sakhī! mohiṁ, ḍasi gayo shyāma-bhujaṅga

English meaning

An individual soul’s first meeting with the Supreme Soul and her revelation of it to her intimate friend – Oh sakhi! I have been bitten by a black snake in the form of Shyāmasundara. Yesterday, I was watching the waves of the Yamunā standing on its bank. All of a sudden, that naughty Shyāmasundara, who defies the beauty of innumerable Kāmadevas and stands in the enchanting triple-bent posture, came right there and fell on the ground abruptly sighing with pain. I could not understand His deceptive acting. I ran to that spot immediately and started looking at Him with extreme sympathy. But He looked at the main parts of my body with the eyes of a lascivious man. I was inebriated with love, and in a state of unconsciousness, touched His hand saying ‘Beloved!’ At the same time, He too touched my hand saying ‘darling!’ In the words of Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī, “Now that same sound ‘darling’ of that black-complexioned Beloved is spreading poison of separation all over my body.”

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 137 · printed page 472.

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