Hori Madhuri · Pad 2
āju horī rī, arī o rī gorī!
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
On the day of Holī, Shyāmasundara says to a sakhī, “Oh sakhi! Today is the colourful festival of Holī. All sakhīs are drenched with colour - both internally and externally, but it is very surprising that you are yet absolutely untouched with colour - both inside as well as outside. What is the reason behind it?” The sakhī replied, “My husband has gone out of Braja. How can I, a devoted wife, play Holī then?” At this, Shyāmasundara said, “Let me tell you an immensely important thing. But since it is very personal, I will say it only in your ears.” Then, He whispered in her ear, “Oh sakhi! Look at Me carefully and recognise Me. You are an individual soul and I alone am your real beloved.” The sakhī, too, looked at Shyāmasundara and was totally immersed in the bliss of divine love, breaking up the decorum of the world and the Vedas like a blade of grass. Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says that after thus drenching the sakhī with the colour of divine love from inside, Shyāmasundara bathed her with coloured water from head to heel even from outside.
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 197, 198 · printed pages 532, 533.
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.
āju horī rī, arī o rī gorī!
haiṁ sigarī gorī raṁga-borī, tū kyoṁ rī korī-korī
mero piya paradesha gayo puni, hauṁ kaise khelauṁ horī
kahyo kānha ‘ika bāta kāna sunu, kahauṁ sakhī! chorī-chorī
tero to sāṁcho piya hauṁ hī, neku dekhu morī orī’
lakhatahiṁ bhaī vibhora gūjarī, loka-lāja tṛiṇa sama torī
avasara pāi ‘kripālu’ tabahiṁ hari, kiya nakha-shikha raṁga saraborī