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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .5.22

yathā –
[yathaa –]
ito dūre rājñī sphurati parito mitra-paṭalī
[ito doore raajnee sphurati parito mitra-patalee]
dṛśor agre candrāvalir upari śailasya danujaḥ |
[drishor agre chandraavalir upari shailasya danujah |]
asavye rādhāyāḥ kusumita-latā saṁvṛta-tanau dṛg-
[asavye raadhaayaah kusumita-lataa samvrita-tanau drig-]
anta-śrīr lolā taḍid iva mukundasya valate ||22||
[anta-shreer lolaa tadid iva mukundasya valate ||22||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yathā –
ito dūre rājñī sphurati parito mitra-paṭalī
dṛśor agre candrāvalir upari śailasya danujaḥ |
asavye rādhāyāḥ kusumita-latā saṁvṛta-tanau dṛg-
anta-śrīr lolā taḍid iva mukundasya valate ||22||
An example: At a short distance stands the queen of Vraja, and all around are Kṛṣṇa’s friends. Candrāvalī is standing right in front of Him, and Arisṭāsura is standing at the edge of Vraja on stony soil. But Kṛṣṇa’s restless glance falls only upon the form of Rādhā, covered by flowering creepers.

The undisturbed nature of the conjugal love between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa is described thus: “Just a little distance away from Kṛṣṇa was Mother Yaśodā, and Kṛṣṇa was surrounded by all of His friends. In front of His eyes was Candrāvalī, and, at the same time, on a chunk of stone in front of the entrance to Vraja stood the demon known as Vṛṣāsura. But even in such circumstances, when Kṛṣṇa saw Rādhārāṇī standing just behind a bush of many creepers, immediately His beautiful eyebrows moved just like lightning toward Her.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Durgama-saṅgamanī
Commentary

Rājñī means the queen of Vraja, Yaśodā. Danuja means Ariṣṭāsura. Śailasya here refers to a collection of stones, not a mountain. Ariṣṭāsura was standing on top of a pile of stones at the entrance to Vraja.

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