241 The Nectar of Devotion

The analogy is given that, as the bees go away from a flower that has
no honey, so Subala left Vrndavana when he found there was no
longer any relishable transcendental pleasure there.

In Dana-keli-kaumudi Srimati Radharani addresses one of Her
friends in this manner: “‘My dear friend, if I cannot hear of the glori-
ous activities of Krsna, it is better for Me to become deaf. And be-
cause I am now unable to see Him, it would be good for Me to be a
blind woman.” This is another instance of disappointment due to
separation from Krsna.

There is a statement in the Hari-vamsa wherein Satyabhama, one
of the queens of Krsna in Dvaraka, tells her husband: “My dear
Krsna, since I heard Narada glorifying Rukmini before You, I can
understand that there is no need of any talking about myself.” This
is an instance of disappointment caused by envy. Rukmini and Satya-
bhama were co-wives, and because Krsna was husband of both, there
naturally was some feminine envy between them. So when Satya-
bhama heard the glories of Rukmini, she was envious of her and thus
became disappointed.

In the Tenth Canto, 51st Chapter, 29th verse of S rimad-Bhagavatam
there is this statement: “My dear Krsna, I cannot say that it is only
other people who are implicated in material existence, because I too
am much entangled with the bodily concept of life. I am always
too anxious about my family, home, wife, wealth, land and kingdom.
And because I have been so maddened by this material atmosphere, I
am thinking now that my life has been simply spoiled.” This state-
ment is an instance of disappointment caused by lamentation.

According to Bharata Muni, this disappointment is inauspicious.
But there are other learned scholars who have accepted such disap-
pointment as being in the mood of neutrality and as being a preserva-
tive for ecstatic love.

Lamentation

When one is unsuccessful in achieving his desired goal of life, when
one finds no fulfillment in his present occupation, when one finds
himself in reversed conditions and when one feels guilt—at such time
one is said to be in a state of lamentation.
