Essay name: Gita-govinda of Jayadeva (comparative study)
Author:
Manisha Misra
Affiliation: Utkal University / Department of Sanskrit
This essay contains an English study of the Gita-Govinda by Jayadeva and the “Kishore Chandrananda Champu� by Kabisurya Baladev. The Gitagovinda is a Sanskrit Kavya poem of 12th century composed by Jayadeva whereas The “Kishore Chandrananda Champu� was written in the 18th century and was intended for a connection between the medieval poetry and modern literature.
Chapter 5 - A Critical and Musical estimate of Kisora-chandrananda-champu
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sounds of victorial drum of Kämadeva. 37 The humming of drones compared to the benediction song. 38 These are some comparisons of the Sanskrit portions
only. The whole work is filled up with this upamālaṃkāra. There is a sequence
of Malopamā in the prose part between the 20th and 21st verse (quote from
p246 lines 3,4,5).
4.2.4.2 The Atiśayokti: The success of introspection refers to this category of
alaṃkāra. This is also known as hyperbole. 39 In the third verse Rādhā explains
about the glow of blue-gem which she looked around her and by which her pain
of heart is increasing by force. 40 Lalitā says to Kṛṣṇa that to get the star from
the sky may be possible but to make Rādhā positive towords Kṛṣṇa is
impossible. Rādhā is more eminent then the stars. 41 Kṛṣṇa explained the figure
of Rādhā as a moveable golden puppet. 42 The wonderful effect of playing the
flute is described in the prose passage of thirtyfifth verse.
4.2.4.3 The Rupakam: The glow of Kṛṣṇa looks as if it is the blue lily, blue-gem
and the new cloud. 44 The mistakes of Rādhā pains her like the arrow. The
45 comming of Lalita is like the rain on the dry field for Kṛṣṇa which is described in
the prose lines of verse eight.46 The sweet words of Lalitā serve Kṛṣṇa as a
37. vijayadindimadambarabalambi caranamandanam nihsrutya/ v.25
38. arabdhanangamangalasamgita madhukaranikara, v.26
39. Kane, P.V., Ed. Sahityadarpanam, p.154
40. sthaeirjyam tat prabhrti skhalatyapi valāt / v.3
41. viyatastārādhikā Rādhikā / v.11
42. kañcanamayī samcāriṇi pāñcālikā / v.10
43. caracaradhairya vidhuamsini... babhuba / v.35
44. KCC.v.3
45. smarana sara visa rasara prayoga sirnasaram/ v.5
46. taptāṃkura kedāram prāti vṛṣtyeba/ prose passage of v.8
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