conversation with Krishna

Courtesy: Sri.PR.Ramamurthy

 

अंगुल्या कः कवाटे प्रहरति ? दयिते माधव: किं वसन्तो?

नो चक्री किं कुलालः? न हि धरणिधरः किं द्विजिह्वः फणीन्द्रः

नाहं घोराहिमर्दी किमपि खगपतिर्नो हरिः किं सुरेन्द्रः

इत्येवं गोपकन्याप्रतिवचनजितः पातुवश्चक्रपाणिः ॥३.१०५॥

[This is a conversation between Krishna and a gopi where the poet has made use of words which have more than one meaning]

Gopi: Who is tapping the door with his fingers.

Krishna: Dear, it is Madhava.

Gopi: Is it Vasanta? [ Madhava also means vasanta, the season of flowers]

Krishna: No dear, I am chakree (Krishna has chakra as his weapon)

Gopi: Are you a potter ? (chakree also means a potter who also works with

a wheel i.e. chakra)

Krishna: No, I am dharanidhara (the Lord of Earth)

Gopi: Are you the serpent Adishesha? (dharanidhararefers to Adisesha

also as he supports the earth on

his hoods)

Krishna: No. I am the one who subdued Kaliya

Gopi: Then are you Garuda? (Kaliya, for fear of Garuda had taken

shelter in Yamuna)

Krishna: No, I am Hari

Gopi: Are you Indra? (Hari also means Indra)

Thus Krishna was floored by the Gopi. May that Krishna take care of you all.

राधामोहनमन्दिरादुपगतः चन्द्रावलीमूचिवान्

राधे क्षेममयेऽस्ति तस्य वचनं श्रुत्वाह चन्द्रावली।

कंस! क्षेममये, विमुग्धहृदये कंसः क्व दृष्टस्त्वया

राधा क्वेति विलज्जितो नतमुखः स्मेरो हरिः पातु वः ॥३.१०६॥

Coming out of the pretty house of Radha, Krishna asked Chandravali,

"Hey Radha, how do you do?" and hearing those words,

Chandravali says "Hey Kamsa, how do you do?"

Krishna retorts "Oh girl! have you lost your senses,

Where was Kamsa seen by you?"

Chandravali asks in the same vein "Where was Radha seen by you?"

Floored, Krishna shyly bends down his head and smiles. May that Krishna save all of you from everything.