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Radha has been waiting. When Krsna finally arrives she shows her anger and makes no attempt at conversation. Krsna must beg forgiveness and weave an excuse.

Mana is another kind of separation. Mana means that when meeting, there is some difference between Them in trifling matters. This is the very nature of love. Therefore, Srila Rupa Goswami says that love moves in a curved way like a serpent. It is not diseased, but this is the nature of the path of love. Sometimes with a trifling cause, or with no cause, a feeling comes that, "He is neglecting Me; He wants to avoid Me." And thereby Srimati Radharani thinks, "I don't want His company." Although cent per cent appreciation is there, still, for the time being, some opposing sentiments spring up from underground; a clash comes in the sentiments of the two, and one wants to avoid the company of the other.

Srila Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Deva Goswami
The Golden Volcano of Divine Love
© 1984 Guardian of Devotion Press