Milan Madhuri · Pad 3
āju sakhi! hvai gaye nainā chāra
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
A gopī is describing her first meeting with Shyāmasundara to her friend, “Oh sakhi! Today, I was going towards Vṛindāvana to sell my curd when all of a sudden I saw dear Shyāmasundara on the way, and my eyes met His. Oh sakhi! How can I describe the ineffable beauty of His face? That ineffable beauty could only be felt! It defies all descriptions. It seemed as if it was made of the nectar extracted from the essence of beauty itself. I sacrificed my mind, body and soul on that beauty and became His forever. He repeatedly called me ‘My beloved!’ Hearing this I became inebriated with love.” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “Oh sakhi! Why are you getting so engrossed in this happiness? That deceitful son of Nanda has spoiled every chance of a peaceful life here as well as hereafter because, from now on, you will constantly yearn and long for the sweet reunion with Him.”
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 98, 99 · printed pages 433, 434.
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.
āju sakhi! hvai gaye nainā chāra
hauṁ dadhi bechana jāti vṛindāvana, dekhyoṁ nandakumāra
so chhavi lakhata banata, nahiṁ baranata, rūpa-mādhurī-sāra
tana-mana-prāna nichhāvari kari maiṁ, liyo mola rijhavāra
puni-puni kahyo ‘hamārī pyārī’, suni-suni gai balihāra
kata ‘kripālu’ bali jāta nanda ko, kai gayo baṇṭāḍhāra