looking at me with the eyes of a friend at least.”
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 388, 389 · printed pages 333, 334.
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 kī, chitavani kī balihāra
sudhā-garala-madhu rūpa dharyo janu, shveta shyāma ratanāra
dṛiga añchala chañchala lakhi, chañchala, chañchalatāhu bisāra
rānī, swāmini, sakhī, sutā kī, chitavani yadapi nihāra
pai jaba piya chitavani soṁ chitavati, piya nahiṁ sakata saṁbhāra
hauṁ ‘kripālu’ tava sakhi, mohiṁ sakhi lakhi, chitavahu sakhi anuhāra