vayam ṛtam iva jihma-vyāhṛtaḿ śraddadhānāḥ
kulika-rutam ivājñāḥ kṛṣṇa-vadhvo hariṇyaḥ
dadṛśur asakṛd etat tan-nakha-sparśa-tīvra
smara-ruja upamantrin bhaṇyatām anya-vārtā
vayam -- we; ritam -- true; iva -- as if; jihma -- deceptive; vyahritam -- His speech; sraddadhanah -- trusting; kulika -- of a hunter; rutam -- the song; iva -- as if; ajnah -- foolish; krishna -- of the black deer; vadhvah -- wives; harinyah -- the doe; dadrisuh -- experienced; asakrit -- repeatedly; etat -- this; tat -- His; nakha -- of the fingernails; sparsa -- by the touch; tivra -- sharp; smara -- of lust; rujah -- the pain; upamantrin -- O messenger; bhanyatam -- please speak; anya -- another; varta -- topic.
Faithfully taking His deceitful words as true, we became just like the black deer's foolish wives, who trust the cruel hunter's song. Thus we repeatedly felt the sharp pain of lust caused by the touch of His nails. O messenger, please talk about something besides Krishna.
Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti categorizes this statement of Srimati Radharani's as ajalpa, as defined by Srila Rupa Gosvami:
jaihmyam tasyarti-datvam ca
nirvedad yatra kirtitam
bhangyanya-sukha-datvam ca
sa ajalpa udiritah
"A statement spoken in disgust, describing how the male lover is deceitful and brings one misery, and also implying that He gives happiness to others, is known as ajalpa." (Ujjvala-nilamani 14.196)
