Srastam Srastam Udancayanty
Again and again lifting up, with a limp and feeble hand, the slipping edge of her dark blue wrap over her head, her body bearing all its disheveled ornaments, her half-loosened braid bound up anew, her eyes moving with languid, weary glances, behold, O sakhi, Radhika, having entered the house from the bower, now lies down quietly.
Tossing aside a withered garland, his jewel-string broken, kohl smudged upon his lips, his limbs marked all over with nail-scratches, his lotus eyes rolling and casting glances in every direction, behold, his body languid and worn, unnoticed by the groups of cowherd men ahead, the son of the cowherd king enters Gokula as the night draws to its close.
About Srastam Srastam Udancayanty
A matched pair of Sanskrit verses in the classical prabhata, or "dawn," convention, describing Radha and Krishna returning separately to their homes after a night of union, each still visibly disheveled: Radha's wrap keeps slipping from a hand too weak to hold it, while Krishna slips unnoticed among the cowherd men with kohl smudged on his lips and nail-marks scattered over his limbs. Attributed to Rupa Gosvami, such paired verses were composed as illustrative examples of the anubhavas, the outward bodily signs that manifest divine prema, in the rasa-sastra tradition he systematized in works like Ujjvala-nilamani.
- Composer
- Rupa Goswami · Read biography
- Verses
- 2
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Who wrote Srastam Srastam Udancayanty?
Srastam Srastam Udancayanty was composed by Rupa Goswami.
What is the meaning of Srastam Srastam Udancayanty?
Again and again lifting up, with a limp and feeble hand, the slipping edge of her dark blue wrap over her head, her body bearing all its disheveled ornaments, her half-loosened braid bound up anew, her eyes moving with languid, weary glances, behold, O sakhi, Radhika, having entered the house from the bower, now lies down quietly.
How many verses does Srastam Srastam Udancayanty have?
Srastam Srastam Udancayanty has 2 verses.
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