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    r r Madhukeli Valli "A Vine Of Spring-Pastimes"

    By r Govardhana Bhaa Gosvm.

    rla Govardhana Bhaa Gosvm was the grandson of r Gaddhara BhaGosvm, a disciple of rla Raghuntha Bhaa Gosvm. 'Madhu keli valli' is a book describes Rdh and Ka's Holi-pastimes, an annual festivity which takes place in Vrajathe six weeks preceding the full moon day of March (Dola Purnim). During Holi the peopof Vraja throw colored powder and squirt colored water at each other from syringes, as sigof affection and to remember that same pastime that Rdh and Ka played.

    The descendants of r Govardhana Bhaa Gosvm are still living in Vndvaopposite the Rdh Vallabha temple in a beautiful place called New Madan Mohan TemplThe following is only a rough translation of the book. Ed.

    Ka and the cowherd boys danced, taking syringes filled withkunkuma andgull

    (colorful substances) in their hands. Their turbans stood on their heads in a crooked waythey wielded reeds and wore silken clothes. Seeing them, thegopsbecame afraid. The sky was filled with the beautiful sounds of Bhers, Mdagas, Vs and flutes, that made tbirds blossom of bliss and become silent and dizzy. r Rdhik's face was beautified wCupid'srasika aspects like lowered, smiling eyes, a blossoming nose and restless lips.Madhumagala also danced with raised arms, loudly shouting: 'Ho ho ho Holi!", making allthe gopsand gops laugh with his crooked turban and his musk-anointed face on his thickneck as he rolled over his shoulders, saying: "Don't be afraid of these gops,O Ka! Youdon't know my brahminical power (that can subdue them)!" He wielded his rod, made two three steps forward and then came back to the group of cowherd boys, loudly chastisinthem on Ka's indication, saying: "O You weakling cowherd boys! Go back home! I chase the gopsaway with my own power! The power of my gyatr mantra enabled Ka to

    kill all the demons! Now thesegopswant to lure me in their midst to splash me with colored water! O Ka! You are fortunately the son of the king of Vraja, but in the company these cowherd-boys You became so proud and naughty! You are laughing when You see mbut, although You have learned all Your clever tricks from me, the crownjewel of all Yofriends, You are now giving me sorrow! O Giridhri! I came here to Vndvana to quar with r Rdhik, the jewel of all gops,but unfortunately You humiliated me now in front of them! How can I stay friends with You still? I will go to mother Yaod, she may give msome raba (milksweet), or I may go to the assembly of r Rdhik's girlfriends andcomplain to them, pleasing them with my prayers! O Prince of Vraja, because of Your priour friendship is now broken!"

    Saying this, Madhumagala twirled his golden stick around and entered r Rdhikassembly in great bliss. There thegops, headed by Lalit, stopped him, pulled at his clothes

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    and bound him up on Rdhik's order, smearing him in with fragrant colored pastesMadhumagala was in ecstasy and, eager to see Rdh-Gokulnanda's pastimes, he tolRdhik: "Hey Rdhe! Just see! I left the prince of Vraja and I'm taking shelter of You noO pure stream of mercy! Keep me with You! I am bound up by my friends, although I am brhmaa -boy! This is not proper! It is Your duty to protect the souls that take shelter of You! O Gndharvike! The arrow-like jokes of Your girlfriends hurt me more than thbondage of their ropes! O beloved of the prince of Gokula! O You who are filled with gofortune! O supreme Goddess! O stream of sweetness! O You whose beauty is desired for all the housewives! Be kind upon me! O Lalite! Even Ka is afraid of you and folds Hhands before You! Let me go! I've lost my faith in Ka! I will bring Mdhava here and will lament to You and pray for Your mercy after I defeat Him!"

    Lalit said: "O Clever Bao (a nickname of Madhumagala)! How come You suddenleft ymasundara? He is qualified, friendly, famous, satisfied and good at fluteplaying! I very sad!" Madhumagala enviously replied: "Hey Lalite! Are you testing me or so? I kn

    this yma, who enchants you girls with His poisonous flutesong, very well! He destroys patience of all the chaste girls, He's the crownjewel of womanisers and He's very lustyHearing these beautiful descriptions of Hari, r Rdhik bit on Her reddish lips and

    said: "O hardhearted Bao! How can you betray this most soft, spotless Mukunda, whoadorned with all qualities and who is more beautiful than Cupid?" Madhumagala said: "HRdhe! You speak the truth! You are the crown-jewel of all young girls! I came to the dustYour pure lotus feet, that make yma forget to tend His cows, to play His flute, or to keeHis yellow cloth on! The bondage of these ropes hurts me, please release me!"

    Hearing this, r Rdhik was immersed in a nectar flood of compassion and releasthis best of brhmaas , telling him: "O holy, intelligent brhmaa ! Don't be so proud,thinking that you're the greatest! You are devoid of all pious qualities!" Madhumagala sai"I have no control over my own brahminical power! Your girlfriends managed to defeat Ka only through my power, they are just weak girls themselves!" (He danced and jumparound shouting, making all the gopshappy).

    Govinda Vinodin Rdhik then became pleased, so Madhumagala said: "HeyRdhe! I'm hungry! Give me some sweets!" Citr- sakh said: "How amazing that this brhmaa is hungry! Has he become a beggar because his brahminical power was lost? Whotherwise would the well behaved, humble son of Nanda have abandoned him?"Madhumagala angrily said: "Hey Rdhe! Stop this impudent girl from offending a

    brhmaa ! Don't humiliate me! I swear you, I left Hari to join you and to defeat Him! Omerciful daughter of Vabhnu! Stop laughing and give me some fresh, tasty sweets!" Cthen came out, said: "Come, eat some sweets!" and fearlessly smeared him in withkukuma .Madhumagala angrily said: "Ohe Citre! It's not your fault! I was so foolish to betray Hari, and now I have to suffer for it!" and quickly backed off, but Lalit stopped him withstick and says: "Where are you going? I thought you were hungry! Quickly eat something!

    Rdhik stopped Lalit with a wink of Her eyebrows and made the friend of Herlover eat some sweets. Vikh, seeing r Rdhik adorned with love for Hari, sweetly tHer: "Hey sakhi Rdhe! Why are You suffering so much physically? Your eyes are suddenlyfilled with tears, Your skin is studded with goosepimples and You are shivering! You'speechless for Your voice is choked! O beautiful One! I see a slight smile on Your lips! Yactivities are astonishing! I don't know if You are happy or sad!" r Rdhik said: "Sakhi

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    mind yearns for that prince of Gokula, whose body is smeared with yellow sandalpaste a who is more beautiful than millions of Cupids! What can I do?" Hearing His flute, that sinHer name only, Rdhik cast sidelong glances at Hari.

    Part 2: While Madhumagala atelaus, restless-eyed Sudev threw kukuma (red powder)

    over his head and other gops, drunk with honeywine, squirted different kinds of colored water over ymasundara's clown-like friend with golden syringes, threw lotus stems afragrant powder at him. Kusumsava (Madhumagala), who is always eager to please Haran back to Him and told Him in great distress: "Hey Gopla! O friend of Subala! Hey HarSave me!"

    r Ka said: "Subala, don't you hear Bau's pitiful cries? Let's rescue him! Don't

    afraid of the gops! A steady person like you can never be defeated!" Subala was very eager tohave his Ctaka-bird-like eyes enjoy the ambrosial vision of the Ka-cloud adorned wstrikes of Rdh-lightning, so he happily and cleverly entered the gop-group. r Rdhiksaid: "O mind! Why are you so anxious? Surely you will attain Hari's blissfulll! Just see!Your lover's dear friend Subala is entering the assembly of gops!" Subala smiled and said:"Hey Vnde! Why is our friend Madhumagala making all that noise?" Madhumagala sa"O bold Subala! Why did you come here? I have surrendered to r Rdhik's lotus feetdon't care for Mdhava and His friends anymore! I just screamed to test Hari's love, buinstead of coming Himself, He sent You! Get out of my sight!"

    Subala humbly looked down at r Rdhik's lotus feet and said: "Hey Rdhe! You apraised by all the saints! Listen! Ka sent me here to find out what calamity has befallMadhumagala! If you are not merciful to me, then Love itself has descended to hell and don't know what my condition will be then!" Then Tugavidy, an expert joker, came up tSubala and smeared him in with eyeliner, mostly in the eyes. Subala then told r Rdhik"O! Your girlfriends are very learned! I cannot understand then how they can be soindecent!" Rasavat Lalit smiled and said: "These customs are only seen on auspiciooccasions like Holi! The king of lovers knows that!" Vnd said: "Hey Rdhe! Release thtwo friends of Nanda's son! Fix Your mind on Ka, the king of adolescent boys! You aafter all, a very virtuous girl!" Lalit said: "Rdhe! Vanadevi Vnd speaks the truth! Rele

    these two boys!" Kodar (slender Rdh) did so and Madhumagala and Subala quickly back to Mdhava. Madhumagala said: "O Govinda! Just see how fortunate I was to escafrom these girls! Give me some reward!" Subala laughed loudly and says: "HeNandanandana! What more can I say? Madhumagala was intoxicated by his own pride anhe doesn't count my virtues! He wants to take all the honour for himself! He was screaminloudly even when these little girls beat him with lotus flowers, and it was only on my plthat r Rdhik had him released! If this Subala had not gone to the assembly of gopsMadhumagala would have been in great trouble!" Madhumagala says: "This Subala is sua cheater! Look at his eyes! Thegopsforcibly smeared them in with eyeliner! You can seeclearly that he was defeated by them! Where was his strength ( bala) at that time? He Hare!How was Subala defeated by these weak (abal) gops? Only because of his offenses to a brhmaa like me!"

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    Meanwhile Hari became eager to see r Rdhik, so He said: "Bato! Your bellbecame so fat! Surely the gopswere feeding you nicely!" Madhumagala said: "O Ka!The Manohara-laus, the music and the dancing of the gopsare better than those of the gopas! Don't be so proud of Your fluteplaying! Now go, perfect Your cleverness in playinand bless Your eyes by seeing them!" Hari's heart melted when He heard this and He begato play His flute with a smile, yearning for His beautiful Rdhik, who was pierced bCupid's arrows when She heard it. Her body was studded with goosepimples, She becamstunned, lost Her bodily colour and wept, keeping a hand on Her friend Vikh's shouldeafter drinking the nectar of pure love for Hari. Seeing this, Vnd ecstatically pointed at Hetelling Citr: "Look at Rdhik's ecstasy after She hears Hari's flutesong!" When Vnd show happy Govinda was from seeing the beauty of the fruits, flowers, vines and trees in tforest, she said: "Citre! Who can properly praise this flute, that rests on Ka's lips and thdestroys the pride of all the gops? Which beautiful gopcan remain calm after hearing itssound, which causes their blouses and girdles to fall off and which makes them forget the

    duties and their husbands and run out of their houses into the forest?"Then the sounds of drums, flutes and Vs arose in the sky, giving great joy toGovinda's party. The crown jewel of sakhs, Lalit, said: "O Rdhe! Why are You gettingbewildered? Try to defeat that proud Govinda! I will crush His pride and bring Him herbefore You! O crown jewel of pure housewives! O moon-faced girl! I can't stand Kpride! As long as Your anklebells sing as sweetly as the swans Ka does not know wh where His yellow cloth, His stick, His flute, or His peacock feather is gone!"

    r Rdhik, whose beauty defeats innumerable lotus flowers, said: "O sakhs! Quickly go out for victory! Look how proudly Ka dances with His cowherdboy friends! Stop thfrom making all this noise here in Vndvana! Take jugs filled with yellow flower-scen water with you!" Hearing this, thegops loudly and blissfully began to sing, fearlessly approaching the prince of cowherders and filling Vndvana with the sound of theiambrosial songs. Loving Vikh humbly and beautifully began to dance, Citr began to p V in a wonderful way, Sudev sang and Vnd played Mdanga. Onegoptook a goldenpot with colored water on the head and others came before r Rdh with flowerbows- aarrows, flower balls and syringes, and began to pelt each other with these missiles thacaused the piercing sensation of Cupid's shafts in them. Intoxicated by new passions Rdhik put Her lotus-hand on one sakh's shoulder. Seeing that the forest ground becamered from the touch of Hari's lotus-footsoles, waves of gentle smiles appeared on Her lotu

    face and she told Lalit: "Dear sakhi! Who is that boy, who shines like a mass of eyeliner,coloring all directions with His blackish lustre and the white glittering of His smile? Hastonishes and startles My eyes!" r Rdhik became shy and happy when she saw Hbeloved and she told onesakh: "Sakhi! Is Hari blinking at Me from behind Subala's back?Does He want to tell Me something?"

    Just then, the prince of Vraja made the whole of Vndvana shine like blue lotusflowers with His squinting glances, that are full of deep love for Rdhik and He told Suba"Tell Me, O friend, who is this smiling girl who plays with Her dear friends and who givesto everyone with Her incomparibly beautiful singing and dancing, who reddens the foressoil with the reflection of Her red moonlike toe-nails and who twirls a play-lotus around Her hand, shattering My body and mind?" Subala replied: "Hey aure (Ka, who shinlike the sun)! Your beloved, who is invisible though visible (although You always see Her

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    like You have never seen Her before) has appeared before You! This is not so amazing, fthat is the nature of anurga (constant passion)! Give up Your unconscious state!"

    Hearing Subala's words, Hari smiled and said: "Aho! The Creator made one herb foMe in the form of Rdh, to make Me very happy! There is a pretty, young desire-vine thshines beautifully and that is served by spotless Kokila-birds (or: Rdh is a young desi vine who sings a sweet as a Kokila-bird). I always sing Rdh's name in the forest with flute and I always meditate on Her, stunned and covered with goosepimples of ecstasy! Ah When Rdh's name drips into My ears I don't know who I am, where I am, where I camfrom or what I'm going to do! Other gopscan make Me happy only as long as I do notremember Her! I swear you, Subala, without Rdhik My cows, My friends and Vndvana look like the fearsome fire of destruction to Me! Aho! Has the Creator collectall the sweet things of the world to make My Rdhik, or has Love taken the form of a Vra gopwho enchants and excites Me?" Saying this, Nanda's son was immersed in an ocean bliss, relishing the sight of Rdh. Holding on to a Kadamba-tree, He stole the heart of

    Rdh, the jewel of Vabhnu's family. Then Hari began to cry, His body studded witgoosepimples of loving ecstasy.Madhumagala said: "O friend Hare! I think You are afraid of all the obstacles to

    Your meeting with r Rdhik! Your lotus-eyes are trembling! You don't see me and Yofriends, nor Your flute Muralik, anymore! You can not keep Your clothes together anymoeither! O brother, look at me! Don't be afraid! Just go to Her!" Ujjvala smiled slightly ansaid: "O friend! This Bau is a coward! Just send him to Your home where somelaus arekept for him! In his company we will all become afraid! And You, O Gokulnanda, will abe defeated by thegops, if even Madhumagala was defeated by them! If You, our general,are defeated, then what can we soldiers do other than run away?" Hearing this,Madhumagala became very angry and told Ujjvala: "O cheater! I'm Ka's well-wishifriend! You have become so contaminated by quarreling!" Then Hari was anointed witsandalpaste by Rdhik's lotus-hand to the great joy of all the assembled sakhs,after whichHe happily started playing His flute.

    Part 3: r Rdhik hid Herself from Ka and went out to pick flowers, but Ka saw H

    with His sidelong glances and squirted yma-water on Her from a golden and jewele

    syringe. This made Rdhik's cheeks very beautiful and filled Her with ecstasy. Harpretended to be angry and said, eager to drink the nectar of Rdhik's lotuslike mouth anthe nectar of quarreling with Her: "Ayi! Don't be indecent! Don't be proud of reaching Myflower garden in Vndvana!" The gopssaid: "Aho! Glory to the jewel of girls, r Rdh, to whom these beautiful vines and trees belong! O Cheater! Quickly go back where You camfrom, before Lalita gets angry and will chastise You!" Hari said: "Where shall I go? "Whshall I go? It's Holi-time, the best month of the year, when all desires are fulfilled! I will d whatever I like! Curses won't help here! Who will listen to your blubbering? I'm no longafraid of My superiors!" The gopsreplied: "Don't You know that we worship the sungod? We are world-famous for our piety! Our bodies are very pure and we're proud of that! O whimsical boy! Your words won't work here, don't praise Yourself here! O cheater! We haseen Your strength in the forest!" Hari says: "You can give up your crookedness, but not Y

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    desires! I will fearlessly fulfill them all! Whichgop would be proud now? Everyone wants tohave their desires fulfilled!"

    ym- sakh stifled her anklebells, came up to Ka from behind and suddenly smeared Him in withkukuma, while Rdhik threw a ball of gull (colored powder) on Hischeeks with jingling bangles. Ka walked up to Her like a mad elephant and smeared Hface in withkukuma . Then He folded His hands and humbly prayed to Her: "Priye! A fishcan not live out of the water! I am under Your control! There is no fault in My behavioudon't be angry with Me, O fair-faced girl! It does not look nice on Your moonlike face!" Rdhik said: "I know Your pitiful prayers! Your sdhu-act will not save You here!", and beatKa with Her playlotus. Vnd said: "O beautiful Rdhe! Smear Hari'skhajana -(restless)eyes in withajana (eyeliner)!", so Rdhik did so, but Her fingers began to shiver, so sheplaced Her other hand on Ka's shoulder. Thesakhsdrowned in oceans of bliss when they saw Rdh and Ka touching Each other and they began to dance and played musicRdh and Mukunda threw gull at Each other and begin to dance with love, sprinklingEach other with colored water and singing as sweet as cuckoos. When the swans in thYamun heard this, they forgot their course out of ecstasy. Rdh and Ka made Thebangles jingle sweetly as they threw lotus-stems and balls of lotus-flowers at Each otheKa gave great joy to the gops with His soft smile and His playful eyebrows. Thebeautifully dressed cowherd boys then made loud sounds and surround the gops. Someimitated women by lowering their heads and others imitated yogsby opening their hairknotsand smearing themselves with ashes, singing and throwing powder and flowerballs.

    The gops, that looked like golden sticks, took their flowerbows- and arrows, onRdhik's indication. Lotus-eyed Gndharvik, who is a desire-vine for Ka, took loflowers and soft balls in Her lotus-hand and helped the beautiful gops in sprinkling the whole of Vndvana with colored water. The sakhs, like Vikh and Citr, as well as theparrots in the trees all sang: "Jaya Rdhe! Jaya Rdhe! Rdhik has won! She is the Queen Vndvana!" Hearing this, Rdhik humbly blocked Her ears with Her hands, blissfusmiling and gazing at Hari, who became eager to enjoy in a flower garden, being enchantby Her beautiful face. Ka told His friends: "O gopas! I can not look at thegops' faces infront of you all! I'm drowning in an ocean of bashfulness! Go home, we'll play mortomorrow! I will meditate on the supremebrahma while looking at their lotus faces withlowered eyes!"

    r Ka, the ocean of rasa (spiritual flavours) thought that the time Subala neededto make a bed of flowers for Him and His beloved in thekuja , that was filled with hummingblackbees, took a millennium.....

    Part 4 : r Rdhik, who was afflicted by desires and filled with ecstasy after seeing H

    beloved, told Vikh: "Dearsakhi! How will I see Hari, who is anointed withkunkuma andsandalwood pulp, and whose face is covered with dust, today? Was He pierced by the shaflike glances of Padm and Candrval, and is He now playing with them, or has He gohome out of embarrassment over His defeat in Holi? Is He playing with Madhumagala o with some gopin akuja ? When will this Ka, who is expert in the art of lovemaking, whois very attached to that art, who likes love-quarrels, who destroys all miseries, whose bang

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    jingle when He catches the hand of His beloved, who plays in thekujas on the bank of theYamun, who has a crooked heart and who sings like a cuckoo, be merciful to Me and maMe happy? Alas! Without My Pra Vallabh this Vndvana tastes like poison to Me! Tmerciless, very cool Yamun is giving so much pain to My heart! Thesekujas upset Me very much!"

    Subala happily told Vikh: "Aho Vikhe! Where are you going? Please revive mfriend! Sometimes He stands at the gate of thekuja , breathing out deeply, lamenting: "H!h!", and sometimes He becomes very happy, taking a golden Campaka-vine to be RdhikSometimes He wanders around thekuja-cottage, keeping His head in His hands. Hebecomes very eager when He hears the warbling of the swans, thinking it to be the jinglinof Her anklebells and then He looks in that direction!"

    Hearing these words of Subala, Vikh came into thekujaand, seeing Ka there,became quiet. Ka happily told her: "Vikhe! Tell Me truly, where is Rdhik?" Vikhdon't know" Hari: "Surely you know, otherwise why are you giggling?" Vikh: "W

    benefit I have from giggling? You are a debauchee!" Ka: "Not true! I have no one else Rdhik! Let Me quickly adorn thekuja with Her!" Vikh: "No gopcan be compared with Rdhik, who is there like Her? She knows everything! Don't be so proud, thinking thYou're the only one who knows something! Actually You don't know anything! Why do Y want to meet oursakh? She's very famous for Her chastity, Her virtue and Her worship of the sungod! Why are You trying to compete with Her?"

    r Hari became sad and upset and told Subala: "Friend, have you come here afteseeing Vabhnu- nandin's toenails or not? Didn't you see this girl, whose mind is attachto this pitiable son of Vrajendra, who is the most powerful gop and who daily goes toRdhku a to meet Me on the pretext of worshiping the sungod? O Vikhe, why are ygiving Me pain, although you are Her friend? Make My fish-like eyes swim in the nectar-laof Her form!" gop citta coraHari (Hari, who steals thegops'hearts) fell silent and tears of love moistened His yellow cloth. Vikh felt sorry for Him and said with tearfilled eyes:Govinda! As long as You don't appear before Her, Rdhik is feeling great pain, considerione moment to be like an age and the whole of Vndvana to be like burning poison! WhShe sees a Tamla-tree She gets goosepimples of ecstasy on Her skin, and She trembles ancries, thinking it to be You! Her face dries up, Her voice falters and She sits motionless likpicture, as if She is merged in You! Look at my anxious sakh, sitting in akuja , thirsty forthe ever-fresh nectar of Your company! He Hare! You've become mad with desire fo

    Rdhik and vice-versa! O Subala! Dress Ka up like a yog!" Then she went to r Rdhikand said: " sakhi! I did not meet Hari, but there's an amazing yogwandering around in Vrajathat I never saw before! He looks just like Hari and He wanders around with Subala! Hsmile shines as bright as white lilies and He's just like a bee in the lotuslike hearts of th gops! He has a spot of glisteningsindra on His forehead and Rudrka-beads around Hisneck! His body is smeared with ashes and He wears a deerskin on His shoulders! His eyshine like red lotus flowers and He has matted locks and a saffron loincloth!"

    With lowered eyes Campakalat folded her hands and said full of respect: "O perfecascetic! O Svmj! Where are you from? Stay here and purify Vraja with a stream of ymercy, O destroyer of miseries!" Citr offered the Ka- yoga pure sittingplace, but Kakicked it away, saying'hu hu!' and sat down on His deerskin to meditate on the ever-freshnectar of r Rdhik's lips. Rdhik smiled when She saw this beautiful Hari dressed lik

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    yog with nodding head, speaking blessed words with a blissful heart, occasionallyinterrupting Himself by sweetly saying ' bam bam!' with an unaltered mind. Seeing this,Rdhik swam in a shoreless ocean of bliss.

    Just for fun, Vikh, hiding her feelings, asked Hari: "O Yogrja! Tell me what's my mind! Don't stay silent!" The yogreplied: "O fair-teethed girl! Although I should not say it I have to tell you that I'm subdued by your devotion! You are eager to see the pastimes of young golden girl with a young cloud-colored boy!" Rdhik slyly said: "O fair-teethed La What the yogsaid was not so amazing! This thought is also on my mind! The most amazinthing is that my heart starts melting! Thisyogcan not be anyone else but Hari, the Lord of My heart, who is full of new bliss!"Saying this, Rdhik smiled and pierced Ka with the arrows of Her glances, making H very agitated. Thesakhsdrowned in an ocean of bliss when they saw the sweet meeting of the Yugala Kiora, and said: "Re Vikhe! We know your crooked tricks! Quickly make the yogin(united girl) of the yog(the united man). How many penances didn't this girl

    perform to get the company of this king of yogs ?"Then yogj put His deerskin on His shoulder and said: "I should not stay with women!" But how could He leave, being surrounded by enchanting, intoxicated gops? One gopwiped the sindra from His forehead, one took His Rudrka beads, one pulled off Hisloin-cloth and another one pulled His deerskin from His shoulder and threw it on the flooOne blooming lotus-eyed gop threw His hat off, another one sprinkled Him with colored water, one came up to Him from behind and smeared His eyes in with eyeliner and anotheone smeared His face in with flowerpollen. One challenged Ka, making funny faces asaying: "Where is Your strength now?" and another lotus-eyed gopsaid: "O biggest cheaterof the world! Are You trying to trick us? You can call Your friends or Your parents, wothey help You? Where is Your powerfulbrhmaa -friend now? They cannot help You! Thereis only one way out for You: To touch r Rdhik's lotus feet! She can forgive You! Docheat us anymore now!"

    Thegopsbegan to dance and smiled and wielded their sticks just to frighten Ka,Citr smeared His face with musk and Vikh made different decorations with sindra onHim. Lalit held a mirror before Ka's face and aikal quickly and without hesitatidrew pictures on His body. Ka tried to put His yellow cloth back on again, but failed oof ecstasy, so slender Lalit helped Him to put it on. Ka said: "Aho, bold Girl! All Mclothes, except for My underwear, are gone!" and entered a solitary kuja with deeply sighing Rdhik.

    Thus Ends A Summary Translation Of re Govardhana Bhaa Gosvme's 'Madhu Keli Valli',

    A Vine Of Spring-Pastimes.

    Translated by Advaita Dasa in 1989.