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
Một gopī, đang thiền tưởng về sự gắn bó trước kia với Kṛṣṇa, thấy một con ong và tưởng đó là sứ giả do người yêu gửi đến; rồi nàng nói như sau.
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.