________________ xvii "Sandal and garment of yellow and lotus garlands upon his body of blue, In his dance the jewels of his ears in movement dangling over his smiling cheeks. Hari here disports himself with charming women given to love; The wife of a certain herdsman sings as Hari Sounds a tune of love. Embracing him the while with all the force of her full and swelling breasts. Another artless woman looks with ardour on Krsna's lotus face where passion arose through restless motion of playful eyes with side. long glances. Another comes with beautiful hips, making as if to whisper a word, And drawing close to his ear the adorable Krsna she kisses upon the cheek." As an illustration of the vivid imagery and lyrical quality of Jaya. deva's poetry one might point out to Canto II, song ii, which (gives a graphic description of Radha's amours with Krsna in the past and) expresses her deep longing for him again: "O make him enjoy me, my friend. Me whose couch was of tender shoots beneath me, my bosom itself For long which served as a bed for him, for Krsna the lips of whose mouth Resembled a drink in kissing me, clasped while we were in each other's embrace. ... Me who sweated and moistened all over my body with love's exertion, That Krsna whose cheeks were lovely with down all standing on end as he thrilled, Whose half closed eyes were languid, and restless who was in his brimming desire. ... Whose lotus eyes had closed a little, and who had drowsily grownHaving tasted in bodily pleasures with me the shattering thrill in the end, With me whose vine-like body collapsed, unable to bear any more "
