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7. अकर has approached कृष्ण who is परमात्मन् incarnate, so his joy knows no bounds; and in that jubilant and ecstatic mood he is behaving like one who is almost out of his senses. may be If the as well rendered by now' instead of 'for a moment'. reading is correct, णिरूसहं = निरुत्साहम्; णिरूससं would be a better reading standing for निरुच्छवसन् of the छाया.
KAMSAVAHO
8. In this verse we have both the figures of speech and उपमा.
9. देवकी is the wife of वसुदेव, mother of कृष्ण and cousin of कंस. Compare भाग. 10. 38. 36-39.
10. अक्रूर is the son of श्वफल्क and गान्दिनी He belonged to the यादव family and was an uncle of कृष्ण. कंस sent him to invite कृष्ण and राम to मथुरा He is famous as the possessor of gem.
The figure of speech here is
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is a kind of white lotus
which blossoms at moon-rise.
11. भोजराज is a name of कंस, as he is the king of Bhojas. पलिजमाण is the present passive p. from the root प्रदीप (Hc. i. 221 ). The figure of speech here is उपमा.
12. This verse can be put in the mouth of as well with equal propriety, and in that case is honorific plural and fu means elders. Thus अक्रूर would be taunting राम and कृष्ण just to enkindle their wrath against . compare ч. 10. 39. 6 etc. The figure of speech here is अर्थान्तरन्यास.
13. The bird or cuckoo, it is said, lays its eggs in the nest of a crow which warms and guards them. When the young ones come out and have the wings, they fly away caring little for the crow that nourished them all along. In the light of this, atra-vs-गामिणो means those that follow the way of the cuckoo',
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