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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boat to cross the ocean of grief. 47 The thought of Rädhä enters in her heart like. Rādhā 48 a spear. The look of Kṛṣṇa is like a moveable arrow made for a blue lily.'
49 4.2.4.4 The Vyatireka: Lalita says the hardness of Kṛṣṇa is more than the Vajra
50 or the thunder. Th glow of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa blames the glazing gold and
blue-gem.51
4.2.4.5 The Nidarśanā: Lalita says no one bride can stay without exhilaration
after seeing the charm of moveable peacock feather. So Rādhā should not see
that.
52 4.2.4.6 Others:
54 The insects which rest on fire feel the pain till death and like those the
woman who rest on Kṛṣṇa will feel very much pain. 53 Here the combination of
upamā and svabhābokti create the saṃkara-alaṃkāra. The natural description
of dawn is the svabhābokti-alaṃkāra. The humuorous words of the companions
of Radha present the virodhābhāsa-alaṃkāra. Kṛṣṇa says that the merciful
55 persons always try to remove other's grief without idleness. This is an
expression of arthāntaranyāsa-alaṃkāra. At many places the combination of
47. dṛdham navyanı bhavyam taruṇi taraṇim te mrdhugiram / v.12
48. santata ciñtaruntudakurtamukhāgra dalita/ prose passage of v.23
49. etasyeksṇakoṇa vikṣṇa valannīlāra vindāsuga/ v.35
50. nisthuraguna kulīśaru paduchi vali/ song 'na'
51. cāmīkaraprakara pitamayukha lekhā, nīlotpalanśumayam/ v.27
52. spruṣṭva cañcalacandrakancala camatkāra kramam cakṣusa/ kāvāsmin puṭabhedane navavadhurekāpyaśoka
bhavet// v.4
53. kṛṣṇam kṛṣṇavartmānamiva śalabharāji rāśritya tvadrsam vāmabhruvam / passage of v.22
54. amandananda pīyūṣa nisyanda... / proseline of v.30
55. yatvam siriṣāngalate sahethanālijana linganampyagadham/ anilaratnargalayugma ruddha, saibatvamasih
kathamadya kastalı/ / v.31
56. durgata-janavargopakarajanya punya yasopavarga nirgatalasanisarga hi dayālabo hṛdyalabah// prose passage
of v.14
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