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...
8. Loyality of the poet
There is a common saying in Sanskrit - indro'pi laghutam yati atmanakhyapitairgunaih | In this context Kavisurya has not expressed his name in the Kishore-chandrananda-champu The Odia songs are also named after the king Balunkesa, the local ruler of Athagada in the district of Ganjam. The poet expresses his loyality in the beginning after the 40. dalitanjanapunjamanjulango .... kavinam | Kishore-chandrananda-champu, 36 (v) 41. srimadbhyamanyo'nya lavanyalola locanabhyamambaradambara vidambina ... namonamah 11 Kishore-chandrananda-champu, prose lines of verse 38 42. Manasinha, Mayadhar, A History of Oriya literature, p.131 158
benediction. He thought the will of writing about Radha and Krsna is an over hastiness. In his language- Having a very little intelligence like me how I can express the extraordinary play of the celebrated majesty, whose lusture of the figure is like the rays of a blue saphire, who roams in the sweet spring reason, the lord of all beings, the son of Nanda with Radha who has taken incarnation due to the virtues of god Sun through the continued austerities.43 But Jayadeva declared his position among the poets from the very beginning of his work 44. He also states the purpose of reading his poem. In Miller, B.S.'s words-: "If remembering Hari enriches your heart, if his arts of seduction arouses you, listen to Jayadeva's speech in these sweet soft lyrical songs "45. Jayadeva and his parental identification is available from his work. But the name of Kavisurya is not found in the campu both in Sanskrit and Odia portions. In comparison Jayadeva is more selfexpressive than Kavisurya. Jayadeva has over confidence on his poetic talent, but Kavisurya did not think about his eligibility to compose a poem on the auspicious theme Radhakrsna, the divine partners. It may be due to his poetic humbleness. The last canto of Gitagovinda explains that the union of song of Radhakrsna may delight the heart of the connoissures 46. But in Kishore-chandrananda-champu Kavisurya explains that the combined glow of Radha-Krsna may protect the mortal people who are captured in this illusive world 47. 43. alpadhih jalpami iti kaviscintayamasa | Kishore-chandrananda-champu, Prose line of Verse 2 44. vagdevatacaritacitritacittasama .. IIGg 1.2 (v) vacah pallavayatyumapatidharah ... | |/bid, 1.3 (v) 45. yadi harismarane sarasam mano .... II Gitagovinda 1.4(v) 46. sri jayadevabhanitamidamanupadanigaditamadhuripumodam | janayatu rasikajanesu manoramaratirasabhavavinodam ||Gitagovinda 12.23.9(v) 47. Das, Dasarathi,, Kavyasamvada, p.226 159
prapancikandhatamasandhu picindipatat praya samakula vivekadrsam jananam | camikaraprakara pitamayukhalekha, nilotpalamsumayamastvavanaya tejah || Kishore-chandrananda-champu 27(v)