Rai He Aba Tejaha Mana
AI-drafted translation — pending review
O Radha, now abandon your sulking pride -- Krishna falls at your feet, entreating you.
Do not let your face grow dull, forsaking its beauty -- does the full moon ever rise dim?
Your lips, red as the bandhuli flower, and your sweet smile -- do not make them despondent with long, heavy sighs.
Your restless eyes are like a pair of wagtail birds -- do not let the coiled serpent of a frown remain before them.
What use is so much anger at me? My faults are already known to the whole world.
Without the nectar of your words no one can live -- why do you show me the thunderbolt of your pride?
Govinda Dasa cherishes this one hope in his heart: that your mind's desire for sulking pride will at last be given up.
About Rai He Aba Tejaha Mana
A Brajabuli padavali by Govinda Dasa Kaviraja, the celebrated poet of the Bengali Vaishnava-padavali tradition, cast as Krishna's own plea to Radha to set aside her wounded pride (mana) after a lovers' quarrel. Its most striking line has Krishna disarming his own defense by admitting that his faults are already known to the whole world, a rare touch of self-deprecating humor within the mana-bhanjana, or breaking-of-the-sulk, genre of Vaishnava lyric.
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Who wrote Rai He Aba Tejaha Mana?
Rai He Aba Tejaha Mana was composed by Govinda Dasa Kaviraja.
What is the meaning of Rai He Aba Tejaha Mana?
O Radha, now abandon your sulking pride -- Krishna falls at your feet, entreating you.
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Rai He Aba Tejaha Mana has 7 verses.
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