Murali Madhuri · Pad 3
alī! yaha muralī burī balāya
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
A gopī says, “Shyāmasundara’s flute is a great nuisance. Hearing its melody, all the maidens of Braja wander from place to place as though under some magic spell. One gopī runs away from home; another sheds tears, not being able to leave the house; another lovelorn gopī heaves the sighs of pain, saying ‘Hāi, Hāi!’ as soon as she hears the flute; and some of the maidens actually become mad, unmindful of this world and the world beyond. Hearing the soul-stirring music of the flute, even the deer in the forest are left transfixed, unable to either chew the grass that is in their mouth or spit it out. Listening to the flute, even the greatest gyānīs like Shukadeva, Sanaka and his three brothers, and also Bhagwan Shaṅkara etc. forget their samādhi.” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī most humbly says to himself, “Oh mind, deaf as you are, there is nothing amazing if you could not be bewitched by the enchanting music of the flute.”
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 190, 191 · printed pages 525, 526.
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.
alī! yaha muralī burī balāya
bhaī bāvarī gopina ḍolati, janu kou mūṭhi chalāya
kou dhāvati, kou dṛiga jhari lāvati, kou karati mukha ‘hāya’!
loka-veda-kula-kāni āni taji, gaī kou baurāya
ānana dhare hirana tṛiṇa kānana, neku na sakeu chabāya
shuka, sanakādi, shambhu ādika je, teu samādhi bhulāya
badhira ‘kripālu’ karata kata acharaja, jo na ṭhagorī āya