Prem Sarovar Barsana

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Once, Radha and Krishna, surrounded by Lalita and the other sakhis, were immersed in various kinds of loving pastimes when a bumblebee hovered around the beautiful lotus face of Radhika. Thinking Her face to be a lotus flower, the bee wanted to sit there and drink its nectar; and so it continued to hover around Her face. Radhaji became afraid and covered Her face with Her palms. She also tried to chase the bee away, but to no avail.

 

Madhumangal saw Radhika's distress and chased the bumblebee far away with his stick. Upon his return, he announced, "I have chased madhusudan far away from here. He has gone and will not return." When Radhika heard Madhumangal's words, She at once thought that Madhusudan Krishna had gone away and had left Her, although She was sitting directly in Krishna's lap. She began to lament, deeply afflicted by separation from Him. She could not, at that instant, understand that madhusudan also means "bumblebee". She wept and repeatedly cried out, "Oh, Pran-nath, where have You gone? Oh, Lord of My life, where have You gone?"

 

Upon seeing these amazing transcendental sentiments known as prem-vaichittya, in His beloved Radhika, Krishna also forgot that She was sitting on His lap. He too wept and cried, "O My beloved!" and They both fainted. The tears that flowed from Their eyes and the perspiration that poured from Their bodies created this pond. When the Sakhis saw Their condition, they too became senseless. Radhji's female parrot began to loudly chant Radha's name, and the male parrot began to loudly chant Shri Krishna's name. As They heard each other's name, Radha and Krishna regained external consciousness and gazed upon each other with great yearning.

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Gradually, the Sakhis also regained consciousness and in boundless bliss began to call out, "Jaya, jaya!"