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Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami
Act One : sämoda dämodaraù
The Delighted Captive of Love
Scene One
Song 1
Verse 9
Commentary
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“You went to the sacrificial arena of Bali on the pretext of begging alms. After requesting the donation of three steps of land, you assumed your gigantic Trivikrama form and spanned the upper and lower planetary systems.” The verb chalayasi is in the present tense to imply, “After mercifully bestowing a benediction upon Bali, you now reside with him in Pätäla.” Alternatively, “You have been repeatedly cheating him in the form of a dwarf since time without beginning.” The phrase pada-nakha-néra-janita-jana-pävana says that Bhagavän has purified the whole material world by manifesting the Ganges from his toenails. As Bhagavän spanned the earth, Brahmä saw his lotus feet in Brahmäloka and offered arghya, the water offered in the formal reception of a dignitary. That very water became the Ganges. Therefore, “O Keçava, may you be victorious!” This verse is an example of the secondary mellow of wonderment (adbhutarasa). Here Bhagavän appears as Vämanadeva, the rasa). presiding deity of sakhyarasa (friendship). |
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