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Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami
Act Four : snigdha madhusüdanaù
The Tender Slayer of Madhu
Scene Nine : Song 9 : Verse 21
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Commentary“O Mädhava, she is staying alive only in the hope of attaining union with you. Her fever has reached the critical condition of sannipäta, wherein all methods of mitigating the fever are useless. Sandalwood paste, the cooling moonshine or lotus flowers simply do not work. Her condition has reached its ultimate limit wherein her temperature increases as soon as she even thinks of these remedies. Sometimes, as the fever rises, she becomes so weary that her temperature suddenly drops and her body becomes cold from the evaporation of perspiration. This lover is missing you so much. She meditates exclusively upon you in her restless heart. She has grown thin in your absence. Even in the midst of such arduous adversity, she considers a moment’s meditation on you to be a grand festival and thus she holds on to her life-air. “If you are wondering how she stays alive and how she continues to breathe at this present moment, then the answer is that you are her only beloved and there is still a chance that she may attain the touch of your cool body. She will live only for a few more seconds on the strength of this hope. If you do not meet her without delay, then it is possible that she will never be restored to life.” This verse includes çärdüla-vikréòita chanda, virodha alaìkära and adbhuta-rasa. |
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