gaī lakhi, dīpāvali balihāra

English meaning

Oh sakhi! I offer myself heart and soul on the engaging sight of Diwali celebration. Mount Govardhana is sparkling with burning earthen lamps. Seeing such a remarkable spectacle, I sacrifice even the splendour of Baikuṇṭha on it. On the one side, Kishorī Jī is sporting with Lalitā and other sakhīs and on the other side, Shyāmasundara is playing with Madhumaṅgala and other friends. Equipped with their respective paraphernalia, both the groups take off for Mānasī Gaṅgā. Kishorī Jī beautifies one bank of the river with Her group and Shyāmasundara, the other with His. Both the groups light their golden lamps and set them afloat in the river. Then they begin to toss the water to speed up the movement of the lamps. Such a scene is truly worth seeing! The burning lamps set afloat from both sides are joining in the middle of the Mānasī Gaṅgā. Looking at this lovely scene, Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī acclaims, “Hail to this bewitching sight and hail to the splendour of Diwali.”

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 2 · PDF pages 54, 55 · printed pages 389, 390.

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