201 The Nectar of Devotion

In this connection, the following statement given by Indra, the King
of heaven, is very significant: “My dear Lord, I admit that I have
committed great offenses unto You, but I cannot express my feelings
of regret, being bewildered at seeing Your extraordinary chivalrous
spirit, Your endeavor to protect Your devotees, Your determination,
Your steadiness in lifting the great Hill of Govardhana, Your beautiful
bodily features and Your astonishing characteristic of being pleased
simply by accepting the prayers of Your devotees and offenders.”

The above statement by the King of heaven is an exact corrobora-
tion of Krsna’s being dhirodatta. Many learned scholars have agreed
to also accept Lord Ramacandra as dhirodatta, but all of Lord Rama-
candra’s qualities are also included in the character of Lord Krsna.
Dhira-lalita

A person is called dhira-lalita if he is naturally very funny, always
in full youthfulness, expert in joking, and free from all anxieties. Such
a dhira-lalita personality is generally found to be domesticated and
very submissive to his lover. This dhira-lalita trait in the personality
of Krsna is described in Srimad-Bhagavatam where Yajfiapatni, the
wife of one of the brahmanas who were performing sacrifices in
Vrndavana, tells her friends: “One day Srimati Radharani, accompa-
nied by Her associates, was taking rest in Her garden, and at that time
Lord Sri Krsna arrived in that assembly. After sitting down, He began
to narrate very impudently about His previous night’s pastimes with
Radharani. While He was speaking in that way, Radharani became
very embarrassed. She was feeling ashamed and was absorbed in
thought, and Krsna took the opportunity to mark Her breasts with
different kinds of tilaka. Krsna proved Himself to be very expert in
that art.” In this way Krsna, as dhira-lalita, was enjoying His youthful
proclivities in the company of the gopis.

Generally, those who are expert in writing drama choose to call
Cupid the ideal dhira-lalita, but we can more perfectly find in the
personality of Krsna all the characteristics of dhira-lalita.
