Gita Govinda -Jayadeva 458

Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami

Act Twelve : supréta pétämbaraù

Gladsome in Gold

Scene Twenty Three : Song 23 : Verse 1

gatavati sakhé-vånde ’manda-trapä-bhara-nirbharasmara- çara-vaçäküta-sphéta-smita-snapitädharäm sarasa-manasaà dåñövä rädhäà muhur nava-pallavaprasara- çayane nikñiptäkñém uväca hariù priyäm Translation When the female attendants made their exit from the chamber of flowering vines, Shri Rädhä, who is extremely bashful, became possessed by Kämadeva, the god of amorous love. The beauty of her lips was enhanced by the appearance of a smile and she glanced repeatedly at the bed made from fresh leaves and flowers with an ever-increasing passion for love-play. Seeing his beloved glancing in this way, Kṛṣṇa began to speak.