Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c11.s3.4

Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c11.s3.4

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c11.s3.4

The *Jagannātha-vallabha* deals, in five Acts, with an episode of Kṛṣṇa-līlā, in which are described the first love and union of Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā in the groves of Vṛndāvana. The theme is simple, and the Acts are short. The first Acts (Pūrva-rāga) depicts the first meeting of Kṛṣṇa, accompanied by his jester friend Ratikandala¹, and Rādhā entering with her companion Madanikā. They fall in love at first sight, and in Act II (Bhāva-parīkṣā) Rādhā's companion Śaśimukhī approaches Kṛṣṇa with a billet-doux (Anaṅga-lekha) from Rādhā, containing only one Prakrit verse on her lovelorn condition:

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