Gita Govinda -Jayadeva 243

Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami

Act Six : dhåñöa vaikuëöhaù

The Audacious Autocrat

Scene Twelve : Song 12 : Verse 1

atha täà gantum açaktäà ciram anuraktäà latä-gåhe dåñövä tac-caritaà govinde manasija-mande sakhé präha Translation Rädhä was sitting in a chamber of flowering vines. When the sakhé saw Rädhä powerless to go to Kṛṣṇa despite her being fervently desirous of his company, she described Rädhä’s condition to Govinda, who was himself inflicted physically and psychologically with transformations of intense amorous desire. Commentary Although Rädhä was hankering for Kṛṣṇa, she could not go to him because she was too debilitated from the trauma of separation. Seeing this, the sakhé left Rädhikä there in the chamber of flowering creepers and went to inform Kṛṣṇa about Rädhä’s predicament. Kṛṣṇa has sat down in a state of depression, suffering from frustrated passion. Therefore his movements have become slow. The purport of latä-gåha is saìketa-sthala, the appointed meeting place. The chanda of this verse is äryä.