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My condition and advise Me how | can become peaceful. That is My desire.”
Tanava is described as follows:
udaficad-vaktrambhoruha-vikrtir antah-kulasita
sadaharabhava-glapita-kucakokd yadu-pate
visusyanti radha tava viraha-tapad anudinam
nidaghe kuly eva krasima-paripakam prathayati
When Uddhava returned to Mathura after visiting Vrndavana, Lord Krsna inquired
from him about Radharani and Visakha. Uddhava replied as follows: “Consider the
condition of the gopis! Srimati Radharani especially is in a very painful condition
because of separation from You. She has grown skinny, and Her bodily luster is
almost gone. Her heart is immersed in pain, and because She has given up eating,
Her breast has become black, as if diseased. Because of separation from You, all
the gopis, especially Radharani, appear like dried-up water holes under the
scorching heat of the sun.”
Malina-arigata is described as follows:
hima-visara-visirnambhoja-tulyanana-srih
khara-marud-aparaj yad-bandhu-jivopamausthi
agha-hara sarad-arkottapitendivaraksi
tava viraha-vipatti-mlapitasid visakha
Uddhava said to Krsna, “O most auspicious Krsna, please hear me. The tribulation
caused by Your absence has made Visakha languid. Her lips tremble like trees in a
strong wind. Her beautiful face is like a lotus flower that has withered under the
snow, and Her eyes are like lotus petals scorched by the heat of the autumn sun.”
Pralapa is explained in Lalita-madhava as follows:
kva nanda-kula-candraméh kva sikhi-candra-kalankrtih
kva manda-murali-ravah kva nu surendra-nila-dyutih
kva rasa-rasa-tandavi kva sakhi jiva-raksausadhir
nidhir mama suhrttamah kva tava hanta ha dhig-vidhih
This is Srimati Radharani’s lamentation for Her beloved Krsna, who was away from
home. A woman whose husband has left home and gone to a foreign land is
called prosita-bhartrka. Lamenting for Krsna in the same way as such a woman
laments for her husband, Srimati Radharani said, “My dear friend, where is the
glory of the family of Maharaja Nanda, who wears a half-moon ornament on His
head? Where is Krsna, whose hue is like that of the indranila jewel and who plays
so nicely on His flute? Where is your friend, the best of all men, so expert in danc-
ing in the circle of the rasa dance? Where is He who is the real medicine to save
