পাতা:Vanga Sahitya Parichaya Part 1.djvu/৬৪

56 INTRODUCTION. dry. The emaciated body trembles, and unconscious tears fall from her eyes. She cannot speak. In her attempts to name Krisna, only the first letter comes from her lips. O pity we cannot bear to see her beautiful pale face. Her colour, bright as the ray of the morning sun, has lost its lustre. Her eyes are closed. O what pain Is she dying: Lalità–Open your eyes, O Rādhā. Will the joys of the Vrindå-groves end for ever? Bisākhā–In an evil hour did Akrura come and take away Krisna. Arise Rādhā. See your precious body is lying in the dust. Chiträ–Tell us again, our darling, all that you suffered for Krisna. Why have you stopped so suddenly * Rangadevi-See she gasps. Oh! what shall we all do now Ż Chiträ—Will not Krisna come again to these groves and stand by the side of Rādhā to our heart’s joy Shall we not make garlands with field-flowers for the twain, locked in each other's arms? Bisākhā—Before her nostrils I have placed the fine threads of lotus-bud, they do not move. No breath is perceptible. Her pulse I cannot feel. How can we hope that she will live? Lalitä—So much misery was in store for us! We did not know that we should have to witness the death of Rādhā In great grief they become prostrate on the earth, and 7e there in a halfwnconscious state, having no power to rise or do anything. Here enters Chandrà–the rival of Rādhā in Krisna’s love. Chandrä-Oh what is this I see 1 The beautiful damsels all like figures of gold lie unconscious in the bower! Like a forest of gold-coloured plantain trees under a great storm, they lie on the bare earth! Alas Rādhā whose beauty is envied by the goddess Pârvati-whose good fortune in having secured the love of the Highest is coveted by Arundhuts—from whom the maids of the Vrindå-groves have their lessons in the love of Krisna— Rādhā—who is the crown of woman-kind—lies thus neglected and on the verge of death! Alas! at the sight of her condition who will not be moved to compassion 1 Oh how beautiful is she As my rival I never cared to look at her so closely as I do now. When