{"id":7342,"date":"2024-07-21T10:50:52","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T08:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shakti.tattva.se\/?p=7342"},"modified":"2024-07-24T06:11:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T04:11:36","slug":"govinda-lilamrita-1-82-91-the-manjaris-clean-the-anangas-battlefield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shakti.tattva.se\/index.php\/govinda-lilamrita-1-82-91-the-manjaris-clean-the-anangas-battlefield\/","title":{"rendered":"Nisantha lila 82-91 The manjaris clean the ananga’s battlefield"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nishanta lila Verses 82-91<\/h1>\n

The manjaris clean the ananga’s battlefield<\/strong><\/p>\n

Verse 82
\nNow the manjaris collect the previous night’s seva paraphernalia.
\nSomeone carries a golden lota, someone picks up a golden-handled chamara,
\nanother manjari takes a jeweled mirror,
\nanother picks up the colorful chandan box and the jeweled pan containers,
\nwhile another seva dasi takes the sharika Manjubhashini in her golden cage.
\nThus the manjaris joyfully exit from the kunja bhavan, following the Divine Couple.<\/p>\n

Verse 83
\nAnother manjari smilingly carries away the special kunkum canister that is shaped like a proud Vraja ramani’s breast. It is made from ivory, studded with gold, and has a blue sapphire cap<\/p>\n

.Rasa-tarangini Tika:
\nWith a playful smile and giggling, this rasavati manjari taunts Sri Krishna by dangling the kunkum canister before his eyes. Her motive is to remind him of Ramani-mani Rai’s superb kucha yugala. They increase the pride of all her maidservants.<\/p>\n

Verse 84
\nOne clever manjari gathers the loose pearls from the bed and wraps them in her garment. They belong to R\u0101dh\u0101’s necklce which broke in her loving tussle with Krishna.
\nVerse 85
\nSri Rati Manjari <\/strong>quickly scurries to the flower bed, retrieves a set of earrings, and then comes outside to replace them on Srimati’s ears.
\nVerse 86
\nSri Rupa then recovers Radhika’s kanchuli (blouse) from a corner of the flower bed and privately returns it to her.<\/p>\n

Rasa-tarangini Tika:
\nOnce, after enjoying with Krishna, R\u0101dh\u0101 forgot to cover herself with a kanchuli and Lalitaji took the opportunity to tease her:<\/p>\n

k\u0101\u1e45culi ch\u0101riy\u0101 \u0101ji bujhi tumi puru\u1e63a
\ns\u0101jiy\u0101 vil\u0101sa-vikrama mati\u0101chile<\/p>\n

“I see you took off your blouse like a man preparing for battle! You must want to take the male role in order to overpower Krishna in Kandarpa’s battle!”<\/p>\n

It is to protect R\u0101dh\u0101 from this type of joking that \u015ari Rupa<\/strong> secretly returns her kanchuli, and \u015arimati smiles to express her gratitude.<\/p>\n

Verse 87
\n\u015ari Guna Manjari <\/strong>takes hold of the spittoon and freely distributes the prasadi pan to the sakhis.
\nVerse 88
\nThen Manjulali Manjari <\/strong>goes to the bed, recovers the prasadi flower garlands and chandan, and exits from the keli mandir to distribute them.<\/p>\n

Rasa-tarangini Tika:
\nIn the previous shlokas, Srila Kaviraj Goswami directs his attention to the manjaris’ seva. Herein he mentions the names of Sri Rupa, Sri Rati, Sri Guna and Manjulali Manjari. If we add Sri Rasa, Sri Vilasa, Sri Labanga and Sri Kasturi Manjari, Sri R\u0101dh\u0101’s topmost group of seva dasis are formed. These chief eight manjaris are renowned as R\u0101dh\u0101’s “Ashta Manjaris.” Just as the Ashta-sakhis especially predominate, these Ashta Manjaris direct all of the other manjaris in lila seva. Their identities in Gaura lila are as follows:
\n\u2022 \u015ari Rupa Manjari – \u015ari Rupa Goswami
\n\u2022 \u015ari Rati Manjari – \u015ari Raghunath Das Goswami
\n\u2022 Sri Labanga Manjari – \u015ari Sanatan Goswami
\n\u2022 \u015ari Guna Manjari – \u015ari Gopal Bhatta Goswami
\n\u2022 \u015ari Vilasa Manjari – \u015ari Jiva Goswami
\n\u2022 \u015ari Rasa Manjari – \u015ari Raghunath Bhatta Goswami
\n\u2022 \u015ari Manjulali Manjari – \u015ari Lokanath Goswami
\n\u2022 \u015ari Kasturi Manjari – \u015ari Krishna Das Kaviraj<\/p>\n

At this time, Sri Prabodhananda Saraswati prays for jh\u0101ru-sev\u0101, the privilege to sweep the floor of the kunja. Yet while rapt in the lila, he hears the following conversation:
\n“Oh hey! I am not the Trinavarta asura, so don’t pierce my neck with your nails! And don’t mistake me for Putana either, so stop pinching my breast nipples!”<\/p>\n

Thus he prays as a Vraja gopi: “Oh sakhi Radhe! While sweeping your keli mandir in the early morning, when will I overhear the parrots repeating such rasamaya-kath\u0101, the words that you exchanged with your vilasi nagara!'” (R\u0101dh\u0101-rasa-sudha-nidhi, 164)<\/p>\n

Prabodhananda Saraswati is Tungavidya Sakhi <\/strong>in Vraja and in his R\u0101dh\u0101-rasa-sudha-nidhi, he reveals his intense desire to engage in R\u0101dh\u0101’s dasya-rasa.<\/p>\n

Verse 89
\nThe sakhis giggle, covering their mouths with their hands, seeing Radhika’s blue garment adorning Krishna’s body and his lightning-colored pitambara wrapped around her. They exchange frolicking glances to share their amusement.<\/p>\n

Rasa-tarangini Tika:
\nThe sakhis wonder, “What has caused this mix-up in R\u0101dh\u0101-Shyama’s apparel?” In jest someone declares, “Syama’s belonging are dear to R\u0101dh\u0101, as R\u0101dh\u0101’s belongings are dear to Shyama. These garments have understood this truth and spontaneously exchanged places!”<\/p>\n

Another sakhi disagrees, “Na, na, I think that during R\u0101dh\u0101 Krishna’s prema keli, these clothes felt neglected when they were case aside. Being jealous, they took shelter of their opposites!” In this way, the sakhis rasamaya-katha continues.<\/p>\n

Vers 90
\nThe sakhis’ laughter puzzles R\u0101dh\u0101 and Krishna. Thus they curiously glance at each other-and yet again become subjugated! Hence, Sri Yugala Kishor look like painted pictures deeply merged within a swelling ocean of bliss!<\/p>\n

Verse 91
\nJust as one cannot detect milk inside a conchshell due to the matching colors, R\u0101dh\u0101 was unable to recognize her meghambara against Krishna’s cloud-like complexion. Similarly, Krishna’s pitambara is unnoticeable against Srimati’s golden bodily effulgence. Krishna’s garment is pitambara<\/strong>, “bright yellow cloth<\/strong>,” and R\u0101dh\u0101’s cloth is meghambara, “cloth the color of a deep blue cloud<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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