lalī-dṛiga-chhavi lakhi kavi bharamāye

English meaning

Seeing the radiant beauty of Shrī Kishorī Jī’s eyes, the wisdom of poets was baffled. Instead of saying that the lotus flower is like Her eyes, they started saying that Her eyes are like the lotus flower. Kishorī Jī’s eyes are veritable lotuses; besides, they are divine. Therefore, isn’t it absurd to compare them with a lotus? Only half-open like the petals of a lotus, Kishorī Jī’s eyes are full of nectarean bliss, and the whiteness and redness in them is actually the reflection of the brightness of the lower part of Her eyelids. The eyeballs, beautiful like indranīlamaṇī are the black bees. Therefore, the lotuses of Kishorī Jī’s eyes are more beautiful than lotuses themselves; moreover, they can also see unlike the lotus-flowers. Kishorī Jī’s eyes have been made with the nectar extracted from the essence of the nectar-filled eyes of a deer, the eyes of a khañjana and the lotus-flowers, drawn by the instrument of the eyelids. All these three, i.e. the deer, the khañjana and the lotus flower derive their nectar from the moon – the deer because of living in the moon, the khañjana bird because of drinking the nectarean rays of the moon, and the lotus flowers because of their lunar ancestry. Because of being extremely mischievous, Kishorī Jī’s eyes are big and stretched up to the ears, but it is surprising that they have not yet touched the back of the head. Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “Perhaps they are afraid of falling into the well of the ear.”

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 407, 408 · printed pages 352, 353.

Meanings: Smt. Padmā Devī. English translation and transliteration: Sushrī Braj Parikarī Devī. Source details.