SRIMATI RADHĀRĀNĪ TALKS TO A BUMBLEBEE

One of the gopis, namely Śrīmati Radharani, was so much absorbed in thoughts of Krsna by dint of Her personal touch with Him that She actually began to talk with a bumblebee which was flying there and trying to touch Her lotus feet.

While the other gopis were talking with Krsna's messenger Uddhava, Śrimati Rādhārānī took that bumblebee to be a messenger from Krsna and began to talk with it as follows: "Bumblebee, you are accustomed to drinking honey from flower to flower, and therefore you have preferred to be a messenger of Krsna, who is of the same nature as you. I can see on your mustaches the red powder of kunkuma which was smeared on the flower garland of Krsna while it was pressed against the breasts of some other girl who is My competitor. You feel very proud because of having touched that garland, and your mustaches have become reddish. You have come here carrying a message for Me, anxious to touch My feet. But My dear bumblebee, let Me warn you don't touch Me! I don't want any messages from your unreliable master. You are the unreliable servant of an unreliable master."