A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s8.226

v3.c35.s8.226

Then the poet narrates how in jealousy Rādhā leaves the scene and retires into a grove, and in the next prabandha, she complains to her confidante about her sweet'heart being unfaithful; but on the contrary, in another prabandha she gives expression to her ardent longing for him and to her wish that her lover may approach her and embrace her. It is followed by a narrative stanza: tortured by love Kṛṣṇa leaves the cowherdesses and full of repentance searches for them. His bewaling is contained in the next song. This is followed by recitative verses in which Kṛṣṇa addresses partly the god of love and partly Rādhā and gives expression to his longing for his beloved. This ends in a benedictory verse, in which Kṛṣṇa, the lover of Rādhā, is invoked for conferring fortune and happiness upon the audience. Narrative stanza: the friend of Rādhā comes and speaks to her love-lorn Kṛṣṇa. In the song that follows, she describes the agony of love-sick Rādhā resulting from her separation, and in two more songs she portraits her further misery caused on account of love. The conclusion is again a benedictory stanza. Narrative stanza: Kṛṣṇa wants the confidante to go to Rādhā and to bring her to him. It is followed by a song, in which the friend of Rādhā narrates how Kṛṣṇa has got emaciated on account of his longing for her and that he with an ardent yearning is expecting her in the grove. A narative strophe describes the place where the lover is awaiting. Then follows a song, in which the confidante, in warmly glowing words, breathing wild sensuousness, commands Rādhā to give up her anger and to hasten to embrace Kṛṣṇa. How musical sounds the refrain of this song: *dhīre samīre yamunātīre vasati vane vanamālī* in