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Dr Mohendra Irengbam *
Sixty-Fourth Chapter
‘LADY BRAJBHUMI’ SHED TEARS AT THE FEET OF RADHA WHO WAS READYING FOR PRABAS
Radhika was now in seventh heaven. She was assiduously graceful in the newly found rhapsody. That was Jatila’s call to go to Prabas. She thanked
Jatila. She was very ecstatic with the alluring thought of meeting Shyam, face to face after one hundred years. Time became her worst enemy. She had difficulty in killing time.
While chanting, ‘Madhab, Madhab’ [another name of Krishna. Root Madhu, meaning honey]. Radhika was waiting for an auspicious moment to start her journey. This was to find the moment when her breath flowed through her left nostril, and that was the instant she would put her left foot forward for the travel ahead. [This is a Hindu custom of starting a journey at an auspicious moment. Left nostril breathing is spiritual].
About this time, Lady Brajbhumi (Land of Braj), after changing to her human icon, arrived at Radha’s home. She wept at Radha’s feet, saying, “What kind of dharma it is that you Radhika, are now leaving the poor Land of Braj? How did I annoy you so much that you are deserting me so surreptitiously?
You must know that because of you Radhika and your Lord Krishna who had been playing Ras leela that so many yogis, rishis, and devas in all the three Loks had been admiring Braj as the most fortunate place. You were very kind and generous to me. For ages, I have been living with the hope that since you are here, Govind might come back here at least once.
From the day Shree Hari had left, there had been an absence of dust from his and your feet at the Ras leela mandab. Brahma and Vishnu had been trying to obtain even a grain of such dust from Braj, by meditating very hard and for long periods, but without success.
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