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Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami
Act Seven : nägara näräyaëaù
The Dextrous Divinity
Scene Thirteen : Song 13 : Verse 12
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CommentaryRädhä was pondering over the many possible reasons for Kṛṣṇa’s not coming to the trysting place. When she saw her friend return without Kṛṣṇa, her emotions reached the peak of sensitivity for a separated mistress (vipralabdhä näyikä). Rädhä was rendered speechless by the intensity of her anguish and her friend also remained silent in a state of despair. Rädhä presumed, “She is silent and apathetic, because she has seen the son of the King of Vraja enjoying amorous pastimes with another woman. That’s why she is not saying anything.” Rädhä burst into tears. “Isn’t that the meaning of janärdana, ‘one who likes to give pain to others’? Therefore he also gives pain to me.” Vipralabdhä näyikä – Impelled by ever-increasing attachment, the lady-love arrives first at the prearranged meeting place and sends a messenger to her hero. However, by the will of providence the hero does not show up and the time for meeting passes. At this point, the heroine becomes a vipralabdhä näyikä. The chanda of this verse is upendra-vajrä. |
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