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 鈥淜ishore Chandrananda Champu鈥� by Kabisurya Baladev. The Gitagovinda is a Sanskrit Kavya poem of 12th century composed by Jayadeva whereas The 鈥淜ishore Chandrananda Champu鈥� was written in the 18th century and was intended for a connection between the medieval poetry and modern literature.
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prayer by four verses. He explained that- Hari who is a figure of neaded collirium, who is always alert to hear the prayer of any sufferer who holds ten incarnations may protect you from the fear caused by the god of death 40. 41 Again whose eyes are eager to see the charming figure of each other, whose
clothes are cloudy and yellowish, whose glow of the body are golden and blue
saphire, who are always alert to listen the problems of their devotees, colour of
whose feet resembles the red lotus, I adore those dual figure R膩dh膩 and K峁涐梗峁嘺鹿鹿.
Except these Kavis奴rya sings a grand hymn to his great loving Lord K峁涐梗峁嘺 in the last
song of KCC (ks song). Mayadhar Mansinha translates it as: Oh Thou ocean of
mercy and forgiveness, who art in perpetual embrace with the full breasted charms
of Lak峁i, Oh, Redeemer of the worlds, whose blessed servant is no other than the
Great Brahma himself, and the effulgence of whose toe-nails are cherished by the
gods as the embellishment of their foreheads, shall I, oh Lord, miss thine mercy,
even though I the first among the sinners never utter thine name
ne42. Jayadeva closed
his poem in dramatic style. Where he sings a long benediction, Kavis奴rya gives a
long concluding prayer.
5.7
Loyality of the poet
There is a common saying in Sanskrit - 啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啷嬥そ啶た 啶侧啷佮い啶距 啶ぞ啶むた 啶嗋い啷嵿ぎ啶ㄠ啷嵿く啶距お啶苦い啷堗ぐ啷嵿啷佮ぃ啷堗 啷�
[indro'pi laghut膩峁� y膩ti 膩tmanakhy膩pitairgu峁嘺i岣� |
] In this context Kavis奴rya has not expressed his name in the KCC. The Odia
songs are also named after the king Balunke艣a, the local ruler of Athaga岣峚 in the
district of Ganjam. The poet expresses his loyality in the beginning after the
40. 啶︵げ啶苦い啶距啷嵿啶ㄠお啷佮啷嵿啶啷嵿啷佮げ啶距啷嵿啷�.... 啶曕さ啷�啶ㄠぞ啶 啷� [dalit膩帽janapu帽jama帽jul膩峁単o.... kav墨n膩m | ] KCC, 36 (v)
41. 啶多啶班啶う啷嵿き啷嵿く啶距ぎ啶ㄠ啶啶洁え啷嵿く 啶侧ぞ啶掂ぃ啷嵿く啶侧啶� 啶侧啶氞え啶啶ぞ啶ぎ啷嵿が啶班ぞ啶∴ぎ啷嵿が啶� 啶掂た啶∴ぎ啷嵿が啶苦え啶�... 啶ㄠぎ啷嬥え啶 [艣r墨madbhy膩manyo'nya l膩va峁噛alola locanabhy膩mambar膩岣峚mbara vi岣峚mbin膩... namonama岣� ] 11 KCC, prose lines of verse 38
42. Manasinha, Mayadhar, A History of Oriya literature, p.131
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