Virah Madhuri · Pad 167
shyāma! hauṁ yogini bhesha banaihauṁ
Original pad by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
English meaning
A virahiṇī says, “Oh Shyāmasundara! Now, in order to meet You, I will put on the guise of a yoginī (an ascetic woman). Leaving aside all the proprieties and duties of the world, the Vedas, and the family, I will practise meditation concentrating between the eye-brows. I will bind the matted hair on the head and smear ashes all over my body. Covering myself with the patched quilt and taking a beggar’s bowl in my hand, I will gradually dry up my body through strict fast, renouncing food and water. Putting on the guise of an ascetic, I will cry the slogan, ‘Alakha-Alakha’ (Unperceivable Brahma) from house to house, like Shaṅkara Jī.” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “If even after doing all this, the Beloved does not show mercy and bless me with His sight, I will destroy myself in the fire of yoga.”
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 336 · printed page 671.
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! hauṁ yogini bhesha banaihauṁ
loka, veda, kula-kāni-āni taji, trikuṭī dhyāna lagaihauṁ
jaṭājūṭa nija shīsha baṁdhaihauṁ, aṅga vibhūti lagaihauṁ
kaṇthā pahiri pāṇi lai khappara, anashana deha sukhaihauṁ
dhari avadhūta swāṅga janu shaṅkara, ghara ghara alakha jagaihauṁ
jo ‘kripālu’ piya tabahuṁ na paihauṁ, virahāgini jari jaihauṁ