Gita-govinda of Jayadeva (comparative study)
by Manisha Misra | 2012 | 56,963 words
This essay contains an English study of the Gita-Govinda by Jayadeva and the “Kishore Chandrananda Champu� by Kabisurya Baladev. (1) The Gitagovinda is a Sanskrit Kavya poem of 12th century composed by Jayadeva, who was a devotee of Lord Krishna/Jagannatha and a patron of Odisha culture. The Gitagovinda had widespread influence on Indian art and li...
1. The Gitagovinda: An eternal creation of Jayadeva
The Gitagovinda: An eternal creation of Jayadeva Gitagovinda is a superb literary creation. It is a famous lyrical poem in Sanskrit literature which is well-known in home and abroad. It is composed by Jayadeva the son of Bhojadeva and Ramadevi or Bamadevi in the twelfth century. The name of Jayadeva is a famous one among the lyric poets all over the country as the master composer of the sweetest lyrics in Sanskrit language. The Gitagovinda is a lyrical poem dramatizing the love sports of Krsna and Radha on the surface and conveying simultaneously the deep ethos of devotion of the individual soul, its pinning for god realization and finally attaining the consummation in service of God. It is the first lyrical dance drama composed in simplified Sanskrit including vernacular idoms, which could be easily appreciated by people, when compared with other works of classical Sanskrit literature. The photographic description, scenes, characters, dance postures, the mood and attires of the characters with details of clothing, ornaments, make-ups, garlands and the incarnations of Visnu have been so vivid and captivating that they get imprinted in the mind of the reader or the listener. 1. Pathy, Dinanath, et.al. Ed. Jayadeva & Gitagovinda, Introduction 10