Milan Madhuri · Pad 40
mohi lai, mohiṁ mohana-musakāna
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
A maiden of Braja relates her first meeting with beloved Shyāmasundara to her intimate friend – Oh sakhi! Manamohana’s sweet smile has captivated me. One day that son of Nanda was singing the attributes of the daughter of Vṛishabhānu, Shrī Rādhā in the melodies of His flute, standing inside creeper-groves. Lost in the music of the flute, I suddenly saw Kānha’s smile. When the ears heard that enchanting music, even the soul became oblivious of itself. Now my ears and eyes yearn for that same melodious music and that same nectarean smile respectively. In the words of Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī, “As a result of the fight between the ears and the eyes, the soul wants to leave the body forever. Therefore, Oh life of my life, Shyāmasundara! Come and bless me with Your enlivening association again.”
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 123, 124 · printed pages 458, 459.
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.
mohi lai, mohiṁ mohana-musakāna
bhānu-lalihiṁ gunagāna karata raha, tānana kuñja latāna
lakhī kānha-musakāna tāna kei, dhyāna bhāna, anajāna
sunī tāna jaba kāna kānha kī, rahyo na prānana bhāna
kāna tāna, aṁkhiyāna chahata puni, soi musakāna na āna
prāna ‘kripālu’ payāna karana chaha, āna milahu mama prāna