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fresh tears. Due to Her sweet relationship sitting or when She is going to Vrindavan,
with Krishna, Her natural enthusiasm She sees Krishna. The symptoms of various
showed in Her eyes, and when Her crying ecstasies that become manifest at that
subsided, She appeared even more beautiful. time are called viläsa. Srila Rupa Goswami
Agitated by tears, Srimati Radharani’s eyes explains: ‘The various symptoms manifested
were tinged with red, just like the eastern in a woman’s face, eyes and the other parts
horizon at sunrise. Her lips began to move of her body and the way she moves, stands
with jubilation and amourous desire. Her or sits when she meets her beloved are
eyebrows curved, and a mild smile decorated
Her lotus-like face. Seeing Radharani’s face called viläsa.’ Timidity, jubilation, ambition,
exhibit such emotions, Lord Sri Krishna respect, fear and the characteristics of the
felt a million times happier than when He left- wing gopis are all ecstatic symptoms
embraced Her. Indeed, Lord Sri Krishna’s that combine to agitate Srimati Radharani
happiness is far beyond anything in this heart. ‘When Srimati Radharani saw Lord
mundane world.’ Krishna just before Her, She stopped
Sometimes when Srimati Radharani is walking and assumed a contrary attitude.
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Although Her face was slightly covered by happy. Learned scholars call this attitude
a blue garment, Her two starry eyes were kuööamita.’ ’Although Srimati Radharani
active and appeared wide and curved. Thus was checking Krishna with Her hand,
She was decorated with the ornaments of internally She was thinking, ”Let Krishna
viläsa, and Her beauty increased to give satisfy His amourous desires.” In this way
pleasure to Sri Krishna, the Supreme She was very pleased within, although She
Personality of Godhead.’ externally displayed opposition and anger.
Srimati Radharani stands before Krishna, Srimati Radharani externally displays a
bent in three places—Her neck, waist and kind of dry crying, as if She were offended.
legs—and Her eyebrows dance. The lalita Then She mildly smiles and admonishes
ornamental mood is manifest when there Lord Krishna. ‘Actually She has no desire
is an awakening of the various ecstatic to arrest Krishna’s endeavor to touch Her ,
features on Srimati Radharani’s face and in yet Srimati Radharani, whose thighs are like
Her eyes that are appropriate to a charming the trunk of a baby elephant, protests His
feminine attitude. Srila Rupa Goswami advances and, sweetly smiling, admonishes
explains’ ‘The ornament of feminine Him. At such times She cries without Her
charm, called lalita alaìkära is manifest charming face becoming teary eyed.’ In
when the bodily features are delicate and this way, Srimati Radharani is ornamented
expertly curved, and the eyebrows are very with various ecstatic symptoms, which
beautifully agitated.’ attract the mind of Sri Krishna.
— Sri Caitanya-caritamrta » Madhya-lila » Madhya 14:
If Lord Sri Krishna happens to see
Performance of the Vrindavan Pastimes »159-201.
Srimati Radharani decorated with these
lalita ornamental moods, They both
become eager to meet each other. Srila The Left Wing And Right
Rupa Goswami explains ‘When Srimati Wing Heroines Described
Radharani was decorated with the Srila Rupa Goswami
ornament of lalita alaìkära, just to increase
Sri Krishna’s love, an attractive curve was The left wing heroine is described in this
manifested in Her neck, knees and waist. way:
This was brought about by Her timidity mana-grahe sadodyuktä
and apparent desire to avoid Krishna. The tac-chaithilye ca kopanä
flickering movements of Her eyebrows abhedyä näyake präyaù
could conquer the powerful bow of Cupid. krürä vämeti kértyate
To increase the joy of Her beloved, Her
body was decorated with the ornaments of “A gopi who is always eager to be jealously
lalita alaìkära.’ angered, who is very enthusiastic to
When Krishna comes forward and maintain that condition, who immediately
greedily snatches at the border of Her becomes angry when defeated, who is
sari, Srimati Radharani is actually very never under the control of a hero, and who
pleased within, but still She tries to stop always opposes Him is called a vämä, or a
Him. “This ecstatic attitude of Srimati left-wing heroine.”
Radharani’s is called kuööamita. When this The right-wing heroines has the following
ecstatic ornament is manifested, Radharani symptoms:
externally tries to avoid Krishna, and She asahyä mäna-nirbandhe
apparently becomes angry at Him, although näyake yukta-vädiné
internally She is very happy. ‘When the
border of Her sari and Her Her faceveil are sämabhis tena bhedyä
caught, She externally appears offended ca dakñiëä parikértitä
and angry, but within Her heart She is very
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“A gopi who never displays or appreciates
feminine anger, who speaks in submissive
language before the hero, and who is
satisfied by His sweet placating words is
called a dakñiëä, or a right-wing gopi.”
Thus the left and right wing gopis have
been explained by Rupa Goswami in his
Ujjvala-nélamaëi (Sakhé-prakaraëa 26 and
32)
— Sri Caitanya-caritamrta » Madhya-lila » Madhya 14: Performance
of the Vrindavan Pastimes: text 161; Purport by His Divine Grace
A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada.