Virah Madhuri · Pad 166
shyāma binu, bhaī shyāma hauṁ vīra!
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
A lovelorn gopī says to her friend, “Oh sakhi! I have become black in Shyāmasundara’s separation. I burn unceasingly in the intense fire of separation. My heart refuses to be at peace no matter how hard I try. On the one hand, the fire of separation burns me, and on the other, my eyes continuously shed tears. Therefore, this fair-complexioned body of mine neither completely burns down nor extinguishes, rather keeps on smouldering without any cease. Oh sakhi! Who else can understand the agony of my heart except my beloved Shyāmasundara?” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says to the virahiṇī, “Not only is your body black, but your heart is black also. If you do not believe what I say, tear your heart open and see yourself. You will find black Shyāmasundara sitting in it.”
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 335 · printed page 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 binu, bhaī shyāma hauṁ vīra!
tanu jhulasata pari viraha-davānala, dharata na ura aba dhīra
ita hauṁ birahini jarī jāta, uta, dṛiga barasāvata nīra
yāte jarata na bujhata, rahata nita, sulagata gaura sharīra
rasika-shiromaṇi binu sakhi! ko yaha, jāni sake ura pīra
tanuhiṁ ‘kripālu’ shyāma nahiṁ manahūṁ, shyāma dekhu ura chīra