Delivery of the Message of Krsna to the Gopis 299

you. I have seen on your moustaches the red powder of kuitkuma, which
was smeared on the flower garland of Krsna while He was pressing the
breast of some other girl who is My competitor. You are feeling very
proud by touching that flower, and your moustaches have become reddish.
You have come here carrying a message for Me. You are anxious to touch
My feet. But my dear bumblebee, let me warn you—don’t touch Me! I
don’t want any messages from your unreliable master. You are the unre-
liable servant of an unreliable master.” It may be that Srimati Radharani
purposely addressed that bumblebee sarcastically in order to criticize the
messenger Uddhava. Indirectly, Srimati Radharani saw Uddhava as not
only resembling Krsna’s bodily features but as being equal to Krsna. In this
way She indicated that Uddhava was as unreliable as Krsna Himself.
Srimati Radharani wanted to give specific reasons why She was dissatisfied
with Krsna and His messengers.

She addressed the bumblebee, “Your master Krsna is exactly of your
quality. You sit down on a flower, and after taking a little honey you
immediately fly away and sit in another flower and taste. Y ou’re just like
your master Krsna. He gave us the chance of tasting the touch of His lips
and then left altogether. I know also that the goddess of fortune, Laksmi1,
who is always in the midst of the lotus flower, is constantly engaged in
Krsna’s service. But I do not know why she has become so captivated by
Krsna. She is attached to Him, although she knows His actual character.
As far as we are concerned, we are more intelligent than that goddess of
fortune. We are not going to be cheated anymore by Krsna or His mes-
sengers.””

According to expert opinion, Laksmi, the goddess of fortune is a sub-
ordinate expansion of Srimati Radharani. As Krsna has numerous expan-
sions of Visnu-mirtis, so His pleasure potency, Radharani, also has
innumerable expansions of goddesses of fortune. Therefore the goddess
of fortune, Laksmjji, is always anxious to be elevated to the position of
the gopis.

Srimati Radharani continued: ““You foolish bumblebee, you are trying
to satisfy Me and get a reward by singing the glories of Krsna, but it is a
useless attempt. We are bereft of all our possessions. We are away from our
homes and families. We know very well about Krsna. We know even more
than you. So whatever you make up about Him will be old stories to us.
Krsna is now in the city and is better known as the friend of Arjuna. He
now has many new girl friends, and they are no doubt very happy in
association with Him. Because the lusty burning sensation of their
breasts has been satisfied by Krsna, they are now happy. If you go there
