Milan Madhuri · Pad 23
chalīṁ dadhi, bechana braja kī bāma
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
(Desiring to meet Shrī Kṛishṇa under the pretext of selling yogurt, the maidens of Braja go to Nandagāṁva.) The gopīs of Braja are going to Nandagāṁva for selling yogurt. Filled with the bliss of Shyāmasundara’s love, they started for Nandagāṁva, with the pots of yogurt on their heads. Together they all stood at the door of Nanda Jī who had nine lakh cows of the best breed. When they did not see their beloved Shyāmasundara at the door, the unbearable fire of separation made them completely oblivious of the outside world. Consequently, instead of calling out loud ‘take yogurt’, they started saying aloud, ‘someone take beautiful Shyāma’. Finding the gopīs thus suffering from the extreme pangs of separation, Bhagwan Kṛishṇa immediately came out of the house and blessed the gopīs with His beautiful sight. Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says to himself, “Let us also go to Nandagāṁva as gopīs where along with selling yogurt, we will also meet Shyāmasundara. Thus, we will kill two birds with one stone.”
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 112, 113 · printed pages 447, 448.
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.
chalīṁ dadhi, bechana braja kī bāma
maṭukī shīsha dharī rasamātī, pahuṁchīṁ saba naṁdagāma
nanda-dwāra bhaiṁ juri ṭhād̤hī jahaṁ, nava-lakha-dhenu lalāma
‘lo kou dahī’ ṭera bhūlīṁ kaha, ‘lo kou sundara shyāma’
lakhi behāla brajabāla, lāla tahaṁ, āye taji nija dhāma
dadhi bechata hari milahiṁ, ‘kripāluhiṁ’, eka pantha do kāma