Hori Madhuri · Pad 21
lāla bhaye, lāla-gulālana lāla
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
Oh sakhi! Shyāmasundara’s body has become thoroughly red with red gulāla. Today, gathering in the grove-lanes and filling their bags with gulāla, the gopīs of Braja flung so much gulāla that Shyāmasundara’s hair, forehead and cheeks – all became red. His guñjamālā, the necklace of gems and His vanamālā, all became red as well. His pītāmbara, staff and eyebrows became red as well. Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “Seeing Nandalāla thus red with red gulāla, the group of the Braja-maidens expressed their joy by clapping their hands.”
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 page 212 · printed page 547.
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.
lāla bhaye, lāla-gulālana lāla
bhari jhorina gorina khorina ita, rorina horina ḍāla
bāla lāla bhaye, bhāla lāla bhaye, lāla-lāla bhaye gāla
guñjamāla maṇimāla lāla bhaiṁ, lāla bhaī vanamāla
dupaṭihuṁ lāla, lāla bhai lakuṭihuṁ, bhṛikuṭihuṁ lāla gulāla
lālahiṁ lāla ‘kripālu’ lāla lakhi, deta tāla brajabāla