Gita Govinda -Jayadeva 487

Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami

Act Twelve : supréta pétämbaraù

Gladsome in Gold

Scene Twenty Three : Song 23 : Verse 16

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Variation 1

atha sä nirgata-bädhä rädhä svädhéna-bhartåkä
nijagäda rati-kläntaà käntaà maëòana-väïchayä

Variation 2

atha sahasä suprétaà suratänte sä nitänta-khinnäìgé
rädhä jagäda sädaram idam änandena govindam

Translation

Variation 1 – Rädhä’s affliction was pacified, and Kṛṣṇa was exhausted from the vigorous exertion of loving pastimes. Then, in the mood of a heroine who controls her lover (svädhéna-bhartåkä), Rädhä spoke to Kṛṣṇa, expressing her desire to be decorated by him.

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