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Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami
Act Three : mugdha madhusüdanaù
Madhu’s Slayer Bewildered
Scene Seven
Song 7
Verse 11
Commentary
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In separation from his dearest Shri Rädhä, Kṛṣṇa’s heart is devastated. He feels that Kämadeva must have mistaken him for Lord Çiva. Why else would he attack so vehemently with his invincible arrows? Helplessly overpowered, Kṛṣṇa calls out, “Hey Anaìga, look! How happily Lord Çiva lives, half his body united with his beloved Pärvaté. However, what to speak of being united with Rädhikä, who is dearer to me than my own breath, I do not even know where she is.” Shri Kṛṣṇa is experiencing a sphürti of Rädhä in the agony of the burning sensation caused by Cupid, the god of amorous love. Therefore he directly says, “Hey Anaìga! Why are you furious with me for no reason and running after me, just to beat me incessantly under the misconception that I am Lord Çiva? This garland looks like a snake but it is actually nothing but a necklace of lotus fibres. You have mistaken the line of blue lotuses on my neck for the blueness caused by poison on the neck of Lord Çiva. This is not ash you see on my body. It is Malaya sandalwood paste smeared upon my body to relieve the heat of separation from my beloved. But now it has dried up from the heat and turned to powder. Without my lover, I am just like a lifeless body. So why are you unnecessarily attacking me?” This verse portrays vipralambha-çåìgära and employs apahnuti alaìkära. The metre is hariëé chanda. The verse also includes bhräntimän alaìkära according to the opinion of some learned authorities. |
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