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Prema-Samputa
Once, in the morning, Hari came to Shrimati Radharani’s courtyard
in the beautiful dress of a woman and sat down, shyly covering His eyes with a
crimson apron. When Vrishabhanu’s daughter saw Him from a distance, She said: “O
Lalita! How amazing! Look! Who is that beautiful lotus-faced girl whose dress
and ornaments are enchanting and who illuminates My courtyard with Her emerald
lustre?”
Hearing this, Lalita and Vishakha came before the disguised
Krishna and said: “O slender girl, who are You? Where are You from? Why have
You come here?” But Lord Krishna did not reply.
Shrimati Radharani then came to Krishna in a thoughtful mood and
curiously asked Him: “Who are You? Your lustre enchants My mind. Are You a
goddess? Your form is so beautiful!”
Krishna remained silent, so Radha said: “O beautiful, noble girl.
Quickly satisfy our curiosity by introducing Yourself to us. Know Yourself to
be our intimate friend. O girl with Your head held low, why should You be shy
or afraid before us?”
Hearing that, the disguised Krishna breathed deeply. Seeing that
He partly uncovered His face and remained silent, Shrimati Radharani said: “O
beautiful girl. I understand that You must have some heartache, otherwise You
wouldn’t be in such a condition. O lotus-faced girl, tell us of your problems.
Trust Me completely, and I will try to remove Your distress. The burning
blisters of Your heartache can only be extinguished by revealing Your mind to a
friend.
“Are You now separated from Your love? Are You sorry to see some
faults in him? Maybe You are afraid because You offended him in some way? Or
maybe some of Your enemies have gossiped about You with Your lover? Or maybe
Your husband is not so great, and for that You feel some disgust in Your mind,
after which You have become attached to some other, rare man, for which You,
like Me, are chastised by Your superiors with harsh words. That must be why You
are so sad.
“O slender girl. Has Your co-wife, blinded with pride over her
fortune, pierced Your heart with the arrows of her harsh words? No, that is not
possible, for who could be more beautiful than You? O moon-faced girl, from
Mother Paurnamasi I have heard the story of Mohini. Who could enchant Lord
Shiva other than Her? But even when he was enchanted, You were not! But now,
when Lord Hari will cast His glance at You, even You will be enchanted. It will
be very amusing to see You enchant each other!”
Hearing these words, the disguised Krishna covered His whole body
with His veil to cover the goose pimples of ecstasy that appeared on His skin.
Seeing this, Shrimati Radharani said: “O sakhi! Are You suffering from
something? Do You have pain in Your chest, back or head? O Vishakha, quickly
get the valuable oil My father lovingly gave Me and that can cure all diseases.
That oil is the very form of My father’s love, so I will softly rub the body
and head of this beautiful girl with it with My own hand. Then all the pain
will go from Her limbs. I will remove Her pain by bathing Her in very fragrant
lukewarm water which will cure Her and make Her happy. Then She will be able to
speak clearly with us.”
After some time of massaging the girl, Shrimati Radharani noticed
that Her condition had not changed. She told Her friends: “I was dedicated to
speaking sweet words and curing Her by massaging Her carefully and lovingly
with oil, but still this girl just sits there, saying nothing. Then I
understood She might be a pretender. Maybe She isn’t in any pain. Anyway, I
will try again by applying the elixir obtained from Dhanvantari. That will
nourish Her.
“If I can make the lotus-like palms of the king of the kunjas
touch the breasts of this girl, She will laugh, shriek and call out. What more
can I say? She will make Me smile watching the increase of Her lust!”
Hearing these words, beautiful Krishna covered the smile that
appeared on His lotus-like face with His veil, which He pulled over His curly
locks with His delicate fingers. Shrimati Radharani and Her friends were
astonished. They became like cakora birds, drinking the nectar of Lord
Krishna’s words as He began to speak with a perfectly imitated woman’s voice.
He said: “I am a goddess, and I live in the heavenly planets. I
came to you because I am very sad. Listen, O fair-faced girl, I want to know
something. Who else but You can help Me?”
Shrimati Radharani said: “O beautiful girl. Your identity as a
goddess cannot be false. I can clearly see that You are one. Who is there like
You among the human beings? There is no comparison to Your enchanting lustre! You
can only be compared to Yourself. O girl with a face like an autumn lotus. Are
You separated from Your husband? Don’t feel offended, I’m not trying to make
fun of You, I’m just wondering what’s wrong with You. If You love Me, then
consider Me Yours and reveal Your mind to Me.”
Lord Krishna replied: “Why do you doubt that I am Your friend?
Although I am a goddess, I am Yours! Believe Me when I tell You that I want to
become Your maidservant, having tasted a drop of the ocean of Your love, Your
form and Your qualities. Please listen to Me now. You must remove the heartache
I feel, which is very intense.
“O sakhi! There is a flute sound which resounds in Vrindavana, and
which enters our heavens so forcefully that the heavenly girls not only lose
taste for embracing their husbands, but they feel disgust after remembering
such embraces. When that flute sound, which is like a mixture of nectar and
poison, enters the ears of the demigoddesses it overwhelms them so much that
their bodies look like they are on fire. Seeing this, their husbands cry out:
‘Alas! What has happened?’ and immediately let go of them.
“O sakhi, listen! No-one in heaven is old. Everyone is young, so
who will chastise who? After hearing this flute sound everyone ends up in the
same condition. No-one can mock anyone else! That sound destroys the goddesses’
vows of chastity. When I heard this sound every day I thought to Myself: ‘O!
What makes this sound? Where does it come from?’ Following the sound I came
down from heaven to earth and blissfully stayed at Vamsivata for some days,
seeing Your incomparable pastimes with Shri Hari and becoming acquainted with
His boyfriends and girlfriends there.”
Hearing this, Shrimati Radharani said in a sweet and joking voice:
“O fortunate girl. You are the most intelligent girl in heaven. No-one is more
clever than You, because You still bear the name Sumana (flower or good state
of mind) although Your mind is cut by the sword of eagerness.”
After hearing Shrimati Radharani’s sweet jokes, Krishna coloured
His lips with His sweet smile and said with slightly knitted eyebrows: “O
Radhe! I don’t know anyone who is Your equal in protecting Me from any other
man seeing Me.”
Shrimati Radharani replied: “Is there any need of any other man
after You have enjoyed with Krishna, for Whom You have come here? Tell Me what
You want to ask Me. I only joked with You because I consider You to be My girlfriend.”
Lord Krishna said: “Sakhi. Who can defeat You in joking? O Radhe,
You are My friend. Although You are only a human being, all the goddesses want
to purify themselves by singing Your glories and bowing down to You. I am not
flattering You, so don’t be shy. I’m not indifferent to You, I can never lie to
You. Even Lakshmi and Parvati are not equal to You in auspicious attributes!
There is no girl in the three worlds or beyond them with so much love as You,
and even in their minds these girls don’t dare to challenge You. I have heard
this in Parvati’s assembly on the peak of Mount Kailash. Hearing of Your
glories I wanted to see You, but then I became upset. Unfortunately My heart
does not break of sorrow, because it is so hard.”
Hearing this, Shrimati Radharani said: “ Sakhi! Why are You upset?
Tell Me quickly.” But Krishna could not reply, for His voice was choked with
tears, so He remained silent as tears streamed over His face. Radha personally
wiped these tears from His eyes with Her sari.
Lord Krishna remained silent for a moment and then told Shrimati
Radharani: “How did you develop this strong, causeless, incomparable love for
this lusty boy, Krishna? How can You give Yourself so much misery by trusting
such an untrustworthy boy as Him? Although He is adorned with qualities like
beauty, heroism, incomparable fortune and fame, Krishna also has one fault, by
which all these qualities are spoiled. That is that He does not consider
someone else’s love, and that He is very lusty. Therefore He is not fit to take
shelter of.
“One day Krishna plays many games with You, showing You much false
love, taking You like a naive girl to a secluded place at night. But then He
leaves You to go off to some other girl. Hearing Your lamentations over this,
all Your girlfriends and even the vines and birds begin to cry. I have been
watching all this, hiding at Vamsivata, feeling much pain over it.
“During the rasa dance, Krishna left all the gopis to show special
feelings to You. But after becoming tired of playing with You in the forest
after a while He suddenly left You alone again!
“I cannot forget Your loud lamentations at that time, as You
fainted from misery. Through all eight stages of life until death these
lamentations of Yours will remain burned into My heart.
“I am a goddess, O famous girl. I never feel any pain. But alas!
Even My heart was suddenly pierced by a spear of pity after seeing You like
that. There seems to be no way to take that spear out. My heart is so attached
to You that it has no desire to know anything about heaven, and it is not able
to remain here for even a second. My mind is spinning and is unable to stay at
ease. Now, after a long time, I am revealing My feelings to You.
“I have become afraid of Krishna, because He is simply devoid of
piety and shame, and He never traverses the path of compassion. As a baby He
killed a woman (Putana), in his childhood a calf (Vatsasura) and in His youth a
bull (Aristasura)!”
Shrimati Radharani replied: “O beautiful girl. You have the same
indescribable potency as Krishna. Although You are criticizing Him so much, My
mind is still very attached to You. You are My friend. Don’t go back to heaven,
but always stay with Me in Vraja. I will open the box of my love and show all
the excellent jewels in it.”
Lord Krishna said: “Alas! Still You don’t trust Me. Don’t just ask
Me to be Your friend. I want to Your maidservant. Be pleased with Me and order
Me. I swear to You on the name of Lord Vishnu, be pleased with Me. I have no
other shelter than You.”
Hearing this, Shrimati Radharani said: “Sakhi. If you want to
understand My love for Krishna then listen. Prema is so great that even the
knowers of the Vedas cannot know it, nor others who claim to know it. Sakhi!
One who teaches prema to an inquisitive person cannot know it, nor can their
hearer know it. It’s all just imitation! Prema disappears before both the
discriminate and indiscriminate person, but that pure-hearted soul who is free
from discrimination and who is full of sacred greed, is able to approach the
throne of natural love. That is shown through the lover’s activities, which are
only dedicated to the happiness of the beloved.
“Just as a lion feeds himself on elephants, prema feeds itself,
defeating all miseries that are as heavy as mountains and are caused by things
of this world, the next world, one’s own family, one’s enemies or one’s most
beloved one. That lion of prema is proud of its bodily lustre and is fearless.
He can go to sleep without worrying. What worries will the lion have when the
dogs of unfavourable attachments bark? Prema shines like a lamp in the
darkness.
“Because of this deceitfulness, prema appears to be fresh and
intoxicating at every moment, giving joy to the three worlds like the cool moon
(during union) and heat like the burning sun at the time of universal
destruction during separation.
“O dear sakhi! In whom else in all the three worlds or beyond them
but in Krishna, the prince of the cowherds, is this prema to be found? Only the
doe-eyed gopis of Vrindavana can relish this, according to their qualifications
“Sometimes this prema, which gives Krishna unlimited bliss,
appears to be lust, but sometimes lust also looks like prema to some people.
Krishna, the crown jewel of clever artists, knows this, but that lust does not
make Him happy. And when one gopi says: ‘O my friend, I’m very much afflicted
by feeling of separation. Quickly bring me to Krishna’ then You should not
think that is lust, because she is only interested in Krishna’s happiness then.
“Krishna is an ocean of love, a mine of jewel-like qualities, and
He is most attractive to the girls. For this He shows symptoms of lust like
deceitfulness, naughtiness and crookedness, but this is actually prema. Can a
hundred thousand girls, even with great endeavor, satisfy Krishna’s desires?
None of them can. So it must be their causeless love for Him that makes Him
interested in them.
“Of all these gopis, Lord Krishna is most attracted to Me. That is
well known in the world. That can never be false. He considers My love to be as
great as Mount Meru, and the love of the other gopis to be like three or four
mustard seeds. Krishna reciprocates with the love of the other gopis, and He
enjoys with them accordingly. That is not wrong of Him, but if one gopi gets
out of line and makes Him unhappy, then I become very sad.
“If Krishna sometimes doesn’t show up at the meeting place, then I
know He must have met some obstacle. Even though His mind is fixed on Me He may
feel obliged sometimes to enjoy with some other gopi, being stopped on His way
by her. He will not feel happy with her, but be burning in a fire of misery the
whole night. For this sorrow of His I am again very sad. I will cry, thinking:
‘My dress, ornaments and form are all useless!’ You have all experienced that.
“Then when Krishna humbly comes to Me in the morning I will
angrily tell Him: ‘Go back and enjoy with that other girl.’ But that is also
all for His pleasure. That is the way of love in Vraja.
“I show My own feelings by saying: ‘O cheater! Why did You leave
Me to go to another girl?’ and Krishna shows His feelings by standing before Me
with the love-signs of another girl on His body, admitting His own offense.
“Therefore I am saying, O sakhi, as long as the light of prema
does not shine through the face, it will shine steadily in the abodes of both
the lover’s hearts. But if it is brought outside it will vanish or dim. The
candle of prema can show its own abundant lustre to a realized soul as it comes
out through the windows of the eyes and it illuminates the cheeks, lips,
forehead and chest in a sublime way. But although this prema shines from the
face of Krishna, it is never satisfied, because He cleverly covers it with a
curtain of lies, so that it will look like lust.
“When one lover is angry with Him, Krishna will say: ‘O dearest
one, I love you the most! I cannot even dream of letting another girl in My
heart!’ But when that girl stays angry with Him, seeing the love-signs of
another girl on Him, He will come and tell Me all this.
“Then He will describe the beauty and sweetness of My face and
eyes, just to enjoy with Me, as if He is overwhelmed by lust. But He does not
show His prema by saying ‘You are My life’ and so on.
“But when a gopi is burning in the fire of separation and the
ocean of her patience is reduced to a spoonful by her eagerness to meet Him,
she reveals her prema by singing verses like:
yat te sujata-caranamburuham staneshu
bhitah shanaih priya dadhimahi karkasheshu
tenatavim atasi tad vyathate na kim svit
kurpadibhir bhramati dhir bhavad-ayusham nah
“O dearly beloved! Your lotus feet are so soft that we place them
gently on our breasts, fearing that Your feet will be hurt. Our life rests only
in You. Our minds, therefore, are filled with anxiety that Your tender feet
might be wounded by pebbles as You roam about on the forest path.” (SB
10.31.19)
“In this way she clearly expresses her unmotivated love for
Krishna. Although the life-airs are unable to penetrate the deep darkness of
this great separation, the lamp of prema shines brightly in it, because it is
nourished by the oil of great affection.
“After abandoning the gopis in the rasa dance He also left Me.
Listen to why He did this. The prince of Vraja is an ocean of divine love, and
He considers Me to be the greatest of His lovers. I can never take offense at
His behaviour.
“He seated Me on a divine throne of matchless good fortune and adorned
Me with many kinds of jewel-like pastimes, wandering from one forest to another
with Me, and enjoying loving pastimes with Me without remembering any other
gopi. Then I thought to Myself: ‘My girlfriends cannot see this great
nectar-ocean of bliss. Where are they now, afflicted by separation? What shall
I do?
“If We wait here for a moment, the sakhis who are wandering here
and there looking for Us will soon find Us.’ Thinking like this, I told
Krishna: ‘Dearest one, I cannot go any further.’ And we sat down for a moment.
“Shri Krishna, the crown jewel of clever pranksters, and the
foremost relisher of transcendental mellow, knew what was on My mind and
thought to Himself: ‘If I wander through the forest with Shrimati Radharani
there will be no happiness. All the gopis will become sad, and if We both wait
for them here they will find us and chastise Us for leaving them. Then all our
lilas will stop for the night and the gopis will go home without dancing the
rasa dance with Me.’
“Therefore He left Me, so that the gopis would put the blame on
Him instead of Me, and they would love Me in all respects. He thought: ‘They
will be immersed in an ocean of astonishment after seeing Her matchless fever
of separation from Me. Their pride of their love for Me will be diminished and
they will see how Radha is billions of times better than all of them, in the
mood of union and in separation.
“He thought: ‘They may think that I am lusty, and that is why I
left them to play with Shrimati Radharani, although their love for Me is much
greater than Hers. Thus they may accuse Us. But when they are burned by the
flames of separation from Me that burn Shrimati Radharani, as they come closer
to Her, they will realize that these flames are much higher than the
insignificant fires of their love.
“He thought: ‘I want them all to unite, and in this way My desire
will be fulfilled. At the same time they will not be jealous when I later dance
in the middle of the circle of the rasa dance, with Shrimati Radharani as the
central gopi. Just as one is ultimately helped by an eye-ointment that
initially burns, similarly a well-meaning friend sometimes has to give pain to
his friend to help him.’
“O goddess. Thinking like this, Krishna lovingly carried Me on His
chest for a while and then said: ‘Dearest One, just wait here for a moment.’
Then He left Me behind in a soft place.
“When Krishna saw how upset I was about this He felt very sorry,
but just as He was about to return to console Me, My girlfriends came and found
Me there and comforted Me in My mood of intense separation.
“Actually, Krishna didn’t do anything wrong by killing the demons
Aristasura, Bakasura, Aghasura, Vatsasura and the deceitful Putana, because
they were killed by the power of Lord Vishnu, who appeared in Him (Krishna) to
protect the devotees. Krishna’s transcendental feats, like killing these demons
and lifting Govardhana Hill prove Garga Muni’s words to Nanda Maharaja that
Krishna is equal to Lord Narayana in qualities. But, O devi, Lord Narayana
cannot equal Krishna in form, attributes and sweetness. That’s what I
understood from the words of Garga, the best of the Munis.”
Hearing these beautiful words of Shrimati Radharani, Lord Hari
eagerly said: “I know that You are the only vessel of the prema You have just
described. O dear friend! The essence of your ambrosial talks about prema is
that it makes the lover’s faults look like qualities, it makes the misery the
lover gives seem like the beloved taste of nectar, it makes one unable to tolerate
even the slightest misery that the lover may feel, it makes one unable to give
up one’s body and it makes the lover seem glorious even though he may not be
glorious at all. That is prema, O Radha, and You are the only shelter of that
prema, just as I have heard in Parvati’s assembly.
“But, O sakhi! Hari does not have that same love for You. That I
can see from his activities! Therefore My heart burns when I see Your heart
burning in a forest fire of misery.
“How can we believe Your explanation of why He left You in the
rasa dance? We have never heard this from Him, nor from His friends. And when
did they ever speak the truth?
Shrimati Radharani said: “Sakhi! I know exactly and immediately
what is on My lover’s mind.”
Lord Krishna replied: “Radha! How could You know? Have You studied
the Acyuta yoga scriptures, so that You know how to enter other people’s
bodies?”
Shrimati Radharani said: “You are a demigoddess, so You are always
eager to learn this Acyuta yoga. I am but a human being, so how can I be like
You? If you think You can believe Me, I will tell You how I can know what is in
My lover’s mind. Otherwise, why should I waste My words?”
Lord Krishna replied: “O, My dear Radha. If You can logically
convince Me, then why shouldn’t I believe You? Your lover may be an ocean of
qualities, but I don’t believe He actually loves You.
Shrimati Radharani said: “You are an expert joker. You must be
joking when You call someone who does not know the mind of Her beloved a seer
who is able to enter someone else’s body or mind.”
Krishna said: “Radha, I am sorry that You cannot see Krishna,
although You claim to know His mind. Why are You crying loudly?” Shrimati
Radharani said: “ You speak the truth, but listen. At that time I did not have
this intuitive feeling. I was just crying out of separation from Krishna.”
Krishna then said: “Gandarvike. I don’t argue whether You know His
mind or not, but the question is if He knows Yours.” Radha replied: “He knows
My mind. Why do You ask? Listen to the secret surrounding this. I will tell
You, only because You control Me with Your love.”
Krishna said: “Radhe! I ask You this boldly because I am
overwhelmed with love for You. You should tell Me it exactly as I want to hear
it, and don’t hide anything.”
Shrimati Radharani said: “We know what is in each other’s minds,
and We always dwell there. This is not imagination. We are actually one soul.
We can never be split in two.
“We are one soul, full of deep rasa, with a golden and bluish
form, like two lotus flowers, one golden and the other blue, in one lake. As a
two-wicked cup full of oil destroys the darkness on both sides, We destroy the
darkness of Our nearby girlfriends with Our two bodies, although We are one
soul.
“O sakhi! When the wind of separation seems to blow out the lamp
of our love, Our expert girlfriends carefully protect it and give it new life
by arranging for Us to meet each other. O auspicious girl. Remove the darkness
of Your doubts by opening the box of My heart and looking at the secret jewels
of love in it. Hold them in Your heart and never show them to anyone!”
Krishna said: “I carefully considered what You told Me just now,
and now My mind becomes very eager to directly test Your words. Now You are
here, but where is Your lover? Is He at home or is He tending His cows in the
forest? How can you make Me believe that You are one soul without allowing Me
to test it? O fair-faced girl, I will firmly believe You when You can show Me
that You are thinking of the same thing as Him at the same time. Is Your lover
close by or far away? Quickly think of this and I will gladly believe that You
are one soul with two bodies.
“I will not be faithless if by chance You cannot meet because You
are withheld by Your superiors, because of some demon, or because of any other
reason, though You may be thinking of each other. Although You are locked in
Your house and You cannot call Your lover, go out to meet Him or bring Him to
You, still, O restless eyed girl, You must remember Him just once on My
request. O Krishna-priya, we will be very happy if He would come. Now is a good
opportunity, because Your superiors are not here. So fearlessly remove the
misery coming from My doubts.”
Being requested like this, Maharaja Vrishabhanu’s daughter said:
“O sakhi, don’t make fun of Me. If I cannot do what You want, My prema will be
put to shame by My great pain.”
Then Shrimati Radharani prayed: “O You who are praised by the
demigods. O effulgent one. O My chosen Deity, the sungod. O You who gladdens
the three worlds with His audience. O fulfiller of all desires. O merciful one.
O Lord of the lotus flowers. O witness of all truths and falsehoods. If
Gandarvika and Giridhari are one soul, then let Giridhari now appear before Me
to please My girlfriends.”
Saying this, Shrimati Radharani meditated on Her beloved Lord,
Shri Krishna, with closed eyes, controlling Her senses like a yogini. Then Lord
Krishna gave up His female disguise, winked at His loyal girlfriends and began
to kiss and embrace Shrimati Radharani. Shrimati Radharani’s skin was studded
with goose pimples of ecstasy when She saw Her lover coming in Her meditation
as well externally, and She washed the mascara from Her eyes with Her ecstatic
tears.
When fair-eyed Radha came back to Her senses She shyly covered Her
face with Her veil, while Lalita told Krishna: “O playful one. It’s most
amazing that You came here in such an unseen way. This inner chamber is only
accessible to housewives, and even the wind cannot enter it. Any man who can
enter this chamber is the crest jewel of all bold men. Not only is this chamber
hard to enter, but Shrimati Radharani is also protected by Her friends like me.
All the chaste women purify themselves by bathing in the pure Ganges water of
Shrimati Radharani’s fame. You are so shameless! My friend sat down on Her
asana to meditate before worshipping the Sungod after Her ritual bath, and now
You have forcibly touched and contaminated Her. Aren’t You afraid of the
Sungod? Have You given up all social and religious etiquette? Don’t You have
any shame? Anyway, Madhava, You’re lucky today. Jatila and Abhimanyu are not at
home and we are all weak girls. O best of the womanizers, You are very lucky!”
Lord Krishna replied: “It’s not my fault. I was playing in the
courtyard of My barn when I suddenly remembered Shrimati Radharani, and then
this goddess brought Me here.”
Radha said: “Lalita! Where is this goddess now? I have to see her
to believe her.” Lalita said: “The goddess became free from distress when she
saw You meeting with Krishna. Now she shines in this room, and we have all
become most happy.”
Lord Krishna said: “Show Me that goddess.” But Lalita remained
silent. Krishna then said: “In such a short time I have understood Your shamelessness.
Has any perfected lady or goddess come here, from whom you have taken a perfect
mantra with which you want to control Me and force Me into slavery? O Shrimati
Radharani, I also want a mantra from this goddess. Help Me to get the same
mantra that You received. I very eagerly take shelter of You. Take Me to a
lonely place and make Me Your disciple.”
Shrimati Radharani said: “Your flute already knows that enchanting
art with which You take the chaste housewives on Your lap.” Krishna replied: “But
if You steal the flute, then what will be My destination? Even through My flute
I cannot have My desires fulfilled.”
Lalita said: “Seeing You, this goddess shyly hides inside the
house without coming out. So how can she give You this mantra? If You are eager
to get it, then go inside Yourself. If she is kind upon You, You will have Your
desires fulfilled.”
After hearing this, Lord Krishna entered the house and Shrimati
Radharani said: “Lalita, what’s happening? I’m afraid.” Lalita replied: “What
are You afraid of? Come, we’ll all go with You and Hari to see this sakhi.”
The seeds of Krishna’s words were thus planted in Radha’s
field-like heart and sprinkled with the nectar stream of jokes of the cloudlike
sakhis, causing a stream of arguments to sprout, that bore the juicy fruit of
true conclusions.
Then Lalita said: “Sakhi! That goddess has disappeared. Where has
she gone? We’re quickly going out to look for her. You can make Your beloved
happy by giving Him this mantra Yourself.” Then she quickly left with her
girlfriends.
At that time Shri Shri Radha-Krishna decorated each other with so
many play jewels from Their love box, thus defeating the lustre of millions of
Cupids. Even the great saints defeat Cupid by always hearing, glorifying and
remembering such loving transcendental pastimes. Anyone who faithfully hears or
describes this pastime of the Supreme Lord with the gopis of Vraja attains
supreme devotion to Krishna, and quickly becomes free from the heart’s disease
of lust, becoming fixed in Krishna consciousness.
This book "Prema Samputa” was compiled by someone on the bank
of Radhakunda and Shyamakunda in the
month of Phalguna (February-March) 1606 Saka era (1685 AD).