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the soul (jiva) and the Lord, and holds that the joy of union of the soul with the Lord is exactly as intense as that of the union of an earnest wife with her beloved husband. He describes all their amorous sports including kisses and sharing common bed with the desire that the night of their union should not end. He imagines as if they are rocking on a swing in their ecstatic joy and where the Lord plays all kinds of sweet mischiefs with the jivas who adore and worship Him.' Narasimha describes the joy of the soul in meeting its Lord as the happiest occasion by calling it 'Divāli' when the houses are illumined as an expression of unending joy. The Gopis manage to supply sufficient oil and long wicks to the lamps; they also protect their burning flame from the gusts of wind so that the light may remain steady and unending. The Gopīs look upon such event as the happiest one as if the aim of their lives is to enter into an everlasting union with the Lord Kțsņa, and they desire to bind Him permanently to their bosoms by the delicate threads of their love for Him.? Going further, Narasimha holds that those who obtain the birth as females and get such a chance of loving so ardently and so intensely the Lord and at last secure the supreme joy of union with Him, are blessed (dhanya) ones. Thus, Narasimha extolls the soul's assuming the relation of a beloved wife
i Desai I. C.(Editor) : Narasimha Mehtakrta Kavyasaṁgraha, Songs 23, 24, 25, 26, pp. 448-449. 2 Ibid. Songs 513-514, p. 417. 3 Desai I. C. (Editor): Brhat Kävya Dohana, Song 1, p. 5.
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