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Yah lai apni lakuti kamariya bahutahin nach nachayo: meaning

Verse 4 of the Maiya Mori Main Nahin Makhan Khayo

यह लै अपनी लकुटि कमरिया बहुतहिं नाच नचायो

सूरदास तब बिहँसि जसोदा लै उर कंठ लगायो

yah lai apnī lakuṭi kamariyā bahutahiṃ nāc nacāyo / Sūrdās tab bihãsi Jasodā lai ur kaṇṭh lagāyo

Here, take your herding stick and blanket back. You've run me around quite enough. Surdas says: then Yashoda burst out laughing and hugged him to her chest.

Words

यह yahthis
लै laitake
अपनी apnīyour
लकुटि lakuṭistickCompare Sanskrit lakuṭa, a stick or club.
कमरिया kamariyālittle blanketFrom kambal, blanket, from Sanskrit kambala.
बहुतहिं bahutahiṃfar too much
नाच nācdance
नचायो nacāyoyou made me
सूरदास SūrdāsSurdas
तब tabthen
बिहँसि bihãsilaughingFrom Sanskrit vi-has, to laugh out.
जसोदा JasodāYashodaBraj form of Sanskrit Yaśodā.
लै laitaking
उर urto her chest
कंठ kaṇṭhto her neck
लगायो lagāyoheld