Text 161] Performance of the Vrndavana Pastimes 299

TEXT 161

SHAM ‘TAY? CECA WSITATS “HA |
Np calmetcs CERI ferawa “Atay W sus tl

vayase ‘madhyama’ tenho svabhavete ‘sama’
gadha prema-bhave tenho nirantara ‘vama’

SYNONYMS
vayase madhyamaé—grown up; tenho—Srimati Radharani; sva-bhavete—in
character; samaé—equipoised; gddha—deep; prema-bhave—in ecstatic love;
tenho—She; nirantara—constantly; vama—of the group of the left-wing gopis.

TRANSLATION

“Radharani is grown up, and Her character is equipoised. She is always
deeply absorbed in ecstatic love and always feeling in the mood of a left-wing

gopi.

PURPORT

The left wing and right wing of the gopis has been explained by Rupa Gosvami
in Ujjvala-nilamani. The left wing is described in this way:

mana-grahe sadodyukta
tac-chaithilye ca kopana

abhedyda nayake prayah
krara vameti kirtyate

“A gopi who is always eager to be jealously angered, who is very enthusiastic for
that position, who immediately becomes angry when defeated, who is never
under the control of a hero and who always opposes Him is called vama, or a left-
wing gopi.”

Srila Rapa Gosvami describes the right-wing gopis in this way:

asahya mana-nirbandhe
nayake yukta-vadini

samabhis tena bhedyd ca
daksind parikirtita

“A gopi who cannot tolerate womanly anger, who speaks suitable words to the
hero and who is satisfied by His sweet words is called a daksind, or a right-wing

gopi.””
