arī! kou, ura urajhī surajhāve

English meaning

A virahiṇī says, “Let somebody show mercy on me and solve the problem of the longing in my heart for beloved Shyāmasundara’s sweet-meeting! So far as I am concerned, the more I try to solve the problem of the constant remembrance of my Beloved by trying to forget Him, the more complicated it becomes, i.e. His memories become more intense. Oh friend! What was merely a little amusement for the eyes, at first, has now become the noose around my neck. Now even those eyes are craving to see Shyāmasundara. Even my mind befriended the Beloved and the intellect (the will), too, forgot itself and was absolutely intoxicated with His love. So thinking me to be all alone, the feeling of separation kindled a fire in my heart. I tried to extinguish this fire by creating the clouds of long, heavy sighs, and constantly shedding them through the eyes in the form of tears, but to no avail. The fire got fiercer and fiercer. Oh friend! If I leave my body, it will stigmatise the clean, shining cloth of love, because love is supposed to give immortality. Therefore, I have no other alternative but to long and crave day and night.” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says to the gopī, “Oh virahiṇī! When you have put your neck in the mortar, why should you be afraid of the blows?”

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 222, 223 · printed pages 557, 558.

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