dekhu sakhi!, āī ṛitu barasāta

English meaning

A virahiṇī says, “Oh sakhi! Look, even the rainy season has arrived but the Beloved has not come. Oh sakhi! This Rain is eternally united with her beloved, the Dark Cloud that is why she is putting on airs. Look sakhi! On the pretext of the thundering of clouds, she seems to be laughing uproariously feeling intoxicated with the joy of meeting her beloved. The flashes of lightning are, as if the waves of her beloved’s love in her heart. On the pretext of the rainfall, she appears to be shedding tears of happiness caused by her beloved’s sweet union.” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “Oh sakhi! She also seems to be singing the attributes of her beloved, the black clouds, through different sounds of frogs.”

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 294, 295 · printed pages 629, 630.

Meanings: Smt. Padmā Devī. English translation and transliteration: Sushrī Braj Parikarī Devī. Source details.