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Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami
Act One : sämoda dämodaraù
The Delighted Captive of Love
Scene Three
Song 3
Verse 29
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unmada-madana-manoratha-pathika-vadhü-jana-janita-viläpe ali-kula-saìkula-kusuma-samüha-niräkula-bakula-kaläpe viharati harir iha sarasa-vasante... “My dear friend, when husbands travel away from home, their lonely wives lament and weep incessantly. But look! The mälaté trees are covered with flowers. There is no vacant space left upon their branches. Innumerable groups of bumblebees are humming upon clusters of bakula flowers. And over there, Kṛṣṇa is dancing as he revels in pastimes of love with other youthful mistresses. Alas! How can I hold my patience?” CommentaryRädhäräëé’s companion is painting a picture of the vexatious, impassioning nature of spring, “This season is immensely troublesome for lonely lovers because it incites passion and lust. Heroines, whose dearest ones have gone to distant lands, pine incessantly because they cannot satisfy their inflamed desires. When flowers such as bakula spread their fragrance in all directions, swarms of jubilant bumblebees begin to hum as if in a state of intense agitation.” |
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