Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c11.s3.42

Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c11.s3.42

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c11.s3.42

There can be no doubt, however, that if he is not a real dramatist, Rūpa Gosvāmin is certainly a poet, and not a mere pedant; a devotee, and not a mere dogmatist. But deliberate pedantry and dogma very often get the upper hand and impair the value of his poetry. Witness, for instance, Kṛṣṇa's flattering witticism to Rādhā (Vidagdha-mādhava, iii, p. 234):

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Vidagdhamādhava — Rūpa Gosvāmin 1533, Sanskrit