On myths and legends
68 The romantic aspect of kṛṣṇa2 [Nieuw Nickerie, 1967]
I.
rādhe jī kī ungarī mę ḍasa liyo kāliya nāg
II.
bābā nanda jī ke bāga mę jhūlā jhūle jā̈ų̄, maį to jhūlā jhūla rahī nāga ḍanka ḍasakāye
rādhe jī kī...
III.
nāga ḍanka ungarin mę māryo girī dharana dhaharāy
IV.
aiso rādhā parī dharana par tana kī khabara ita ną̄y
rādhe jī kī...
V.
eka sakhī ika nārī dekhe dūjī kara rahi byār
VI.
tījī sakhī ika jala bhara lā̈i cauthī baida ghara jāy
rādhe jī kī
VII.
baṛe nanda ghara baṛe bāyagi unahį ke baida bulāva
VIII.
āya baida ą̄gana bhayo ṭhaṛo ghų̄ghaṭa mę musakāy
rādhe jī kī...
IX.
sūra syāma bali āsa carana kī hari caranana dhara dhyān
X.
krisna mile to rādhā jīvai nā tana tajata pirān
rādhe jī kī
I.
The Kāliya3 snake bit Rādhājī's finger.
[p. 125]
II.
- I am going (with the intention) to swing on a swing in father Nanda's garden;1 I am swinging on the swing and the snake bites (with its) fang.
Rādhājī's finger...
III.
The snake bit in the finger with the fang; She fell on the ground with a dizziness;
IV.
Rādhā so fell on the ground that (she has) no consciousness of (the state of her) body.
Rādhājī's finger...
V.
One sakhī examines a vein, another fans the breeze;
VI.
The third sakhī filled and fetched some water, (and) the fourth goes to the house of a physician.
Rādhājī's finger...
VII.
- In the home of big Nanda there is a great expert, call him alone as a physician;
VIII.
The physician came and stood in the courtyard, (and Rādhā) smiles inside the veil.
Rādhājī's finger...
IX.
(Says) Sūradāsa (regarding) Kṛṣṇa, there is great hope of (finding refuge at his) feet (by) meditating on the feet of Hari.
X.
If Kṛṣṇa is met (only) then Rādhā would survive; (if) not, (then) her body (would) give up the breath.
2In the song Rādhā plays a trick to meet Kṛṣṇa whom she is, probably, forbidden to meet. She pretends that she has been bitten by a snake. One of her friends helps her by suggesting that there is a good physician in Nanda's home; who else but Kṛṣṇa? He arrives disguised as a physician and saves Rādhā's life, who would die if she did not see her lover.
3In the classical myths, Kṛṣṇa danced on the head of the Kāliya and subdued him.
1Nanda's garden is purely metaphorical here; she could not have been swinging in Nanda's garden, see lines VII and VIII.
