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Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami
Act Eleven : sänanda govindaù
The Blissful Cowherd Boy
Scene Twenty : Song 20 : Verse 7
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CommentaryThe sakhé says to Rädhä, “Now why have you become proud? Your desire has already transcended all limitations, so why hesitate? Why be ashamed to go and meet with Kṛṣṇa? We are all your intimate friends. Certainly no one else is here but us. Why become angry for no reason? All your sakhés know well that your body is ready for a love-battle. It is decorated with ornaments and every substance required for engagement in sensual combat. After becoming a beautiful female warrior, you are now ready. As various instruments resound at the time of marching out to war, the bells attached to your waist-belt will chime when you set off for this love-battle. Declare war! Abandon all shame and flow along in the current of rasa as you journey with ever-increasing attachment to meet Shri Hari. Go, Caëòi! O passionate woman, face the direction of the meeting place.” Caëòé, or “belligerent woman”, is an appropriate address for Rädhä when she is ready to fight. |
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