mṛgayur iva kapīndraḿ vivyadhe lubdha-dharmā
striyam akṛta virūpāḿ strī-jitaḥ kāma-yānām
balim api balim attvāveṣṭayad dhvāńkṣa-vad yas
tad alam asita-sakhyair dustyajas tat-kathārthaḥ
mrigayuh -- a hunter; iva -- like; kapi -- of the monkeys; indram -- the king; vivyadhe -- shot; lubdha-dharma -- behaving like a cruel hunter; striyam -- a woman (namely, Surpanakha); akrita -- made; virupam -- disfigured; stri -- by a woman (Sita-devi); jitah -- conquered; kamayanam -- who was impelled by lusty desire; balim -- King Bali; api -- also; balim -- his tribute; attva -- consuming; aveshtayat -- bound up; dhvankshavat -- just like a crow; yah -- who; tat -- therefore; alam -- enough; asita -- with black Krishna; sakhyaih -- of all kinds of friendship; dustyajah -- impossible to give up; tat -- about Him; katha -- of the topics; arthah -- 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 Maharaja, 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 Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Srila Prabhupada explains the meaning of this verse as follows: "[Srimati Radharani said to the bee,] 'You poor messenger, you are only a less intelligent servant. You do not know much about Krishna -- how ungrateful and hardhearted He has been, not only in this life but in His previous lives also. We have heard this from Our grandmother Paurnamasi. She has informed Us that Krishna was born in a kshatriya family previous to this birth and was known as Ramacandra. In that birth, instead of killing Vali, an enemy of His friend, in the manner of a kshatriya, He killed him just like a hunter. A hunter takes a secure hiding place and then kills an animal without facing it. So Lord Ramacandra, as a kshatriya, should have fought with Vali face to face, but instigated by His friend, He killed him from behind a tree. Thus He deviated from the religious principles of a kshatriya. Also, He was so attracted by the beauty of Sita that He converted Surpanakha, the sister of Ravana, into an ugly woman by cutting off her nose and ears. Surpanakha proposed an intimate relationship with Him, and as a kshatriya He should have satisfied her. But He was so henpecked that He could not forget Sita-devi and converted Surpanakha into an ugly woman. Before that birth as a kshatriya, He took birth as a brahmana boy known as Vamanadeva and asked charity from Bali Maharaja. Bali was so magnanimous that he gave Him whatever he had, yet Krishna as Vamanadeva ungratefully arrested him just like a crow and pushed him down to the Patala kingdom. We know all about Krishna 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.' "
Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti points out that this speech of Radharani's is called avajalpa, as described by Rupa Gosvami in the following verse from the Ujjvala-nilamani (14.192):
harau kathinya-kamitva-
dhaurtyad asakty-ayogyata
yatra sershya-bhiyevokta
so 'vajalpah satam matah
"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."
