Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c11.s3.20
Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c11.s3.20
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c11.s3.20
while Kṛṣṇa's case is put by his friend Subala and the jester Madhumaṅgala. There is no action, no dramatic situation, nor any diversion of song and dance, but there is only a series—rather a tiresomely lengthy series—of erotic dialogues in prose and verse, with clever, but audacious, innuendoes and punning repartees. Some of the verses are fine, but most of them are laboured and employ conventional expressions, imageries and conceits. The opening Maṅgala-verse in Śārdūlavikrīḍita metre :