Gita Govinda -Jayadeva 268

Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami

Act Seven : nägara näräyaëaù

The Dextrous Divinity

Scene Thirteen : Song 13 : Verse 9

aham iha nivasämi na gaëita-vana-vetasä smarati madhusüdano mäm api na cetasä yämi he! kam iha Translation “I fearlessly sit waiting for Kṛṣṇa, even in the midst of this formidable cane forest. But how astonishing it is that Madhusüdana does not remember me even once.” Commentary Shri Rädhä expresses her humility by saying, “I believed in my sakhé’s words about meeting with Shri Madhusüdana. So I am sitting fearlessly in the depths of this spooky forest, but he is not concerned about me. His friendship is fickle. How amazing it is that the person for whom I am waiting in this dense forest does not remember me even once. Alas, this is simply my misfortune.”