The male parrots speak to Krishna
The male parrots, eager to please sleepy Krishna, tried to wake Him by making sweet sounds and speaking many beautiful, cheerful words to satisfy the mind and heart like an ambrosial drink. The parrots, who were learned in the depths of sacred rapture, skilled in using attractive sweet words, absorbed in talks of prema and expert judges of time, chattered attractively to wake up Krishna. Wise men never become bewildered at the time of performing their duties!
“O Sundara[1]! Mother Yaśodā is free from all anxiety because she thinks that You are peacefully sleeping in Your bedroom at night. However, now that it is time to wake You, her motherly affection will bring her to Your bedside. You are the knower of time, the destroyer of all suffering, the friend of all Vrajavāsīs and the ocean of good qualities. Though the soft play bed in the forest is the very form of bliss, still for Your own good, You must get up and leave it up immediately!”
“Look! A swarm of intoxicated bees have awakened and are now playing in a cluster of lotuses within the flower-strewn forest. Is there anyone who would not be enchanted at such a pleasant time of day? Look! The night lilies’ faces are sad due to separation from their beloved moon and the blue lotuses are smiling brightly on meeting their dear sun. Lovers are separating in one place and meeting in another. Is it not time alone that causes one’s happiness or distress[2]?
“O fortunate one! Glory to You! I offer my respects to You! Listen! The rooster, seeing You still sleeping, has become disturbed and crows loudly. He is filled with bliss knowing that it is time for his service; a person knowledgeable of time is never bewildered when performing his duties![3]”
[1] Handsome young man
[2] Kṛṣṇāhnika-kaumudī 1.17-21
[3] Kṛṣṇāhnika-kaumudī 1.27
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