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Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami
Act Four : snigdha madhusüdanaù
The Tender Slayer of Madhu
Scene Nine
Song 9
Verse 10
“O Shri Kṛṣṇa, my sakhé Rädhä is behaving exactly like a deer. She considers her residence to be the forest and her friends to be like hunters with a net. The flames of the blazing forest fire in her body are intensified by her own sighs of pain. Alas, alas! Playing just like a tiger, Kandarpa has become death personified as he begins to maul her life airs.” CommentaryA picture of Rädhä’s pitiful condition is being painted by her intimate companion. Rädhä is exactly like a deer when she is bereft of Kṛṣṇa’s association. This fair-complexioned Rädhä resides in the forest, considering it to be her home. Being scorched by separation from her beloved, she wants to flee, but the net of the hunter-like sakhés is spread out before her. Her movements thus restricted, she continuously feels frustrated. Even her dearmost sakhés seem to be fettering her like deer-hunters equipped with a trap. As a deer becomes alarmed and confused upon seeing a forest fire, similarly, she does not know what to do when her long breaths mix with the heat of her body and set her ablaze like a firebrand. |