Tum bin mere

Srivani · Post by **Srivani** » 05 Nov 2009, 09:50

Namaste!

I am looking for english meaning for meera's bhajan: Tum bin mere

taaLam:
Composer: Meera
Language: Hindi

tum bin mErE kaun khabar lE gOvardhan giridhAri rE
mOre mukuT pItAmbar shObhE kuNDal kI chabi nyArI rE
bharI sabhA mE draupadI TADI rAkhO lAj hamarI rE
mIra kE prabhu girdhar nAgar carana kamal balihArI rE

Thank you,
Srivani

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 05 Nov 2009, 21:01

If not (bin) for you (tum), I wonder who (kaun) else will enquire/be concerned (khabar lE) about me (mErE), Oh (rE) Lord who lifted/bore (dhAri) the gOvardhan mountain (giri)? My Lord (rE), your face (chabi) adorned with dangling ear-rings (kuNDal kI), is beautiful/precious (nyArI), and you are resplendent (SObhE), clad in garments (ambar) of golden/yellow (pIta) hue, sporting a crown (mukuT) of peacock (mOr) feathers on your head. Please protect (rAkhO) our/my (hamAri) honor (lAj), just as you did when draupadi called out to you as she was being disrobed in (mE) the glare of the full/filled (bharI) assembly (sabhA) of the kaurava court. I offer/prostrate (balihAri) myself at the lotus (kamal)-like feet (caran) of this very civilized (nAgar) Lord (prabhu) of (kE) mIra, who bore (dhar) the mighty gOvardhan mountain (giri) on his little finger.

I am not sure of the exact meaning of TADI.

krishnaa · Post by **krishnaa** » 05 Nov 2009, 22:23

Ravi,
good translation!
i think it is supposed to be THADI - which means standing....
the whole line would somewhat mean "as draupadI stood helpless in the court of kauravas..."

the exact meaning of nyArI is unique

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 05 Nov 2009, 23:38

thADi (duh!) - I should have guessed, but I was stuck....

Srivani · Post by **Srivani** » 06 Nov 2009, 06:48

Guys! I don't know how to thank you all!

krishnaa · Post by **krishnaa** » 07 Nov 2009, 00:07

Ravi, it happens sometimes... i think its because of the "hindi written in english"

Srivani, you are welcome...
(although the main credit goes to Ravi)

ksl · Post by **ksl** » 02 Feb 2010, 10:07

I think the correct lyrics are
Bhar(i) sabha me draupadi pukA(d/r)i, rakho laaj hamari..
the rakho laaj hamari is the words said by draupadi..
This is how i was taught...it makes more sense to me than draupadi thAdi rakho laaj hamari...

Also, it is tum bin mori kaun khabhar le..