Oshtam jighran sisuriti dhiyaa chumbitho vallaveebhihi
Kantam gruhnnam narunitha padam gada maalingithaangaha
Doshnaan lajjaapada mabhimrusan anka maaropitatmaa
Dhurtha Swami harathu duritam durato Balakrishnaha!
Leela Shuka describes the several ways in which Yasoda enjoyed and experienced the leelas of her darling child Krishna. She was utterly ignorant of the Divinity of her son Krishna. She considered Him as a mortal child born to any other woman! Her worries and wonder at the super human miracles demonstrated by Krishna were the result of that predicament! She was terrified at the death of the demon Putana and was happy to find Krishna unharmed! She prayed that no harm should come to her beloved Krishna! One day Yasoda saw Krishna playing in the hall! The hall was full of pillars studded with diamonds. Krishna’s form was reflected in the pillar! Mistaking the reflection as the real Krishna, Yasoda prepared two butter balls for them! On an occasion, Yasoda woke up sleeping Krishna by saying that it was dawn already. She blessed Him by saying that He would live for long and felt happy at looking at His face! The poet says that he is meditating on such Krishna!
Leela Shuka desribes the amorous advances that Krishna exhibited even as a child in the company of Gopikas! When they considered Him as a child and kissed Him, Krishna kissed them like a paramour leaving their soft lips with red marks! Again, when they lifted up and embraced Him thinking that He was a child, He began groping at the private parts of Gopikas very mischievously! Let that fun-loving Balakrishna remove all our sins says Poet Leela Shuka in this beautiful sloka!
“Karshati iti Krishnaha” One who attracts others is called Krishna! Attraction for Krishna is irresistible for anyone young, or old. There is no wonder that the Gopis of Gokulam were attracted to the beautiful form of child Krishna. They doted on Him and passively tolerated the mischievous acts of Krishna! They weren’t even ready to complain against young Krishna lest He might be admonished or punished! Krishna took advantage of their lenience and indulged in more and more mischief! Krishna is considered to be the embodiment of Sringara Rasa! Everything about Him is supremely beautiful tempting others to love Him and yearn for Him ardently! “ Adharam madhuram vadanam madhuram vachanam madhuram vadanam madhuram…………….Madhuraadhipatherakhilam madhuram sings the poet in his Madhuraashtaka!
Krishna is described as “Sringara Ratnakara”—the ocean of Sringara Rasa. In his magnum opus Gita Govinda, the Bengali poet Jayadeva glorifies Krishna as Sringara Nayaka, the hero of Sringara Rasa! He wonderfully portrays the ethereal love between Krishna and His paramour Radha! Radha’s pangs of separation—(viraha vedana) from Krishna and her utter helplessness is beautifully described by Jayadeva. Gentle breeze become terribly hot for Radha and cold soothing moonlight is unbearably severe and hot for her in the absence of Krishna! Her maids describe to her how Krishna is spending His time gleefully in the company of other Gopikas! They point out to Krishna how Radha is tormented in His absence! “Gopika Gita” in the Bhagavatha purana declares the true and faithful picture of their state of mind in the absence of Krishna!
Leela Shuka graphically describes the mischievous acts of Krishna in the company of Gopikas! His acts are not what one associates with those of a child! He behaved like a lover and kissed the Gopikas violently leaving their lips with red marks! They wouldn’t have expected such action by child Krishna! Again, when they embraced Him thinking He is a child, the most unexpected thing happened! Krishna groped on their private parts to their utter horror and dismay! Leela Shuka himself had his lustful experiences with his lady love Chintamani before he turned spiritual! Krishna is seemingly a child but an adult intentionally in expressing love! Hence he calls Krishna as “ Dhurta Swami!”
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