Gita Govinda -Jayadeva 357

Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami

Act Nine : mugdha mukundaù

The Lost Lord of Liberation

Scene Eighteen : Song 18 : Verse 10

snigdhe yat paruñäsi yat praëamati stabdhäsi yad rägiëi dveñasthäsi yad unmukhe vimukhatäà yätäsi tasmin priye tad yuktaà viparéta-käriëi tava Shrikhaëòa-carcä viñaà çétäàçus tapano himaà hutavahaù kréòä-mudo yätanäù Translation “O Rädhä, Shri Kṛṣṇa has earnestly appealed to you with humble words but in response you have simply become harsh. He has bowed before you but you have turned your face away and ignored him. How much deep love he has shown you, yet you are hostile towards him. He is fully attentive to you but you are completely averse to him. “O you whose behaviour is totally perverse! Your contrariness makes sandalwood paste seem like poison; the gentle, refreshing moon seem as harsh as the sun; cooling camphor seem like fire; and the happiness of lovemaking seem like dreadful agony.”