Text 108]
The Lord's Inconceivable Behavior
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megha śrīmaṁs tvam asi dayito yādavendrasya nūnaṁ śrīvatsāṅkaṁ vayam iva bhavān dhyāyati prema-baddhaḥ atyutkaṇṭhaḥ śabala-hṛdayo 'smad-vidho bāṣpa-dhārāḥ smṛtvā smṛtvā visṛjasi muhur duḥkha-das tat-prasaṅgaḥ
“Dear cloud, O friend of Kṛṣṇa's, are you thinking of the Śrīvatsa symbol on Kṛṣṇa's chest like us queens engaged in loving affairs with Him? You are absorbed in meditation, remembering the association of Kṛṣṇa, and thus you shed tears of misery.”
priya-rāva-padāni bhāṣase mṛta-saṁjīvikayānayā girā karavāṇi kim adya te priyaṁ vada me valgita-kaṇṭha kokila
“Dear cuckoo, you possess a very sweet voice, and you are very expert in imitating others. You could excite even a dead body with your voice. Therefore, tell the queens that good behavior is their proper duty.”
na calasi na vadasy udāra-buddhe kṣiti-dhara cintyase mahāntam artham api bata vasudeva-nandanāṅghriṁ vayam iva kāmayase stanair vidhartum
“O magnanimous mountain, you are very grave and sober, absorbed in thoughts of doing something very great. Like us, you have vowed to keep within your heart the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, the son of Vasudeva.”
śuṣyad-ghradāḥ karśitā bata sindhu-patnyaḥ sampraty-apāsta-kamala-śriya-iṣṭa-bhartuḥ yadvad vayaṁ madhu-pateḥ praṇayāvalokam aprāpya muṣṭa-hṛdayāḥ puru-karṣitāḥ sma
“O rivers, wives of the ocean, we see that the ocean does not give you happiness. Thus you have almost dried up, and you no longer bear beautiful lotuses. The lotuses have become skinny, and even in the sunshine they are devoid of all pleasure. Similarly, the hearts of us poor queens are all dried up, and our bodies are skinny because we are now devoid of loving affairs with Madhupati. Are you, like us, dry and without beauty because you are devoid of Kṛṣṇa's loving glance?”
haṁsa svāgatam āsyatāṁ piba payo brūhy aṅga śaureḥ kathāṁ dūtaṁ tvāṁ nu vidāma kaccid ajitaḥ svasty āsta uktaṁ purā