Gita Govinda -Jayadeva 249

Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami

Act Six : dhåñöa vaikuëöhaù

The Audacious Autocrat

Scene Twelve : Song 12 : Verse 7

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çliñyati cumbati jaladhara-kalpam
harir upagata iti timiram analpam
nätha hare! sédati

Translation

“When she sees the dense darkness that resembles a raincloud, she embraces and kisses it thinking, ‘Oh, Hari has come.’”

Commentary

“When she sees the dense, blackish-blue darkness that appears to be a cloud about to burst, she thinks, ‘Kṛṣṇa, you have come.’ Then she embraces that lovely darkness to her breast and begins to kiss it.”

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