आमुक्तमाल्यदा (विजयनगर सम्राट् श्रीकृष्णदेवराय - गोदा देवी आण्डाल भक्ति एवं साम्राज्य-नीति)
आमुक्तमाल्यदा (विजयनगर सम्राट् श्रीकृष्णदेवराय - गोदा देवी आण्डाल भक्ति एवं साम्राज्य-नीति)
Amuktamalyada of Sri Krishnadevaraya
by सम्राट् श्रीकृष्णदेवराय (अनुवाद: प्रेमा नन्दकुमार)
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- GODA DEVI
The fifth Aswasa of Āmukta Mālyada straightaway announces the
coming of Goda Devi. Divine Love was in the air, and Vishnu-
chitta walked in self-lost contemplation through his immense
garden. Suddenly he saw a babe in a bed of tulsi plants near a lake
of white lotuses. The female child possessed auspicious limbs and
had ruby-red cheeks, palms, feet and lips. For a while he stood
wondering, gazing at the babe's soft body, auspicious signs, beauty
and brilliance. He exclaimed in wonderment: "The Lord has sent
this child to brighten my childless home!"
He took the child home and gave her to his wife. That beloved
lady received the gift and was thrilled to the roots. Her breasts
overflowed and she fed the baby. As the years passed by, the child
grew up into a lovely damsel:
"Her words became fewer; her tresses were a mass of ring-
lets; her eyes grew large, and learnt to watch from the corner;
her cheeks began to blush; her breasts grew rounded, en-
hancing the loveliness of her form; her palms and feet wore
a red shade; the waist was thin; she became shy and retiring;
the navel deepened; childhood felt scorned and made its exit
from the youthful body".
Vishnuchitta who had spent all his time envisioning the child-
hood, boyhood and youth of Krishna was now delighted to watch
this divine prasada grow up as a rare beauty.
"Her golden body, red lips, face with moon-glow, had their
charms. But due to the shining, dark tresses, she was fondly
called Syama. The ancient saying is: the head has the pride
of place".
Thus Krishnadeva Raya. There are, of course, several tra-
ditional accounts about Goda Devi's advent It is said that Vishnu-
chitta had spent the prize money gained in the Pandyan court to
improve his garden. One day he was digging near a tulsi bush. The
spade (khanitra) touched the body of a lovely child. This happened
in the year Nala on a Tuesday; the star was Pooram and it was