Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.47.19

vayam ritam iva jihma-vyāhritam śraddadhānāh

kulika-rutam ivājñāh krishna-vadhvo harinyah

dadriśur asakrid etat tan-nakha-sparśa-tīvra

smara-ruja upamantrin bhanyatām anya-vārtā

SYNONYMS

vayam — we; ritam — true; iva — as if; jihma — deceptive; vyāhritam — His speech; śraddadhānāh — trusting; kulika — of a hunter; rutam — the song; iva — as if; ajñāh — foolish; krishna — of the black deer; vadhvah — wives; harinyah — the doe; dadriśuh — experienced; asakrit — repeatedly; etat — this; tat — His; nakha — of the fingernails; sparśa — by the touch; tīvra — sharp; smara — of lust; rujah — the pain; upamantrin — O messenger; bhanyatām — please speak; anya — another; vārtā — 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

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī categorizes this statement of Śrīmatī Rādhārānī's as ājalpa, as defined by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī:

jaihmyam tasyārti-datvam ca

nirvedād yatra kīrtitam

bhańgyānya-sukha-datvam ca

sa ājalpa udīritah

"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 ājalpa." (Ujjvala-nīlamani 14.196)

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