Then the mild and sweet brahmana named Kusumasava talked to his dear friend the parrot. So I returned to Krishna who wears makara-kundala. Since the parrot defeated me, I could not take the dominant role. Why are you calling Him the supreme person? Do not try to attract me to Krishna by your word jugglery.”īakula-mala continued speaking to Radhika, “The parrot told me that if I understood his words I should take the garland. “I replied Are! Wait a minute! I can see He is just a man. His lotus feet are very difficult to attain.’ (Inner meaning of parrot’s statements: ‘So why don’t you try to meet Krishna?’) “The parrot said, ‘Hey listen! He is the supreme person, not just an ordinary person. Tell me, do you think that any chaste girl will accept a garland from someone who is not her husband? It appears that associating with a person who is wanton by nature, dresses in yellow garments, and is intoxicated from drinking madira-rasa has bewildered your intelligence. “I replied to that parrot, O best of the parrots! The scriptures are right when they say that one’s good and bad qualities depend on his association. “Immediately that best of the birds flew to me and said, ‘O Bakula-mala! Do you recognize me? Why are you picking bakula flowers? Why not come see the prince of Vrndavana? I will give you the garland that Syamasundara has made Himself, so you need not toil so hard picking flowers.’ Hearing your pure, soft, and sweet request, that Bakula sakhi will accept your bakula garland.’ Why should they come here on the orders of Batu (nickname for Kusumasava or Madhumangala) who is simply a brahmana entertaining everyone with his jokes and silly behavior? Therefore, O best among the birds! In order to comfort your mistress, why don’t you fly to her. “Then Krishna, the destroyer of demons, smiled gently and spoke just according to the time and circumstance, ‘The young girls of Vrndavana are naturally proud.
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