Vṛndāvana & Kāliya · VIII. Forest Fires · Demons

Verse 71

वरशय्याशयो राधाप्रेमसल्लापनिर्वृतः ।यमुनातटसञ्चारी विषार्तव्रजहर्षदः॥

varaśayyāśayo rādhāpremasallāpanirvṛtaḥ ·yamunātaṭasañcārī viṣārtavrajaharṣadaḥ

The Names in This Verse (4)

333 varaśayyāśayaḥ

who rested on a fine couch

S.B.G 10.18.5

Who reclines on excellent beds — in the forest, the boys spread leaves and flowers to make a 'royal bed' for Kṛṣṇa to rest on; their love makes any spot a royal couch.

334 rādhāpremasallāpanirvṛtaḥ

made blissful by loving talk with Rādhā

one of the hymn's few explicit namings of Rādhā

S.B.G 10.30.28

'Comforted by love-conversation with Rādhā' — though S.B.G does not name Rādhā explicitly (the gopī par excellence appears unnamed in 10.30.28), the Parāśara tradition refers to her here; their dialogue is the heart of the rāsa-līlā.

335 yamunātaṭasañcārī

who roamed the banks of the Yamunā

S.B.G 10.21.7

Wanderer along the Yamunā bank — the Veṇu-gīta opens with Kṛṣṇa walking by the river playing his flute; the riverbank is the setting of all his love-play.

336 viṣārtavrajaharṣadaḥ

who restored joy to Vraja stricken by the poison

leading into the Kāliya episode

S.B.G 10.17.10

Joy-giver to the poisoned Vraja — the Kāliya episode begins with the cowherds and cows dying from the Yamunā's poisoned water; Kṛṣṇa's defeat of Kāliya restores their joy.