queries from Venu gita

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> P. 457 features Govardhana-vasa-prarthana-dasaka. In Ray of Visnu the

> refrain of this is given, however, with a line preceding it (beginning

> "pratyasam") that does not appear in the prayer as featured in "Venu gita"

> (see below). Any insights on this?

>

> pratyasam me tvam kuru govardhana purnam

> nija nikata nivasam dehi govardhana tvam

 

In Ray of Visnu (p. 141), the author writes, "...he was often heard to utter

phrases from the verses of Srila Rupa Gosvami and Srila Raghunatha dasa

Gosvami." He then gives an example of a phrase composed by Rupa Gosvami,

followed by an example of a phrase composed by Raghunatha dasa Gosvami:

 

 

1. pratyasam etc., which is the refrain of Rupa Gosvami's 1st

Govardhanastakam, which is composed in a 13-syllable meter known as

"matta-mayura", "mad peacock."

 

2. nija-nikata-nivasam etc., which is the refrain of Raghunatha dasa

Gosvami's Govardhana-vasa-prarthana-dasakam. This one is composed in a

completely different meter, namely the 15-syllable "malini."

 

Those skilled in the art, see at once that these two samples cannot belong

to one and the same prayer.

 

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