Lady..

One can share a world with her

She will be there to aid it with beauty

Fill it with emotions notorious

Mark it with grace

If someone asks why she does that

She will nod and smile

But will never reply

Farewell...

In the darkness of dark

Radha stood like a corpse near the banks of Yamuna

That dreadful night she witnessed her Shyama leaving Vrindavan

And her world came to a standstill

Her silent tears secretly dissolved in Yamuna

And her thoughts wandered wildly

Memories of the once played flute filled her soul;

That music once enjoyed leaning on her keshava’s shoulder

Her fears came alive, and her face highlighted her lose

Now there is no Krishna, but the music lingers

And the swift Yamuna continues silently

Taking with her currents Radha’s agony

When I see I am nothing that is wisdom. When I see I am everything that is love. And between these two, my life flows—Nisargadatta Maharaj

There can be no better explanation than this that can console my poor Radha. People call her Radharani-- the Goddess, the princess of Krishna’s heart. But I like to visualize her as the girl next door – as a girl who is at the brink of entering womanhood. I imagine like any other girl of her age, she must have experienced the same emotional emptiness; would have underwent the same emotional turmoil on the departure of Mukunda (her much secured love interest) from Vrindavan.

 Though I did interpret my Radha in the above words I feel I have missed out on some crucial details. Or I doubt I was unsuccessful in rising above my menial ability to interpret an emotion as great as Radha’s love for Krishna. Our mind is so tainted and layered with worldly colors to think about something which is supreme, which is pure. Mind like any other space needs to be made clutter free and I am on my path to begin this exercise. What makes Radha’s love so distinguished, so special?

Nevertheless the fact is that her love was never selfish. It was unconditional. It was never limited only to her emotions and feelings because she knew it has transcended all the artificial demarcations set by mortal human mind; that it has transcended the concept of time and space and have attained eternal union with the divine, with her love forever. And that realization sets her free and makes her supreme. Hence even after leading a commoner’s life she attained immortality. She shares with the mortal world her extraordinary story of immortal love.

 It is said that every man has a woman behind his success and behind Krishna’s success I would undoubtedly say it is Radha and her love in the form of sacrifice. I salute the valor in her being. I also take secret pride in the fact, in knowing that she (Radha) deep inside, always knew is being guided by her lover in the path of knowledge, truth and love.