Thursday, June 23, 2005

The Vrindavan summer season

This passage is from Srila Kavi-karnapur’s “Ananda Vrndavana Campu”, section entitled- ‘The summer season’.

“Besides beautifying the night, the summer moon brings full satisfaction to all. Due to the intense suffering experienced everyday, the very word ‘daytime’ instills fear in the heart. But everyone appreciates the cool nights of summer. In this way the summer is glorified. Amidst the lotus flowers in the lake there is a houseboat covered with a canopy trimmed with hanging pearls that shake in the wind. It is sprayed by the mist scented with fine particles of camphor, and buffeted by the pleasant winds of camaras waved by loving attendants. Radhika and Krishna sleep in blissful reverie within that charming houseboat.”

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