Poem for Mar 15



Acarya's Writing

Padyavali, Anthology of Devotional Poetry
Srila Rupa Gosvami

Rasa
The Rasa-dance

Verse 290

The top of His head kissed
by a crown of peacock feathers,
His garments the color of gold,
a karnikara flower in His ear,
His heart swept away by waves
of amorous desire, the flute placed
to His expert-musician lips, and
His eyes decorated with crooked
sidelong glances, Lord Krishna, whose
form is the full development of all
transcendental bliss, was worshiped
by the slender-waisted gopis
in the forest of Vrindavana.

— Sri Jivadasa Vahinipati