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Krsna and had stopped talking with Him, Krsna was very sorry for
Radharani’s great dissatisfaction, and in order to beg forgiveness, He
fell down at Her lotus feet. But even after this, Radharani was not
satisfied, and She did not talk with Krsna. At that time, one of Her
friends chastised Her in the following words: ‘‘My dear friend, You
are allowing Yourself to be churned by the rod of dissatisfaction, so
what can I say unto You? The only advice I can give You is that You
had better leave this scene immediately, because Your misbehavior
is giving me too much pain. I cannot bear to see Your behavior, be-
cause even though Krsna’s peacock feather has touched Your feet,
You still appear to be red-faced.”

The above attitudes of dissatisfaction and anger in devotional ser-
vice are called irsyu.

When Uddhava was leaving Vrndavana, some of the elderly gopis
rebuked him as follows: “‘O son of Gandini, your cruelty is defaming
the dynasty of King Yadu. You are taking Krsna away, keeping us in
such pitiable condition without Him. Now, even before you have
left, the life air of all the gopis has practically disappeared.”

When Krsna was insulted by Sigupala in the assembly of raja-siiya
yajfia convened by Maharaj Yudhisthira, there was a great turmoil
amongst the Pandavas and Kurus, involving grandfather Bhisma. At
that time Nakula said with great anger, “Krsna is the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, and the nails of His toes are beautified by the
light emanating from the jeweled helmets of the authorities of the
Vedas. If He is derided by anyone, I declare herewith as a Pandava
that I will kick his helmet with my left foot, and I will strike him
with my arrows, which are as good as Yamadanda, the sceptor of
Yamaraja!”’ This is an instance of ecstatic love for Krsna in anger.

In such a transcendental angry mood sometimes sarcastic remarks,
unfavorable glances and insulting words are exhibited. Sometimes
there are other symptoms, like rubbing the two hands, clacking the
teeth, clamping the lips, moving the eyebrows, scratching the arms,
lowering the head, breathing rapidly, uttering strong words, nodding
the head, exhibiting yellowishness at the corner of the eyes, and exhi-
biting trembling lips. Sometimes the eyes turn red, and sometimes
they fade. And there is sometimes chastisement and silence. All these
