Gita Govinda -Jayadeva 434

Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami

Act Eleven : sänanda govindaù

The Blissful Cowherd Boy

Scene Twenty One : Song 21 : Verse 23

sä sa-sädhvasa-sänandaà govinde lola-locanä siïjäna-maïju-maïjéraà praviveça niveçanam Translation Shri Rädhä’s heart was full of ambition as she glanced at Govinda with her restless eyes. Her jewelled ankle-bells tinkled alluringly as she began to enter the chamber of the secluded forest bower. Commentary Rädhä was feeling nervous and elated at the same time. She looked around and glanced towards the hopeful Kṛṣṇa. Her ankle-bells tinkled as she entered the forest bower on the advice of her friend. The bower was a perfect place for amorous love-games. When she glanced at Kṛṣṇa, she felt as if he were holding her in his every limb.