মধ্যযুগের বৈষ্ণব কবি গোবিন্দদাসের কবিতায় রমণীর সৌন্দর্য নির্মাণে অলংকার/ Ornaments, prettifying feminine grace in the poetry of one of the greatest medieval Vaishnava poets, Gobindadas

Abstract

Gobindadas is a poet of beauty. In his poems, ornaments are the main ingredients in creating beauty in his hero - heroines. Ornaments are talking birds in his poems. Krishna in his poems radiant. His Radha, adorned with ornaments is gorgeous, lamp of beauty. Krishna, the goldsmith in his poems touches Radha with love and affection with his self-made necklace. In a sense, Gobindadas is the singer of nupur. In Vaishnava literature he is unparalleled in using exquisite symphony of nupur. Radha is a real beauty of mortal world in his poems. She gets herself ready for the 'abhisara' by tying nupur to her feet. Stair for attaining spiritual truth is ready for her. She keeps her glance on the blue firmament. The sound of her footsteps, the soothing sound of her nupur is resonated throughout the world. His poems feature Radha's almost every limbs, her head, forehead, ears, throat, upper and lower arms, waist, feet adorned with pretty ornaments. He enhances her beauty with adding gajamoti necklace. In a word, Gobindadas is unsurpassable among Vaishnava poets of medieval period in splendid use of ornaments.