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Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana: Book 10: Chapter 90: Verses 21-28
O cuckoo, your voice is so sweet and melodious. It seems our beloved Lord has made it so sweet (by drilling it).You warble in notes as sweet as those of the honey-tongued Sri Krsna, Your songs bring life even to the dead. Please tell us what service we may render to you today.
Oh, dear mountain, you possess a noble mind. It is you who support the earth by maintaining her balance. How is it that you neither move nor speak anything ? You seem to be merged in some serious thought. Or is it that you long to place the lotus-feet of our beloved Lord on your breast-like peaks (even) as we. O rivers, consorts of the ocean, (it is summer now). Your beds are dry. The beauty of the lotus (full bloom) is no longer to be in found in you. You have become very lean and thin. (The reason is not far to seek.) (Just) as we have been robbed of our heart and have become much too emaciated, being deprived of the love-laden glances of (our beloved Consort,) the Lord of the Yadus, so have you. been reduced to this wretched condition because the clouds no longer supply you with water from your beloved ocean. O dear swan, you are welcome. Take your seat (here) and have a little milk. Please tell us something of our beloved Lord. We know you are His messenger. Is our dear Sri Krsna, who is under no body's control, hale and hearty ? 0 brother, He is very fickle in His friendship. Once He told us that we were the most beloved of Him. Does He remember that profession of His love ? However, let it go.
(If He can afford to be indifferent to us, why should we languish for Him ?) (Vile) messenger of a treacherous lover! we do not care to go to Him. (Or if He calls us just in order to make friends with us,) you might (as well) bring Him here, (so that we may have a direct talk with Him); but take care not to bring Laksmi with Him. (If He cannot come here leaving Laksmi alone, we ask you one thing.) Of all women, does Laksmi alone boast of Her exclusive love for the Lord ? (Is there none among us, who can claim to possess such love ?) (Pariksit!) such was the (depth of) love and devotion which the consorts of Sri Krsna cherished for their husband, the Supreme Lord of great masters of Yoga; and through that they attained the supreme state. The sports of the Lord have been sung in various ways through exquisite songs and poetry. (They are so sweet, so captivating that) they irresistibly draw the mind (and heart) of women when they hear them. How much greater, then, should be the attraction of those who (are privileged to) see Him (with their own eyes !) And how could one form an estimate of the austerities performed by those (privileged) women who, regarding the (Supreme) Teacher of the world (Bhagavan Sri Krsna) as their husband, kneaded His feet, washed His body, fed Him and served Him with other kinds of loving attentions. (Pariksit!) Bhagavan Sri Krsna is the (sole) refuge of (all) virtuous souls. Practising virtue as enjoined by the Vedas, He clearly demonstrated (to the world) more than once how (the three objects of life, viz.,) religious merit, prosperity and enjoyment of worldly pleasures could be attained by leading the life of a householder.
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