Hori Madhuri · Pad 6
ḍāro ḍāro rī, raṅga banavārī pai
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
On the occasion of Holī, a sakhī says to other sakhīs, “Let us throw colours on Shyāmasundara. Let us rub the red gulāla on His cheeks and the abīra in His hair. Let us mix different colours in water, fill this water in pichakārīs and drench Shyāmasundara thoroughly. Let us snatch away His black blanket and the staff and after tying Him up with a string, take Him to Shrī Rādhā. Then, tying a bride’s chaplet on His head and dressing Him up like a new bride, let’s make Him dance to the rhythm of our clapping.” The whole plan was successfully worked out seeing which, Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “I sacrifice myself on these maidens of Braja, but I specially sacrifice myself on their unique love, bound by which, even the Supreme Lord has to face such a hard time.”
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 200, 201 · printed pages 535, 536.
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.
ḍāro ḍāro rī, raṅga banavārī pai
lālahiṁ lāla gulāla gāla malu, malu abīra laṭakārī pai
raṅga biraṅga raṅga pichakārina, ḍāro rī giridhārī pai
chhori leu yākī lakuṭi kamariyā, lai chalu bhānudulārī pai
sehrā bāṁdhi banāya dulhaniyāṁ, mili nachāu ali! tārī pai
balihārī ‘kripālu’ brajanārina, balihārī yehi yārī pai