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Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami
Act Eleven : sänanda govindaù
The Blissful Cowherd Boy
Scene Twenty : Song 20 : Verse 2
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CommentaryThe sakhé said, “Rädhikä, the enemy of Madhu has become completely submissive to you. Go to his side at once. Do not delay. He has humbly appealed to you with endearing words. He has wholeheartedly fallen at your feet. He has prepared to welcome you and now he is sitting upon a bed suitable for amorous love-games within an açoka grove. Follow his footsteps to that place. O bewildered one, how naive you are. You do not even know when to go for a rendezvous with your beloved. Go to him at once and reciprocate with him in every way.” Rädhike – The suffix ka sheds light upon Rädhä’s state of guileless innoc ence. The refrain is “Follow Madhusüdana. Do not delay.” Characteristics of the grove, such as açoka trees, have been mentioned because they stimulate emotions. |
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