66 - The removal of Radha's Grief

Narayana said- Lord Krishna, the foremost among those performing Rasa getting anxious for a union with Radha, spent pleasant time with her in Rasamandala. 

After the union with Krishna, Radhika felt sleepy she then had a dream after which she rose up and sat down. She then meekly submitted herself to lord Krishna her beloved. 

Radhika said- О lord, you come here. Let me embrace you because I am not aware of what the destiny would do to me after this.

Thus speaking, the immensely virtuous Radha embraced her beloved and started speaking about the bad dream, she had witnessed. 

Radhika said- О lord, I was seated on the gem-studded lion-throne under an umbrella of gems. At that very moment a Brahmana getting annoyed with me, snatched away the umbrella from my hands. 

He forcefully drove a weak person like me in the terrific, insurmountable and deep ocean which looked like an ocean of collyrium. 

Getting panicky I started looking in the ocean again and again which was infested with crocodiles and the high waves which made me upset. "O lord, you protect me. I repeated these words again and again; I was terrified at finding you nowhere and then started offering prayer to the god. 

О Krishna while I was drowning in the ocean, I found that the moon was reduced to a hundred particles and even the sky was falling on earth.

In the second moment I found the solar disc which fell from the sky on the earth was reduced to four pieces. Thereafter, I found that both the sun and the moon had risen in the sky and were eclipsed by Rahu who was completely black.

The next moment, I found that an illustrious Brahmana snatched away the pitcher of nectar from me and broke it in anger. 

Again, I found that the angry Brahmana was dragging away my beloved from me.

О lord suddenly the lotus stalk held in my hands fell down on the ground and was reduced to pieces. The spotless mirror which was made of the best of gems was suddenly broken into pieces, falling from hands. The mirror which was quite spotless was rendered black after the fall, like the collyrium.

The garland of gems worn by me on the breasts was broken and shattered. The lotus also faded out and fell down on the ground.

All the puppets of my mansion were dancing and laughing. In a moment they clapped their hands and, in another moment, they started singing and then crying. 

A chakra of black colour was roaming in the sky, sometimes it fell down on earth and was again raised up. 

Getting out my great lord who is dearer to me than my life he was saying. "O Radha you send me off. I am going. An image of black colour clads in black costumes embraced me. This is what I have witnessed in the dream. О lord of my life thus witnessing the opposite type of dream, my right limbs are fluttering. I am feeling restless and am crying because of the onset of grief. My mind is extremely disturbed. О lord, you happen to be the best of the gods, therefore you tell me immediately as to what does it means.” 

Thus, speaking Radhika, whose throat, lips and palate had dried up, getting frightened and filled with grief, fell at the feet of lord Krishna. Thereafter, lord Krishna who-is the lord of the universe, listening to the dream of Radhika embraced her and with the application of his divine yogic powers, he enlightened her. 

Thereafter, when Radha was imparted with the spotless divine knowledge, she was relieved of her grief and then embraced the lord gracefully.