Mahasakhi Madhuri · Pad 5
vishākhā sakhi, sakhiyana saradāra
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
Vishākhā sakhī is the leader of all the gopīs. Her extremely fair colour shines like the lightning. The colour of her dress is like that of the blue sky studded with stars. She makes Priyā-Priyatama (i.e. Shyāmā-Shyāma) wear beautiful clothes of various colours. She lives with Kishorī Jī day and night like a shadow. Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “She knows all secret modes of love, and is more attached to Kishorī Jī.”
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 72, 73 · printed pages 407, 408.
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.
vishākhā sakhi, sakhiyana saradāra
dāmini-duti sama gaura kalevara, damakata sushamā sāra
pahire basana manohara sohati, tārāgana anuhāra
raṅga biraṅge basana pinhāvati, sadā yugala sarakāra
janu pratibimba, saṅga shyāmā ke, rāta divasa ikasāra
jānata sabai ‘kripālu’ rīti-rasa, pyārī soṁ ati pyāra