kuṁvari! tū jhūṭhehiṁ dosha lagāya

English meaning

(Shrī Shyāmasundara is trying to prove His innocence to Kishorī Jī by explaining the reason for the mihāvara on His forehead and other suspicious signs on His body.) Oh Kuṁvari! You are blaming Me without any reason. I am absolutely innocent. Oh Māninī! Listen, I am telling You everything truthfully. I never fabricate stories. Last night, all the sakhīs had Lalitā sit in the midst of a grove, and said to Me, “Oh Beloved, come with us. Rādhā, who is sitting in a grove, is calling You.” I, being innocent, was unable to detect their scheme and according to what they said, I actually hurried to the grove to meet You. The grove was densely dark and Lalitā had hidden her face behind a veil. Therefore, being unable to see her face in any way, I could not recognize her. The gopīs then said to Me, “Kishorī Jī has done māna with You! Fall at Her feet and appease Her anger. We are going.” Actually believing her to be You, I fell at Lalitā’s feet and cried desperately for forgiveness. This is how I got the mihāvara on My forehead. Oh Kishorī Jī! Lalitā then left Me crying and went to hide in some other grove. I searched for You in each and every grove all night, calling out, ‘Hā Rādhe! hā Rādhe!’ In the morning, however, I found out that I had been tricked by the sakhīs. That is why My eyes have become red from lack of sleep and from weeping all night. I do not even know where I have lost My flute. Other marks, too, which You see besides these, are due to those scheming gopīs. Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says that the extremely innocent Kishorī Jī, believing in everything which Shyāmasundara told Her, embraced Him with a laugh and expressed great anger on the sakhīs. Thus, Her māna was terminated.

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 157, 158, 159 · printed pages 492, 493, 494.

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