Saturday, August 8, 2009

Unmilked utters

A parrot named Daksa, who was the teacher of hundreds and thousands of other parrots and who was expert in describing Krsna's pastimes, came at the gate of the kunja and began to sing, with His wings flapping out of love for Krsna:

"Krsna! Your mother has risen and is approaching Your bedroom, saying: "0 Maidservants! Krsna is tired of wandering in the forest and is now enjoying His happy sleep, so churn the yogurt quietly!", so quickly return to Your solitary bedroom! 0 Govinda, You must surely know that Your cows like Kalindi are all staring down the road, eager to see You. With raised ears and faces they moo to call their calves, being afflicted by the overweight of their unmilked udders! Being very eager to see You, Holy Paurnamasi finishes her morning duties and is coming to Your bedroom with Your mother to see You. Before she gets there, quickly get up from this bed made of forest flowers and return to Your room!"
(Govinda lilamrta 41-44)