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Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami
Act Two : akleça kecavaù
Carefree Krishna
Scene Five
Verse 1
Commentary
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Shri Rädhä is prone to temperamental behaviour. When the sakhé informed her of Kṛṣṇa’s whereabouts, she entered his great festival of Cupid. When she saw him expressing equal affection to all the cowherd maidens, she proudly thought, “I am his best lover. I am his constant companion. But today he is not showing partiality to me.” So she departed in a huff. Coming across a dense grove, she went inside and sat down in hiding. Even there she could not find peace because she was seething with jealousy. A group of bumblebees were humming around the flowers above this grove of blossoming vines. At that time, when Rädhä felt the pain of her own jealous anger, she began to share secrets with her companion that should not be disclosed to anyone. The chanda of this verse is hariëé, which is defined as rasa-yuga hayaiù n-sau m-rau s-lau go yadä hariëé. The heroine is prauòhä näyikä. The literary ornaments include anupräsa alaìkära. Rasavad alaìkära is present due to excessive rati-bhäva. The word api strongly emphasizes that Rädhä was in such a condition that she was unable to speak. Furthermore, she never discloses secrets. Thus the word api, meaning “nevertheless”, conveys the sense of utter astonishment. The present verse is the colophon (puñpikä) of the fifth song, which begins proper from the next verse. |
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