9, 10. The attraction of music for deer is a favourite motif of Rājput paintings, particularly in the representation of certain rāgiṇīs (Torī, etc),—see Coomaraswamy, 'Arts and Crafts of India and Ceylon,' fig. 78. In another poem Vidyāpati has:
For when she hears love's language spoken,
She turns away her eyes,—and lends her ears.
RĀDHĀ PŪRBBARĀGA
The First Passion of Rādhā
4, Lit. 'That he wears a yellow garment is the lightning's streak.'
6. The peacock plume, Krishna's constant headdress, beside his moon-face.
3, 7. 'Strings of moons,' i.e. toe-nails and finger-nails.
5. The yellow dhoti round his legs, the 'tamāl-shafts.'