sakhī! ika, sapano dekhyoṁ rāta

English meaning

(Shrī Vṛishabhānunandinī Rādhikā Jī’s first meeting with Shrī Shyāmasundara.) Shrī Rādhikā Jī is confiding to an intimate friend – “Oh sakhi! I saw a dream last night. I was walking all alone along the bank of the river Yamunā when I saw an extremely attractive dark-complexioned boy. He was clad in yellow garments. There was a kāchhanī tied around His waist and a peacock-feathered crown was swaying gently on His head. He was holding a flute in His hands and a garland made of guñjā flowers was adorning His neck. Oh sakhi! He was walking in such an intoxicated manner as to put even a swan to shame. His intoxicating eyes were filled with the nectar of love and were naturally of the colour of collyrium. He had a karadhanī around His waist and anklets were adorning His feet. He was forcibly captivating the heart with His smile. Oh sakhi! To what extent can I describe His beauty? The only thing I can say about it is that even the beauty of crores of Kāmadevas put together seemed dull before His divine beauty. Merely a glimpse of His made me His slave; but this is very bad!” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “There definitely is some divine secret behind this, for in the material world, no one ever falls in love with another in the state of a dream.”

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 132 · printed page 467.

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