VERSE 68:

VIPAKṢA LAKṢA HṚT KAMPA SAMPĀDAKA MUKHA ŚRIYĀ
VAŚĪKṚTA BAKĀRATI MĀNASĀ MADANĀLASĀ

The beauty of Her face controls Kṛṣṇa’s mind and gives hundreds of thousands of Her rival-gopīs, like Madanālasā, a heart-attack.

Stavāmṛta Kaṇā Vyākhyā:

The strong desire for loving service that Kṛṣṇa awakens in premamayī Rādhārānī’s heart through śṛṅgāra rasa is called madana here. Her body and mind become bent under the heavy weight of this madana rasa, and causes ever-new waves to rise in the ocean of Śrīmatī’s beauty. That unhurried body and that beauty of Her face cause all Her rivals, like Candrāvalī and Padmā to get a heart-attack, and when Bakārāti (Kṛṣṇa, the enemy of Bakāsura) sees that sweet face He loses His patience, although He is such a powerful hero, and He becomes fully controlled by Śrī Rādhārāṇī.

VERSE 69:

KANDARPA KOṬI RAMYA ŚRĪ JAYI ŚRĪ GIRIDHĀRIṆĀ
CAPALĀPĀṄGA BHAṄGENA VISMĀRITA SATĪVRATĀ

She forgets Her vow of chastity when Śrī Giridhārī, who defeats the loveliness of billions of Cupids, casts His restless playful glances at Her.

Stavāmṛta Kaṇā Vyākhyā:

This verse describes Rādhikā’s prema. When premamayī sees the glances that Śrī Madana Mohana, Cupid’s enchanter, casts at Her, She forgets Her vow of chastity (loyalty to Her husband), although this vow is hard to renounce for virtuous girls, and surrenders Her body, mind and life to Him. Therefore Śrīmatī sings in pūrva rāga (first love):

ki pekhalum yamunā tīre?
kāliyā varaṇa eka, mānuṣa ākāra go, vikāiluṁ tāra ānkhi ṭhāre
niti niti āsi yāy, emon kabhu dekhi nāi, ki khene bāḍāilām pā ghare
guruyā garava kula, nāsāilo kulavatī, kalaṅka coliyā āge phire
kāmera kāmāna jini, bhurūra bhaṅgimā go, hiṅgule beḍiyā duṭi āṅkhi
kāliyāra nayāna bāṇa, marame hānilo go, kālāmaya āmi sab dekhi
cikaṇa kalāra rūpe, ākula korilo go, dharaṇe nā yāya mora hiyā.
koto cāṅda niṅgāḍiyā, mu’khāni mājilo go, yadu kohe koto sudhā diyā

“What did I see on the bank of the Yamunā? I saw a blackish complexioned boy purchasing Me with the beckoning of His eyes! I’ve never seen someone like Him!
He destroys the pride of all the chaste married girls and makes them return to their homes polluted. His arched eyebrows defeat the pride of Cupid’s bow and His reddish eyes are wandering here and there. His arrow-like glances pierce My heart and make Me see everything black (as if fainting. It can also mean that Rādhikā now sees all the directions filled with Kṛṣṇa’s aura Ed.). His glossy blackish form agitates Me and I cannot keep My heart (steady) anymore! How many moons have to be squeezed out to smear His face with their nectar?”

VERSE 70:

KṚṢṆETI VARṆA YUGMORU MOHA MANTREṆA MOHITĀ
KṚṢṆA DEHA VARĀMODA HṚDYA MĀDANA MĀDITĀ

She is greatly enchanted by the two-syllable mantra ‘Kṛṣṇa” and She is intoxicated by the pleasant erotic mood that is most delightful to Kṛṣṇa’s body.

Stavāmṛta Kaṇā Vyākhyā:

Kṛṣṇa does not differ from His name, but this non-difference is experienced according to one’s love. Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī has the greatest love for Him, therefore Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s name is for Her an especially enchanting mahā-mantra. She is enchanted to the greatest extent when She hears the enchanting mantra that contains His name. When She simply hears that name She tells a girlfriend:

pahile śunaluṁ hāma śyāma dui ākhara,
toikhone mana curi kelo

“When I first heard the two syllables of Śyāma’s name My heart was stolen.”

japite japite nāma avaśa korilo go;
kemone vā pāsaribo tāre?

“When I repeat this name I become overwhelmed. How can I forget Him?”

She is intoxicated by the same pleasant erotic mellow that gives the greatest delight to Kṛṣṇa’s body. Śrīmatī’s extraordinary wealth is mādanākhya mahā bhāva, the source of all ecstatic love. rājate hlādinī sāro rādhāyām eva yaḤ sadā (Ujjvala Nīlamaṇi):
“The essence of the Hlādinī-energy exists only in Rādhā.”

This supreme bhāva is called mādana because it maddens rasa-ghana-vigraha Śyāmasundara with topmost bliss. This pleasant transcendental erotic mood delights both subject and object equally, therefore it is fit to be named mādana bhāva mādayatīti mādanah.