{"id":63920,"date":"2023-12-28T03:29:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T07:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=63920"},"modified":"2023-12-27T03:38:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T07:38:29","slug":"messengers-who-arrange-loving-quarrels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/messengers-who-arrange-loving-quarrels\/","title":{"rendered":"Messengers Who Arrange Loving Quarrels"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Messengers who arrange loving quarrels between Radha and Krishna<\/span><\/h3>\n

Petari, Varudi, Cari, Kotara, Kalitippani, Marunda, Morata, Cuda, Cundari, Gondika, Pindakeli and other messengers zealously arrange loving quarrels (vigraha) and the like. They all have crossed their youth and are always roaming in the forest under the guidance of their prominent sakhis.<\/span><\/p>\n

Petari<\/span><\/h3>\n

Petari is an old woman of the gurjara community[1]<\/a>. Her matted hair is white like the stringy roots of a lotus flower.<\/span><\/p>\n

Varudi<\/span><\/h3>\n

Varudi\u2019s bodily lustre resembles the marakata jewel[2]<\/a>. Her braided hair looks like the current of a river.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cari<\/span><\/h3>\n

Cari is Kucari\u2019s sister. She is also called by the name Tapah-katyayani. Kotara is an abhira by caste, and the colour of her hair resembles that of sesame seeds mixed with rice[3]<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kalitippani<\/span><\/h3>\n

By her social status Kalitippani is a washerwoman. Her hair is white and yellow because of old age.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marunda<\/span><\/h3>\n

She does not have any hair and both of her eyebrows are yellowish.<\/span><\/p>\n

Morata<\/span><\/h3>\n

Morata is capable of running around here and there with great speed. Her hair is as lustrous as the kasa grass flower.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cuda<\/span><\/h3>\n

Cudavali\u2019s face is covered by wrinkles caused by old age. Her forehead is effulgent due to her white hair.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cundari<\/span><\/h3>\n

Cundari is a middle-aged woman belonging to the brahmana class. The lotus-eyed Sri Krishna sings of her glories.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gondika<\/span><\/h3>\n

Gondika belongs to a lower class and is somewhat older. Her head is luminous with yellowish hair.<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]<\/a> You may remember, it’s a community of cow herders<\/span><\/p>\n

[2]<\/a> The emerald<\/span><\/p>\n

[3]<\/a> Some of her hair is white and some black<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is a section of the book \u201cSri Sri Radha Krishna Ganoddesa Dipika\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

To buy the complete book,<\/span>\u00a0click above<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Messengers who arrange loving quarrels between Radha and Krishna Petari, Varudi, Cari, Kotara, Kalitippani, Marunda, Morata, Cuda, Cundari, Gondika, Pindakeli and other messengers zealously arrange loving quarrels (vigraha) and the like. They all have crossed their … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":63921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,189],"tags":[208],"class_list":["post-63920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-kadacha-eng","tag-radha-krishna-ganoddesa-dipika-eng"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-17 21:09:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}