Gita Govinda -Jayadeva 478

Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami

Act Twelve : supréta pétämbaraù

Gladsome in Gold

Scene Twenty Three : Song 23 : Verse 12

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märäìke rati-keli-saìkula-raëärambhe tayä sähasapräyaà
känta-jayäya kiïcid upari prärambhi yat-sambhramät
niñpandä jaghana-sthalé çithilatä dor-vallir utkampitaà
vakño mélitam akñi pauruña-rasaù stréëäà kutaù sidhyati

Translation

At the outset of the erotic war-game, absorption in käma made Shri Rädhä intensely aggressive. She mounted her lover’s chest and vigorously began to make love to him with great zeal in a determined attempt to achieve victory. By doing this, her loins eventually became motionless, her arms became slack, her breasts began to heave and her eyes closed. Indeed, how can a woman’s desire to taste the aggressive male rasa ever be successful?

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