Nishanta lila Verses 79-81

Nishanta lila Verses 79-81

Radha and Krishna leave the Kunja

Verse 79
As Sri Krishna notices Vrishabhanu-nandini's restless eyes and beautiful face lighting up with fear, he (mistakenly) covers himself with her deep blue orana and quickly rises from the flower bed.Verse 80
Putting on each other's garments in their hurry, Radha and Krishna hold hands and leave the nikunja mandir!

Rasa-tarangini Tika:
Sri Radhika Devi has also mistakenly covered herself with Krishna's bright yellow chador. (See verse 62.)

Verse 81
When Krishna leaves the kunja holding his mohan vamshi in the right hand and Priyaji's hand with his left, he appears like a soft rain cloud garlanded by a radiant streak of lightning!

Rasa-tarangini Tika:
In Krishna-bhavanamrita, Srila Chakravartipada adds: "When Radha comes out of the vilasa mandir into the kunja's courtyard, she laments, 'Hay! The night's brief pleasure is fleeting! Now the long dark spell of Jatila's suppression will trample the rising creeper of my desire!" 

"When the peacocks see Radha approaching with Krishna's hand resting above her shoulder, they mistakening think that a majestic raincloud embraced by lightning has descended to move through the Vrindavan forest! Thus, they open their tail feathers and dance, calling out, ke-kaa, ke-kaa! Misled by the peacocks' behavior, the sakhis and manjaris also conclude: "Surely a beautiful cloud garlanded by lightning is moving through this forest!"