जसवदा मैय्यां नित सतावे कनैय्यां

This poem evokes a playful and affectionate atmosphere, capturing the exasperated yet indulgent humor of a domestic scene defined by Krishna’s relentless childhood mischief. The imagery centers on a bustling, sun-drenched household courtyard where the young deity is depicted fearlessly leading boisterous cattle indoors and delighting in the chaos of waking sleeping children, while his mother watches with a mixture of feigned frustration and boundless love. Through this lighthearted narrative, the domestic setting transforms into a symbol of divine intimacy, where the audacity of the child—his dhithai or stubborn playfulness—serves as the bridge for Mira’s devotional surrender. The overall tone is one of joyful hasya, balancing the mundane frustrations of a busy mother with the profound, tender reverence of a devotee bowing at the feet of the Divine.

जसवदा मैय्यां नित सतावे कनैय्यां (Jasvada Maiyyan Nit Satave Kanaiyyan), by Mirabai runs to 4 lines, set as Three-stanza devotional song with a refrain. Its governing rasa is Hasya, shaded by Shringara. The metre is pada. Rhyme falls as irregular.

Read it for बाल कृष्ण की नटखट शरारतों का वर्णन and गोपियों का यशोदा से उलाहना. 3 words in it carry older or regional senses, so the poem rewards a second pass.

The verse is hung beside Yashoda and Krishna: Bathed in a warm, intimate atmosphere, this tender pastoral scene radiates the profound emotional depth of vatsalya rasa, the sacred Hindu aesthetic of maternal love. Mother Yashoda is depicted engaged in the daily…