Virah Madhuri · Pad 111
na lejā re, mama prānana-prāna
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
Gopīs’ pathetic bewailing towards Akrūra who is taking Shyāmasundara to Mathurā making Him sit in his chariot – Oh Akrūra! Don’t take away the life of my life. Oh cruel Akrūra! You don’t know that Shyāmasundara is the personified life of the maidens of Braja. You are unknown even with this fact that Shyāmasundara’s friends, who are as dear to Him as His life, cannot survive without Him. Even the cows and calves of Braja will die on being separated from their life, Shyāmasundara. I am begging for the life of crores of gopīs, cowherd boys and cows. Please don’t take the Lord of our life away from us. In the meantime, Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī said, “Oh sakhīs! Akrūra is not to be blamed. Shyāmasundara’s own desire is strong.”
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 page 298 · printed page 633.
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.
na lejā re, mama prānana-prāna
tū na jāna akrūra krūra yaha, kānha prāna-banitāna
una binu prāna rākha puni kaise, unake prāna sakhāna
taji daihaiṁ nija prāna kānha binu, bachharana aru gaiyāna
etika gopina, gopana, godhana, dai de jīvana-dāna
kaha ‘kripālu’ akrūra dosha nahiṁ, hari ichchhā balawāna