Sajani Aba Ki Korobi Upadesa
O friend, what advice can you give me now? Through love for Kanu my body and mind have gone mad; I can no longer bear even a trace of the burden of propriety.
My eyes are filled with His beauty; remembering the sweetness of His touch, the hairs of my body will not let go of their thrill; my ears are filled with the enchanting sound of His flute; I no longer hear talk of my own affairs.
My nose is intoxicated by the fragrance of His body; my mouth utters no other name; His ever-fresh qualities have bound my mind -- where, then, is there room left for propriety?
At my husband's rebukes and my elders' scolding, who knows why, laughter rises in me. Govinda Dasa asks: when one is truly devoted, can there be any desire but this one?
About Sajani Aba Ki Korobi Upadesa
In this Brajabuli pada, Govinda Dasa Kaviraja voices a young woman confessing to her sakhi that love for Krishna, called here by the intimate name "Kanu," has left her senseless to social propriety, her husband's rebukes and her elders' scolding -- a classic expression of parakiya (paramour) devotion in the Vaishnava padavali tradition, closing with the poet's own signature line.
- Composer
- Govinda Dasa Kaviraja · Read biography
- Verses
- 4
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Sajani Aba Ki Korobi Upadesa was composed by Govinda Dasa Kaviraja.
What is the meaning of Sajani Aba Ki Korobi Upadesa?
O friend, what advice can you give me now? Through love for Kanu my body and mind have gone mad; I can no longer bear even a trace of the burden of propriety.
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Sajani Aba Ki Korobi Upadesa has 4 verses.
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