Matiram Satsai is the famous granth of Braj Bhashas written by Shri Matiram Ji.
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O Śyāmasundara! The forest garland that You once gifted me in that bower on the sacred banks of the Yamunā is now serving to bind my departing life-breaths. Indeed, that very token bestowed by You has become the sole sustenance of my life in Your separation.
A Gopi says: Forsaking the selfless love of Sri Krishna, we do not seek Yoga. Why would those who comprehend the value of gems (pure love) crave scented wick (Yoga)?
In the same manner that a golden vine adorns a dark Tamal tree and lightning with a cloud, Sri Radha adorns dark Shyamsundar, due to their profound love for one another.
May the divine radiant face of Shri Radha dispel the darkness within my heart. Just as the moon's presence causes waves to arise in the ocean, in the same way, when Shri Krishna beholds the moon-like face of Shri Radha, it brings great tidal waves to the ocean of the nectar within His heart.
In Shri Matiram's words, no matter how many efforts are made, an impure heart, like spoiled milk, cannot produce Shri Radha Krishn's love, which is pure butter.
O Kunj-Bihārī, who wears a garland of guñjā berries upon Your chest and a crown adorned with peacock feathers upon Your head, O Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the relisher of the forest bowers, kindly perform Your plays of love within the grove of my heart.
Among all the fallen souls and grievous sinners, such as Ajāmila, I am the foremost offender. O Śrī Kṛṣṇa! Please bestow Your mercy upon me as well, for You are the unfathomable ocean of compassion.
O Rādhikā, no one can equal the beauty of Your lotus face. When the lotus and the moon dared to make such a comparison, the lotus became covered with pollen-dust, and the moon was stained with a blemish. The deeper meaning is that comparing the face of Śrī Rādhā to anything else is utterly improper and foolish.
The gopīs say to Uddhava, “O bumblebee! We are absorbed in the love of Śrī Kṛṣṇa; therefore, your teachings on yoga and impersonal knowledge do not appeal to us. Once one has attained a kingdom, who would wander about begging for alms? We have already attained the kingdom of divine love—why should we seek the alms of yoga?”
May ten thousand handfuls of dust fall into the eyes of those who find no relish in the pure love of Śrī Rādhā and Śrī Kṛṣṇa. In other words, countless condemnations upon those who regard their divine love as something ordinary.
Śrī Rādhā Mahārāṇī alone is the sovereign Queen of Braja. It is by Her grace that the glories of Śrī Kṛṣṇa shine throughout the world. The very Śrī Hari who enchants the minds of all sits here in Braja as the servant even of Śrī Rādhā's maidservants.
