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Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami
Act Twelve : supréta pétämbaraù
Gladsome in Gold
Scene Twenty Three : Song 23 : Verse 11
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CommentaryThe poet Shri Jayadeva is describing viparéta-rati in this verse. He states that Kṛṣṇa has attained an indescribable state of satisfaction. Therefore it is said that the ways of käma are contradictory and beyond ordinary experience. This paradox arises from the appearance of another rasa. As an offender takes shelter of chivalry (véra-rasa) to accept his punishment, Kṛṣṇa took shelter of véra-rasa and progressed through the stages of being arrested, beaten, pierced, bound, wounded and made to submit. Finally he arrived at the state of complete bewilderment. Although Rädhä and Kṛṣṇa’s enthusiasm is relentless, neither side is prepared to withdraw from this love-battle. Rädhä punished Kṛṣṇa in various ways through the medium of viparéta-rati. She bound him in the prison of her arms. She oppressed and pummelled him with the combined weight of her breasts. She wounded him with her nails and bit his lips with her teeth. She bashed him with her broad hips. She grabbed his hair with her hands as she drank the current of honey from his lips. Rädhä brought her lover to the point of complete bewilderment. Such love is a matter of great wonderment! This verse features çärdüla-vikréòita chanda and rasavad alaìkära. Some scholars also refer to this verse as a specific sub-section entitled Käminéhäsa. |
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