Bharatanatyam Performance- 'Priye Charusheele' Kalakshetra Ashtapadi (Mukhari) Kanya Manoj

Beautiful Kalakshetra Ashtapadi Priye Charusheele Mukhari Raagam performed by 17 yr old Kanya Manoj , disciple of A. Janardhanan, Ambika Buch, and Savitha Vishwanathan.

The "Sanjeevani" Ashtapadi, the 19th addition to poet Jayadeva's sequential Geeta Govind, depicts Lord Krishna fervently abating an angered Radha and finally wholly surrendering himself to her.Priye Charusheela! He calls out to her. O my beloved of unparalleled character, liberate me from this anguish of estrangement. Break your silence. A few words would dispel the dense darkness within me and a smile would offer consolation to my heart as the sigh of the moon offers consolation to the chakora bird. Alas, the only remedy is to place your petal-like feet upon my head and quell this deadly poison of love. In an characteristic and marked move in Hindu scriptures, the Lord himself takes two steps towards union with the worldly human-being. It is said that these verses were written ny Lord Krishna himself in disguise in the absence of the real Jayadeva.



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