Duti Viduraya Komala Kathanam
O messenger, keep your tender words to yourself -- I will never again speak the name of the slayer of Madhu.
This slayer of Agha, of whom you speak, is fickle-minded; but I am one whose steadfastness reaches to the very edge of every horizon.
This wearer of the forest garland you speak of is deceitful by nature; but I am tender-hearted, and I guard the honour of my own family.
This Hari of yours is unrestrained in his jesting; but I remain ever bound to eternal, righteous conduct.
About Duti Viduraya Komala Kathanam
A short Sanskrit dialogue-verse of Rupa Goswami in which Radha rebuffs a duti, a go-between messenger sent on Krishna's behalf, answering each of the messenger's soft persuasions point for point -- his fickleness against her steadfastness, his deceit against her tenderness, his unrestrained jesting against her devotion to righteous conduct -- a compact display of the mana, or wounded pride, that runs through so much Vraja-lila poetry.
- Composer
- Rupa Goswami · Read biography
- Verses
- 4
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Duti Viduraya Komala Kathanam was composed by Rupa Goswami.
What is the meaning of Duti Viduraya Komala Kathanam?
O messenger, keep your tender words to yourself -- I will never again speak the name of the slayer of Madhu.
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Duti Viduraya Komala Kathanam has 4 verses.
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