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Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami
Act Eleven : sänanda govindaù
The Blissful Cowherd Boy
Scene Twenty One : Song 22 : Verse 35
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CommentaryShri Jayadeva says, “May Shri Kṛṣṇa’s arms confer auspiciousness upon you all. His excellent arms are praise worthy through out the entire universe. He is known as Murajita because his arms, like rods of chastisement, brought an end to the Mura demon. His formidable arms also sportively dispatched Kaàsa’s elephant, Kuvalayäpéòa. When drops of the elephant’s blood spattered onto his arms, it seemed as if the goddess of victory was personally worshipping him with pärijäta flowers. Kṛṣṇa’s delight in killing the elephant assumed the form of vermilion.” It is said that Kṛṣṇa remembered Rädhä when he saw the elephant’s protruding cranial globes. Therefore, although his arms were beautified by drops of blood, they seemed to be decorated with the vermilion of bliss or by mandära flowers offered by Vijaya-Lakñmé, the goddess of victory. “May those strong arms bestow auspiciousness upon you all. O Shri Kṛṣṇa’s arms! All glory to you! All victory to you!” This verse features çikhariëé chanda, anupräsa and utprekñä alaìkäras, päïcälé réti, ärabhaöé våtti and véra-rasa. |
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