Hulvana
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The ancient name of this village is Haroyana Grama. Here Sri Krsna was defeated in a game of dice by Sri Radhika, hence this place is called Haroyana, “hara” means “defeat”.
Once Radha and Krsna sat down at this place. Sri Krsna told Radharani, “O Prana-priye! Please listen. For a long time I have not played dice, but today I feel a strong desire to do so.”
Lalita smiled to hear this from Krsna and said, “Krsnacandra! You want to play dice with Rai. But what kind of dice will You play with Her? You do not even know how to throw the dice properly. I know for a fact that previously, so many times, You have been defeated by Rai in the dice game. Still You want to play with Her? Whenever You play You start fighting and raising disputes. So certainly You may play, but be warned: we will not allow Your arguing and fighting anymore! If You want to play then both parties must keep some pana (Pana is an item that one wagers and which is lost if the owner is defeated). Then play will start. We will decide who is defeated and who is victorious!”
Both Rasika Krsna and Rasavati Radharani laughed to hear Lalita’s words, and asked her, “Then tell us what you want us to put up as pana?” Lalita said, “What can Krsna give me? He has only one bamboo flute as his own property. He has nothing else, so let Him give me that flute, and Radharani should give me Her manihara, necklace.”
Krsna immediately said, “Certainly! Take this flute. I have no problem with your request, because I know very well that today Radharani will definitely be defeated and My flute will be returned to Me.”
After receiving the flute from Krsna, Lalita asked Radharani for Her necklace. Radharani said, “What need it there for Me to give My necklace? I know very well that after playing one or two games, Nagarendra Krsna will be defeated.”
Lalita said, “What You say is true. We know that He will be the loser. But as per the rule of the game You must keep Your necklace with me.” Radharani removed the manihara from Her neck and gave it to Lalita, and thus the game commenced.
Krsna threw the dice first. Both parties desired to win, but Krsna was overwhelmed by the sweet voice, bodily movements, attractive glances, and beautiful smiling face of Radharani. He was so agitated that He could not control Himself, and He did not know what He was doing or saying.
Becoming very concerned, Krsna said, “Lalite! Your sakhi is doing Me an injustice. She is moving her body and looking at Me in such a way My mind is completely disturbed. In this situation, how can I play dice properly? If Radhika can stop Her attractive glances upon Me, then only can I play properly.”
Seeing Krsna’s predicament, Lalita said, “Krsnacandra! You have become overwhelmed due to Your own fickleness. First of all You are Rasika-nagara. On top of that You are sitting with your Nagari Radharani. Every word spoken between You and Radhika is overflowing with transcendental mellows. When this happens, You cannot remember what You are doing. If you want to play with Sri Radhika, then fix Your mind: only this way can You win.”
Krsna replied, “Actually I am not disturbed at all. But the sidelong glance of Rai has made Me puzzled.” Then Krsna controlled Himself and with great pride started to throw the dice, calling “Two! Four!” But the dice did not show the number called by Krsna, and so it was Radhika’s turn.
Whatever numbers Srimati Radharani called, the dice showed, and thus Radharani was victorious over Krsna. The sakhis said, “O, Nagara! Just see. We told You before that You will be defeated in this dice game. Sri Radha is the crest jewel of vidagdha, and She is most beautiful. She is rasavati-ramani, educated with all kinds of knowledge of different mellows. She is capable of attracting the heart and mind of Rasika-sekhara. That is why She has been able to defeat You.”
Krsna said, “Sakhi! What you say is true. Because I am a simple cowherd boy, I am very good at cowherd boys’ games. I am very simple in My heart. I do not know the rules of duplicity. For this reason, Rai has defeated Me with Her different tricks and Her sidelong glances. With this kind of injustice going on, I will not stay here a moment longer. Now give back My flute. I must tend to the cows.”
Lalita said, “Dear Nagara! That is not possible. O clever one! First tell me what gift You will give me if I will return this flute to You. Then I will return Your flute.”
Krsna said, “Lalite! I have no other property except My mind and this flute. Of these two Radharani has already stolen away My mind by the movements of Her eyes. I have only one thing with Me, and that is My flute, and now you want to take that from Me? Now I understand your system. Lalite, Please listen. You are saying unless you get some gift you will not give Me back My flute. Then please do one thing. My mind is there with Radharani. If you can get it back from Her then I will give it to you. Otherwise I do not have anything else to give you.”
Lalita said, “ You know how to talk nicely. We are maidservants of Radharani. We do not know if She has stolen your mind.”
Krsna said, “I do not speak a lie. You should believe Me that Radharani has stolen My mind and has kept it within Her heart. There is no way My mind can come out of that place. If none of you believe Me than I will show you now, right here, how She holds My stolen mind in Her heart.”
Saying this, Krsna moved towards Sri Radhika, reaching for His mind that She had stolen and kept under Her breast, in Her heart. All the sakhis discreetly left the kunja and waited outside. After some time Radharani returned to Her house along with her sakhis and Krsna went to graze the cows along with His flute.
Because Krsna was defeated in the dice game, this place is known as Haroyanagrama. “Haraya” means defeated, and “grama” means village.