Virah Madhuri · Pad 23
ūdho! kahi dījo balabhrāta
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
Sending their message to Shyāmasundara through Uddhava, gopīs state, “Oh Uddhava! Tell our beloved Shyāmasundara that the type of love which He has shown towards us is not heard anywhere. Only three types of love were popular till now. The first type of love is reciprocal. This is also called selfish love. The second type of love is that in which one loves another without being loved in return. This is the love of everyone’s parents towards their newborn baby. And in the third category come those who remain neutral towards both - those who love them and those who don’t. Such love-less heart is of those who are totally engrossed in their soul (ātmārāmas), those who are absolutely contented (āptakāmas), betrayers of their spiritual master, and ungrateful people.” In the words of Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī, the gopīs state, “Uddhava! Tell Shyāmasundara that so far as His love is concerned, it is distinct from all the afore-mentioned three types of love. Everything He does is intricate.”
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 236, 237 · printed pages 571, 572.
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.
ūdho! kahi dījo balabhrāta
jaisī prīti karī tuma mote, taisī kahuṁ na sunāta
eka prema lakhi prema karata jaga, saba dekhata dina-rāta
ika binu premahiṁ prema karata jaga, saba jānata pitu māta
ina douna soṁ rahita na kāhuhiṁ, karata prema ika tāta
tuma ‘kripālu’ nahiṁ ina tīniu mahaṁ, saba aṭapaṭa tava bāta