Text 173] Performance of the Vrndavana Pastimes 305

TEXT 172

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yabe asi’ mana kare puspa uthdite
sakhi-dge cahe yadi gaye hata dite

SYNONYMS

yabe—when; dsi’—coming nearby; mand kare—prohibits; puspa uthdite—to
pick up flowers; sakhi-a4ge—in front of the friends of Srimati Radharani; cahe —
wants; yadi—if; gaye—in the body; hata dite—touch with the hand.

TRANSLATION

“Approaching Her, Krsna prohibits Srimati Radharani from picking flowers.
He may also touch Her in front of Her friends.

TEXT 173

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ei-saba sthane ‘kila-kificita’ udgama
prathame ‘harsa’ saficari mala kdrana

SYNONYMS

ei-saba sthane—in such places; kila-kificita—of the symptom of the ecstasy
known as kila-kificita; udgama—awakening; prathame—in the beginning; har-
sa—jubilation; saficari—ecstatic emotion; mula karana—the root cause.

TRANSLATION

“At such times, the ecstatic symptoms of kila-kifcita are awakened. First
there is jubilation in ecstatic love, which is the root cause of these symptoms.

PURPORT

Whenever Srimati Radharani leaves Her house, She is always well-dressed and
attractive. It is Her womanly nature to attract Sri Krsna’s attention, and upon
seeing Her so attractively dressed, Sri Krsna desires to touch Her body. The Lord
then finds some fault in Her and prohibits Her from going to a river crossing and
stops Her from picking flowers. Such are the pastimes between Srimati Radharani
and $ri Krsna. Being a cowherd girl, Srimati Radharani regularly carries a container
