Nikunj Madhuri · Pad 26
lakhyoṁ ika acharaja kuñja majhāra
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
Oh sakhi! Today I saw a miraculous scene in the grove. Totally lost in the love of Pyārī Jī, the Beloved was asking Her, “Where has My beloved, the life of My life, gone?” Similarly, entranced in the Beloved’s love, Pyārī Jī was asking Him, “Where has My infinitely tender-limbed lady-love gone?” Again, in that same state of trance, Pyārī Jī asked the Beloved, “Who is Your Beloved?” The Beloved answered, “Nandakumāra is My Beloved.” And the entranced Beloved asked Pyārī Jī, “Who is Your lady-love?” Pyārī Jī replied, “Bhānudulārī is the darling of My heart.” The sakhīs made various attempts to bring Them back to the normal state of consciousness but could not succeed at all. In the words of Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī, the loveliest scene was when They looked at each other astonishingly and thought ‘How is it that Priyatama has become fair-complexioned and Pyārī Jī has turned blue in colour?’
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 93, 94 · printed pages 428, 429.
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.
lakhyoṁ ika acharaja kuñja majhāra
piya pūchhata pyārī te ‘kita gaye, piya mama prāṇādhāra’
pyārī pūchhati piya te ‘kita gaiṁ, pyārī mama sukumāra’
piu kaha pyārihiṁ ‘ko pyārī tava?’, so kaha ‘bhānudulāra’
pyārī kaha piu te ‘ko piu tava’? piu kaha ‘nandakumāra’
sakhi samujhāya hāri gaīṁ pai nahiṁ, samujhata dou sarakāra
kaha ‘kripālu’ dou ati acharaja te, ekahiṁ eka nihāra