When Radha saw Krsna enjoying affectionate exchanges with all the cowherd maidens in the groves of Vrndavana, she became indignant because he had not acknowledged her eminence. She immediately departed for another part of the forest and hid herself inside a shady bower that resounded with the drone of bumblebees. Bewildered by love for Radha, Krsna was sitting in a dense grove on the Yamuna riverside feeling deeply depressed. Radha's dear friend came to speak to him and told Radhika's condition. When Krsna heard the moving account of Radha's pitiful condition from her intimate friend, he suggested, "I will wait here. You should go to Sri Radha, pacify her with my humble appeal and then bring her here." Engaged thus by Madhuripu Krsna, that sakhi approached Radha and spoke the following words.

rati-sukha-sare gatam abhisare madana-manohara-vesam
na kuru nitambini gamana-vilambanam anusara tam hrdayesam
dhira-samire yamuna-tire vasati vane vanamali
pina-payodhara-parisara-mardana-cancala-kara-yuga-Sali ... (1)

nama-sametam krta-sanketam vadayate mrdu-venum
bahu manute nanu te tanu-sangata-pavana-calitam api renum
rati-sukha-sare gatam abhisare... (2)

patati patatre vicalati patre sankita-bhavad-upayanam
racayati sayanam sacakita-nayanam pasyati tava panthanam
rati-sukha-sare gatam abhisare... (3)

mukharam adhiram tyaja manjiram ripum iva kelisu lolam
cala sakhi kunjam satimira-punjam silaya nila-nicolam
rati-sukha-sare gatam abhisare... (4)

urasi murarer upahita-hare ghana iva tarala-balake
tadid iva pite rati-viparite rajasi sukrta-vipake
rati-sukha-sare gatam abhisare... (5)

vigalita-vasanam parihrta-rasanam ghataya jaghanam apidhanam
kisalaya-sayane pankaja-nayane nidhim iva harsa-nidhanam
rati-sukha-sare gatam abhisare... (6)

harir abhimani rajanir idanim iyam api yati viramam
kuru mama vacanam satvara-racanam puraya madhuripu-kamam
rati-sukha-sare gatam abhisare... (7)

sri-jayadeve krta-hari-seve bhanati p parama-ramaniyam
pramudita-hrdayam harim ati-sadayam namata sukrta-kamaniyam
rati-sukha-sare gatam abhisare... (8)