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ShriRädhä’s intense agony of separation has been described in Act Four. When Kṛṣṇa heard from the sakhé of Rädhä’s dire suffering, he considered himself to be an offender. He felt both ashamed and also apprehensive. Although he was eager to meet with his eternal beloved, he did not go to her in person. He first expressed his regret before her sakhé and then sent her to pacify Rädhä’s pique with soothing words of conciliation. He instructed the sakhé, “Humbly supp li cate ShriRädhä on my behalf. Devise a way to make her happy somehow or other and then bring her here. I will wait right here on the Yamunä riverside until she comes.” After being instructed in this way, the sakhé went to inform Rädhä of the news.
An ardent longing (äkäìkña) to meet his eternal lover, ShriRädhä, had awakened within Kṛṣṇa’s heart. Hence the title of Act Five, Äkäìkña-puëòarékäkña. The name Puëòarékäkña, meaning “lotus-eyed one”, attracts the readers’ attention to Kṛṣṇa’s supremely enchanting eyes, which are also compared to red lotus flowers in the Vedas, tasya yathä puëòarékam e evam eväkñiëé. The chanda of this verse is puñpitägrä.
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