Gita Govinda -Jayadeva 327

Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami

Act Eight : vilakñya lakñmépatiù

The Hapless Lord of Fortune

Scene Seventeen : Song 17 : Verse 3

kajjala-malina-vilocana-cumbana-viracita-nélima-rüpam daçana-vasanam aruëaà tava kåñëa tanoti tanor anurüpam hari! hari! yähi mädhava Translation “Your beautiful red lips are the raiment of your rows of teeth. They have become blackish like your body from kissing her collyrium-smeared eyes.” Commentary Projecting the act of betrayal upon Mädhava within herself, Rädhä begins to pierce him with heart-rending insinuations. “Kṛṣṇa! There is no need for deceit. If you say, ‘I have not spent the night with any other lover,’ then why are your eyes so red? Your prema for that passionate lover is still shining from your eyes even now.” Kṛṣṇa replied, “My dearest, I am telling you the truth. I have not been awake the whole night with any other mistress. My eyes are closing because I am tired.” Rädhä said, “Then why have your red lips become black? Her collyrium resembles the complexion of your body and you have been kissing her collyrium-smeared eyes all night. Go away! Go back to that woman who has coloured your eyes, coloured your lips and showered her compassion on you all night. Do not tell lies to me. Go! Your eyes are red from absorption in the joy of lovemaking. Being coloured by the redness of anuräga, they clearly reveal your strong attachment for that beautiful vraja-gopé.”