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Essay name: Gita-govinda of Jayadeva (comparative study)

Author: Manisha Misra
Affiliation: Utkal University / Department of Sanskrit

This essay contains an English study of the Gita-Govinda by Jayadeva and the “Kishore Chandrananda Champu� by Kabisurya Baladev. The Gitagovinda is a Sanskrit Kavya poem of 12th century composed by Jayadeva whereas The “Kishore Chandrananda Champu� was written in the 18th century and was intended for a connection between the medieval poetry and modern literature.

Chapter 3 - A Critical and Musical study of the Gita-Govinda

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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)


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b. Cinta: In the description of the spring when Rādhā was searching Kṛṣṇa like a flowering creeper in the forest wilderness, 18 Kṛṣṇa was thinking about Rādhā in the lovelorn condition and he says, "What will she do, what will she say to me for deserting her this long" 19. The sole thinking is to get one other's company. c. Smaraṇa: When Kṛṣṇa recalls the wound of Rädhä's desertion the emissary comes and says to Kṛṣṇa about Rādhā's condition in separation and her emotion 20. d. Vyādhi: The depressed person considers the delightful things such as garland, anointing of the body with the sandal paste, various cosmetics, moon beam, Malayan wind and spring time to be undelightful. So the lovelorn hero and heroine of this poem suffer the pangs of separation 21. e. Avega: Rādhā's messenger also says to Kṛṣṇa about āvega or agitation that "she evokes you deep meditation to reach your distant form "22. f. Asūya: This is presented by the song of the seventh canto when Kṛṣṇa did not come and Rādhā says to her companion about the pitiless, unkind nature of Krsna 23 g. Dainya: Rādhā's messenger says to Kṛṣṇa how Rādhā is spending her life without him. Being dejected by Kṛṣṇa she slanders sandalbalm and moonbeams, she feels the venom from nests of deadly snakes in the breeze of the Malaya 18. Śrī Gītagovindam, I.II.26 19. Sri Gitagovindam, 3.7.4 20. Ibid, VI, Song 12 21. Giri, M.R., Treatment of rasa in Gītagovindam, p:40 22. Sri Gitagovindam, 4.8 23. Miller, B.S., Ed., The Gitagovinda of Jayadeva, p.152 47 :

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