Nikunj Madhuri · Pad 21
yugalavara, jhūleṁ kuñja majhāra
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
The divine couple, Rādhā and Kṛishṇa, are swinging. The daughter of Vṛishabhānu, Shrī Rādhā, and the son of Nanda, beloved Shyāmasundara, are showering the nectar of divine love-bliss. Smiling enchantingly, and swaying to and fro in joy, Rādhā and Kṛishṇa are swinging, bending forward again and again, to give a push to the swing. It seems as if Beauty and Adornment themselves have appeared in their personified forms. They are talking without speech, solely through gestures, looking into each-other’s eyes with great love. Who can describe the endless fortune of that tree and the branch that, by holding the swing on its neck, is swinging beloved Rādhā and Kṛishṇa? Both of Them feel extremely happy when in the course of the swinging, They see Their own shadows reflected in the water of the river Yamunā. Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “I sacrifice myself on this sweet swinging sport of Shrī Rādhā and Kṛishṇa.”
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 page 90 · printed page 425.
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.
yugalavara, jhūleṁ kuñja majhāra
shrī vṛishabhānu-dulārī pyārī, priyatama nandakumāra
bahyo jāta rasa-sudhā-mādhurī, chhavi-nidhi-sindhu apāra
mṛidu musakāta, jhūmi jhuki jhūlata, janu dou rūpa siṁgāra
binu bānī batarāta paraspara, duhuṁna dṛigana dṛiga ḍāra
kahi na jāta bad̤abhāga viṭapa ko, bad̤abhāgini vaha ḍāra
jo nija gala bandhana dai jhulavati, yugala-navala-sarakāra
hota magana dou yamunā jala bicha, nija pratibimba nihāra
lalī lāla ke yā jhūlana para, hama ‘kripālu’ balihāra