Maan Madhuri · Pad 25
kuṁvari binu, kaise rākhūṁ prāna?
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
(Lamentation of Shyāmasundara in separation from Shrī Kishorī Jī.) “How can I remain alive without Kishorī Jī? Without any fault of Mine, She has done māna with Me, tightly knitting Her eye-brows. It is impossible for Me to live without Her even for a moment, it is well known even to Her. Oh! How can I be patient when even a single moment in Her separation seems like a kalpa to Me. Oh sensible ones! Just consider, how can this body exist without prana?” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “I can give its answer. In the material world, prana is essential for the body to remain alive, but not so for Rādhā and Kṛishṇa, because, although They possess two different bodies, Their prana is one and the same.”
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 163, 164 · printed pages 498, 499.
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.
kuṁvari binu, kaise rākhūṁ prāna?
binu aparādha māna gahi baiṭhī, tāne bhṛikuṭi-kamāna
hauṁ puni una bina rahi na sakata chhina, yaha unahūṁ jiya jāna
kehi vidhi dharūṁ dhīra mohiṁ pala-pala, bhaye kalapa unamāna
tanu binu prāna rahe kahu kaise?, sochahu manahiṁ sujāna
prāṇa eka tanu dvai ‘kripālu’ jaba, acharaja kauna mahāna