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Gita-Govinda
By Srila Jayadeva Gosvami

Introduction 20
Jayadeva’s Fame 15
Jayadeva’s Padmavati 18
Jayadeva’s Language 18
Chapter One - Samoda Damodara-
Damodara’s Amusement 20
Chapter Two - Aklesa Kesava - Undisturbed
Kesava 20
Chapter Three - Mugdha Madhusudana-
Love-Blind Madhsudana 15
Chapter Four - Snigdha Madhusudana -
Affectionate Madhsudana 18
Chapter Five - Sakanksha-Pundarikakshah-
Krishna,the Passionate Lotus-eyed One 18
Chapter Six- Sotkantha-Vaikunthah -
Krishna, the cheeky, carefree lover 20
Chapter Seven - Nagara Narayana-Krishna,
the fallacious, flirtatious romantic 15
Chapter Eight -Vilakshya Lakshmipati-
Krishna,Vraja-Lakshmi Radha’s incomparable
lover 18
Chapter Nine- Mugdha Mukunda-Love-
bewildered Mukunda 18
Chapter Ten - Mugdha Madhava-Love-blind
Madhava 20
Chapter Eleven - Sananda Damodara-Blissful
Damodara 15
Chapter Twelve - Suprita-Pitambara Krishna,
dashing fellow dressed in yellow 18
Introduction
· · ·
Gita Govinda (The song of Govinda) is

one of ancient India’s most renowned classics;
it lucidly focuses on Radha and Krishna
intimate love affairs.
Sensuous is Jayadeva’s sweet
language, yet his message in Gita Govinda
paints the accurate picture, for our Sri Govinda
is ‘Amorous love Personified’
Gita Govinda is for the bhaktas who wish

to know about this side of Krishna’s
personality; and Jayadeva begins by saying so:
‘’Hey rasika bhaktas! Would you like to

freshen your minds in remembering Sri
Krishna’s madhura pastimes? Are you curious
to know about His romantics activities (with
the Vraja gopis)? Then, by all means, let’s go
begin to hear the sweet, heart rendering
poetry composed by Jayadeva.’’
As Krishna is depicted as Sringara Rasa
Personified,naturally,His bhaktas will strive to
follow in the wake of His amorous desires to
serve Him.Gita Govinda provides the intriguing
purport to this account.Jayadeva’s language is
bubbling over with sringara;perhaps because;
he too ,is a romantic, or a rasica, as Sri
Krishna.
Sex,in our world, is one thing….yet the

sringara (divine, erotic love) descriptions which
flow from Sri Jayadeva’s pen are coming from
a completely different realm).The two compare
like the opposite poles on the sphere.Sex (in
most cases) binds us to this world: yet
Krishna’s sringara is liberating. Its
transcendental quality can be the very cause
for a bhakta’s taking a spiritual birth right
within Krishna, Vrindavana lila.Hearing about it
just a little bit has amazing side-effects.Gita
Govinda’s seventh chapter affirms:
‘’Hearing Sri Jayadeva,s descriptions of

Sri Krishna’s rati-keli-lila (lovemaking
pastimes) can purify all of the impurity of Kali
Yuga’’
Thus rasica bhaktas can employ such

hearing like a toll; it will serve as the needle
for removing the thorn of perverted, selfish sex
desire, which plagues one’s heart. This
siddhanta is confirmed in the Bhagavatam:
‘’By the constant faithful hearing, or
speaking, about Krishna’s pastimes with the
gopis,one attains param-bhakti.With such
bhakti’s help, one then gains sense control, the
ability to remove lust from the heart, and
peace’’
Jayadeva’s fame
Sri Jayadeva Gosvami is a forerunner or

a trendsetter with his style of Giti Kavya
(poetic prose which is meant for singing). Gita
Govinda has been copied by the greatest
poets, who earnestly tried, but who could
never duplicate its charm.
Rupa Gosvami follows his style in

Gitavali, Srila Prabodhananda Saraswati follows
suit in Sangita Madhava, as Govinda dasa’s
poetry and Raya Ramananda’s Jagannatha-
vallabha play also do. More over,Sri Rupa’s
Bhakti-Rasamrita-sindhu and Ujjvala-nilamani
,as well as Krishna dasa Kaviraj’s Caitanya
Caritamrita, include many reference taken
from Gita Govinda.Yet perhaps the greatest
credit which can be attributed to Jayadeva is
that Bhagavan Sri Krishna Caitanyadeva would
Himself regularly relish Gita Govinda’s Rasa in
the company of Raya Ramananda and Svarupa
Damodara.Hence readers are assured that in
taking Gita Govinda to heart, they are the
authentic, pleasure-filled world of Radha-
Govinda’s prema keli.
· · ·
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Jayadeva’s Padmavati
Padmavati was an exceptionally

beautiful and talented woman, who, from early
childhood, learned how to sing and dance for
the pleasure of Lord Jagganatha at Puri. When
she became of marriageable age, Padmavati
was wedded to Jayadeva by the wish of Lord
Jagannath, Who personally appeared to her
father in a dream to give an order. Because
Jayadeva mentions her in many places in Gita
Govinda, her love surely must have inspired
his writing. Although, in using the name
‘’Padmavati’’, Jayadeva also refers to Srimati
Radharani, the source of every Lakshmi.
· · ·
Jayadeva’s language
Most readers of this edition will not know

sanskrit, nevertheles; the sanskrit has been
left in. The reason is that Jayadeva’s language
has a powerful effect, like that of the mantra.
Just as the Kama bija and the Kama gayatri
infuse within their reciters prema anuraga for
Vrindavana’s transcendental Cupid-- Madana-
mohana, so does the mantra-sakti contained
within each line of Gita Govinda.
· · ·
Chapter One
Samoda Damodara
Damodara’s amusement
Nandi Sloka-(The opening verse)
1) One evening Krishna was with his father

Nanda at the goshala.Seeing Radharani and
Her sakhis,however,Nanda said:
‘’O Radhike! My child easily becomes

frightened. Yet look at the sky filled with
ominous clouds…and the forest is dark with
tamala trees. Therefore, can You escort
Krishna back to the house?’’
At Nanda’s request,Radha and Madhava
sneak away through the forest nikunjas to the
Yamuna’s shore for enjoying secret love-play;
let us ever-glorify this raha keli.
2) Sarvalaksmimayi Radhika’s foremost

servant,Jayadeva (also known as Padmavati
submissive lover),whose heart-abode is ever
filled with lila poetry, has written this story
portraying Sri Krishna’s rati-keli pastimes.
3) Hey rasika bhaktas!Would you like to

freshen your minds in remembering Sri
Krishna’s madhura pastimes? Are you curious
to know about His romantics activities (with
the Vraja gopis)?Then, by all means, let’s go
begin to hear the sweet, heart rendering
poetry composed by Jayadeva.
(Note: Two songs named Srita Kamala and

Dashavatarastotra are omitted in this
translation)
26) When Madhusudana fondled Vraja -

Lakshmi Radha’s breasts, their kunkuma
rubbed onto His broad chest. Thus it appears
that His heart’s deep love came out to display
itself! Yet owing to His lovemaking fatigue with
Her, His chest get soaked in perspiration.O
reader! Let this flood inundate you with divine
bliss.
27) It is spring, and Radha’s soft kisori body
appears just like spring flowers. Yet now Cupid
tortures Her as She roams the forest searching
for Krishna.Thus to console Radha, Her sakhi
affectionately sings this madhura song:
Vrindavana’s Spring Season

(vasanta raga,jati tala)
28) Hey sakhi Radhe! Look, the lovely

lavanga latas are tossing in the gentle,
southern breeze as the humming bees and the
singing kokilas enliven the nikunja mandira
with their sweet mirth. This Rasamaya season
tortures those (like Yourself) who are
separated from their lover. Surely Krishna is
enjoying springs vana vihara as He dances
with Vraja kisoris.
29) Sakhi Rai!As the busy bees joyfully

extract pollen from the blooming bakula
flowers, every love-lorn,young girl cries for her
beloved.
(Chorus:Sure!Krishna is enjoying spring’s

vana vihara as He dances with the Vraja
kisoris…but He tortures those in separation
from Him.)
30) O Radhe!The blossoming tamala leaves

fragrance outmatch the scent of musk; yet the
blooming palasa flowers, like Cupid’s
fingernails, tear the heart of every young girl.
(Surely Krishna is enjoying spring’s vana
vihara as He dances with the Vraja kisoris…but
He tortures those in separation from Him.)
31) Sakhi Rai! This blooming naga-keshara

flower’s look just like Cupid’s golden umbrella;
yet those roses encircled by bees from His
quiver.
(Surely Krishna is enjoying spring’s vana

vihara as He dances with the Vraja kisoris…but
He tortures those in separation from Him.)
32) Seeing the world’s modesty

disappearing, the grapefruit trees smile with
their new buds; but the lovely ketaki flowers
pointed petals, as if teeth bite the young
afflicted by romantic desire.
(O Radhe! Surely Krishna is enjoying

spring’s vana vihara as He dances with the
Vraja kisoris…but He tortures those in
separation from Him.)
33) The madhavi and the nava mallika’s

delicate fragrance enliven the atmosphere.
Although spring steals the muni’s minds, it also
becomes the genuine friend of every young
romantic.

34) The madavi latas tenderly embrace the
mango trees, which ecstatically horripilate with
flowering buds....as the Yamuna’s mist,
moistens the forest.

35) Spring follows after Cupid, for it incites

amorous desire.O readers, let Jayadeva’s Rasa
filled description of Vrindavana’s spring season
awaken meditation on life’s essence: Sri
Govinda’s lotus feet.
36) dara-vidalita-malli-valli-cancat-paraga-
prakatita-pata-vasair vasayan kananani |
iha hi dahati cetah ketaki-gandha-bandhuh
prasarad-asama-bana-pranavad-
gandhavahah
37 ) unmilan-madhu-gandha-lubdha-
madhupa-vyadhuta-cutankura-
kridat-kokila-kakali-kalakalair udgirna-
karna-jvarah |
niyante pathikaih katham katham api
dhyanavadhana-kshana
prapta-prana-samagama-rasollasair ami
vasarah
38) aneka-nari-parirambha-sambhrama-
sphuran-manohari-vilasa-lalasam |
murarim arad upadarsayanty asau
sakhi samaksham punar aha radhikam
*****
Sri Krishna’s Vasanta Lila
(Krishna’s playful activities in the spring)
39) Then Radhika spots Murari! (…and Her

guess is right :) He is enjoying enchanting
love-play with many beautiful gopis as they
musingly embrace and fondle one another!
Radha’s sakhi begins describing the scene:
(Ramakari Raga,yati tala)
40) Vanamali wears yellow garments and His

lovely, dark complexioned body is decorated
with candan.While He enjoys prema-keli with
the gopis, His jewel earrings dance over His
cheeks as He smiles at them.
(Chorus: Look sakhi Radhe! Look at

Krishna’s frolicsome love play with all of His
subjugated sweethearts!)
41) One beautiful gopi ramani passionately

smacks Krishna with the heavy weight of her
large, swelling breasts! Then she sings to Him
(in high notes) from the fifth scale.
(Look Rai! Look at Krishna’s frolicsome love

play with all of His subjugated sweethearts!)
42) One charmed gopi-sundari fixes her
love-starry gaze upon Krishna’s
mukharvinda.Aho! Her playful, batting eyes
light flames of amour within Krishna’s heart!
(Look Rai! Look at Krishna’s frolicsome love

play with all of His subjugated sweethearts!)
43) One lusty gopi grabs hold of Krishna’s

garments to playfully pull Him into a solitary
betasa-kunja beside the Yamuna
(O look sakhi! Look at Krishna’s frolicsome

love play with all of His subjugated
sweethearts!)
45) Another gopi sundari is Rasa dancing

with Krishna.As He plays the flute; she claps
her hands making her bracelets sweetly tinkle
in time with the music. Seeing her skill,
Krishna praises.

sweethearts!)
46) Krishna embraces a gopi, kisses

another, and makes love with someone else.
Then He eagerly smiles to allure another pretty
girl with His flirting eyes….
However, noticing a resisting damsel, who is
ever more beautiful, He begins pursuing her.
sweethearts!)
*********
47) O reader! Let Jayadeva’s description of

Sri Kesava’s amazing and secret Vrindavana
prema keli bring good fortune to you.
48) O Vinodini Rai! Just see how Krishna

enjoys the spring! He is making love with all of
the Vraja sundaris as they embrace and fondle
every limb of His soft, syamal body that is
more delicate and colourful than a blue lotus.
Thus Krishna inaugurates ‘Cupid festival’ to
enliven the gopis and the entire creation – as
He is Himself – Sringara (amorous love)
personified.
49) Aho! Love-blind Radha walks right past

those vilasini gopis, boldly embraces Krishna
around the chest, and exclaims:
’’Aha! What a nectar-sweet face You have!’’
Then She passionately kisses Him on the

cheks! O readers, let Krishna’s beautiful smile
aroused by Radha’s kiss bless you with good
fortune.
Thus ends Gita Govinda’s first chapter

entitled ’Samoda Damodara’
Chapter Two
Aklesa Kesava
Undisturbed Kesava
1) Seeing Krishna sharing His love equally

with every gopi triggers Radha’s jealousy,
however, after all, Her position is unique and
exalted. Thus She leaves, but after walking for
awnile, She enters a secluded flower nikunja
filled with buzzing bees. Forlorn Radha then
addresses Her sakhi as follows:
(Gurjari raga,yati tala)

(Krishna’s Rasa-filled,beautiful form)
***
2) O dear one,Krishna’s madhura smile

during His Rasa vilasa still awakens within My
mind.Aha! As His sweet lips blew into His
enchanting vamshi, His eyes were restless and
lurking, thus His crown tilted as His earrings
played over His cheeks.
3) Krishna’s hair, decorated by peacock

feathers in the curvature of a half moon,
looked like a glistening cloud sheltering many
rainbows.
(Chorus: O sakhi! Krishna’s madhura smile

during His Rasa vilasa still awakens within My
mind)
4) Krishna’s arms horripilate with the

embrace of thousand of young sundari ramanis
.The ornaments worn on His hands, feet and
chest lit up the darkness!
( O sakhi!Krishna’s madhura smile during

His Rasa vilasa still awakens within My mind)
5) The candana tilaka on Krishna’s forehead

looked like moonbeams peaking through a
cloud. However, His naughty chest was intently
focused on rubbing itself over the gopi’s large,
voluptuous breasts.
(O sakhi!Krishna’s madhura smile during His

Rasa vilasa still awakens within My mind)
6) In His earnestness to kiss the nitambinis

Krishna leaned forward, outstreched His neck,
and smiled with His blooming,bandhuli flower
lips.

7) Seeing the beauty of His makara earrings

resting over His cheek, the wives of the
munis,the devatas and the asuras all follow
after that magnanimous Pitambara Vanamali.

8) But then we met beneath a widespread

kadamba tree! Knowing about My jealousy
(and wishing to dispel it) His glance enveloped
Me like the waves of Cupid!Ugh!I felt as
though He were making love to Me within His
mind!
( O sakhi! Krishna’s madhura smile during

His Rasa vilasa still awakens within My mind)
9) Let Sri Jayadeva’s description of

Krishna’s beautiful, enchanting form awaken
the remembrance of His lotus feet for the pious
bhaktas.
10) O sakhi!While contemplating about

Krishna’s behaviour, I am not angry. Rather
My unbridled mind still deeply yearns for Him--
-even though He left Me to enjoy with so many
pretty, young woman.O what shall I do?
Radha’s Fascination
(Malava raga,eka tala)
***
11) Tonight I shall wait in a solitary forest
cottage. When Krishna arrives there, and sees
Me restlessly looking about, He will smile
showing His eagerness to enjoy rati keli with
Me.
(Chorus : O sakhi!Knowing My desire to

make love will arouse His ecstatic symptoms of
passion. So please unite Me with merciful Kesi
mathana (Krishna--the subduer of Kesi
demon))
12) Being Our first love-encounter,Krishna

will notice My shyness and employ lots of
flattery to woo Me…Encouraged by My
smiling,He will unloosen the strings holding my
lower garments in place.
(O sakhi! Knowing My desire to make love

will arouse His ecstatic symptoms of passion.
So please unite Me with merciful Kesi
mathana)
13) Laying Me down upon the bed of leaf

blossoms,Krishna will rest His head on My
breast (using them for a pillow)…But as I
embrace and kiss Him, He will embrace Me and
eagerly drink the nectar from My lips.

mathana)
14) Seeing My thirsty, half-closed eyes, His
cheeks will erupt in goose bumps!
….And seeing My perspiration will surcharge
Him with more erotic vigour!

mathana)
15) In euphoria I shall indistinctly coo like a

kokila making Him madly bypass love’s
standard procedure described in the Kama
sastras.Then as My scattered hair casts the
flowers decorating it over the bed, He will use
His fingertips to tickle my large, voluptuous
breasts!

mathana)
16) During rati keli My ankle bells will

sweetly resound along with the bell string tied
over My bottom (as I reign over His
chest).Then Krishna will grab hold of My hair to
pull My head up to His, and frantically begin
kissing Me!

mathana)
17) At the rati’s peak He will look on with
starry, half-closed lotus-eyes…as My body
turns stark in euphoria!I,being a delicate
woman, however will then release My lotus-
stem arms to collapse over His chest! Thus all
of His desires will reach satiation!

mathana)
18) Let Jayadeva’s description of Radha’s

fantasy-filled yearning for Her nidhuvana lila
with Madhuripu bring happiness to the
bhaktas.
19) Radha says:
O sakhi! As Govinda enjoyed vana vihara

with My many rivals—He suddenly noticed
Me—dropped His flute—and began perspiring!
Thus all of those gopis began pelting Him with
jealous, sidelong glances! However, as His
perplexed smile fell upon Me, I was delighted!
20) Hey sakhi!The asoka latas newly

blossomed flowers and the cool breezes
blowing over the lake before as are paining Me.
Moreover, the bees, which now buzz amongst
those lovely budding mango trees, although
enchanting to behold, fail to invoke My
pleasure.
21) In a lonely place some Vraja kisoris are
sitting together and braiding their hair. Their
faces appear rosy with wanton smiles for
getting Krishna… and their eyebrow-creepers
are dancing along with their roaming eyes. But
as they raise their hands in combing their hair,
the nipples of their half covered breasts
become exposed.O readers, let this enchanting
scene of Krishna’s anxious endeavour to peak
at them (from behind the bushes) relieve all of
your distress.
Thus ends Gita Govinda’s second chapter

entitled’Aklesa Kesava’
Chapter Three
Mugdha Madhusudana
Love-blind Madhusudana
1) Although Krishna is known as Kamsari

(for having killed Kamsa), Radha is the binding
force behind all of His love-filled romance.
Thus with His heart affixed to Her, Krishna
leaves the other Vraja sundaris.
2) Pained by the sting of Kamadeva’s

arrows,Madhava saunters of searching for
Radha.But after not finding Her, and while
feeling guilty for His unsavoury conduct, He
enters a solitary kunja beside the Yamuna to
lament:
(Gurjjari raga,yati tala)

Krishna’s regret
***
3) Krishna: When I was busy enjoying with

the other gopis,Radha saw Me. Yet as She
started to leave, I was too ashamed for My
aparadha to stop Her.
(Chorus: Haya! Haya! She became

heartbroken and angrily left Me!)
4) I can’t imagine what Radha will do as

She suffers in My viraha.Without Her, what is
the use of My prosperity, My friends or My
happy home life?
( Haya! Haya! She became heartbroken and

angrily left Me!)
5) Aha!My mind cannot forget Her moon

face; Her angry brows look like two
bumblebees resting over Her red lotus eyes.

angrily left Me!)
6) I am always making love to Radha within
My mind. So why shall I go on searching for
Her in this forest?...And why shall I continue to
lament?

angrily left Me!)
7) O shapely one! Due to jealousy Your

heart has become pain-struck.I can
understant. But I don’t know where You are, so
how can I offer You an apology?

angrily left Me!)
8) O Radhe! It feels like You are walking

right before Me; but why are You showing
reserve without embracing Me like before?

angrily left Me!)
9) Hey Sundari! Please forgive Me; I shall

never behave like that again. Cupid is torturing
Me.O please offers Me Your darshana!

angrily left Me!)
10) This description about Krishna was

written by Jayadeva,who advented in
Kenduvilva,as the Rohini star’s lover (the
moon) rises from the ocean.
11) In the madness of Radha’s separation
,Krishna pleads to dispel Cupid’s blunder :
Hey Madana !Why are you angrily chasing

after Me? Please do not mistake Me for Siva to
inflict your revenge! Look, I am suffering (too
much) already from My beloved’s departure.
This is not an garland of snakes around My
chest, these are lotus-stems; My neck isn’t
blue from drinking poison, these are blue lotus
flowers; and My body isn’t covered with ashes,
this is candan.
12) Hey mighty Madana!You can easily

conquer the entire world. However, please do
not take those budding mango arrows in
hand…and do not lift your bow.
Breaks!O readers, let the surging wave of

Mugdha Madhusudana’s glance which now
cascades over Radha’s moon-face and flirting
eyes bring good fortune.
Thus ends Gita Govinda’s third chapter

entitled ‘Mugdha Madhusudana’
Chapter Four
Snigdha Madhusudana
(Affectionate Madhusudana)
1) Then Radhika’s sakhi arrives before

Madhava.Seeing Him sadly sitting I a betasi
kunja beside the Yamuna,She says:
(karnata raga,eka tala)

Radha’s viraha
***
2) Hey Madhava!In suffering Your

separation,meek and fearful Radhika thinks
only of You ;so please come and save Her from
Cupid’s onslaught.Distess has turned Her
restless.Chandan,the moon’s rays, and even
the cooling, southern breezes all appear like
poison to Her
3) Although Cupid showers Radhika with his

arrows, She covers Her breasts with a lotus
leaf. This is not to protect Herself from Cupid’s
torture, but to shelter Your presence within Her
heart.
(Chorus : Hey Madhava!In suffering Your
only of You, so please come and save Her from
Cupid’s onslaught)
4) The flowerbed, which Radha sits upon,

has turned into Cupid’s rack of arrows, She
endures its painful sting only in the hope that
You may go there to embrace Her.
(Hey Madhava!In suffering Your

5) Radha’s rain cloud-like-eyes shower

tears, as if sharp-toothed Rahu bit the moon to
release a stream of nectar.

6) Sitting alone, Radhika uses deer musk to

draw a picture of You depicted like Cupid riding
a makara fish. Then with reverence She bows
to the portrait’s lotus feet holding a palm full of
mango buds.

7) Radhika repeatedly offers pranama,

failing to the ground exclaiming:
Hey Madhava! I take shelter at Your lotus
feet, if You neglect Me, the moon’s rays will
surely burn My body to a crisp!

8) Knowing Your darshana to be very rare,

Radhika meditates on Your picture and
laments…Then seeing You, She laughs in
joy…But losing sight o You, She cries. Then
after intense prayer, Your vision returns…and
while imagining Your embrace, She relieves
Her distress.

9) Hey bhaktas!Let your heart dance along

with Jayadeva’s description of a sakhi
conveying Radha’s viraha sadness to Krishna.
10) The sakhi continues:

Hey Krishna!In Your separation,Radha’s
home appears like the forest, Her priya sakhis
appear like a noose around the neck, and Her
deep breathing sets Her heart ablaze! Thus
She flees like a frightened deer from the
hunter, Cupid.
(desakya raga,eka tala)

Radha’s viraha ,continued
***
11) Radhika’s sakhi goes on:
Hey Kesava! In Your separation Radha has

become very weak, even the fine necklace that
She wears over Her breasts feels burdensome.
12) Hey Kesava! In Your separation Radhika

considers the candan paste used to cool Her
bodily fever to be just like poison.

has lost all equipoise. She breaths heavily as
though Cupid’s inferno was blazing within Her
heart.

appears as if a lucked lotus flower drenched in
water. While crying pathetically She searches
after You in every direction.
15) Hey Kesava! In Your separation
Radhika’s soft bed of leaf blossoms appears
just like a bed of fire!

stares at the ground with Her hand placed over
Her cheek. Thus Her pale face looks like the
motionless half-moon at sunset.

will soon die. So to attain You in Her next life
She feelingly cries : O Hari! O Hari!
18) Let Sri Jayadeva’s song of Radhika’s

separation for Kesava increase the bliss of
those surrendered unto His lotus feet.
19) The sakhi goes on:
Hey Madhava! In Her erotic fever, Radhika

sometimes horripilate, or laughs, or trembles,
or collapse in exhaustion! Then in the thought
of attaining You, She sometimes becomes
confused, squints Her eyes, falls to roll over
the ground, or leaps into the air, or even
faints! Thus it appears that Cupid’s fever will
kill Her! Nevertheless, there is one last
recourse: if You come to rescue Her, like a
doctor from heaven, with the medicine of Your
sweet bodily limbs, then She can be saved,
otherwise not.
20) O Madhava!Your anga-sangamriita

(nectar-touch during divine, love play) is more
potent than Asvini Kumara’s medicine, and is
the only potion which will save our sakhi Rai,
therefore, if You neglect Her, we shall know
that Your heart is harder than Indra’s
thunderbolt.
21) It’s surprising how Kandarpa’s fever

affects Radha, cooling objects such are
candan,the moon, or the lotus only bring about
Her distress. On the other hand, however, as
She grows thin by sitting in solitude while
meditating upon You, the hope of getting Your
beloved self is the only cooling solace that
keeps Her alive.
22) Previously Radhika could not bear even

a moment of separation from You, thus She
would become very upset with the blinking of
eyelids. So how is it that during this long
period of Your separation She can keep Her life
airs intact by fixing Her gaze upon the
blooming mango buds?
23) O readers! That chivalrous arm which

pride fully held Govardhan Hill to protect
Gokula from torrents of rain, which has been
joyfully kissed from time immemorial by the
Vraja gopis,and which is decorated with the
red kunkuma smeared from their foreheads-let
that arm of Kamsari Sri Krishna bring your
good fortune.
Thus ends Gita Govinda’s fourth chapter

entitled ‘Snigdha Madhusudana’
Chapter Five
Sakanksha-Pundarikakshah
Krishna,the Passionate Lotus-eyed One
1) Krishna tells the sakhi: ‘’I will wait here.

quickly go to Radha and submissively present
My version. Then please bring Her to meet
Me.’’Thus engaged by Krishna, the sakhi
returns to Radharani, and says:
(desa barari raga,ripaka tala)

Krishna’s Viraha
2) Hey Radhe! Vanamali reels in Your

separation! Cupid has teamed with the
southern breeze and the blooming flowers to
torture Him!
3) The burning moon rays have almost

killed Krishna, along with Cupid’s arrows,
which sting!
(Chorus : O Radhe!Vanamali reels in Your
separation!)
4) Hearing the bees drone, Krishna covers

His ears, yet from moment His viraha pain
increases!
( O Radhe!Vanamali reels in Your

separation!)
5) Krishna left His comfortable home to

meet You in the forest. Yet while anxiously
rolling over the bed, He goes on crying Your
name!

separation!)
6) Let Jayadeva’s description of Krishna’s

viraha for Radha awakens His presence in
every pious bhakta’s heart.

separation!)
7) Hey priya sakhi Rai!Madhava eagerly

awaits Your arrival at the site which previously
serve as Cupid’s maha tirtha for fulfilling Your
love demants.Now He is devoutly meditating
on Your lovely form, chanting the magic
mantras uttered from Your sweet lips, and
earnestly craving for the amrita found in tightly
hugging Your pitcher-like-breasts!
(gurjari raga,eka tala)
Radha’s Abhisara
8) The sakhi continues :
Hey nitambini (a woman having a large

shapely bottom) Radhe!Don’t delay—just
follow after Your heart’s beloved Who has
already left for the nikunjas,His erotic attire
would captivate even Cupid.(Don’t You know?)
His rati keli pleasure with You means
everything to Him.Aha! That restless handed,
big breast pinching Vanamali now sits beside
the Yamuna where the cool breeze softly
blows.
9) Placing the sweet sounding venu to His

lips, He calls: Radhe! Radhe! He even worships
the dust particles that the breeze carries from
Your body.
(Chorus: Aha! That restless handed, big

breast pinching Vanamali now sits beside the
Yamuna where the cool breeze softly blows.)
10) Hearing a bird land in the tree on a leaf,

fall on the ground alerts Him! Thus (thinking
that You have arrived) He arranges the
flowerbed as His restless eyes search for You!
(Aha! That restless handed, big breast
pinching Vanamali now sits beside the Yamuna
where the cool breeze softly blows.)
11) Hey Nitambini Rai!Discard Your ankle

bells which ring so sweetly when You make
love with Madhava,for their noise, like an
enemy, will announce Your secret journey…And
cover Yourself in deep blue garments ( to hide
Your bright bodily effulgence) as the nikunja
mandira is covered in darkness.

12) Ayi Gaurangi Radha! When climbing

over Krishna’s chest during viparita rati keli
(when the woman assumes the dominating
position in lovemaking), You will appear like
the lightening within a dark cloud!

13) O lotus-eyed Radhe! When You lay

upon the leaf-blossom bed, Krishna will eagerly
remove Your clothes along with the bell-chain
worn over Your bottom. Then He will
ecstatically view Your lovely thighs to be more
precious than an uncovered jewel.
14) O Rai! You are Krishna’s coveted rati

naira (conjugal lover) and the night is
fleeting…so quickly take my advice and go to
satisfy Madhuripu’s kama.

15) O readers! Just hear the enchanting

narrations of Krishna’s bhakta Jayadeva.Then
joyfully offer pranama to Krishnaji, the
merciful shelter and supreme goal of the pious.

16) O Radhe!Cupid’s arrows make Your

beloved breath heavily. He anxiously steps out
hoping to find You, but when failing He goes
back to lament. Then after rearranging the
bed, He returns outside to have another look.
17) O Radhe!The sun’s setting has made

Your journey easy,the darkness fuses itself to
aid Krishna’s desire.Like a lovelorn cakravaka I
have offered My appeal…Yet now the time for
abnisara has come. So hey Enchanting One!
Why delay?
18) Sakhi Radhe!You will go to search for
each other in darkness, and unite. Thus a rasa-
filled conversation will ensue, followed by
embracing,kissing,marking each other with
Your nails and the desire to make love.This
will. at first, arouse Your fear and hesitation.
Next rati keli will begin, and as its conclusion,
You will experience euphoria along with
countless wonderful thoughts and feelings!
19) Ayi Sumukhi (lovely faced) Radhe!Just

traverse the dark path, and while resting under
each tree, You may restlessly look back to see
if anyone is watching. Then by slowing
proceeding ahead, You will at last reach the
secluded meeting place.Aho!When Krishna
sees Your beautiful, sharply ananga tranga
murati arriving before Him like a sprawling
wave of erotic pleasure,He will deem His life
successful!
20) Krishna is the enchanted bumble-bee of

Radha’s mukharavinda (lotus face),the crown
jewel of the three worlds, and Vrindavana’s
Nilamani (bright blue sapphire).He is forever
relished within the Vraja sundaris hearts as the
enjoyable form of nigh (personified).Moreover,
He becomes death personified for demons like
Kamsa.O bhaktas,let this Devakinandana
protect you.
Thus ends Gita Govinda’s fifth chapter

entitled ‘Sakanksha-Pundarikakshah’
Chapter Six
Sotkantha-Vaikunthah
Krishna, the cheeky, carefree lover
1) Govinda’s deeply attached consort

(Radhika) then enters a lata mandira and
sends Her Sakhi ahead to inform Him. Thus
She goes to Govinda,and says:
(gumakari raga,rupaka tala)

Radha’s waiting for Krishna’s arrival
***
2) Hey Prabhu! Rai Kisori sees You

everywhere, She is seeing that You are kissing
Her ( and sucking the sweet honey from
Her lips)
(Chorus: O Gopinatha! Rai kisori anxiously

waits You in the nikunja mandira)
3) Radha’s madness to meet You gave Her
the strength to leave home, but after walking a
few steps, She fell to ground (unconscious)
(O Gopinatha! Rai kisori anxiously waits You

in the nikunja mandira)
4) To relieve Her fever, Radha wears

bracelets of lotus stems and leaf blossoms. Her
passion to enjoy rati keli with You keeps Her
alive.
(O Gopinatha!Rai kisori anxiously waits You

5) Radha even dresses like You…and after

staring at Herself, She thinks:” I am Krishna,
the enemy of Madhu.”
( O Gopinatha!Rai kisori anxiously waits You

6) Radha repeatedly asks Her sakhi: ’’Why

hasn’t Krishna come to meet Me?’’

7) Thinking that You have arrived, Radha

excitedly embraces and kisses the cloud-like
darkness!

8) Seeing Your delay, Radha has lost all or
Her patience, thus (as a basaka sajja nayika )
She mourns.

9) Let this song by the poet Jayadeva

delight the rasica bhaktas.
10) Hey You cheater! Deer-eyed Radha

horripilate in thought of meeting You! She cries
indistinctly, moreover, while deeply sunk
within the Rasa-filled ocean of Her kandarpa
keli with You, She becomes stunned!
11) Expecting Your arrival, sharply Radhika

decorates Herself with ornaments. Hearing the
wind blowing in the trees, She imagines that
You have come. While preparing the bed, She
meditates on lying beside You. Thus keeping
Herself busy in performing one task or
another, Her mind reels in fantasy. Yet She
cannot pass the night without You.
12) (Owing to Krishna’s delay, Radha sends

a sakhi who goes to His house, and tells Nanda
:)
‘I just visited Radha’s home where She told

me; Why do You want to rest under the
banyan tree? Doesn’t black snake reside there?
Or is this Nanda’s.’
While overhearing the pun, Krishna
interprets the following:
‘’O sweetheart! Won’t You rest beside me

under the banyan tree, the pleasure-abode
where You will experience paramananda?’’
Let Radha’s secret message for Krishna is

ever glorified.
Thus ends Gita Govinda’s sixth chapter

entitled ‘Sotkantha-Vaikunthah’
Chapter Seven
Nagara Narayana
Krishna, the fallacious, flirtatious romantic
1) Taking on the Kalanka (mark of disgrace)

left from the gopis breach of chastity to their
husbands, the full moon rises over Vrindavana
to soothe their moon-like faces in its purifying
light rays.
2) Although the moon rises, Madhava still

has not come, thus Virahini Radha begins to
lament and cry:
(Malava raga,Yati tala Uthanthita)
Radha’s Anxiousness)
***
3) Haya! Haya! Krishna did not come when

He promised-Aha! My beautiful figure is a
waste!
(Chorus: Ugh! I have been misled by the

sakhis assurances, now to whom shall I turn?)
4) Seeking Krishna’s shelter, I fled from

home in the night to enter this dark forest, yet
He has pierced My heart with Cupid’s five
arrows (instead of comforting Me with His
nectar-touch.)
(Ugh! I have been misled by the sakhis

assurances, now to whom shall I turn?)
5) O what is the use of My life? How can I

remain calm in the fire of separation? O, surely
death would be more appropriate!

6) Haya! Haya! This lovely spring night is

torturing me, which lovelorn kamini has
fortune to get Krishna?

7) O My God! I am still wearing all of these
costly, jewel ornaments, yet in Krishna’s
burning separation they only give Me pain!

8) Aha! This soft flower-mala resting over

My breasts stings My flower-soft body, like the
arrows of Mr. Cruelty, Cupid!

9) Tolerating the scratching, thorny thickets

of this betasi flower garden, I am waiting…but
haya! My beloved Madhusudana has
completely forgotten about Me!

10) The poet Jayadeva, who surrenders at

Krishna’s lotus feet, says: Let this song
embrace your heart like a soft, beautiful girl
expert in lovemaking.
*****
11) Radha: Perhaps My Prana Govinda

deceit me with some other sundari kamini? On
the other hand, has He become busy in playing
with the sakhas? Or did He lose His way in the
darkness? Or perhaps, in the pin of My
separation, He was unable to move?
Otherwise, why would not He come to this
enchanting flower nikunja as scheduled?
12) Seeing Her sakhi returning without

Madhava, looking dejected and remaining
speechless, Radha surmises:’’ O no! He must
be enjoying with some other ramani !‘’Thus
Radha sadly begins fantasizing:
(Vasanta raga,Yati tala)

Radha’s fanciful dream
***
13) Sakhi! There is another sundari ramani

more talented than I. She has dressed herself
enticingly for enjoying Cupid’s love-battle with
Madhuripu. As they begin, her hair loosens to
scatter all of the flowers, decorating it over the
bed.
14) With Krishna’s fondling embraces, that

pretty gopi horripilate causing her necklace to
toss over her shaking pitcher-like breast!
(Chorus: O sakhi! Madhuripu now makes

love with a gopa kisori more talented than I.)
15) That beautiful ramani’s curling hair

dangles over her moon face and, as she madly
kisses Krishna’s lips, her eyes half-close with
intoxicating amour!
(O sakhi! Madhuripu now makes love with a
gopa kisori more talented than I.)
16) Usurping the dominating position that

sundari ramani ‘s earrings dance over her
lovely cheeks, and as her bottom oscilates, the
bell-chain worn over it sweetly tinkles.(It
tinkles rati’s message up and down Krishna’s
spine)
( O sakhi! Madhuripu now makes love with a

17) While shyly smiling, that rati

intoxicated rasika ramani begins to faintly coo!

18) Then, in her erotic enrapture, she

horripulates, trembles, pats and gazes upon
Krishna with squinting eyes!

19) That damsel, expert and equipoise in

lovemaking, looks emasculate as she falls over
Krishna’s chest with Her body soaked in
perspiration!

Krishna’s rati-keli-lila purify the impurity of Kali
yuga.
21) Radha goes on: O priya sakhi! This

setting moon reminds Me of Murari’s lotus face
that turn pale in My separation. Hence it is
rekindling My pangs of passion!
(Gurjari raga,eka tala)

Svadina bhartrika
Radha’s envisions Krishna’s submissive
service to that previously described sweetheart
***
22) That fortunate ramani arouses Krishna’s

passion…so He kisses her lips and horripilate!
Then, using deer-musk, He carefully paints
tilaka designs on Her lovely forehead, as the
moon is covered by the mark of a deer.
(Chorus: Aho! Glorious Murari now enjoys

His love affair on the forest banks beside the
Yamuna)
23) Appearing like Cupid’s deer park, this

ramani’s hair restlessly tosses around her
youthful face. Therefore, Krishna places
kuruvaka flowers (which resemble lighting) in
her wavy, cloud-like hair.
(Aho! Glorious Murari now enjoys His love
affair on the forest banks beside the Yamuna)
24) The kisori’s breasts are immense like

the sky, they are decorated with kasturi
designs and the moon rays of Krishna’s pinch-
marks. Thus Krishna covers them with a
necklace of pearls that resemble a star galaxy.

25) Between her lotus-stem-arms and her

lotus-petal-palms, Krishna placed emerald
bracelets, which could be mistaken for a
swarm of bees.

26) That ramani’s bottom looks like

Kamadeva’s golden throne, and seeing it
arouses Krishna’s lovemaking desire. Thus He
covers it with a jewelled bell chain, and jokes:
’’O sweetheart! Here is the gateway, which
leads Me to Rati’s pleasure palaces’’

27) That Kamini’s lotus feet are soft as leaf

blossoms, and they form the abode of
Lakshmi. Thus Krishna feelingly places them
above His chest and performs puja by painting
their toenails with red nail polish.

28) Hey sakhi! Certainly Balarama’s

cheating; younger brother spends His time
pleasing some other sundari ramani like this.
Therefore, what will we gain by remorsing in
this dark forest kunja?

29) Let this shringara rasamaya song

composed by Madhuripu’s carana sevaka
,Kaviraja Jayadeva the sins of Kali yuga.
30) Seeing Her sakhi downtrodden, Radhika

implores:
O dear one! Don’t become sad seeing the
cruelty of Krishna’s debauchery. Let that Bahu-
vallabha (enjoyer of many woman) enjoys as
He pleases, there is no fault of your part for
that.Look, after becoming greatly attached to
Him, My soul will just have to leave My body to
meet with Him ( in My next live).
(Desavarari raga,Rupaka tala)

Radha’s Pain
***
31) Vanamali’s eyes are like lotus flowers
moving in the breeze. The sundari gopi who
makes love with Him upon the soft leaf bed
isn’t burning with passion, sakhi… (Rather, I
am burning)
32) Vanamali’s face is like a blossoming

lotus flower, the sundari gopi who is making
love with Him doesn’t become tortured by
Cupid’s arrows, sakhi… (Rather, those arrows
are torturing Me)
33) Vanamali’s gentle, nectar sweet words

are cooling as the Malayan breeze. That
sundari gopi who makes love with Him isn’t
burning from hearing those words, sakhi….
(Rather, I am burning)
34) Vanamali’s hands and feet are beautiful

and cooling like a land lotus. That sundari gopi
who make love with Him doesn’t roll over the
ground and faint upon viewing the moonrays,
sakhi…. (Rather, the moon rays are making Me
to do so!)
35) Vanamali’s bodily lustre is like a soft,

blue raincloud. That sundari gopi who makes
love with Him isn’t burning in the fire of His
separation, sakhi… (Rather, I am burning)
36) Vanamali’s garments are touchstone

gold. The sundari gopi who makes love with
Him won’t have to breathe heavily from her
friends ridicule, sakhi… (Rather, My friends will
ridicule Me)
37) Vanamali is the world’s most beautiful

young boy. That sundari gopi who makes love
with Him doesn’t have to suffer heart-piercing
pain, sakhi… (Rather, I am suffering such
pain!)

Radharani’s viraha suffering, along with
Krishna, enter every bhakta’s heart.
39) O hey Malayan breeze! You are

Kamadeva’s dear friend and jagata prana (the
life of the world).Please be merciful and grant
Me one last request:
Before taking My life, please bring Madhava
before Me just once more!
40) In seeing Krishna’s cruelty-My sakhis

appear like enemies, the cooling breeze
appears an alike fire, the pleasant moonbeams
appear like poison-still My mind races after
Him! Haya! Haya! Haya! Kamadeva has
heartlessly turned against this lotus-eyed
sweetheart of Gokula!
41) Hey Malayan breeze...Take My life! Hey

Cupid’s five arrows...Just kill Me! Hey Yamuna!
Why do you forgive Me? Just take Me under
your waves. I shall never return home again!
42) (Owing to his inability to go on
describing Radharani’s sad plight, Jayadeva
recalls to memory a previous happy episode)
Once at the break of morning after Radha

and Krishna’s rati keli, the sakhis broke into
laughter seeing Krishna anxiously covering
Himself with Radha’s blue sari, and Radha
anxiously covering Herself with Krishna’s
pitambara dhoti. O readers! Let this smiling
faced Nanda-nandana who then bashfully
peaked at Radha through Her thin cloth,
increase the world’s ananda.
Thus ends Gita Govinda seventh chapter

entitled ‘Nagara Narayana’
Chapter Eight
Vilakshya Lakshmipati
(Krishna, Vraja -Lakshmi Radha’s
incomparable lover)
1) Although severely wounded by Cupid’s

arrows, Srimati Radharani survived the night.
The next morning, however Krishna arrives. He
begins to appologize, and He even falls at
Radha’s feet! Yet indignant with jealous anger,
Radha retorts:
(Bhairavi raga,Yati tala)

Khandita Radha
***
2) Hey Krishna! Your eyes are red and

drowsy from passing a sleepless night .Doesn’t
this reveal that You had an affair with My rival?
(Chorus: So hey Madhava! Go away! Hey

Kesava! Take leave! Give up Your delicious
prattling, You may return to that lotus-eyed
sweetheart who satisfies Your fancy.)
3) Krishna! Your body is black, but so are

Your lips! They turned black from Your kissing
the mascara-decorated eyelids of that pretty
damsel.
(So hey Madhava! Go away! Hey Kesava!

Take leave! Give up Your delicious prattling,
You may return to that lotus-eyed sweetheart
who satisfies Your fancy.)
4) Aha! That ramani’s nail marks now

decorate Your chest. Ugh! They look like her
‘rati victory’ document inscribed in gold letters!

5) When You affectionately placed that

ramani’s lotus feet over Your chest, her Alta
rubbed off there. These red stains look like the
flinging leaves on Kamadeva’s desire tree.

6) Hey Krishna! Seeing the tooth marks of

that ramani marking Your lips pains Me. So we
must be non-different, otherwise why would I
experience the same pain that You feel?

7) Hey Krishna! Your body is black, but so is

Your mind because You have cheated a
surrendered lover (Me) who now intensely
suffers from Cupid’s torture.

8) It is not astonishing that You roam the
forest searching for weak, young women. Your
reputation as a heartless woman killer carries
back from Your early childhood when You
murdered Putana.

9) Hey rasica reader! Just hear Sri

Jayadeva’s description of love-deprived
Radha’s sassy protest-Her words are sweeter
than nectar, and unknown even to the
residents of heaven.
10) Hey You cheater! The red Alta from that

ramani’s feet now shines upon Your chest like
the sun’s rays. Aha! I see Your heart’s
fascination for her has come out on display.
Yet ugh! It is painful that Our relationship had
to end in this way, for Your audacity
embarrasses Me, too.
11) Kamsari’s flute song stuns the doe-eyed

Vraja sundaris! Thus their heads spin casting
their parijata flower ornaments from their hair.
This flute song is the maha-mantra of
subjugation, which can allure defiant women,
turn them restless, drive them mad, or even
paralyse them! Furthermore, this wonderful
sound protects the devatas from the arrogant
asura’s wrath. So let it sweep away the
obstacles of your path of good-fortune.
Thus ends Gita Govinda’s eight chapter

entitled ‘Vilakshya Lakshmipati’
Chapter Nine
Mugdha Mukunda
Love-bewildered Mukunda
1) After Krishna leaves, Radha becomes

Kalahantarita .Deprived from Krishna’s rati
pleasure; She is unable to forget about His
activities, as Cupid tortures Her. Thus Her
sakhi offers the following advice:
2) O Radhe! As the cooling, spring breeze

blows, Krishna has come to You. Could You get
more pleasure at home?
(Chorus: Hey manini Radhe! Please discard

Your mana towards Madhava)
3) Sakhi Rai!Your pitcher-like breasts are

more weighty, round and delectable than ripe
palm fruits…will You just let them to go waste?
(Hey manini Radhe! Please discard Your

mana towards Madhava)
4) I have told You time, and times again, do
not give up Krishna-sundara.

5) Why are You sadly grieving….or crying?

Look, seeing Your plight Your rivals are
snickering

6) O sakhi! Why not have a look at Krishna

paying on the bed of cooling lotus petals, just
let Your eyes fulfil their purpose.

7) Sakhi, why suffer any longer? Take my

advice, and then Your unwanted distress will
depart.

8) Just let Krishna come…and let Him speak

His sweet entreaties.Why are You simply
torturing Your mind?

9) Let Sri Jayadeva’s madura descriptions of
Krishna’s activities bring pleasure to rasica
bhaktas.
10) Hey Manini (love jealous one)! You were

cruel to Your affectionate beloved who fell at
Your feet-showed disinterest to dispel His great
interest-and covered Your face to prevent His
seeing it. The reverse behaviour of Yours will
only make the cooling candana seem
poisonous, the soothing moon rays seem fiery,
and the pleasures of lovemaking seem painful.
11) When Govinda killed Bali, the devatas

became overwhelmed in ecstasy! As they
feelingly bowed to Him the blue sapphires
adorning their crowns looked like a swarm of
bees. Then the mandakini Ganga, filled with
madara and flower pollen, began worshiping
His lotus feet. Let us respectfully bow unto
Govinda’s lotus feet, which remove all
inauspiciousness.
Thus ends Gita Govinda’s ninth chapter

entitled ‘Mugdha Mukunda’
Chapter Ten
Mugdha Madhava
(Love-blind Madhava)
1) Thereafter, at mid-evening, Krishna
returns. Radha’s anger has subsided, and Her
face has turned pale with embarrassment (for
having chased Krishna away).Thus she breaths
heavily and shyly looks toward her sakhi. Then
Krishna elatedly begins speaking in a faltering
voice:
(desavaradi raga asta tala)

Radha’s mana Bhanjana
***
2) O Radhe! If You utter just a few words,

the bright glimpse of Your teeth will overcome
the dark fear in My heart! Ugh! Moreover, Your
effulgent moon-face allures My cakora eyes
making Me want to kiss You.
(Chorus: O Priye! O delicate one! Please

discard Your ill-founded mana. O, kindly relieve
the fiery passion, which scorches Me with Your
honey-like kiss)
3) O Rai! Your teeth are beautiful. Yet if You

are still angry, why don’t You bite Me with
them, or lance Me with Your eyes, or strangle
Me with Your arms, or do whatever else that
comes to Your mind?
(O Priye! O delicate one! Please discard Your

ill-founded mana. O, kindly relieve the fiery
passion, which scorches Me with Your honey-
like kiss)
4) O Radhe! You are the ornament for My

body, the life of My life, and the jewel, which
surfaces from the ocean of My existence. The
only desire left in My heart is to see You
reciprocate with Me.

like kiss)
5) Hey slender one! Althought Your eyes

are like blue lotus petals, today, dye to anger,
they resemble red lotus petals. If You kindly
use these eyes to pelt Me with Kamadeva’s
arrows, they will be refreshened with newer
charm.

like kiss)
6) When You reign over My chest during rati

vilasa ,Your pearl necklace will dangle from
Your pitcher-like breasts…as the bell string
worn over Your bottom sweetly tinkles to
announce Cupid is awakening!

like kiss)
7) O sweet speaking Radhe!Just order Me, I

shall carefully paint red Alta on Your lovely feet
which resemble land lotus and which appear
beautiful upon My chest during rati keli

like kiss)
8) O Radhe! Your lotus feet will fulfil all of

My desires. So kindly place them upon My
head! I am burning in the flames of
Kamadeva’s bonfire. O please relieves My
suffering by the touch of Your cooling lotus-
feet.

like kiss)
9) Let Murari’s carefully chosen, love filled

words spoken to Radhika composed by
Padmavati’s lover, Jayadeva, reach par
excellence upon touching the bhaktas hearts.
10) Hey Shy one! You are thinking that I

am attracted to someone else. Just give up
such thought, the shape of Your huge breasts
and large bottom totally enslave Me! Only
Cupid is left to disturb. So Hey Sweetheart!
Just perform Your duty and embrace Me!
11) Hey Bewildered one! Bite Me with Your

ruthless teeth, squeeze Me within Your firm
embrace, and squash Me with Your swelling
breasts! Hey Candi! (angry one).By thus giving
me santi You will become happy. Nevertheless,
please hurry…lest Cupid’s five flower arrows
will kill Me first!
12) Hey Moon-faced one! The dangerous

black snake of Your angry eyebrows cause
young boys (like Me) to faint. Yet the only
mantra (remedy) to cure such a snake bitten
young boy (as Me) is the nectar from Your
sweet lips.
13) Hey Sundari (beautiful one) Your

meaningless silent vow pains Me. Hey Taruni
(youthful one).Just soothe My troubled heart
with Your sweet words| Her Sumukhi (beautiful
faced one)! Give Your resistance and alert Your
loving glance make Me happy.Hey Bewildered
one! As Your true beloved, I am simply mad
after You. So please do not chase Me away
after I have come before You.
14) Hey Chandi! (angry one)Your lips are

copper-collared like banduli-flowers, and Your
cheeks have turned pale like the madhuka-
flowers (due to viraha).But o My gosh! Have
Your eyes stolen the beauty from the blue
lotus? Hey lovely kunda-flower-toothed one!
Your nose outmatches the curvature of a
sesame flower. So Priye (dear one)! Since Your
face holds Kamadeva’s five flower arrows, it is
no wonder that he can easily conquer the
entire universe.
15) Your glance is intoxicating; Your face is

more attractive then the moon; Your gate is
mind stealing; Your thighs defeat the beauty of
a banana tree trunk, and Your lovemaking is
filled with amorous skill. Hey shapely Radhe!
How amazing! Although You reside on earth,
You carry with You the five most beautiful
apsaras of heaven! ( the five bodily-attributes)
16) When fighting with the Kuvalyapida

elephant and noticing its temples, Krishna
were reminded of Radha’s enormous breasts.
Thus with the outbreak of sattvic emotions, He
perspired as His eyes turned dizzy! Then
Kamsa’s supporters cheered by exclaiming:
“We have won! We have won!” But as Krishna
quickly killed the elephant and threw him to
the side, those supporters turned dejected to
announce:”This boy has defeated us!” Let this
manohara Krishna increase your love for Him.
Thus ends Gita Govinda’s tenth chapter

entitled ‘Mugdha Madhava’
Chapter Eleven
Sananda Damodara
Blissful Damodara
1) As the sky becomes dark turning into

night, Krishna succeeds in dismantling doe-
eyed Radha’s mana (jealous, loving anger)
.Seeing Her happy again; Krishna beautifully
attires Himself, and goes to lay upon the
flowerbed, which She prepared. Meanwhile,
Radha also begins to attractively dress, as Her
sakhi offers the following advice:
2) Hey shy Radhe! Krishna fell at Your feet

and spoke all sorts of select words to please
You. He has left for the enchanting betasa
kunja and is waiting for You upon the keli
sajjya (the bed for lovemaking) .So just follow
after Madhusudana who has taken Your
shelter.
3) Carrying the heavy weight of Your huge

breasts and large, beautiful bottom, You can
slowly proceed ahead. Your tinkling ankle bells
will sound sweeter than the calling swans.
(Chorus: Ayi shy Radhe! Just follow after

Madhusudana who has taken Your shelter.)
4) Listen to Madhuripu’s sweet words, which

are enchanting to al of the pretty, young
girls…and follow the royal order of Cupid’s
reciters, the maudlin kokilas. This will enhance
Your love for Krishna.
( Ayi shy Radhe! Just follow after

5) Ayi Rai! The lovely latas tossing in the

wind are like hands inviting You to go to
Krishna. So don’t delay.

6) Radhe!(…You don’t believe me?)Then

just ask Your beautiful, jug-like breasts which
are topped by a stream-like pearl
necklace…aren’t they palpitating within the
waves of Cupid’s ocean simply for the chance
to receive Krishna’s fondling embrace?

7) Radhe! Your sakhis have dressed Your

beautiful limbs ravishingly to befit Cupid’s love
tournament … So armed with Your bottom’s
bell-chain that resounds like Siva’s dim dim
drum, gallantly enter Krishna’s rati mandira.

8) Resting Your hand upon a sakhi’s

shoulder with it’s enchanting fingernails that
resemble Cupid’s five flowers arrows, Your
bracelets and bangles will tinkle rati’s message
unto Madhava who eagerly awaits Your arrival.

9) This song of Jayadeva’s is more precious

then a gem necklace, and more attractive than
a mind-stealing ramani. Let it always rest in
the hearts of those surrendered unto Krishna.
10) Sakhi Rai! Your Priya ramana sits

waiting in the nikunja thinking:”Aha! My
Radharani will come and speak sweet words to
Me, She will embrace and rub Her body against
Mine feeling great bliss, then She will make
love with Me”…Thus imagining Your arrival, He
trembles, horripilate, perspires and after
running to meet You, embraces the darkness
and faints!
11) Sakhi Radhe! Manu beautiful gopis have

already left to meet Krishna. They have
decorated their eyes with kajjal, placed
tamala-leaves over their ears, put garlands of
blue lotus around their necks, and painted
designs over their breasts using kasturi.
Hidden by the veil of darkness, that debauch,
Krishna, takes on many forms to firmly
embrace them all! ( So don’t delay)
12) As they eagerly proceed to meet

Krishna,the golden light waves from the
flower-soft gopa kisori’s body mark the dense
tamala leaf like darkness.Aho! It looks like
countless golden inscriptions marking a black
stone slab.
13) As She arrives at the forest cottage,

Radharani’s effulgent necklace, bracelets,
waist-bells ant ankle-bells light up the
darkness. Standing at the doorway, She peeks
inside, sees Krishna, and shyly lowers Her
head. Thus Her sakhi begins to address Her:
(Varadi-raga-rupaka-tala )
Radha’s Anticipation
***
14) O Radhe! Enter this enchanting keli

mandira, and with Your smile radiating a rati-
robust mood, You can join Madhava on the
flowerbed to begin rati keli.
15) O Radhe! As Your pearl necklace

bounces over Your jiggling pitcher-like breasts,
just approach Madhava who lies on the
beautiful bed of asoka petals, and begin rati
keli.
16) O Rai! With Your flower-soft bodily

limbs just approach Madhava in this flower
decorated keli bhavana, and begin lovemaking.
17) O Radhe! As the cooling Malayan
breeze freshens the atmosphere, You can
approach Madhava singing an erotic song to
arouse His passion, and begin lovemaking.
18) O Radhe! While slowly swinging Your

lovely large bottom, just approach Madhava in
this keli mandira covered with newly
blossoming creepers, and begins lovemaking.
19) O Rai! Just enter this kunja filled with

buzzing, honey collecting bumblebees, and
while approaching Madhava with Your
irresistibly sweet mood of erotic passion, You
can begin rati keli.
20) O Rai! While chewing pan, Your lovely

teeth will look like sikhara gems (the colour of
pomegranate seeds). Now You can approach
Madhava in the keli mandira surrounded by
melodious cooing kokilas and begin
lovemaking.
21) Hey Murari! Kaviraja Jayadeva has

composed this song for Padmavati’ s pleasure.
Let it bestow auspiciousness to the world in
hundreds of ways.
22) O Rai! For a long time Krishna has

carried You within His mind, but now He is
exhausted. Thus burning with passion, He
longs to soothingly sip the nectar from Your
bimba red lips. So hey Vinodini (enchanting
one)! Why not place Yourself in His lap? For
have not You noticed: Your flirting eye
gestures have toppled Him into becoming Your
subservient dasa. So why hesitate?
23) Thus following Her sakhi’s advice, Rai

kisori looks at Govinda with restless, love-
thirsty eyes, and enters the keli mandira
followed by the sweet tinkling sound of Her
ankle-bells. Her mind now reels in both fear
and ecstasy.
( Varadi-raga-yati-tala)
Milana
Radha and Krishna meet
***
24) Seeing Radha’s face overwhelms

Krishna with numerous sattvic emotions, just
as the full moon stirs up huge waves over the
ocean!
(Chorus: While totally fixed on Radha,

Krishna has hankered to make love with Her.
Seeing Her agreeable, He overflows with erotic
ecstasy)
25) Krishna’s broad chest covered bay a

pearl necklace reminds Radha of the deep blue
Yamuna mixed with its white foam ripples.
(While totally fixed on Radha, Krishna has

hankered to make love with Her. Seeing Her
agreeable, He overflows with erotic ecstasy)
26) Krishna’s soft syamala body and
pitambara attire appears to Radha like a blue
lotus flower sprinkled in golden pollen.

27) Krishna’s lurking eyes arouse Radha’s

rati desire and remind Her of two restless
humming birds darting over a blue lotus in an
autumn lake.

28) vadana-kamala-parisilana-milita-mihira-
sama-kundala-sobham |
smita-ruci-rucira-samullasitadhara-pallava-
krita-rati-lobham

29) Krishna’s hair decorated with flowers

appears to Radha like a beautiful cloud basking
in the moonlight…and the candana tilaka on
His forehead looks like the moon peaking
through the darkness.
30) Radha notices Krishna’s body erupting

with large goose bumps as He turns impatient
to employ His various lovemaking skills! His
effulgent ornaments and jewels enhance His
bodily sweetness.

31) The attractiveness of Krishna’s

ornaments double with Jayadeva’s poetic
description.O readers! Attaining Krishna is the
essence of all pious activity. Let Him forever
remains in your hearts as you offer pranama to
Him.
32) While viewing Krishna, Radha’s eyes

appear as if they were stretching out of their
socket to reach Her ears! Thus feeling tired,
Her restless pupils shed tears of joy that
stream down Her cheeks!
33) Seeing Radharani approaching the bed,

Her sakhis, in trying to conceal their smiles,
begin to scratch their ears as they quickly
scurry outside. Then as doe-eyed Radha looks
upon Krishna’s handsome, amorous-filled
lotus-face, Her modesty, feeling ashamed,
flees from the keli mandira!
34) Glories! Glories to Murari’s strong, club-
like arms, they became stained with blood
from the Kuvalyapida elephant’s snout when
He killed him! These blood stains, along with
the red sindura from the elephant’s temple,
appear like red mandara flowers offered by
Jayasri (Lakshmi, the beautiful goddess of
victory)
Thus ends Gita Govinda’s eleventh chapter

entitled ‘Sananda Damodara’
Chapter Twelve
Suprita-Pitambara
Krishna, the dashing fellow dressed in yellow
1) After the sakhis leave, Krishna looks at

Radha. Her shyness is gone, Her mood has
become sweetly erotic, and Her face beams
with a tender, wanton smile. With ever-fresh
anuraga, Radha repeatedly glances toward the
soft, flowerbed. Thus Krishna addresses His
Priya:
2) O Kamini Rai! (One who satisfies My

kama).Just place Your lotus feet upon this
nicely arranged flowerbed. Let these flowers
feel ashamed as they touch their rivals; for
don’t Your delicate feet far outmatch their
softness?
(Chorus: Hey Radhe! Although I am

Narayana (although I have many sweethearts)
I have surrendered to You. So please worship
Me for a while.)
3) O Dear most one! Having come from

afar, You must be tired. So just require Me: I
shall massage Your tender feet to relieve their
fatigue…but then You can firmly embrace Me
upon this bed-just as Your ankle bells snugly
fit around Your feet.
(Hey Radhe! Although I am Narayana

(although I have many sweethearts) I have
surrendered to You. So please worship Me for a
while.)
4) O Priye! Just give Me Your amrita-like

word of approval, which will seep from Your
moon-face. Then I shall remove this cloth,
which separates Me from Your lovely breasts.

while.)
5) O Beloved! Your supremely rare and

voluptuous, jug-like breasts are eager to
embrace Me, hence they are standing erect in
horripilation! So please rub them over My
chest to dispel My fever of passion!

while.)
6) O love-jealous one! I’m Your very

infatuated servant. Yet being deprived from
lovemaking with You has almost scorched My
body to death! So please kiss Me, for the
nectar from Your lips will bring Me back to life!

while.)
7) Ayi Sumukhi! (moon faced one)! Let the

sound of the bell-chain worn over Your bottom
commence! Just let it try to match Your sweet,
kokila-like voice. This will relieve My ear’s
tension from hearing the ordinary kokila’s
singing.

while.)
8) Ayi Love-jealous one! Your needless

anger has really hurt Me. Thus Your guilty eyes
close in shyness when they took upon Me.O
let’s just forget about everything that will
upset Our pleasure-giving rati keli.

while.)
9) Every line of Jayadeva’s song portrays

Madhusudana’s anandamaya (pleasure filled
mood).Let it attract the rasica bhaktas who
wish to relish the enchanting bhavas of His
exciting lovemaking affairs.
10) As Radha and Krishna’s rati-keli begins,

the so called impediments to love’s progress
such as Their horripilation during embracing,
their blinking as they look thirstily upon each
other, Their clever work-play as They kiss, and
Their paramananda during the spar of Cupid’s
battle-only heighten Their bliss!
11) Even though Krishna is locked within

Radhika stronghold, crushed by Her voluptuous
breasts, severed by Her fingernails, lip-bitten
by Her biting teeth, inoculated by the crushing
blows of Her bottom, pulled by Her fingers
within His hair, and drunk by Her honey-
sucking lips-still He reaches an indescribably
fascinating high peak of total enrapture!
12) Desiring to defeat Krishna in Cupid’s

love-battle, Radha boldly usurps the male’s
position by climbing over His chest! Yet owing
to Her extreme enrapture, She soon becomes
fatigued! Thus Her bottom stops rotating, Her
arms collapse and Her eyes closed! Can a
pretty, delicate woman ever accomplish the
feat of a robust man?
13) In the thrill of intense ecstasy eyes

partially close, Her perspiring cheeks press
Krishna’s cheeks, She faintly whimpers, and
Her mouth bathes in the light rays from Her
teeth. Thus as doe-eyed Radha’s tired limbs
lay spread over Krishna’s ,His hands fondle Her
dangling breasts, as He kisses Her lips .Indeed,
this Krishna is fortunate!
14) Radha’s nail marks appear like rose

petals on Krishna’s chest. Yet Her eyes are red
with drowsiness, Her lips have turned copper-
colour from excessive kissing, Her hair is
ruffled and Her flower mala, bell-chain and
clothes lay scattered over the bed. Aho! As
Krishna views Radha’s splendour, Cupid shoots
five arrows, which deeply graft His heart.
15) Krishna ponders: Ugh! Radha’s

scattered hair has lovely, curling locks strewn
over Her forehead, Her cheeks are drenched in
perspiration, Her bright, red lips have faded
from My tooth marks, Her pearl necklace looks
dull in contrast with Her lustrous ,big breasts
and Her bell-chain has been cast aside…Still
Radha’s shy intriguing smiles as She coyly
looks at Me while trying to cover Her breasts
and public area, drive Me mad!
16) As Govinda thus contemplates,

Radharani, who lies fatigued from rati keli
blissfully addresses Him with affection:
(Ramakari-raga-yati-tala)
Radha’s svadhina bhartrika mood
***
17) Hey Yadunanana! Your lovemaking

makes My heart joyful. So now You can use
Your hand, which is more cooling than
candana, to paint wonderful musk designs over
My breasts, don’t they resemble Cupid’s
auspicious nectar jugs?
18) O Priya! My eyes are the bows which I

use to pelt You with Cupid’s arrows. But You
have messed (by kissing) up their kajjal
(mascara) which looked like a swarm of bees.
So quickly repaint the kajjal to restore My eyes
loveliness.
(Chorus: Hey Yadunandana! Your

lovemaking makes My heart joyful.)
19) Hey You handsome dresser! My ears

are like Cupid’s ropes for binding You, but they
also serve as the fence, which keeps My
restlessly playful doe-eyes from running away.
Please decorate them with earrings.
( Hey Yadunandana! Your lovemaking makes

My heart joyful.)
20) Hey Krishna! My serene face

outmatches the beauty of a lotus, yet seeing
My ruffled hair falling over it, My sakhis will
tease. So quickly rearrange these curls to look
graceful again (like a swarm of bees resting
over a golden lotus ).

My heart joyful.)
21) Hey Lotus faced one! Please remove the

perspiration from My forehead moon. Then You
can replace the moons spot by painting kasturi
( deer-musk)

My heart joyful.)
22) Hey You Dashing fellow! Disheveled by

Your amorous love-play, My hairs need
straitening. So please refashion it with flowers
to make it resemble Cupid’s camara, or the
lovely tail of a peacock.

My heart joyful.)
23) O hey My well wishing one! My large,
beautiful and juicy pubic region forms the
cave for the mad-elephant named Cupid. Just
cover it with a garment, a sash ,and a bell
chain.

My heart joyful.)
24) Hey Lotus eyed one! Please remove the

perspirations from My forehead-moon. Then
You can replace the moon’s kalanka (spot) by
painting kasturi (deer-musk)
O readers! Decorate your heart with Sri
Jayadeva’s words. For they will invoke the
amriita-like remembrance of Krishna’s lotus
feet, and extinguish the blazing fire of Kali
yuga’s sin.
25) O hey My pleasing Pitambara! You can

design on My breasts and cheeks, place a bell-
chain over My bottom, and decorate My hair
with flowers. Then You can place bangles over
My wrists and attach ankle-bells over My feet.
Thus hearing Radha’s requests, Krishna
obediently perform every task.
26) While Lord Narayana lies on the couch

of Ananta, Lakshmi, the daughter of the milk
ocean, was busy massaging His lotus feet.
Desiring to look at Her with a thousands of
eyes, however, Narayana expanded into
countless forms by reflecting Himself from
each jewel in the thousand hoods of Ananta.
Let this Lord Hari protect you.
27) Hey Sundari! Because You chose Me for

Your husband amongst the many suitors who
stood beside the milk ocean, Siva became so
disappointed that he drank poison. Thus, while
reminding Radha of a previous incarnation,
Krishna (catching Her off-guard) moves the
cloth covering Her upper portion to peak at Her
lovely breasts nipples !Let this Krishna protect
you.
28) O vaishnava readers! Combining the

skills of poetry and music, go on singing
Pandita Jayadeva’s Gita Govinda. Thus you will
become fixed in devotion to lord Krishna, learn
the science of His sringara Rasa, and become
adept in meditating on His madhura
Vrindavana lila.
29) Those who relish Sri Jayadeva’s

eloquent description of Radha and Krishna’s
conjugal pastimes may consider:
O madhu, you are impalatable!

O sugar, you have turned bitter!
O juicy grapes, which will look at you now?
O amrita (nectar), you have become mrita
(dead)!
O khira, you have turned into water!
O mango, you might as well cry!
O lover’s lips just go to hell!
30) Jayadeva was born as the son of
Bhojadeva and Vamadevi. Let Gita Govinda be
sung by the beautiful voice of my dear friend
Parasara, and others.
31) sadhvi madhvika cinta na bhavati

bhavatah sarkare karkasasi
drakshe drakshyanti ke tvam amrita mritam
asi kshira niram rasaste |
makanda kranda kantadhara dhara na tulam
gaccha yacchanti bhavam
yavac chringara-saram subham iva
jayadevasya vaidagdhya-vacah
32) ittham keli-tatir vihritya yamuna-kule

samam radhaya
tad-romavali-mauktikavali-yuge veni-
bhramam bibhrati |
tatrahladi-kuca-prayaga-phalayor lipsavator
hastayor
vyaparaa purushottamasya dadatu sphitam
mudam sampadam
Thus ends Gita Govinda’s twelfth chapter

entitled ‘Suprita-Pitambara’
Thus ends Jayadeva Gosvami’s Gita Govinda

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Gita-Govinda

By Srila Jayadeva Gosvami

Gita Govinda (The song of Govinda) is

Gita Govinda is for the bhaktas who wish

‘’Hey rasika bhaktas! Would you like to

Sex,in our world, is one thing….yet the

‘’Hearing Sri Jayadeva,s descriptions of

Thus rasica bhaktas can employ such

Sri Jayadeva Gosvami is a forerunner or

Rupa Gosvami follows his style in

Padmavati was an exceptionally

Most readers of this edition will not know

Nandi Sloka-(The opening verse)

1) One evening Krishna was with his father

‘’O Radhike! My child easily becomes

2) Sarvalaksmimayi Radhika’s foremost

3) Hey rasika bhaktas!Would you like to

(Note: Two songs named Srita Kamala and

26) When Madhusudana fondled Vraja -

Vrindavana’s Spring Season

28) Hey sakhi Radhe! Look, the lovely

29) Sakhi Rai!As the busy bees joyfully

(Chorus:Sure!Krishna is enjoying spring’s

30) O Radhe!The blossoming tamala leaves

31) Sakhi Rai! This blooming naga-keshara

(Surely Krishna is enjoying spring’s vana

32) Seeing the world’s modesty

(O Radhe! Surely Krishna is enjoying

33) The madhavi and the nava mallika’s

(O Radhe! Surely Krishna is enjoying

(O Radhe! Surely Krishna is enjoying

35) Spring follows after Cupid, for it incites

39) Then Radhika spots Murari! (…and Her

(Ramakari Raga,yati tala)

40) Vanamali wears yellow garments and His

(Chorus: Look sakhi Radhe! Look at

41) One beautiful gopi ramani passionately

(Look Rai! Look at Krishna’s frolicsome love

(Look Rai! Look at Krishna’s frolicsome love

43) One lusty gopi grabs hold of Krishna’s

(O look sakhi! Look at Krishna’s frolicsome

45) Another gopi sundari is Rasa dancing

(O look sakhi! Look at Krishna’s frolicsome

46) Krishna embraces a gopi, kisses

47) O reader! Let Jayadeva’s description of

48) O Vinodini Rai! Just see how Krishna

49) Aho! Love-blind Radha walks right past

’’Aha! What a nectar-sweet face You have!’’

Then She passionately kisses Him on the

Thus ends Gita Govinda’s first chapter

1) Seeing Krishna sharing His love equally

(Gurjari raga,yati tala)

2) O dear one,Krishna’s madhura smile

3) Krishna’s hair, decorated by peacock

(Chorus: O sakhi! Krishna’s madhura smile

4) Krishna’s arms horripilate with the

( O sakhi!Krishna’s madhura smile during

5) The candana tilaka on Krishna’s forehead

(O sakhi!Krishna’s madhura smile during His

6) In His earnestness to kiss the nitambinis

(O sakhi!Krishna’s madhura smile during His

7) Seeing the beauty of His makara earrings

(O sakhi!Krishna’s madhura smile during His