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Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami
Act Twelve : supréta pétämbaraù
Gladsome in Gold
Scene Twenty Three : Song 23 : Verse 15
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CommentaryThe poet says that Rädhä attained an extreme state of euphoria during her amorous love-games. Therefore, on being released from Kṛṣṇa’s embracing and kissing, she drowned in a unique type of fathomless joy. Under the influence of käma, her body was unable to endure even the slightest exertion. In the end, when her lover Shri Kṛṣṇa saw her face with half closed eyes, he wanted to kiss her again and engage in further congress. During lovemaking, Rädhä’s breasts, though not horripilating, became hard and somewhat compressed in Kṛṣṇa’s tight embrace. Rädhä was gasping over and over again in spasms of intense ecstasy. As such charming, indistinct and incoherent sounds came out from her mouth, the space between her lips was washed in the rays emanating from her sparkling teeth. Only a person with a vast accumulation of pious activities (sukåti) can see Rädhä’s face at that time. Such good fortune can be attained only by Shri Kṛṣṇa or the maidservants (maïjarés) of Shri Rädhä. This verse features çärdüla-vikréòita chanda, jäti alaìkära, päïcälé réti, mägadhé géti, bhäraté våtti. The gäna features sthita laya. ShriRädhä and Kṛṣṇa’s coital position is called våkñädhirüòhakam äliìgana, the tree-mounting embrace. |
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