Leela Madhuri · Pad 16
banāyo, hari nāini ko bhesha
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
(Shyāmasundara disguising Himself as a lady-barber goes to deceive Kishorī Jī.) Decorated with all sixteen (traditional) embellishments, Shyāmasundara, in the guise of a lady-barber is looking so charming that He is putting even the beauty of the moon to shame. With mihāvara in Her hand, that lady-barber started for Barasānā. Kishorī Jī, with all Her friends, was wonderstruck at Her infinite beauty and stared at Her unblinkingly. Then, Kishorī Jī called Her and offering Her a seat near Herself, inquired about Her name and lineage. When the lady-barber started applying mihāvara to Kishorī Jī’s feet, the symptoms of divine love-ecstasy began to manifest through Her body, although She was trying Her best to conceal them. Gradually the swelling tide of love overtook Her, and, in the words of Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī, the lady-barber fell on Kishorī Jī’s feet in a swoon. Seeing this, Kishorī Jī’s friends remarked, “Oh, She is not any lady-barber but Shyāmasundara, the King of Braja Himself.”
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 61, 62 · printed pages 396, 397.
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.
banāyo, hari nāini ko bhesha
kari soraha siṅgāra navelī, lājata lakhi rākesha
liye mihāvari pāṇi chalīṁ, vṛisha-bhānulalī ke desha
sakhina sameta lakhati shrī rādhe, janu dṛiga binuhiṁ nimesha
prema sahita baiṭhāri nāma, kula, pūchhati chakita ashesha
rachati mihāvari prīti durāvati, durati na so lavalesha
giri ‘kripālu’ rādhe-pada murchhita, lakhi sakhi kahīṁ ‘brajesha’