Oshtam muncha Hare bibhemi bhavataapaa nairhataaPutanari
kantaaslesha mamum jahihi dalitaa Valiganne naarjunau
Maadehi churitam Hiranyakasipur nito nakhaih panchita
Mittham vaaritha raathri keliravathaal lakshmyaapa haasaarthrihi!
One day Krishna remembered in His dream His previous Ramavatar and addressed Lakshmana thus: O Lakshmana! These clouds and the gentle breeze are tormenting me too much!” Hearing these pangs of separation from Janaki, Radha was shocked and surprised. How can Krishna be interested in another woman? She began to suspect the character of Krishna and grew jealous. She could not tolerate the influence of any other woman on Her Krishna! She viewed Krishna with that intolerant look of hers! Leela Shuka hopes that such Krishna, viewed with such intolerance by Radha, shall make us all happy!
“ O Krisna! Leave my lips! Don’t kiss me. Putana, the demon whom you kissed, died a terribly death! Please, don’t embrace me! Leave me alone! I am very much afraid. Because of your embrace the two “Maddhi” trees were felled! Please do not leave your nail impressions on my body! I am terribly afraid because your nails tore apart the body of Hiranyakasipu and killed him! Goddess Lakshmi Devi began finding fault with Krishna in this manner and prevented Him from romancing with Her! Let that Krishna, being prevented from romancing Lakshmi protect us!!” says the poet in this beautiful sloka!
Leela Shuka describes a delicate and private situation that happens in the bedroom of Vaikunta, the abode of Sri MahaVishnu! The Lord and Devi are in high spirits and in a mood to enjoy themselves! While the Lord tries to romance with His Spouse Mahalakshmi, under some pretext or other, She evades Him and requests Him to not to come near Her! What are the reasons that make Mahalakshmi prevent Her husband approaching Her? She is terribly afraid of the acts of Vishnu that have resulted in killing Asuras, and releasing others from their curses! She is afraid that something like that would happen to Her if She allowed Him to touch Her!! The poet ingeniously hints at the avatars of Vishnu in which He killed Putana and released two Gandharvas and earlier killed the dreadful asura Hiranyakasipu!
Kamsa sent Putana to kill Krishna growing up in Gokulam. He knew that Krishna would kill him. Putana came disguised as a pretty gopika and wanted to fondle the child and feed Him! Innocent Yasoda allowed her and seizing the opportunity she tried to breastfeed child Krishna with her poisoned milk! Omniscient Lord knew all about it and drank the mil along with her life! Putana fell dead with her terrible form ! Yasoda and others were horrified and took the seemingly innocent child into their arms and hugged Him! Lakshmi Devi alludes to this incident and wonders if anything like that would happen to Her if that Lord Kisses Herl
In another miracle during the Krishnavatar, Yasoda was sad and disgusted at the complaints of gopikas on Krisna's mischievous acts. She grew angry and tied up child Krishna to a mortar to prevent him from moving out! But will Krishna keep quiet? He slowly dragged the mortar that was stuck in between two huge “maddhi” trees and gave a big pull! Lo! Behold! The two trees crashed down with a terrible thud! Out from the trees emerged two Gandharvas, Nalakubara and Manigriva who were cursed earlier for their misdeeds! They were thus released from their curse! This was because of the warm embrace of Krishna! Lakshmi Devi is terribly afraid that something like that may happen to Her if the Lord embraced Her!! She is also alarmed at the nails of MahaVishnu because those sharp nails tore apart the entrails of the arch enemy Hiranyakasipu! In trying to stop the Lord from approaching Her, the Goddess alludes to the Krishnavatar and Narasimhavatar that worked miracles galore!
Three important aspects of romance between the husband and wife are described by the poet! Leela Shuka had his own earlier experiences with his paramour Chintamani! There cannot be any romance between the husband and wife without a kiss, embrace or nail scratch! Sringara Shastra explains in detail the different types of kisses, embraces and nail scratches between the lovers or husband and wife! In the height of erotic ecstasy the lover pinches the lady with his nails leaving impressions on her soft skin! These scratches are called “ nakha kshata” in Sanskrit! The poet's fancy exports him to the abode of Vishnu whom he identifies with Krishna! We know that the words of Laksmi Devi are not very serious. Probably they are only to tease Her Lord for the time being!!
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