Virah Madhuri · Pad 95
gayo lai, prāna prāna ko prāna
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
Overwhelmed with the agony of separation after Shyāmasundara’s departure to Mathurā, the maidens of Braja lament - Oh sakhi! Akrūra has taken the life of my life away to Mathurā. How can the body of Braja-maidens survive without the prana now?” But who can make whom understand what, when no one is conscious of anyone? One sakhī remained standing like a statue of stone, forgetting to think even about the Beloved. Another sakhī was left sitting with her hand on her chin, continuously wreathing garlands of tears only. Yet another began running hither and thither like a mad woman crying, ‘Hā Shyāmasundara!’ Some sakhī, holding her heart with her hand, started wailing ‘Hāi, hāi!’ and still another started embracing creepers. Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says that some Braja-maidens immediately fell on the ground in a swoon. Who can describe the grief of these maidens of Braja?
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 286, 287 · printed pages 621, 622.
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.
gayo lai, prāna prāna ko prāna
aba binu prāna rākha tanu kaise, sigarī braja-banitāna
ko kāko samujhāya kahā jaba, kāu na kāuhiṁ bhāna
kou ṭhād̤hī janu chitralikhī sī, nahiṁ piya-dhyānahuṁ dhyāna
kou baiṭhī dhari chibuka pāṇi basa, poya māla aṁsuvāna
kou bāvari hvai ita uta bhājati, kahi hā! shyāma-sujāna
kou ura dhari kara hāya! hāya! kara, kou lapaṭāti latāna
kou ‘kripālu’ murchhita chhiti para giri, ko kaha dukha sakhiyāna