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Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami
Act Nine : mugdha mukundaù
The Lost Lord of Liberation
Scene Eighteen : Song 18 : Verse 11
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CommentaryA revelation of Rädhä’s greatness illuminated Shri Jayadeva’s heart when he remembered Kṛṣṇa’s flattering words. Therefore he describes Kṛṣṇa’s opulence in this verse to establish the extent of Rädhä’s good fortune. He says, “Along with my disciples and their disciples, I offer prayers to the lotus feet of Shri Govinda because those lotus feet subdue the inauspiciousness that impedes the development of transcendental love.” In this verse Bhagavän Shri Kṛṣṇa’s feet have been compared to attractive lotus flowers enhanced by fragrant pollen in the form of the spontaneous flow of the celestial Ganges. The celestials headed by Indra blissfully offer prostrated obeisances at Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet like bumblebees adorning a pollen-covered lotus. When they bow down, the aura of sapphires and other jewels upon their crowns falls upon Kṛṣṇa’s feet, which then appear to be blue lotuses. As humming bumblebees hover around blue lotuses, the hearts of the devotees eternally hover around the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa and perpetually sing their glories. The yogés continually meditate upon his lotus feet for the annihilation of their impediments. |
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