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Main balak bahinyan ko chhoto chhinko kihi bidhi payo: meaning

Verse 2 of the Maiya Mori Main Nahin Makhan Khayo

मैं बालक बहिंयन को छोटो छींको किहि बिधि पायो

ग्वाल बाल सब बैर परे हैं बरबस मुख लपटायो

maiṃ bālak bahiṃyan ko choṭo chīṃko kihi bidhi pāyo / gvāl bāl sab bair pare haiṃ barbas mukh lapṭāyo

I'm a little boy with little arms. How could I reach the pot hanging up there? All the cowherd boys have it in for me. They smeared it on my mouth by force.

Words

मैं maiṃI
बालक bālaka child
बहिंयन bahiṃyanarmsBraj form related to Hindi bā̃h, arm.
को koof
छोटो choṭosmall
छींको chīṃkohanging slingFrom Sanskrit śikya, a hanging sling for storing food.
किहि kihiwhat
बिधि bidhiwayBraj form of Sanskrit vidhi, method.
पायो pāyocould I reach
ग्वाल gvālcowherd
बाल bālboys
सब saball
बैर bairenmity
परे parebent on
हैं haiṃare
बरबस barbasby force
मुख mukhmouth
लपटायो lapṭāyosmeared