Shri Radha Madhuri · Pad 38
latana meṁ ṭhād̤hīṁ bhānudulāra
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
Shrī Kishorī Jī is standing in a flowery bower. Her golden crown is decorated with sparkling precious stones and strings of pearls. Her plait is ankle-long and is very black, thick and curly. Flower-shaped earrings studded with gems are adorned in Her ears and a red bindī on Her forehead. Her eyes are naturally black, full of divine love, slightly red and intoxicated. Extremely beautiful muktāhala, besara, and nose-ring are shimmering in Her nose. Her shining white teeth, exposed at the time of Her smiling sweetly, defy even the radiance of the moon. She is wearing a beautiful blouse with pearl necklaces embracing Her neck. Her gorgeous blue sari looks exquisitely unique. The golden kaṅkaṇas around Her wrists, the golden kiṅkiṇī with tinkling bells around Her waist and the jingling golden anklets embracing Her feet are jointly producing a sound which is indescribably enchanting! Her feet are decorated with mihāvara, Her hands with red henna, and a dazzling red chunarī is bedecked on Her head. Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī, perceiving the radiant and stunning beauty of Kishorī Jī, rushes to apply a black mark on Her forehead to avert evil eye.
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 405, 406 · printed pages 350, 351.
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.
latana meṁ ṭhād̤hīṁ bhānudulāra
maṇina-alaṅkṛita kanaka mukuṭa sira, lara motina shṛiṅgāra
ati kārī eṁd̤ī lauṁ veṇī, aniyārī ghuṁgharāra
kānana karaṇaphūla maṇi maṇḍita, bindī ati aruṇāra
dṛiga rasa bhare sahaja kajarāre, matavāre ratanāra
jhalamalāta muktāhala nāsā, natha besara chhabidāra
manda manda musakāni dashana duti, chandra lajāvanihāra
ura kañchuki lara hāra motiyana, nīlāmbara rijhavāra
kanakana kara kaṅkana, kaṭi kiṅkini, nūpura dhuni jhanakāra
lāla mihāvari lāla od̤hanī, lālahiṁ mehaṁdī sāra
lakhi ‘kripālu’ shṛiṅgāra kishorihiṁ, bhāla diṭhaunā ḍāra