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Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami
Act Seven : nägara näräyaëaù
The Dextrous Divinity
Scene Fifteen : Song 15 : Verse 28
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CommentaryAfter waiting for a long time, Rädhä became hopeless and said to her friend, “Sakhi, say something. Give up your silence. Now what is the benefit of use lessly loitering in a dense thicket in the forest until the early hours?” Khala-haladhara-sodare – “Haladhara is a name of Balaräma. His younger brother, Kṛṣṇa, is extremely mischievous. Haladhara means ‘ploughman’. Just like a plough, Kṛṣṇa is base, rustic and unsophisticated. After neglecting and cheating me, he is enjoying with that woman with beautiful eyes. Oh, how could she have beautiful eyes? He is just dallying with some uncouth villager mistress who is just like he is. What relationship do I have with him? I placed my trust in him and what was the result? I have just spent the whole night sitting in this wild jungle. How he has disregarded me. Should I continue to be consumed by remorse while waiting around in this kuïja? Should I simply go on investigating his whereabouts? What recourse do I have? But sakhi, how can I tolerate it? He said that he would come here and instead he is engrossed in pastimes with another beloved.” The heroine of this fifteenth song is svädhéna-bhartåkä näyikä. Kṛṣṇa cannot leave her because he is captivated by her qualities. This is the root cause of his neglect towards Rädhä. |
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