Virah Madhuri · Pad 80
kaho piya!, kina tohiṁ rasika banāyo
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
One sakhī, teasing Bhagwan Kṛishṇa, says to Him, “Oh Beloved! Tell me, who made You rasika? When were You called the captivator of even the god of beauty, Kāmadeva, on the strength of Your infinite beauty in Your previous incarnation as a pig? When in Your incarnation as a fish, did You, living in the water itself, steal the clothes of the gopīs? When did You play captivating melodies on Your flute, curving Your body at three places, in Your incarnation as a tortoise? When did You taste the bliss of mahārāsa with gopīs in Your incarnations as Rāma and Vāmana? When did You experience the bliss of pleasing a māninī gopī or of doing māna Yourself in Your incarnation as Nṛisiṁha?” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī teases Shyāmasundara, “It is only in this present incarnation of Kṛishṇa, that even You started regarding Yourself as a rasika, after attaining some divine love-bliss by Kishorī Jī’s grace. In Your previous incarnations, what else did You do except destroying demons, protecting saints and establishing religion?”
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 276 · printed page 611.
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.
kaho piya!, kina tohiṁ rasika banāyo
kaba barāha bani rūpa-rāshi-bala, mohana madana kahāyo
dhari tanu mīna vāri bicha basi kaba, gopina chīra churāyo
lalita tribhaṅga rūpa dhari kachchhapa, kaba vara benu bajāyo
rāghavendra, vāmana bani kaba tuma, sakhiyana rāsa rachāyo
kaba nṛisiṁha bani rudrarūpa dhari, praṇaya-māna-rasa pāyo
lahi ‘kripālu’ rādhe-bala kachhu rasa, rasikana nāma gināyo