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Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami
Act Five : äkäìkña puëòarékäkñaù
Longing Lotus Eyes
Scene Eleven : Song 11 : Verse 16
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CommentaryIn different ways, Rädhä’s friend is urging her to meet with Kṛṣṇa by informing her of his condition. “Kṛṣṇa is unhappy without you because he feels the pain of unfulfilled käma. ‘You should have been here by now,’ he thinks, and taking deep breaths, he lets out long sighs of disappointment. Sometimes he steps outside the kuïja and looks around expectantly in all directions hoping to see the direction from which you might be coming. Then he enters the kuïja again, thinking, ‘Have you already come here and hidden yourself somewhere? Sometimes I go outside, sometimes I go back inside. Why should I do this again and again?’ He mutters different things to himself as he ponders over the cause of your absence. ‘She has not come. Why not? Perhaps she has stopped on the way for some reason or perhaps she is afraid. Anyway, all this guesswork and speculation is useless. She will definitely come.’ When this conviction arises, he begins to prepare the bed.” The word kadana implies that Kṛṣṇa thinks, “She will definitely come because of her ever-fresh and increasing love for me.” Therefore, he looks out for her arrival with renewed optimism. This verse includes dépaka alaìkära. The chanda is hariëé. |
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