Virah Madhuri · Pad 128
bairī basanta, sakhī! puni āyo
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
A virahiṇī says, “Oh sakhi! The hostile spring season has come again! Here, Yamarāja, the god of death has become the customer of our lives and there, Shyāmasundara has become infatuated by that worthless hunchbacked woman. Oh sakhi! The reddish new leaves of the mango tree are tormenting my heart. The mustard is also assuming swaggering airs, blossoming and swaying in the air. The sight of the swarms of hoverflies, humming sweetly on Kadamba-flowers, as well as that of the clusters of mango-blossoms has turned my mind absolutely crazy. Even the cool, gentle and perfumed breeze is adding fuel to the fire of separation in me, the virahiṇī.” In the words of Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī, “Despite this, the cuckoo is further intensifying my agony by cooing repeatedly.”
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 309, 310 · printed pages 644, 645.
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.
bairī basanta, sakhī! puni āyo
antaka prānana anta karana chaha, nigurihiṁ kubarihiṁ kanta lubhāyo
pallava lāla rasāla sāla ura, sarasoṁ phūli jhūli iṭhalāyo
kusuma-kadambani bhauṁrani ambani, baurana lakhi sakhi! mana baurāyo
shītala-manda-sugandha pavana janu, virahini viraha agini dhadhakāyo
tāhū pai ‘kripālu’ puni kokila, kūki-kūki mohiṁ jarihiṁ jarāyo