Pada 196
Sourceऊधो! सब स्वारथ के लोग। आपुन केलि करत कुब्जा-सँग, हमहिं सिखावत जोग॥ भ्रमि बन जात साँवरी मूरति नित देखहिं वह रूप। अब रस-रास पुलिन जमुना के करत लाज, भए भूप॥ अनुदिन नयन निमेष न लागत, भयो बिरह अति रोग। मिलवहु कान्ह कुमार अस्विनी मिटैं सूर सब रोग
ūdho! saba svāratha ke loga| āpuna keli karata kubjā-sa~ga, hamahiṃ sikhāvata joga|| bhrami bana jāta sā~varī mūrati nita dekhahiṃ vaha rūpa| aba rasa-rāsa pulina jamunā ke karata lāja, bhae bhūpa|| anudina nayana nimeṣa na lāgata, bhayo biraha ati roga| milavahu kānha kumāra asvinī miṭaiṃ sūra saba roga
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‘Uddhava, everyone is selfish. He himself plays with Kubjā while teaching yoga to us. Wandering bewildered into the forest, we see that dark embodied form everywhere. Now that he has become king, he feels ashamed of the rasa and rāsa upon the Yamunā’s sandy bank. Day after day our eyes do not blink; separation has become a grave disease. Unite us with Kanhā as with the twin Aśvin physicians, says Sūrdās, and every illness will disappear.’
Diplomatically reconstructed from Śukla’s complete 1948 reprint and collated against the 1977 annotated witness because the corresponding leaf is absent from the retained 1926 scan.
Pada 197
Sourceऊधो! दीनी प्रीति-दिनाई। बातनि सुहृद, करम कपटी के, चले चोर की हाई॥ बिरह-बीज बधवार सलिल मानों अधर-माधुरी प्याई। सो है जाय खगी अंतर्गत, औषधि बल न बसाई॥ गरल-दान दीनो है तोकों, याकों नहीं उपाय। कै मारे, कै काज सरै, यह दुख देख्यो नहिं जाय॥ कहि मारै सो सूर कहावै, मित्रद्रोह न भलाई। सूरदास ऐसे, अलि, जग में तिनकी गति नहिं काई
ūdho! dīnī prīti-dināī| bātani suhṛda, karama kapaṭī ke, cale cora kī hāī|| biraha-bīja badhavāra salila mānoṃ adhara-mādhurī pyāī| so hai jāya khagī aṃtargata, auṣadhi bala na basāī|| garala-dāna dīno hai tokoṃ, yākoṃ nahīṃ upāya| kai māre, kai kāja sarai, yaha dukha dekhyo nahiṃ jāya|| kahi mārai so sūra kahāvai, mitradroha na bhalāī| sūradāsa aise, ali, jaga meṃ tinakī gati nahiṃ kāī
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‘Uddhava, he gave love as a dose of poison. A well-wisher in speech but deceitful in deed, he moved like a thief lying in wait. He planted the seed of separation and made us drink the poisonous water of the tiger’s whisker as though it were the sweetness of his lips. It sank and lodged within; medicine has no power over it. He gave the gift of poison well—there is no remedy. Let him kill us and finish the task, for this suffering cannot be watched. One is called a hero for killing an enemy, but treachery toward a friend is no virtue. Such men, bee, says Sūrdās, have no good destiny in this world.’
Diplomatically reconstructed from Śukla’s complete 1948 reprint and collated against the 1977 annotated witness because the corresponding leaf is absent from the retained 1926 scan.
Pada 198
Sourceऊधो! जो हरि आवैं तो प्रान रहैं। आवत, जात, उलटि फिरि बैठत जीवन-अवधि गहे॥ जब हे दाम उखल सों बाँधे बदन नवाय रहे। चुभि जु रही नवनीत-चोर-छवि, क्यों भूलति सो ज्ञान गहे? तिनसों ऐसी क्यों कहि आवै जे कुल-पति की त्रास महे? सूर स्याम गुन-रसनिधि तजिकै को घटनीर बहे?
ūdho! jo hari āvaiṃ to prāna rahaiṃ| āvata, jāta, ulaṭi phiri baiṭhata jīvana-avadhi gahe|| jaba he dāma ukhala soṃ bā~dhe badana navāya rahe| cubhi ju rahī navanīta-cora-chavi, kyoṃ bhūlati so jñāna gahe? tinasoṃ aisī kyoṃ kahi āvai je kula-pati kī trāsa mahe? sūra syāma guna-rasanidhi tajikai ko ghaṭanīra bahe?
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‘Uddhava, if Hari comes, our life will remain. We rise, go, return, and sit again, holding fast to the appointed span of life. I still see him when he was bound with rope to the mortar, standing with face lowered. The image of the butter-thief remains pierced within—how can knowledge make us forget it? Why bring such words to women who have borne fear of the lord of their families? Who would abandon the treasury of Śyāma’s qualities and rasa to drink ordinary water from a pot, asks Sūrdās?’
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Pada 199
Sourceऊधो! यह निस्चय हम जानी। खोयो गयो नेहनग उनपै, प्रीति-कोठरी भई पुरानी॥ पहिले अधरसुधा करि सींची, दियो पोष बहु लाड़ लड़ानी। बहुरै खेल कियो केसव सिसु-गृहरचना ज्यों चलत बुझानी॥ ऐसे ही परतीति दिखाई पन्नग केंचुरि ज्यों लपटानी। बहुरौ सुरति लई नहिं जैसे भँवर लता त्यागत कुम्हिलानी॥ बहुरंगी जहँ जाय तहाँ सुख, एकरंग दुख देह दहानी। सूरदास पसु धनी चोर के खायो चाहत दाना पानी
ūdho! yaha niscaya hama jānī| khoyo gayo nehanaga unapai, prīti-koṭharī bhaī purānī|| pahile adharasudhā kari sīṃcī, diyo poṣa bahu lār̤a lar̤ānī| bahurai khela kiyo kesava sisu-gṛharacanā jyoṃ calata bujhānī|| aise hī paratīti dikhāī pannaga keṃcuri jyoṃ lapaṭānī| bahurau surati laī nahiṃ jaise bha~vara latā tyāgata kumhilānī|| bahuraṃgī jaha~ jāya tahā~ sukha, ekaraṃga dukha deha dahānī| sūradāsa pasu dhanī cora ke khāyo cāhata dānā pānī
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‘Uddhava, this is our firm conclusion: the jewel of affection has been lost to him, and love’s chamber has grown old. First he watered it with the nectar of his lips, nourished it, and raised it with countless caresses. Then Keśava played with it like a child who builds a little house only to knock it down. He showed trust like a serpent clinging to its cast-off skin, then never remembered us again, like a bee abandoning a withered vine. The many-colored one finds happiness wherever he goes; a single color burns our bodies with pain. Like an animal whose owner is a thief yet still seeks grain and water from him—such are we, says Sūrdās.’
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Pada 200
Sourceउधो! हम हैं तुम्हरी दासी। काहे को कटु बचन कहत हौ, करत आपनी हाँसी॥ हमरे गुनहि गाँठि किन बाँध्यो, हमपै कहा बिचार? जैसी तुम कीनी सो सब ही जानतु है संसार॥ जो कछु भली बुरी तुम कहिहौ सो सब हम सहि लैहैं। अपनो कियो आप भुगतैंगी दोष न काहू दैहैं॥ तुम तौ बड़े, बड़े के पठए, अरु सबके सरदार। यह दुख भयो सूर के प्रभु सुनि कहस लगाबन छार
udho! hama haiṃ tumharī dāsī| kāhe ko kaṭu bacana kahata hau, karata āpanī hā~sī|| hamare gunahi gā~ṭhi kina bā~dhyo, hamapai kahā bicāra? jaisī tuma kīnī so saba hī jānatu hai saṃsāra|| jo kachu bhalī burī tuma kahihau so saba hama sahi laihaiṃ| apano kiyo āpa bhugataiṃgī doṣa na kāhū daihaiṃ|| tuma tau bar̤e, bar̤e ke paṭhae, aru sabake saradāra| yaha dukha bhayo sūra ke prabhu suni kahasa lagābana chāra
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‘Uddhava, we are your maidservants. Why speak bitter words and make yourself ridiculous? Why have you tied our virtues into a knot, and what judgment have you formed against us? The whole world knows what you have done. Whatever good or bad you say, we shall endure it all. We shall undergo the fruit of our own action and blame no one else. You are a great man, sent by the Great One, commander of all. Hearing the sorrow of Sūrdās’s Lord, you tell us to smear on ashes.’
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Pada 201
Sourceऊधो! तुम जो कहत हरि हृदय रहत हैं। कैसे होय प्रतीति क्रूर सुनि ये बातैं जु सहत हैं॥ बासर-रैनि कठिन बिरहानल अंतर प्रान दहत है। प्रजरि प्रजरि पचि निकसि धूम अब नयनन नीर बहत है॥ अधिक अवज्ञा होत, देह दुख मर्यादा न गहत है। कहि! क्यों मन मानै सूर प्रभु इन बातनि जु कहत है
ūdho! tuma jo kahata hari hṛdaya rahata haiṃ| kaise hoya pratīti krūra suni ye bātaiṃ ju sahata haiṃ|| bāsara-raini kaṭhina birahānala aṃtara prāna dahata hai| prajari prajari paci nikasi dhūma aba nayanana nīra bahata hai|| adhika avajñā hota, deha dukha maryādā na gahata hai| kahi! kyoṃ mana mānai sūra prabhu ina bātani ju kahata hai
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‘Uddhava, you say Hari dwells within the heart. How can belief arise while we endure these cruel words? Day and night the hard fire of separation burns the life within. Smoldering and wasting, its smoke now streams as water from the eyes. Neglect grows still greater; bodily pain observes no boundary. Tell us—how can the mind accept these things spoken of Sūrdās’s Lord?’
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Pada 202
Sourceऊधो! तुमहीं हौ सब जान। हमको सोई सिखावन दीजै नँदसुवन की आन॥ आमिष भोजन हित है जाके सो क्यों साग प्रमान। ता मुख सेमि-पात क्यों भावत जा मुख खाए पान? किंगिरी-सुर कैसे सचु मानत सुनि मुरली को गान? ता भीतर क्यों निर्गुन आवत जा उर स्याम सुजान? हम बिन स्याम बियोगिनि रहिहैं जब लग यहि घट प्रान। सुख ता दिन तें होय सूर प्रभु ब्रज आवैं ब्रजभान
ūdho! tumahīṃ hau saba jāna| hamako soī sikhāvana dījai na~dasuvana kī āna|| āmiṣa bhojana hita hai jāke so kyoṃ sāga pramāna| tā mukha semi-pāta kyoṃ bhāvata jā mukha khāe pāna? kiṃgirī-sura kaise sacu mānata suni muralī ko gāna? tā bhītara kyoṃ nirguna āvata jā ura syāma sujāna? hama bina syāma biyogini rahihaiṃ jaba laga yahi ghaṭa prāna| sukha tā dina teṃ hoya sūra prabhu braja āvaiṃ brajabhāna
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‘Uddhava, you alone know everything. Give us a teaching suited to us, by the honor of Nanda’s son. How can one who delights in meat accept greens as the standard? How would bean leaves please a mouth accustomed to betel? How can the sound of a one-stringed lute seem true after hearing the flute’s song? How can the qualityless one enter a breast where wise Śyāma dwells? Without Śyāma we shall remain women in separation as long as life stays in this vessel. Happiness will begin only when Sūrdās’s Lord, radiant one of Vraja, returns to Vraja.’
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Pada 203
Sourceऊधो! यहै बिचार गहौ। कै तन गए भलो मानैं, कै हरि ब्रज आय रहौ॥ कानन-देह विरह-दव लागी इन्द्रिय-जीव जरौ। बुझै स्याम-धन कमल-प्रेम मुख मुरली-बूँद परौ॥ चरन-सरोवर-मनस मीन-मन रहै एक रसरीति। तुम निर्गुनबारू महँ डारौ; सूर कौन यह नीति?
ūdho! yahai bicāra gahau| kai tana gae bhalo mānaiṃ, kai hari braja āya rahau|| kānana-deha viraha-dava lāgī indriya-jīva jarau| bujhai syāma-dhana kamala-prema mukha muralī-bū~da parau|| carana-sarovara-manasa mīna-mana rahai eka rasarīti| tuma nirgunabārū maha~ ḍārau; sūra kauna yaha nīti?
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‘Uddhava, grasp this one conclusion: either let the body go—that we shall accept as good—or let Hari come and remain in Vraja. Separation’s wildfire has seized the forest of the body; let the living senses burn. It can be quenched only when the dark-cloud Śyāma drops flute-nectar upon love’s lotus face. The fish of the mind lives in one rasa within the lake of his feet. You cast it onto the sand of the qualityless, asks Sūrdās—what justice is this?’
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Pada 204
Sourceऊधो! कत वे बातें चाली? अति मीठी मधुरी हरि-मुख की हैं उर-अंतर साली॥ स्याम सघन तन सींची बेली, हस्त कमल धरि पाली। अब ये बेली सूखन लागीं, छाँड़ि दई हरि-माली॥ तब तो कृपा करत ब्रज ऊपर संग लता ब्रजबाली। सूर स्याम बिन मरि न गई क्यों बिरहबिथा की घाली?
ūdho! kata ve bāteṃ cālī? ati mīṭhī madhurī hari-mukha kī haiṃ ura-aṃtara sālī|| syāma saghana tana sīṃcī belī, hasta kamala dhari pālī| aba ye belī sūkhana lāgīṃ, chā~r̤i daī hari-mālī|| taba to kṛpā karata braja ūpara saṃga latā brajabālī| sūra syāma bina mari na gaī kyoṃ birahabithā kī ghālī?
English translation
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‘Uddhava, where have those former words gone? Hari’s exceedingly sweet speech remains lodged like a thorn within the heart. The dense dark body watered these vines and raised them with lotus hands. Now the vines begin to dry, abandoned by Hari their gardener. Then he poured grace upon Vraja, together with its vines and cowherd girls. Without Śyāma, asks Sūrdās, why have they not died beneath the crushing pain of separation?’
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Pada 205
Sourceऊधो! जो हरि हितू तिहारे। तौ तुम कहियो जाय कृपाकै जे दुख सबै हमारे॥ तन तरुवर ज्यों जरति बिरहिनी, तुम दव ज्यों हम जारे। नहिं सिरात, नहिं जरत छार ह्वै सुलगि सुलगि भए कारे॥ जद्यपि उमगि प्रेमजल भिजवत बरषि बरषि घन-तारे। जौ सींचे यहि भाँति जतन करि तौ इतने प्रतिपारे॥ कीर, कपोत, कोकिला, खँजन बधिक-बियोग बिडारे। इन दुःखन क्यों जियहिं सूर प्रभु ब्रज के लोग बिचारे?
ūdho! jo hari hitū tihāre| tau tuma kahiyo jāya kṛpākai je dukha sabai hamāre|| tana taruvara jyoṃ jarati birahinī, tuma dava jyoṃ hama jāre| nahiṃ sirāta, nahiṃ jarata chāra hvai sulagi sulagi bhae kāre|| jadyapi umagi premajala bhijavata baraṣi baraṣi ghana-tāre| jau sīṃce yahi bhā~ti jatana kari tau itane pratipāre|| kīra, kapota, kokilā, kha~jana badhika-biyoga biḍāre| ina duḥkhana kyoṃ jiyahiṃ sūra prabhu braja ke loga bicāre?
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‘Uddhava, if Hari is your well-wisher, go and graciously tell him every one of our sorrows. A woman in separation burns like a tree, while you scorch us like forest fire. We neither cool nor burn to ash, but smolder and become black. Though clouds of stars rain down and drench us with surging love-water, even such careful watering only sustains this much life. Parrots, pigeons, cuckoos, and khañjana birds become hunters that tear us apart through separation. How can the poor people of Vraja live through these pains, Lord of Sūrdās?’
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Pada 206
Sourceऊधो! तुम आए किहि काज? हित की कहत अहित की लागत, बकत न आबै लाज॥ आपुन को उपचार करौ कछु तब औरनि सिख देहु। मेरे कहे जाहु सत्वर ही, गहौ सीयरे गेहु॥ हाँ भेषज नानाबिधि के अरु मधुरिपु से हैं बैदु। हम कातर डराति अपने सिर कहुँ कलँक ह्वै कैदु॥ साँची बात छाँड़ि अब झूठी कहौ कौन बिधि सुनि हैं? सूरदास मुक्ताफलभोगी हंस बह्नि क्यों चुनिहैं?
ūdho! tuma āe kihi kāja? hita kī kahata ahita kī lāgata, bakata na ābai lāja|| āpuna ko upacāra karau kachu taba aurani sikha dehu| mere kahe jāhu satvara hī, gahau sīyare gehu|| hā~ bheṣaja nānābidhi ke aru madhuripu se haiṃ baidu| hama kātara ḍarāti apane sira kahu~ kala~ka hvai kaidu|| sā~cī bāta chā~r̤i aba jhūṭhī kahau kauna bidhi suni haiṃ? sūradāsa muktāphalabhogī haṃsa bahni kyoṃ cunihaiṃ?
English translation
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‘Uddhava, for what purpose did you come? What you call beneficial feels harmful—are you not ashamed to babble? First treat yourself, then instruct others. At my word, go quickly and take shelter in a cool house. There are many medicines, and Madhuripu himself is a physician. We helpless women are afraid some stain may be imprisoned upon our heads. Having abandoned truth, how can we listen to falsehood now? A swan accustomed to pearl-fruit, says Sūrdās, will not peck at ashes.’
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Pada 207
Sourceऊधो! तुम कहियो हरि सों जाय हमारे जिय को दरद। दिन नहिं चैन, रैन नहिं सोवत, पावक भई जुन्हैया सरद॥ जब ते अक्रूर लै गए मधुपुरी, भई बिरह तन बाय छरद। कीन्हीं प्रबल जगी अति, ऊधो! सोचन भइ जस पीरी हरद। सखा प्रवीन निरंतर हौ तुम ताते कहियत खोलि परद। काथ रूप दरसन बिन हरि के सूर मूरि नहिं हियो सुरद
ūdho! tuma kahiyo hari soṃ jāya hamāre jiya ko darada| dina nahiṃ caina, raina nahiṃ sovata, pāvaka bhaī junhaiyā sarada|| jaba te akrūra lai gae madhupurī, bhaī biraha tana bāya charada| kīnhīṃ prabala jagī ati, ūdho! socana bhai jasa pīrī harada| sakhā pravīna niraṃtara hau tuma tāte kahiyata kholi parada| kātha rūpa darasana bina hari ke sūra mūri nahiṃ hiyo surada
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‘Uddhava, go tell Hari the pain within our hearts. There is no peace by day, no sleep at night; autumn moonlight has become fire. Since Akrūra carried him to Mathurā, the body has been shattered by separation’s wind. A mighty anguish has awakened, Uddhava, and worry has become a yellowing sickness. You are his discerning, constant friend, so we draw aside the veil and speak openly. Without sight of Hari’s dark form, says Sūrdās, the heart cannot be gathered or cooled.’
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Pada 208
Sourceऊधो! क्यों आए ब्रज धावते? सहायक, सखा राजपदवी मिलि दिन दस कछुक कमावते॥ कह्यो जु धर्म कृपा करि कानन सो उत बसिकै गावते। गुरू निवर्त्ति देखि आँखिन जे स्रोता सकल अघावते। इत कोउ कछू न जानत हरि बिन, तुम कत जुगुति बनावते? जो कछु कहत सबन सों तुम सो अनुभव कै सुख पावते॥ मनमोहन बिन देखे कैसे उर सों औरहिं चाहते? सूरदास प्रभु दरसन बिनु वह बार बार पछितावते
ūdho! kyoṃ āe braja dhāvate? sahāyaka, sakhā rājapadavī mili dina dasa kachuka kamāvate|| kahyo ju dharma kṛpā kari kānana so uta basikai gāvate| gurū nivartti dekhi ā~khina je srotā sakala aghāvate| ita kou kachū na jānata hari bina, tuma kata juguti banāvate? jo kachu kahata sabana soṃ tuma so anubhava kai sukha pāvate|| manamohana bina dekhe kaise ura soṃ aurahiṃ cāhate? sūradāsa prabhu darasana binu vaha bāra bāra pachitāvate
English translation
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‘Uddhava, why did you rush to Vraja? As helper and friend, you could have remained ten days enjoying the rank of court. You might sit there and sing into willing ears the religion he graciously taught you. Seeing the guru of renunciation with their own eyes, all the listeners would be satisfied. Here no one knows anything apart from Hari—why devise techniques for us? Whatever you tell everyone, have you yourself experienced its joy? Without seeing Manamohana, how can the heart desire another? Without the Lord’s sight, says Sūrdās, even you would regret it again and again.’
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Pada 209
Sourceऊधो! यहै प्रकृति परि आई तेरे। जो कोउ कोटि करै कैसे हूँ फिरत नहीं मन फेरे॥ जा दिन तें जसुदागृह आए मोहन जादवराई। ता दिन तें हरिदरस परस बिनु और न कछू सुहाई॥ क्रीड़त हँसत कृपा अवलोकत, जुग छन भरि तब जात। परम तृप्त सबहिन तन होती, लोचन हृदय अघात॥ जागत, सोवत, स्वप्न स्यामघन सुंदर तन अति भावै। सूरदास अब कमलनयन बिनु बातन हो बहरावै
ūdho! yahai prakṛti pari āī tere| jo kou koṭi karai kaise hū~ phirata nahīṃ mana phere|| jā dina teṃ jasudāgṛha āe mohana jādavarāī| tā dina teṃ haridarasa parasa binu aura na kachū suhāī|| krīr̤ata ha~sata kṛpā avalokata, juga chana bhari taba jāta| parama tṛpta sabahina tana hotī, locana hṛdaya aghāta|| jāgata, sovata, svapna syāmaghana suṃdara tana ati bhāvai| sūradāsa aba kamalanayana binu bātana ho baharāvai
English translation
Fresh editorial translation from the भ्रमरगीत-सार authority
‘Uddhava, this nature has entered us. Though someone try ten million means, the mind will never turn back. From the day Mohana, Lord of the Yadus, came into Yaśodā’s house, nothing has pleased us apart from Hari’s sight and touch. Playing, laughing, and glancing with grace, an age then passed like an instant. Every body became perfectly satisfied; eyes and heart were filled. Waking, sleeping, and dreaming, the beautiful dark-cloud body alone gives delight. Without the lotus-eyed one, says Sūrdās, words now merely carry us away.’
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Pada 210
Sourceऊधो! मन नाहीं दस बीस। एक हुतो सो गयो हरि के सँग, को अराध तुव ईस? भइँ अति सिथिल सबै माधव बिनु जथा देह बिन सीस। स्वासा अटकि रहे आसा लगि, जीवहिं कोटि बरीस॥ तुम तौ सखा स्यामसुंदर के सकल जोग के ईस। सूरदास रसिक की बतियाँ पुरवौ मन जगदीस
ūdho! mana nāhīṃ dasa bīsa| eka huto so gayo hari ke sa~ga, ko arādha tuva īsa? bhai~ ati sithila sabai mādhava binu jathā deha bina sīsa| svāsā aṭaki rahe āsā lagi, jīvahiṃ koṭi barīsa|| tuma tau sakhā syāmasuṃdara ke sakala joga ke īsa| sūradāsa rasika kī batiyā~ puravau mana jagadīsa
English translation
Fresh editorial translation from the भ्रमरगीत-सार authority
‘Uddhava, the mind is not ten or twenty. There was one; it went away with Hari. Which mind, then, can worship your Lord? Without Mādhava every limb has grown utterly weak, like a body without a head. Breath remains caught only upon hope; through it we could live ten million years. You are beautiful Śyāma’s friend and master of every yoga. Fulfill the words of the lover’s heart, Lord of the world, asks Sūrdās.’
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