Raadhaa punaathu jagadachyuta datta chitta
Manthanamaa kalayathi dadhiriktha paathre
Thasya sthana sthabaka chanchala Lola drushtir
Devopi dohana dhiya vrushabham nirusthan!
Leela Shuka always chants the reputed spiritual “Panchakshari Mantra! He is always connected to Lord Siva. Despite this connection with Lord Siva, he is a lover of Krishna who is black in color and wears a smiling face! His heart longs for that radiant son of Yasoda! In general, worshippers of Siva do not worship Vishnu and His other incarnations! They are all fanatic about their religious beliefs! But Leela Shuka does not allow his devotion to Lord Siva restrict his love and devotion to Krishna the most attractive and charming Avatar of Vishnu! In fact, he received Upadesa of “ Madana Gopala Mantra” from his Guru earlier!
“ With her heart lost in the contemplation of Achyuta or Lord Krishna, Radha, a Gopika , is churning a pot unaware that it is empty, and devoid of any curd in it! Let that Gopika, Radha, purify the entire Universe! While Radha's situation is like this, how about the state of Krishna? With His looks fixed on the soft flower like breasts of Radha and viewing them again and again with desire, Krishna, is pretending to tie up the bullock to its peg!! Let that Krishna, too, purify this universe!” declares Leela Shuka in this beautiful sloka!
The Divine love between Radha and Madhava is glorified and brilliantly portrayed in the famous “ Gita Govinda” Kavya of the Bengali poet Jayadeva! The passion of Radha for her Madhava was insatiable. She could not remain lonely even for a fraction of a second without Krishna! Legend says that Sachi Devi, on account of her desire, came down as Radha and kept company with Krishna! Divine romance of Radha and Madhava is full of very interesting situations where Radha pines away for the presence of Krishna when He is away from her! Radha's maids go in search of Madhava and describe to Him the pangs of Her separation! In the same way, her maids describe to Radha the mischief of Krishna and His flirting with other Gopikas!
Leela Shuka brilliantly portrays the predicament of lovers in this sloka. Mutual love of ideal nature is that the lovers forget everything happening around them! They are anxious to see each other though they are involved in other activities! They forget what they are doing. Radha, in her anxiety to have a look at Krishna, keeps churning a pot without any curd in it! Her heart and soul are so dedicated to the sight of Madhava that she doesn’t care to see if there is curd or not in the pot she is churning! Such a sight of Radha may appear stupid and comical for others but not for the lovers involved!
How about Krishna? He is equally lovelorn! He is pretending to tie up the bull to its peg. But His heart is yearning for the sight of Radha at a distance! Both are looking at each other totally oblivious of what they are doing actually! Krishna is looking at Radha churning the empty pot and her soft flower like breasts by His stealing glances! Leela Shuka introduces Sringara rasa—erotic feelings of Krishna as he looks at Radha. Sringara is unavoidable wherever Krishna is present! Radha is an exceptional bhaktha of Krishna! The devotee can consider herself as the wife of Krishna! Pure bhakthi is nothing but total love or dedication to God! Such unalloyed bhakthi can surely purify the entire universe! Krishna is Paramatma Himself! His very presence is capable of destroying everything evil and purify the entire world!
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