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Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami
Act Seven : nägara näräyaëaù
The Dextrous Divinity
Scene Sixteen : Song 16 : Verse 31
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CommentaryNow Rädhä’s jealousy is inflamed more than ever. Therefore, all the compliments spoken by Rädhä in this song are simultaneously veiled criticisms. Each of the following verses will be explained first as complimentary (stuti-parakaartha), and then as critical (nindäparaka-artha). Complimentary- Rädhä tells her friend, “O sakhi, Kṛṣṇa is Vanamälé, garlanded with the flowers of the forest. His eyes are as restless as a blue lotus moving in the south wind. That young woman delights Kṛṣṇa and he satis fies her amorous desires. How could she know how it feels to be scorched as I am scorched, even when I lie upon a bed of freshly sprouted leaves? How a heart can be broken and torn to pieces is known only to me.” Rädhä has praised Shri Kṛṣṇa in this verse by describing him as a courteous and considerate lover. Critical- “Vanamälé Kṛṣṇa was so immersed in the outstanding natural beauty of the forest that he must have been disinterested in loving pastimes with that gopé. His lotus eyes beheld her as she lay down on a bed of soft leaves. Did that gopé feel distress when she could not make the situation progress any further than that? She certainly did.” In other words, “That gopé must have felt distress because Kṛṣṇa was disinterested in her. His eyes were moving like blue lotus flowers in the wind as he looked around for another lover.” |
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