Gita Govinda -Jayadeva 169

Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami

Act Three : mugdha madhusüdanaù

Madhu’s Slayer Bewildered

Scene Seven

Song 7

Verse 12

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päëau mä kuru cüta-säyakam amuà mä cäpam äropaya
kréòä-nirjita-viçva mürcchita-janäghätena kià pauruñam
tasyä eva mågé-dåço manasija preìkhat-kaöäkñäçugaçreëé-
jarjaritaà manäg api mano nädyäpi sandhukñate

Translation

“Hey Cupid! You who conquer the entire universe by the power of your bow on the pretext of playing a game, I am suffering from the fever of amorous desires. In what way will your remarkable prowess be established by assaulting an insignificant and decrepit fellow like me. Don’t take that mango-bud arrow in your hand. If you do, at least do not place it on your bow. Just see! My heart has been cut to pieces by the sidelong glances streaming forth from that doe-eyed Shri Rädhä and it has not yet recovered. Therefore do not strike my heart, which has already fainted from the convulsions of lust.”

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