Gita Govinda -Jayadeva 292

Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami

Act Seven : nägara näräyaëaù

The Dextrous Divinity

Scene Fifteen : Song 15 : Verse 26

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rati-gåha-jaghane vipuläpaghane manasija-kanakäsane
maëimaya-rasanaà toraëa-hasanaà vikirati kåta-väsane
ramate yamunä-pulina vane.

Translation

“The hips of that attractive woman are as voluptuous, fragrant and broad as the golden throne of the sex-god. He is decorating her loins – the abode of amorous love – with a jewelled girdle, as if he were emblazoning the arched doorway of a palace with an auspicious festoon.”

Commentary

Shri Rädhä says, “The hips of that mistress embody the very shelter of amorous amusement. Her beautiful, broad and fleshy thighs are the golden throne of the god of lust. Simply by seeing them, the intense hankering for the pleasure of union awakens in Kṛṣṇa’s heart.”

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