Gita Govinda. Jayadeva

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      Copyright © 2009 by the CSL

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      First Edition 2009

      The Clay Sanskrit Library is co-published by

      New York University Press

      and the JJC Foundation.

      Further information about this volume

      and the rest of the Clay Sanskrit Library

      is available at the end of this book

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      ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-4078-1 (cloth : alk. paper)

      ISBN-10: 0-8147-4078-2 (cloth : alk. paper)

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Jayadeva

      [Gitagovindakavya. English & Sanskrit]

      Love songs of Radha and Krishna / by Jayadeva ;

      translated by Lee Siegel. – 1st ed.

      p. cm.

      In English and Sanskrit (romanized) on facing pages;

      includes translations from Sanskrit.

      Includes bibliographical references and index.

      ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-4078-1 (cl : alk. paper)

      ISBN-10: 0-8147-4078-2 (cl: alk. paper)

      CONTENTS

CSL Conventions vii

Foreword xvii

Introduction xxv

       GITA·GOVINDA LOVE SONGS OF RADHA AND KRISHNA

       Canto 1 – Convivial Krishna 3

       Song One 7

       Song Two 11

       Song Three 17

       Song Four 23

       Canto 2 – Carefree Krishna 31

       Song Five 33

       Song Six 39

       Canto 3 – Confounded Krishna 47

       Song Seven 49

       Canto 4 – Captivated Krishna 59

       Song Eight 61

       Song Nine 67

       Canto 5 – Craving Krishna 73

       Song Ten 75

       Song Eleven 79

       Canto 6 – Coveted Krishna 89

       Song Twelve 91

       Canto 7 – Cunning Krishna 97

       Song Thirteen 99

       Song Fourteen 103

       Song Fifteen 107

       Song Sixteen 111

       Canto 8 – Confused Krishna 119

       Song Seventeen 121

       Canto 9 – Callow Krishna 129

       Song Eighteen 131

       Canto 10 – Clever Krishna 137

       Song Nineteen 139

       Canto 11 – Contented Krishna 149

       Song Twenty 151

       Song Twenty-one 157

       Song Twenty-two 161

       Canto 12 – Kindly Krishna 171

       Song Twenty-three 173

       Song Twenty-four 183

       Notes 193

       Index 203

CSL CONVENTIONS

      Sanskrit Alphabetical Order

      Vowels:

      Gutturals:

      Palatals:

      Retroflex:

      Dentals:

      Labials:

      Semivowels:

      Spirants:

      Guide to Sanskrit Pronunciation

      but

      father

      sit

      fee

      put

      boo

      vocalic r, American pur-

      dy or English pretty

      lengthened r

      vocalic l, able

      made, esp. in Welsh pro-

      nunciation

      bite

      rope, esp. Welsh pronun-

      ciation; Italian solo

      sound

      anusvara nasalizes the pre-

      ceding vowel

      visarga, a voiceless aspira-

      tion (resembling the En-

      glish h), or like Scottish

      loch, or an aspiration with a faint echoing of the last element of the preceding vowel so that taih is pro- nounced taihⁱ

      luck

      blockhead

      go

      bighead

      anger

      chill

      matchhead

      jog

      aspirated j, hedgehog

      canyon

      retroflex t, try (with the tip of tongue turned up to touch the hard palate)

      same as the preceding but

      aspirated

      retroflex d (with the tip

      of tongue turned up to

      touch the hard palate)

      same as the preceding but

      aspirated

      retroflex n (with the tip

      of tongue turned up to

      touch the hard palate)

      French