CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
Indirect Expressions of Ecstatic Love
LAUGHTER
After He had stolen some yogurt from the pots of two gopīs, Kṛṣṇa told one of His gopī friends, “My dear beautiful friend, I can take an oath that I have not stolen even a drop of yogurt from your pot! But still your friend Rādhārāṇī is very shamelessly smelling the flavor of My mouth. Kindly forbid Her from this devious policy of putting Her face near Mine.” When Kṛṣṇa was speaking like this, Rādhārāṇī’s friends could not check their laughter. This is an instance of laughter in ecstatic love.
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