Gita Govinda -Jayadeva 438

Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami

Act Eleven : sänanda govindaù

The Blissful Cowherd Boy

Scene Twenty One : Song 22 : Verse 26

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çyämala-mådula-kalevara-maëòalam adhigata-gaura-dukülam
néla-nalinam iva péta-paräga-paöala-bhara-valayita-mülam
harim eka-rasaà

Translation

Shri Hari has put a yellow garment on his soft and lustrous dark body. It seems as if a blue lotus flower has become drenched by its anther of golden pollen.

Commentary

Shri Hari has draped a yellow shawl over his dark blue transcendental body. Thus his body resembles a blue lotus flower, ornately covered by its own yellow pollen. This also indicates that Rädhä’s golden limbs will be even more beautiful upon Kṛṣṇa’s dark blue chest. In this way, Kṛṣṇa’s yellow shawl heralds the awaited viparéta-rati.

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