Milan Madhuri · Pad 62
sakhī! sunu, prathama milana kī bāta
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
A sakhī answering the query of her intimate friend about her sweet encounter with Shyāmasundara, says, “Oh sakhi! Listen about my first meeting with beloved Shyāmasundara. I saw that Naughty One, smiling slowly on the bank of the river Yamunā, yesterday. His beauty was indescribable! The complexion of His body was slightly black. His eyes and side-glances were extremely sweet. He was talking in an infinitely lovely voice. Oh sakhi! It is better not to say a word about His gait; it puts even a swan to shame.” In the words of Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī, “The most unique thing about His bewitching sight is that the heart refuses to be content, no matter how many times you look at it.”
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 139 · printed page 474.
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.
sakhī! sunu, prathama milana kī bāta
lakhī kāli yamunā taṭa naṭakhaṭa, manda manda musakāta
rūpa anūpa nandanandana ko, sundara-shyāmala gāta
bāṁke naina, saina ati-bāṁke, madhu bolani batarāta
jani pūchhahu sakhi! chāla lāla kī, lakhi marāla sakuchāta
lakhi ‘kripālu’ so bāṁkī-jhāṁkī, puni puni mana lalachāta