Dheera

Gita Govinda - Sakhi’s request to Radha [by Jayadeva Gosvami] When Radha saw Krsna enjoying affectionate exchanges with all the cowherd maidens in the groves of Vrndavana, she became indignant because he had not acknowledged her eminence. She immediately departed for another part of the forest and hid herself inside a shady bower that resounded with the drone of bumblebees. Bewildered by love for Radha, Krsna was sitting in a dense grove on the Yamuna riverside feeling deeply depressed. Radha’s dear friend came to speak to him and told Radhika’s condition. When Krsna heard the moving account of Radha’s pitiful condition from her intimate friend, he suggested, “I will wait here. You should go to Sri Radha, pacify her with my humble appeal and then bring her here.“ Engaged thus by Madhuripu Krsna, that sakhi approached Radha and spoke the following words. rati-sukha-sare gatam abhisare madana-manohara-vesam na kuru nitambini gamana-vilambanam anusara tam hrdayesam dhira-samire yamuna-tire vasati vane vanamali