Virah Madhuri · Pad 165
shyāma kata, etika bhaye kaṭhora?
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
The pitiable condition of virahiṇī Braja-maidens in Shyāmasundara’s separation – Oh Shyāmasundara! How did You become so heartless? To You, Kishorī Jī was dearer than Your own life. Even one moment of Her separation used to appear like crores of kalpas to You. You used to declare Her foot-dust to be the life-giving herb. On Her doing māna, You used to persuade Her with folded hands, shedding tears. In the words of Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī (the gopīs lament further), “Oh Beloved! What has happened to You now? Have You forgotten all that?”
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 334, 335 · printed pages 669, 670.
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.
shyāma kata, etika bhaye kaṭhora?
rahīṁ sadā vṛishabhānudulārī, prānana-pyārī tora
una darshana bina lagata rahyo tohiṁ, ika pala kalapa karora
kahata rahe una charana-dhūri kahaṁ, prāṇa-sajīvani mora
rahe manāvata mānini lakhi una, sajala naina kara jora
aba ‘kripālu’ hvai gayo kahā toya, priyatama nandakishora