Prosita Preyasi
O Madhava, Radha has fallen into the terrible darkness of separation; her form distressed and pale, she is overwhelmed by the utmost suffering.
As the flock of kokila birds makes its bright, sweet call, she murmurs miserably, "Jaimini, Jaimini!"
Ah, seeing a garland of blue lotuses, her hair standing on end in fright, extremely frightened, she cries out, "Garuda! Garuda! Garuda!"
Distressed, after paste of aguru with musk has been applied to her, she becomes absorbed and meditates even on that eternal dark-throated one.
About Prosita Preyasi
Composed by Rupa Gosvami, this piece portrays Radha as a prosita-preyasi, the classical Sanskrit nayika whose beloved has journeyed away, sunk in the ghore viyoga-tamasi, the "terrible darkness of separation." Its most vivid image has Radha, terrified, mistaking a garland of blue lotuses for a serpent and crying out for Garuda, the snakes' natural enemy -- a stock convention of viraha (separation) poetry used here to dramatize her disordered state of mind. The verse marked "jaiminir iti" in the source text is somewhat fragmentary and rendered here as an anguished, echoing cry rather than a literal name.
- Composer
- Rupa Goswami · Read biography
- Verses
- 4
Frequently asked
Who wrote Prosita Preyasi?
Prosita Preyasi was composed by Rupa Goswami.
What is the meaning of Prosita Preyasi?
O Madhava, Radha has fallen into the terrible darkness of separation; her form distressed and pale, she is overwhelmed by the utmost suffering.
How many verses does Prosita Preyasi have?
Prosita Preyasi has 4 verses.
Can I download Prosita Preyasi as a PPT or PDF?
Yes. A ready-to-display slide deck for Prosita Preyasi — verse and translation on each slide — is available to download in both PowerPoint (.pptx) and PDF formats from this page, for use in kirtan or temple programs.