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{t:"Gita Govinda ",p:2,x:218,y:76,w:159,h:27},
{t:"by Jayadeva ",p:2,x:230,y:149,w:134,h:23},
{t:"Translated from the Sanskrit ",p:2,x:174,y:267,w:247,h:21},
{t:"by ",p:2,x:283,y:371,w:27,h:21},
{t:"Colin John Holcombe ",p:2,x:197,y:464,w:200,h:21},
{t:"© Ocaso Press Ltda. 2008 ",p:2,x:193,y:724,w:207,h:20},
{t:" ",p:3,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"3 ",p:3,x:286,y:778,w:11,h:16},
{t:"Gita Govinda ",p:3,x:89,y:85,w:92,h:17},
{t:"by Jayadeva ",p:3,x:89,y:111,w:85,h:17},
{t:"Translated from the Sanskrit ",p:3,x:89,y:138,w:195,h:17},
{t:"by ",p:3,x:89,y:165,w:19,h:17},
{t:"Colin John Holcombe ",p:3,x:89,y:191,w:148,h:17},
{t:"© Ocaso Press Ltda. 2008, 2010 & 2011 ",p:3,x:89,y:218,w:269,h:17},
{t:"Translation and notes by Colin John Holcombe. ",p:3,x:89,y:271,w:321,h:17},
{t:"Published by Ocaso Press Ltda. ",p:3,x:89,y:298,w:211,h:17},
{t:"Santiago, Chile. All rights reserved. ",p:3,x:89,y:325,w:237,h:17},
{t:"No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner ",p:3,x:89,y:351,w:404,h:17},
{t:"whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of ",p:3,x:89,y:375,w:405,h:17},
{t:"brief quotations in critical articles and reviews. ",p:3,x:89,y:398,w:314,h:17},
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{t:"1 ",p:5,x:286,y:778,w:11,h:16},
{t:"GITA GOVINDA ",p:5,x:204,y:111,w:179,h:27},
{t:"INTRODUCTION ",p:5,x:89,y:190,w:153,h:23},
{t:"The Gita Govinda—a cycle of Sanskrit songs, comment aries ",p:5,x:113,y:231,w:382,h:17},
{t:"and invocations that depict Krishna’s courtship of the ",p:5,x:89,y:255,w:411,h:17},
{t:"cowherdess Rādhā—was the most popular and influential ",p:5,x:89,y:278,w:408,h:17},
{t:"poem to emerge from medieval India. The text was added to ",p:5,x:89,y:301,w:406,h:17},
{t:"temple inscriptions, set to music, choreographed for dance, and ",p:5,x:89,y:325,w:404,h:17},
{t:"studied as a religious text. Contemporary poems, recitations, ",p:5,x:89,y:348,w:405,h:17},
{t:"songs and dances point to its continuing popularity. With frank ",p:5,x:89,y:371,w:404,h:17},
{t:"and tender lyricism, the Gita Govinda explored the many ",p:5,x:89,y:395,w:408,h:17},
{t:"aspects of passion, from first awakening through fierce regrets ",p:5,x:89,y:418,w:405,h:17},
{t:"and jealousies to the rapture and contentment of bodily ",p:5,x:89,y:441,w:408,h:17},
{t:"possession. On one level it narrates the loves of Rādhā and ",p:5,x:89,y:465,w:407,h:17},
{t:"Krishna as simple cowherds, but the poem also celebrates ",p:5,x:89,y:488,w:407,h:17},
{t:"nature’s regeneration through sexual congress, the interplay of ",p:5,x:89,y:511,w:404,h:17},
{t:"the human and divine, and the profound mystery of erotic ",p:5,x:89,y:535,w:406,h:17},
{t:"experience. ",p:5,x:89,y:558,w:80,h:17},
{t:"The poem can be dated to the twelfth century and was ",p:5,x:113,y:585,w:381,h:17},
{t:"almost certainly written in north-eastern India, as it shows ",p:5,x:89,y:608,w:406,h:17},
{t:"familiarity with Jagannath sects in Orissa and mentions fellow ",p:5,x:89,y:631,w:404,h:17},
{t:"poets at the court of the last Hindu ruler in Bengal, Maharaja ",p:5,x:89,y:655,w:405,h:17},
{t:"Laksmanasena (AD 1175-1200). Many lines of evidence point ",p:5,x:89,y:678,w:405,h:17},
{t:"to Jayadeva being born in Orissa, probably in Kenduli Sasan ",p:5,x:89,y:701,w:405,h:17},
{t:" ",p:6,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"2 ",p:6,x:291,y:778,w:11,h:16},
{t:"village, which lies in the Prachi valley of the Khurda district of ",p:6,x:94,y:85,w:404,h:17},
{t:"Odisha, then under the rule of the Ganga dynasty king ",p:6,x:94,y:108,w:409,h:17},
{t:"Chodaganga Deva.  In Orissa Jayadeva probably continued to ",p:6,x:94,y:131,w:405,h:17},
{t:"live, the Laksmanasena connection possibly arising over ",p:6,x:94,y:155,w:409,h:17},
{t:"confusion with another poet of the same name in Bengal. If, as ",p:6,x:94,y:178,w:404,h:17},
{t:"some scholars believe, Gita Govinda was first performed on the ",p:6,x:94,y:201,w:404,h:17},
{t:"Srimandir and the coronation of Kamarnava as the crown ",p:6,x:94,y:225,w:407,h:17},
{t:"prince in 1142 AD, the Laksmanasena lines must be a later ",p:6,x:94,y:248,w:406,h:17},
{t:"interpolation. Whatever the details,  Jeyadeva appears by this ",p:6,x:94,y:271,w:405,h:17},
{t:"interpretation part of the Oriya culture that built the erotic ",p:6,x:94,y:295,w:406,h:17},
{t:"temples of Konark, Puri and Bhubaneswar. Poets are ",p:6,x:94,y:318,w:411,h:17},
{t:"chameleon characters, however, and Jayadeva himself is ",p:6,x:94,y:341,w:409,h:17},
{t:"reputed to have been a saintly ascetic  induced to settle by ",p:6,x:94,y:365,w:406,h:17},
{t:"marrying the temple dancer, Padmāvatī, and take up writing ",p:6,x:94,y:388,w:405,h:17},
{t:"the Gita Govinda.  ",p:6,x:94,y:411,w:124,h:17},
{t:"By tradition, Padmāvatī was a model wife, modest and ",p:6,x:117,y:438,w:383,h:17},
{t:"devoted to Jayadeva, and very different from Rādhā, who is the ",p:6,x:94,y:461,w:404,h:17},
{t:"typical heroine of classical Sanskrit poetry: proud of her heavy ",p:6,x:94,y:485,w:404,h:17},
{t:"breasts and hips, consumed by longing, but also playful, sulking, ",p:6,x:94,y:508,w:405,h:17},
{t:"jealous, tempestuous and despairing. Krishna is the eternal ",p:6,x:94,y:531,w:407,h:17},
{t:"male: urgent and c harming and u ncommit ted. Rādhā submi ts to ",p:6,x:94,y:555,w:407,h:17},
{t:"his entreaties, but feels abandoned when Krishna returns to his ",p:6,x:94,y:578,w:404,h:17},
{t:"other women. The ten long parts of the poem that separate ",p:6,x:94,y:601,w:406,h:17},
{t:"Rādhā’s first submission to her fin al recon ciliation with K rishna, ",p:6,x:94,y:625,w:407,h:17},
{t:"in which the lovers declaim and despair, appearing to say a few ",p:6,x:94,y:648,w:404,h:17},
{t:"verses to each other or sending the go-between to plead their ",p:6,x:94,y:671,w:408,h:17},
{t:"case, allow Jayadeva to explore the changing moods of ",p:6,x:94,y:695,w:409,h:17},
{t:" ",p:7,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"3 ",p:7,x:286,y:778,w:11,h:16},
{t:"attraction, which are both natural to the situation, and what ",p:7,x:89,y:85,w:405,h:17},
{t:"audiences expected. Krishna repents, longs for Rādhā, ",p:7,x:89,y:108,w:411,h:17},
{t:"commiserates with her distress, waits for her, makes her ",p:7,x:89,y:131,w:408,h:17},
{t:"jealous, importunes and praises her, enjoys and assures her of ",p:7,x:89,y:155,w:405,h:17},
{t:"his love. Rādhā sulks and despairs, wastes away, flies into ",p:7,x:89,y:178,w:407,h:17},
{t:"tempers, rails at Krishna, consents and finds joy and ",p:7,x:89,y:201,w:411,h:17},
{t:"contentment with him. ",p:7,x:89,y:225,w:155,h:17},
{t:"Jayadeva’s poem became the focus of a religious sect in ",p:7,x:113,y:251,w:382,h:17},
{t:"India. Buddhism and Hinduism sought to release the ",p:7,x:89,y:275,w:411,h:17},
{t:"enlightened from worldly illusions through renunciation, ",p:7,x:89,y:298,w:409,h:17},
{t:"meditation and physical austerities. Particularly to be avoided ",p:7,x:89,y:321,w:404,h:17},
{t:"was carnal pleasure. In Gita Govinda, however, Krishna ",p:7,x:89,y:345,w:409,h:17},
{t:"embodies the erotic sentiment, and in that sense the cowgirls ",p:7,x:89,y:368,w:405,h:17},
{t:"serve him with rapture and unselfishness. Jayadeva developed ",p:7,x:89,y:391,w:404,h:17},
{t:"the aesthetic experience of love, and the songs typically end ",p:7,x:89,y:415,w:406,h:17},
{t:"with dedications to Krishna, which urge readers to cultivate an ",p:7,x:89,y:438,w:404,h:17},
{t:"appreciation of a taste that is both mental discrimination and ",p:7,x:89,y:461,w:404,h:17},
{t:"physical relish. The two are inseparable, each growing from the ",p:7,x:89,y:485,w:404,h:17},
{t:"other. The poem combines the sweetness of the experiences ",p:7,x:89,y:508,w:406,h:17},
{t:"described, the poetry itself, and the joy that devotees find in ",p:7,x:89,y:531,w:407,h:17},
{t:"relishing Krishna through the text. Indian theologians in the ",p:7,x:89,y:555,w:405,h:17},
{t:"eleventh century took this concept of taste further, seeing the ",p:7,x:89,y:578,w:405,h:17},
{t:"lover as someone lifted from the particular into an abstract ",p:7,x:89,y:601,w:406,h:17},
{t:"and universal experience of love, which is the ultimate joy or ",p:7,x:89,y:625,w:405,h:17},
{t:"beatitude, a taste of Brahman itself. The aesthetic experience ",p:7,x:89,y:648,w:405,h:17},
{t:"became a religious one, a state of total absorption in, devotion ",p:7,x:89,y:671,w:404,h:17},
{t:"to and enjoyment of Krishna. ",p:7,x:89,y:695,w:196,h:17},
{t:" ",p:8,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"4 ",p:8,x:291,y:778,w:11,h:16},
{t:"Jayadeva brought song into classical Sanskrit verse, and ",p:8,x:118,y:85,w:382,h:17},
{t:"developed the association with a beauty not easily matched in ",p:8,x:94,y:108,w:405,h:17},
{t:"English. While the prose meaning of Gita Govinda can be ",p:8,x:94,y:131,w:408,h:17},
{t:"brought over reasonably well, despite many ambiguities in the ",p:8,x:94,y:155,w:404,h:17},
{t:"Sanskrit text, and the restricting form of English stanzas, the ",p:8,x:94,y:178,w:406,h:17},
{t:"aesthetic qualities that make Gita Govinda supremely worth ",p:8,x:94,y:201,w:405,h:17},
{t:"reading have to be created independently. Classical Sanskrit ",p:8,x:94,y:225,w:405,h:17},
{t:"poetry was sonorous, repetitive, ornate, formal, ambiguous, ",p:8,x:94,y:248,w:406,h:17},
{t:"and conventional. Its long lines with their various but intricate ",p:8,x:94,y:271,w:404,h:17},
{t:"quantitative metres have no counterpart in English, any more ",p:8,x:94,y:295,w:404,h:17},
{t:"than our explicit words have a religious dimension. My ",p:8,x:94,y:318,w:409,h:17},
{t:"solution has been to use English verse devices to explore a text ",p:8,x:94,y:341,w:404,h:17},
{t:"winnowed down to the bare bones of its Sanskrit meaning. A ",p:8,x:94,y:365,w:406,h:17},
{t:"particularly harmoniou s line in th",p:8,x:94,y:388,w:221,h:17},
{t:"e Sanskr it does not necessar",p:8,x:308,y:388,w:180,h:17},
{t:"ily ",p:8,x:480,y:388,w:18,h:17},
{t:"find its echo in the English translation, therefore, nor the other ",p:8,x:94,y:411,w:404,h:17},
{t:"way about, though the Sanskrit will always tend to be the more ",p:8,x:94,y:435,w:405,h:17},
{t:"beautiful, as its harmonies exceed even those ",p:8,x:94,y:458,w:295,h:17},
{t:"possible in ",p:8,x:381,y:458,w:74,h:17},
{t:"ancient ",p:8,x:449,y:458,w:52,h:17},
{t:"Greek. In short, this translation stresses the literary more than ",p:8,x:94,y:481,w:404,h:17},
{t:"scholarly or religious aspects, but the Appendix does provide a ",p:8,x:94,y:505,w:404,h:17},
{t:"commentary, suggest what has been lost in the rendering, add a ",p:8,x:94,y:528,w:405,h:17},
{t:"note on metrical issues, and list works for further reading. ",p:8,x:94,y:551,w:388,h:17},
{t:"Syllables are long in Sanskrit words when the vowel is ",p:8,x:118,y:578,w:384,h:17},
{t:"naturally long (shown with an accent), or the vowel is fo llowed ",p:8,x:94,y:601,w:404,h:17},
{t:"by more than one consonant. Aspirated dh, bh, and gh count ",p:8,x:94,y:625,w:405,h:17},
{t:"as single consonants, however, and are pronounced in a ",p:8,x:94,y:648,w:408,h:17},
{t:"breathy manner. Long vowels are generally to be stressed in ",p:8,x:94,y:671,w:405,h:17},
{t:"the reading, though not all proper names can be made to f it the ",p:8,x:94,y:695,w:404,h:17},
{t:" ",p:9,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"5 ",p:9,x:286,y:778,w:11,h:16},
{t:"English iambic. ",p:9,x:89,y:85,w:107,h:17},
{t:" ",p:10,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"6 ",p:10,x:291,y:778,w:11,h:16},
{t:"GITA GOVINDA ",p:10,x:94,y:111,w:179,h:27},
{t:"Part One: Joyful Krishna ",p:10,x:94,y:157,w:232,h:23},
{t:"With clouds the sky is thickened, and the woodlands ",p:10,x:94,y:203,w:392,h:19},
{t:"darken with tamāla trees. Tonight  ",p:10,x:94,y:226,w:259,h:19},
{t:"comes someone leading home a doubting Rādhā  ",p:10,x:94,y:250,w:365,h:19},
{t:"near the Yamunā, by Nanda sent ",p:10,x:94,y:273,w:246,h:19},
{t:"by every path and tree and branching arbour  ",p:10,x:94,y:296,w:338,h:19},
{t:"to win her Mādhava in honeyed sport. ",p:10,x:94,y:320,w:285,h:19},
{t:"As speech's deity adorns this house,  ",p:10,x:94,y:360,w:272,h:19},
{t:"Padmāvatī in dancing turns the world, ",p:10,x:94,y:383,w:288,h:19},
{t:"and prince of wandering poets, Jayadeva, ",p:10,x:94,y:406,w:309,h:19},
{t:"tells of Vāsudeva and his Shrī. ",p:10,x:94,y:430,w:226,h:19},
{t:"If, in memory of Krishna’s mind, ",p:10,x:94,y:470,w:245,h:19},
{t:"you’re curious to learn the arts of love,  ",p:10,x:94,y:493,w:293,h:19},
{t:"then hear these sweet and tender verses ",p:10,x:94,y:516,w:298,h:19},
{t:"Jayadeva makes to eloquence. ",p:10,x:94,y:540,w:227,h:19},
{t:"Umāpatidhara causes words to bloom,  ",p:10,x:94,y:580,w:292,h:19},
{t:"Sharana dazzles with his lightning thought.  ",p:10,x:94,y:603,w:329,h:19},
{t:"Dhoyī’s lord of poets, Govardhana  ",p:10,x:94,y:626,w:260,h:19},
{t:"has his love skills, Shrutidhara fame,  ",p:10,x:94,y:650,w:280,h:19},
{t:"but Jayadeva is both clear and true. ",p:10,x:94,y:673,w:267,h:19},
{t:" ",p:11,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"7 ",p:11,x:286,y:778,w:11,h:16},
{t:"First Song ",p:11,x:89,y:88,w:79,h:20},
{t:"When world was water, you became  ",p:11,x:89,y:120,w:273,h:19},
{t:"a tireless vessel of the Vedas.  ",p:11,x:89,y:143,w:221,h:19},
{t:"You, in Pisces form, Keshava: ",p:11,x:89,y:166,w:222,h:19},
{t:"conqueror of the world, Hari! ",p:11,x:89,y:190,w:222,h:19},
{t:"When this heavy earth you carried ",p:11,x:89,y:230,w:258,h:19},
{t:"on your callused turtle’s back,  ",p:11,x:89,y:253,w:230,h:19},
{t:"how venerable you were, Keshava:  ",p:11,x:89,y:276,w:262,h:19},
{t:"conqueror of the world, Hari! ",p:11,x:89,y:300,w:222,h:19},
{t:"A blemish on the hare-marked moon, ",p:11,x:89,y:340,w:281,h:19},
{t:"the earth became as on your tusk: ",p:11,x:89,y:363,w:254,h:19},
{t:"you held us when a boar, Keshava:  ",p:11,x:89,y:386,w:263,h:19},
{t:"conqueror of the world, Hari! ",p:11,x:89,y:410,w:222,h:19},
{t:"With nail on lotus hand you cut  ",p:11,x:89,y:450,w:242,h:19},
{t:"the bee-like Hiranyakashipu.  ",p:11,x:89,y:473,w:222,h:19},
{t:"What a lion-man, Keshava:  ",p:11,x:89,y:496,w:209,h:19},
{t:"conqueror of the world, Hari! ",p:11,x:89,y:520,w:222,h:19},
{t:"A marvellous dwarf, Keshava, you ",p:11,x:89,y:560,w:254,h:19},
{t:"outwitted Bali: from your toenail  ",p:11,x:89,y:583,w:252,h:19},
{t:"water poured to bless the people:  ",p:11,x:89,y:606,w:253,h:19},
{t:"conqueror of the world, Hari! ",p:11,x:89,y:630,w:222,h:19},
{t:"Bhrgu’s lord, you made in blood  ",p:11,x:89,y:670,w:245,h:19},
{t:"of Kshatriyas the people bathe.  ",p:11,x:89,y:693,w:237,h:19},
{t:" ",p:12,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"8 ",p:12,x:291,y:778,w:11,h:16},
{t:"As evil left, the heat declined:  ",p:12,x:94,y:83,w:225,h:19},
{t:"conqueror of the world, Hari! ",p:12,x:94,y:106,w:222,h:19},
{t:"In Rāma’s body, you have hurled  ",p:12,x:94,y:146,w:251,h:19},
{t:"around you heads of Rāvana, ",p:12,x:94,y:170,w:219,h:19},
{t:"a blessing of the war, Keshava:  ",p:12,x:94,y:193,w:235,h:19},
{t:"conqueror of the world, Hari! ",p:12,x:94,y:216,w:222,h:19},
{t:"You carried beauty as a cloud  ",p:12,x:94,y:256,w:225,h:19},
{t:"and shone as wielder of the plough  ",p:12,x:94,y:280,w:265,h:19},
{t:"that struck with fear the Yamunā:  ",p:12,x:94,y:303,w:258,h:19},
{t:"conqueror of the world, Hari! ",p:12,x:94,y:326,w:222,h:19},
{t:"Kind as Buddha, you refused  ",p:12,x:94,y:366,w:221,h:19},
{t:"to take the sacrificial life  ",p:12,x:94,y:390,w:188,h:19},
{t:"of animals despite our customs:  ",p:12,x:94,y:413,w:243,h:19},
{t:"conqueror of the world, Hari! ",p:12,x:94,y:436,w:222,h:19},
{t:"In Kalki’s body you became  ",p:12,x:94,y:476,w:211,h:19},
{t:"a sword to scourge the foreign people,  ",p:12,x:94,y:500,w:288,h:19},
{t:"comet-like in fire, Keshava:  ",p:12,x:94,y:523,w:210,h:19},
{t:"conqueror of the world, Hari! ",p:12,x:94,y:546,w:222,h:19},
{t:"You, in a decad form, Keshava,  ",p:12,x:94,y:586,w:235,h:19},
{t:"are the comfort of our life.  ",p:12,x:94,y:610,w:202,h:19},
{t:"Hear the poet Jayadeva,  ",p:12,x:94,y:633,w:186,h:19},
{t:"conqueror of the world, Hari! ",p:12,x:94,y:656,w:222,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   * ",p:12,x:94,y:696,w:76,h:19},
{t:" ",p:13,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"9 ",p:13,x:286,y:778,w:11,h:16},
{t:"To he who bore the world, who raised the Vedas,  ",p:13,x:89,y:83,w:367,h:19},
{t:"Bali, demon and Kshatriyas killed:  ",p:13,x:89,y:106,w:262,h:19},
{t:"Pulastya’s victor, compassion’s spreader, wielder  ",p:13,x:89,y:130,w:368,h:19},
{t:"of the plough and scourge of foreign races:  ",p:13,x:89,y:153,w:323,h:19},
{t:"Krishna, your ten faces: reverence. ",p:13,x:89,y:176,w:260,h:19},
{t:"Second Song ",p:13,x:89,y:214,w:113,h:20},
{t:"Held within the rounded breasts  ",p:13,x:89,y:246,w:248,h:19},
{t:"of the goddess of the lotus,  ",p:13,x:89,y:270,w:206,h:19},
{t:"impelled to wanton, garlanded:  ",p:13,x:89,y:293,w:239,h:19},
{t:"victorious you are, Hari! ",p:13,x:89,y:316,w:185,h:19},
{t:"A jewel of our day abroad,  ",p:13,x:89,y:356,w:201,h:19},
{t:"the breaker of our bond of death,  ",p:13,x:89,y:380,w:253,h:19},
{t:"the spirit moving Mānasa:  ",p:13,x:89,y:403,w:202,h:19},
{t:"victorious you are, Hari! ",p:13,x:89,y:426,w:185,h:19},
{t:"Yadu’s lineage, people pleasing,  ",p:13,x:89,y:466,w:241,h:19},
{t:"bane of venomed Kāliya,  ",p:13,x:89,y:490,w:189,h:19},
{t:"ruler of the sun and lotus:  ",p:13,x:89,y:513,w:200,h:19},
{t:"victorious you are, Hari! ",p:13,x:89,y:536,w:185,h:19},
{t:"Garuda-aided, you have vanquished  ",p:13,x:89,y:576,w:274,h:19},
{t:"Madhu, Mura, Naraka:  ",p:13,x:89,y:600,w:179,h:19},
{t:"you caused to play the other gods:  ",p:13,x:89,y:623,w:260,h:19},
{t:"victorious you are, Hari! ",p:13,x:89,y:646,w:185,h:19},
{t:" ",p:14,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"10 ",p:14,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Eyed as is the petalled lotus,  ",p:14,x:94,y:83,w:217,h:19},
{t:"releasing us from this existence,  ",p:14,x:94,y:106,w:244,h:19},
{t:"three-world dweller and its end:  ",p:14,x:94,y:130,w:245,h:19},
{t:"victorious you are, Hari! ",p:14,x:94,y:153,w:185,h:19},
{t:"Hung as ornament for Sītā,  ",p:14,x:94,y:193,w:209,h:19},
{t:"still you conquered Dūshana,  ",p:14,x:94,y:216,w:225,h:19},
{t:"quelled the war and Rāvana:  ",p:14,x:94,y:240,w:218,h:19},
{t:"victorious you are, Hari! ",p:14,x:94,y:263,w:185,h:19},
{t:"You, supporting Mount Mandara,  ",p:14,x:94,y:303,w:258,h:19},
{t:"look as clouds do, a chakora ",p:14,x:94,y:326,w:211,h:19},
{t:"at the moon of Lakshmi’s face: ",p:14,x:94,y:350,w:230,h:19},
{t:"victorious you are, Hari! ",p:14,x:94,y:373,w:185,h:19},
{t:"If bowed we must be at your feet, ",p:14,x:94,y:413,w:249,h:19},
{t:"then bless us to become the most ",p:14,x:94,y:436,w:249,h:19},
{t:"obedient among adorers:  ",p:14,x:94,y:460,w:193,h:19},
{t:"victorious you are, Hari! ",p:14,x:94,y:483,w:185,h:19},
{t:"Let these praises by the poet  ",p:14,x:94,y:523,w:217,h:19},
{t:"Jayadeva be auspicious,  ",p:14,x:94,y:546,w:185,h:19},
{t:"as befits a deity:  ",p:14,x:94,y:570,w:127,h:19},
{t:"victorious you are, Hari! ",p:14,x:94,y:593,w:185,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   * ",p:14,x:94,y:633,w:76,h:19},
{t:"Madhu’s killer, clasped upon the lotus-  ",p:14,x:94,y:673,w:297,h:19},
{t:"goddess’s exhausted breasts, has caught ",p:14,x:94,y:696,w:299,h:19},
{t:" ",p:15,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"11 ",p:15,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"her mark of saffron in his fondest loving: ",p:15,x:89,y:83,w:306,h:19},
{t:"may you follow in his sweated drops. ",p:15,x:89,y:106,w:276,h:19},
{t:"In springtime, tender-bodied with its creepers, ",p:15,x:89,y:146,w:349,h:19},
{t:"so they wander in the love-god’s pain: ",p:15,x:89,y:170,w:284,h:19},
{t:"how many of them, through the forest, led ",p:15,x:89,y:193,w:317,h:19},
{t:"by Krishna, when the friend to Rādhā said: ",p:15,x:89,y:216,w:321,h:19},
{t:"Third Song ",p:15,x:89,y:254,w:87,h:20},
{t:"See the clove-tree with its creepers  ",p:15,x:89,y:286,w:264,h:19},
{t:"in the warm malaya breeze.  ",p:15,x:89,y:310,w:211,h:19},
{t:"Hear the honey bee and cuckoo  ",p:15,x:89,y:333,w:240,h:19},
{t:"murmuring in cottage glade. ",p:15,x:89,y:356,w:214,h:19},
{t:"Look to Hari in the spring time,  ",p:15,x:89,y:396,w:242,h:19},
{t:"dancing with his youthful women:  ",p:15,x:89,y:420,w:261,h:19},
{t:"endlessly the ache encircles  ",p:15,x:89,y:443,w:211,h:19},
{t:"one who’s solitary, my friend. ",p:15,x:89,y:466,w:222,h:19},
{t:"Traveller's brides are rent by passion, ",p:15,x:89,y:506,w:280,h:19},
{t:"much they wander in their pain ",p:15,x:89,y:530,w:237,h:19},
{t:"to see bakula flowers, unruffled ",p:15,x:89,y:553,w:237,h:19},
{t:"with their swarms of honey bees. ",p:15,x:89,y:576,w:247,h:19},
{t:"Look to Hari in the spring time,  ",p:15,x:89,y:616,w:242,h:19},
{t:"dancing with his youthful women:  ",p:15,x:89,y:640,w:261,h:19},
{t:"endlessly the ache encircles  ",p:15,x:89,y:663,w:211,h:19},
{t:"one who’s solitary, my friend. ",p:15,x:89,y:686,w:222,h:19},
{t:" ",p:16,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"12 ",p:16,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Garlanded with leaves, tamāla trees ",p:16,x:94,y:83,w:267,h:19},
{t:"are overcome by musky scent: ",p:16,x:94,y:106,w:226,h:19},
{t:"as love-god's nails, kinshuka buds ",p:16,x:94,y:130,w:255,h:19},
{t:"must lacerate the youthful heart. ",p:16,x:94,y:153,w:247,h:19},
{t:"Look to Hari in the spring time,  ",p:16,x:94,y:193,w:242,h:19},
{t:"dancing with his youthful women:  ",p:16,x:94,y:216,w:261,h:19},
{t:"endlessly the ache encircles  ",p:16,x:94,y:240,w:211,h:19},
{t:"one who’s solitary, my friend. ",p:16,x:94,y:263,w:222,h:19},
{t:"Keshara trees with golden pistils  ",p:16,x:94,y:303,w:248,h:19},
{t:"reign as sovereign of the spring,  ",p:16,x:94,y:326,w:243,h:19},
{t:"and bees the arrows lovers take  ",p:16,x:94,y:350,w:239,h:19},
{t:"from trumpet quivers of their flowers. ",p:16,x:94,y:373,w:285,h:19},
{t:"Look to Hari in the spring time,  ",p:16,x:94,y:413,w:242,h:19},
{t:"dancing with his youthful women:  ",p:16,x:94,y:436,w:261,h:19},
{t:"endlessly the ache encircles  ",p:16,x:94,y:460,w:211,h:19},
{t:"one who’s solitary, my friend. ",p:16,x:94,y:483,w:222,h:19},
{t:"How the young karuna flowers  ",p:16,x:94,y:523,w:236,h:19},
{t:"laugh at prudishness, and spears  ",p:16,x:94,y:546,w:250,h:19},
{t:"of sharp ketaka buds attack  ",p:16,x:94,y:570,w:211,h:19},
{t:"the separated, lovelorn one. ",p:16,x:94,y:593,w:209,h:19},
{t:" ",p:17,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"13 ",p:17,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Look to Hari in the spring time,  ",p:17,x:89,y:83,w:242,h:19},
{t:"dancing with his youthful women:  ",p:17,x:89,y:106,w:261,h:19},
{t:"endlessly the ache encircles  ",p:17,x:89,y:130,w:211,h:19},
{t:"one who’s solitary, my friend. ",p:17,x:89,y:153,w:222,h:19},
{t:"When air is thickly wreathed with jasmine,  ",p:17,x:89,y:193,w:324,h:19},
{t:"and fragrant mādhavī will catch  ",p:17,x:89,y:216,w:243,h:19},
{t:"the notice of the forest hermit, ",p:17,x:89,y:240,w:229,h:19},
{t:"what will youth then not commit? ",p:17,x:89,y:263,w:255,h:19},
{t:"Look to Hari in the spring time,  ",p:17,x:89,y:303,w:242,h:19},
{t:"dancing with his youthful women:  ",p:17,x:89,y:326,w:261,h:19},
{t:"endlessly the ache encircles  ",p:17,x:89,y:350,w:211,h:19},
{t:"one who’s solitary, my friend. ",p:17,x:89,y:373,w:222,h:19},
{t:"Here tendrils of the atimukta  ",p:17,x:89,y:413,w:224,h:19},
{t:"clasp the bristling mango buds,  ",p:17,x:89,y:436,w:239,h:19},
{t:"and all around the Brindavan ",p:17,x:89,y:460,w:221,h:19},
{t:"is watered by the Yamunā. ",p:17,x:89,y:483,w:199,h:19},
{t:"Look to Hari in the spring time,  ",p:17,x:89,y:523,w:242,h:19},
{t:"dancing with his youthful women:  ",p:17,x:89,y:546,w:261,h:19},
{t:"endlessly the ache encircles  ",p:17,x:89,y:570,w:211,h:19},
{t:"one who’s solitary, my friend. ",p:17,x:89,y:593,w:222,h:19},
{t:" ",p:18,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"14 ",p:18,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"At the feet of radiant Krishna  ",p:18,x:94,y:83,w:224,h:19},
{t:"Jayadeva speaks, remembering  ",p:18,x:94,y:106,w:238,h:19},
{t:"how spring returned to forest meetings  ",p:18,x:94,y:130,w:297,h:19},
{t:"colours every hint of love. ",p:18,x:94,y:153,w:194,h:19},
{t:"Look to Hari in the spring time,  ",p:18,x:94,y:193,w:242,h:19},
{t:"dancing with his youthful women:  ",p:18,x:94,y:216,w:261,h:19},
{t:"endlessly the ache encircles  ",p:18,x:94,y:240,w:211,h:19},
{t:"one who’s solitary, my friend. ",p:18,x:94,y:263,w:222,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   * ",p:18,x:94,y:303,w:76,h:19},
{t:"The wind that hums like arrows brings  ",p:18,x:94,y:343,w:294,h:19},
{t:"to hearts the frank ketaka tree— ",p:18,x:94,y:366,w:242,h:19},
{t:"inflaming them as forest clothes ",p:18,x:94,y:390,w:241,h:19},
{t:"itself with jasmine’s pollen scent. ",p:18,x:94,y:413,w:248,h:19},
{t:"The hungry bees at mango shoots,  ",p:18,x:94,y:453,w:261,h:19},
{t:"the cuckoo’s fever in the ear: ",p:18,x:94,y:476,w:216,h:19},
{t:"sweet days when travellers will think  ",p:18,x:94,y:500,w:279,h:19},
{t:"how breaths were tangled into one. ",p:18,x:94,y:523,w:263,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   * ",p:18,x:94,y:563,w:76,h:19},
{t:"Again her girlfriend told her: see there, Rādhā, ",p:18,x:94,y:603,w:347,h:19},
{t:"how he wantons, friends with all.  ",p:18,x:94,y:626,w:253,h:19},
{t:"So Mura’s enemy, embracing many: ",p:18,x:94,y:650,w:269,h:19},
{t:"how that trembling eagerness invites. ",p:18,x:94,y:673,w:281,h:19},
{t:" ",p:19,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"15 ",p:19,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Fourth Song ",p:19,x:89,y:88,w:100,h:20},
{t:"With sandal smeared the darkish body,  ",p:19,x:89,y:120,w:297,h:19},
{t:"garlanded, with yellow clothes.  ",p:19,x:89,y:143,w:236,h:19},
{t:"With jewelled earrings on the cheeks,  ",p:19,x:89,y:166,w:283,h:19},
{t:"now to and fro the smiling goes.  ",p:19,x:89,y:190,w:245,h:19},
{t:"Carelessly the women play. ",p:19,x:89,y:213,w:204,h:19},
{t:"Burdened there by heavy breast ",p:19,x:89,y:253,w:238,h:19},
{t:"is one embracing passionately. ",p:19,x:89,y:276,w:230,h:19},
{t:"And here another, simple herder,  ",p:19,x:89,y:300,w:253,h:19},
{t:"sings in elevated key. ",p:19,x:89,y:323,w:159,h:19},
{t:"Carelessly the women play. ",p:19,x:89,y:346,w:204,h:19},
{t:"Yet another, young and artless,  ",p:19,x:89,y:386,w:238,h:19},
{t:"dreams of Krishna’s rolling glances. ",p:19,x:89,y:410,w:267,h:19},
{t:"Sees in Madhu’s killer’s gaze ",p:19,x:89,y:433,w:214,h:19},
{t:"the handsomeness of his fine face. ",p:19,x:89,y:456,w:257,h:19},
{t:"Carelessly the women play. ",p:19,x:89,y:480,w:204,h:19},
{t:"Someone to his ear has spoken,  ",p:19,x:89,y:520,w:240,h:19},
{t:"kissed him sweetly on the cheek:  ",p:19,x:89,y:543,w:249,h:19},
{t:"and someone shows her splendid buttocks,  ",p:19,x:89,y:566,w:326,h:19},
{t:"as he bristles with delight.  ",p:19,x:89,y:590,w:201,h:19},
{t:"Carelessly the women play. ",p:19,x:89,y:613,w:204,h:19},
{t:" ",p:20,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"16 ",p:20,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Someone sporting, skilled and eager,  ",p:20,x:94,y:83,w:280,h:19},
{t:"along the slopes of Yamunā: ",p:20,x:94,y:106,w:212,h:19},
{t:"now through hibiscus bowers she’s led him,  ",p:20,x:94,y:130,w:331,h:19},
{t:"beautiful, her hand on dress.  ",p:20,x:94,y:153,w:221,h:19},
{t:"Carelessly the women play. ",p:20,x:94,y:176,w:204,h:19},
{t:"Hands are clapping, bracelets softly  ",p:20,x:94,y:216,w:271,h:19},
{t:"lift above the bamboo flute.  ",p:20,x:94,y:240,w:212,h:19},
{t:"What power and uproar in the dancing:  ",p:20,x:94,y:263,w:300,h:19},
{t:"one engrossed is praising Hari.  ",p:20,x:94,y:286,w:237,h:19},
{t:"Carelessly the women play. ",p:20,x:94,y:310,w:204,h:19},
{t:"One by one he takes and kisses  ",p:20,x:94,y:350,w:236,h:19},
{t:"these most beautiful of girls.  ",p:20,x:94,y:373,w:219,h:19},
{t:"And then another, all surpassing, ",p:20,x:94,y:396,w:250,h:19},
{t:"smiles and beckons, leads him on. ",p:20,x:94,y:420,w:255,h:19},
{t:"Carelessly the women play. ",p:20,x:94,y:443,w:204,h:19},
{t:"How marvellous this secret rapture  ",p:20,x:94,y:483,w:269,h:19},
{t:"Jayadeva grandly tells:  ",p:20,x:94,y:506,w:177,h:19},
{t:"through Brindavan they go on dancing:  ",p:20,x:94,y:530,w:299,h:19},
{t:"noise it round in Krishna’s name.  ",p:20,x:94,y:553,w:254,h:19},
{t:"Carelessly the women play. ",p:20,x:94,y:576,w:204,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   * ",p:20,x:94,y:616,w:76,h:19},
{t:" ",p:21,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"17 ",p:21,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"The love-god’s festival of darkened body  ",p:21,x:89,y:83,w:305,h:19},
{t:"draws them garlanded as lotus blooms. ",p:21,x:89,y:106,w:293,h:19},
{t:"How freely, through their limbs, the comely Vraja  ",p:21,x:89,y:130,w:375,h:19},
{t:"women sport with Hari in the spring. ",p:21,x:89,y:153,w:278,h:19},
{t:"From pent with snakes in sandal trees, the mountain ",p:21,x:89,y:193,w:394,h:19},
{t:"breezes plunge in Himalayan snows,  ",p:21,x:89,y:216,w:277,h:19},
{t:"and, sweet and loud, the cuckoo's coo coo callings ",p:21,x:89,y:240,w:371,h:19},
{t:"shout from shoots atop the mango trees.",p:21,x:89,y:263,w:300,h:19},
{t:" ",p:22,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"18 ",p:22,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Part Two: Careless Krishna ",p:22,x:94,y:87,w:253,h:23},
{t:"But still was Krishna equal with his kisses.  ",p:22,x:94,y:133,w:321,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā felt she should be first and left him,  ",p:22,x:94,y:156,w:323,h:19},
{t:"and in those thickets humming bees encircle  ",p:22,x:94,y:180,w:337,h:19},
{t:"now unhappily to girlfriend said. ",p:22,x:94,y:203,w:247,h:19},
{t:"Fifth Song ",p:22,x:94,y:241,w:82,h:20},
{t:"Such spilling sweetness from his flute and lips  ",p:22,x:94,y:273,w:349,h:19},
{t:"and tremulous the movement from his cheeks: ",p:22,x:94,y:296,w:349,h:19},
{t:"In my heart I still see Hari dance  ",p:22,x:94,y:320,w:250,h:19},
{t:"in playful merriment and scorn of me. ",p:22,x:94,y:343,w:285,h:19},
{t:"His hair was plumed with peacock’s moon-eyed tails, ",p:22,x:94,y:383,w:395,h:19},
{t:"his dress the rainbow out of darkened clouds.  ",p:22,x:94,y:406,w:344,h:19},
{t:"In my heart I still see Hari dance ",p:22,x:94,y:430,w:246,h:19},
{t:"in playful merriment and scorn of me. ",p:22,x:94,y:453,w:285,h:19},
{t:"He had the heavy milkmaids dance about  ",p:22,x:94,y:493,w:313,h:19},
{t:"the red kadambas of his smiles and kisses: ",p:22,x:94,y:516,w:317,h:19},
{t:"In my heart I still see Hari dance ",p:22,x:94,y:540,w:246,h:19},
{t:"in playful merriment and scorn of me. ",p:22,x:94,y:563,w:285,h:19},
{t:"His arms entwined about a thousand there; ",p:22,x:94,y:603,w:325,h:19},
{t:"his body’s ornaments made day of night: ",p:22,x:94,y:626,w:304,h:19},
{t:"In my heart I still see Hari dance ",p:22,x:94,y:650,w:246,h:19},
{t:"in playful merriment and scorn of me. ",p:22,x:94,y:673,w:285,h:19},
{t:" ",p:23,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"19 ",p:23,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"From clouds his moon-like brow was rising, ",p:23,x:89,y:83,w:328,h:19},
{t:"breasts as doorway to the heart he bruises:  ",p:23,x:89,y:106,w:324,h:19},
{t:"In my heart I still see Hari dance ",p:23,x:89,y:130,w:245,h:19},
{t:"in playful merriment and scorn of me. ",p:23,x:89,y:153,w:285,h:19},
{t:"Rich the earrings on his cheeks, a dress ",p:23,x:89,y:193,w:293,h:19},
{t:"that hangs with demons, sages, gods and princes: ",p:23,x:89,y:216,w:368,h:19},
{t:"In my heart I still see Hari dance  ",p:23,x:89,y:240,w:249,h:19},
{t:"in playful merriment and scorn of me. ",p:23,x:89,y:263,w:285,h:19},
{t:"At the kadamba tree my fears were quiet,  ",p:23,x:89,y:303,w:311,h:19},
{t:"the love-god darting to my soul in joy: ",p:23,x:89,y:326,w:285,h:19},
{t:"In my heart I still see Hari dance  ",p:23,x:89,y:350,w:249,h:19},
{t:"in playful merriment and scorn of me. ",p:23,x:89,y:373,w:285,h:19},
{t:"So speaks Jayadeva: led astray ",p:23,x:89,y:413,w:229,h:19},
{t:"was Rādhā by an all-dissembling shape: ",p:23,x:89,y:436,w:298,h:19},
{t:"In my heart I still see Hari dance  ",p:23,x:89,y:460,w:249,h:19},
{t:"in playful merriment and scorn of me. ",p:23,x:89,y:483,w:285,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   * ",p:23,x:89,y:523,w:76,h:19},
{t:"Ever roaming, ever fickle, why  ",p:23,x:89,y:563,w:231,h:19},
{t:"with women round him should he stop? I see ",p:23,x:89,y:586,w:337,h:19},
{t:"the love-god in him will delight and then ",p:23,x:89,y:610,w:304,h:19},
{t:"desert me: what in conscience can I do? ",p:23,x:89,y:633,w:296,h:19},
{t:" ",p:24,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"20 ",p:24,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Sixth Song ",p:24,x:94,y:88,w:85,h:20},
{t:"I found him in his forest’s leafy home,  ",p:24,x:94,y:160,w:288,h:19},
{t:"in which in solitude he lies concealed:  ",p:24,x:94,y:183,w:287,h:19},
{t:"in looking round was frightened, till I saw  ",p:24,x:94,y:206,w:316,h:19},
{t:"his violent passion in abounding laughter.  ",p:24,x:94,y:230,w:319,h:19},
{t:"Why can’t Keshi’s foe, my friend, reform  ",p:24,x:94,y:253,w:306,h:19},
{t:"his ways, and meet me in desiring him? ",p:24,x:94,y:276,w:294,h:19},
{t:"At first meeting I was bashful, but  ",p:24,x:94,y:316,w:259,h:19},
{t:"his words were flattering and urgent, kind:  ",p:24,x:94,y:340,w:323,h:19},
{t:"he smiled and pressed me, and that cloth was loosed  ",p:24,x:94,y:363,w:394,h:19},
{t:"that left me standing with pudenda bare.  ",p:24,x:94,y:386,w:310,h:19},
{t:"Why can’t Keshi’s foe, my friend, reform  ",p:24,x:94,y:410,w:306,h:19},
{t:"his ways, and meet me in desiring him? ",p:24,x:94,y:433,w:294,h:19},
{t:"How tenderly he treated me, as on  ",p:24,x:94,y:473,w:262,h:19},
{t:"my breast he quietly lay as one asleep:  ",p:24,x:94,y:496,w:290,h:19},
{t:"To me alone he gave his arms and kisses,  ",p:24,x:94,y:520,w:309,h:19},
{t:"played and drank there fully at my lip. ",p:24,x:94,y:543,w:286,h:19},
{t:"Why can’t Keshi’s foe, my friend, reform  ",p:24,x:94,y:566,w:306,h:19},
{t:"his ways, and meet me in desiring him? ",p:24,x:94,y:590,w:294,h:19},
{t:" ",p:25,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"21 ",p:25,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"In indolence, my eyelids closed, I felt  ",p:25,x:89,y:83,w:280,h:19},
{t:"his cheeks enlarge and quicken, charming me.  ",p:25,x:89,y:106,w:348,h:19},
{t:"How tired the body was and drenched with sweat  ",p:25,x:89,y:130,w:372,h:19},
{t:"with him in passion riding to and fro.  ",p:25,x:89,y:153,w:283,h:19},
{t:"Why can’t Keshi’s foe, my friend, reform  ",p:25,x:89,y:176,w:306,h:19},
{t:"his ways, and meet me in desiring him? ",p:25,x:89,y:200,w:294,h:19},
{t:"By all love’s treatises he won his pleasure; ",p:25,x:89,y:240,w:313,h:19},
{t:"like the cuckoo bird I cooed in murmurs.  ",p:25,x:89,y:263,w:310,h:19},
{t:"My massy breasts he scored with nail-marks, made ",p:25,x:89,y:286,w:381,h:19},
{t:"my hair go all ways as it dropped its flowers.  ",p:25,x:89,y:310,w:334,h:19},
{t:"Why can’t Keshi’s foe, my friend, reform  ",p:25,x:89,y:333,w:306,h:19},
{t:"his ways, and meet me in desiring him? ",p:25,x:89,y:356,w:294,h:19},
{t:"My jewelled anklets jingled as he delved ",p:25,x:89,y:396,w:298,h:19},
{t:"in love’s complexities to pleasure me.  ",p:25,x:89,y:420,w:283,h:19},
{t:"I lost my girdle belt: he tore my hair,  ",p:25,x:89,y:443,w:278,h:19},
{t:"but gave me kisses, kisses violently.  ",p:25,x:89,y:466,w:270,h:19},
{t:"Why can’t Keshi’s foe, my friend, reform  ",p:25,x:89,y:490,w:306,h:19},
{t:"his ways, and meet me in desiring him? ",p:25,x:89,y:513,w:294,h:19},
{t:"Resting, pleasured from that union, I, ",p:25,x:89,y:553,w:283,h:19},
{t:"with budded lotus eyes still closed to me, ",p:25,x:89,y:576,w:306,h:19},
{t:"with no more strength than has a creeper, felt  ",p:25,x:89,y:600,w:346,h:19},
{t:"in Madhu’s enemy the love increase.  ",p:25,x:89,y:623,w:277,h:19},
{t:"Why can’t Keshi’s foe, my friend, reform  ",p:25,x:89,y:646,w:306,h:19},
{t:"his ways, and meet me in desiring him? ",p:25,x:89,y:670,w:294,h:19},
{t:" ",p:26,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"22 ",p:26,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"So Madhu’s enemy, sings Jayadeva,  ",p:26,x:94,y:83,w:272,h:19},
{t:"ever moving, laughing in his sport. ",p:26,x:94,y:106,w:260,h:19},
{t:"By him deserted, Rādhā knows such sadness ",p:26,x:94,y:130,w:333,h:19},
{t:"as the tale, and slowly, makes its way. ",p:26,x:94,y:153,w:281,h:19},
{t:"Why can’t Keshi’s foe, my friend, reform  ",p:26,x:94,y:176,w:306,h:19},
{t:"his ways, and meet me in desiring him? ",p:26,x:94,y:200,w:294,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   * ",p:26,x:94,y:240,w:76,h:19},
{t:"Govinda with his curly-eyebrowed Vraja ",p:26,x:94,y:280,w:301,h:19},
{t:"women dancing in the forest saw me. ",p:26,x:94,y:303,w:278,h:19},
{t:"Glancing, cheek in sweat, he dropped the flute, ",p:26,x:94,y:326,w:349,h:19},
{t:"as I delighted when he looked at me. ",p:26,x:94,y:350,w:273,h:19},
{t:"Though winds from forest lakes may coax the buds ",p:26,x:94,y:390,w:380,h:19},
{t:"from spired ashoka creepers, and the bees ",p:26,x:94,y:413,w:314,h:19},
{t:"can wander happily in tufts of mango, ",p:26,x:94,y:436,w:284,h:19},
{t:"there is only care in me, my friend.",p:26,x:94,y:460,w:256,h:19},
{t:" ",p:27,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"23 ",p:27,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Part Three: Bewildered Krishna ",p:27,x:89,y:87,w:295,h:23},
{t:"Therefore Kamsa’s enemy, now chained  ",p:27,x:89,y:133,w:302,h:19},
{t:"to mundane yearnings of this worldly life  ",p:27,x:89,y:156,w:312,h:19},
{t:"by lodging Rādhā in his heart,  ",p:27,x:89,y:180,w:229,h:19},
{t:"has left his multitude of lovely women. ",p:27,x:89,y:203,w:291,h:19},
{t:"And more, with love-god’s arrows in his thoughts,  ",p:27,x:89,y:243,w:377,h:19},
{t:"and much repenting, he has followed Rādhā,  ",p:27,x:89,y:266,w:338,h:19},
{t:"when sloping thickets of the Yamunā  ",p:27,x:89,y:290,w:282,h:19},
{t:"will show a Mādhava with honey lost. ",p:27,x:89,y:313,w:281,h:19},
{t:"Seventh Song ",p:27,x:89,y:351,w:115,h:20},
{t:"All too plainly in my crowd of women  ",p:27,x:89,y:383,w:284,h:19},
{t:"her looking found me, and I feel ashamed.  ",p:27,x:89,y:406,w:319,h:19},
{t:"So thoughtlessly I acted, Rādhā left. ",p:27,x:89,y:430,w:270,h:19},
{t:"Not knowing how she sees this absence, what ",p:27,x:89,y:470,w:338,h:19},
{t:"are followers or home or wealth to me?  ",p:27,x:89,y:493,w:296,h:19},
{t:"So thoughtlessly I acted, Rādhā left. ",p:27,x:89,y:516,w:270,h:19},
{t:"Those eyebrows bent I see as circling bees ",p:27,x:89,y:556,w:313,h:19},
{t:"that irritate the reddened lotus flower.  ",p:27,x:89,y:580,w:292,h:19},
{t:"So thoughtlessly I acted, Rādhā left. ",p:27,x:89,y:603,w:270,h:19},
{t:"Must I now follow her and call in woods  ",p:27,x:89,y:643,w:303,h:19},
{t:"who had the pleasure of her close to heart?  ",p:27,x:89,y:666,w:325,h:19},
{t:"So thoughtlessly I acted, Rādhā left. ",p:27,x:89,y:690,w:270,h:19},
{t:" ",p:28,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"24 ",p:28,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"With courteous words your rage and jealousy ",p:28,x:94,y:83,w:339,h:19},
{t:"I’d calm if I could know where you have gone.  ",p:28,x:94,y:106,w:346,h:19},
{t:"So thoughtlessly I acted, Rādhā left.  ",p:28,x:94,y:130,w:274,h:19},
{t:"Not here, not there you are, and do not hold ",p:28,x:94,y:176,w:329,h:19},
{t:"me close and eagerly as once you did. ",p:28,x:94,y:200,w:279,h:19},
{t:"So thoughtlessly I acted, Rādhā left. ",p:28,x:94,y:223,w:270,h:19},
{t:"Forgive me for the things I’d not repeat ",p:28,x:94,y:263,w:294,h:19},
{t:"with one so beautiful, whose love I seek.  ",p:28,x:94,y:286,w:305,h:19},
{t:"So thoughtlessly I acted, Rādhā left. ",p:28,x:94,y:310,w:270,h:19},
{t:"So Jayadeva praises Krishna, star  ",p:28,x:94,y:350,w:255,h:19},
{t:"above the sea that is his native village.  ",p:28,x:94,y:373,w:290,h:19},
{t:"So thoughtlessly I acted, Rādhā left. ",p:28,x:94,y:396,w:270,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   * ",p:28,x:94,y:436,w:76,h:19},
{t:"Why, when coiling lotuses are not  ",p:28,x:94,y:476,w:258,h:19},
{t:"a snake, nor petalled neck has venomed hue,  ",p:28,x:94,y:500,w:337,h:19},
{t:"nor sandal-paste be ash on this poor body,  ",p:28,x:94,y:523,w:322,h:19},
{t:"should the love-god choose to ravage me? ",p:28,x:94,y:546,w:312,h:19},
{t:"In sport you conquer. Do not lift at those  ",p:28,x:94,y:586,w:311,h:19},
{t:"already fainting your fierce mango bow.  ",p:28,x:94,y:610,w:302,h:19},
{t:"Those fusillades of darting, deer-like glances  ",p:28,x:94,y:633,w:336,h:19},
{t:"find me torn and thoughts in disarray. ",p:28,x:94,y:656,w:287,h:19},
{t:" ",p:29,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"25 ",p:29,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Her brow the love-god has for archer, crossing  ",p:29,x:89,y:83,w:351,h:19},
{t:"glances for his arrows, earlobe even  ",p:29,x:89,y:106,w:270,h:19},
{t:"as his weapon. She, embodied in  ",p:29,x:89,y:130,w:248,h:19},
{t:"a goddess, has the turning world cast down. ",p:29,x:89,y:153,w:327,h:19},
{t:"That arched brow hurts me with its loosened arrows, ",p:29,x:89,y:193,w:394,h:19},
{t:"breath deserts me in those coils of hair,  ",p:29,x:89,y:216,w:298,h:19},
{t:"all consciousness dissolves at those red lips,  ",p:29,x:89,y:240,w:332,h:19},
{t:"and life’s a plaything at those rounded breasts. ",p:29,x:89,y:263,w:349,h:19},
{t:"A touch, her comfort in it, play of eyes,  ",p:29,x:89,y:303,w:294,h:19},
{t:"that mouth, its fragrance and uncertain words,  ",p:29,x:89,y:326,w:354,h:19},
{t:"a lip that fills with nectar: still I yearn ",p:29,x:89,y:350,w:282,h:19},
{t:"for what was settled till she looked and went. ",p:29,x:89,y:373,w:336,h:19},
{t:" ",p:30,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"26 ",p:30,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Part Four: Tender Krishna ",p:30,x:94,y:87,w:240,h:23},
{t:"Rādhā’s friend, to one love-burdened in  ",p:30,x:94,y:133,w:302,h:19},
{t:"the reeds of Yamunā, then came and said: ",p:30,x:94,y:156,w:313,h:19},
{t:"Eighth Song ",p:30,x:94,y:194,w:100,h:20},
{t:"Confused, she blames the sandal-paste and moon,  ",p:30,x:94,y:226,w:378,h:19},
{t:"finds venomed serpents in malaya winds. ",p:30,x:94,y:250,w:308,h:19},
{t:"In Mādhava she dreads the love-god’s arrows:  ",p:30,x:94,y:273,w:347,h:19},
{t:"apart and miserable, she thinks of you. ",p:30,x:94,y:296,w:291,h:19},
{t:"She hopes in watery lotus leaves to shield  ",p:30,x:94,y:336,w:314,h:19},
{t:"her vital being from love’s raining arrows:  ",p:30,x:94,y:360,w:317,h:19},
{t:"In Mādhava she dreads the love-god’s arrows:  ",p:30,x:94,y:383,w:347,h:19},
{t:"apart and miserable, she thinks of you. ",p:30,x:94,y:406,w:291,h:19},
{t:"She'd turn the barbs to flowers, make her bed ",p:30,x:94,y:446,w:341,h:19},
{t:"have blossom welcoming to your embrace: ",p:30,x:94,y:470,w:319,h:19},
{t:"In Mādhava she dreads the love-god’s arrows:  ",p:30,x:94,y:493,w:347,h:19},
{t:"apart and miserable, she thinks of you. ",p:30,x:94,y:516,w:291,h:19},
{t:"Her eyes are trembling and her gentle face  ",p:30,x:94,y:556,w:320,h:19},
{t:"is cut as moon is by serrated tears: ",p:30,x:94,y:580,w:259,h:19},
{t:"In Mādhava she dreads the love-god’s arrows:  ",p:30,x:94,y:603,w:347,h:19},
{t:"apart and miserable, she thinks of you. ",p:30,x:94,y:626,w:291,h:19},
{t:" ",p:31,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"27 ",p:31,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"She paints with musk how love has been, ",p:31,x:89,y:83,w:307,h:19},
{t:"imagines monsters from a mango branch: ",p:31,x:89,y:106,w:313,h:19},
{t:"In Mādhava she dreads the love-god’s arrows:  ",p:31,x:89,y:130,w:347,h:19},
{t:"apart and miserable, she thinks of you. ",p:31,x:89,y:153,w:291,h:19},
{t:"Though unapproachable and locked in thought,  ",p:31,x:89,y:193,w:361,h:19},
{t:"aloud she laughs and trembles at her tears: ",p:31,x:89,y:216,w:322,h:19},
{t:"In Mādhava she dreads the love-god’s arrows:  ",p:31,x:89,y:240,w:347,h:19},
{t:"apart and miserable, she thinks of you. ",p:31,x:89,y:263,w:291,h:19},
{t:"Declares each step she takes is to your feet: ",p:31,x:89,y:303,w:322,h:19},
{t:"how thin the moon is when you’ve turned away: ",p:31,x:89,y:326,w:359,h:19},
{t:"In Mādhava she dreads the love-god’s arrows:  ",p:31,x:89,y:350,w:347,h:19},
{t:"apart and miserable, she thinks of you. ",p:31,x:89,y:373,w:291,h:19},
{t:"If thought would dance to Jayadeva’s words ",p:31,x:89,y:413,w:329,h:19},
{t:"then study what the friend of Rādha said:  ",p:31,x:89,y:436,w:315,h:19},
{t:"In Mādhava she dreads the love-god’s arrows:  ",p:31,x:89,y:460,w:347,h:19},
{t:"apart and miserable, she thinks of you. ",p:31,x:89,y:483,w:291,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   * ",p:31,x:89,y:523,w:76,h:19},
{t:"Her home’s the forest and her friends a snare; ",p:31,x:89,y:563,w:343,h:19},
{t:"she fans, how heavily, her griefs with sighs.  ",p:31,x:89,y:586,w:326,h:19},
{t:"The absence terrifies: as with a deer,  ",p:31,x:89,y:610,w:277,h:19},
{t:"your play’s become the deadly tiger’s sport. ",p:31,x:89,y:633,w:323,h:19},
{t:" ",p:32,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"28 ",p:32,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Ninth Song ",p:32,x:94,y:88,w:92,h:20},
{t:"She wears the bright and slender pearls ",p:32,x:94,y:120,w:295,h:19},
{t:"upon her breasts as though a burden:  ",p:32,x:94,y:143,w:285,h:19},
{t:"Krishna, Rādhā feels deserted. ",p:32,x:94,y:166,w:228,h:19},
{t:"She feels the soothing sandal-cream  ",p:32,x:94,y:206,w:274,h:19},
{t:"as potent venom on her body: ",p:32,x:94,y:230,w:224,h:19},
{t:"Krishna, Rādhā feels deserted. ",p:32,x:94,y:253,w:228,h:19},
{t:"She sighs the compass of her love  ",p:32,x:94,y:293,w:255,h:19},
{t:"and in that breath the passion burns: ",p:32,x:94,y:316,w:279,h:19},
{t:"Krishna, Rādhā feels deserted. ",p:32,x:94,y:340,w:228,h:19},
{t:"She scatters everywhere a tear  ",p:32,x:94,y:380,w:231,h:19},
{t:"as lotus from its hollow stem: ",p:32,x:94,y:403,w:222,h:19},
{t:"Krishna, Rādhā feels deserted. ",p:32,x:94,y:426,w:228,h:19},
{t:"She holds her palm against her cheek  ",p:32,x:94,y:466,w:283,h:19},
{t:"as evening steadies with the moon:  ",p:32,x:94,y:490,w:266,h:19},
{t:"Krishna, Rādhā feels deserted. ",p:32,x:94,y:513,w:228,h:19},
{t:"She sees a bed of tender leaves  ",p:32,x:94,y:553,w:233,h:19},
{t:"ordained for her as fire instead: ",p:32,x:94,y:576,w:237,h:19},
{t:"Krishna, Rādhā feels deserted. ",p:32,x:94,y:600,w:228,h:19},
{t:"Again she whispers Hari, Hari, ",p:32,x:94,y:640,w:230,h:19},
{t:"as though your absence was her death: ",p:32,x:94,y:663,w:290,h:19},
{t:"Krishna, Rādhā feels deserted. ",p:32,x:94,y:686,w:228,h:19},
{t:" ",p:33,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"29 ",p:33,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Let Jayadeva’s song so chanted  ",p:33,x:89,y:83,w:238,h:19},
{t:"please and lead to Krishna’s feet: ",p:33,x:89,y:106,w:246,h:19},
{t:"Krishna, Rādhā feels deserted. ",p:33,x:89,y:130,w:229,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   * ",p:33,x:89,y:170,w:76,h:19},
{t:"With pain she bristles, sighs, she shuts her eyes, ",p:33,x:89,y:210,w:358,h:19},
{t:"she rises, whirls about and falls in faints: ",p:33,x:89,y:233,w:305,h:19},
{t:"unless your heavenly healing aid in this ",p:33,x:89,y:256,w:295,h:19},
{t:"her raging fever drives her on to death. ",p:33,x:89,y:280,w:290,h:19},
{t:"But you, divine physician, by a touch  ",p:33,x:89,y:320,w:280,h:19},
{t:"of your blest body can relieve her pain,  ",p:33,x:89,y:343,w:294,h:19},
{t:"do not abandon Rādhā, lest you’d hurt ",p:33,x:89,y:366,w:289,h:19},
{t:"her grievously as Indra’s thunderbolt. ",p:33,x:89,y:390,w:283,h:19},
{t:"Against the waywardness of passion’s fire  ",p:33,x:89,y:430,w:314,h:19},
{t:"she looks to lotus, sandal-paste and moon,  ",p:33,x:89,y:453,w:323,h:19},
{t:"and thinks of lover in his lonely place,  ",p:33,x:89,y:476,w:288,h:19},
{t:"and of his coolness as she lingers on. ",p:33,x:89,y:500,w:274,h:19},
{t:"Before she would not even close her eyes  ",p:33,x:89,y:540,w:308,h:19},
{t:"a moment lest you leave her sight; no more ",p:33,x:89,y:563,w:322,h:19},
{t:"she breathes with you away, nor bears to think ",p:33,x:89,y:586,w:348,h:19},
{t:"of how the mango trees were full of flowers.",p:33,x:89,y:610,w:322,h:19},
{t:" ",p:34,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"30 ",p:34,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Part Five: Desiring, Lotus-Eyed Krishna ",p:34,x:94,y:87,w:360,h:23},
{t:"Krishna told the friend of Rādhā: ",p:34,x:94,y:133,w:249,h:19},
{t:"here I wait but say these words ",p:34,x:94,y:156,w:233,h:19},
{t:"to pacify and make her come. ",p:34,x:94,y:180,w:221,h:19},
{t:"At this the friend to Rādhā went. ",p:34,x:94,y:203,w:246,h:19},
{t:"Tenth Song ",p:34,x:94,y:241,w:94,h:20},
{t:"Malaya breezes speak of swelling passions,  ",p:34,x:94,y:273,w:323,h:19},
{t:"blooms in breaking tear at lovers’ hearts: ",p:34,x:94,y:296,w:306,h:19},
{t:"the forest-garlanded now sits apart.  ",p:34,x:94,y:320,w:271,h:19},
{t:"To him the cooling moonbeam seems as fire,  ",p:34,x:94,y:360,w:338,h:19},
{t:"the falling love-god’s arrows leave him hurt:  ",p:34,x:94,y:383,w:333,h:19},
{t:"the forest-garlanded now sits apart. ",p:34,x:94,y:406,w:267,h:19},
{t:"As though beset by humming bees at night ",p:34,x:94,y:446,w:319,h:19},
{t:"he puts the pain of absence out of mind: ",p:34,x:94,y:470,w:301,h:19},
{t:"the forest-garlanded now sits apart. ",p:34,x:94,y:493,w:267,h:19},
{t:"He leaves his pleasant house to live in thickets,  ",p:34,x:94,y:533,w:354,h:19},
{t:"and rolls on earth, his bed, and calls your name: ",p:34,x:94,y:556,w:359,h:19},
{t:"the forest-garlanded now sits apart. ",p:34,x:94,y:580,w:267,h:19},
{t:"Poet Jayadeva tells of lovers’  ",p:34,x:94,y:620,w:220,h:19},
{t:"parting. Hari favours fervent thought: ",p:34,x:94,y:643,w:285,h:19},
{t:"the forest-garlanded now sits apart. ",p:34,x:94,y:666,w:267,h:19},
{t:" ",p:35,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"31 ",p:35,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"      *   *   * ",p:35,x:89,y:83,w:76,h:19},
{t:"As was passion first accomplished, so  ",p:35,x:89,y:123,w:283,h:19},
{t:"is Mādhava withheld by river bower: ",p:35,x:89,y:146,w:274,h:19},
{t:"constantly in thought and chanting prayers ",p:35,x:89,y:170,w:324,h:19},
{t:"he feels the ferment of your spilling breasts. ",p:35,x:89,y:193,w:328,h:19},
{t:"Eleventh Song ",p:35,x:89,y:231,w:120,h:20},
{t:"To the god of love’s own house he’s gone:  ",p:35,x:89,y:263,w:313,h:19},
{t:"where you must follow him with heavy hips. ",p:35,x:89,y:286,w:330,h:19},
{t:"Steady breezes sweep the Yamunā  ",p:35,x:89,y:326,w:260,h:19},
{t:"and on its leafy shoreline Krishna lives. ",p:35,x:89,y:350,w:294,h:19},
{t:"He plays your name and softly on his flute,  ",p:35,x:89,y:390,w:325,h:19},
{t:"adores the air’s light pollen you have touched. ",p:35,x:89,y:413,w:344,h:19},
{t:"Steady breezes sweep the Yamunā  ",p:35,x:89,y:453,w:260,h:19},
{t:"and on its leafy shoreline Krishna lives. ",p:35,x:89,y:476,w:294,h:19},
{t:"No leaf or feather falls but you are near,  ",p:35,x:89,y:516,w:303,h:19},
{t:"his eyes make incantations on the bed. ",p:35,x:89,y:540,w:289,h:19},
{t:"Steady breezes sweep the Yamunā  ",p:35,x:89,y:580,w:260,h:19},
{t:"and on its leafy shoreline Krishna lives. ",p:35,x:89,y:603,w:294,h:19},
{t:"Leave off the anklets that betray your sport,  ",p:35,x:89,y:643,w:332,h:19},
{t:"but in the darkest thicket, friend, delight. ",p:35,x:89,y:666,w:308,h:19},
{t:" ",p:36,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"32 ",p:36,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Steady breezes sweep the Yamunā  ",p:36,x:94,y:83,w:260,h:19},
{t:"and on its leafy shoreline Krishna lives. ",p:36,x:94,y:106,w:294,h:19},
{t:"Be on Krishna’s breast as falling cranes, ",p:36,x:94,y:146,w:297,h:19},
{t:"the flash that lights up thunderclouds. ",p:36,x:94,y:170,w:288,h:19},
{t:"Steady breezes sweep the Yamunā  ",p:36,x:94,y:210,w:260,h:19},
{t:"and on its leafy shoreline Krishna lives. ",p:36,x:94,y:233,w:294,h:19},
{t:"Let fall the girdle cloth from your strong hips: ",p:36,x:94,y:273,w:342,h:19},
{t:"your bliss his treasure in that bed of leaves. ",p:36,x:94,y:296,w:323,h:19},
{t:"Steady breezes sweep the Yamunā  ",p:36,x:94,y:336,w:260,h:19},
{t:"and on its leafy shoreline Krishna lives. ",p:36,x:94,y:360,w:294,h:19},
{t:"The night is ending, and in Krishna’s pride ",p:36,x:94,y:400,w:318,h:19},
{t:"fulfil the words I gave to his desire. ",p:36,x:94,y:423,w:263,h:19},
{t:"Steady breezes sweep the Yamunā  ",p:36,x:94,y:463,w:260,h:19},
{t:"and on its leafy shoreline Krishna lives. ",p:36,x:94,y:486,w:294,h:19},
{t:"Jayadeva speaks to honour Krishna:  ",p:36,x:94,y:526,w:276,h:19},
{t:"bow to him who is compassionate. ",p:36,x:94,y:550,w:258,h:19},
{t:"Steady breezes sweep the Yamunā  ",p:36,x:94,y:590,w:260,h:19},
{t:"and on its leafy shoreline Krishna lives. ",p:36,x:94,y:613,w:294,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   * ",p:36,x:94,y:653,w:76,h:19},
{t:" ",p:37,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"33 ",p:37,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Around and round about he sighs and watches,  ",p:37,x:89,y:83,w:357,h:19},
{t:"and fights, as bees in thickets, for his breath,  ",p:37,x:89,y:106,w:337,h:19},
{t:"and makes, remakes the bed, and still he watches:  ",p:37,x:89,y:130,w:376,h:19},
{t:"tired, by love bewildered, still he waits. ",p:37,x:89,y:153,w:290,h:19},
{t:"Your stubbornness subdued as setting sun, ",p:37,x:89,y:193,w:322,h:19},
{t:"and Krishna’s passion thickening with night,  ",p:37,x:89,y:216,w:338,h:19},
{t:"the long-lamenting cuckoo bird repeats ",p:37,x:89,y:240,w:295,h:19},
{t:"delay is useless: let the lovers meet. ",p:37,x:89,y:263,w:265,h:19},
{t:"How many through the dark on some affair, ",p:37,x:89,y:303,w:329,h:19},
{t:"impelled by pleasure, and in passion keen ",p:37,x:89,y:326,w:312,h:19},
{t:"to kiss and clasp and claw their bodies, find ",p:37,x:89,y:350,w:325,h:19},
{t:"then bashfully it is their spouse they greet. ",p:37,x:89,y:373,w:318,h:19},
{t:"Still fearful, trembling on the gloomy path,  ",p:37,x:89,y:413,w:325,h:19},
{t:"by each tree loitering, and with crossing step,  ",p:37,x:89,y:436,w:341,h:19},
{t:"she comes, and restlessly her charm and fortune ",p:37,x:89,y:460,w:360,h:19},
{t:"shows in love-god moving through her limbs.  ",p:37,x:89,y:483,w:343,h:19},
{t:" ",p:38,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"34 ",p:38,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Part Six: Indolent Krishna ",p:38,x:94,y:87,w:237,h:23},
{t:"With Rādhā passionate but in her bower ",p:38,x:94,y:133,w:303,h:19},
{t:"and Krishna slow to act, to him she said: ",p:38,x:94,y:156,w:303,h:19},
{t:"Twelfth Song ",p:38,x:94,y:194,w:106,h:20},
{t:"Rādhā sees you everywhere  ",p:38,x:94,y:226,w:211,h:19},
{t:"as drinking sweetness from her lip. ",p:38,x:94,y:250,w:262,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā serves you in her house. ",p:38,x:94,y:273,w:233,h:19},
{t:"Moving in her haste to meet you  ",p:38,x:94,y:313,w:246,h:19},
{t:"she takes her little steps and falls.  ",p:38,x:94,y:336,w:256,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā serves you in her house. ",p:38,x:94,y:360,w:233,h:19},
{t:"With bracelets of white lotus shoots  ",p:38,x:94,y:400,w:273,h:19},
{t:"she keeps alive that doubtful love. ",p:38,x:94,y:423,w:255,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā serves you in her house. ",p:38,x:94,y:446,w:233,h:19},
{t:"As I am ornament in play,  ",p:38,x:94,y:486,w:199,h:19},
{t:"she says, I’m Krishna too in this. ",p:38,x:94,y:510,w:244,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā serves you in her house. ",p:38,x:94,y:533,w:233,h:19},
{t:"Why won’t Hari haste to me?  ",p:38,x:94,y:573,w:223,h:19},
{t:"incessantly she asks her friend. ",p:38,x:94,y:596,w:234,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā serves you in her house. ",p:38,x:94,y:620,w:233,h:19},
{t:" ",p:39,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"35 ",p:39,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"The dark she kisses, hugs the clouds, ",p:39,x:89,y:83,w:276,h:19},
{t:"from which she thinks her Hari comes.  ",p:39,x:89,y:106,w:295,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā serves you in her house. ",p:39,x:89,y:130,w:233,h:19},
{t:"She moans and wails and decks herself,  ",p:39,x:89,y:170,w:299,h:19},
{t:"all modesty now thrown away. ",p:39,x:89,y:193,w:229,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā serves you in her house. ",p:39,x:89,y:216,w:233,h:19},
{t:"May the pride of Jayadeva ",p:39,x:89,y:256,w:198,h:19},
{t:"spread to all who have his taste. ",p:39,x:89,y:280,w:239,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā serves you in her house. ",p:39,x:89,y:303,w:233,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   * ",p:39,x:89,y:343,w:76,h:19},
{t:"In boundless ecstasy she bristles, brings ",p:39,x:89,y:383,w:300,h:19},
{t:"a note of lamentation to her voice.  ",p:39,x:89,y:406,w:261,h:19},
{t:"On you, her great deceiver and her treasure,  ",p:39,x:89,y:430,w:332,h:19},
{t:"the fawn-eyed woman meditates and clings. ",p:39,x:89,y:453,w:327,h:19},
{t:"She ornaments her body, has each leaf  ",p:39,x:89,y:493,w:292,h:19},
{t:"announce your coming, makes her couch a hundred  ",p:39,x:89,y:516,w:392,h:19},
{t:"times anticipating you in love:  ",p:39,x:89,y:540,w:231,h:19},
{t:"alone this beauty cannot pass the night. ",p:39,x:89,y:563,w:298,h:19},
{t:" ",p:40,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"36 ",p:40,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Part Seven: Cunning Krishna ",p:40,x:94,y:87,w:275,h:23},
{t:"A maze of beams, a mark of shame, a spot ",p:40,x:94,y:133,w:312,h:19},
{t:"of sandal blemishing young beauty’s face: ",p:40,x:94,y:156,w:312,h:19},
{t:"to light the pathways unchaste women take  ",p:40,x:94,y:180,w:328,h:19},
{t:"in Brindavan’s vast wood there swells the moon. ",p:40,x:94,y:203,w:360,h:19},
{t:"Mādhava is lonely. She laments. ",p:40,x:94,y:243,w:241,h:19},
{t:"A hare-marked disc of light hangs low. ",p:40,x:94,y:266,w:288,h:19},
{t:"Thirteenth Song ",p:40,x:94,y:304,w:130,h:20},
{t:"She says: no meeting Hari in the wood: ",p:40,x:94,y:336,w:293,h:19},
{t:"in vain the shining figure of my youth. ",p:40,x:94,y:360,w:287,h:19},
{t:"What refuge is there when a friend deceives? ",p:40,x:94,y:383,w:334,h:19},
{t:"In dark frequenting of that wood was where ",p:40,x:94,y:423,w:328,h:19},
{t:"unequally love’s arrow caught my heart. ",p:40,x:94,y:446,w:300,h:19},
{t:"What refuge is there when a friend deceives? ",p:40,x:94,y:470,w:334,h:19},
{t:"Shamed and useless, it is better death ",p:40,x:94,y:510,w:282,h:19},
{t:"than burn continually as one apart. ",p:40,x:94,y:533,w:265,h:19},
{t:"What refuge is there when a friend deceives? ",p:40,x:94,y:556,w:334,h:19},
{t:"I am alone this ardent, sweet spring night ",p:40,x:94,y:596,w:310,h:19},
{t:"while she, more merited, with Hari sports. ",p:40,x:94,y:620,w:316,h:19},
{t:"What refuge is there when a friend deceives? ",p:40,x:94,y:643,w:334,h:19},
{t:" ",p:41,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"37 ",p:41,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"My jewelled ornaments in glints convey ",p:41,x:89,y:83,w:296,h:19},
{t:"too well the fires of Hari fled from me.  ",p:41,x:89,y:106,w:291,h:19},
{t:"What refuge is there when a friend deceives? ",p:41,x:89,y:130,w:334,h:19},
{t:"So delicate my body, as a flower, ",p:41,x:89,y:170,w:243,h:19},
{t:"both barbs and garlands hung there hurt the heart.  ",p:41,x:89,y:193,w:385,h:19},
{t:"What refuge is there when a friend deceives? ",p:41,x:89,y:216,w:334,h:19},
{t:"I linger in the innumerable thick reeds, ",p:41,x:89,y:256,w:293,h:19},
{t:"which he for all his thinking never sees.  ",p:41,x:89,y:280,w:300,h:19},
{t:"What refuge is there when a friend deceives? ",p:41,x:89,y:303,w:334,h:19},
{t:"The words of Jayadeva fall at Krishna’s feet  ",p:41,x:89,y:343,w:328,h:19},
{t:"to live supported in a woman’s heart.  ",p:41,x:89,y:366,w:282,h:19},
{t:"What refuge is there when a friend deceives? ",p:41,x:89,y:390,w:334,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   * ",p:41,x:89,y:430,w:76,h:19},
{t:"My love is somewhere wantoning or held  ",p:41,x:89,y:470,w:310,h:19},
{t:"by relatives or lost his way, his mind  ",p:41,x:89,y:493,w:276,h:19},
{t:"confused, the forest dark, to nowhere find  ",p:41,x:89,y:516,w:318,h:19},
{t:"the assignation of that thicket place? ",p:41,x:89,y:540,w:275,h:19},
{t:"Returned without her Mādhava, the friend ",p:41,x:89,y:580,w:319,h:19},
{t:"so tongue-tied and dejected, Rādhā knew ",p:41,x:89,y:603,w:308,h:19},
{t:"he sported fecklessly with someone else. ",p:41,x:89,y:626,w:301,h:19},
{t:"As though she spied on him, now Rādhā said: ",p:41,x:89,y:650,w:340,h:19},
{t:" ",p:42,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"38 ",p:42,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Fourteenth Song ",p:42,x:94,y:88,w:138,h:20},
{t:"Bedecked as courtesan, the hair now shaken ",p:42,x:94,y:120,w:330,h:19},
{t:"in love’s long tournament where stems are broken. ",p:42,x:94,y:143,w:378,h:19},
{t:"Krishna’s garland is some other girl. ",p:42,x:94,y:166,w:271,h:19},
{t:"In shimmering necklaces above each breast,  ",p:42,x:94,y:206,w:332,h:19},
{t:"by Hari stirred and changed in each embrace.  ",p:42,x:94,y:230,w:343,h:19},
{t:"Krishna’s garland is some other girl. ",p:42,x:94,y:253,w:271,h:19},
{t:"Around her moon-like face drift clouds of hair  ",p:42,x:94,y:293,w:349,h:19},
{t:"as now, exhausted, of his lips she drinks. ",p:42,x:94,y:316,w:304,h:19},
{t:"Krishna’s garland is some other girl. ",p:42,x:94,y:340,w:271,h:19},
{t:"To and fro his earrings strike her cheeks, ",p:42,x:94,y:380,w:304,h:19},
{t:"and then the stirrings of her girdle zone.  ",p:42,x:94,y:403,w:305,h:19},
{t:"Krishna’s garland is some other girl. ",p:42,x:94,y:426,w:271,h:19},
{t:"She laughs, is bashful at her lover’s eyes,  ",p:42,x:94,y:466,w:308,h:19},
{t:"and then what murmuring and long she makes.  ",p:42,x:94,y:490,w:359,h:19},
{t:"Krishna’s garland is some other girl. ",p:42,x:94,y:513,w:271,h:19},
{t:"What soft and agitated sighs she sheds ",p:42,x:94,y:553,w:289,h:19},
{t:"who has the love god under shuttered lids.  ",p:42,x:94,y:576,w:322,h:19},
{t:"Krishna’s garland is some other girl. ",p:42,x:94,y:600,w:271,h:19},
{t:"Her body fortunate and dewed in sweat, ",p:42,x:94,y:640,w:300,h:19},
{t:"his chest in joy she rests on after fight. ",p:42,x:94,y:663,w:287,h:19},
{t:"Krishna’s garland is some other girl. ",p:42,x:94,y:686,w:271,h:19},
{t:" ",p:43,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"39 ",p:43,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"      *   *   * ",p:43,x:89,y:83,w:76,h:19},
{t:"The moon-pale splendour of the lotus face  ",p:43,x:89,y:123,w:321,h:19},
{t:"of Mura’s enemy may cure my pain.  ",p:43,x:89,y:146,w:272,h:19},
{t:"To one left solitary in thought, the moon ",p:43,x:89,y:170,w:304,h:19},
{t:"is friend to fervour but no peace of mind. ",p:43,x:89,y:193,w:307,h:19},
{t:"Fifteenth Song ",p:43,x:89,y:231,w:120,h:20},
{t:"The face in rapture for a kiss he marks  ",p:43,x:89,y:263,w:291,h:19},
{t:"with musk as antelope attend the moon.  ",p:43,x:89,y:286,w:305,h:19},
{t:"On sandy Yamunā’s thick-wooded shore ",p:43,x:89,y:310,w:302,h:19},
{t:"triumphantly is Krishna revelling now. ",p:43,x:89,y:333,w:290,h:19},
{t:"A flower he places in the tumbling hair: ",p:43,x:89,y:373,w:296,h:19},
{t:"as fast as deer or lightning to the mouth.  ",p:43,x:89,y:396,w:307,h:19},
{t:"On sandy Yamunā’s thick-wooded shore ",p:43,x:89,y:420,w:302,h:19},
{t:"triumphantly is Krishna revelling now. ",p:43,x:89,y:443,w:290,h:19},
{t:"He hangs a pendant on her musky breasts ",p:43,x:89,y:483,w:314,h:19},
{t:"that shine resplendent as the deer-marked moon.  ",p:43,x:89,y:506,w:373,h:19},
{t:"On sandy Yamunā’s thick-wooded shore ",p:43,x:89,y:530,w:302,h:19},
{t:"triumphantly is Krishna revelling now. ",p:43,x:89,y:553,w:290,h:19},
{t:"Her arm he subdues with an emerald clasp ",p:43,x:89,y:593,w:320,h:19},
{t:"as bees cool-clustered on a lotus shoot.  ",p:43,x:89,y:616,w:296,h:19},
{t:"On sandy Yamunā’s thick-wooded shore ",p:43,x:89,y:640,w:302,h:19},
{t:"triumphantly is Krishna revelling now. ",p:43,x:89,y:663,w:290,h:19},
{t:" ",p:44,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"40 ",p:44,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Around that golden house of love, the hips, ",p:44,x:94,y:83,w:323,h:19},
{t:"he hangs a laughing girdle arch of gems. ",p:44,x:94,y:106,w:300,h:19},
{t:"On sandy Yamunā’s thick-wooded shore ",p:44,x:94,y:130,w:302,h:19},
{t:"triumphantly is Krishna revelling now. ",p:44,x:94,y:153,w:290,h:19},
{t:"The feet that touch his heart he paints with lac,  ",p:44,x:94,y:193,w:356,h:19},
{t:"as garment covering love’s inner house.  ",p:44,x:94,y:216,w:299,h:19},
{t:"On sandy Yamunā’s thick-wooded shore ",p:44,x:94,y:240,w:302,h:19},
{t:"triumphantly is Krishna revelling now. ",p:44,x:94,y:263,w:290,h:19},
{t:"He’s mesmerized by beauty’s eyes, while I— ",p:44,x:94,y:303,w:327,h:19},
{t:"say why, my friend—must hide in sapless shoots. ",p:44,x:94,y:326,w:364,h:19},
{t:"On sandy Yamunā’s thick-wooded shore ",p:44,x:94,y:350,w:302,h:19},
{t:"triumphantly is Krishna revelling now. ",p:44,x:94,y:373,w:290,h:19},
{t:"Jayadeva echoes Hari’s taste; ",p:44,x:94,y:413,w:220,h:19},
{t:"let Kali’s discord end at Krishna’s feet.  ",p:44,x:94,y:436,w:290,h:19},
{t:"On sandy Yamunā’s thick-wooded shore ",p:44,x:94,y:460,w:302,h:19},
{t:"triumphantly is Krishna revelling now. ",p:44,x:94,y:483,w:290,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   * ",p:44,x:94,y:523,w:76,h:19},
{t:"He’s false and hurts my messenger. He has ",p:44,x:94,y:563,w:320,h:19},
{t:"too many loves, my friend: he will not come. ",p:44,x:94,y:586,w:331,h:19},
{t:"Yet I am drawn to him and burst with longing: ",p:44,x:94,y:610,w:347,h:19},
{t:"consciousness itself would go with him. ",p:44,x:94,y:633,w:296,h:19},
{t:" ",p:45,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"41 ",p:45,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Sixteenth Song ",p:45,x:89,y:88,w:123,h:20},
{t:"His eyes are round her like the wind-tossed lotus: ",p:45,x:89,y:120,w:370,h:19},
{t:"a palliasse of leaves will never scorch her ",p:45,x:89,y:143,w:304,h:19},
{t:"when she’s pleasuring one forest-wreathed. ",p:45,x:89,y:166,w:325,h:19},
{t:"His mouth voluptuous as open lotus, ",p:45,x:89,y:206,w:277,h:19},
{t:"her blossoms will not break the love-god’s arrows ",p:45,x:89,y:230,w:370,h:19},
{t:"when she is pleasuring one forest-wreathed. ",p:45,x:89,y:253,w:329,h:19},
{t:"With words so much alive and sweet and soft  ",p:45,x:89,y:293,w:340,h:19},
{t:"she will not blaze up in malaya breezes ",p:45,x:89,y:316,w:290,h:19},
{t:"when she’s pleasuring one forest-wreathed. ",p:45,x:89,y:340,w:325,h:19},
{t:"As the land-borne lotus are his hands ",p:45,x:89,y:380,w:280,h:19},
{t:"and feet: the cool of moonbeams will not hurt her ",p:45,x:89,y:403,w:371,h:19},
{t:"when she’s pleasuring one forest-wreathed. ",p:45,x:89,y:426,w:325,h:19},
{t:"Coalescing, radiant as the clouds, ",p:45,x:89,y:466,w:250,h:19},
{t:"no separation ever cleave her kindness ",p:45,x:89,y:490,w:289,h:19},
{t:"when she’s pleasuring one forest-wreathed. ",p:45,x:89,y:513,w:325,h:19},
{t:"His shining clothes must leave the touchstone gold: ",p:45,x:89,y:553,w:385,h:19},
{t:"nor does she hear or heed the servants sighing ",p:45,x:89,y:576,w:345,h:19},
{t:"when she’s pleasuring one forest-wreathed. ",p:45,x:89,y:600,w:325,h:19},
{t:"This youth is better than a world of people,  ",p:45,x:89,y:640,w:326,h:19},
{t:"despite the pain and pity and the sorrow ",p:45,x:89,y:663,w:302,h:19},
{t:"when she’s pleasuring one forest-wreathed. ",p:45,x:89,y:686,w:325,h:19},
{t:" ",p:46,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"42 ",p:46,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"May Jayadeva’s singing words so give,  ",p:46,x:94,y:83,w:289,h:19},
{t:"my friend, this Hari entrance to your thinking ",p:46,x:94,y:106,w:343,h:19},
{t:"when she’s pleasuring one forest-wreathed. ",p:46,x:94,y:130,w:325,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   * ",p:46,x:94,y:170,w:76,h:19},
{t:"The sandal-winds delight and fill my mind, ",p:46,x:94,y:210,w:321,h:19},
{t:"but move so variously in love or spite.  ",p:46,x:94,y:233,w:287,h:19},
{t:"The life-breath of the world you bring me for ",p:46,x:94,y:256,w:335,h:19},
{t:"a moment, then as Mādava you’re gone. ",p:46,x:94,y:280,w:298,h:19},
{t:"My friends deceive me, chilly wind is fire,  ",p:46,x:94,y:320,w:312,h:19},
{t:"the sweet light venom, and a scourge my mind: ",p:46,x:94,y:343,w:351,h:19},
{t:"how forcibly the heart is drawn to pain: ",p:46,x:94,y:366,w:295,h:19},
{t:"one look from him and I am loving-mad. ",p:46,x:94,y:390,w:305,h:19},
{t:"Afflict me, sandal wind, with love’s five arrows,  ",p:46,x:94,y:430,w:355,h:19},
{t:"take my life-breath back, I have no home.  ",p:46,x:94,y:453,w:315,h:19},
{t:"My sister-death, the Yamunā, relieve ",p:46,x:94,y:476,w:276,h:19},
{t:"this conflagration in your cooling waves.",p:46,x:94,y:500,w:299,h:19},
{t:" ",p:47,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"43 ",p:47,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Part Eight: Abashed Krishna ",p:47,x:89,y:87,w:268,h:23},
{t:"Having somehow spent the night's long watches,  ",p:47,x:89,y:133,w:367,h:19},
{t:"in the morning, and still stung with arrows, ",p:47,x:89,y:156,w:325,h:19},
{t:"with him in front of her, conciliatory, ",p:47,x:89,y:180,w:279,h:19},
{t:"indeed was bowing, angrily she said:  ",p:47,x:89,y:203,w:277,h:19},
{t:"Seventeenth Song ",p:47,x:89,y:241,w:153,h:20},
{t:"With eyes still reddened from a wakeful night, ",p:47,x:89,y:273,w:344,h:19},
{t:"would you to me in slothful condescension ",p:47,x:89,y:296,w:320,h:19},
{t:"offer what you felt for someone else? ",p:47,x:89,y:320,w:275,h:19},
{t:"I ask you, Hari: speak no lying words, ",p:47,x:89,y:360,w:282,h:19},
{t:"nor, Mādhava, to make those eyes at me. ",p:47,x:89,y:383,w:304,h:19},
{t:"Be off, the pair of you, Keshava, Krishna:  ",p:47,x:89,y:406,w:310,h:19},
{t:"you only chase me to compound my grief. ",p:47,x:89,y:430,w:312,h:19},
{t:"Besmirched by kissing of her lampblack lids,  ",p:47,x:89,y:470,w:337,h:19},
{t:"your morning lips are marked with that deep hue  ",p:47,x:89,y:493,w:371,h:19},
{t:"which is the colour, Krishna, of your shape. ",p:47,x:89,y:516,w:324,h:19},
{t:"I ask you, Hari, speak no lying words, ",p:47,x:89,y:556,w:281,h:19},
{t:"nor, Mādhava, to make those eyes at me. ",p:47,x:89,y:580,w:304,h:19},
{t:"Be off, the pair of you, Keshava, Krishna:  ",p:47,x:89,y:603,w:310,h:19},
{t:"you only chase me to compound my grief. ",p:47,x:89,y:626,w:312,h:19},
{t:" ",p:48,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"44 ",p:48,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"How harsh love’s battle your scratched body shows:  ",p:48,x:94,y:83,w:391,h:19},
{t:"the nail-marks driven as dark emerald bits  ",p:48,x:94,y:106,w:322,h:19},
{t:"that write your victory in their gleaming strokes. ",p:48,x:94,y:130,w:361,h:19},
{t:"I ask you, Hari, speak no lying words, ",p:48,x:94,y:170,w:281,h:19},
{t:"nor, Mādhava, to make those eyes at me. ",p:48,x:94,y:193,w:304,h:19},
{t:"Be off, the pair of you, Keshava, Krishna:  ",p:48,x:94,y:216,w:310,h:19},
{t:"you only chase me to compound my grief. ",p:48,x:94,y:240,w:312,h:19},
{t:"At heart and printed on your belly go  ",p:48,x:94,y:280,w:286,h:19},
{t:"the trail of pale lac feet: the tree of love ",p:48,x:94,y:303,w:292,h:19},
{t:"displays—how charmingly!—its train of leaves. ",p:48,x:94,y:326,w:348,h:19},
{t:"I ask you, Hari, speak no lying words, ",p:48,x:94,y:366,w:281,h:19},
{t:"nor, Mādhava, to make those eyes at me. ",p:48,x:94,y:390,w:304,h:19},
{t:"Be off, the pair of you, Keshava, Krishna:  ",p:48,x:94,y:413,w:310,h:19},
{t:"you only chase me to compound my grief. ",p:48,x:94,y:436,w:312,h:19},
{t:"For me her tooth mark on your lip is pain,  ",p:48,x:94,y:476,w:319,h:19},
{t:"while you would urge your perjured body ",p:48,x:94,y:500,w:309,h:19},
{t:"indissolubly to merge with mine?  ",p:48,x:94,y:523,w:254,h:19},
{t:"I ask you, Hari, speak no lying words, ",p:48,x:94,y:563,w:281,h:19},
{t:"nor, Mādhava, to make those eyes at me. ",p:48,x:94,y:586,w:304,h:19},
{t:"Be off, the pair of you, Keshava, Krishna:  ",p:48,x:94,y:610,w:310,h:19},
{t:"you only chase me to compound my grief. ",p:48,x:94,y:633,w:312,h:19},
{t:" ",p:49,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"45 ",p:49,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Your mind is blacker than your colour, Krishna,  ",p:49,x:89,y:83,w:362,h:19},
{t:"to lead astray the followers brought down  ",p:49,x:89,y:106,w:316,h:19},
{t:"unequally with fevers of the heart. ",p:49,x:89,y:130,w:257,h:19},
{t:"I ask you, Hari, speak no lying words, ",p:49,x:89,y:170,w:281,h:19},
{t:"nor, Mādhava, to make those eyes at me. ",p:49,x:89,y:193,w:304,h:19},
{t:"Be off, the pair of you, Keshava, Krishna:  ",p:49,x:89,y:216,w:310,h:19},
{t:"you only chase me to compound my grief. ",p:49,x:89,y:240,w:312,h:19},
{t:"Why would your lordship wander in the woods  ",p:49,x:89,y:280,w:354,h:19},
{t:"to prey on foolish women there and suck ",p:49,x:89,y:303,w:304,h:19},
{t:"their life out as the demoness Putana?   ",p:49,x:89,y:326,w:294,h:19},
{t:"I ask you, Hari, speak no lying words, ",p:49,x:89,y:366,w:281,h:19},
{t:"nor, Mādhava, to make those eyes at me. ",p:49,x:89,y:390,w:304,h:19},
{t:"Be off, the pair of you, Keshava, Krishna:  ",p:49,x:89,y:413,w:310,h:19},
{t:"you only chase me to compound my grief. ",p:49,x:89,y:436,w:312,h:19},
{t:"So Jayadeva of a girl deceived,  ",p:49,x:89,y:476,w:232,h:19},
{t:"and wailing. Sages listen: not in Heaven  ",p:49,x:89,y:500,w:302,h:19},
{t:"even is there sweetness heard as this. ",p:49,x:89,y:523,w:278,h:19},
{t:"I ask you, Hari, speak no lying words, ",p:49,x:89,y:563,w:281,h:19},
{t:"nor, Mādhava, to make those eyes at me. ",p:49,x:89,y:586,w:304,h:19},
{t:"Be off, the pair of you, Keshava, Krishna:  ",p:49,x:89,y:610,w:310,h:19},
{t:"you only chase me to compound my grief. ",p:49,x:89,y:633,w:312,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   * ",p:49,x:89,y:673,w:76,h:19},
{t:" ",p:50,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"46 ",p:50,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"My love is on the roads: your chest displays ",p:50,x:94,y:83,w:325,h:19},
{t:"the decoration of her red-lac feet: ",p:50,x:94,y:106,w:251,h:19},
{t:"my swollen heart is broken by some cheat,  ",p:50,x:94,y:130,w:321,h:19},
{t:"and worse than grieving is the shame I feel. ",p:50,x:94,y:153,w:323,h:19},
{t:" ",p:51,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"47 ",p:51,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Part Nine: Languishing Krishna ",p:51,x:89,y:87,w:291,h:23},
{t:"To her so separated, passion broken, ",p:51,x:89,y:133,w:274,h:19},
{t:"hurt by Hari, then the girlfriend said: ",p:51,x:89,y:156,w:280,h:19},
{t:"Eighteenth Song ",p:51,x:89,y:194,w:138,h:20},
{t:"Hari’s speaking is as first month breezes;  ",p:51,x:89,y:226,w:311,h:19},
{t:"what further pleasure can there be, my friend?  ",p:51,x:89,y:250,w:351,h:19},
{t:"Why scorn the purposes of Mādhava? ",p:51,x:89,y:273,w:282,h:19},
{t:"In essence fuller than the fan-palm fruit,  ",p:51,x:89,y:313,w:308,h:19},
{t:"why won’t you press on him those pitcher breasts? ",p:51,x:89,y:336,w:377,h:19},
{t:"Why scorn the purposes of Mādhava? ",p:51,x:89,y:360,w:282,h:19},
{t:"How soon and many times, must I repeat: ",p:51,x:89,y:400,w:314,h:19},
{t:"do not withhold yourself from Hari’s gifts. ",p:51,x:89,y:423,w:316,h:19},
{t:"Why scorn the purposes of Mādhava? ",p:51,x:89,y:446,w:282,h:19},
{t:"Why such a spectacle of prostrate grieving?  ",p:51,x:89,y:486,w:328,h:19},
{t:"Your whole community of girls is laughing. ",p:51,x:89,y:510,w:322,h:19},
{t:"Why scorn the purposes of Mādhava? ",p:51,x:89,y:533,w:282,h:19},
{t:"A bed of cool and watery lotus leaves  ",p:51,x:89,y:573,w:280,h:19},
{t:"has Hari: feast on what your eyes have seen.  ",p:51,x:89,y:596,w:334,h:19},
{t:"Why scorn the purposes of Mādhava? ",p:51,x:89,y:620,w:282,h:19},
{t:" ",p:52,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"48 ",p:52,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Why conjure up such heavy thoughts, but hear  ",p:52,x:94,y:83,w:354,h:19},
{t:"the words on senseless partings I must bear.  ",p:52,x:94,y:106,w:335,h:19},
{t:"Why scorn the purposes of Mādhava? ",p:52,x:94,y:130,w:282,h:19},
{t:"When Hari comes to speak melodiously ",p:52,x:94,y:170,w:297,h:19},
{t:"why would you make your heart so solitary?  ",p:52,x:94,y:193,w:334,h:19},
{t:"Why scorn the purposes of Mādhava? ",p:52,x:94,y:216,w:282,h:19},
{t:"Let then Hari’s amorousness expressed ",p:52,x:94,y:256,w:293,h:19},
{t:"by Jayadeva move the man of taste.  ",p:52,x:94,y:280,w:271,h:19},
{t:"Why scorn the purposes of Mādhava? ",p:52,x:94,y:303,w:282,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   * ",p:52,x:94,y:343,w:76,h:19},
{t:"He’s friendly. Bows. You are unmoved. He lifts ",p:52,x:94,y:383,w:348,h:19},
{t:"his face, you turn away. Perverse, you make  ",p:52,x:94,y:406,w:330,h:19},
{t:"of sandal-paste a poison, frost a fire,  ",p:52,x:94,y:430,w:276,h:19},
{t:"moon’s coolness sun, and love affliction.",p:52,x:94,y:453,w:298,h:19},
{t:" ",p:53,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"49 ",p:53,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Part Ten: Four-Armed Krishna ",p:53,x:89,y:87,w:280,h:23},
{t:"And then, so gentle at her tears and rage,  ",p:53,x:89,y:133,w:311,h:19},
{t:"he brought a brightness to her ravaged face: ",p:53,x:89,y:156,w:330,h:19},
{t:"in joy and modesty a friend to her,  ",p:53,x:89,y:180,w:262,h:19},
{t:"so Hari, stammering that evening, said: ",p:53,x:89,y:203,w:296,h:19},
{t:"Nineteenth Song ",p:53,x:89,y:241,w:141,h:20},
{t:"A little even of your glowing teeth  ",p:53,x:89,y:273,w:257,h:19},
{t:"dispels my gloominess, as does the moon’s  ",p:53,x:89,y:296,w:322,h:19},
{t:"rich nectar trembling from your lower lip  ",p:53,x:89,y:320,w:312,h:19},
{t:"to salve my longing in chakora eyes. ",p:53,x:89,y:343,w:269,h:19},
{t:"My love, you have no cause to curse me so: ",p:53,x:89,y:383,w:321,h:19},
{t:"I ask, as this fierce passion burns my mind,  ",p:53,x:89,y:406,w:327,h:19},
{t:"to drink the nectar from your lotus mouth. ",p:53,x:89,y:430,w:320,h:19},
{t:"If you, with teeth so beautiful, are truly  ",p:53,x:89,y:470,w:298,h:19},
{t:"angry, claw at me with arrow nails,  ",p:53,x:89,y:493,w:265,h:19},
{t:"bind me with your arms, and have your teeth ",p:53,x:89,y:516,w:336,h:19},
{t:"attack whatever happiness you find. ",p:53,x:89,y:540,w:270,h:19},
{t:"My love, you have no cause to curse me so: ",p:53,x:89,y:580,w:321,h:19},
{t:"I ask, as this fierce passion burns my mind,  ",p:53,x:89,y:603,w:327,h:19},
{t:"to drink the nectar from your lotus mouth. ",p:53,x:89,y:626,w:320,h:19},
{t:" ",p:54,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"50 ",p:54,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"You are my ornament, my breath, my world,  ",p:54,x:94,y:90,w:336,h:19},
{t:"my jewel in the endless sea of life:  ",p:54,x:94,y:113,w:257,h:19},
{t:"that you at last will yield to me I make ",p:54,x:94,y:136,w:286,h:19},
{t:"perpetually the motive of this heart. ",p:54,x:94,y:160,w:269,h:19},
{t:"My love, you have no cause to curse me so: ",p:54,x:94,y:200,w:321,h:19},
{t:"I ask, as this fierce passion burns my mind,  ",p:54,x:94,y:223,w:327,h:19},
{t:"to drink the nectar from your lotus mouth. ",p:54,x:94,y:246,w:320,h:19},
{t:"Once blue lotuses, your eyes now glow  ",p:54,x:94,y:286,w:291,h:19},
{t:"with red of water lilies, slender Rādhā: ",p:54,x:94,y:310,w:288,h:19},
{t:"the darts that strike my body with their fiery ",p:54,x:94,y:333,w:333,h:19},
{t:"love adopt the darkness of your eyes. ",p:54,x:94,y:356,w:277,h:19},
{t:"My love, you have no cause to curse me so: ",p:54,x:94,y:396,w:321,h:19},
{t:"I ask, as this fierce passion burns my mind,  ",p:54,x:94,y:420,w:327,h:19},
{t:"to drink the nectar from your lotus mouth. ",p:54,x:94,y:443,w:320,h:19},
{t:"May gems which, trembling, hang beneath the pitcher  ",p:54,x:94,y:483,w:407,h:19},
{t:"breasts entreat those quarters of the heart,  ",p:54,x:94,y:506,w:324,h:19},
{t:"and girdle zone that circles those strong hips  ",p:54,x:94,y:530,w:338,h:19},
{t:"obey the love-god proudly murmuring there. ",p:54,x:94,y:553,w:335,h:19},
{t:"My love, you have no cause to curse me so: ",p:54,x:94,y:593,w:321,h:19},
{t:"I ask, as this fierce passion burns my mind,  ",p:54,x:94,y:616,w:327,h:19},
{t:"to drink the nectar from your lotus mouth. ",p:54,x:94,y:640,w:320,h:19},
{t:" ",p:55,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"51 ",p:55,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Outshine the flared hibiscus, soft-voiced one,  ",p:55,x:89,y:90,w:342,h:19},
{t:"and let me paint your feet with pale-red lac,  ",p:55,x:89,y:113,w:330,h:19},
{t:"that you, in amorous disporting, throw ",p:55,x:89,y:136,w:291,h:19},
{t:"a shining harmony around my heart. ",p:55,x:89,y:160,w:276,h:19},
{t:"My love, you have no cause to curse me so: ",p:55,x:89,y:200,w:321,h:19},
{t:"I ask, as this fierce passion burns my mind,  ",p:55,x:89,y:223,w:327,h:19},
{t:"to drink the nectar from your lotus mouth. ",p:55,x:89,y:246,w:320,h:19},
{t:"Place as ornament upon my head, ",p:55,x:89,y:286,w:254,h:19},
{t:"to slake the love-god’s venom, your soft feet, ",p:55,x:89,y:310,w:333,h:19},
{t:"and douse the tawny-embered fire of passion ",p:55,x:89,y:333,w:336,h:19},
{t:"that still too pitilessly burns me up. ",p:55,x:89,y:356,w:266,h:19},
{t:"My love, you have no cause to curse me so: ",p:55,x:89,y:396,w:321,h:19},
{t:"I ask, as this fierce passion burns my mind,  ",p:55,x:89,y:420,w:327,h:19},
{t:"to drink the nectar from your lotus mouth. ",p:55,x:89,y:443,w:320,h:19},
{t:"In words so sweet so pungent and so pleasing  ",p:55,x:89,y:483,w:344,h:19},
{t:"Mura’s enemy addresses Rādhā:  ",p:55,x:89,y:506,w:246,h:19},
{t:"so the poet Jayadeva, wins  ",p:55,x:89,y:530,w:204,h:19},
{t:"his joy in eloquence of Sarasvatī. ",p:55,x:89,y:553,w:245,h:19},
{t:"My love, you have no cause to curse me so: ",p:55,x:89,y:593,w:321,h:19},
{t:"I ask, as this fierce passion burns my mind,  ",p:55,x:89,y:616,w:327,h:19},
{t:"to drink the nectar from your lotus mouth. ",p:55,x:89,y:640,w:320,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   * ",p:55,x:89,y:680,w:76,h:19},
{t:" ",p:56,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"52 ",p:56,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"How can there be, with spreading breasts and heavy ",p:56,x:94,y:83,w:388,h:19},
{t:"haunches, latitude for someone else? ",p:56,x:94,y:106,w:277,h:19},
{t:"In me alone, the bodiless, embracing ",p:56,x:94,y:130,w:275,h:19},
{t:"you, the love-god holds you to his heart. ",p:56,x:94,y:153,w:301,h:19},
{t:"Confuse, compress me in those urgent breasts,  ",p:56,x:94,y:193,w:352,h:19},
{t:"bind hard your arms about me, and, like Durga,  ",p:56,x:94,y:216,w:360,h:19},
{t:"have passion’s rage of teeth and fivefold  ",p:56,x:94,y:240,w:302,h:19},
{t:"arrows tear the life-breath out of me.  ",p:56,x:94,y:263,w:281,h:19},
{t:"Disturb the young men with those serpent-sooted ",p:56,x:94,y:303,w:372,h:19},
{t:"eyebrows frowning on a moon-like face,  ",p:56,x:94,y:326,w:302,h:19},
{t:"a danger, from the fear of which the antidote ",p:56,x:94,y:350,w:334,h:19},
{t:"is that sweet nectar spilling from your lip. ",p:56,x:94,y:373,w:311,h:19},
{t:"Needlessly your silence hurts me: sing  ",p:56,x:94,y:413,w:290,h:19},
{t:"and cure my fevered longing with a glance. ",p:56,x:94,y:436,w:319,h:19},
{t:"Do not withdraw your graciousness from one  ",p:56,x:94,y:460,w:342,h:19},
{t:"whose true bewilderment shines forth his love. ",p:56,x:94,y:483,w:350,h:19},
{t:"Bandūka are your lips, madūka cheeks,  ",p:56,x:94,y:523,w:297,h:19},
{t:"your nose the sesame, white jasmine teeth  ",p:56,x:94,y:546,w:319,h:19},
{t:"the lotus glances: so the flower-weaponed  ",p:56,x:94,y:570,w:317,h:19},
{t:"god in worshipping has conquered all. ",p:56,x:94,y:593,w:285,h:19},
{t:" ",p:57,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"53 ",p:57,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Content, your face as is the moon and shining; ",p:57,x:89,y:90,w:347,h:19},
{t:"thighs, as plantains moving, charm the races. ",p:57,x:89,y:113,w:338,h:19},
{t:"So skilled your loving, and so bright your brow, ",p:57,x:89,y:136,w:354,h:19},
{t:"you lead all heavenly women here on earth. ",p:57,x:89,y:160,w:324,h:19},
{t:" ",p:58,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"54 ",p:58,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Part Eleven: Blissful Krishna ",p:58,x:94,y:87,w:255,h:23},
{t:"From long entreaty of the doe-eyed woman,  ",p:58,x:94,y:133,w:332,h:19},
{t:"rich-clothed, Keshava found his arbour-bed, ",p:58,x:94,y:156,w:332,h:19},
{t:"when on that twilit evening someone went ",p:58,x:94,y:180,w:316,h:19},
{t:"and to a jewelled and cheerful Rādhā said: ",p:58,x:94,y:203,w:316,h:19},
{t:"Twentieth Song ",p:58,x:94,y:241,w:128,h:20},
{t:"To you he offered graceful words  ",p:58,x:94,y:273,w:251,h:19},
{t:"and bowed in reverence to your feet,  ",p:58,x:94,y:296,w:276,h:19},
{t:"and at the border of his thicket bower  ",p:58,x:94,y:320,w:286,h:19},
{t:"awaits you on his loving-bed. ",p:58,x:94,y:343,w:219,h:19},
{t:"Simple Rādhā, you must follow: ",p:58,x:94,y:383,w:240,h:19},
{t:"Madhu’s foe has followed you. ",p:58,x:94,y:406,w:228,h:19},
{t:"Firm the haunches and the breast  ",p:58,x:94,y:446,w:257,h:19},
{t:"when borne on slowly-moving steps:  ",p:58,x:94,y:470,w:279,h:19},
{t:"with tinkling, jewelled anklets come ",p:58,x:94,y:493,w:269,h:19},
{t:"and mimic the marāla bird. ",p:58,x:94,y:516,w:206,h:19},
{t:"Simple Rādhā, you must follow: ",p:58,x:94,y:556,w:240,h:19},
{t:"Madhu’s foe has followed you. ",p:58,x:94,y:580,w:228,h:19},
{t:"Listen to the bees whose hum ",p:58,x:94,y:620,w:223,h:19},
{t:"intoxicates the lovelorn girls. ",p:58,x:94,y:643,w:218,h:19},
{t:"Watch as flocks of cuckoo birds  ",p:58,x:94,y:666,w:241,h:19},
{t:"announce the flower-arrowed one. ",p:58,x:94,y:690,w:259,h:19},
{t:" ",p:59,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"55 ",p:59,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Simple Rādhā, you must follow: ",p:59,x:89,y:83,w:240,h:19},
{t:"Madhu’s foe has followed you. ",p:59,x:89,y:106,w:228,h:19},
{t:"The winds make stir the early leaves, ",p:59,x:89,y:146,w:276,h:19},
{t:"and thicknesses of creepers urge: ",p:59,x:89,y:170,w:248,h:19},
{t:"as trunks of elephants now move ",p:59,x:89,y:193,w:247,h:19},
{t:"in unison those supple thighs. ",p:59,x:89,y:216,w:226,h:19},
{t:"Simple Rādhā, you must follow: ",p:59,x:89,y:256,w:240,h:19},
{t:"Madhu’s foe has followed you. ",p:59,x:89,y:280,w:228,h:19},
{t:"The motion of your breasts betrays  ",p:59,x:89,y:320,w:267,h:19},
{t:"the love-god trembling in their swell, ",p:59,x:89,y:343,w:277,h:19},
{t:"and necklaces in his embrace  ",p:59,x:89,y:366,w:223,h:19},
{t:"become as water, clear and bright.   ",p:59,x:89,y:390,w:264,h:19},
{t:"Simple Rādhā, you must follow: ",p:59,x:89,y:430,w:240,h:19},
{t:"Madhu’s foe has followed you. ",p:59,x:89,y:453,w:228,h:19},
{t:"All your girlfriends learn how body ",p:59,x:89,y:493,w:262,h:19},
{t:"arms for passion’s joyful fight,  ",p:59,x:89,y:516,w:231,h:19},
{t:"and as the war-drums shake the girdle  ",p:59,x:89,y:540,w:291,h:19},
{t:"roar their passion shamelessly. ",p:59,x:89,y:563,w:232,h:19},
{t:"Simple Rādhā, you must follow: ",p:59,x:89,y:603,w:240,h:19},
{t:"Madhu’s foe has followed you. ",p:59,x:89,y:626,w:228,h:19},
{t:" ",p:60,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"56 ",p:60,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Artless, clinging to a friend  ",p:60,x:94,y:123,w:207,h:19},
{t:"with a hand of sporting arrows, ",p:60,x:94,y:146,w:236,h:19},
{t:"go to Hari as your bracelets ",p:60,x:94,y:170,w:206,h:19},
{t:"tell by tinkling you approach. ",p:60,x:94,y:193,w:221,h:19},
{t:"Simple Rādhā, you must follow: ",p:60,x:94,y:233,w:240,h:19},
{t:"Madhu’s foe has followed you. ",p:60,x:94,y:256,w:228,h:19},
{t:"May Jayadeva’s shining words  ",p:60,x:94,y:296,w:232,h:19},
{t:"adorn the mind that’s drawn to Hari ",p:60,x:94,y:320,w:273,h:19},
{t:"as will necklaces of pearls  ",p:60,x:94,y:343,w:197,h:19},
{t:"in blossom round some beauty’s throat. ",p:60,x:94,y:366,w:298,h:19},
{t:"Simple Rādhā, you must follow: ",p:60,x:94,y:406,w:240,h:19},
{t:"Madhu’s foe has followed you. ",p:60,x:94,y:430,w:228,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   * ",p:60,x:94,y:470,w:76,h:19},
{t:"She will look and speak, remembering words;  ",p:60,x:94,y:510,w:344,h:19},
{t:"and clasp my body eagerly, my friend:  ",p:60,x:94,y:533,w:288,h:19},
{t:"but in the arbour’s steadfast darkness, he, ",p:60,x:94,y:556,w:314,h:19},
{t:"disturbed in thought, can see his lover come: ",p:60,x:94,y:580,w:335,h:19},
{t:"swelled up with joy, but trembling, sweat and faint. ",p:60,x:94,y:603,w:382,h:19},
{t:" ",p:61,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"57 ",p:61,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"So women mischievous, who flit in pleasure ",p:61,x:89,y:90,w:328,h:19},
{t:"with eyes mascara’d, and tamāla’d ears: their heads ",p:61,x:89,y:113,w:383,h:19},
{t:"are wreathed with lotuses and musk their breasts.  ",p:61,x:89,y:136,w:376,h:19},
{t:"My friend: how beautiful are lustrous eyes  ",p:61,x:89,y:160,w:321,h:19},
{t:"and limbs invested with the thicket's shade. ",p:61,x:89,y:183,w:326,h:19},
{t:"The blackest night is thickly beautiful ",p:61,x:89,y:223,w:282,h:19},
{t:"with gold when saffron-wearing lovers meet.  ",p:61,x:89,y:246,w:337,h:19},
{t:"As though the cavernous tamāla all ",p:61,x:89,y:270,w:264,h:19},
{t:"around could act as touchstone for the streaks  ",p:61,x:89,y:293,w:350,h:19},
{t:"of loving's probity and find it true. ",p:61,x:89,y:316,w:257,h:19},
{t:"Having at the entrance to his thicket  ",p:61,x:89,y:356,w:277,h:19},
{t:"arbour seen a richly jewelled Hari,  ",p:61,x:89,y:380,w:262,h:19},
{t:"the central gem ablaze in pearls, the wealth  ",p:61,x:89,y:403,w:327,h:19},
{t:"of armlet, bracelet, golden girdle string,  ",p:61,x:89,y:426,w:300,h:19},
{t:"to one who’s bashful now the girlfriend said: ",p:61,x:89,y:450,w:333,h:19},
{t:"Twenty-first Song ",p:61,x:89,y:488,w:138,h:20},
{t:"In this charming bower of pleasure,  ",p:61,x:89,y:520,w:271,h:19},
{t:"railing laughter urges love.  ",p:61,x:89,y:543,w:206,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā, come to Mādhava. ",p:61,x:89,y:566,w:196,h:19},
{t:"Let on these soft tamāla leaves  ",p:61,x:89,y:606,w:234,h:19},
{t:"your breasts appear with tumbled pearls.  ",p:61,x:89,y:630,w:311,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā, come to Mādhava. ",p:61,x:89,y:653,w:196,h:19},
{t:" ",p:62,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"58 ",p:62,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"For you whose body is a flower ",p:62,x:94,y:90,w:232,h:19},
{t:"are heaped the garlands of this house.  ",p:62,x:94,y:113,w:288,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā, come to Mādhava. ",p:62,x:94,y:136,w:196,h:19},
{t:"If fearful of the love-god’s arrows  ",p:62,x:94,y:176,w:253,h:19},
{t:"here are cool malaya winds. ",p:62,x:94,y:200,w:208,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā, come to Mādhava. ",p:62,x:94,y:223,w:196,h:19},
{t:"If slow to place your solemn hip ",p:62,x:94,y:263,w:240,h:19},
{t:"here are creepers soft and thick.  ",p:62,x:94,y:286,w:244,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā, come to Mādhava. ",p:62,x:94,y:310,w:196,h:19},
{t:"To manifest the god of love ",p:62,x:94,y:350,w:204,h:19},
{t:"the bees are murmuring at honey.  ",p:62,x:94,y:373,w:258,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā, come to Mādhava. ",p:62,x:94,y:396,w:196,h:19},
{t:"Like flocks of singing cuckoos flash  ",p:62,x:94,y:436,w:267,h:19},
{t:"the ruby gemstones of your teeth.  ",p:62,x:94,y:460,w:257,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā, come to Mādhava. ",p:62,x:94,y:483,w:196,h:19},
{t:"Met Padmāvatī be blessed  ",p:62,x:94,y:523,w:201,h:19},
{t:"with happinesses hundreds fold, ",p:62,x:94,y:546,w:244,h:19},
{t:"so sings the king of poet kings.  ",p:62,x:94,y:570,w:234,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā, come to Mādhava.. ",p:62,x:94,y:593,w:201,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   * ",p:62,x:94,y:633,w:76,h:19},
{t:" ",p:63,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"59 ",p:63,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Why such agitation? In his passion’s ",p:63,x:89,y:90,w:273,h:19},
{t:"hope and tiredness he would reach for lips ",p:63,x:89,y:113,w:317,h:19},
{t:"and body. At your feet he lies, the slave ",p:63,x:89,y:136,w:292,h:19},
{t:"a moment's lifting of your brow has bought.  ",p:63,x:89,y:160,w:332,h:19},
{t:"Delighted are the darting glances  ",p:63,x:89,y:200,w:252,h:19},
{t:"fearfully now given Krishna. ",p:63,x:89,y:223,w:212,h:19},
{t:"Beautiful, the anklets tinkle ",p:63,x:89,y:246,w:209,h:19},
{t:"as she gains his hiding place. ",p:63,x:89,y:270,w:216,h:19},
{t:"Twenty-second Song ",p:63,x:89,y:308,w:173,h:20},
{t:"On seeing Rādhā’s blossoming, his look  ",p:63,x:89,y:340,w:299,h:19},
{t:"was ocean’s ecstasy when moon appears.  ",p:63,x:89,y:363,w:309,h:19},
{t:"Hari’s whole becoming spoke his joy ",p:63,x:89,y:386,w:272,h:19},
{t:"at her now going to the love-god’s house. ",p:63,x:89,y:410,w:307,h:19},
{t:"Far off she saw the pearls on Hari’s chest ",p:63,x:89,y:450,w:306,h:19},
{t:"as foam that rises on the Yamunā. ",p:63,x:89,y:473,w:255,h:19},
{t:"Hari’s whole becoming spoke his joy ",p:63,x:89,y:496,w:272,h:19},
{t:"at her now going to the love-god’s house. ",p:63,x:89,y:520,w:307,h:19},
{t:"Dark and soft the body with a saffron robe  ",p:63,x:89,y:560,w:321,h:19},
{t:"as pollen round the dark-blue lotus root.  ",p:63,x:89,y:583,w:309,h:19},
{t:"Hari’s whole becoming spoke his joy ",p:63,x:89,y:606,w:272,h:19},
{t:"at her now going to the love-god’s house. ",p:63,x:89,y:630,w:307,h:19},
{t:" ",p:64,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"60 ",p:64,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"His loving glances shook his cheeks as will ",p:64,x:94,y:90,w:317,h:19},
{t:"two birds the lotus in an autumn pool. ",p:64,x:94,y:113,w:288,h:19},
{t:"Hari’s whole becoming spoke his joy ",p:64,x:94,y:136,w:273,h:19},
{t:"at her now going to the love-god’s house. ",p:64,x:94,y:160,w:307,h:19},
{t:"His lotus face showed earrings like the sun,  ",p:64,x:94,y:200,w:327,h:19},
{t:"and lips that glowed in splendour of her love.  ",p:64,x:94,y:223,w:341,h:19},
{t:"Hari’s whole becoming spoke his joy ",p:64,x:94,y:246,w:273,h:19},
{t:"at her now going to the love-god’s house. ",p:64,x:94,y:270,w:307,h:19},
{t:"As moon through clouds appeared his flower-strewn ",p:64,x:94,y:310,w:392,h:19},
{t:"and lofty lunar disc his sandal mark.                        hair ",p:64,x:94,y:333,w:400,h:19},
{t:"Hari’s whole becoming spoke his joy ",p:64,x:94,y:356,w:273,h:19},
{t:"at her now going to the love-god’s house. ",p:64,x:94,y:380,w:307,h:19},
{t:"A long time bristling with the play of love,  ",p:64,x:94,y:420,w:317,h:19},
{t:"a body moonbeam-radiant with its jewels.  ",p:64,x:94,y:443,w:318,h:19},
{t:"Hari’s whole becoming spoke his joy ",p:64,x:94,y:466,w:273,h:19},
{t:"at her now going to the love-god’s house. ",p:64,x:94,y:490,w:307,h:19},
{t:"May Jayadeva’s words adorn those twice ",p:64,x:94,y:530,w:304,h:19},
{t:"who bow to Hari pondered in their hearts. ",p:64,x:94,y:553,w:315,h:19},
{t:"Hari’s whole becoming spoke his joy ",p:64,x:94,y:576,w:273,h:19},
{t:"at her now going to the love-god’s house. ",p:64,x:94,y:600,w:307,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   * ",p:64,x:94,y:640,w:76,h:19},
{t:" ",p:65,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"61 ",p:65,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Boundlessly, as stretching to her ears,  ",p:65,x:89,y:90,w:288,h:19},
{t:"so Rādhā, gazing on her most beloved,  ",p:65,x:89,y:113,w:291,h:19},
{t:"let fall the perspiration of her eyes  ",p:65,x:89,y:136,w:261,h:19},
{t:"in storms of agitated love and joy. ",p:65,x:89,y:160,w:253,h:19},
{t:"When followers had left the place, their smiles ",p:65,x:89,y:200,w:346,h:19},
{t:"concealed by hands as she approached the bed, ",p:65,x:89,y:223,w:352,h:19},
{t:"such love’s auspiciousness was in his face,  ",p:65,x:89,y:246,w:318,h:19},
{t:"she found her modesty had fled ashamed. ",p:65,x:89,y:270,w:312,h:19},
{t:"The son of Nanda in his joy at pressing  ",p:65,x:89,y:310,w:294,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā slowly slowly in his arms  ",p:65,x:89,y:333,w:244,h:19},
{t:"must hold her, look behind, and pray those jutting ",p:65,x:89,y:356,w:377,h:19},
{t:"breasts do not push through to pierce his back. ",p:65,x:89,y:380,w:351,h:19},
{t:"Like Rati Devi in her hoarded beauty ",p:65,x:89,y:420,w:275,h:19},
{t:"so Rādhā in the lake where love is played:  ",p:65,x:89,y:443,w:315,h:19},
{t:"a sporting Vishnu shook those lifted breasts  ",p:65,x:89,y:466,w:332,h:19},
{t:"as geese the lotuses of Mānasa.",p:65,x:89,y:490,w:229,h:19},
{t:" ",p:66,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"62 ",p:66,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Part Twelve: Very Delighted Krishna ",p:66,x:94,y:87,w:345,h:23},
{t:"When Rādhā’s many friends were gone, he saw ",p:66,x:94,y:133,w:350,h:19},
{t:"her smiling lower lip was bathed with love, ",p:66,x:94,y:156,w:319,h:19},
{t:"and on his bed of leaves so bashfully ",p:66,x:94,y:180,w:273,h:19},
{t:"she looked, her eyes downcast, that Hari said: ",p:66,x:94,y:203,w:342,h:19},
{t:"Twenty-third Song ",p:66,x:94,y:241,w:148,h:20},
{t:"Lay on this leafy bed your lotus foot, ",p:66,x:94,y:273,w:273,h:19},
{t:"and in your flowering, woman, conquer it. ",p:66,x:94,y:296,w:315,h:19},
{t:"At once, now Rādhā, and as closely,  ",p:66,x:94,y:320,w:270,h:19},
{t:"follow Krishna as he’s followed you. ",p:66,x:94,y:343,w:268,h:19},
{t:"My hand a lotus to that travelled foot: ",p:66,x:94,y:383,w:285,h:19},
{t:"as valiant anklet I have kept to you.  ",p:66,x:94,y:406,w:270,h:19},
{t:"At once, now Rādhā, and as closely,  ",p:66,x:94,y:430,w:270,h:19},
{t:"follow Krishna as he’s followed you. ",p:66,x:94,y:453,w:268,h:19},
{t:"Give words of nectar from that moon-like face ",p:66,x:94,y:493,w:344,h:19},
{t:"while I unbar what keeps me from your breasts. ",p:66,x:94,y:516,w:357,h:19},
{t:"At once, now Rādhā, and as closely,  ",p:66,x:94,y:540,w:270,h:19},
{t:"follow Krishna as he’s followed you. ",p:66,x:94,y:563,w:268,h:19},
{t:"How fierce and difficult is that embrace ",p:66,x:94,y:603,w:296,h:19},
{t:"of breasts whose fullness takes the love-god’s heat.  ",p:66,x:94,y:626,w:383,h:19},
{t:"At once, now Rādhā, and as closely,  ",p:66,x:94,y:650,w:270,h:19},
{t:"follow Krishna as he’s followed you. ",p:66,x:94,y:673,w:268,h:19},
{t:" ",p:67,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"63 ",p:67,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Revive your slave with nectar from those lips; ",p:67,x:89,y:83,w:340,h:19},
{t:"my thoughts are by that scorching body hurt.  ",p:67,x:89,y:106,w:343,h:19},
{t:"At once, now Rādhā, and as closely,  ",p:67,x:89,y:130,w:270,h:19},
{t:"follow Krishna as he’s followed you. ",p:67,x:89,y:153,w:268,h:19},
{t:"In cuckoo-tortured ears your echoed voice ",p:67,x:89,y:193,w:317,h:19},
{t:"will lift as girdle gems my long disgrace. ",p:67,x:89,y:216,w:297,h:19},
{t:"At once, now Rādhā, and as closely,  ",p:67,x:89,y:240,w:270,h:19},
{t:"follow Krishna as he’s followed you. ",p:67,x:89,y:263,w:268,h:19},
{t:"At last in shame you do not look on one ",p:67,x:89,y:303,w:297,h:19},
{t:"you maimed so wantonly with useless anger.  ",p:67,x:89,y:326,w:338,h:19},
{t:"At once, now Rādhā, and as closely,  ",p:67,x:89,y:350,w:270,h:19},
{t:"follow Krishna as he’s followed you. ",p:67,x:89,y:373,w:268,h:19},
{t:"May Jayadeva’s words that gladden Krishna  ",p:67,x:89,y:413,w:333,h:19},
{t:"create love’s sentiment in men of taste.  ",p:67,x:89,y:436,w:295,h:19},
{t:"At once, now Rādhā, and as closely,  ",p:67,x:89,y:460,w:270,h:19},
{t:"follow Krishna as he’s followed you. ",p:67,x:89,y:483,w:268,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   * ",p:67,x:89,y:523,w:76,h:19},
{t:"Clasped and brushing through such obstacles  ",p:67,x:89,y:563,w:344,h:19},
{t:"as bristling hair and blinking eyes, of talk  ",p:67,x:89,y:586,w:312,h:19},
{t:"that stops the nectar from the lips, at length ",p:67,x:89,y:610,w:328,h:19},
{t:"the two are brought to love's entitlements. ",p:67,x:89,y:633,w:317,h:19},
{t:" ",p:68,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"64 ",p:68,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Pressed round by arms, by breasts, by fingernails,  ",p:68,x:94,y:83,w:375,h:19},
{t:"by pounding hips, by teeth on lips, his head  ",p:68,x:94,y:106,w:329,h:19},
{t:"pulled down but mad to have the honeyed stream: ",p:68,x:94,y:130,w:376,h:19},
{t:"how curiously will lovers take their joy. ",p:68,x:94,y:153,w:293,h:19},
{t:"Conquering impetuously she falls: ",p:68,x:94,y:193,w:257,h:19},
{t:"her arms go limp, eyes close, the breasts shake free.  ",p:68,x:94,y:216,w:388,h:19},
{t:"She holds the mount of pleasure motionless,  ",p:68,x:94,y:240,w:337,h:19},
{t:"for such are women in their manly sports. ",p:68,x:94,y:263,w:313,h:19},
{t:"By morning tired, unloosed, dishevelled, hair  ",p:68,x:94,y:303,w:341,h:19},
{t:"awry, the garlands broken, body clawed,  ",p:68,x:94,y:326,w:305,h:19},
{t:"but still transfixed by his, the love-god’s arrows,  ",p:68,x:94,y:350,w:363,h:19},
{t:"she looked but more to him a wondrous sight . ",p:68,x:94,y:373,w:348,h:19},
{t:"Expired the radiance of her hair and lip, ",p:68,x:94,y:413,w:299,h:19},
{t:"the necklace broken and the girdle lost:  ",p:68,x:94,y:436,w:299,h:19},
{t:"she puts a hand to hide her modesty,  ",p:68,x:94,y:460,w:280,h:19},
{t:"ashamed and gratified at pleasing him. ",p:68,x:94,y:483,w:290,h:19},
{t:"Ecstatic in her half-closed lids, and bathed  ",p:68,x:94,y:523,w:322,h:19},
{t:"with play of teeth and love-words from her lips:  ",p:68,x:94,y:546,w:360,h:19},
{t:"so warm, the deer-eyed body in its tranquil  ",p:68,x:94,y:570,w:326,h:19},
{t:"beauty pours out pleasure in a kiss. ",p:68,x:94,y:593,w:265,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā, tired but joyful at the end of sport,  ",p:68,x:94,y:633,w:320,h:19},
{t:"respectfully to Krishna said these words: ",p:68,x:94,y:656,w:304,h:19},
{t:" ",p:69,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"65 ",p:69,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Twenty-fourth Song ",p:69,x:89,y:88,w:160,h:20},
{t:"Anoint with sandal-dewy hands my breasts ",p:69,x:89,y:120,w:323,h:19},
{t:"and, Krishna, make them worthy with your musk  ",p:69,x:89,y:143,w:372,h:19},
{t:"to be receptacles produced in thought.  ",p:69,x:89,y:166,w:292,h:19},
{t:"In this she spoke to him while Krishna  ",p:69,x:89,y:190,w:292,h:19},
{t:"played delighting in her heart. ",p:69,x:89,y:213,w:226,h:19},
{t:"Make more glistening than the massing bees ",p:69,x:89,y:253,w:332,h:19},
{t:"the eye’s collyrium you kissed away ",p:69,x:89,y:276,w:266,h:19},
{t:"and loose the arrows of the loved-one’s looks.  ",p:69,x:89,y:300,w:344,h:19},
{t:"In this she spoke to him while Krishna  ",p:69,x:89,y:323,w:292,h:19},
{t:"played delighting in her heart. ",p:69,x:89,y:346,w:226,h:19},
{t:"Let the leaping freedom of the deer  ",p:69,x:89,y:386,w:267,h:19},
{t:"return with earrings fastened, that their arc  ",p:69,x:89,y:410,w:329,h:19},
{t:"restrain the splendour in the snaring glance.  ",p:69,x:89,y:433,w:336,h:19},
{t:"In this she spoke to him while Krishna  ",p:69,x:89,y:456,w:292,h:19},
{t:"played delighting in her heart. ",p:69,x:89,y:480,w:226,h:19},
{t:"Forever may my presence here before ",p:69,x:89,y:520,w:281,h:19},
{t:"you rearrange your shaken curls as bees ",p:69,x:89,y:543,w:299,h:19},
{t:"reshape the petals of the lotus flowers. ",p:69,x:89,y:566,w:288,h:19},
{t:"In this she spoke to him while Krishna  ",p:69,x:89,y:590,w:292,h:19},
{t:"played delighting in her heart. ",p:69,x:89,y:613,w:226,h:19},
{t:" ",p:70,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"66 ",p:70,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Remake with musk the deer-mark of the moon,  ",p:70,x:94,y:90,w:358,h:19},
{t:"and dress, O lotus-faced, that forehead damp ",p:70,x:94,y:113,w:337,h:19},
{t:"but not as sprinkled as it was with sweat.  ",p:70,x:94,y:136,w:310,h:19},
{t:"In this she spoke to him while Krishna  ",p:70,x:94,y:160,w:292,h:19},
{t:"played delighting in her heart. ",p:70,x:94,y:183,w:226,h:19},
{t:"Replace the blossoms fallen in our play ",p:70,x:94,y:223,w:292,h:19},
{t:"from hair as fly-whisk tossed and in a plume ",p:70,x:94,y:246,w:332,h:19},
{t:"of love astonishing as peacock’s tail. ",p:70,x:94,y:270,w:270,h:19},
{t:"In this she spoke to him while Krishna  ",p:70,x:94,y:293,w:292,h:19},
{t:"played delighting in her heart. ",p:70,x:94,y:316,w:226,h:19},
{t:"Reclothe with jewels and waist-string ornaments  ",p:70,x:94,y:356,w:368,h:19},
{t:"the cave so potent, beautiful and strong ",p:70,x:94,y:380,w:296,h:19},
{t:"it held the elephant of love in sport.  ",p:70,x:94,y:403,w:271,h:19},
{t:"In this she spoke to him while Krishna  ",p:70,x:94,y:426,w:292,h:19},
{t:"played delighting in her heart. ",p:70,x:94,y:450,w:226,h:19},
{t:"Thus Jayadeva’s nectar in a heart ",p:70,x:94,y:490,w:250,h:19},
{t:"compassionate and at the feet of Hari ",p:70,x:94,y:513,w:281,h:19},
{t:"wards off evil from the Kali age. ",p:70,x:94,y:536,w:238,h:19},
{t:"In this she spoke to him while Krishna  ",p:70,x:94,y:560,w:292,h:19},
{t:"played delighting in her heart. ",p:70,x:94,y:583,w:226,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   * ",p:70,x:94,y:623,w:76,h:19},
{t:" ",p:71,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"67 ",p:71,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Decorate my breasts and cheeks, arrange  ",p:71,x:89,y:90,w:310,h:19},
{t:"my girdle-string and tangled hair, replace  ",p:71,x:89,y:113,w:314,h:19},
{t:"my rows of bracelets and my jewelled anklets.  ",p:71,x:89,y:136,w:345,h:19},
{t:"He of yellow robe, delighted, did. ",p:71,x:89,y:160,w:248,h:19},
{t:"Let music skills of Gāndharvas, the thought ",p:71,x:89,y:200,w:326,h:19},
{t:"that goes with love-play and belongs to Vishnu, ",p:71,x:89,y:223,w:354,h:19},
{t:"that true discrimination, which is Krishna’s, ",p:71,x:89,y:246,w:329,h:19},
{t:"be believed of Jayadeva’s soul. ",p:71,x:89,y:270,w:228,h:19},
{t:"May poetry of Jayadeva, son  ",p:71,x:89,y:310,w:218,h:19},
{t:"of Bhojadeva and of Rāmādevī, ",p:71,x:89,y:333,w:233,h:19},
{t:"in his song of Krishna, chief of cowherds, ",p:71,x:89,y:356,w:307,h:19},
{t:"join the travellers with Parāshara. ",p:71,x:89,y:380,w:254,h:19},
{t:" ",p:72,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"68 ",p:72,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"APPENDIX ",p:72,x:94,y:114,w:101,h:23},
{t:"Commentary and Notes ",p:72,x:94,y:157,w:241,h:23},
{t:"The poem contains twenty-four songs, all written in moric ",p:72,x:118,y:198,w:380,h:17},
{t:"metres based on the number of beats to the line. Each ends ",p:72,x:94,y:221,w:406,h:17},
{t:"with a dedication by Jayadeva. The intervening sections are ",p:72,x:94,y:245,w:406,h:17},
{t:"introduction, narrative and comment written in classical ",p:72,x:94,y:268,w:409,h:17},
{t:"Sanskrit metres, i.e. fixed patterns of light and heavy syllables. ",p:72,x:94,y:291,w:404,h:17},
{t:"Part One: Joyful Krishna ",p:72,x:94,y:321,w:196,h:20},
{t:"The poem opens by setting the scene. Rādhā is walking ",p:72,x:118,y:348,w:383,h:17},
{t:"home through the forest, on the instructions of Nanda, the ",p:72,x:94,y:371,w:407,h:17},
{t:"chief of the cowherds. She is also being led by thoughts of ",p:72,x:94,y:395,w:405,h:17},
{t:"Krishna, and anticipating the joy of sexual congress with his ",p:72,x:94,y:418,w:406,h:17},
{t:"incarnation as Mādhava. Tamāla trees (Garcinia morella), ",p:72,x:94,y:441,w:405,h:17},
{t:"with their fragrant leaves, white blossoms and dark-coloured ",p:72,x:94,y:465,w:405,h:17},
{t:"bark, are associated with night and nocturnal trysts. Mādhava ",p:72,x:94,y:488,w:404,h:17},
{t:"may also be a personification of the sweetness of passion, an ",p:72,x:94,y:511,w:405,h:17},
{t:"attribute of the springtime, a man of Krishna’s own Yadu ",p:72,x:94,y:535,w:407,h:17},
{t:"family, an Orissa incarnation of Vishnu, or Shiva. Scholars ",p:72,x:94,y:558,w:409,h:17},
{t:"disagree, and it may be simplest to see Mādhava as some erotic ",p:72,x:94,y:581,w:404,h:17},
{t:"aspect of Krishna. ",p:72,x:94,y:605,w:123,h:17},
{t:"Three verses of invocation follow. The first refers to ",p:72,x:117,y:631,w:385,h:17},
{t:"Padmāvatī, who is Vishnu’s consort, but traditionally also the ",p:72,x:94,y:655,w:404,h:17},
{t:"name of Jayadeva’s wife, who may have been a temple dancer. ",p:72,x:94,y:678,w:405,h:17},
{t:"Shrī and Vāsudeva are the epithets of Rādhā and Krishna. In ",p:72,x:94,y:701,w:405,h:17},
{t:" ",p:73,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"69 ",p:73,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"the second verse, Jayadeva offers his poem to Sarasvatī, the ",p:73,x:89,y:85,w:406,h:17},
{t:"goddess of eloquence. Jayadeva claims in the third his work is ",p:73,x:89,y:108,w:405,h:17},
{t:"more regularly correct than that of his fellow poets ",p:73,x:89,y:131,w:412,h:17},
{t:"Umāpatidhara, Sharana, D hoy ī, Shrutidhara and Govardhana at ",p:73,x:89,y:155,w:408,h:17},
{t:"the court of the last Hindu ruler in Bengal, Maharaja ",p:73,x:89,y:178,w:410,h:17},
{t:"Laksmanasena (1175–1200). ",p:73,x:89,y:201,w:194,h:17},
{t:"The First Song is a dedication to Vishnu, who takes the ",p:73,x:113,y:228,w:383,h:17},
{t:"form of Hari (his incarnation as the tawny one) and Keshava ",p:73,x:89,y:251,w:405,h:17},
{t:"(long-haired one, a reference to Krishna but also an ",p:73,x:89,y:275,w:412,h:17},
{t:"incarnation of Vishnu). The eleven verses recall Vishnu’s ",p:73,x:89,y:298,w:408,h:17},
{t:"marvellous exploits. Vishnu took the form of a fish to rescue ",p:73,x:89,y:321,w:405,h:17},
{t:"the sacred works of the Vedas from the Hayagrīva, the demon ",p:73,x:89,y:345,w:406,h:17},
{t:"who had stolen them at the end of the past cosmic era. He ",p:73,x:89,y:368,w:405,h:17},
{t:"became a tortoise to support the world, and took the form of a ",p:73,x:89,y:391,w:404,h:17},
{t:"boar to rescue the earth from the sea into which it had been ",p:73,x:89,y:415,w:406,h:17},
{t:"thrown by the demon Hiranyāksha. He also assumed the shape ",p:73,x:89,y:438,w:405,h:17},
{t:"of half lion and half man to kill the demon Hiranyakashipu ",p:73,x:89,y:461,w:406,h:17},
{t:"who had threatened to harm his son for worshipping Vishnu. ",p:73,x:89,y:485,w:404,h:17},
{t:"The demon Bali was outwitted by Vishnu becoming a dwarf, ",p:73,x:89,y:508,w:405,h:17},
{t:"and the same god caused the purifying waters of the Ganges to ",p:73,x:89,y:531,w:405,h:17},
{t:"issue from the place where his toenail broke through the ",p:73,x:89,y:555,w:408,h:17},
{t:"world-egg. Vishnu made himself chieften of the Bhrgu clan to ",p:73,x:89,y:578,w:404,h:17},
{t:"reinstate the Brahmin priestly class over the Kshatriyas or ",p:73,x:89,y:601,w:407,h:17},
{t:"warrior class: heat declined refers to the burning pain of ",p:73,x:89,y:625,w:405,h:17},
{t:"existence. To preserve his father’s honour, Rāma gave up his ",p:73,x:89,y:648,w:405,h:17},
{t:"claim to Kosala’s throne for exile in the forest, and then fought ",p:73,x:89,y:671,w:404,h:17},
{t:"Rāvana and his demonic powers to retrieve his kidnapped wife ",p:73,x:89,y:695,w:404,h:17},
{t:" ",p:74,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"70 ",p:74,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Sītā. The Plough-holder is Krishna’s brother, Balarāma: ",p:74,x:94,y:85,w:409,h:17},
{t:"wanting to drunkenly disport himself in the Yamunā, he ",p:74,x:94,y:108,w:408,h:17},
{t:"diverted the river by ploughing a vast furrow. Buddha is ",p:74,x:94,y:131,w:408,h:17},
{t:"presented as an incarnation of Vishnu: possibly also a veiled ",p:74,x:94,y:155,w:405,h:17},
{t:"reference to conflicts between Buddhists and Hindus. The ",p:74,x:94,y:178,w:407,h:17},
{t:"comet is an omen of destruction, and the avenging Kalki is to ",p:74,x:94,y:201,w:405,h:17},
{t:"appear on a white horse at the end of the present (Kali) age, ",p:74,x:94,y:225,w:406,h:17},
{t:"perhaps to fight the invading Muslims. The ten heavenly ",p:74,x:94,y:248,w:408,h:17},
{t:"directions refer to Krishna’s cosmic power. ",p:74,x:94,y:271,w:287,h:17},
{t:"A summary of these achievements follows. The first and ",p:74,x:117,y:298,w:383,h:17},
{t:"second songs may be intended to set Krishna’s adventures in ",p:74,x:94,y:321,w:406,h:17},
{t:"the larger context of Vishnu’s conquests. Puslastya is the ",p:74,x:94,y:345,w:408,h:17},
{t:"demon god Rāvana. ",p:74,x:94,y:368,w:135,h:17},
{t:"The Second Song is another hymn to Vishnu, again with ",p:74,x:117,y:395,w:383,h:17},
{t:"references to his achievements and incarnations. Vishnu’s ",p:74,x:94,y:418,w:408,h:17},
{t:"consort, the Goddess Lakshmi, sits on a red lotus flower and is ",p:74,x:94,y:441,w:405,h:17},
{t:"called Kamalā. Mānasa is a sacred lake, now located in Tibet, ",p:74,x:94,y:465,w:405,h:17},
{t:"and its geese are symbols of the universal spirit. Krishna is a ",p:74,x:94,y:488,w:405,h:17},
{t:"descendant of the Yanu clan. Vishnu subdued the serpent-",p:74,x:94,y:511,w:401,h:17},
{t:"demon Kāliya, making it worship him. Madhu stole the Vedas. ",p:74,x:94,y:535,w:404,h:17},
{t:"Naraka kidnapped the celestial maidens, stole the umbrella of ",p:74,x:94,y:558,w:404,h:17},
{t:"Varuna and the earrings of Aditi, taking them to a demon city ",p:74,x:94,y:581,w:404,h:17},
{t:"guarded by Mura. Krishna is commonly called the enemy of ",p:74,x:94,y:605,w:407,h:17},
{t:"Madhu and Mura. Garuda is the sun-bird vehicle of Vishnu. ",p:74,x:94,y:628,w:405,h:17},
{t:"Dūshana was one of the demon king Rāvana’s generals killed ",p:74,x:94,y:651,w:405,h:17},
{t:"by Vishnu. In his incarnation as a tortoise, Vishnu dived to the ",p:74,x:94,y:675,w:404,h:17},
{t:"bottom of the sea so Mount Mandara could be used to churn ",p:74,x:94,y:698,w:405,h:17},
{t:" ",p:75,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"71 ",p:75,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"the nectar of immortality from the ocean. The chakora is a ",p:75,x:89,y:85,w:406,h:17},
{t:"partridge-like bird supposed to subsist on moonlight. ",p:75,x:89,y:108,w:356,h:17},
{t:"Krishna is identified with Vishnu (the lotus goddess is ",p:75,x:113,y:135,w:384,h:17},
{t:"Vishnu’s consort Lakshmi), and a third character, Rādhā’s ",p:75,x:89,y:158,w:407,h:17},
{t:"unnamed girlfriend, appears to act as go-between for the ",p:75,x:89,y:181,w:408,h:17},
{t:"lovers. ",p:75,x:89,y:205,w:48,h:17},
{t:"The Third Song celebrates the spring when Hari (Vishnu’s ",p:75,x:113,y:231,w:381,h:17},
{t:"incarnation as Krishna) is dancing with his women. The ",p:75,x:89,y:255,w:408,h:17},
{t:"malaya wind blows from the Western Ghāts, and is (fancifully) ",p:75,x:89,y:278,w:405,h:17},
{t:"said to be impregnated with the fragrance of sandalwood trees. ",p:75,x:89,y:301,w:404,h:17},
{t:"The red-flowered bakula (Minusops elengi) tree is said only to ",p:75,x:89,y:325,w:410,h:17},
{t:"blossom when sprinkled with nectar from a young woman’s ",p:75,x:89,y:348,w:406,h:17},
{t:"mouth. The kinshuka or flame tree has brilliant crimson ",p:75,x:89,y:371,w:409,h:17},
{t:"flowers. The keshara is either the bakula tree, or the safflower ",p:75,x:89,y:395,w:404,h:17},
{t:"(Crocus sativus). The karuna is a citrus tree with small white ",p:75,x:89,y:418,w:405,h:17},
{t:"flowers. The ketaka (Pandanas odoratissimus) is a shrub with ",p:75,x:89,y:441,w:406,h:17},
{t:"very fragrant flowers in the shape of long, pointed leaves. The ",p:75,x:89,y:465,w:404,h:17},
{t:"mādhavā is a creeper (Gaertnera racemosa) with white, ",p:75,x:89,y:488,w:408,h:17},
{t:"heavily perfumed flowers. The atimukta is a type of jasmine. ",p:75,x:89,y:511,w:406,h:17},
{t:"Brindavan is the wood surrounding the Yamunā (River ",p:75,x:89,y:535,w:409,h:17},
{t:"Jumna), where the story takes place. ",p:75,x:89,y:558,w:246,h:17},
{t:"The fervour of spring. The friend draws Rādhā’s attention ",p:75,x:113,y:585,w:381,h:17},
{t:"to Madhu’s enemy (Krishna). ",p:75,x:89,y:608,w:197,h:17},
{t:"The Fourth Song portrays Krishna as the darling of the ",p:75,x:113,y:635,w:383,h:17},
{t:"cowherdesses. ",p:75,x:89,y:658,w:99,h:17},
{t:"Krishna (darkened body) with the Vraja women. Krishna ",p:75,x:113,y:685,w:382,h:17},
{t:"spent his youth in the Vraja region, the area around Agra and ",p:75,x:89,y:708,w:404,h:17},
{t:" ",p:76,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"72 ",p:76,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Mathurā. Kalma is the god of love. ",p:76,x:94,y:85,w:231,h:17},
{t:"Stanza 47 has been omitted from the translation as out of ",p:76,x:118,y:111,w:382,h:17},
{t:"place and/or of doubtful authenticity. It runs: ",p:76,x:94,y:135,w:307,h:17},
{t:"Thus came Rādhā drawn to Krishna, ",p:76,x:94,y:170,w:217,h:14},
{t:"coy and dancing, clasped him to her breast  ",p:76,x:94,y:190,w:256,h:14},
{t:"and kissed him. Let that nectared, honest face ",p:76,x:94,y:210,w:271,h:14},
{t:"now reign and fascinate and be with us. ",p:76,x:94,y:230,w:234,h:14},
{t:"Part Two: Careless Krishna ",p:76,x:94,y:294,w:213,h:20},
{t:"Rādhā is piqued that Krishna shows her no special ",p:76,x:117,y:321,w:386,h:17},
{t:"attention and resolves to ignore him. ",p:76,x:94,y:345,w:247,h:17},
{t:"The Fifth Song finds Rādhā attracted to Krishna. The ",p:76,x:117,y:371,w:384,h:17},
{t:"kadamba (Stephegyne genus) has deep red flowers that open ",p:76,x:94,y:395,w:405,h:17},
{t:"in autumn for a day only. ",p:76,x:94,y:418,w:170,h:17},
{t:"The Sixth Song sees Rādhā find Krishna in his forest hut ",p:76,x:117,y:445,w:382,h:17},
{t:"and submit to him, though knowing her lovemaking may not ",p:76,x:94,y:468,w:405,h:17},
{t:"secure his affections. Krishna is called the enemy of Keshi (an ",p:76,x:94,y:491,w:406,h:17},
{t:"evil spirit) and of Madhu (see above). ",p:76,x:94,y:515,w:251,h:17},
{t:"Rādhā reflects that she was happy to be noticed by Krishna, ",p:76,x:117,y:541,w:381,h:17},
{t:"but now regrets giving herself. Govinda means chief of the ",p:76,x:94,y:565,w:408,h:17},
{t:"cowherds, i.e. Krishna. Gita Govinda is therefore ‘The Song of ",p:76,x:94,y:588,w:404,h:17},
{t:"Krishna as Chief of the Cowherds’. ",p:76,x:94,y:611,w:231,h:17},
{t:" ",p:77,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"73 ",p:77,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Part Three: Bewildered Krishna ",p:77,x:89,y:88,w:248,h:20},
{t:"Krishna (identified as Madhu’s enemy and Mādhava) ",p:77,x:113,y:115,w:385,h:17},
{t:"leaves his women and reproaches himself for treating Rādhā so ",p:77,x:89,y:138,w:404,h:17},
{t:"cavalierly. Kamsa is Krishna’s cousin, the king who tried to kill ",p:77,x:89,y:161,w:404,h:17},
{t:"the boy to forestall the prophecy that he would die at Krishna’s ",p:77,x:89,y:185,w:405,h:17},
{t:"hand. ",p:77,x:89,y:208,w:42,h:17},
{t:"The Seventh Song portrays Krishna repenting of his hasty ",p:77,x:113,y:235,w:381,h:17},
{t:"actions. Jayadeva’s native village is taken to be Tindubilva in ",p:77,x:89,y:258,w:405,h:17},
{t:"West Bengal, or the Purī district of Orissa. ",p:77,x:89,y:281,w:283,h:17},
{t:"Krishna remembers Rādhā’s charms. ",p:77,x:113,y:308,w:249,h:17},
{t:"Stanza 16 has been omitted from the translation for the ",p:77,x:113,y:335,w:383,h:17},
{t:"previous reasons. It runs: ",p:77,x:89,y:358,w:173,h:17},
{t:"Unseen the earring tossing on my neck ",p:77,x:89,y:394,w:230,h:14},
{t:"for girls immovable at my soft flute, ",p:77,x:89,y:414,w:210,h:14},
{t:"in song as sweet as moon of Rādhā’s face: ",p:77,x:89,y:434,w:245,h:14},
{t:"may long such happy glances give them peace. ",p:77,x:89,y:454,w:273,h:14},
{t:"Part Four: Tender Krishna ",p:77,x:89,y:518,w:203,h:20},
{t:"Krishna hears of Rādhā’s distress from the go-between. ",p:77,x:113,y:545,w:369,h:17},
{t:"The Eighth Song portrays Rādhā with tearful self-",p:77,x:113,y:571,w:378,h:17},
{t:"reproaches. Serrated tears refers to Rāhu whose teeth devou r ",p:77,x:89,y:595,w:404,h:17},
{t:"the moon in eclipses. ",p:77,x:89,y:618,w:143,h:17},
{t:"Rādhā is as terrified as a deer pursued by forest fires or the ",p:77,x:113,y:645,w:381,h:17},
{t:"tiger. The Ninth Song further shows Rādhā’s distress and ",p:77,x:89,y:668,w:408,h:17},
{t:"failing confidence. ",p:77,x:89,y:691,w:125,h:17},
{t:" ",p:78,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"74 ",p:78,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Rādhā’s need for Krishna’s care. ",p:78,x:118,y:85,w:217,h:17},
{t:"Part Five: Desiring, Lotus-Eyed Krishna ",p:78,x:94,y:144,w:305,h:20},
{t:"Krishna asks the go-between to call Rādhā to him. ",p:78,x:117,y:171,w:334,h:17},
{t:"The Tenth Song depicts Krishna’s longing. ",p:78,x:117,y:198,w:283,h:17},
{t:"Krishna is waiting for Rādhā by the Jumna River. ",p:78,x:117,y:225,w:332,h:17},
{t:"In the Eleventh Song the go-between urges Rādhā to ",p:78,x:117,y:251,w:385,h:17},
{t:"hasten to Krishna. ",p:78,x:94,y:275,w:125,h:17},
{t:"Krishna imagines Rādhā coming to him. ",p:78,x:117,y:301,w:270,h:17},
{t:"Part Six: Indolent Krishna ",p:78,x:94,y:361,w:200,h:20},
{t:"The go-between speaks to Krishna. ",p:78,x:117,y:388,w:235,h:17},
{t:"The Twelfth Song describes Rādhā’s longing for Krishna. ",p:78,x:117,y:415,w:379,h:17},
{t:"Rādhā imagines Krishna present. ",p:78,x:117,y:441,w:224,h:17},
{t:"Part Seven: Cunning Krishna ",p:78,x:94,y:501,w:232,h:20},
{t:"Rādhā and Krishna both wait in Brindavan forest. ",p:78,x:117,y:528,w:334,h:17},
{t:"In the Thirteenth Song Rādhā tells of her disappointment ",p:78,x:117,y:555,w:381,h:17},
{t:"at not meeting Krishna. ",p:78,x:94,y:578,w:160,h:17},
{t:"She decides he has found someone else. In the Fourteenth ",p:78,x:117,y:605,w:381,h:17},
{t:"Song, Rādhā imagines Krishna with his latest conquest. ",p:78,x:94,y:628,w:370,h:17},
{t:"Rādhā has no peace of mind. ",p:78,x:117,y:655,w:194,h:17},
{t:"In the Fifteenth Song, Rādhā torments herself with further ",p:78,x:117,y:681,w:381,h:17},
{t:"imaginings. ",p:78,x:94,y:705,w:81,h:17},
{t:" ",p:79,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"75 ",p:79,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"She decides Krishna will not come. ",p:79,x:113,y:85,w:234,h:17},
{t:"In the Sixteenth Song, Rādhā is pictured as responding to ",p:79,x:113,y:111,w:381,h:17},
{t:"Krishna’s lovemaking. The land-borne lotus may be the ",p:79,x:89,y:135,w:409,h:17},
{t:"hibiscus. ",p:79,x:89,y:158,w:62,h:17},
{t:"Rādhā is still despondent. ",p:79,x:113,y:185,w:176,h:17},
{t:"Part Eight: Abashed Krishna ",p:79,x:89,y:244,w:226,h:20},
{t:"An exhausted Krishna appears to court Rādhā. ",p:79,x:113,y:271,w:313,h:17},
{t:"In the Seventeenth Song, Rādhā rejects Krishna in all his ",p:79,x:113,y:298,w:382,h:17},
{t:"incarnations (Hari, Keshava, Mādhava). Trying to kill him, the ",p:79,x:89,y:321,w:404,h:17},
{t:"demoness Putana offered Krishna her breast to suckle, but the ",p:79,x:89,y:345,w:404,h:17},
{t:"infant was immune to such poison and sucked out the life from ",p:79,x:89,y:368,w:407,h:17},
{t:"her. ",p:79,x:89,y:391,w:30,h:17},
{t:"Rādhā feels shamed and heartbroken. ",p:79,x:113,y:418,w:255,h:17},
{t:"Part Nine: Languishing Krishna ",p:79,x:89,y:478,w:246,h:20},
{t:"The girlfriend tries to persuade Rādhā. ",p:79,x:113,y:505,w:262,h:17},
{t:"In the Eighteenth Song the girlfriend speaks appreciatively ",p:79,x:113,y:531,w:381,h:17},
{t:"of Krishna. ",p:79,x:89,y:555,w:77,h:17},
{t:"She scolds Rādhā for her intransigence. ",p:79,x:113,y:581,w:265,h:17},
{t:"Part Ten: Four-Armed Krishna ",p:79,x:89,y:641,w:236,h:20},
{t:"Krishna comes to persuade Rādhā. In the Nineteenth Song, ",p:79,x:113,y:668,w:382,h:17},
{t:"Krishna praises Rādhā’s qualities. ",p:79,x:89,y:691,w:229,h:17},
{t:" ",p:80,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"76 ",p:80,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Krishna tells her she need fear no competition. Durga is the ",p:80,x:118,y:85,w:381,h:17},
{t:"fearsome warrior goddess, the mother of Ganesha, Sarasvatī ",p:80,x:94,y:108,w:405,h:17},
{t:"and Lakshmi. The madūka is a pale spring flower whose ",p:80,x:94,y:131,w:408,h:17},
{t:"flowers and leaves are distilled to make an intoxicating drink. ",p:80,x:94,y:155,w:405,h:17},
{t:"Stanza 16 has been omitted from the translation for the ",p:80,x:117,y:181,w:383,h:17},
{t:"usual reasons. It runs: ",p:80,x:94,y:205,w:151,h:17},
{t:"When Kamsa’s elephant he came to fight, ",p:80,x:94,y:240,w:245,h:14},
{t:"in that rounded forehead Hari saw ",p:80,x:94,y:260,w:206,h:14},
{t:"the breast of Rādhā—so recoiling and ",p:80,x:94,y:280,w:221,h:14},
{t:"confused that Kamsa cried out victory! ",p:80,x:94,y:300,w:228,h:14},
{t:"Part Eleven: Blissful Krishna ",p:80,x:94,y:364,w:216,h:20},
{t:"Keshava (Krishna) goes to wait for Rādhā. ",p:80,x:117,y:391,w:282,h:17},
{t:"The Twentieth Song sees the go-between urge Rādhā to ",p:80,x:117,y:418,w:383,h:17},
{t:"meet Krishna.  ",p:80,x:94,y:441,w:101,h:17},
{t:"The marāla is a goose or flamingo with an attractive gait. ",p:80,x:117,y:468,w:379,h:17},
{t:"Krishna speaks with the go-between, who reports back to ",p:80,x:117,y:495,w:382,h:17},
{t:"Rādhā. The Twenty-first Song describes Krishna’s love-bower. ",p:80,x:94,y:518,w:405,h:17},
{t:"Rādhā goes to meet Krishna. ",p:80,x:117,y:545,w:194,h:17},
{t:"The Twenty-second Song describes the mutual attraction ",p:80,x:117,y:571,w:381,h:17},
{t:"between Rādhā and Krishna. Rati Devi is the consort of the ",p:80,x:94,y:595,w:406,h:17},
{t:"love-god. ",p:80,x:94,y:618,w:65,h:17},
{t:"Rādhā embraces Krishna. ",p:80,x:117,y:645,w:175,h:17},
{t:"Stanza 35 has been omitted from the translation for the ",p:80,x:117,y:671,w:383,h:17},
{t:"usual reasons. It runs: ",p:80,x:94,y:695,w:151,h:17},
{t:" ",p:81,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"77 ",p:81,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"By victory honoured with mandāra flowers,  ",p:81,x:89,y:84,w:260,h:14},
{t:"the red there splashed as blood for having crushed ",p:81,x:89,y:104,w:297,h:14},
{t:"the elephant Kuvalayāpída,  ",p:81,x:89,y:124,w:165,h:14},
{t:"may the arm of Mura’s conqueror prevail. ",p:81,x:89,y:144,w:247,h:14},
{t:"Part Twelve: Very Delighted Krishna ",p:81,x:89,y:208,w:290,h:20},
{t:"Krishna speaks to Rādhā. The Twenty-third Song describes ",p:81,x:113,y:235,w:381,h:17},
{t:"Krishna’s grateful words to Rādhā. ",p:81,x:89,y:258,w:234,h:17},
{t:"Their love-making. The Twenty-fourth Song describes ",p:81,x:113,y:285,w:385,h:17},
{t:"Rādhā’s gratified words to Krishna. ",p:81,x:89,y:308,w:239,h:17},
{t:"Krishna helps Rādhā to dress again. Dedicatory remarks. ",p:81,x:113,y:335,w:382,h:17},
{t:"The Gāndharvas are heavenly musicians and Parāshara ma y be ",p:81,x:89,y:358,w:406,h:17},
{t:"a friend who accompanied Jayadeva on various pilgrimages. ",p:81,x:89,y:381,w:403,h:17},
{t:"Stanzas 26, 27, 29, 31 and 32 have been omitted from the ",p:81,x:113,y:408,w:382,h:17},
{t:"translation for the usual reasons. They run: ",p:81,x:89,y:431,w:291,h:17},
{t:"26. Honouring the daughter of the ocean, ",p:81,x:89,y:467,w:246,h:14},
{t:"through the images reflected in ",p:81,x:89,y:487,w:186,h:14},
{t:"the hooded serpent’s hundred jewelled eyes ",p:81,x:89,y:507,w:257,h:14},
{t:"he sees: may Hari keep you in his care. ",p:81,x:89,y:527,w:229,h:14},
{t:"27. Infatuated, Shiva, at your choice  ",p:81,x:89,y:567,w:216,h:14},
{t:"would drink the poison of the milky ocean.  ",p:81,x:89,y:587,w:256,h:14},
{t:"So Hari’s words, unclothing, seeing Rādhā’s ",p:81,x:89,y:607,w:260,h:14},
{t:"breasts: and thus may keep you in his care. ",p:81,x:89,y:627,w:253,h:14},
{t:"29. Let holy men examining at length  ",p:81,x:89,y:667,w:224,h:14},
{t:"the labour in such aspirants accept  ",p:81,x:89,y:687,w:209,h:14},
{t:"their true devotion and their errors pass ",p:81,x:89,y:707,w:238,h:14},
{t:" ",p:82,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"78 ",p:82,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"that so a first impression long remain. ",p:82,x:94,y:84,w:226,h:14},
{t:"31. More than vintage or the mango, nectar,  ",p:82,x:94,y:124,w:262,h:14},
{t:"milk and sweetness at the lover’s lip:  ",p:82,x:94,y:144,w:219,h:14},
{t:"the cleverness of Jayadeva brings  ",p:82,x:94,y:164,w:200,h:14},
{t:"the best and essence of erotic love. ",p:82,x:94,y:184,w:203,h:14},
{t:"This commentary draws heavily on the work of Lee Siegel, ",p:82,x:118,y:215,w:380,h:17},
{t:"and to some extent of Barbara Stolles Miller. Both provide ",p:82,x:94,y:238,w:406,h:17},
{t:"much fuller information than these brief notes, and are warmly ",p:82,x:94,y:261,w:404,h:17},
{t:"recommended. ",p:82,x:94,y:285,w:103,h:17},
{t:"Fidelity to the Text ",p:82,x:94,y:340,w:178,h:23},
{t:"The Gita Govinda employs twelve different quantitative ",p:82,x:118,y:381,w:384,h:17},
{t:"metres in lines that are generally longer than anything that will ",p:82,x:94,y:405,w:405,h:17},
{t:"hold together in English. An example is stanza 18 in Part Five, ",p:82,x:94,y:428,w:405,h:17},
{t:"written in the Sārdūlavikrïdita (- - - x x - x - x x x -, - - x - - x -) ",p:82,x:94,y:451,w:404,h:17},
{t:"metre repeated in each of the two lines. The Sanskrit and its ",p:82,x:94,y:475,w:405,h:17},
{t:"word-for-word renderings are: ",p:82,x:94,y:498,w:207,h:17},
{t:"AzleshAd    anu cumbanAd anu nakho-lekhAd anu   svAntaja- ",p:82,x:94,y:535,w:318,h:13},
{t:"embracing  then kissing      then claw stroke      then  heart-born ",p:82,x:94,y:555,w:328,h:13},
{t:"prodbodhAd anu sambhramAd  anu ratArambhAd      anu prItayoH | ",p:82,x:94,y:595,w:356,h:13},
{t:"rousing           then excited           then sexual_foreplay then bliss ",p:82,x:94,y:615,w:327,h:13},
{t:"anyArtham        gatayor         bhramAn militayoH sambhAshaNair        jAnator  ",p:82,x:94,y:655,w:401,h:13},
{t:"other_purpose coming_and_going     wandering meeting conversing know ",p:82,x:94,y:675,w:388,h:13},
{t:"dampatyor                 iha    ko na ko na tamasi                  vrIDA- vimizro rasaH|| ",p:82,x:94,y:715,w:403,h:13},
{t:" ",p:83,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"79 ",p:83,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"husband_and_wife here what no what no in_darkness bashful  mixed     taste ",p:83,x:89,y:85,w:402,h:13},
{t:"Do the couple discover their identities only after having sex ",p:83,x:113,y:115,w:381,h:17},
{t:"together, or simply have sexual pleasures on their minds when ",p:83,x:89,y:138,w:404,h:17},
{t:"searching for a partner? The first seems an unlikely state of ",p:83,x:89,y:161,w:406,h:17},
{t:"affairs, but is the interpretation of many translators: ",p:83,x:89,y:185,w:350,h:17},
{t:"Lee Siegel ",p:83,x:113,y:211,w:71,h:17},
{t:"From an embrace, then from a kiss, then from scratching with their ",p:83,x:89,y:247,w:398,h:14},
{t:"nails, then from love’s rousing, then from shaking about [in coition], ",p:83,x:89,y:267,w:403,h:14},
{t:"then from sexual exertion, both are pleased—when a husband and ",p:83,x:89,y:287,w:389,h:14},
{t:"wife who have gone to an affair with another [lover] come-together ",p:83,x:89,y:307,w:394,h:14},
{t:"by mistake and [then] recognize [each other] by their speech there, ",p:83,x:89,y:327,w:394,h:14},
{t:"in the darkness, their pleasure is mixed with embarrassment, isn’t ",p:83,x:89,y:347,w:389,h:14},
{t:"it? isn’t it? ",p:83,x:89,y:367,w:64,h:14},
{t:"Desiraju Hanumanta Rao ",p:83,x:113,y:398,w:174,h:17},
{t:"In these dark nights libertine couples start meandering in still ",p:83,x:89,y:434,w:364,h:14},
{t:"darker bowers for their cherished lovers, but unwittingly one meets ",p:83,x:89,y:454,w:396,h:14},
{t:"one’s own wife/husband, and then their escapade firstly starts with ",p:83,x:89,y:474,w:394,h:14},
{t:"hugging, next with kissing, next with nail scratching, next highly ",p:83,x:89,y:494,w:381,h:14},
{t:"excited by excitement and desire they enter into foreplay, and then ",p:83,x:89,y:514,w:392,h:14},
{t:"step by step they culminate it into their conjugal bliss... after that ",p:83,x:89,y:534,w:381,h:14},
{t:"when they converse, he comes to know that she is his wife, and she ",p:83,x:89,y:554,w:392,h:14},
{t:"comes to know likewise... and caught unawares, they mix that bliss ",p:83,x:89,y:574,w:392,h:14},
{t:"in shame and depart shamefully, nil desperandum... and in such ",p:83,x:89,y:594,w:378,h:14},
{t:"passional nights, aesthetic pleasure seeking is null and void - ",p:83,x:89,y:614,w:358,h:14},
{t:"Really? ",p:83,x:89,y:634,w:46,h:14},
{t:"Barbara Stolles Miller leaves matters a little vague, but ",p:83,x:113,y:665,w:383,h:17},
{t:"adds her own clarity elsewhere: ",p:83,x:89,y:688,w:213,h:17},
{t:" ",p:84,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"80 ",p:84,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Two lovers meeting in darkness ",p:84,x:94,y:84,w:187,h:14},
{t:"Embrace and kiss ",p:84,x:94,y:104,w:106,h:14},
{t:"And claw as desire rises ",p:84,x:94,y:124,w:141,h:14},
{t:"To dizzying heights of love. ",p:84,x:94,y:144,w:161,h:14},
{t:"When familiar voices reveal ",p:84,x:94,y:164,w:165,h:14},
{t:"That they ventured into the dark ",p:84,x:94,y:184,w:193,h:14},
{t:"To betray each other,  ",p:84,x:94,y:204,w:130,h:14},
{t:"The mood is mixed with shame. ",p:84,x:94,y:224,w:188,h:14},
{t:"I have inclined to the second interpretation, supposing  ",p:84,x:118,y:255,w:389,h:17},
{t:"that Jayadeva is not being outlandishly humorous but only ",p:84,x:94,y:278,w:406,h:17},
{t:"noting that sexual desire attacks both men and women: ",p:84,x:94,y:301,w:369,h:17},
{t:"How many, through the dark on some affair,  ",p:84,x:94,y:337,w:267,h:14},
{t:"impelled by passion and in pleasure keen ",p:84,x:94,y:357,w:243,h:14},
{t:"to clasp and kiss and claw their bodies, find ",p:84,x:94,y:377,w:256,h:14},
{t:"then bashfully it is their spouse they greet. ",p:84,x:94,y:397,w:250,h:14},
{t:"Much hangs on the word rasaH, which means taste, juice, ",p:84,x:118,y:428,w:381,h:17},
{t:"the essence of, mood or pleasure. And how do we interpret ",p:84,x:94,y:451,w:406,h:17},
{t:"vrIDA, which can mean shame, embarrassment or abashed, ",p:84,x:94,y:475,w:405,h:17},
{t:"words which carry very different connotations in English? ",p:84,x:94,y:498,w:407,h:17},
{t:"Sanskrit poetry is often ambiguous on key points, and ",p:84,x:94,y:521,w:410,h:17},
{t:"interpreters are obliged to make their own judgements. Since ",p:84,x:94,y:545,w:405,h:17},
{t:"other words in the text also have alternative readings and ",p:84,x:94,y:568,w:407,h:17},
{t:"shades of meaning, there is no one definitive rendering, even ",p:84,x:94,y:591,w:405,h:17},
{t:"in a prose sense. Rao and Siegel, for example, interpret ",p:84,x:94,y:615,w:409,h:17},
{t:"gatayor as coition, whereas I read it simply as moving about. ",p:84,x:94,y:638,w:405,h:17},
{t:"A scholarly work—to the extent that Sanskrit s cholars need a ",p:84,x:117,y:665,w:382,h:17},
{t:"translation anyway—will probably much prefer something ",p:84,x:94,y:688,w:387,h:17},
{t:"like ",p:84,x:473,y:688,w:26,h:17},
{t:"the Siegel rendering. Something literary, which captures the ",p:84,x:94,y:711,w:406,h:17},
{t:" ",p:85,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"81 ",p:85,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"grace and feeling of the original, is a more demanding ",p:85,x:89,y:85,w:410,h:17},
{t:"proposition. It first needs a suitable form, since it is only within ",p:85,x:89,y:108,w:408,h:17},
{t:"such a form that our reading skills and experience operate. ",p:85,x:89,y:131,w:406,h:17},
{t:"Miller has used what is essentially prose, though set out as free ",p:85,x:89,y:155,w:404,h:17},
{t:"verse. I have used an iambic with line run-on and various ",p:85,x:89,y:178,w:407,h:17},
{t:"devices to give metrical coherence to the bare meaning. ",p:85,x:89,y:201,w:410,h:17},
{t:"Secondly, a literary rendering will ne ed to subordinate the word ",p:85,x:89,y:225,w:405,h:17},
{t:"choice to whatever mood or feelings we think the stanza is ",p:85,x:89,y:248,w:407,h:17},
{t:"evoking, the rasa of Sanskrit poetics. That in turn requires an ",p:85,x:89,y:271,w:404,h:17},
{t:"understanding of what each stanza does in the narrative, and ",p:85,x:89,y:295,w:405,h:17},
{t:"an appreciation of the rules of kāvya, which were stricter and ",p:85,x:89,y:318,w:405,h:17},
{t:"more conventional than ours. Thirdly comes the decision of ",p:85,x:89,y:341,w:406,h:17},
{t:"what words to leave out. Certainly not what is crucial to the ",p:85,x:89,y:365,w:406,h:17},
{t:"meaning, but nor should we add words that a prose meaning ",p:85,x:89,y:388,w:405,h:17},
{t:"would demand. Poetry is very much an imaginative recreation, ",p:85,x:89,y:411,w:404,h:17},
{t:"where gaps become richer by being filled by material supplied ",p:85,x:89,y:435,w:404,h:17},
{t:"by the readers’ understandings of the poem as a whole, and ",p:85,x:89,y:458,w:406,h:17},
{t:"what the stanza shape and poetic devices are guiding them ",p:85,x:89,y:481,w:406,h:17},
{t:"towards. Jayadeva leaves many gaps in this stanza, which echo ",p:85,x:89,y:505,w:404,h:17},
{t:"the distracted nature of the lovers, but also highlight their ",p:85,x:89,y:528,w:407,h:17},
{t:"surprise (ko na ko na) at the end of the stanza. ",p:85,x:89,y:551,w:309,h:17},
{t:"Metrical Issues ",p:85,x:89,y:580,w:143,h:23},
{t:"Stanza eighteen is an extreme example, but does illustrate ",p:85,x:113,y:621,w:381,h:17},
{t:"the problems all stanzas present to some degree, particularly ",p:85,x:89,y:645,w:404,h:17},
{t:"in the songs, where the grammar is simplified. What I have ",p:85,x:89,y:668,w:406,h:17},
{t:"done is first condense possible meanings to what could be ",p:85,x:89,y:691,w:407,h:17},
{t:" ",p:86,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"82 ",p:86,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"accommodated in the stanza form, and then employ the ",p:86,x:94,y:85,w:408,h:17},
{t:"traditional devices of English verse to explore and then create ",p:86,x:94,y:108,w:404,h:17},
{t:"an acceptable meaning in and through the responses we expect ",p:86,x:94,y:131,w:404,h:17},
{t:"of poetry, trying to ensure those responses were appropriate to ",p:86,x:94,y:155,w:404,h:17},
{t:"the Sanskrit mood (rasa). ",p:86,x:94,y:178,w:175,h:17},
{t:"In a prose sense, the resulting translation is reasonably ",p:86,x:117,y:205,w:383,h:17},
{t:"close to the original—closer than Miller’s, terser than Siegel’s—",p:86,x:94,y:228,w:401,h:17},
{t:"but necessarily compressed or attenuated in places, though not ",p:86,x:94,y:251,w:404,h:17},
{t:"usually to the extent illustrated in the example above. The ",p:86,x:94,y:275,w:407,h:17},
{t:"guidelines adopted were: 1. to render one Sanskrit line by two ",p:86,x:94,y:298,w:405,h:17},
{t:"(and occasionally three) English lines if the content demanded ",p:86,x:94,y:321,w:404,h:17},
{t:"it, 2. use an octosyllabic line where possible for the songs, and ",p:86,x:94,y:345,w:406,h:17},
{t:"a pentameter for the other sections, and 3. aim for a musical ",p:86,x:94,y:368,w:405,h:17},
{t:"rendering but not consciously employ rhyme or pararhyme. ",p:86,x:94,y:391,w:399,h:17},
{t:"What appears is a metrical prose making heavy use of ",p:86,x:117,y:418,w:384,h:17},
{t:"assonance and verse cadences that carries the sense across the ",p:86,x:94,y:441,w:404,h:17},
{t:"stanza in a way permitted by the fr ee word order of the Sanskr",p:86,x:94,y:465,w:393,h:17},
{t:"it. ",p:86,x:483,y:465,w:16,h:17},
{t:"There are many other ways of proceeding, and Siegel quotes  ",p:86,x:117,y:491,w:385,h:17},
{t:"(pp 236-8) previous renderings of Verse 49 in Part One: ",p:86,x:94,y:514,w:377,h:17},
{t:"The ‘Victorian idyll’ approach of Edwin Arnold (India ",p:86,x:117,y:541,w:381,h:17},
{t:"Poetry, London, 1881, 20-1): ",p:86,x:94,y:565,w:195,h:17},
{t:"But may He guide us all to glory high ",p:86,x:94,y:600,w:218,h:14},
{t:"Who laughed when Radha glided, hidden, by, ",p:86,x:94,y:620,w:269,h:14},
{t:"And all among those damsels free and bold ",p:86,x:94,y:640,w:253,h:14},
{t:"Touched Krishna with a soft mouth, kind and cold; ",p:86,x:94,y:660,w:301,h:14},
{t:"And like the others, leaning on his breast, ",p:86,x:94,y:680,w:246,h:14},
{t:"Unlike the others, left there Love’s unrest; ",p:86,x:94,y:700,w:248,h:14},
{t:" ",p:87,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"83 ",p:87,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"And like the others, joining in his song; ",p:87,x:89,y:84,w:233,h:14},
{t:"Unlike the others, made him silent long. ",p:87,x:89,y:104,w:238,h:14},
{t:"The free verse renderings of George Keyt (Sri Jayadeva’s ",p:87,x:113,y:135,w:381,h:17},
{t:"Gita Govinda: The Loves of Krsna and Radha, Bombay 1940): ",p:87,x:89,y:158,w:406,h:17},
{t:"May smiling captivating Hari protect you, whom Radha, blinded by ",p:87,x:89,y:194,w:396,h:14},
{t:"love, ",p:87,x:89,y:214,w:30,h:14},
{t:"Violently kissed as she made as if singing a song of welcome saying,  ",p:87,x:89,y:234,w:400,h:14},
{t:"‘Your face is nectar, excellent,’ ardently clasping his bosom ",p:87,x:89,y:254,w:345,h:14},
{t:"In the presence of the fair-browed herd-girls dazed in the sport of ",p:87,x:89,y:274,w:386,h:14},
{t:"love! ",p:87,x:89,y:294,w:31,h:14},
{t:"The theosophical approach of Duncan Greenlee (The Song of ",p:87,x:113,y:325,w:385,h:17},
{t:"Divine Love, Madras, 1962) with its language of Christian ",p:87,x:89,y:348,w:408,h:17},
{t:"mysticism: ",p:87,x:89,y:371,w:76,h:17},
{t:"This mystic Dance gives rapture, bliss untold, ",p:87,x:89,y:407,w:267,h:14},
{t:"And overwhelms the Gopi devotees ",p:87,x:89,y:427,w:208,h:14},
{t:"With dainty eyebrows. Radha, set aflame ",p:87,x:89,y:447,w:241,h:14},
{t:"By madness of desire, with sudden cry:  ",p:87,x:89,y:467,w:234,h:14},
{t:"‘Ah, Love, how sweet! Your honeyed mouth ",p:87,x:89,y:487,w:255,h:14},
{t:"Is filled with nectar!’ hurls herself upon ",p:87,x:89,y:507,w:233,h:14},
{t:"His bosom, and with burning thirst assails ",p:87,x:89,y:527,w:250,h:14},
{t:"Those smiling lips with fiery kiss of love. ",p:87,x:89,y:547,w:239,h:14},
{t:"O crafty Radha! You pretend to praise ",p:87,x:89,y:567,w:225,h:14},
{t:"His song; what sweets of ecstasy you steal! ",p:87,x:89,y:587,w:249,h:14},
{t:"May this delightful Hari by his smile ",p:87,x:89,y:607,w:215,h:14},
{t:"Of flowing grace protect you from all harm! ",p:87,x:89,y:627,w:257,h:14},
{t:"The  ‘cosmic consciousness’  of Monika Varma (The Gita ",p:87,x:113,y:658,w:381,h:17},
{t:"Govinda of Jayadeva, Calcutta, 1968) that aims at the inherent ",p:87,x:89,y:681,w:406,h:17},
{t:"meaning: ",p:87,x:89,y:705,w:66,h:17},
{t:" ",p:88,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"84 ",p:88,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"Even in the sight of the distracted lovers, ",p:88,x:94,y:84,w:241,h:14},
{t:"the infatuated Srimati, blinded by love, ",p:88,x:94,y:104,w:231,h:14},
{t:"forgetting and throwing aside all modesty, ",p:88,x:94,y:124,w:250,h:14},
{t:"holds close to her, her Madhava. ",p:88,x:94,y:144,w:193,h:14},
{t:"Pretending to be chanting words of worship, ",p:88,x:94,y:164,w:262,h:14},
{t:"Kesava whispers: Immortal nectar lies in your mouth; ",p:88,x:94,y:184,w:317,h:14},
{t:"and then drinks deeply, clinging lip to lip. ",p:88,x:94,y:204,w:246,h:14},
{t:"Satisfied, Kesava smiles, ",p:88,x:94,y:224,w:145,h:14},
{t:"and may that smile lighten the burden ",p:88,x:94,y:244,w:226,h:14},
{t:"of all your griefs, and sorrowed days. ",p:88,x:94,y:264,w:218,h:14},
{t:"Lee Siegel’s rendering is more literal: ",p:88,x:118,y:295,w:249,h:17},
{t:"In the presence of the cowherd’s beautifully-browed-women who ",p:88,x:94,y:330,w:380,h:14},
{t:"were carried away by whirling about with a great amount of ",p:88,x:94,y:350,w:350,h:14},
{t:"joy/jumping in the rasa (dance), Hari was passionately kissed by ",p:88,x:94,y:370,w:380,h:14},
{t:"Radha who was blind with love, having ardently embraced his ",p:88,x:94,y:390,w:364,h:14},
{t:"breast, having said, ‘Wonderful! your mouth/voice consists of ",p:88,x:94,y:410,w:362,h:14},
{t:"nectar!’, under the pretext of praising his song, may Hari, ravishing ",p:88,x:94,y:430,w:398,h:14},
{t:"with his smile, protect you! ",p:88,x:94,y:450,w:161,h:14},
{t:"To complete the comparison, here is Barbara Stolles Miller’s ",p:88,x:118,y:481,w:381,h:17},
{t:"rendering of an adjacent verse (I.44: she excludes the I.49 v erse, ",p:88,x:94,y:505,w:406,h:17},
{t:"probably as inauthentic): ",p:88,x:94,y:528,w:171,h:17},
{t:"He hugs one, he kisses another, he caresses another dark beauty. ",p:88,x:94,y:564,w:382,h:14},
{t:"He stares at one’s suggestive smiles, he mimics a willful girl. ",p:88,x:94,y:584,w:352,h:14},
{t:"Hari revels here as the crowd of charming girls. ",p:88,x:94,y:604,w:281,h:14},
{t:"Which I render similarly as: ",p:88,x:118,y:635,w:190,h:17},
{t:"One by one he takes and kisses  ",p:88,x:94,y:670,w:186,h:14},
{t:"these most beautiful of girls.  ",p:88,x:94,y:690,w:171,h:14},
{t:"Another even, all-surpassing, ",p:88,x:94,y:710,w:174,h:14},
{t:" ",p:89,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"85 ",p:89,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"smiles and beckons: off he goes. ",p:89,x:89,y:84,w:189,h:14},
{t:"The rendering in this translation of I.49 is in unrhymed ",p:89,x:113,y:115,w:382,h:17},
{t:"pentameters: ",p:89,x:89,y:138,w:91,h:17},
{t:"And so love-blinded Rādhā, drawn to Krishna,  ",p:89,x:89,y:174,w:277,h:14},
{t:"coy and dancing: clasped him to her breast  ",p:89,x:89,y:194,w:256,h:14},
{t:"and kissed him. Let that brimming nectar, honest  ",p:89,x:89,y:214,w:296,h:14},
{t:"face now smile, excite and rule in me.  ",p:89,x:89,y:234,w:225,h:14},
{t:"The Sanskrit is: ",p:89,x:113,y:265,w:107,h:17},
{t:"rAso   ollAsa  bhareNa  vibhrama  bhRtam      AbhIra vAma bhruvAm ",p:89,x:89,y:300,w:404,h:14},
{t:"dance merry abundant whirling    supporting  cowherd coy eyebrow ",p:89,x:89,y:320,w:397,h:14},
{t:"abhyarNam parirabhya nirbharam uraH   premAndhayA    rAdhaya ",p:89,x:89,y:360,w:398,h:14},
{t:"close            hugged      ardently     breast by_love_blinded by_Rādhā ",p:89,x:89,y:380,w:398,h:14},
{t:"sAdhu tvad vadanam sudhA mayam      iti     vyAhRtya gIta ",p:89,x:89,y:420,w:343,h:14},
{t:"honest your  face        nectar abounding thus spoken     song ",p:89,x:89,y:440,w:349,h:14},
{t:"vyAjAd      utkaTa   cumbita smita  manohari      hariH pAtu     vaH ",p:89,x:89,y:480,w:388,h:14},
{t:"appear excitedly kissed smiles heart_stealing Hari rule_over cause ",p:89,x:89,y:500,w:393,h:14},
{t:"Readers will make their own choices, but I have tried for a ",p:89,x:113,y:551,w:381,h:17},
{t:"plain rendering, one that makes minimal departures from the ",p:89,x:89,y:575,w:405,h:17},
{t:"prose sense but is still musical, concise and moving.  ",p:89,x:89,y:598,w:350,h:17},
{t:"A  close  rendering of metrical form is not possible. Sanskrit ",p:89,x:113,y:625,w:381,h:17},
{t:"is a quantitative language, and none of its intricate metrical ",p:89,x:89,y:648,w:406,h:17},
{t:"forms can be echoed in English. Repeated attempts to render ",p:89,x:89,y:671,w:404,h:17},
{t:"the simpler Latin metres in English verse have all been ",p:89,x:89,y:695,w:409,h:17},
{t:" ",p:90,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"86 ",p:90,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"failures: the centuries of effort, sometimes by gifted poets, ",p:90,x:94,y:85,w:407,h:17},
{t:"should indicate that it cannot be done. ",p:90,x:94,y:108,w:257,h:17},
{t:"Traditionally, classical Sanskrit poetry (kāvya) is not ",p:90,x:118,y:135,w:384,h:17},
{t:"rhymed, but Jayadeva made important innovations in his ",p:90,x:94,y:158,w:408,h:17},
{t:"songs. He rhymed line endings, and also built them on a moric ",p:90,x:94,y:181,w:404,h:17},
{t:"verse principle. In place of fixed patterns of light and heavy ",p:90,x:94,y:205,w:405,h:17},
{t:"syllables usual in kāvya, moric verse is organized on the ",p:90,x:94,y:228,w:408,h:17},
{t:"number of beats to the line, a light syllable counting as one ",p:90,x:94,y:251,w:407,h:17},
{t:"beat and a heavy syllable as two, the units being further ",p:90,x:94,y:275,w:408,h:17},
{t:"organized into four-beat ganas, which had their own patterns. ",p:90,x:94,y:298,w:405,h:17},
{t:"I have experimented with rhyme for the songs (see approaches ",p:90,x:94,y:321,w:405,h:17},
{t:"in the Eighteenth Song), but its addition seems to over-regiment ",p:90,x:94,y:345,w:404,h:17},
{t:"the lines, breaking the fluid nature of a rendering where the ",p:90,x:94,y:368,w:406,h:17},
{t:"sense is allowed to run through the stanza as a whole. ",p:90,x:94,y:391,w:358,h:17},
{t:"Sanskrit prosody is immensely complicated, but further ",p:90,x:117,y:418,w:382,h:17},
{t:"discussion is academic, since the metres are not reproduced in ",p:90,x:94,y:441,w:405,h:17},
{t:"this translation. Details on metrical and other issues can be ",p:90,x:94,y:465,w:406,h:17},
{t:"found in Barbara Stolles Miller’s superb work of Sanskrit ",p:90,x:94,y:488,w:407,h:17},
{t:"scholarship, however, and the book should be read by anyone ",p:90,x:94,y:511,w:405,h:17},
{t:"seriously interested in the Gita Govinda (but n ote the paperback ",p:90,x:94,y:535,w:407,h:17},
{t:"edition lacks the Sanskrit text). Miller went to heroic lengths to ",p:90,x:94,y:558,w:404,h:17},
{t:"find the appropriate words for her translation—studying the ",p:90,x:94,y:581,w:405,h:17},
{t:"metrical intricacies of Sanskri t verse, recor ding the ver se reci ted, ",p:90,x:94,y:605,w:404,h:17},
{t:"sung and danced to, learning the Indian flute, discussing ",p:90,x:94,y:628,w:408,h:17},
{t:"interpretations with Indian scholars and referring her efforts to ",p:90,x:94,y:651,w:404,h:17},
{t:"Sanskrit authorities—but the result to my mind was not a literary ",p:90,x:94,y:675,w:405,h:17},
{t:"success. Verse writing and scholarship are different skills, and, ",p:90,x:94,y:698,w:405,h:17},
{t:" ",p:91,x:89,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"87 ",p:91,x:282,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"though Miller’s is the standard version to which many students ",p:91,x:89,y:85,w:404,h:17},
{t:"are directed, her rendering lacks the grace, charm and beauty ",p:91,x:89,y:108,w:404,h:17},
{t:"of the original. The diction is an uncomfortable mixture of the ",p:91,x:89,y:131,w:405,h:17},
{t:"elevated and the pedestrian, and the characters do not come ",p:91,x:89,y:155,w:407,h:17},
{t:"alive.  ",p:91,x:89,y:178,w:42,h:17},
{t:"Translation is an individual act of homage, which ",p:91,x:108,y:231,w:393,h:17},
{t:"collaboration can often hinder: ‘the camel is a horse designed ",p:91,x:89,y:255,w:405,h:17},
{t:"by a committee’ problem. The second of Miller’s difficulties ",p:91,x:89,y:278,w:406,h:17},
{t:"may have been the ‘free verse’ practised by academia, ",p:91,x:89,y:301,w:410,h:17},
{t:"essentially a truncated prose lacking resources for lyricism and ",p:91,x:89,y:325,w:404,h:17},
{t:"extended harmony. True free verse is an exacting medium, as ",p:91,x:89,y:348,w:405,h:17},
{t:"contemporary poetry is apt to show, but when written ",p:91,x:89,y:371,w:410,h:17},
{t:"professionally, with an acute ear for the individual properties ",p:91,x:89,y:395,w:405,h:17},
{t:"of words, can indeed generate compelling and beautiful ",p:91,x:89,y:418,w:409,h:17},
{t:"sequences that have an idiomatic naturalness of phrasing. In a ",p:91,x:89,y:441,w:405,h:17},
{t:"Sanskrit translation, however, where words had already ",p:91,x:89,y:465,w:404,h:17},
{t:"been selected for the many levels of prose meaning th ey ",p:91,x:89,y:488,w:405,h:17},
{t:"could represent, that first selection largely ruled out the ",p:91,x:89,y:511,w:404,h:17},
{t:"possibility that words would also cohere in satisfying ",p:91,x:89,y:535,w:404,h:17},
{t:"patterns. Both criteria need to work together, at that deeper ",p:91,x:89,y:558,w:405,h:17},
{t:"level of creation, where verse writing becomes a method of ",p:91,x:89,y:581,w:406,h:17},
{t:"exploring ever more subtle shades of meaning. Poetry in all ",p:91,x:89,y:605,w:406,h:17},
{t:"styles can be rewritten and improved, but free verse makes the ",p:91,x:89,y:628,w:404,h:17},
{t:"task more difficult, as whole lines and stanzas have to be recast ",p:91,x:89,y:651,w:404,h:17},
{t:"afresh. In contrast, traditional forms hold lines ‘steady’ in the ",p:91,x:89,y:675,w:404,h:17},
{t:"metre while changes are made to individual words and ",p:91,x:89,y:698,w:409,h:17},
{t:" ",p:92,x:94,y:752,w:5,h:22},
{t:"88 ",p:92,x:287,y:778,w:18,h:16},
{t:"phrases. No doubt the conventional iambic of this translation ",p:92,x:94,y:85,w:405,h:17},
{t:"will seem less natural than today’s free verse, but classical ",p:92,x:94,y:108,w:406,h:17},
{t:"Sanskrit verse was not in the slightest natural, contemporary ",p:92,x:94,y:131,w:404,h:17},
{t:"or idiomatic speech.  ",p:92,x:94,y:155,w:141,h:17},
{t:"References and Further Reading ",p:92,x:94,y:184,w:319,h:23},
{t:"The literature on Gita Govinda is fascinating, but immense: ",p:92,x:118,y:225,w:381,h:17},
{t:"probably greater than any Sanskrit scholar could now ",p:92,x:94,y:248,w:410,h:17},
{t:"encompass in a lifetime of reading. A guide to that material ",p:92,x:94,y:271,w:405,h:17},
{t:"and extensive bibliographies can be found in the first two ",p:92,x:94,y:295,w:407,h:17},
{t:"works listed below, which also explore dimensions of the poem ",p:92,x:94,y:318,w:404,h:17},
{t:"far beyond this simple translation. The Rao translation is ",p:92,x:94,y:341,w:408,h:17},
{t:"freely available on the Internet, and through vocabularies and ",p:92,x:94,y:365,w:404,h:17},
{t:"commentaries gives the general reader an excellent sense of ",p:92,x:94,y:388,w:407,h:17},
{t:"how the Sanskrit verse is built up. Renderings can be checked ",p:92,x:94,y:411,w:405,h:17},
{t:"in the online dictionary. ",p:92,x:94,y:435,w:162,h:17},
{t:"Love Song of the Dark Lord, Jayadeva’s Gitagovinda. Barbara ",p:92,x:94,y:461,w:405,h:17},
{t:"Stolles Miller. ed. and trans. (Princeton Univ. Press, 1977 & ",p:92,x:94,y:485,w:407,h:17},
{t:"1997). ",p:92,x:94,y:508,w:45,h:17},
{t:"Sacred and Profane Dimensions of Love in Indian Traditions ",p:92,x:94,y:535,w:405,h:17},
{t:"as Exemplified in the Gitagovinda of Jayadeva. Lee Siegel.  ",p:92,x:94,y:558,w:408,h:17},
{t:"(OUP, 1978). ",p:92,x:94,y:581,w:90,h:17},
{t:"Gita Govinda: Word for Word transliteration. Desiraju ",p:92,x:94,y:608,w:407,h:17},
{t:"Hanumanta Rao. 2003. http://www.geocities.com/giirvaani ",p:92,x:94,y:631,w:405,h:17},
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{t:"Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon (from Monier-Williams’ ",p:92,x:94,y:681,w:407,h:17},
{t:"‘Sanskrit-English Dictionary’): ",p:92,x:94,y:705,w:206,h:17},
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