mādhava saṁga, mādhava āyo rī

English meaning

Oh sakhi! Shyāmasundara has also come, along with the month of Phāguna. Oh Kishorī Jī! Let’s go with sakhīs, Shyāmasundara has called You in the Mādhavī grove. Kishorī Jī said, “Oh sakhi! I have understood. Shyāmasundara actually wants to play Holī in the groves. He is deceptively calling all of us. Therefore, none of you go empty-handed. All the sakhīs should hide pichakārīs in their blouses and fill gulāla in golden bowls, covering it with the decoration of flowers. Some sakhīs should hide themselves behind the creepers with pitchers filled with water of various colours. And going there, all of you simultaneously throw colours by pichakārīs and also fling gulāla together. Then, surrounding Him from all sides, someone should catch hold of His hand, someone of His feet and someone of His waist. Binding Him in this way, bring Him to Me.” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī suggests, “After taking Him to Kishorī Jī, adorn Him as a bride and show Him from house to house. Buy some eatables from whatever you get in muṁhadikhāī, and distribute among all as prasāda (holy food).”

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 204, 205 · printed pages 539, 540.

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