sakhī! saba, hvai gaye lālahiṁ lāla

English meaning

Describing the scene of Holī in Vṛindāvana to her intimate friend, a sakhī says, “Oh sakhi! Today, in the Holī-celebration of the divine couple Shrī Rādhā-Kṛishṇa, so much coloured water was sprayed from the pichakārīs and so much gulāla was thrown that everything animate as well as inanimate became red. Shyāmasundara became red and so became Kishorī Jī. All the maidens of Braja became red and all the trees and ponds became red as well. Parrots, cuckoos, swans and other birds also became red. All the cows, the dust of Braja and all the cowherd boys were also covered with red colour.” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī comments that from outside, they were red with the red colour of Holī and from inside, they were drenched with the red colour of Shyāmasundara’s love.

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 214 · printed page 549.

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