horī meṁ, hāre hari ho rī

English meaning

Shyāmasundara was defeated in the play of holī. Having lost, He started running, but the sakhīs who were ready for this, followed Him and surrounding Him, forcefully caught hold of Him. Tying Him up, they brought Him to Kishorī Jī, shouting the slogan, ‘Glory to Kishorī Jī! Glory to Kishorī Jī!’ Then, as suggested by Shrī Kishorī Jī, the sakhīs braided His hair and filled the parting with sindūra. They applied a bindī of red rolī on His forehead. They then, made Him wear a blouse on His chest, a nose-ring and a besara in His nose, and covered His head with a lovely chunarī, heavily sprayed with perfume. Henna was applied to His hands and mihāvara on His feet. Indescribable was the beauty of the toe-rings the sakhīs made Him wear around His toes. In this way, Shyāmasundara was adorned from head to toe with all sixteen (traditional) embellishments and really looked like a dark-complexioned stunning damsel (Shyāmā gorī). Thereafter, the sakhīs began playing on different musical instruments like drum etc. and Shyāmasundara started dancing in the lanes of Gahvaravana with the veil drawn over His face. Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī extremely fascinated by this scene, sacrificed his body, mind and very self on it, and in front of the sakhīs, he humorously asked Shyāmasundara, “Oh Shyāmā! You really dance very well. Whose daughter are You?”

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 218, 219 · printed pages 553, 554.

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