Milan Madhuri · Pad 34
bhaī rī maiṁ to, ghāyala nainana bāna
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
A sakhī discloses her first ecstatic encounter with Shyāmasundara to her intimate friend, “Oh sakhi! I have been injured by the arrows of Shyāmasundara’s eyes. I was going to bathe in the river Yamunā with my friends when all of a sudden Shyāmasundara started playing enchanting music on His flute. Listening to those soul-stirring melodies, I surrendered my total self to Him and intoxicated with love, I started looking at Him. It was then that He injured me with the piercing arrows of His side-long looks of love.” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says with artificial anxiety, “Whatever happened has happened, but what will happen now to the decorum of the world, the Vedas and the family?” (Because lost in Shyāmasundara’s love, the gopī would no longer care for them).
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 119, 120 · printed pages 454, 455.
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.
bhaī rī maiṁ to, ghāyala nainana bāna
jāti rahī sakhiyana saṁga sajanī! jamunā taṭa asanāna
tahaṁ auchaka muralī vāre ne, ṭerī muralihiṁ tāna
sunatahiṁ tāna na bhāna rahyo mohiṁ, barabasa tana mana prāna
taba hauṁ lakhyoṁ vivasa rasa-basa hvai, sundara shyāma sujāna
aba ‘kripālu’ kaise nibahegī, loka veda kula kāna