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Chapter
30
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Chapter
30: The
Gopīs Search for Krishna Gone with Rādhā
(2) The
women who in their hearts
were overwhelmed by the movements, affectionate
smiles, playful glances, charming talks and
other graceful gestures of the husband of Ramā,
being absorbed in Him thereupon enacted each of
those wonderful activities.
(28) He must have been
perfectly honored by her [ārādhitah, see
Rādhā] as being the Supreme,
One Lord and Controller, for Govinda, thus being
pleased, has turned us down and taken her
separate.
Chapter
31: The
Songs of the Gopīs in Separation
(10) We are happy to meditate on
Your affectionate smiles full of divine love, Your
glances and Your pastimes, but the intimate
conversations, which go straight to our hearts, oh
deceiver, agitate our minds! (11) When You leave Vraja to
herd the animals, oh Master, it does not feel
good, oh Lover, to think of Your feet being hurt
by the sharp and hard grasses and sprouting
plants, oh Master, those feet that are more
beautiful than a lotus.
Chapter
32: Krishna
Returns to the Gopīs
(11-12) The Almighty One took
them with Him and arrived at the banks of the
Yamunā. There the auspicious river with the hands of her
waves had collected soft sands. The kunda and mandāra
flowers fragrantly bloomed with bees [attracted] by the autumnal breeze,
while the moon, plentifully shining, with its
rays dispelled the darkness of the night.
Chapter
33: The Rāsa Dance
(3-4) The festival of the dance
commenced with the gopīs positioned in a
circle. Krishna, the Controller of the Mystic
Union, always keeping Himself situated between two
of them, held His arms around the necks of the
women next to Him. At that moment the sky was
crowded by hundreds of celestial carriers
belonging to the denizens of heaven with their
wives whose minds were carried away by curiosity.
(17) The Master of the
Goddess of Fortune, thus with His embraces, the
touches of His hands, His affectionate glances
and His broad playful smiles, enjoyed it to be
together with the young women of Vraja, just
like a boy does playing with His own reflection.
Chapter
34: Sudars'ana
Delivered and
S'ankhacūda Killed
(12-13) The [erstwhile] serpent said: 'I am Sudars'ana, a certain Vidyādhara
well-known for his opulence and appearance. I used
to wander all the directions in my celestial
carrier. Because I, conceited about my appearance,
ridiculed the sages who descended from Angirā I, for my sin of deriding
them, was made to assume this ugly
form.
(31) Overtaking him like it
was nothing, the Almighty Lord with His fist
knocked off the crest jewel of the villain
together with his head.
Chapter
35: The
Gopīs Sing of Krishna as
He Wanders in the Forest
(18-19) At times, when He, with the
garland around His neck smelling of the by
Him favored tulsī, counts the cows on a
string of colored beads and then, throwing
His arm over the shoulder of a loving
companion, sings, the wives of the black
deer, the doe - just like the gopīs who
gave up their civil aspirations -,
approach that ocean of transcendental
qualities to sit at His side with their hearts stolen by the
sound produced by Krishna's flute.
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