Shri Radha Madhuri · Pad 21
dharo mana, bhānulalī ko dhyāna
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
Oh my mind! Always meditate on Shrī Vṛishabhānunandinī, Kishorī Jī who is ever meditated on by the Supreme Brahma, Shrī Shyāmasundara Himself. A crown made of gold and a beautiful chandrikā with strings of pearls are bedecked on Her head. She has a radiantly beautiful golden complexion, and is adorned in a golden-bordered chunarī and an attractive blue sari. There are earrings dangling from Her ears and Her plaits are braided in the most beautiful manner. The arch of Her eyebrows is putting even a bow to shame. A beautiful muktāhala is adorned on Her nose and Her smile forcibly captivates the heart. She is wearing anklets, and Her intoxicated walk puts even a swan to shame. Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī, in great humbleness rebukes his mind, “Oh my mind! After finding such a supremely sweet swāminī, why haven’t you taken hold of Her lotus-feet forever?”
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 394 · printed page 339.
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.
dharo mana, bhānulalī ko dhyāna
jāko dhyāna dharata nishi-vāsara, sundara shyāma sujāna
kanaka-mukuṭa sira chāru-chandrikā, tāpara lara muktāna
chūnari jarina-kināra gaura-tanu, nīlāmbara paridhāna
shruti-tāṭaṅka guṁthī vara veṇī, lajavati bhauṁha kamāna
nāsā bhala muktāhala sohati, mana mohati musakāna
paga-pāyala, gati ati abhirāmini, lakhi marāla sakuchāna
pāya ‘kripālu’ sarasa asa swāmini, charana na kasa lapaṭāna