Female Parrots speak to Rādhā
“O Rādhe! Have You forgotten all respect and family reputation? You should not be lying here! Stop sleeping, which deprives You of amorous delights and quickly get up. Just see how the night has ended! Please return to Your home. Do not hurt Your parents by staying here. Look! O playful girl, the eastern sky has turned deep crimson in imitation of Your reddish lotus feet.
“The graceful cakravākī quickly reunites with her dear mate after passing a painful night in separation. Though the full moon desired the radiance of Your face, being unsuccessful, it now wants to give up its life. It is plummeting from the peak of the western mountains. Can anyone prevent this tragedy?[1]”
“O Sumukhī[2]! Please wake up and open Your lotus eyes to see the effulgent faces of Your sakhīs. Your ornaments fell off during the battle of love. Your hair loosened and Your clothing scattered. Your decorations became smudged or wiped off and Your body was bruised. Your sakhīs have come here to assist You[3].”
“O Śaśimukhī[4]! Just look! Here comes that graceful, playful pet doe of Yours named Raṇginī that You fed with Your own hand. Cast Your merciful side-long glance upon her and she will feel satisfied in gaining Your affection.”
“O Krishna-kāntā[5]! The minds of deer are very pure. The doe, thinking that Your reddish lotus feet are tender new buds, quickly approaches to lick them. She keeps trying, even though Your sakhīs drive her away with their lotus hands.”
“O Śaśimukhī! The doe derived great joy from taking Your remnants and drinking Your caraṇāṁṛta. Now she is grief-stricken and sadly gazes at Your moonlike face because You have not looked at her yet. O Rādhā! Hari is curiously measuring the width of the innocent, love-filled eyes of the doe and comparing them with Yours. To remove any doubt of their similarity, Śyāma uses a string of spotless pearls and says,
“Very good, indeed.’”
The affectionate śārikās tried to awaken Rādhā by speaking many pleasing and meaningful words. Afterwards, the ecstatic male parrots approached the kuñja to offer respects to Śrī Krishna[6].
[1] Kṛṣṇāhnika-kaumudī 1.4-6
[2] Beautiful-faced girl
[3] Kṛṣṇāhnika-kaumudī 1.9
[4] Moonface
[5] Lover of Krishna
[6] Kṛṣṇāhnika-kaumudī 1.12-16
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