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Performance of the Vrndāvana Pastimes
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TEXT 1722
যবে আসি’ মানা করে পুষ্প উঠাইতে । সখী-আগে চাহে যদি গায়ে হাত দিতে ॥ ১৭২ ॥
yabe āsi’ mānā kare puṣpa uṭhāite sakhī-āge cāhe yadi gāye hāta dite
SYNONYMS
yabe —when;  āsi' —coming nearby;  mānā kare —prohibits;  puṣpa uṭhāite —to pick up flowers;  sakhī-āge —in front of the friends of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī;  cāhe —wants;  yadi —if;  gāye —in the body;  hāta dite —touch with the hand.
TRANSLATION
“Approaching Her, Krşna prohibits Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī from picking flowers. He may also touch Her in front of Her friends.
TEXT 173
এইসব স্থানে ‘কিলকিঞ্চিত’ উদগম। 
প্রথমে ‘হর্ষ’ সঞ্চারী—মূল কারণ ॥ ১৭৩ ॥
ei-saba sthāne ‘kila-kiñcita’ udgama prathame ‘harṣa’ sañcāri —mūla kāraṇa
SYNONYMS
ei-saba sthāne —in such places;  kila-kiñcita —of the symptom of the ecstasy known as  kila-kiñcita ;  udgama —awakening;  prathame —in the beginning;  harṣa —jubilation;  sañcārī —ecstatic emotion;  mūla kāraṇa —the root cause.
TRANSLATION
“At such times, the ecstatic symptoms of kila-kiñcita are awakened. First there is jubilation in ecstatic love, which is the root cause of these symptoms.
PURPORT
Whenever Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī leaves Her house, She is always well-dressed and attractive. It is Her womanly nature to attract Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s attention, and upon seeing Her so attractively dressed, Śrī Kṛṣṇa desires to touch Her body. The Lord then finds some fault in Her and prohibits Her from going to a river crossing and stops Her from picking flowers. Such are the pastimes between Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Being a cowherd girl, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī regularly carries a container