ডাব, ] | BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. 727 Radha; she would come with flowing tresses fren- zied by Krisna’s desertion, and address the flowers, Malati and Kunda, as if they were _ her friends, asking them where her Krisna was. She would then recollect the great love which Krishna bore to her; how he would play with her ringlets, saying ‘‘ blessed am Iin the touch of thy tresses”; how he would himself paint her feet with alta, and bedeck her hair with flowers and garlands, how when looking at her face tears would start into his eyes without any cause, and he would call them tears of joy. He, who could not bear a moment’s parting, had now deserted her. The maids were calling him a knave, a hypocrete and faithlesslover. But Radha could not bear that Krishna should be reviled by others, though she was dying for love of him. The master-singer is generally expert in the theological lore of the Vaishavas. He comes fre- quently into the midst of the performers and inter- prets this love as divine love, making a little commentary aside. Chandravali, who was a rival of Radha, in Krisna love, comes to the Vrinda groves and sees that Radha is lying in a state of unconsciousness, the maids fanning her with lotus- leaves and weeping at her distress. Chandra would not at any other time have cared to see _ her rival, but now the common grief of parting with Krisna has turred her into a sympathiser and friend. She sees Radha, and sings :—
- « How remarkably handsome is Radha ! | never
saw her so closely before. When she stood by the
- " এতই রূপের রূপসী রাই, আমি নয়ন তরে দেখি নাই।
যখন বধুর বামে দীড়াইত, আবার হেসে হেসে কথ কইত, Radha deserted by Krisna, The master-= singer. The laments of Chandra- vali
