{"id":7575,"date":"2024-07-24T06:27:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T04:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shakti.tattva.se\/?p=7575"},"modified":"2024-07-24T06:27:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T04:27:38","slug":"81-85-decorating-radha-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shakti.tattva.se\/index.php\/81-85-decorating-radha-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"81-85 Decorating R\u0101dh\u0101 II"},"content":{"rendered":"
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81-85 Decorating R\u0101dh\u0101 II<\/h2>\n

Decorations for R\u0101dh\u0101’s ears<\/strong><\/p>\n

Verse 81
\n Rangadevi<\/strong> fastens a gold taranka (earring) <\/strong>to each of R\u0101dh\u0101’s ears.
\nIt is shaped like a palm leaf <\/strong>joined by a lotus bud<\/strong>.
\nIn front is small flower design made of blue sapphire. Hence the taranka looks like a bumble bee resting above a golden lotus.<\/p>\n

Rasa-tarangini Tika:
\nRangadevi is the sixth of R\u0101dh\u0101’s Ashta-sakhi group, and the twin sister of Sudevi.<\/strong> Like R\u0101dh\u0101, Rangadevi is a v\u0101m\u0101-madhy\u0101 n\u0101yik\u0101, possessing mid-range jealousy, her age is 14 years, 2 months and 4\u00bd days. Rangadevi’s dress<\/strong> is the color of a red jaba flower<\/strong>, and her bodily hue is like a lotus pod.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She is noted for chandan seva. Rangadevi’s mother and father are Karuna and Ranga-sagar<\/strong>, her husband’s name is Raktekshan. In Gaura lila, she appears as Sri Govind Ghosh<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Verse 82
\nOn the upper portion of R\u0101dh\u0101’s ears<\/strong>, Chitra Devi places golden chakra-shalaka<\/strong>. There are diamonds, rubies and sapphires in the middle attached to a row of pearls. At the bottom is a huge pearl hanging from a golden stud. Thus these two chakra-shalakas glitter-even more than the sun!<\/p>\n

Decoration for R\u0101dh\u0101’s chin
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\nVerse 83
\nUsing a jeweled pencil, Vishakha places a black dot of kasturi<\/strong> on R\u0101dh\u0101’s chin<\/strong> that resembles a black bee resting on a svarna-padma.<\/p>\n

Rasa-tarangini Tika:<\/p>\n

In K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-bh\u0101van\u0101m\u1e5bta, Lalita<\/strong> performs this seva. Seeing this black dot, someone could guess: “Although the moon (R\u0101dh\u0101’s face) destroyed the darkness, it mercifully allows the small offspring of darkness to remain.”
\nLalita then gests with R\u0101dh\u0101: “Although I’ve drawn this black bindu which rises like a full moon from an ocean of madhurya, Krishna will consider its black color his own impression and smear it on his own body during Kandarpa keli with you!”
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\nDecoration for R\u0101dh\u0101’s nose<\/strong><\/p>\n

Verse 84
\nR\u0101dh\u0101’s eyes are long and tapered, and her nose curves like the beak of a parrot. The elegant pearl that hangs<\/strong> from beneath her nose<\/strong> (attached with golden thread) defeats the beauty of the labani fruit.<\/p>\n

Rasa-tarangini Tika:
\nIn Krishna-bhavanamrita, Lalitla says that this pearl resembles a bael fruit. Yet it’s also an arrow that Kamadeva releases from the sharp tip of R\u0101dh\u0101’s nose to destroy Sri Mukunda’s patience!
\nLalita jokingly addresses this enchanting pearl:
\n“Oh hey nose ornament! You’re the sweet nectar bait that will allure the two restless fish of Shyamasundar’s eyes!”<\/p>\n

But overhearing, Vishakha answers,
\n“Hey Lalita! Our Krishna is like a whale swimming in an ocean of maha-prema-so as he can swallow our patience, fear and intelligence<\/strong>, he would easily swallow up this attractive hook (nose pearl) too! Therefore, oh Lalita, be careful of what you say-for nothing can subdue the strength of Krishna’s eyes!”<\/p>\n

Feeling embarrassed, Radhika’s eyebrows scorn, as she answers,
\n“Hey Lalita! O hey Vishakha! Why don’t you become like fish hooks to capture Krishna and enjoy him in your own befitting way!”<\/p>\n

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Decorating R\u0101dh\u0101’s eyes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Verse 85
\nAs Radhika’s eyes resemble thirsty chakora birds<\/strong> who drink Krishna’s nectar-moon face<\/strong>, Vishakha decides to decorate their borders with black anjana-the color of Krishna’s body.<\/p>\n

Rasa-tarangini Tika:
\nIn Krishna-bhavanamrita, Sri Lalitaji performs this seva. And when R\u0101dh\u0101 blinks, the captivating beauty of her eyes are ravishing; even the most erudite scholar would fail to justly describe their charm!<\/p>\n

Lalita next jests with R\u0101dh\u0101 by addressing her eyes: “Oh hey nayana yugala !* Are you saying: ‘We’re the most beautiful part of the body<\/strong>, why have you smeared black kajjal around our borders instead of decorating us with jewel!’ I shall now tell you the answer: Because you are fond of looking upon ‘Krishna-varna’ (Krishna`s color), we’ve offered you this dark shading according to your own ruci.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

81-85 Decorating R\u0101dh\u0101 II Decorations for R\u0101dh\u0101’s ears Verse 81 Rangadevi fastens a gold taranka (earring) to each of R\u0101dh\u0101’s ears. It is shaped like a palm leaf joined by a lotus bud. In front is small flower design made of blue sapphire. Hence the taranka looks like a bumble bee resting above a golden…<\/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-7575","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\/7575","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=7575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shakti.tattva.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7576,"href":"https:\/\/shakti.tattva.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7575\/revisions\/7576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shakti.tattva.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shakti.tattva.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shakti.tattva.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}