Virah Madhuri · Pad 82
kānha binu, kaise rākhūṁ prāna?
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
In separation from her son, Shyāmasundara, Mother Yashodā laments – “How can I survive now without my son? My courtyard, where He performed various childhood frolics, looks without Him extremely frightening like a cemetery. I am unable to forget the fabulously fascinating face of my child even for a moment. The memory of His sweet smile continues to pinch my heart like a thorn. Just tell me, how is it possible for me to forget the heart-robbing lisping talks of my innocent child? Even today, I seem to hearken the voice, ‘Maiyā!’, ‘Oh Maiyā!’ The remembrance of the childhood habits of my son repeatedly attacks my heart with a kind of stabbing pain.” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “Those days have become like a dream for Mother Yashodā, now.”
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 277, 278 · printed pages 612, 613.
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.
kānha binu, kaise rākhūṁ prāna?
jehi āṁgana nita lālana khelata, raha aba bhayeu masāna
vaha chhavi pala chhina kabahuṁ na bhūlati, hiya hūlati musakāna
kaise bisarāūṁ bhore mukha, kī tutarina batiyāna?
vaha ‘maiyā! maiyā!’ kī dhuni janu, abahūṁ āvati kāna
uṭhati kareje hūka surati kari, larikaiyana kī bāna
aba ‘kripālu’ yashumati ke ve dina, hvai gaye sapana samāna