Gita Govinda -Jayadeva 476

Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami

Act Twelve : supréta pétämbaraù

Gladsome in Gold

Scene Twenty Three : Song 23 : Verse 11

dorbhyäà saàyamitaù payodhara-bhareëäpéòitaù päëijair äviddho daçanaiù kñatädhara-puöaù çroëé-taöenähataù hastenänamitaù kace ’dhara-madhu-syandena sammohitaù käntaù käm api tåptim äpa tad aho kämasya vämä gatiù Translation Rädhikä’s dear lover was bound by her arms, repeatedly crushed by the weight of her breasts and pierced by her fingernails. His lips were wounded by her teeth and he was severely pounded by her hips. Catching his hair with her hands, she held him down and bewildered him with the stream of sweet honey from her lips. In this way Kṛṣṇa attained an exhilaration that was out of this world. Therefore it is said that the ways of Kämadeva are counterintuitive.