Verses 11-18

The Birds Begin Chirping

Verse 11
Seeing that night has come to an end, Vrinda Devi directs the forest birds under her command to awaken Madhusudan and his beloved Radhika.
Verse 12
Since they have surrounded the nikunja mandir for that very purpose and are just waiting silently for her signal, despite their anxiety to serve, as soon as they receive her signal, they immediately begin chirping enthusiastically from all directions!
Verse 13
The sharis sing in the grapevines and the shukas call from the pomegranate saplings. The mango groves resound with the peacock's cry, the bumble bees buzz in the flower latas, and the roosters crow on the ground! The Bees, Kokilas and Pigeons Resound
Verse 14
The nikunja mandir is decorated with hanging flower garlands and a bed thickly smothered in lotus petals. The male bumble bees enter this enchanting mandir in search of pollen; their humming drone resembles the auspicious sound of Ratipati's (the husband of Rati Devi," i.e., Kamadeva) conchshell!
Verse 15
Overwhelmed with elation and intoxicated by the honey from the flowers, the delirious female bees make their gun-gun-gun-gun buzzing. This is likened to the clanging sound of kartals (jhankriti) made by Cupid's wife."

Rasa-tarangini Tika: Just as a talented musician's instrument induces the mind and body to dance in elation, the buzzing of the bees has the same effect on the Divine Couple. So Vrinda Devi has them begin their intoxicating concert within the flower vines. From there they enter the vilasa mandir to surround the flower bedstead with their sweet vibrations. Just as the sounds of the conch and kartals are pleasing to a mandir's devata, so is the intoxicating buzzing of the male and female bees to Radha Madhava, the deities of the vilasa mandir.

Verse 16
The male kokilas continuously cry: ku-hū ku-hū in the fifth note. Their sound reverberates like Cupid's vina.

Verse 17
 Seated by their drunken husbands, the female kokilas relish the soft mango buds and indistinctly echo, ku-hū ku-hū.

Rasa-tarangini Tika:
Expert in loud shrills and invoking pleasure, the kokila's singing is so maudlin and sweet that it seems that Cupid and his wife have directly appeared to play the vina and vipanchi (a smaller stringed instrument or lute, usually played by women) Thus, Radha Govinda can neither remain asleep nor sober!
Verse 18
The sudden shriek of the pigeons resounds! Has Cupid taken the form of a hyena to plunder the doe-like patience, shyness, and dharma of the Vraja gopis? This shrieking shakes the gopis' pride that resembles a tiger cub!