Virah Madhuri · Pad 148
mo sama kauna abhāgini māta?
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
Overwhelmed with grief in her son’s separation, Mother Yashodā laments, “Who else will be so unfortunate a mother as I am, who, even after declaring Kṛishṇa and Balarāma to be dearer than her own life, could not leave her body in their separation? That father, the king Dasharatha, was extremely fortunate, who left his body in Rāma and Lakshmaṇa’s separation, acquainting the world with his intense love for them. Oh! Why did I always behave so cruelly towards my son as to tie Him with a mortar? It is possible that my son has renounced me only after realizing my love to be deceitful. There is nothing surprising in this.” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī remarks, “Thus, Mother Yashodā, overly overwhelmed with grief in her son’s separation, is feeling pangs of remorse in her heart.”
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 323 · printed page 658.
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.
mo sama kauna abhāgini māta?
jo prāṇādhika shyāma-rāma taji, prāna na tanu te jāta
rāma lakhana taji tajyo prāna jo, dhani so dasharatha tāta
ūkhala-bandhana sarisa krūratā, karata rahī dina-rāta
kapaṭa prema lakhi tajyo lāla jo, nahiṁ acharaja kī bāta
imi ‘kripālu’ yashumati adhīra hvai, mana hī mana pachhitāta