Virah Madhuri · Pad 2
aṁkhiyāṁ, shyāma-prema-rasa-mātī
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
A virahiṇī says, “Oh sakhi! My eyes are impregnated with the wine of Shyāmasundara’s love. Ever since the moment my eyes fell on Shyāmasundara’s slowly smiling form, I have been unable to experience even momentary peace. I writhe in the agony of separation day and night. I try to make these worthless eyes understand in various ways but they refuse to listen to me and continuously shed tears remembering that bewitchingly beautiful swarthy face. Oh sakhi! Now, the opulence of Baikuṇṭha also has lost all charm for me, nor does salvation attract me even in the least.” In the words of Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī, “I have accepted defeat before these stubborn eyes; now you make them understand.”
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 221 · printed page 556.
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.
aṁkhiyāṁ, shyāma-prema-rasa-mātī
jaba te lakhī nandanandana chhavi, manda manda musakātī
taba te ika pala kahaṁ nahiṁ kala sakhi, talaphati hauṁ dina rātī
ye nigurī samujhati nahiṁ yadyapi, samujhāvati bahu bhāṁtī
kari-kari surati sāṁvarihiṁ sūrati, bhari aṁsuvana jhari lātī
khārī laga baikuṇṭha-vibhūtihuṁ, muktihuṁ nāhiṁ suhātī
hauṁ ‘kripālu’ aba hāri gaī sakhi!, tū hī kachhu samujhātī