Virah Madhuri · Pad 13
arī sakhi! mana mero kahuṁ jāta
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
A gopī, pining in separation from beloved Shyāmasundara, says to her friend, “Oh sakhi! My mind is no longer in my control. I am extremely innocent; beloved Shyāmasundara betrayed me by exchanging looks of love with me. He cast some sort of a spell on me and ever since, tears are continuously raining down my eyes. I feel frequent pangs of a kind of sweet pain in my heart and the anguish of separation seems to be bent on gnawing my heart. The whole day passes in thoughts of Shyāmasundara’s beauteous form, and I stay awake all night, tossing and turning in longing for Him.” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī advises the sakhī to conceal her love, saying that it is a secret which is to be kept most confidential and should be shared only between her and her Beloved.
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 229, 230 · printed pages 564, 565.
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.
arī sakhi! mana mero kahuṁ jāta
maiṁ mati kī bhorī ati mote, dṛiga milāya kiya ghāta
shyāma-salonā ṭonā kari gayo, lagī dṛigana barasāta
madhura-vedanā hiya bicha puni puni, viraha karejo khāta
surati bisūrata saba dina bītata, karavaṭa badalata rāta
yaha ‘kripālu’ nahiṁ kahana sunana kī, samujha prīti kī bāta