Nikunj Madhuri · Pad 9
jhulāvati, alina yugala-sarakāra
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
The sakhīs are swinging Shrī Rādhā-Kṛishṇa. Oh sakhi! Look, how beautifully the swing hung from a branch of the Kadamba tree has been decorated! And how lovely the adornment of Priyā-Priyatama is! Both have placed Their arms around each-other’s neck and the sakhīs are singing the songs of swing in the raga Megha malhāra with the accompaniment of various musical instruments. Both Shrī Rādhā and Kṛishṇa are glancing at each other, as if observing the love for Themselves in each-other’s glance. While swinging, Their heart is steeped in love and They are in the trance of bliss. Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “Viewing this heart-stealing scene along with the sakhīs, we too state again and again ‘Balihāra! balihāra!’.
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 81, 82 · printed pages 416, 417.
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.
jhulāvati, alina yugala-sarakāra
ḍāri kadambani ḍāra jhulana kiya, kasa shṛiṅgāra nihāra
kasa chhavi-dāra siṁgāra yugalavara, bhala galabāṁhīṁ ḍāra
bahu-vidhi vādya bajāvati gāvati, saba sakhi megha-malāra
chitavata duhuṁna-duhuṁna chitavani janu, chitavani soṁ nija pyāra
jhūlata duhuṁna duhuṁna ura phūlata, bhūlata sudhi balihāra
kaha ‘kripālu’ balihāra hamahuṁ lakhi, sakhi saṁga bārambāra