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Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami
Act Seven : nägara näräyaëaù
The Dextrous Divinity
Scene Sixteen : Song 16 : Verse 41
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CommentaryRädhä is now burning in the heat of separation. Taking a vow to give up her life, she says, “O Malaya breeze! O cooling wind, why are you waiting? Take a stand and give me pain! O Païcabäëa, plunder my prana! That is why you have five arrows – to steal my five life-airs. Stealing prana is your ultimate objective. “Although this is true, you first inflame those who are suffering and turn them in the direction of household life. However, I will die first. No matter how much you control me, I will never go to my household. I will take shelter of the lotus feet of Çré Kṛṣṇa.” Rädhä is devastated by käma. After criticizing both Kämadeva and the Malaya breeze, Rädhä turns to the Yamunä river, “O Yamunä, you are the sister of Yamaräja, the lord of death! The Malaya breeze and Kämadeva are torturing me. Although Kämadeva is the cause of lovers’ union, he has reversed his behaviour. The Malaya breeze, which usually delights me, now makes me depressed. When my pranas are accepted by both of them, then what answer will you give to your brother Yama? So do not forgive me. Soak my limbs in your waves. Take my corpse into your waters so that the heat of my lifeless body may be extinguished.” In this way, Rädhä’s feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa reached the tenth and final condition – desiring one’s own death. This verse features vasanta-tilakä chanda and aprastuta-praçaàsä alaìkära. |
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