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Radha’s Prem -Swami Sivananda
Scene 2
Act 1
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Lord Krishna: The only cure for stomach-ache is to drink a spoonful of the “Chraranamrita” of any of my true devotees. My pain will vanish immediately I drink it. Will any of you oblige me by giving me this medicine? You are all my Bhaktas and you can produce this medicine in the winking of an eye.ORukmini! Help me, help me. I can’t bear the pain. I shall lose my life if I amnot relieved of it immediately. O! please Rukmini, get a vessel and let me have a little “Charanamrita”. (Rukmini is shocked to hear these words. She closes her ears with her hands, looks greatly perturbed and worried, looks hither and thither like a mad woman.) Rukmini: My Lord. You are the Lord of three Worlds. I respect you more than I respect any one else in the world. How can I commit this heinous crime of offering you my Charanamrita? What a horrible sin would it be, that you want me to commit? Oh, please ask anything else. My life is yours. (Falls at his feet.) (Krishna looks at the others.) All: We are ready to serve our Lord in any respect; but how can we give the Lord our Charanamrita? We will go to Naraka and suffer there for ever. (All prostrate before the Lord.) Lord Krishna: O! My pain is increasing every moment. O! Lord, is there not any one here who would help me. O! Rukmini, if you are not willing, please ask any one of my Bhaktas to give me the Charanamrita. O! won’t any one take pity on me? ...... Ah! (Krishna swoons.) Confused as to what they should do, they all disperse willy-nilly. |
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