Dhani Dhani Aparupa Rasa Bihara
Blessed, blessed is this wondrous sporting of the rasa dance -- a steady flash of lightning beside a restless raincloud, ceaselessly showering down the rain of rasa.
As if a golden garland set with gems, the circle of lovely women forms an array; in their very midst, like a great emerald, dark Krishna, the king of dancers, shines.
How many moons sport amid the darkness, and how many darknesses amid the moons! How many golden creepers entwine the tamala trees, body after body bound to body!
How many lotus-women sing in the fifth note, while the bees hold the drone! How many lotus-women, joined with their bees, go on singing -- Govinda Dasa remains utterly enchanted.
About Dhani Dhani Aparupa Rasa Bihara
A Bengali pada of Govinda Dasa Kaviraja celebrating the rasa dance in a cascade of paired images -- lightning beside a raincloud, an emerald amid a ring of golden gopis, moon after moon glimmering through darkness, lotus-women singing in the fifth note answered by the drone of bees -- closing with the poet's own confession of standing lost in wonder at the sight.
- Composer
- Govinda Dasa Kaviraja · Read biography
- Verses
- 4
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Dhani Dhani Aparupa Rasa Bihara was composed by Govinda Dasa Kaviraja.
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Blessed, blessed is this wondrous sporting of the rasa dance -- a steady flash of lightning beside a restless raincloud, ceaselessly showering down the rain of rasa.
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Dhani Dhani Aparupa Rasa Bihara has 4 verses.
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