Observe the image and answer the following question.
Observe the painting in the image, which illustrates the Rasikapriya. Which emotion does the painting attribute to Radha, shown in its lower part?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Grief
Option (1) Grief — Correct. On learning of Krishna’s rendezvous, the jilted Radha is stricken with grief and sits alone under a tree in the countryside.
Option (2) Love — Incorrect. Love is one of the moods of the Rasikapriya, but here Radha is shown in sorrow after being jilted, not in love’s delight.
Option (3) Anger — Incorrect. Anger is another Rasikapriya mood. Here Radha is described as stricken with grief and in sorrow, not in anger; Krishna follows her.
Option (4) Delight — Incorrect. Delight fits Krishna, who seems to be enjoying himself with a Gopi in the upper part, not the jilted Radha below.
NCERT (2026-27): “Krishna Swinging and Radha in Sad Mood …Appearing in the upper section of the painting, Krishna seated on a swing seems to be enjoying himself in the company of a Gopi at her dwelling. On learning about his rendezvous a jilted Radha, stricken with grief, disappears into the countryside and finds herself alone under a tree. Guilt-ridden Krishna, on learning of Radha’s sorrow, follows her but there is no truce happening.”
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