Virah Madhuri · Pad 88
kyoṁ bāta banāvati nāgarī?
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
A virahiṇī addresses her intimate friend, “Oh sakhi! Why are you talking so much? The maiden, whose heart is ignited with the fire of separation, cannot sleep a wink throughout the night. She becomes oblivious of her body. Even her modesty abandons her. There burst forth, as if the fountains of tears from her eyes and she continuously burns in the fire of separation. Mad with love, she sometimes dances, and sometimes sings in the intoxication of love.” In the words of Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī, “She alone, whose heart burns in this fire of separation, knows what it is. You have not loved anyone that is why you are giving this lecture.”
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 281, 282 · printed pages 616, 617.
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.
kyoṁ bāta banāvati nāgarī?
yaha virahāga lāga ura jāke, raina raina bhara jāga rī
sudhi budhi bhūli jāta tanu sigarī, jāti lāja saba bhāga rī
nainana nīra-phuhāre chhūṭata, talaphati nita birahāga rī
bāvari hvai ke nāchati gāvati, prema-sudhā-rasa pāga rī
jāke lagata ‘kripālu’ āga rī, soi jānati guna āgarī