gopy uvāca
madhupa kitava-bandho mā spṛśańghriḿ sapatnyāḥ
kuca-vilulita-mālā-kuńkuma-śmaśrubhir naḥ
vahatu madhu-patis tan-māninīnāḿ prasādaḿ
yadu-sadasi viḍambyaḿ yasya dūtas tvam īdṛk
gopi uvaca -- the gopi said; madhupa -- O bumblebee; kitava -- of a cheater; bandho -- O friend; ma sprisa -- please do not touch; anghrim -- the feet; sapatnyah -- of the lover who is our rival; kuca -- the breast; vilulita -- fallen from; mala -- from the garland; kunkuma -- with the red cosmetic; smasrubhih -- with the whiskers; nah -- our; vahatu -- let Him bring; madhu-patih -- the Lord of the Madhu dynasty; tat -- His; manininam -- to the women; prasadam -- mercy or kindness; yadu-sadasi -- in the royal assembly of the Yadus; vidambyam -- an object of ridicule or contempt; yasya -- whose; dutah -- messenger; tvam -- you; idrik -- such.
The gopi said: O honeybee, O friend of a cheater, don't touch My feet with your whiskers, which are smeared with the kunkuma that rubbed onto Krishna's garland when it was crushed by the breasts of a rival lover! Let Krishna satisfy the women of Mathura. One who sends a messenger like you will certainly be ridiculed in the Yadus' assembly.
Srimati Radharani indirectly chastised Krishna by chastising the bumblebee, which She took for His messenger. She addressed the bumblebee as madhupa, "one who drinks the nectar (of flowers)," and She addressed Krishna as madhu-pati, "the Lord of Madhu."
Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti points out that this and the following nine verses exemplify ten kinds of impulsive speech spoken by a lover. This verse illustrates the qualities of prajalpa, as described by Srila Rupa Gosvami in the following verse from his Ujjvala-nilamani (14.182):
asuyershya-mada-yuja
yo 'vadhirana-mudraya
priyasyakausalodgarah
prajalpah sa tu kirtyate
"Prajalpa is speech that denigrates the tactlessness of one's lover with expressions of disrespect. It is spoken in a mood of envy, jealousy and pride." Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti points out that the word kitava-bandho expresses envy; the phrase from sapatnyah to nah, jealousy; the phrase ma sprisa anghrim, pride; and the phrase from vahatu to prasadam, disrespect, while the phrase from yadu-sadasi to the end of the verse decries Krishna's tactless treatment of Radharani.
