Jagat

We left Radha at the end of the previous khaṇḍa having been pierced by the arrows of love fired by Krishna, seemingly the last vestiges of resistance having been erased. This khaṇḍa begins with Radha going with the other girls to the Yamuna to bathe and fetch water. Krishna is there playing various musical instruments and putting on a show, amusing the gopi girls. Radha remains strangely indifferent until Krishna makes himself a bamboo flute that is inlaid with gold and encrusted with diamonds. Krishna fills the flute with the omkara and this has a devastating effect on Radha. ke nā bāṁśī bāe baḍāyi kālinī na:i kule | ke nā bāṁśī bāe baḍāyi e goṭha gokule || ākula śarīra mora beākula mana | bāṁśīra śabadeṁ mo āūlāiloṁ rāndhana || ke nā bāṁśī bāe baḍāyi se nā kona janā | dāsī haāṁ tāra pāe niśiboṁ āpanā || ke nā bāṁśī bāe baḍāyi cittera hariṣe | tāra pāe baḍāyi moṁ kailoṁ koṇa doṣe || ājhara jharae mora nayanera pāṇī | bāṁśīra śabadeṁ baḍāyi hārāyiloṁ parāṇī ākula karite...