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Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami
Act Ten : catura caturbhujaù
The Four-armed Flatterer
Scene Nineteen : Song 19 : Verse 12
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CommentaryKṛṣṇa is employing vätsyäyana-nyäya, the logic of Vätsyäyana Åñi, the author of Käma-sütra. “O Çaçimukhi, although your face is as pleasant as the moon, your curved eyebrows can bewilder young men, just like the fearsome female ser pent of time. Your eyebrows generate intense fear, and oh, they look so malicious. But you are Çaçimukhi (moon-face), so do not be angry with young men. No young man can be saved once bitten by the female snake of time. There is no medicine to relieve the burning of this poison. Only a siddha-mantra, in the form of the nectar of your lips, can counteract a poisonous bite from the snake of your eyebrow.” The chanda of this verse is puñpitägrä. The alaìkäras are kalpitopamä and rüpaka. |
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