PĀDĀṄGULĪ NIHITA DṚṢṬIM APATRAPIṢṆUṀ
DŪRĀD UDĪKṢYA RASIKENDRA MUKHENDU BIMBAM
VĪKṢYE CALAT PADAGATIṀ CARITĀBHIRĀMĀṀ
JHAṄKĀRA NŪPURAVATĪṀ BATA KARHI RĀDHĀM

When can I see Rādhā with Her charming character shyly looking down at Her own toes when She sees the moon-like face of Kṛṣṇa, the king of relishers, from afar as She steps along with jingling anklebells?

BASHFUL ŚRĪ RĀDHĀ

Commentary:
Śyāma hears from a parrot that Rādhā is going to the Yamunā to take a bath, so after milking His cows He leaves His cowherd friends behind on the pretext of wanting to admire the beauty of the gardens of Nandīśvara Hill, and goes to the bank of the Yamunā.
Svāminī sees Rasikendra’s moon-like face from a short distance.
First She was excited by waves of passionate feelings for Śyāmasundara when She saw the blackish water of the Yamunā and now She even sees Her lover’s moon-like face directly! Śrīmati’s limbs become beautified by the twenty bhāvālankāras (emotional ornaments), of which vilāsa is one:

gati sthānāsanādīnāṁ mukha netrādi karmaṇām
tat kālikaṁ tu vaiśiṣṭyaṁ vilāsaḥ priya saṅgajam
(Ujjvala Nīlamaṇi)

“When the steps, sitting posture, face and eyes of the beloved become extra special because she meets Her lover, it is called vilāsa.”

Śrīmatī timidly looks down to Her own toe nails. How sweetly She looks then! It is as if sweetness gushes out of Her!

In Govinda Līlāmṛta (9.11) it is described as follows:

puraḥ kṛṣṇālokāt sthagita kuṭilasya gatir abhūt
tiraś cīnaṁ kṛṣṇāmbara dara vṛtaṁ śrī mukham api
calat tāraṁ sphāraṁ nayana yugam abhūgnam iti sā
vilāsākhya svālaṅkarana valitāsīt priya mude

“When Rādhā sees Kṛṣṇa before Her She is stunned and Her gait becomes crooked. She bends Her head and slightly covers Her face with Her blue veil, the pupils of Her eyes move about restlessly and Her eyes become wide and crooked. When She is thus beautified by the bhāvālankāra named vilāsa She gives Her beloved great pleasure.”

In Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Śrī Kṛṣṇa says:

ei bhāva yukta dekhi rādhāsya nayana;
saṅgama hoite sukha pāy koṭi guṇa

“When I see these moods on Rādhā’s face and in Her eyes, I get a million times more pleasure than when I directly unite with Her.”

The duty of mahābhāva is to make Kṛṣṇa happy. When anurāga becomes unlimited it becomes like the powerful sun, destroying the darkness of personal desires in the cave of the heart and filling even the most subtle realms of the heart with desires for Kṛṣṇa’s happiness. This is called mahābhāva, and Śrī Rādhā’s very form is composed of this mahā-bhāva. It is therefore logical that all Her activities are meant for Kṛṣṇa’s pleasure. Mahā-bhāva is as if gushing from Her transcendental body. The kinkarī sees how Śrīmati’s rasika ankle bells jingle, twanging the strings of Śyāmasundara’s heart with rasa. She experiences how Śrīmati is now caritābhirāma, enchanting the eyes and the minds of Śyāmasundara and Her maidservants. Śrīpāda also considers his own eyes and mind to be blessed by experiencing Śrīmatī’s sweet behavior and character. The maidservants then accomplish the meeting of Śrīmatī and Her Nāgara, Who is eager to enjoy Her sweetness.