A Portrait of Lord Shree Krishna

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AndrewH — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 17:15:32 +0000

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Diwali Time

AndrewH — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 16:47:03 +0000

As Lord Shree Krishna is the hero of Rupa Goswami’s Vidagdha Madhava ( Portrait of Lord Shree Krishna), so Shree Krishna’s 7th incarnation, Lord Rama, is the hero of Valmiki’s Ramayana epic, the denouement of which is celebrated at this time of year on the occasion of Diwali (the Festival of Lights). The Diwali festival is increasing in its popularity, even in the work place…

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Hare Krishnaring

AndrewH — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 19:11:52 +0000

Arjundas Adhikari’s latest post in The European…

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A Portrait of Lord Shree Krishna aka Vidagdha Madhava:

AndrewH — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 11:58:17 +0000

Happily, those on the path of mindfulness these days are more and more possessed of the useful appreciation that efficiency and money aren’t everything that matters in life. I say useful, because whilst we’re all trying to get ahead, or even ‘getting ahead,’ there are inevitably times when we experience acute fish-out-of-water syndrome, to the extent of finding any number of available material…

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Mindful Gaps

AndrewH — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 08:25:40 +0000

The gorgeous blooming lotus-lily is emblematic of the seeker who dwells in the world, and yet is quite transcendental to it. A lotus-lily is called pankaja (panka – mud, ja – born of) for originating in a muddy river bed, with the wonder of its beauty belying the nature of the place in which it embedded. Seekers reflect this beauty. Serious seekers well know their beautiful transcendence to be…

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Representing A Portrait of Lord Shree Krishna in Days of Yore

AndrewH — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 17:28:59 +0000

The four principal means of Dramatic Representation (abhinaya) in Hindu, or Sanskrit drama, admirably compensate for the minimalist stage set or painted scenery involved. Sanskrit dramas such as Vidagdha Madhava, aka, A Portrait of Lord Shree Krishna, by Rupa Goswami, characteristically avoid stark realism, and instead capitalise on an audience’s scope for imagination and fancy.

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Vidagdha Madhava a la Natyashastra

AndrewH — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 08:06:35 +0000

The rules for structuring a Sanskrit drama such as Vidagdha Madhava, or, A Portrait of Lord Shree Krishna by Rupa Goswami, are steeped in antiquity. The handbook for Sanskrit drama production, called the natyashastra, was compiled by the sage Bharata in 200 BCE, and this extensive treatise starts by describing its premise, and also the history of its origin, as follows: Arjundas Adhikari…

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Portrait To End The Grind Of Birth And Death

AndrewH — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 14:41:38 +0000

The Sanskrit compound word, punar janma is indicative of repetitious birth and death (punar – again, janma – birth). Since our past lives are usually forgotten, the upshot of that is that we continue the unsuccessful attempt to try and secure happiness in a world that is temporary. In our hearts, though, the existential crisis incurred by this monotonous endeavour is palpable. Luckily…

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Making Sense of A Portrait of Lord Shree Krishna

AndrewH — Fri, 17 May 2024 09:12:02 +0000

I have been critical of existing translations of Rupa Goswami’s Sanskrit drama Vidagdha Madhava (aka A portrait of Lord Shree Krishna) and thought I had exhausted complaining about such unsupportable material. But, in the course of my efforts to translate Act III of the Sanskrit drama, Lalita Madhava by Rupa Goswami this week, referencing led me to encounter what, I am sorry to say…

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Bad Syntax

AndrewH — Fri, 10 May 2024 12:41:05 +0000

In parts of Asia there are artists working in boiler shops, who, for a mere $50 – $100 will rattle off a reproduction of one of Monet’s famous water-lily paintings in oils, in a matter of minutes. However, the subtlety of expression in the original painting, and the original’s power to emote, is unlikely to be reproduced. The accurate copying of masterpieces of art is a rigorous affair…

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