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Shrikrsnakirtan is a lyrical composition involving Radha and Krishna ; its storyline is not based on the Bhagavata Purana, but the popular folk-songs, known as the dhamalis. [3] However, Baru Chandidas managed to add substantial originality, making it a masterpiece of medieval Bengali literature. [ 1 ]
The Hare Krishna mantra appears in a number of famous songs, notably those of George Harrison. His first solo single " My Sweet Lord " topped charts around the world in 1970–71. Harrison put a Hare Krishna sticker on the back of the headstock of Eric Clapton 's 1964 Gibson ES-335 ; the sticker also appears on Gibson's 2005 reproduction of the ...
The Khandana Bhava–Bandhana was written by Swami Vivekananda in Bengali as a hymn to his guru, Sri Ramakrishna. The English translation by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood is used by English-speaking Vedanta Centers in the evening vesper worship services: Breaker of this world's chain, We adore Thee, whom all men love.
In 1474, Maladhar Basu translated the 10th and 11th cantos of the Sanskrit Srimad Bhagavatam (composed c. 9th century), into the Bengali poem SriKrsnaVijay. Maladhar focused on Krishna's divine life, with the 10th canto relating the legends of Krishna as a child, and his Leela with the Gopis in Vrindavana.
It is also the oldest Bengali narrative poem of Krishna legend. [1] It was composed between 1473 and 1480. [2] The long poem is a translation of the 10th and 11th cantos of the Bhagavata Purana; a part of Vishnu Purana and the story of Ramayana is also incorporated here. [1] Basu was born to Bhagirath Basu and Indumati Devi.
A verse translation by the German poet Friedrich Rückert was begun in 1829 and revised according to the edited Sanskrit and Latin translations of C. Lassen in Bonn 1837. There's also another manuscript at the Guimet Museum in Paris in Devanagari script narrating the love between Krishna and Radha.
The Bhagavad-Gītā As It Is is a translation and commentary of the Bhagavad Gita by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), commonly known as the Hare Krishna movement. This translation of Bhagavad Gita emphasizes a path of devotion toward the personal god, Krishna.
Govindadasa (1535–1613), was a Bengali Vaishnava poet known for his body of devotional songs addressed to Krishna. Living in an atmosphere of Krishna-bhakti preached by Sri Chaitanya (1486–1533), he composed extensively on the Radha-Krishna love legend. He is also known as Govindadasa Kaviraja.