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Meera ke prabhu Giridhar nagar harakh harakh jas gayo: meaning

Closing verse of the Payo Ji Maine Ram Ratan Dhan Payo

मीरा के प्रभु गिरिधर नागर हरख हरख जस गायो

Mīrā ke prabhu Giridhar nāgar harakh harakh jas gāyo

Meera's lord is Giridhar, the graceful one. Full of joy, she sang his praise.

Words

मीरा MīrāMeera
के keof
प्रभु prabhulord
गिरिधर GiridharKrishna, hill-lifterSanskrit giri (mountain) plus dhara (holder): Krishna, who lifted Mount Govardhan.
नागर nāgarthe graceful oneSanskrit nāgara, a person of the city, so someone refined.
हरख harakhjoySpoken form of Sanskrit harṣa, joy.
हरख harakhjoy
जस jaspraise
गायो gāyosang

The lifter of the mountain

Giridhar means 'holder of the mountain'. When Indra sends a great storm against the people of Braj, the young Krishna lifts Mount Govardhan and shelters them under it.

Source: Bhagavata Purana, Book 10