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Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami
Act Eight : vilakñya lakñmépatiù
The Hapless Lord of Fortune
Scene Seventeen : Song 17 : Verse 10
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CommentaryAlthough Rädhä is now khaëòitä, she takes shelter of arrogance. Accusing Kṛṣṇa, she says, “O charlatan! When you did not arrive on time, I continued to wait for you. Now my celebrated sympathy for you is being torn to pieces. How can I express myself? The pain I feel in separation from you is indescribable. I cannot decide whether to live or die. How did such a calamity befall me? I cannot live and I cannot die. “O traitor! Seeing you in this condition, I do not feel as much anguish as I feel shame. You have enjoyed union with a lusty woman and, by holding her feet upon your heart, your chest has become coloured red by her footlac. When I see the red glow of dawn, it seems as if today the anuräga you were carrying in your heart has overflowed. When I see the signs of that lover’s pleasure where you used to wear the Kaustubha jewel, I become mortified with shame. “I used to make you feel the boundless happiness of pride in my exclusive confidential love for you. But now you have broken that connecting thread of prema by this contemptible behaviour. You have enjoyed loving her and you do not even feel ashamed about it. May you be blessed, Kṛṣṇa. Now go away, unfaithful one. Why did I ever love you?” The chanda of this verse is çikhariëé. Kṛṣṇa considered, “Despite my determined endeavours, Rädhä will not abandon her obstinacy. So now I will have to take help from my envoy, the flute. It seems that I have no other alternative. Rädhikä’s reluctance will surely be dispelled by the sound of my flute.” Therefore S Jay Shri adeva extends a benediction through the sound of Kṛṣṇa’s flute in the following verse. |
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