Gita Govinda Love Songs Of Radha And Krishna – Lee Siegel

Krishna, without you Radha, Feels poisoned by the sandal balm, The soothing unguent meant to calm. Krishna, without you Radha, Is scorched by love, a flame that burns As, with every sighing breath, she yearns. Krishna, without you Radha, With lotus eyes, is looking all around for you, Eyes like flowers plucked, streaming tears of dew. Krishna, without you Radha, Rests cheek in hand, cradled there tight, A new moon steady in the dark of night. Krishna, without you Radha, Imagines her bed of leaves a pyre— What should be cool is on fire.

Krishna, without you Radha, Anxiously chants, “Oh my God, oh God above,” As if eager to die for the sake of your love. OceanofPDF.com OceanofPDF.com Krishna, without you Radha, May Jaya·deva’s song make joy complete For those bowed down at Krishna’s feet. “She bristles, moans, groans, laments, and gasps, blinks, sinks, rises, falls, and finally faints.

Should you not, like a heavenly healer, cure this lovely girl of passion’s flagrant fever with the potion of your love? There is no other helping hand.”* “You are most dear to the doctors divine, And yet you do not heal Radha’s afflictions; She, so sick with love, can only be cured by the balm of your touch. You are more cruel than a thunderbolt, Indra’s brother!”* “It’s surprising how long she’s suffered love’s ardent fevers, her heart aching with reveries of sandal, the moon, and lotuses; Although she’s weary, she imagines that you, so dear to her, your body cool, are alone and waiting in hiding for her.

Only thus has she, though so weak, been able to survive from moment to moment.” OceanofPDF.com OceanofPDF.com “When you were together, she refused to close her eyes, unable as she was to endure not seeing you even for an instant. And now, how can she, as she stares at mango branches, their tips in bloom,* possibly endure being so long and far away from you?” His arm lifted and supported Mount Go·vardhana* to shelter the cowherd village from torrential rains; And then, in time, the milkmaids, in joyous gratitude, as if proud of that arm, kissed the limb, imprinting it with vermilion from their lips.

May the arm of Krishna the cowherd bless you! OceanofPDF.com OceanofPDF.com OceanofPDF.com OceanofPDF.com ’LL STAY HERE,” said Krishna: “You go to Radha, and say things about me that will appease her; Then bring her to me.”

Artwork by Robert Beer. Typeset in Adobe Garamond at 10.25 : 12.3+pt. XML-development by Stuart Brown. Editorial input from Daniel Balogh, Chris Gibbons, Ridi Faruque & Tomoyuki Kono. Printed and bound in Great Britain by T.J. International, Cornwall, on acid-free paper. OceanofPDF.com OceanofPDF.com Copyright © 2009 by the CSL All rights reserved. First Edition 2009 The Clay Sanskrit Library is co-published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation. Further information about this volume and the rest of the Clay Sanskrit Library is available at the end of this book and on the following websites: www.claysanskritlibrary.com www.nyupress.org ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-4078-1 (cloth : alk.

paper) ISBN-10: 0-8147-4078-2 (cloth : alk. paper) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Jayadeva [Gitagovindakavya. English & Sanskrit] Love songs of Radha and Krishna / by Jayadeva ; translated by Lee Siegel. – 1st ed. p. cm. In English and Sanskrit (romanized) on facing pages; includes translations from Sanskrit.

Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-4078-1 (cl : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8147-4078-2 (cl: alk. paper) OceanofPDF.com CON TE N TS CSL Conventions vii Foreword xvii Introduction xxv GITA·GOVINDA LOVE SONGS OF RADHA AND KRISHNA Canto 1 – Convivial Krishna 3 Song One Song Two 11 Song Three 17 Song Four 23 Canto 2 – Carefree Krishna 31 Song Five 33 Song Six 3 Canto 3 – Confounded Krishna 47 Song Seven 49 Canto 4 – Captivated Krishna 59 Song Eight 61 Song Nine 67 Canto 5 – Craving Krishna 73 Song Ten 75 Song Eleven 79 OceanofPDF.com Canto 6 – Coveted Krishna 89 Song Twelve 91 Canto 7 – Cunning Krishna 97 Song Thirteen 99 Song Fourteen 103 Song Fifteen 107 Song Sixteen 111 Canto 8 – Confused Krishna 119 Song Seventeen 121 Canto 9 – Callow Krishna 129 Song Eighteen 131 Canto 10 – Clever Krishna 137 Song Nineteen 139 Canto 11 – Contented Krishna 149 Song Twenty 151 Song Twenty-one 157 Song Twenty-two 161 Canto 12 – Kindly Krishna 171 Song Twenty-three 173 Song Twenty-four 183 Notes 1 Index 2 OceanofPDF.com C S L C O N V E N T I O N S Sanskrit Alphabetical Order Vowels: Gutturals: Palatals: Retroflex: Dentals: Labials: Semivowels: Spirants: Guide to Sanskrit Pronunciation but father sit fee put boo vocalic r, American pur- dy or English pretty lengthened r vocalic l, able made, esp.

in Welsh pro- nunciation bite rope, esp.

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