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The subject matter of the poetry is the love of Radha and Krishna, on the banks of the Yamuna in Vrindavana; their secret trysts in the forests, Krishna's charms including his magic flute, the love of the gopis for Krishna, Radha's viraha on being separated from Krishna and her anguish on seeing him sporting with the other gopis. Much of the ...
The poem has been translated into most modern Indian languages and many European languages. There is a German rendering which Goethe read by F. H . van Dalberg. Dalberg's version was based on the English translation done by William Jones published in the Transactions of the Asiatic Society , Calcutta in 1792.
Govindadasa's poetry has been translated into English by Arun Biswas, Denise Levertov, and others. Here is a poem on Radha's anguish, where Govindadas personally enters the fray with some (not very sympathetic) advice for Radha: The marks of fingernails are on your breast and my heart burns. Kohl of someone's eyes upon your lips darkens my face.
Jayadeva (pronounced [dʑɐjɐˈdeːʋɐ]; born c. 1170 CE), also spelt Jaideva, was a Sanskrit poet during the 12th century. He is most known for his epic poem Gita Govinda [2] which concentrates on Krishna's love with the gopi, Radha, in a rite of spring. [3]
With Krishna, Radha is acknowledged as the supreme goddess, for it is said that she controls Krishna with her love. [107] It is believed that Krishna enchants the world, but Radha enchants even him. Therefore, she is the supreme goddess of all. [108] [109] Radha and Krishna are avatars of Lakshmi and Vishnu respectively. In the region of India ...
Radha-Krishna (IAST rādhā-kṛṣṇa, Sanskrit: राधा कृष्ण) is the combined form of the Hindu god Krishna with his chief consort and shakti Radha.They are regarded as the feminine as well as the masculine realities of God, [7] in several Krishnaite traditions of Vaishnavism.
Most of Meera's poems are dedicated to God in the form of Krishna (left) and some poems include Radha (right), the chief consort of Krishna. [21] A number of compositions by Meera Bai continue to be sung today in India, mostly as devotional songs towards Krishna, though nearly all of them have a philosophical connotation. [22]
Chandidas' Shrikrishna Kirtana, a poem on Krishna and Radha, depicts them as divine couple, but in human love. [48] The other 15th–16th centuries Bhakti poet-sants – Vidyapati, Meera Bai, Surdas, Swami Haridas, as well as Narsinh Mehta (1350–1450), who preceded all of them, also wrote about Radha and Krishna love. [49]