Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.47.19

vayam ritam iva jihma-vyahritam sraddadhanah

kulika-rutam ivajnah krishna-vadhvo harinyah

dadrisur asakrid etat tan-nakha-sparsa-tivra

smara-ruja upamantrin bhanyatam anya-varta

SYNONYMS

vayam -- we; ritam -- true; iva -- as if; jihma -- deceptive; vyahritam -- His speech; sraddadhanah -- trusting; kulika -- of a hunter; rutam -- the song; iva -- as if; ajnah -- foolish; krishna -- of the black deer; vadhvah -- wives; harinyah -- the doe; dadrisuh -- experienced; asakrit -- repeatedly; etat -- this; tat -- His; nakha -- of the fingernails; sparsa -- by the touch; tivra -- sharp; smara -- of lust; rujah -- the pain; upamantrin -- O messenger; bhanyatam -- please speak; anya -- another; varta -- topic.

TRANSLATION

Faithfully taking His deceitful words as true, we became just like the black deer's foolish wives, who trust the cruel hunter's song. Thus we repeatedly felt the sharp pain of lust caused by the touch of His nails. O messenger, please talk about something besides Krishna.

PURPORT

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti categorizes this statement of Srimati Radharani's as ajalpa, as defined by Srila Rupa Gosvami:

jaihmyam tasyarti-datvam ca

nirvedad yatra kirtitam

bhangyanya-sukha-datvam ca

sa ajalpa udiritah

"A statement spoken in disgust, describing how the male lover is deceitful and brings one misery, and also implying that He gives happiness to others, is known as ajalpa." (Ujjvala-nilamani 14.196)

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