{"id":7311,"date":"2024-07-21T10:28:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T08:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shakti.tattva.se\/?p=7311"},"modified":"2024-07-30T05:45:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T03:45:31","slug":"govinda-lilamrita-nisantha-lila-verse-10-govinda-sthali-the-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shakti.tattva.se\/index.php\/govinda-lilamrita-nisantha-lila-verse-10-govinda-sthali-the-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Vraja-Ni\u015b\u0101nta L\u012bl\u0101"},"content":{"rendered":"
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3:36 a.m. ti 6:00 a.m
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\u015ar R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b’s s\u016btra:<\/p>\n

1.10)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As the night ends, \u015ar\u012b V\u1e5bnda-dev\u012b becomes apprehensive on observing \u015ar\u012b Yugala Kishora’s precarious situation. She signals for a variety of forest birds to begin chirping; and with the selected poetry of the parrots (both pleasing and piercing=, R\u0101dh\u0101 and K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a arise.The sakh\u012bs<\/em> and ma\u00f1jar\u012bs<\/em> then enter the \u015bayana-mandira<\/em> with laughter and merriment. But when V\u1e5bnda sees everyone forgetting the necessity to return quickly home, She motions to \u2018Kak-khat\u012b\u2019 (an old female monkey) who shrieks: \u2018Ja\u1e6dil\u0101 is coming!\u2019\u00a0 Thus in fear and haste, R\u0101dh\u0101 and Govinda separate to scurry homewards to slip into Their own beds before sunrise.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rasa Tara\u1e45gin\u012b t\u012bk\u0101 \u2014<\/strong><\/em>
\nThis s\u016btra<\/em> summarizes the events described in Govinda-l\u012bl\u0101m\u1e5bta’s<\/em> first chapter, containing (117 verses).<\/p>\n

The V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana Setting<\/h3>\n

The Ni\u015b\u0101nta l\u012bl\u0101 takes place in V\u1e5bnd\u0101van’s most excellent location, \u015ar\u012b Govinda Sthal\u012b<\/strong>, which is a large island caressed by the main stream of the Yamuna and its tributary. It is shaped like a tortoise’s shell<\/strong>, a low, round hill crested by R\u0101dh\u0101 and Govinda’s breathtaking Yoga-p\u012b\u1e6dha mandir<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This enchanting temple is surrounded by four types of desire trees, namely haricandan, santanak, mandar and p\u0101rij\u0101ta<\/strong>. As the fragrant pollen from their flowers falls to decorate the ground, swarms of bumble bees buzz hither and thither, sounding like the humming vibration of Cupid’s bowstring.<\/p>\n

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Encircling the desire trees are four beautiful mandaps or raised platforms for sitting, with m\u0101dhavi, m\u0101lat\u012b, mallik\u0101 <\/strong>and golden svar\u1e47a-jut\u012b<\/strong> flower vines growing from their bases. Beyond these mandaps are four ku\u00f1jas:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Svetambuja Kunja<\/strong>, the white lotus bower<\/strong> to the north<\/span><\/strong>, the site of R\u0101dh\u0101 Govinda’s mead-drinking lilas.
\n2. Nilambuja Kunja<\/strong>, the blue lotus bower <\/strong>in the east<\/span><\/strong>. After dancing in the Rasa lila and enacting their water sports in the Yamuna, R\u0101dh\u0101 and Krishna come here for dressing.
\n3. Arunambuja Kunja<\/strong>, the red lotus bower <\/strong>in the south<\/span><\/strong>. This is where R\u0101dh\u0101 Govinda enjoy their late evening meals.
\n4. Hemambuja Kunja<\/strong>, the golden lotus bower <\/strong>in the west<\/span><\/strong>. This immense bower is the resting place for all the sakhis and manjaris in R\u0101dh\u0101’s yutha.<\/span>
\nIn the center of this kunja is R\u0101dh\u0101 Govinda’s jeweled shayan mandir<\/strong> encircled by a grove of golden banana trees.
\nBeyond in the eight directions, are the shayan mandirs of the Ashta-sakhis.<\/p>\n

Next there are consecutive spheres of kunjas that progressively double in number, starting with sixteen, then thirty-two, sixty-four, and so on, wherein the infinite numbers of gopis take rest. On the outer perimeter of Hemambuja Kunja<\/strong>, in each of the four directions, Sri Vrinda Devi, Sri Vrindarika, Sri Menaka and Sri Murala Devi <\/strong>act as doorkeepers. (from Gutika of\u00a0Krishna das Baba of Govardhan<\/strong>)\u0101<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

3:36 a.m. ti 6:00 a.m \u015ar R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b’s s\u016btra: 1.10)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As the night ends, \u015ar\u012b V\u1e5bnda-dev\u012b becomes apprehensive on observing \u015ar\u012b Yugala Kishora’s precarious situation. She signals for a variety of forest birds to begin chirping; and with the selected poetry of the parrots (both pleasing and piercing=, R\u0101dh\u0101 and K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a arise.The sakh\u012bs and ma\u00f1jar\u012bs…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-govinda-lilamrita"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shakti.tattva.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shakti.tattva.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shakti.tattva.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shakti.tattva.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shakti.tattva.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7311"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/shakti.tattva.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8172,"href":"https:\/\/shakti.tattva.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7311\/revisions\/8172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shakti.tattva.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shakti.tattva.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shakti.tattva.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}