Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c11.s5.66
Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c11.s5.66
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The *Utkalikā-vallarī* is a much more extensive production of seventy verses, which are simultaneously addressed to Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, and express the poet's longing to serve and vicariously enjoy their sports. The poem does not employ rhyme and chiming, but the rhetorical and metrical display is equally prominent. The metres used are Upajāti, Mālinī, Śikhariṇī, Sundarī, Rathoddhatā, Puṣpitāgrā, Svāgatā, Vasantatilaka, Drutavilambita, Hariṇī, Śārdūla-vikrīḍita, Rucirā, Pṛthvī, Mandākrāntā, and Mattamayūra. The following stanzas in Sundarī and Rathoddhatā are normal specimens of its ornate expression: