Shloka 11
Uddhava Meets the Gopīs: Bhramara-gītā and Kṛṣṇa’s Message of Separation
काचिन्मधुकरं दृष्ट्वा ध्यायन्ती कृष्णसङ्गमम् । प्रियप्रस्थापितं दूतं कल्पयित्वेदमब्रवीत् ॥ ११ ॥
kācin madhukaraṁ dṛṣṭvā dhyāyantī kṛṣṇa-saṅgamam priya-prasthāpitaṁ dūtaṁ kalpayitvedam abravīt
കൃഷ്ണസംഗമം ധ്യാനിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരുന്ന ഒരു ഗോപീ ഒരു തേൻചീറ്റയെ കണ്ടു; അതിനെ പ്രിയൻ അയച്ച ദൂതനെന്നു കരുതി ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞു।
Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is referred to in this verse as kācit, “a certain gopī. ” To establish that this particular gopī is in fact Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī quotes the following verses from the Agni Purāṇa:
FAQs
In Canto 10, Chapter 47, the gopīs—burning in separation from Kṛṣṇa—address a bumblebee as if it were His messenger; their words reveal the highest intensity of prema-bhakti in viraha.
Overwhelmed by remembrance of meeting Kṛṣṇa, she projects her longing onto the bee, imagining it as a dūta (messenger) sent by her beloved, and begins speaking to it from the depth of separation.
It teaches focused remembrance: even ordinary sights can become prompts for sādhana when one trains the mind to turn naturally toward Kṛṣṇa through longing, prayer, and constant meditation.