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Part Forty-Three

DESCENTION OF RADHA KRISHNA TO GOLAK DHAM BRINDABAN

Eighty-Ninth Chapter

KRISHNA MET LALITA

Krishna woke up early in the morning as an egg-wash of sunlight spread over Prabas. As soon as he got ready, he went to meet Lalita by the Saraswati River to seek some advice concerning Radha. Krishna said to Lalita, “Please be attentive to me Lalita. I have a problem. King Bhishmak’s daughter Rukmani, and King Satrajit’s daughter Satyabhama are very keen to have a visual of Radha tonight.

I told them without Radha’s consent, she could not be seen by anybody. But they insisted so much that I had to agree to organise it somehow. For this reason, and for my sake, please tell Radha to give them her darshan tonight.

Lalita blushed a bit to hear Govind’s strange request. She queried, “What are you saying my lord? How can we show her in her present physical state? For over a hundred years she had not been eating very much and her body now is just a skeleton covered by skin. She did not care about dressing up either. She almost never brushed her hair. She completely lost interest in her appearance and fashion.

[Lalita is the oldest of Radha’s eight principal gopi friends. She was Radha’s constant companion. Her kunj is the largest and is located on the north side of Brindaban. She was 14 years, 8 months, and 27 days old].

“Are you my Lord, trying to humiliate my Lady Radhika, in front of these affluent daughters of powerful kings, such as Satyabhama and Rukmini, who, with their vast wealth, boast as being the most gorgeous women in this part of the world, as well as think of themselves as the favourites of your consorts?

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