{"id":1256,"date":"2008-12-21T21:12:19","date_gmt":"2008-12-21T15:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/?p=1256"},"modified":"2008-12-21T21:12:19","modified_gmt":"2008-12-21T15:42:19","slug":"kk-521-he-is-like-luscious-lake-of-sweetness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/sweet_books\/excerpts-from-sri-krishna-karnamritam\/kk-521-he-is-like-luscious-lake-of-sweetness\/","title":{"rendered":"KK 52.1 – He is like luscious lake of sweetness!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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kara-kamala-dala-kalita-lalita-tara vamshi-<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

kala-ninada-galad-amrita-ghana-sarasi deve,<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

sahaja-rasa-bhara-bharita-dara-hasita-vithi-<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

-satata-bahad-adhara-mani-madhurimani liye.52.<\/span><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He is holding the flute to His lotus-face and its resonance is pouring forth Amritam, so much so, that it is creating a deep lake; His lips are sweetly coloured with natural ras-full soft smiles \u2013 may my innermost mind absorb in That God. 52.<\/span><\/p>\n


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arlier Sri Krishna had smiled and sent a message to Sri R\u00e2dh\u00e2 by playing on His flute. He had conveyed to Her that She should proceed to the kunja<\/em>. Now that same smiling face of Sri Krishna, playing sweet notes on His flute was revealed to Sri R\u00e2dh\u00e2 in Her heart. Srimati was absorbed in that sweetness and spoke in love ecstasy. Sri Lil\u00e2shuk has echoed Her feelings in this verse.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Srimati is telling Her sakhi<\/em> \u2013 O sakhi<\/em>! I am absorbed in Sri Krishna with His Divine sports. She is describing Sri Krishna as \u2013 \u2018kara-kamala-dala-kalita-lalita-tara-vamshi-kala-ninada-galad-amrita-ghana-sarasi\u2019,<\/em><\/strong> meaning, \u2018Sri Krishna\u2019s hands (kara<\/em><\/strong>) are like lotuses. So His fingers resemble lotus petals (kamala dala<\/em><\/strong>). They are playing on the flute that is resounding (kalita<\/em><\/strong>) with very lovely, pleasing (lalita-tara<\/em><\/strong>) notes. The notes are cascading (galad<\/em><\/strong>) like nectar (amritam<\/em>)<\/strong> and creating a deep (ghana<\/em><\/strong>) lake (sarasi<\/em>)\u2019<\/strong>. Here the poet is calling Sri Krishna Himself \u2018a deep lake\u2019. Sri Krishna is like a luscious lake (sara<\/em>) that is full of the shower of nectarine ras<\/em> (the notes of the flute). This verse describes the sweetness of Sri Krishna\u2019s beautiful form and His flute \u2013 two incredible oceans of sweet nectar in which the graceful maidens of Vraja take a deep plunge!<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Gem-studded anklets are tinkling sweetly on Sri Krishna\u2019s rosy feet, and he walks in a slow gait. He is attired in charming robes that are more golden than gold and he sports a garland of wild flowers that is attracting the honeybees. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Madan-Mohan is very delightful indeed! Each part of His body is sending out vibrations of passion and His eyes dance in fun and frolic. His waist is slim while the expanse of His chest is broad and flat. He wears a chain with a big splendid jewelled locket on the middle of His chest. <\/span><\/p>\n

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His arms are like the trunk of an elephant (rippling with muscles) on which He dons jewelled armlets and bangles. When the amorous damsels of Vraja see Him, their hearts melt. Their eyes become like intoxicated bumble bees that hover all around a lotus and fall into it. Hence, their lotus like eyes seem to stretch until the ears. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The crescent shaped tilak <\/em>on His forehead is so captivating that is ensnares the heart of the fair sex like a honeybee-trap. The picture of this \u2018Best of all paramours\u2019, Who resemble a youthful Tam\u00e2l tree, is constantly sporting in the heart of poet Govinda d\u00e2s.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Another Mah\u00e2jan poem \u2013 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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“Sri Krishna\u2019s face is so sweet that it gains victory over the full moon of Sharad-ritu<\/em> (autumn) while His body is tall and slender like a youthful Tam\u00e2l tree. His hair is fashioned in an attractive \u2018chud\u00e2<\/em>\u2019 that is adorned with peacock feathers surrounded by M\u00e2lati flowers and honeybees. Oh! All glory to K\u00e2nh\u00e2, the young lover. He poses in the all-enchanting \u2018tribhanga\u2019<\/em> style and plays sweetly on His flute. Curly locks of hair toss and fall on His sparkling tilak,<\/em> and this scene is enough to shatter the Love-god\u2019s bow. Dignified ladies flinch their eyes as the flower-tipped arrows of Eros pierced and hurt them. His soft smile is so sweet that He seems to have smeared honey on His rosy lips. He walks with a slow amorous gait as if He is so amused, says poet Govinda d\u00e2s.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sri R\u00e2dh\u00e2 described Sri Krishna further \u2013 \u2018sahaja-ras-bhara-bharita-dara-hasita-vithi-satata-bahad-ahara-mani-madhurimani\u2019<\/em><\/strong>,<\/em> meaning \u2018Sri Krishna\u2019s smile flows constantly like a shower of ras<\/em>, and that smile is always spreading the extreme sweetness of His ruby-like lips all around.\u2019 She says, \u2018my heart is absorbed in such a Divine Being with Divine sports.\u2019 So here, we realize how sweet Sri Krishna\u2019s lips and natural smile are! They obviously mesmerize the Vrajab\u00e2l\u00e2s<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Srimati is saying) \u2013 “My heart is struck with the \u2018chikan<\/em>\u2019 (fine, smooth and glossy) beauty of Shy\u00e2m, so much so, that I have lost all control over it. His face looks like it has been marinated in loads of nectar squeezed from infinite moons. His lips sporting a hint of smile put cherry blossoms to shame. He appears like a lightning flitting across a fresh cloud and forces us to disgrace the pride and honour of our family! His rose-tipped eyes are like the Love-god\u2019s arrows shot from His bow-like eyebrows. Once He had briefly cast a sidelong glance at me and ever since I have been seeing only the beautiful Shy\u00e2m, wherever I look. O sakhi<\/em>, I saw this incredibly gorgeous lover on the way back from Yamun\u00e2. Poet Gy\u00e2na d\u00e2s says \u2013 The Son of Nanda in Gokul is the embodiment of pure nectar.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Sri Krishna\u2019s face is so sweet that it gains victory over the full moon of Sharad-ritu (autumn) while His body is tall and slender like a youthful Tam\u00e2l tree. His hair is fashioned in an attractive \u2018chud\u00e2\u2019 that is adorned with peacock feathers surrounded by M\u00e2lati flowers and honeybees. Oh! All glory to K\u00e2nh\u00e2, the young lover. He poses in the all-enchanting \u2018tribhanga\u2019 style and plays sweetly on His flute. Curly locks of hair toss and fall on His sparkling tilak, and this scene is enough to shatter the Love-god\u2019s bow. Dignified ladies flinch their eyes as the flower-tipped arrows of Eros pierced and hurt them. His soft smile is so sweet that He seems to have smeared honey on His rosy lips. He walks with a slow amorous gait as if He is so amused, says poet Govinda d\u00e2s.\u201d<\/p>\n

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