Jayadeva's Geeta Govinda - A Love Song 3 Comments
Radha endowed with soft jasmine like delicate body, wanders around in the forest like a creeper full of blooms. She searches for her beloved Krishna in all their familiar secret haunts. But in vain!
Meanwhile, Kamadeva or the Cupid torments Radha with his flowery arrows. Upset by the separation from her beloved Krishna, Radha is confused with herself. Radha's Sakhi or friend watching her sang to her most soothingly:
Bees buzz around flowers that bloom on tender creepers,
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So beautifully narrated the Ras Leela of Krishna and thr Gopis'
An exquisitely beautiful renderings of poet Jayadev's GITA GOBINDA..Jayadev, a 12th century poet from Odisha wrote Gita Govinda in Sanskrit.Your translation in English has brought Jayadev's works nearer to poetry lovers across world. It is not so easy task.Your work is really amazing.Thank you Dr.Geeta Radhakrisna Menon.
Thank you Bharati most heartily. For the people of Odisha, Geeta Govinda is an outstanding composition so popular with the Krishna Bhaktas. I have translated all 24 Ashtapadis into English and have published in the form of a book. My mother was very fond of these Ashtapadis, I have dedicated my book to my mother. Please read the translations from Ashtapadi 1 onwards so that the love story of Radha and Krishna is read in order of their secret meeting along the Yamuna river.
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8/3/2025 8:24:20 PM # 1.0.0
Hi, Geeta! Though lacking the background for these stories and familiarity with jsmine and mango blossoms, I definitely relate to this celebration of spring. Spectacular spring indeed! It's my favorite season as I was saying to my wife and granddaughter just yesterday afternoon in our conversation on the seasons. For me it definitely deserves the repetition It's lovely springtime now. It's also interesting to me and true how our human passions and our biology parallels this season of growth and vitality. Be well! Glen
Hi Glen, This song is the celebration of love as well as of the beauty of spring! Though the background is typical Indian, spring and love can be celebrated by all people without any reservations. Thank you for the lively comment, Glen.