gayo hari, mo pai jādū ḍāra

English meaning

(A gopī’s unique first encounter with beloved Shyāmasundara in spite of her determination to avoid looking into His eyes.) Woe me! That treacherous Shyāmasundara has cast some magic spell on me. I had gone to bathe in the river Yamunā when He came there all of a sudden. Averting His eyes, I secretly drank the nectar of His divine beauty through the protection of my veil. That very instant my eyes were so intoxicated with that bliss that it felt as if they desperately wanted to escape by tearing right through the veil. But I still did not let my eyes meet His, and started on my way home after having filled my pitcher with water. That devious Shyāmasundara followed me and hit my pitcher with a small stone from the back, making a small hole in it. Startled by the sound, I looked around to see who the culprit was, without caring to hide my eyes behind the veil. As soon as I turned around, my eyes looked into the eyes of Shyāmasundara. Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī depicts the incomparable beauty of that scene, “From the front, tears of joy were flowing from the gopī’s eyes and from the back, a stream of water was flowing from her pitcher.”

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 110, 111 · printed pages 445, 446.

Meanings: Smt. Padmā Devī. English translation and transliteration: Sushrī Braj Parikarī Devī. Source details.