Milan Madhuri · Pad 9
kahahu sakhi! vā dina kī kachhu bāta
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
A sakhī asking her friend about her first sweet encounter with beloved Shyāmasundara, says, “Oh sakhi! Tell me about that day when you saw Shyāmasundara with your own eyes. Even my heart is craving to be blessed with a glimpse of Shyāmasundara’s captivating sight. I have heard from other sakhīs that His beauty is incomparable. All the sakhīs were going, admiring His beauty greatly. Oh sakhi! You had seen Him with your own eyes. At least tell me how He smiles.” In the words of Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī, the sakhī says, “Why are you putting on so much airs? Even I will see Him one day, then, I too will not tell you anything.”
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 103 · printed page 438.
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.
kahahu sakhi! vā dina kī kachhu bāta
jā dina nija aṁkhiyana sakhi! dekhī, sundara shyāmala-gāta
so jhāṁkī jhāṁkana kahaṁ sajanī, hamarahuṁ jiya lalachāta
sunī anūpama rūpa sakhina soṁ, sabai sarāhata jāta
tū to lakhī sakhī! aṁkhiyana te, kahu sakhi kasa musakāta
kabahuṁ ‘kripālu’ dekhihauṁ hauṁ hūṁ, kata itano itarāta