अलबेलो हमारो यार, प्रेम के बंधन में।
नहिं जात समाधिन जोगिन जेइ,
नाचत ता थेइ, ता थेइ-थेइ तेइ,
ब्रजनारिन कि तारिन कि तार, प्रेम के बंधन में।
नित खोजत वेद ऋचान जेइ,
बनि यशुमति के सुत कान्ह तेइ,
बाँधे ऊखल में लेहु निहार, प्रेम के बंधन में।
ब्रह्माण्ड अनन्तहिं पाल जेइ,
छोरत मुख कौरहिं ग्वाल तेइ,
बने घोड़ा गँवारन ग्वार, प्रेम के बंधन में।
अग जग सब जग संहारक जेइ,
डरपत यशुमति की साँटिन तेइ,
धनि लीला ‘कृपालु’ सरकार, प्रेम के बंधन में।
alabelo hamāro yāra, prema ke bandhana meṁ
nahiṁ jāta samādhina jogina jei nāchata tā thei, tā thei-thei tei
brajanārina ki tārina ki tāra, prema ke bandhana meṁ
nita khojata veda richāna jeī
bani yashumati ke suta kānha teī
baṁdhe ūkhala meṁ lehu nihāra, prema ke bandhana meṁ
brahmāṇḍa anantahiṁ pāla jeī
chhorata mukha kaurahiṁ gwāla teī
bane ghoḍā gaṁvārana gwāra, prema ke bandhana meṁ
aga jaga saba jaga sanhāraka jei
darapata yashumati kī sāṁṭina tei
dhani līlā ‘kripālu’ sarakāra, prema ke bandhana meṁ
Oh sakhi! Our beloved Shyāmasundara, who is the crest-jewel of rasikas, is absolutely under the control of love. He, who does not even in the trance of yogis, dances saying ‘Tā thei, Tā thei-thei’, to the rhythm of the gopis’ clapping.
Oh sakhi! He is so bound by the strings of love that He, who is always searched by the hymns of the Vedas, allows Himself to be tied with a mortar, becoming Kānha, the son of Yashodā.
Such is the bondage of love that the same Supreme Lord, who provides subsistence to the whole world consisting of innumerable cosmic eggs, eats the food-leavings of the cowherd boys of Braja, by forcibly taking morsels out of their mouth; and while playing, becomes the horse of those illiterate village boys.
Oh sakhi! He is absolutely controlled by love. That is why, He, who annihilates the entire universe consisting of innumerable moveable and immoveable creatures, feels afraid of Mother Yashodā’s stick.
Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “I sacrifice myself on the divine sports of my inconceivable Lord because bound with the chain of love, He performs the sweetest and supremely unique līlās.”
By Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
An Excerpt from ‘Prem Ras Madira – The Intoxicating Bliss of Divine Love’
