Thus lingered Krishna in the deep, green wood,
And gave Himself, too prodigal, to those;
But Radha, heart-sick at his falling-off,
Seeing her heavenly beauty slighted so,
Withdrew; and, in a bower of Paradise
Where nectareous blossoms
wove a shrine of shade,
Haunted by birds and bees
of unknown skies
She sat deep-sorrowful!

Radha thus addresses her female companion: "Though he takes recreation in my absence, and smiles on all around him, yet my soul remembers him, whose beguiling flute modulates a tune sweetened by the nectar of his quivering lip, while his ear sparkles with gems, and his eye darts amorous glances. I meditate on Him, whose body is the color of the purple cloud, adorned with the rainbow in the sky, whose tresses are embellished with peacock feathers that ripple with a hundred crescents."

"I meditate on Him whose mantle gleams like a dark blue cloud illumined with rainbow. Him, whose graceful smile gives new luster to His lips, brilliant and soft as a dewy leaf, sweet and ruddy as the blossom of the bandhujiva, while they tremble with eagerness to kiss the daughters of the herdsman."

The painting illustrates the following verse in which Radha says:

ganayati gunagramam
bbramarn bhramadapi nehate
vahati cha paritosham
dosham vimunchati duratah
yuvatishu valattrishpe
krishne viharini mam vina
punarapi mano vamam
kamam karoti karomi kim

"In spite of the fact that Krishna sports with other damsels and has ignored me, I think of His virtues only. My mind does not forget Him for a moment, and ignoring his faults, I still love Him."