Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c27.s2.57

v2.c27.s2.57

The poet opens the first interview of Krishna and Radha with an animated description of a night in the rainy season, in which Hari is represented as a wanderer, and Radha, daughter of the shepherd Nanda, is sent to offer him shelter in their cot.¹ Nanda thus speaks to Radha : “ The firmament is obscured by clouds ; the woodlands are black with Tamala trees ; that youth who roves in the forest will be fearful in the gloom of night ; go, my daughter, bring the wanderer to my rustic mansion. Such was the command of Nanda the herdsman, and hence arose the love of Radha and Madhava.”²