kṛṣṇāpāṅga taraṅga tuṅgitatarānaṅgāsu raṅgāṁ girāṁ
bhaṅgyā laṅgima saṅgare vidadhatīṁ bhaṅgaṁ nu tad raṅgiṇaḥ
phullat smera sakhī nikāya nihita svāśīḥ sudhāsvādana
labdhonmāda dhuroddhurāṁ bhaja mano rādhām agādhāṁ rasaiḥ
O mind! Worship this Rādhā, Who is endowed with deep flavors, Whose senses are greatly agitated by erotic feelings when they are touched by the waves of Kṛṣṇa’s glances, Who uses Her clever words to stop Kṛṣṇa in the erotic fight and Who becomes proud when She relishes the nectarean blessings of Her smiling girlfriends.
Tika:
When the vision disappears from Śrī Raghunātha dāsa, he becomes very anxious out of separation, and his eyes and mind begin to thirst for the sweet forms, qualities and pastimes of Śrīmatī Rādhikā.
The more the heart of the rāgānuga sādhaka becomes absorbed in constant and eager meditation on Śrī-Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava and he attains a bhāva saṁskāra (emotional reformation), the more he will become absorbed in his svarūpābhimāna (identification with his spiritual body) and desire the devotional service of Śrī Rādhā.
This is the greatest benefit one can have of reading Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī’s Stavāvali-compilation.
Now Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī has another divine vision:
He sees Rasamaya Nāgara Kṛṣṇa casting wave-like glances at Premamayī Rādhā in Madana Sukhadā kuñja.
The arrow-like glances from under Kṛṣṇa’s bow-like eyebrows cause Rādhikā’s senses to become very restless, as a result of which the divine Couple engages in a great erotic battle, which is witnessed by kiṅkarī Tulasī through the latticed windows of the nikuñja. There is no end to this erotic battle.
Suddenly Śrīmatī hears Her girlfriends giggling close to the kuñja and She quickly stops Kṛṣṇa’s erotic fighting with different clever words.
Nāgara is totally overwhelmed of ecstasy by relishing the sweetness of Śrī Rādhā.
The waves of Her mādana rasa take the transcendental youthful Cupid of Vraja to some unknown kingdom.
When Śrīmatī sees Her Nāgara’s condition, She joins Her girlfriends in joking about Him with Her clever words.
The sakhīs praise the cleverness with which Śrīmatī has stopped Kṛṣṇa in the amorous battle after She understood that they were watching everything through the latticed windows of the nikuñja and Śrīmatī becomes very proud when She drinks these nectarean words of praise of Her sakhīs. (They are singing jaya jaya).
Since Tulasī is emotionally nondifferent from Svāminī, her heart also becomes filled with pride.
Suddenly the vision disappears and Śrī Raghunātha dāsa tells his mind to worship this Rādhā who is endowed with deep spiritual flavors in this lovely poetic verse.
kṛṣṇāpāṅga taraṅgete, atyanta vardhita tāte,
kāmābdhi taraṅga atiśaya
yāra sarvendriya grāma, nṛtya kore avirāma,
sei rādhā ṭhākurānī hoy
“The waves of Kṛṣṇa’s glances are always increasing the ocean of Rādhikā’s desires, making Her senses dance without stopping.”
yini vākya kauśalete, kandarpa samara hoite,
nivartita koriyā mādhave
hāsya yukta sakhī yūtha, tādera pradatta yoto,
pāna kori nija vāñchāmṛta
“Her clever words cause Mādhava to stop His participation in Cupid’s battle and make Her drink the nectarean jokes of Her girlfriends, that fulfill all Her desires.”
ho’ye ati unmādinī, garvitā śrī rādhārāṇī,
keli kuñje kore adhiṣṭhāna
he mon! bhajo tumi, kuñjeśvarī vinodinī
madana mohinī yāra nāma
“Śrī Rādhārāṇī thus becomes mad with pride, as She resides in the playgrove. O mind! Worship that Kuñjeśvarī Vinodinī (the queen of the groves, who is pleasure personified) who is named Madana Mohinī (the enchantress of Cupid)!”
