BRS 2.1.332 — FolioCorpus

Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .1.332

yathā –

[yathaa –]

kāntābhiḥ kalahāyate kvacid ayaṁ kandarpa-lekhān kvacit

[kaantaabhih kalahaayate kvachid ayam kandarpa-lekhaan kvachit]

kīrair arpayati kvacid vitanute krīḍābhisārodyamam |

[keerair arpayati kvachid vitanute kreedaabhisaarodyamam |]

sakhyābhedayati kvacit smara-kalā-ṣāḍguṇyavān īhate

[sakhyaabhedayati kvachit smara-kalaa-shaadgunyavaan eehate]

sandhiṁ kvāpy anuśāsti kuñja-nṛpatiḥ śṛṅgāra-rājyottamam ||332||

[sandhim kvaapy anushaasti kunja-nripatih shringaara-raajyottamam ||332||]

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

yathā –

kāntābhiḥ kalahāyate kvacid ayaṁ kandarpa-lekhān kvacit

kīrair arpayati kvacid vitanute krīḍābhisārodyamam |

sakhyābhedayati kvacit smara-kalā-ṣāḍguṇyavān īhate

sandhiṁ kvāpy anuśāsti kuñja-nṛpatiḥ śṛṅgāra-rājyottamam ||332||

An example: The king of the groves, equipped with the six elements necessary for the arts of Cupid, rules the excellent kingdom of romantic love. In one place He picks a quarrel with His beloved women. In another place He dispatches love letters along with parrots. In another place He becomes eager to meet for pastimes. In another place, He resolves differences using a go-between, and in another place, He unites with a gopī.

Purport

There are six features of conjugal loving affairs, called peacemaking, picking a quarrel, going to meet one’s lover, sitting together, separation and support. Lord Kṛṣṇa expanded an empire of these six features, of which He was the ruling prince. Somewhere He was picking quarrels with the young girls, somewhere He was scratching them with the nails of parrots, somewhere He was busy going to visit the gopīs, and somewhere He was negotiating through cowherd friends to take shelter of the gopīs.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya

Durgama-saṅgamanī

Commentary

This being so, in this verse, the author illustrates the behavior or actions in the last period of youth. The six elements, equated with ruling the kingdom of romantic love, should be taken from Nīti-ṣāstra as follows: sandhir nāvigraho yānam āsanaṁ dvaidham āśrayaḥ: alliance (sandhi), battle (vigraha), going (yāna), sitting (āsana), division (dvaidha), and assistance (āśraya). (Amara-kośa 2.7.968) First, battle (vigraha) is illustrated with picking quarrels. Then division is illustrated with dispatching letters (kandarpa-lekhān kīrair arpayati). Following that, moving is illustrated with desire for meeting (krīḍābhisārodyamam). Assistance is indicated by resolving differences (sakhyābhedhayati). Alliance is indicated by uniting with a gopī. Sitting is indicated by being master of the groves.

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