Speech of the gopis addressed to Udhava:
SWAYYA
They (gopis) together said to Udhav, O Udhav! Listen, say thus to Sri Krishna.
All of them collectively said to Udhava, “O Udhava! you may talk to Krishna like this that all the words of wisdom that he had sent through you, have been imbibed by us
Poet Shyam says, the love of all these gopis has to be said to him.
“O Udhava! taking into consideration our welfare, tell it definitely to Krishna that forsaking us he had gone to Matura, but there also he should keep in touch with us.”929.
When gopis said all this to Udhava, he was then also filled with love
He lost his consciousness and the brilliance of wisdom ended in his mind
He got along with the gopis and got used to the talk of extreme love. (seemingly)
He also began to talk about love in the company of gopis and it appeared that he had put off the clothes of wisdom and had plunged into the stream of love.930.
When Udhava recognised the love of gopis, he also began to converse with the gopis about love
Udhava gathered love in his mind and abandoned his wisdom
His mind was fille with love to such an extent that he also said that on forsaking Braja, Krishna had made Braja very poor
But O friend! the day when Krishna went to Mathura, his sexual instinct has deteriorated.931.
Speech of Udhava addressed to the gopis:
SWAYYA
“O young damsels! on reaching Matura, I shall cause to send an envoy through Krishna to take you to Mathura
Whatever difficulties experiencing, I shall relate them to Krishna
“I shall try to please Krishna in any possible way after conveying your request
I shall bring him again to Braja even falling at his feet.”932.
When Udhava said these words, all the gopis arose to touch his feet
The sorrow of their mind was decreased and their inner happiness increased
Poet Shyam says, Udhava begged further (those gopis) said thus,
Imploring Udhava, they said, “O Udhava! when you go there you may tell Krishna that after falling in love, no one forsakes it.933.
You have won the hearts of all the gopis while playing in the Kunj streets.
“O Krishna, while playing in alcoves, you allured the mind of all gopis, for which you endured the ridicule of the people and for whom you fought with the enemies.”
Poet Shyam says, (the gopis) beseechingly chanted thus with Udhav.
The gopis say this, while imploring Udhava, “O Krishna! on abandoning us, you went away to Matura, this was your very bad act.934.
“Forsaking the residents of Braja, you went away and absorbed yourself in the love of the residents of Matura
All the love that you had with the gopis, the same has now been relinquished,
“And it is now associated with the residents of Matura
O Udhava! he has sent to us the guise of yoga, O Udhava! tell Krishna that he has no love left for us.”935.
O Udhava! When (you) leave the Braj and go to Mathura Nagar.
“O Udhava! after leaving Braja, when you go to Matura, then fall at his feet with love from our side
“Then tell him with great humility that if one falls in love, he should carry it till the end
If one cannot do it, then what is the use of falling in love.936.
“O Udhava! listen to us
Whenever we meditate on Krishna, then the pangs of the fire of separation greatly afflict us, by which we are neither alive nor dead
“We do not even have the consciousness of our body and we fall unconscious on the ground
How to describe our perplexity to him? You may tell us how we can remain patient.”937.
Those gopis who remined proud earlier, they said these things in great humility
They are the same gopis, whose body was like gold, the face like lotus-flower and who were like Rati in beauty
In this way they talk in a distraught manner, the poet has found this simile of that (sight).
They are saying these things, getting distempered and according to the poet they appear like fish to Udhava, who can only survive in the water of Krishna.938.
Saddened, Radha said such words to Udhav.
Getting agitated, Radha said this to Udhava, “O Udhava! we do not like the ornaments, food, houses etc. without Krishna,”
Saying this Radha felt pangs of separation and also felt extreme hardship even in weeping
The eyes of that young damsel appeared like the lotus-flower.939.