“Once Srimati Rädhikä was sitting on Krsna’s
lap. A bee came by, humming, thinking that Her feet were a very
fragrant, sweet and tasteful lotus flower. It wanted to enter Her
lotus feet and Rädhikä became frightened. She tried to chase the
bee away, but it kept coming back. Meanwhile, Madhumaìgala
came and drove it away with his stick. When he returned, he
boasted, ‘Madhusüdana has gone. I have driven him away and he
will not come back.’ When Srimati Rädhikä heard this, She forgot
that She was sitting in Krsna’s lap and being caressed by Him,
and She began to weep. Taking the word Madhusüdana to mean
Krsna Himself, She cried out, ‘O Madhusüdana! Where have You
gone? When will You come back? You must come, otherwise I
will die.’ Speaking in this way, She became unconscious in Her
mood of separation. Astonished, Krsna thought, ‘What shall I do?
How will I pacify Her?’”
-Origin of Ratha Yathra