ūdho!, dhani tava gyāna vichāra

English meaning

Maidens of Braja tauntingly say to Uddhava, “Oh Uddhava! Blessed is your knowledge, which is actually ignorance! You say that because of not realizing its real nature, the individual soul is bound with the fruits of its actions and consequently, rotating in the cycle of eighty-four lakh forms of life. But our question is that, a newborn baby does not recognize its parents, but does it become the child of a cow or a buffalo as a result of this? I further ask, if a person touches the fire without knowing it, will the fire become cold as ice for him? You try to ignore Māyā by calling it an illusion, whereas the Vedas frequently state that Māyā is by all means a power of God.” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says that after hearing these irrefutable arguments of the gopīs, Uddhava realized the imperfectness of his knowledge and tears of love started flowing down from his eyes.

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 253, 254 · printed pages 588, 589.

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