Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12

Sanskrit:

गोप्युवाचमधुप कितवबन्धो मा स्पृशाङ्‍‍घ्रिं सपत्न्‍या:कुचविलुलितमालाकुङ्कुमश्मश्रुभिर्न: ।वहतु मधुपतिस्तन्मानिनीनां प्रसादंयदुसदसि विडम्ब्यं यस्य दूतस्त्वमीद‍ृक् ॥ १२ ॥

ITRANS:

gopy uvācamadhupa kitava-bandho mā spṛśaṅghriṁ sapatnyāḥkuca-vilulita-mālā-kuṅkuma-śmaśrubhir naḥvahatu madhu-patis tan-māninīnāṁ prasādaṁyadu-sadasi viḍambyaṁ yasya dūtas tvam īdṛk

Translation:

The gopī said: O honeybee, O friend of a cheater, don’t touch My feet with your whiskers, which are smeared with the kuṅkuma that rubbed onto Kṛṣṇa’s garland when it was crushed by the breasts of a rival lover! Let Kṛṣṇa satisfy the women of Mathurā. One who sends a messenger like you will certainly be ridiculed in the Yadus’ assembly.

Purport:

Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī indirectly chastised Kṛṣṇa by chastising the bumblebee, which She took for His messenger. She addressed the bumblebee as madhupa, “one who drinks the nectar (of flowers),” and She addressed Kṛṣṇa as madhu-pati, “the Lord of Madhu.” Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī points out that this and the following nine verses exemplify ten kinds of impulsive speech spoken by a lover. This verse illustrates the qualities of prajalpa, as described by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī in the following verse from his Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi (14.182): “Prajalpa is speech that denigrates the tactlessness of one’s lover with expressions of disrespect. It is spoken in a mood of envy, jealousy and pride.” Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī points out that the word kitava-bandho expresses envy; the phrase from sapatnyāḥ to naḥ, jealousy; the phrase mā spṛśa aṅghrim, pride; and the phrase from vahatu to prasādam, disrespect, while the phrase from yadu-sadasi to the end of the verse decries Kṛṣṇa’s tactless treatment of Rādhārāṇī.