What is gita govinda

Final leaf from the second Guler Gita Govinda series of ca. Master of the first generation after Manaku and Nainsukh of Guler. India, Pahari region, Guler. Permanent loan, collection of Barbara and Eberhard Fischer.

The Gita Govinda was written by the Indian poet Jayadeva in the 12th century. It describes the touching love story of Krishna incarnation of the Hindu God Vishnu and the shepherd girl Radha. Among the most famous and precious series of Indian painting are illustrations from around This tour is for Asia Society Members only.

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Having convinced herself of his infidelity, she retreats into an internal state of emotional paralysis for which there seems no cure. An incredibly explosive festival of erotic bliss ensues, leaving Krishna in a state of utter amazement. Jayadeva concludes the episode with Radha happily ordering Krishna to arrange her disheveled hair and decorate her once again with fresh cosmetics. Krishna and Radha Chamba painting. The plot of Gita Govinda is deceptively simple, for Jayadeva relies almost entirely upon a network of complexities that arise directly from the psychology of love, rather than the unfolding of events.

To this end, the poet explores a vast range of emotional responses in the two primary categories of divine love prema , meeting and separation. The following verses, in which Krishna describes his loneliness in the absence of Radha, clearly illustrate the multidimensional experience characteristic of prema in separation: I remember her face. Her eyebrows, arched by the weight of indignation, resemble honeybees hovering over a red lotus.

Gita Govinda I am directly meeting with her in my heart and continually enjoying love-play. So why am I wandering about here in the forest and why am I needlessly lamenting? Gita Govinda I repeatedly see you approach me and then retreat again. Why do you not impetuously embrace me as you did before? Gita Govinda Here, the initial stage of remembrance Gita Govinda intensifies into a dynamic internal vision Gita Govinda , which culminates in a direct external perception Gita Govinda For Radha, the vines seem to be embracing the trees, which, in turn, horripilate with pleasure in the form of newly sprouted buds.

The honeybees seem to be kissing the flowers, and the cooing of the cuckoo seems to be an exclamation of sensual pleasure. You are her sole refuge.