ūdho!, sunu sūdho so gyāna

English meaning

Gopīs of Braja, addressing the Vedāntist Uddhava, state, “Oh Uddhava! We are teaching you what real knowledge is, in very simple words. The knowledge and the yoga you are preaching, are actually the means; the end is only the attainment of divine love. You are so ignorant that you have come to teach yoga to us, whose minds are always in the state of yoga (because of being deeply engrossed in Shyāmasundara). Your yoga is like a disease to all of us who are the enjoyers of divine love-bliss. This yoga befits only your friend Shyāmasundara who has exceeding attachment even for an ugly, hunchbacked woman, Kubjā.” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “Oh Uddhava! How can we understand your knowledge, when we are devoid of eyes and ears?” [This sentence has two meanings. The first is, our eyes crave to see only Shyāmasundara and our ears, to hear only His attributes. The second meaning is, ‘Oh Uddhava! How can we understand the knowledge of that Brahma who possesses neither eyes nor ears (i.e. who is formless)?’]

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 263, 264 · printed pages 598, 599.

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