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Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami
Act One : sämoda dämodaraù
The Delighted Captive of Love
Scene One
Song 1
Verse 16
Commentary
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In the ten verses of the first song of Act One of Shri Géta-govinda, Shri Jayadeva has depicted the charming pastimes of the avatäras of Bhagavän Shri Kṛṣṇa. Shri Kṛṣṇa manifests himself in the form of these ten avatäras. He has delivered the Vedas in the form of Matsya, he upheld the world in the form of Kürma, he saved Mother Earth in the form of Varäha, he killed Hiraëyakaçipu in the form of Nåsiàha, he cheated Bali and made him his own in the form of Vämana, he annihilated the wicked kñatriyas in the form of Paraçuräma, he chastised the miscreants in the form of Balabhadra, he advocated compassion in the form of Buddha and he slew the barbarians in the form of Kalki. “O Bhagavän Shri Kṛṣṇa! O you who assume these ten incarnations, obeisances unto you.” The first song, entitled Daçävatära-stotra, is composed in the chanda called kérti-dhavala. Appropriate rägas include pärasvara and madhyama in ädi täla. We also find vilambita laya, mädhyamé réti and çåìgära-rasa. |
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