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Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami
Act Twelve : supréta pétämbaraù
Gladsome in Gold
Scene Twenty Four : Song 24 : Verse 27
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CommentaryThe author says, “Hey wine! What will you think about now? Your sweetness is in vain. What can your intoxicating effect do for the righteous devotees? Hey sugar! What happened to your sweetness? How harsh you are. Are you worthy of investigation? You have no substance. Hey grapes! Do not fear. Can any connoisseur of rasa ever even look in your direction? Hey nectar! You should not be proud. You have died. Hey milk! Do not proudly think ‘I am rasa’, because your rasa is just water. Hey ripe mango! You have to cry. The devotees who are expert at tasting juice (rasa) will not be concerned about your growing old. Hey lips of passionate young women! You also have no place. Go to Pätäla, the residence of the infernals. Those who are expert in relishing the rasa of this poetry do not experience any sweetness in you.” This literature is nothing but auspiciousness in the beginning, the middle and the end. Therefore it is the ingredient cause of the word çubha (auspiciousness). The present verse features sragdharä chanda, äramayé våtti, vaidarbhé réti, tiraskåtopadä alaìkära and the näöya alaìkära called guëa-kértana. |
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