Kusumasara sara samara kupitha mada Gopi
Kucha kalasa ghasruna rasadurasi Deve
Madalulitha mrudu hasitha mushitha sasi shobha
Muhuradhika mukha Kamala madhri Mani liyye!
Krishna has appeared in the mental vision of Leela Shuka! Every second the poet sees his Lord in a different form and posture! He forgets himself and feels that he has merged himself into the Divine form! Krishna is visulized as playing on His flute moving his fingers deftly and producing different swaras! The delectable music is something like the rain of Divine Amrita mesmerizing the hearts of listeners. The lower lips of Krishna--'adhara' form themselves into sweet smile and steal the hearts of all! The poet is besides himself with ecstasy at this wonderful sight and loses himself in the Supreme!
The scene shifts immediately and Krishna is visualized in a different form and posture in this sloka! Krishna is perceived as playing with Gopikas! They are playing by showering flowers at one another! In this vigorous, pleasant sport, unfortunately the Gopikas lose and are unable to cope with the movements of Krishna! Evidently they are very angry and furious at their discomfiture! Krishna, with his chest totally smeared with Vermillion from the heavy golden pot like breasts of Gopikas, sports a delicate captivating smile! Into that beautiful radiance of the Lord Leela Shuka loses himself experiencing indescribable bliss!
Krishna is always associated with Sringara rasa! Jayadeva, the Bengali poet glorifies the Love between Radha and Madhava in his Gita Govinda Kavya. The ardent love and passion of Radha for her paramour Krishna, her pangs and suffering for the sight of Krishna are beautifully described in the Astapadis of the poet. Krishna is a Sringara Nayaka! Once again the Bhagavatha purana exults in narrating the Divine sports or leelas of the Lord in His childhood and youth. The Rasa Leela episode where Krishna dances with every Gopika, is not only astonishing but has spiritual significance!!
The background of poet Leela Shuka has an influence on the various visions that he sees in his mind! The poet himself was great lover of Chintamani for whom he was ready to swim across the Krishna! Not only this, he was granted the powerful Madanagopala mantra by his Guru! Chastened by the counseling of Chintamani, he opened his spiritual eye and started a new life! Chintamani had admonished Leela Shuka by saying that if he had shown a part of his passion and lust for her on Krishna, he would have saved himself! The turning point in his life came after this rare but significant advice!
Tendencies or Vasanas in individuals will not disappear easily! They remain dormant in the person and raise their heads off and on! Though the poet has taken to the life spiritual advancement, he cannot extricate himself from the romantic and erotic sensations that bound him to material life! Madana Gopala, KRISHNA, as indescribably beautiful as Manmatha, God of Love, fires his poetic imagination and hence his erotic descriptions of Krishna along with other interesting and excellent sketches in his slokas! There is nothing wrong in these descriptions since they are suffused with pure love and devotion to Krishna! The very fact that he wants to merge in to the radiant form of Krishna absolves him of any other intention! The purpose of human existence is to merge into the Absolute—Jivatma losing itself into the Paramatma!!
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