Krishna pretends He is the 12 forest-ranger
27-28 Krishna adds: "If you say: "Oh hey forest ranger, I humbly pray, please let me
pick the flowers," then I'll answer: "How is that possible, for I'm a brahmachari
-I never speak with women?
Furthermore, if a boy meets a young girl in a
secluded place, how can he maintain his patience? Uh-oh! Now I understand-you're
trying to seduce me with your feminine charms! But that's impossible-for I'm
always surrounded by my sakhas!"
"Hey Sundari! Give up your tricks and give me straight answers! I can see that every limb of your body is a mind-stealing (chori), and you're always surrounded by a fierce gang of choris who plunder Madana Chakravarti's opulences. So what can I do? If I don't embrace you immediately, Madana Maharaj will martyr me!"
29-30
Krishna: "Accha! If you say: We're daily picking flowers in this forest, yet
we've never seen a forest-ranger like you before, neither have we heard the
name of Kandarpa Chakravarti (even in dreams); why are you upset?" Then I will
answer: "Oh naive one! You're right! Because Maharaj Kandarpa is notorious for such confidence, I never bothered to come here; I herd my cows elsewhere.
Hence I missed seeing you, and you were able to plunder the forest."
Ṭīkā: Krishna's chivalry continues, as If he were saying: "Good, good! At last you're talking straight forward ... so I'll give you a straight answer, listen: Madana Chakravarti's stamina (and Mine) are renowned. Thus I thought: No one would dare loot our forest? So I never took the trouble to check. But when I heard that our entire property is being ransacked, I came to investigate. Ha! What a stroke of luck - I've caught you and your gang red-handed! Now I'll have to bind you (embrace you) and take you away to Kandarpa Raja's palace (the nikunja keli mandir). Because you're saying: I've never heard the name of Madana Chakravarti today I shall introduce you-and this will uncover all of your pride!"
31-32 "It's good that I've caught you! So in the king's interest (and Mine too) I
shall pinch you with my nails! Then I'll take you to the court to show the king
whose name you claim to have never heard!"
"Krishna: "If you say: "We thought this forest belongs to everyone, and we didn't
know that there is a forest ranger, Oh Karunamaya! Please be merciful and
forgive us this time? I'll say: "Hey Sundari! What are you suggesting? I don't
have the power to release you!"
Ṭīkā: Up till now, Rasika Murari's refined, well chosen word-play is spoken simply to avert Rai Vinodini's exhibition from her vivvoka alankara (prideful neglect of the beloved). But as Radha's lips quiver under the pressure of Cupid's onslaught, she realizes her precarious situation and changes her tactics. Radha's new innocent facial expression inspires Krishna to utter this verse. Actually, all along, our quick-witted Rasika kala-guru has been directing the conversation from both sides hoping to control the situation and skillfully lead Radha to the flowerbed.
33 Krishna: "All of the forest's citizens, both, mobile and immobile, are upset by your conduct (which is unheard of). Thus they've complained to Kandarpa Maharaj. And becoming furious, Maharaj has sent me to arrest you; your punishment will be sentenced according to the shastras."
Ṭīkā: Krishna is Dharma Raja, he always abides by the scriptural injunction. However, there are different shlokas for different folks; here Radha's punishment will strictly follow the rites of the Kama-sutra composed by Vatsyayana Muni. Krishna often quotes from this shastra in Krishna-bhavanamrita.
34 "Hey Sundari! You might say that Vrindavan is very small (only 32 miles wide), raja Ananga has no body, and the opulence of this area is the mere grass that grows here." But if you ask: "Who are Ananga Raja's subjects?" Then I shall reply: All of the beautiful chaste women in the world are his subjects!"
Ṭīkā: Madhura Vrindavan is 16 krosha (32 miles) wide, and it includes twelve forest, namely: Bhadravana, Bhandira-vana, Kamyavana, Madhuvana, Belavana, Lohavana, Talavana, Khadiravana, Bahulavana, Kumuda vana, Gokula Mahavana and the five krosha Vrindavan.