Hori Madhuri · Pad 28
horī khelo na, shyāma saṁga kou gorī
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
Warning her friends against the mischievous behaviour of Shyāmasundara on the occasion of Holī, a sakhī says, “Oh sakhīs! None of you should play holī with Shyāmasundara, because under the pretext of playing holī, He behaves very untowardly with sakhīs. To everyone He addresses as, ‘Oh My darling!’ without any hesitation, and also asks them to accept Him as their husband. That naughty Shyāmasundara unhesitatingly raises their veil with a jerk and smears gulāla on their cheeks. What to say more, that Shameless one also asks them to come with Him in the groves. And while saying so, He also attacks their heart with the arrows of His ogles.” Hearing all this, Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says to the sakhī, “Why are you beguiling other sakhīs. I know very well that you love Shyāmasundara in a hole and corner way.”
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 217 · printed page 552.
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.
horī khelo na, shyāma saṁga kou gorī
horī khelana misa sakhiyana soṁ, karata phirata nita barajorī
nidharaka kahata ‘hamārī pyārī, mote lehu nāta jorī’
naṭakhaṭa jhapaṭi kholi ghūṁghaṭa paṭa, malata gulāla gāla rorī
saba soṁ kahata ‘neku chalu kuñjani’, taki ura māra saina ko rī
bāta banāvati kimi ‘kripālu’ sakhi!, mana chāhata chorī-chorī