The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry by W. G. Archer
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page 97 of 215 (45%)
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The girl departs, meets Radha and gives her Krishna's message. She then
describes Krishna's love-lorn state: When he hears the noise of swarms of bees, he covers his ears from their humming; Pain he feels, night after night, of a heart in love that is parted. He droops, separated from you, O friend, the wearer of garlands. The girl assures Radha that Krishna is contrite and urges her to delay no longer. He has gone into the trysting place, full of all desired bliss, O you with lovely hips delay no more O go forth now and seek him out, him the master of your heart, him endowed with passion's lovely form. On fallen feathers of the birds, on leaves about the forest floor, he lies excited making there his bed, And he gazes out upon the path, looks about with trembling eyes, anxious, looking out for your approach. There on that bed of tender leaves, O lotus-eyed, embrace his hips, his naked hips from whence the girdle drops, Those hips from whence the garment falls, those loins which are a treasure heap, the fountain and the source of all delight. Radha would willingly go but she is now so sick with love that she can no longer move. The girl has, therefore, to go once more to Krishna and describe Radha's state. |
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