Manaku’s Awaiting Krishna and the Hesitant Radha draws on a song of Jayadeva. Arrange the following in the order in which they come in the song and in Jayadeva’s lines that follow it.
(A) Radha is told to abandon her shyness and let her girdle tinkle merrily.
(B) Radha is told to lead herself with some favoured maid.
(C) Radha is told to let the jingle of her bangles proclaim her approach.
(D) Radha, no more delaying, enters straight, her step a little faltering.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A), (B), (C), (D)
(A) Radha is told to abandon her shyness and let her girdle tinkle merrily. — First. After telling Radha the sakhis know her secret, the song asks her to abandon her shyness.
(B) Radha is told to lead herself with some favoured maid. — Second. The song then asks her to go with a favoured maid, holding her hands.
(C) Radha is told to let the jingle of her bangles proclaim her approach. — Third. The song ends by asking her to march as her bangles jingle.
(D) Radha, no more delaying, enters straight, her step a little faltering. — Fourth. Radha accepts her companions’ advice, and Jayadeva then describes her entering.
NCERT (2026-27): “Awaiting Krishna and the Hesitant Radha …The source to the artist’s imagination is the inscription on the reverse of the painting, which is translated as follows. “Radha! Sakhis have come to know the secret that your soul is intent on the warfare of love. Now, abandon your shyness, let your girdle tinkle merrily and go ahead to meet your beloved. Radha! Lead yourself with some favoured maid; grasp her hands with your fingers that are soft and smooth as love’s arrows. March and let the jingle of your bangles proclaim your approach to your loved one.”” “Awaiting Krishna and the Hesitant Radha …Ultimately Radha accepts the advice of her companions and Jayadeva, thus, describes the following. “Then, she, no more delaying, entered straight; her step a little faltered, but her face shone with unutterable love; the music of her bangles passed the entrance; shame which had lingered in her downcast eyes, departed shamed…”” |