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simply come to You, being captivated by the sound of Your tran-
scendental flute. O infallible one, You had better know what is the
reason for our coming here. In plain words, we are here simply be-
cause we have been captivated by the sweet sound of Your flute. We
are all beautiful girls, and You are so foolish that You are rejecting
our association. We do not know anyone, other than Yourself, who
would miss this opportunity to associate with young girls in the dead
of night!’ This is another instance of indirect insults used against
Krsna in ecstatic love.

In the Padyavali, one of the friends of Radharani once addressed
Her thusly: “My dear friend, please do not be too puffed up because
Krsna has decorated Your forehead with His own hand. It may be
that Krsna is yet attracted by some other beautiful girl. I see that the
decoration on Your forehead is very nicely made, and so it appears
that Krsna was not too disturbed in painting it. Otherwise, he could
not have painted such exact lines!”” This is an instance of indirect
dishonor caused by Radha’s good fortune.

In the Tenth Canto, 30th Chapter, 26th verse of Srimad-
Bhagavatam there is the following statement: “When the gopis were
searching after Krsna and Radha after the rasa dance, they thus began
to speak amongst themselves: ‘We have seen the footprints of Krsna
and Radha on the ground of Vrndavana, and they are giving us great
pain, because Krsna is everything to us. But that girl is so cunning
that She has taken Him away alone and is enjoying His kissing with-
out sharing Him with us!’” This is another instance of casting dis-
honorable words against Krsna and Radha, pouting over the good
fortune of Srimati Radharani.

Envy

Sometimes when the cowherd boys used to play in the forests of
Vrndavana, Krsna would play on one side, and Balarama would play
on another. There would be competition and mock fighting between
the two parties, and when Krgna’s party was defeated by Balarama,
the boys would say, “If Balarama’s party remains victorious, then
who in the world can be weaker than ourselves?” This is an instance
of envy in ecstatic love.
