má¹›gayur iva kapÄ«ndraá¹ vivyadhe lubdha-dharmÄ
striyam aká¹›ta virÅ«pÄá¹ strÄ«-jitaḥ kÄma-yÄnÄm
balim api balim attvÄveá¹£á¹ayad dhvÄá¹…ká¹£a-vad yas
tad alam asita-sakhyair dustyajas tat-kathÄrthaḥ
má¹›gayuḥ - a hunter; iva - like; kapi - of the monkeys; indram - the king; vivyadhe - shot; lubdha-dharmÄ - behaving like a cruel hunter; striyam - a woman (namely, ŚūrpaṇakhÄ); aká¹›ta - made; virÅ«pÄm - disfigured; strÄ« - by a woman (SÄ«tÄ-devÄ«); jitaḥ - conquered; kÄmayÄnÄm - who was impelled by lusty desire; balim - King Bali; api - also; balim - his tribute; attvÄ - consuming; aveá¹£á¹ayat - bound up; dhvÄá¹…ká¹£avat - just like a crow; yaḥ - who; tat - therefore; alam - enough; asita - with black Kṛṣṇa; sakhyaiḥ - of all kinds of friendship; dustyajaḥ - impossible to give up; tat - about Him; kathÄ - of the topics; arthaḥ - the elaboration.
Like a hunter, He cruelly shot the king of the monkeys with arrows. Because He was conquered by a woman, He disfigured another woman who came to Him with lusty desires. And even after consuming the gifts of Bali MahÄrÄja, He bound him up with ropes as if he were a crow. So let us give up all friendship with this dark-complexioned boy, even if we can’t give up talking about Him.
In Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, ÅšrÄ«la PrabhupÄda explains the meaning of this verse as follows: “[ÅšrÄ«matÄ« RÄdhÄrÄṇī said to the bee,] ‘You poor messenger, you are only a less intelligent servant. You do not know much about Kṛṣṇa — how ungrateful and hardhearted He has been, not only in this life but in His previous lives also. We have all heard this from our grandmother PaurṇamÄsÄ«. She has informed us that Kṛṣṇa was born in a ká¹£atriya family previous to this birth and was known as RÄmacandra. In that birth, instead of killing VÄli, an enemy of His friend, in the manner of a ká¹£atriya, He killed him just like a hunter. A hunter takes a secure hiding place and then kills an animal without facing it. So Lord RÄmacandra, as a ká¹£atriya, should have fought with VÄli face to face, but instigated by His friend, He killed him from behind a tree. Thus He deviated from the religious principles of a ká¹£atriya. Also, He was so attracted by the beauty of SÄ«tÄ that He converted ŚūrpaṇakhÄ, the sister of RÄvaṇa, into an ugly woman by cutting off her nose and ears. ŚūrpaṇakhÄ proposed an intimate relationship with Him, and as a ká¹£atriya He should have satisfied her. But He was so henpecked that He could not forget SÄ«tÄdevÄ« and converted ŚūrpaṇakhÄ into an ugly woman. Before that birth as a ká¹£atriya, He took birth as a brÄhmaṇa boy known as VÄmanadeva and asked charity from Bali MahÄrÄja. Bali MahÄrÄja was so magnanimous that he gave Him whatever he had, yet Kṛṣṇa as VÄmanadeva ungratefully arrested him just like a crow and pushed him down to the PÄtÄla kingdom. We know all about Kṛṣṇa and how ungrateful He is. But here is the difficulty: in spite of His being so cruel and hardhearted, it is very difficult for us to give up talking about Him.’â€
ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« points out that this speech of RÄdhÄrÄṇī’s is called avajalpa, as described by RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ« in the following verse from the Ujjvala-nÄ«lamaṇi (14.192):
harau kÄá¹hinya-kÄmitva-
dhaurtyÄd Äsakty-ayogyatÄ
yatra será¹£yÄ-bhiyevoktÄ
so ’vajalpaḥ satÄá¹ mataḥ
“Saintly persons have concluded that when a lover, impelled by jealousy and fear, declares that Lord Hari is unworthy of her attachment because of His harshness, lustiness and dishonesty, such speech is called avajalpa.â€
