lāla ko, jāla bhalī maiṁ jānī

English meaning

A virahiṇī, irritated with her beloved Shyāmasundara’s separation, humorously talks to her friend in the mysterious language of love and says, “Oh sakhi! I am well familiar with the deceitfulness of Shyāmasundara. Oh friend! Let me tell you about His deceitful actions; listen carefully. No sooner did He incarnate Himself than He cheated on His parents and, leaving them in the prison, became Yashodā’s son. Oh friend! The peacock-feather on His head tells the secret that just as I, the peacock, eat snakes but outwardly speak very sweetly, the same is the nature of Shyāmasundara. His guñjamālā and vanamālā are also merely for show, actually they are not worth even a single penny. The pītāmbara, fluttering on His body which is like the dark cloud, proves only this that like a flash of lightning among the dark clouds, His love is also unsteady. Similarly, Shyāmasundara’s flute which is empty-hearted and full of many holes, and listening to which we get intoxicated, also gives His complete introduction.” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says to the virahiṇī “Why are you thus openly describing Shyāmasundara as full of faults who has been declared by the Vedas as ‘neti neti’ (i.e. not just this, not just this. His greatness is endless.)”

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 331, 332 · printed pages 666, 667.

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