Sri Radha-Krishna-premodyoga-varnana Description of Sri Radha-Krishna's Falling in Love
Text 1
sri-narada uvaca
idam maya te kathitam kaliyasyapi mardanam sri-krishna-caritam punyam kim bhuyah srotum icchasi
Sri Narada said: I have recounted to you Sri Krishna's sacred pastime of crushing Kaliya. What more do you wish to hear?
Text 2
sri-bahulasva uvaca
sri-krishnasya katham srutva bhaktas triptim na yati hi yathamarah sudham pitva yathalih padma-karnikam
Sri Bahulasva said: As a demigod never tires of drinking nectar and a bee never tires of drinking from the whorl of a lotus, so a devotee never tires of hearing Sri Krishna's pastimes.
When Lord Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was a child, and Sri Radha was unhappy at heart because She yearned to enjoy the rasa dance with Him, in Bhandiravana forest a divine voice said:
Text 4
socam ma kuru kalyani vrindaranye manohare manorathas te bhavita sri-krishnena mahatmana
O beautiful one, don't lament. In beautiful Vrindavana forest Your desire to enjoy with Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, will be fulfilled.
After the divine voice spoke these words how did the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is a great ocean of fulfilled desires, come to beautiful Vrindavana forest??
The two friends drew a picture, handsome and filled with the sweetness of new youth, of Nanda's son, Krishna, and gave it to Radha.
Text 13
tad drishtva harshita radha krishna-darsana-lalasa citram kare prapasyanti sushvapananda-sankula
When Radha saw the picture She became very happy. Gazing at the picture in Her hand, yearning to see Krishna, and now overcome with bliss, She fainted.
As She slept in Her home, Vrishabhanu's daughter Radha dreamed of going to the Yamuna, where She gazed at Krishna, dark as a monsoon cloud, dressed in yellow garments, and dancing in Bhandiravana forest.
O king of Videha, when Radha rose from sleep, She was filled with the anguish of separation from Krishna. Always thinking of His handsome form, She thought the three worlds had become like a single blade of grass.
Going to a window and, as Her two friends pointed to Him, gazing at Krishna, the master of Vraja as He walked on the narrow path from His own forest to King Vrishabhanu's palace, beautiful Radha fainted.
Text 17
krishno 'pi drishtva vrishabhanu-nandinim surupa-kausalya-yutam gunasrayam kurvan mano rantum ativa madhavo lila-tanuh sa prayayau sva-mandiram
Glancing at Vrishabhanu's beautiful daughter Radha, who sheltered a host of transcendental virtues, and deciding in His heart to enjoy with Her, playful Krishna went on to His own palace.
Seeing Her anguished by Krishna's absence and Her heart tortured by flames of love for Him, beautiful Lalita-sakhi spoke to Vrishabhanu's daughter Radha.
O beautiful one, even now that You have found the person that brings all happiness to the world, Your heart still burns like the fire in a potter's kiln.
Text 21
sri-narada uvaca
lalitayas ca lalitam vacah srutva vrajesvari netre unmilya lalitam praha gadgadaya gira
Sri Narada said: Hearing Lalita's graceful words, Vraja's goddess, Radha, opened Her eyes and spoke in a faltering voice.
Text 22
sri-radhovaca
vrajalankara-caranau na praptau yadi me kila kadacid vigraham tarhi na hi svam dharayamy aham
Sri Radha said: If I cannot attain His feet, which now decorate this land of Vraja, I will not keep My body alive.
Sri Narada said: Terrified by hearing these words, Lalita went to Krishna by the Yamuna's beautiful shore.
Text 24
madhavi-jala-samyukte madhura-dhvani-sankule kadamba-mule rahasi praha caikakinam harim
Finding Krishna all alone under a kadamba tree in a solitary place laced with a network of flowering madhavi vines and filled with sweet sounds, Lalita spoke.
Text 25
sri-lalitovaca
yasmin dine ca te rupam radhaya drishtam adbhutam tad-dinat stambhatam prapta putrikeva na vakti kim
Sri Lalita said: Since the day She first saw Your wonderful form, Radha has been stunned. She is like a motionless puppet. She does not even speak.
Please know that Her ornaments have become for Her like dazzling suns, Her clothing like a shower of sparks, Her perfumes bitter, Her palace a solitary wilderness, Her flowers sharp arrows, and the moon a pot of poison. O, please give to Radha the sight of You, a sight that will destroy Her sufferings.
Text 28
te sakshinah kim viditam na bhu-tale srijasy alam pasi harasy atho jagat yada samano 'si janeshu sarvatas tathapi bhaktan bhajase paresvara
You see everything. In this world what do You not know? You create, protect, and destroy the universe. O Supreme Lord. although You are equal to all, You worship Your devotees.
Sri Narada said: Hearing Lalita's graceful words, Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, spoke with words deep as thunder.
Text 30
sri-bhagavan uvaca
sarvam hi bhavam manasah parasparam na hy ekato bhamini jayate tatah premaiva kartavyam ato mayi svatah premna samanam bhuvi nasti kincit
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: We both feel this love in Our hearts. O noble girl, it is not that only one of Us feels it. She should love Me. In this world there is nothing equal to the love She bears for Me.
Text 31
yatha hi bhandiravane manoratho babhuva tasya hi tatha bhavishyati ahaitukam prema ca sadbhir asritam tac capi santah kila nirgunam viduh
The desire She felt in Bhandiravana forest will be fulfilled. Saintly devotees take shelter of pure unalloyed love for Me. Saintly devotees know that love for Me is beyond the touch of the matter.
Text 32
ye radhikayam mayi kesave manag bhedam na pasyanti hi dugdha-sauklavat ta eva me brahma-padam prayanti tad ahaituka-sphurjita-bhakti-lakshanah
Pure devotees who see no difference between Sri Radha and Myself, Lord Krishna, attain My spiritual abode, which is pure as the whitest milk.
Text 33
ye radhikayam mayi kesave harau kurvanti bhedam ku-dhiyo jana bhuvi te kala-sutram prapatanti duhkhita rambhoru yavat kila candra-bhaskarau
Fools who see a difference between Sri Radha and Myself, Lord Krishna, fall onto the string of time. O girl with thighs like banana trees, they are tortured for as long the sun and moon exist.
Text 34
sri-narada uvaca
ittham srutva vacah kritsnam natva tam lalita sakhi radham sametya rahasi praha prahasitanana
Sri Narada said: After hearing all these words, and after bowing before the Lord, Lalita-sakhi, her face full of smiles, approached Radha in a solitary place and spoke to Her.
Sri Narada said: O king, after hearing Her friend's words, Sri Radha, the goddess of the rasa dance, spoke to Her friend Candranana, the best of the knowers of religion.
Text 38
sri-radhovaca
sri-krishnasya prasannartham param saubhagya-vardhanam maha-punyam vanchita-dam pujanam vada kasyacit
Sri Radha said: Please tell Me what kind of worship I should perform to please Sri Krishna, worship that will bring auspiciousness, piety, and the fulfillment of My desire.
O beautiful one, You heard the religious scriptures from Garga Muni's own mouth. O noble-hearted one, please tell Me what vow or what worship I should perform.
GARGA SAMHITA Sri Radha-Krishna-premodyoga-varnana Description of Sri Radha-Krishna's Falling in Love
by Paramananda das
Sep 13