Nisantha lila 106-110 Rādhā and Krishna separate each other

Nishanta lila Verses 106-110

Rādhā and Krishna separte eachother

Verse 106
In this way, as Sri Krishna exchanges madhura rasamaya katha with Rādhā and the sakhis, everyone forgets once again the pressing need to return home.
Verse 107
Thus Vrinda Devi anxiously signals to an elderly female monkey named Kakkhati.
Verse 108
Understanding what to do, Kakkhati suddenly shrieks from the treetops, “Praised by the sadhus, the yogini of morning and sunset-‘jaṭilā ‘-is swiftly approaching with her matted locks and attired in saffron garb!”

Verse 109
When Vraja’s mangala svarupa (the reservoir of auspiciousness), Sri Radhe-Shyama, suddenly hears the name of Jatila, which means “ill-tempered by nature,” fear and panic overtake them! Although still anxious for prema vilasa, they quickly exit from the kunja!

Rasa-tarangini Tika:
Seeing a stark tree trunk without foliage, the gopis panic, thinking-here’s Jatila! In fact, due to intense fear, wherever their eyes chance to fall, they imagine that Jatila is approaching from that direction! Although Krishna proceeds along placing his arm on Radhika’s shoulder, still Madan Raja, Cupid, is unable to pierce them with his stock of arrows. And what’s the reason?

In Kandarpa’s kingdom, everyone knows that when Padmini-bandhu (a name for the sun, the friend or lover of the lotus flowers) rises, the lotuses become rejuvenated.
But today as he rises in the sky, the Vraja padminis, Rādhā and her sakhis, become frantic!

Seeing their plight, Madan Raja became confused and thought: “A revolution must be taking place within my kingdom!” Thus being distracted, he didn’t take up his bow. Otherwise, Cupid would surely have pierced Sri Yugal Kishor with his flower arrows at this moment also!

Rādhā and Shyamasundar embrace as they moved through the nikunja’s courtyard, but upon reaching the crossroad to Vraja, Sri Krishna suddenly removes his arm from Srimati’s shoulder. Rādhā frantically realizes, “Protected within this kunja by my bodyguards of elation, I’ve enjoyed the maha-nidhi (great jewel) of Madhava’s embrace! But hay! Now I am unprotected, and the dacoit named panic is forcefully plundering my treasures!” Seeing this tragedy, the sakhis and manjaris burst into tears and loudly cry in despair! (Krishna-bhavanamrita, 2.67-70)

Verse 110
Upon hearing Jatila’s name, Rādhā and Krishna become so afraid that they separate. Seeing them fleeing on separate pathways with their dangling ornaments, loosely falling garments, and hair cast astrewn-the sakhis become bewildered and hide!

Rasa-tarangini Tika: Continuing from Krishna-bhavanamrita: As Rādhā and Krishna traverse different paths, viraha turns their moon-like faces pale. Hence it’s quite astonishing that the vanishing stars could make two moons fade-for this is unheard of! No one becomes depressed upon receiving a valuable gem. But even though Rādhā and Krishna have each other’s hridaya mani (“the heart’s jewel”, i.e., prema), their mutual separation causes grief.

Therefore, prema’s amazing influence arranges a direct reunion! In other words, due to intense prema, a sphurti of the beloved manifests, and union within separation becomes possible. (Krishna-bhavanamrita 2.72)

At this point, Krishnahnika-kaumudi contains the description of an interesting lila. As Radhika and Krishna Chandra swiftly traverse the path, their fearful eyes scan every direction to make sure that no one is watching. Yet their thirst for rati keli remains ever unabated! Thus taking the help of their own hladini shakti and their deep mutual anuraga, tribhuvana-manohari (enchanting to the three worlds) Sri Yugala Kishor perform rati vihara right on the pathway! And hence the sakhis and manjaris experience complete nayanananda (ecstasy for the eyes). After the Surata-yajna, Rādhā and Krishna take a Yamuna-snana, which signifies the last function of Rati’s evening sacrifice. (Krishnahnika-kaumudi 1.43-44)

It is noteworthy that when Rādhā stays in Javat, she remains with Krishna as far as kadamba-khandi before returning home. And during her stay at Varshana, their parting takes place at Dhuman Vana.