Gita Govinda -Jayadeva 340

Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami

Act Eight : vilakñya lakñmépatiù

The Hapless Lord of Fortune

Scene Seventeen : Song 17 : Verse 10

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tavedaà paçyantyäù prasarad-anurägaà bahir iva
priyä-pädälakta-cchuritam aruëa-dyoti-hådayam
mamädya prakhyäta-praëaya-bhara-bhaìgena kitava
tvad-älokaù çokäd api kim api lajjäà janayati

Translation

“O two-faced cheater! Being coloured by footlac from the feet of your dear vraja-gopé, today your radiant red heart is outwardly revealing the powerful loving thirst that lies within. On seeing this, my long-standing and renowned love for you is being cut asunder. It is shame alone that supersedes the sorrow I feel within my heart.”

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