Virah Madhuri · Pad 15
are mana! mohana soṁ bachi rahiyo
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
Seeing the lovelorn condition of a virahiṇī, the poet, addressing his mind, says (in jest), “Oh my mind! Always avoid the company of Shyāmasundara. I am saying for your own good. Never enter the path of love even by mistake; otherwise, entrapped by that tricky Shyāmasundara, you will experience great sorrows. Oh my mind! If you don’t listen to me, you will burn in the fire of separation along with the senses, craving for their respective objects, and will be swept by the infinite ocean of love, destroying all the proprieties of the Vedas and the world.” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī, trying to make his mind understand, adds, “We are worldly people, so save our prestige, i.e. if you are trapped in the snare of Shyāmasundara’s love, we will no more remain worldly.”
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 231 · printed page 566.
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.
are mana! mohana soṁ bachi rahiyo
hita kī bāta kahahuṁ, bhūlehuṁ jani, gaila prīti kī gahiyo
chhaliyā ke chhala-chhanda-phanda pari, jani dāruṇa dukha lahiyo
nija-vallabha indrina-vishayana saṁga, birahānala jani dahiyo
loka, veda-maryāda meṭi jani, prema-sindhu madhi bahiyo
hama ‘kripālu’ haiṁ jaga ke yāte, hamarī lāja nibahiyo