nā rī jāne kachhu rīti rasavārī rī, anārī vārī banavārī

English meaning

A gopī complains against Shyāmasundara to another gopī : Oh friend! That inept Banavārī knows nothing about the fine art of love. He always stays in the company of illiterate and boorish cowherd boys, therefore all His ways are preposterous. How then, can He know the unique way of the people of aesthetic taste (rasikas)? Let me tell you about a few of His evil deeds. He unveils my face at the panaghaṭa, and runs away. He does not at all feel ashamed in taking the chunarī off my head. Sometimes He embraces me on my way to home calling me His beloved. To what extent can I say? He has no shame even of my elders – parents-in-law etc. He casts amorous glances right in front of them and dauntlessly says, ‘Dally with me a little’. And whenever I scold Him, He merely says ‘Balihārī!’ (I sacrifice Myself on you). What amazes me is that Braja-maidens like only Shyāmasundara in spite of all this. Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “Oh sakhi! What to speak of you, even Bhagwan Shaṅkara roams in the guise of a maiden for Him.”

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 410, 411 · printed pages 745, 746.

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