hāya! morā, piyā binu jiyā ghabarāye

English meaning

After Shyāmasundara’s leaving the gopīs and going to Mathurā, a virahiṇī describes her lovelorn state to her intimate friend, “Oh friend! My heart is feeling extremely restless without beloved Shyāmasundara. Oh friend! He had promised to come back within two days but it has been years since He left us, and even now His two days are not finished. Oh friend! How and for how long should I console my heart? And even if I try to do so, how can the mind which has become Beloved’s and gone to Him, understand me? Even the nectarean sweet words of my most intimate friends appear to be poisonous to me. One moment I come in the house and the next, in the hope that ‘Beloved might be coming’, I rush out of the house, but nowhere do I find any rest.” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “Oh virahiṇī! Don’t be restless or disappointed. The cry of your heart is bound to affect Shyāmasundara’s heart sooner or later, and then, He will be compelled to come.”

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 364 · printed page 699.

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