Virah Madhuri · Pad 104
tajī kyoṁ, priyatama braja banitāna
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
(The discussion between two gopīs in Shyāmasundara’s separation.) The first sakhī said, “Why on earth did Shyāmasundara abandon all of us, the maidens of Braja?” The other sakhī said, “I am not prepared to accept that He has abandoned us.” The first sakhī said, “Then, tell me, why did the Beloved not come?” The other sakhī said, “I know its secret. Shyāmasundara wants to test our love by giving us separation.” The first sakhī said, “Fine; but sakhi! tell me how can we retain our life in this separation?” In the meanwhile, Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī said, “Oh sakhi! You love Shyāmasundara, and love gives immortality. Therefore, the question of losing life does not arise at all.”
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 292, 293 · printed pages 627, 628.
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.
tajī kyoṁ, priyatama braja banitāna
eka sakhī asa kaha, dūjī kaha, ‘yaha sakhi! hauṁ nahiṁ māna’
puni so kaha ‘so āye kyoṁ nahiṁ’, dūjī kaha ‘hama jāna
dai hari viraha chahata hama virahini, parakhana shyāma sujāna’
puni so kaha, ‘sakhi! yehi parakhana mahaṁ, raha kahu kaise prāna’
kaha ‘kripālu’ amaratva dāna kara, soī prema bakhāna