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{t:"Gita Govinda",p:2,x:218,y:76,w:153,h:27},
{t:"by Jayadeva",p:2,x:230,y:149,w:129,h:23},
{t:"Translated from the Sanskrit",p:2,x:174,y:267,w:241,h:21},
{t:"by",p:2,x:283,y:371,w:22,h:21},
{t:"Colin John Holcombe",p:2,x:197,y:464,w:194,h:21},
{t:"© Ocaso Press Ltda. 2007",p:2,x:193,y:724,w:202,h:20},
{t:"3",p:3,x:286,y:778,w:7,h:16},
{t:"Gita Govinda",p:3,x:89,y:85,w:88,h:17},
{t:"by Jayadeva",p:3,x:89,y:111,w:81,h:17},
{t:"Translated from the Sanskrit",p:3,x:89,y:138,w:191,h:17},
{t:"by",p:3,x:89,y:165,w:15,h:17},
{t:"Colin John Holcombe",p:3,x:89,y:191,w:145,h:17},
{t:"© Ocaso Press Ltda. 2007",p:3,x:89,y:218,w:174,h:17},
{t:"Translation and notes by Colin John Holcombe.",p:3,x:89,y:271,w:317,h:17},
{t:"Published by Ocaso Press Ltda.",p:3,x:89,y:298,w:207,h:17},
{t:"Santiago, Chile. All rights reserved.",p:3,x:89,y:325,w:233,h:17},
{t:"No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner",p:3,x:89,y:351,w:401,h:17},
{t:"whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of",p:3,x:89,y:375,w:401,h:17},
{t:"brief quotations in critical articles and reviews.",p:3,x:89,y:398,w:311,h:17},
{t:"1",p:4,x:286,y:778,w:7,h:16},
{t:"GITA GOVINDA",p:4,x:204,y:111,w:172,h:27},
{t:"INTRODUCTION",p:4,x:89,y:190,w:147,h:23},
{t:"The Gita Govinda—a cycle of Sanskrit songs, commenta",p:4,x:113,y:231,w:365,h:17},
{t:"ries",p:4,x:467,y:231,w:24,h:17},
{t:"and invocations that depict Krishna’s courtship of the",p:4,x:89,y:255,w:401,h:17},
{t:"cowherdess Rādhā—was the most popular and influential",p:4,x:89,y:278,w:402,h:17},
{t:"poem to emerge from medieval India. The text was added to",p:4,x:89,y:301,w:402,h:17},
{t:"temple inscriptions, set to music, choreographed for dance, and",p:4,x:89,y:325,w:401,h:17},
{t:"studied as a religious text. Contemporary poems, recitations,",p:4,x:89,y:348,w:401,h:17},
{t:"songs and dances point to its continuing popularity. With frank",p:4,x:89,y:371,w:401,h:17},
{t:"and tender lyricism, the Gita Govinda explored the many",p:4,x:89,y:395,w:401,h:17},
{t:"aspects of passion, from first awakening through fierce regrets",p:4,x:89,y:418,w:402,h:17},
{t:"and jealousies to the rapture and contentment of bodily",p:4,x:89,y:441,w:401,h:17},
{t:"possession. On one level it narrates the loves of Rādhā and",p:4,x:89,y:465,w:401,h:17},
{t:"Krishna as simple cowherds, but the poem also celebrates",p:4,x:89,y:488,w:402,h:17},
{t:"nature’s regeneration through sexual congress, the interplay of",p:4,x:89,y:511,w:401,h:17},
{t:"the human and divine, and the profound mystery of erotic",p:4,x:89,y:535,w:401,h:17},
{t:"experience.",p:4,x:89,y:558,w:76,h:17},
{t:"The poem can be dated to the late twelfth century and was",p:4,x:113,y:585,w:377,h:17},
{t:"probably written in north or north-eastern India, as it shows",p:4,x:89,y:608,w:401,h:17},
{t:"some familiarity with Vishnu sects in Orissa and mentions",p:4,x:89,y:631,w:401,h:17},
{t:"fellow poets at the court of the last Hindu ruler in Bengal,",p:4,x:89,y:655,w:401,h:17},
{t:"Maharaja Laksmanasena (AD 1175–1200). Of the author there",p:4,x:89,y:678,w:402,h:17},
{t:"are many anecdotes but no certain information. Jayadeva was",p:4,x:89,y:701,w:401,h:17},
{t:"2",p:5,x:291,y:778,w:7,h:16},
{t:"probably a court poet, but tradition gives him a sound",p:5,x:94,y:85,w:401,h:17},
{t:"education before turning him into a wandering scholar, one of",p:5,x:94,y:108,w:401,h:17},
{t:"many at a time of Sanskrit revival. Poets were men of taste and",p:5,x:94,y:131,w:401,h:17},
{t:"learning given spacious quarters and a court position in return",p:5,x:94,y:155,w:402,h:17},
{t:"for ready compositions on conventional subjects and religious",p:5,x:94,y:178,w:402,h:17},
{t:"matters. Form took precedence over the content. Jayadeva was",p:5,x:94,y:201,w:401,h:17},
{t:"apparently a saintly ascetic induced to settle by marrying the",p:5,x:94,y:225,w:401,h:17},
{t:"temple dancer, Padmāvatī, and take up writing the Gita",p:5,x:94,y:248,w:401,h:17},
{t:"Govinda. Other verses are ascribed to Jayadeva, but Gita",p:5,x:94,y:271,w:401,h:17},
{t:"Govinda is his certain masterpiece.",p:5,x:94,y:295,w:232,h:17},
{t:"By tradition, Padmāvatī was a model wife, modest and",p:5,x:117,y:321,w:378,h:17},
{t:"devoted to Jayadeva, and very different from Rādhā, who is the",p:5,x:94,y:345,w:402,h:17},
{t:"typical heroine of classical Sanskrit poetry: proud of her heavy",p:5,x:94,y:368,w:401,h:17},
{t:"breasts and hips, consumed by longing, but also playful, sulking,",p:5,x:94,y:391,w:402,h:17},
{t:"jealous, tempestuous and despairing. Krishna is the eternal",p:5,x:94,y:415,w:401,h:17},
{t:"male: urgent and charmin g and uncommitted. Rādhā submits to",p:5,x:94,y:438,w:404,h:17},
{t:"his entreatries, but feels abandoned when Krishna returns to his",p:5,x:94,y:461,w:402,h:17},
{t:"other women. The ten long parts of the poem that separate",p:5,x:94,y:485,w:401,h:17},
{t:"Rādhā’s first submission to her final reconcilliation with",p:5,x:94,y:508,w:401,h:17},
{t:"Krishna, in which the lovers declaim and despair, appearing to",p:5,x:94,y:531,w:402,h:17},
{t:"say a few verses to each other or sending the go-between to",p:5,x:94,y:555,w:403,h:17},
{t:"plead their case, allow Jayadeva to explore the changing",p:5,x:94,y:578,w:401,h:17},
{t:"moods of attraction, which are both natural to the situation,",p:5,x:94,y:601,w:401,h:17},
{t:"and what audiences expected. Krishna repents, longs for",p:5,x:94,y:625,w:402,h:17},
{t:"Rādhā, commiserates with her distress, waits for her, makes",p:5,x:94,y:648,w:401,h:17},
{t:"her jealous, importunes and praises her, enjoys and assures",p:5,x:94,y:671,w:401,h:17},
{t:"her of his love. Rādhā sulks and despairs, wastes away, flies",p:5,x:94,y:695,w:402,h:17},
{t:"3",p:6,x:286,y:778,w:7,h:16},
{t:"into tempers, rails at Krishna, consents and finds joy and",p:6,x:89,y:85,w:401,h:17},
{t:"contentment with him.",p:6,x:89,y:108,w:151,h:17},
{t:"Jayadeva’s poem became the focus of a religious sect in",p:6,x:113,y:135,w:378,h:17},
{t:"India. Buddhism and Hinduism sought to release the",p:6,x:89,y:158,w:401,h:17},
{t:"enlightened from worldly illusions through reunuciation,",p:6,x:89,y:181,w:401,h:17},
{t:"meditation and physical austerities. Particularly to be avoided",p:6,x:89,y:205,w:401,h:17},
{t:"was carnal pleasure. In Gita Govinda, however, Krishna",p:6,x:89,y:228,w:401,h:17},
{t:"embodies the erotic sentiment, and in that sense the cowgirls",p:6,x:89,y:251,w:401,h:17},
{t:"serve him with rapture and unselfishness. Jayadeva developed",p:6,x:89,y:275,w:401,h:17},
{t:"the aesthetic experience of love, and the songs typically end",p:6,x:89,y:298,w:401,h:17},
{t:"with dedications to Krishna, which urge readers to cultivate an",p:6,x:89,y:321,w:402,h:17},
{t:"appreciation of a taste that is both mental discrimination and",p:6,x:89,y:345,w:401,h:17},
{t:"physical relish. The two are inseparable, each growing from the",p:6,x:89,y:368,w:402,h:17},
{t:"other. The poem melds the sweetness of the experiences",p:6,x:89,y:391,w:402,h:17},
{t:"described, the poetry itself, and the joy that devotees find in",p:6,x:89,y:415,w:403,h:17},
{t:"relishing Krishna through the text. Indian theologians in the",p:6,x:89,y:438,w:401,h:17},
{t:"eleventh century took this concept of taste further, seeing the",p:6,x:89,y:461,w:403,h:17},
{t:"lover as someone lifted from the particular into an abstract",p:6,x:89,y:485,w:401,h:17},
{t:"and universal experience of love, which is the ultimate joy or",p:6,x:89,y:508,w:401,h:17},
{t:"beatitude, a taste of Brahman itself. The aesthetic experience",p:6,x:89,y:531,w:401,h:17},
{t:"became a religious one, a state of total absorption in, devotion",p:6,x:89,y:555,w:401,h:17},
{t:"to and enjoyment of Krishna.",p:6,x:89,y:578,w:193,h:17},
{t:"Jayadeva brought song into classical Sanskrit verse, and",p:6,x:113,y:605,w:378,h:17},
{t:"developed the association with a beauty not easily matched in",p:6,x:89,y:628,w:402,h:17},
{t:"English. While the prose meaning of Gita Govinda can be",p:6,x:89,y:651,w:401,h:17},
{t:"brought over reasonably well, despite many ambiguities in the",p:6,x:89,y:675,w:402,h:17},
{t:"Sanskrit text, and the restricting form of English stanzas, the",p:6,x:89,y:698,w:402,h:17},
{t:"4",p:7,x:291,y:778,w:7,h:16},
{t:"aesthetic qualities that make Gita Govinda poetry and",p:7,x:94,y:85,w:401,h:17},
{t:"supremely worth reading have to be created independently.",p:7,x:94,y:108,w:401,h:17},
{t:"Classical Sanskrit poetry was sonorous, repetitive, ornate,",p:7,x:94,y:131,w:402,h:17},
{t:"formal, ambiguous, and conventional. Its long lines with their",p:7,x:94,y:155,w:401,h:17},
{t:"various but intricate quantitative metres have no counterpart",p:7,x:94,y:178,w:401,h:17},
{t:"in English, any more than our explicit words have a religious",p:7,x:94,y:201,w:402,h:17},
{t:"dimension. My solution has been to use English verse devices to",p:7,x:94,y:225,w:401,h:17},
{t:"explore a text winnowed down to the bare bones of its Sanskrit",p:7,x:94,y:248,w:401,h:17},
{t:"meaning. A particularly harmonious line in the Sanskrit does",p:7,x:94,y:271,w:402,h:17},
{t:"not necessarily find its echo in the Eng lish translation",p:7,x:94,y:295,w:341,h:17},
{t:", therefore,",p:7,x:428,y:295,w:70,h:17},
{t:"nor the other way about, though the Sanskrit will always te",p:7,x:94,y:318,w:378,h:17},
{t:"nd to",p:7,x:463,y:318,w:34,h:17},
{t:"be the more beautiful, as its harmonies exceed even those",p:7,x:94,y:341,w:402,h:17},
{t:"possible in ancient Greek. In short, this translation stresses the",p:7,x:94,y:365,w:401,h:17},
{t:"literary more than scholarly or religious aspects, but the",p:7,x:94,y:388,w:402,h:17},
{t:"Appendix does provide a commentary, suggest what has been",p:7,x:94,y:411,w:402,h:17},
{t:"lost in the rendering, add a note on metrical issues, and list",p:7,x:94,y:435,w:401,h:17},
{t:"works for further reading.",p:7,x:94,y:458,w:172,h:17},
{t:"Syllables are long in Sanskrit words when the vowel is",p:7,x:117,y:485,w:378,h:17},
{t:"naturally long (shown with an accent), or the vowel is followed",p:7,x:94,y:508,w:401,h:17},
{t:"by more than one consonant. Aspirated dh, bh, and gh count",p:7,x:94,y:531,w:401,h:17},
{t:"as single consonants, however, and are pronounced in a",p:7,x:94,y:555,w:401,h:17},
{t:"breathy manner. Long vowels are generally to be stressed in",p:7,x:94,y:578,w:402,h:17},
{t:"the reading, though not all proper names can be made to f it the",p:7,x:94,y:601,w:401,h:17},
{t:"English iambic.",p:7,x:94,y:625,w:103,h:17},
{t:"5",p:8,x:286,y:778,w:7,h:16},
{t:"GITA GOVINDA",p:8,x:89,y:111,w:172,h:27},
{t:"Part One: Joyful Krishna",p:8,x:89,y:157,w:226,h:23},
{t:"With clouds the sky is thickened, and the woodlands",p:8,x:89,y:203,w:388,h:19},
{t:"darken with Tamāla trees. Tonight",p:8,x:89,y:226,w:255,h:19},
{t:"is someone leading home a doubting Rādhā",p:8,x:89,y:250,w:322,h:19},
{t:"near the Yamunā, by Nanda sent",p:8,x:89,y:273,w:242,h:19},
{t:"by every path and tree and branching arbour",p:8,x:89,y:296,w:330,h:19},
{t:"to win her Mādhava in honeyed sport.",p:8,x:89,y:320,w:281,h:19},
{t:"As speech's deity adorns this house",p:8,x:89,y:360,w:260,h:19},
{t:"the dance of Padmāvatī turns the world,",p:8,x:89,y:383,w:297,h:19},
{t:"and prince of wandering poets, Jayadeva,",p:8,x:89,y:406,w:305,h:19},
{t:"tells of Vāsudeva and his Shrī.",p:8,x:89,y:430,w:222,h:19},
{t:"If, in memory of Krishna’s mind,",p:8,x:89,y:470,w:241,h:19},
{t:"you’re curious to learn the arts of love,",p:8,x:89,y:493,w:285,h:19},
{t:"then hear these sweet and tender verses",p:8,x:89,y:516,w:294,h:19},
{t:"Jayadeva makes to eloquence.",p:8,x:89,y:540,w:223,h:19},
{t:"Umāpatidhara causes words to bloom,",p:8,x:89,y:580,w:284,h:19},
{t:"Sharana dazzles with his lightning thought.",p:8,x:89,y:603,w:320,h:19},
{t:"Dhoyī’s lord of poets, Govardhana",p:8,x:89,y:626,w:252,h:19},
{t:"has his love skills, Shrutidhara fame,",p:8,x:89,y:650,w:272,h:19},
{t:"but Jayadeva is both clear and true.",p:8,x:89,y:673,w:263,h:19},
{t:"6",p:9,x:291,y:778,w:7,h:16},
{t:"First Song",p:9,x:94,y:88,w:74,h:20},
{t:"When world was water, you became",p:9,x:94,y:120,w:265,h:19},
{t:"a tireless vessel of the Vedas.",p:9,x:94,y:143,w:212,h:19},
{t:"You, in Pisces form, Keshava:",p:9,x:94,y:166,w:218,h:19},
{t:"conqueror of the world, Hari!",p:9,x:94,y:190,w:218,h:19},
{t:"When this heavy earth you carried",p:9,x:94,y:230,w:254,h:19},
{t:"on your callused turtle’s back,",p:9,x:94,y:253,w:221,h:19},
{t:"how venerable you were, Keshava:",p:9,x:94,y:276,w:254,h:19},
{t:"conqueror of the world, Hari!",p:9,x:94,y:300,w:218,h:19},
{t:"A blemish on the hare-marked moon,",p:9,x:94,y:340,w:277,h:19},
{t:"the earth became as on your tusk:",p:9,x:94,y:363,w:250,h:19},
{t:"you held us when a boar, Keshava:",p:9,x:94,y:386,w:255,h:19},
{t:"conqueror of the world, Hari!",p:9,x:94,y:410,w:218,h:19},
{t:"With nail on lotus hand you cut",p:9,x:94,y:450,w:234,h:19},
{t:"the bee-like Hiranyakashipu.",p:9,x:94,y:473,w:214,h:19},
{t:"What a lion-man, Keshava:",p:9,x:94,y:496,w:201,h:19},
{t:"conqueror of the world, Hari!",p:9,x:94,y:520,w:218,h:19},
{t:"A marvellous dwarf, Keshava, you",p:9,x:94,y:560,w:250,h:19},
{t:"outwitted Bali: from your toenail",p:9,x:94,y:583,w:243,h:19},
{t:"water poured to bless the people:",p:9,x:94,y:606,w:245,h:19},
{t:"conqueror of the world, Hari!",p:9,x:94,y:630,w:218,h:19},
{t:"Bhrgu’s lord, you made in blood",p:9,x:94,y:670,w:237,h:19},
{t:"of Kshatriyas the people bathe.",p:9,x:94,y:693,w:229,h:19},
{t:"7",p:10,x:286,y:778,w:7,h:16},
{t:"As evil left, the heat declined:",p:10,x:89,y:83,w:217,h:19},
{t:"conqueror of the world, Hari!",p:10,x:89,y:106,w:218,h:19},
{t:"In Rāma’s body, you have hurled",p:10,x:89,y:146,w:243,h:19},
{t:"around you heads of Rāvana,",p:10,x:89,y:170,w:215,h:19},
{t:"a blessing of the war, Keshava:",p:10,x:89,y:193,w:226,h:19},
{t:"conqueror of the world, Hari!",p:10,x:89,y:216,w:218,h:19},
{t:"You carried beauty as a cloud",p:10,x:89,y:256,w:217,h:19},
{t:"and shone as wielder of the plough",p:10,x:89,y:280,w:257,h:19},
{t:"that struck with fear the Yamunā:",p:10,x:89,y:303,w:250,h:19},
{t:"conqueror of the world, Hari!",p:10,x:89,y:326,w:218,h:19},
{t:"Kind as Buddha, you refused",p:10,x:89,y:366,w:213,h:19},
{t:"to take the sacrificial life",p:10,x:89,y:390,w:180,h:19},
{t:"of animals despite our customs:",p:10,x:89,y:413,w:235,h:19},
{t:"conqueror of the world, Hari!",p:10,x:89,y:436,w:218,h:19},
{t:"In Kalki’s body you became",p:10,x:89,y:476,w:203,h:19},
{t:"a sword to scourge the foreign people,",p:10,x:89,y:500,w:280,h:19},
{t:"comet-like in fire, Keshava:",p:10,x:89,y:523,w:202,h:19},
{t:"conqueror of the world, Hari!",p:10,x:89,y:546,w:218,h:19},
{t:"You, in a decad form, Keshava,",p:10,x:89,y:586,w:228,h:19},
{t:"are the comfort of our life.",p:10,x:89,y:610,w:194,h:19},
{t:"Hear the poet Jayadeva,",p:10,x:89,y:633,w:178,h:19},
{t:"conqueror of the world, Hari!",p:10,x:89,y:656,w:218,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   *",p:10,x:89,y:696,w:72,h:19},
{t:"8",p:11,x:291,y:778,w:7,h:16},
{t:"To he who bore the world, who raised the Vedas,",p:11,x:94,y:83,w:359,h:19},
{t:"Bali, demon and Kshatriyas killed:",p:11,x:94,y:106,w:254,h:19},
{t:"Pulastya’s victor, compassion’s spreader, wielder",p:11,x:94,y:130,w:360,h:19},
{t:"of the plough and scourge of foreign races:",p:11,x:94,y:153,w:315,h:19},
{t:"Krishna, your ten faces: reverence.",p:11,x:94,y:176,w:255,h:19},
{t:"Second Song",p:11,x:94,y:214,w:108,h:20},
{t:"Held within the rounded breasts",p:11,x:94,y:246,w:240,h:19},
{t:"of the goddess of the lotus,",p:11,x:94,y:270,w:198,h:19},
{t:"impelled to wanton, garlanded:",p:11,x:94,y:293,w:231,h:19},
{t:"victorious you are, Hari!",p:11,x:94,y:316,w:181,h:19},
{t:"A jewel of our day abroad,",p:11,x:94,y:356,w:192,h:19},
{t:"the breaker of our bond of death,",p:11,x:94,y:380,w:245,h:19},
{t:"the spirit moving Mānasa:",p:11,x:94,y:403,w:194,h:19},
{t:"victorious you are, Hari!",p:11,x:94,y:426,w:181,h:19},
{t:"Yadu’s lineage, people pleasing,",p:11,x:94,y:466,w:233,h:19},
{t:"but bane of venomed Kāliya,",p:11,x:94,y:490,w:211,h:19},
{t:"ruler of the sun and lotus:",p:11,x:94,y:513,w:192,h:19},
{t:"victorious you are, Hari!",p:11,x:94,y:536,w:181,h:19},
{t:"Garuda aided, you have vanquished",p:11,x:94,y:576,w:264,h:19},
{t:"Madhu, Mura, Naraka:",p:11,x:94,y:600,w:170,h:19},
{t:"you caused to play the other gods:",p:11,x:94,y:623,w:252,h:19},
{t:"victorious you are, Hari!",p:11,x:94,y:646,w:181,h:19},
{t:"Eyed as is the petalled lotus,",p:11,x:94,y:686,w:209,h:19},
{t:"releasing us from this existence,",p:11,x:94,y:710,w:236,h:19},
{t:"9",p:12,x:286,y:778,w:7,h:16},
{t:"three-world dweller and its end:",p:12,x:89,y:83,w:237,h:19},
{t:"victorious you are, Hari!",p:12,x:89,y:106,w:181,h:19},
{t:"Hung as ornament for Sītā,",p:12,x:89,y:146,w:201,h:19},
{t:"still you conquered Dūshana",p:12,x:89,y:170,w:212,h:19},
{t:"quelled the war and Rāvana:",p:12,x:89,y:193,w:210,h:19},
{t:"victorious you are, Hari!",p:12,x:89,y:216,w:181,h:19},
{t:"You, supporting Mount Mandara,",p:12,x:89,y:256,w:250,h:19},
{t:"look as clouds do, a chakora",p:12,x:89,y:280,w:207,h:19},
{t:"at the moon of Lakshmi’s face:",p:12,x:89,y:303,w:226,h:19},
{t:"victorious you are, Hari!",p:12,x:89,y:326,w:181,h:19},
{t:"If bowed we must be at your feet,",p:12,x:89,y:366,w:245,h:19},
{t:"then bless us to become the most",p:12,x:89,y:390,w:245,h:19},
{t:"obedient among adorers:",p:12,x:89,y:413,w:185,h:19},
{t:"victorious you are, Hari!",p:12,x:89,y:436,w:181,h:19},
{t:"Let these praises by the poet",p:12,x:89,y:476,w:209,h:19},
{t:"Jayadeva be auspicious,",p:12,x:89,y:500,w:177,h:19},
{t:"as befits a deity:",p:12,x:89,y:523,w:119,h:19},
{t:"victorious you are, Hari!",p:12,x:89,y:546,w:181,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   *",p:12,x:89,y:586,w:72,h:19},
{t:"Madhu’s killer, clasped upon the lotus-",p:12,x:89,y:626,w:289,h:19},
{t:"goddess’s exhausted breasts, has caught",p:12,x:89,y:650,w:295,h:19},
{t:"her mark of saffron in his fondest loving:",p:12,x:89,y:673,w:302,h:19},
{t:"may you follow in his sweated drops.",p:12,x:89,y:696,w:272,h:19},
{t:"10",p:13,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"In springtime, tender bodied with its creepers,",p:13,x:94,y:83,w:342,h:19},
{t:"so they wander in the love god’s pain,",p:13,x:94,y:106,w:277,h:19},
{t:"so many of them, through the forest, led",p:13,x:94,y:130,w:298,h:19},
{t:"by Krishna, when the friend to Rādhā said:",p:13,x:94,y:153,w:317,h:19},
{t:"Third Song",p:13,x:94,y:191,w:82,h:20},
{t:"Watch the clove-tree with its creepers",p:13,x:94,y:223,w:279,h:19},
{t:"in the warm Malaya breeze.",p:13,x:94,y:246,w:203,h:19},
{t:"Attend to honey bee and cuckoo",p:13,x:94,y:270,w:237,h:19},
{t:"murmuring in cottage glade.",p:13,x:94,y:293,w:210,h:19},
{t:"Look to Hari in the spring time,",p:13,x:94,y:333,w:234,h:19},
{t:"dancing with his youthful women:",p:13,x:94,y:356,w:253,h:19},
{t:"endlessly the pain encircles",p:13,x:94,y:380,w:201,h:19},
{t:"one who’s solitary, my friend.",p:13,x:94,y:403,w:218,h:19},
{t:"Traveller's brides are rent by passion,",p:13,x:94,y:443,w:276,h:19},
{t:"much they wander in their pain",p:13,x:94,y:466,w:233,h:19},
{t:"to see Bakula flowers, unruffled,",p:13,x:94,y:490,w:239,h:19},
{t:"thick with swarms of honey bees.",p:13,x:94,y:513,w:245,h:19},
{t:"Look to Hari in the spring time,",p:13,x:94,y:553,w:234,h:19},
{t:"dancing with his youthful women:",p:13,x:94,y:576,w:253,h:19},
{t:"endlessly the pain encircles",p:13,x:94,y:600,w:201,h:19},
{t:"one who’s solitary, my friend.",p:13,x:94,y:623,w:218,h:19},
{t:"Garlanded with leaves, Tamála trees",p:13,x:94,y:663,w:267,h:19},
{t:"are overcome with musky scent:",p:13,x:94,y:686,w:237,h:19},
{t:"as love god's nails, Kinshuka buds,",p:13,x:94,y:710,w:255,h:19},
{t:"11",p:14,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"must lacerate the youthful heart.",p:14,x:89,y:83,w:243,h:19},
{t:"Look to Hari in the spring time,",p:14,x:89,y:123,w:234,h:19},
{t:"dancing with his youthful women:",p:14,x:89,y:146,w:253,h:19},
{t:"endlessly the pain encircles",p:14,x:89,y:170,w:201,h:19},
{t:"one who’s solitary, my friend.",p:14,x:89,y:193,w:218,h:19},
{t:"Keshara trees with golden pistils",p:14,x:89,y:233,w:240,h:19},
{t:"reign as sovereign of the spring,",p:14,x:89,y:256,w:234,h:19},
{t:"and bees the arrows lovers take",p:14,x:89,y:280,w:231,h:19},
{t:"from trumpet quivers of their flowers.",p:14,x:89,y:303,w:281,h:19},
{t:"Look to Hari in the spring time,",p:14,x:89,y:343,w:234,h:19},
{t:"dancing with his youthful women:",p:14,x:89,y:366,w:253,h:19},
{t:"endlessly the pain encircles",p:14,x:89,y:390,w:201,h:19},
{t:"one who’s solitary, my friend.",p:14,x:89,y:413,w:218,h:19},
{t:"How the young Karuna flowers",p:14,x:89,y:453,w:230,h:19},
{t:"laugh at prudishness, and spears",p:14,x:89,y:476,w:242,h:19},
{t:"of sharp Ketaka buds attack",p:14,x:89,y:500,w:206,h:19},
{t:"the separated, lovelorn one.",p:14,x:89,y:523,w:205,h:19},
{t:"Look to Hari in the spring time,",p:14,x:89,y:563,w:234,h:19},
{t:"dancing with his youthful women:",p:14,x:89,y:586,w:253,h:19},
{t:"endlessly the pain encircles",p:14,x:89,y:610,w:201,h:19},
{t:"one who’s solitary, my friend.",p:14,x:89,y:633,w:218,h:19},
{t:"12",p:15,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"When air is thickly wreathed with Jasmine,",p:15,x:94,y:83,w:320,h:19},
{t:"and fragrant Mādhavī will catch",p:15,x:94,y:106,w:235,h:19},
{t:"the notice of the forest hermit,",p:15,x:94,y:130,w:225,h:19},
{t:"what will youth then not commit?",p:15,x:94,y:153,w:251,h:19},
{t:"Look to Hari in the spring time,",p:15,x:94,y:193,w:234,h:19},
{t:"dancing with his youthful women:",p:15,x:94,y:216,w:253,h:19},
{t:"endlessly the pain encircles",p:15,x:94,y:240,w:201,h:19},
{t:"one who’s solitary, my friend.",p:15,x:94,y:263,w:218,h:19},
{t:"Here tendrils of the Atimukta",p:15,x:94,y:303,w:218,h:19},
{t:"clasp the bristling Mango buds,",p:15,x:94,y:326,w:232,h:19},
{t:"and all around the Brindavan,",p:15,x:94,y:350,w:221,h:19},
{t:"watered by the Yamunā.",p:15,x:94,y:373,w:179,h:19},
{t:"Look to Hari in the spring time,",p:15,x:94,y:413,w:234,h:19},
{t:"dancing with his youthful women:",p:15,x:94,y:436,w:253,h:19},
{t:"endlessly the pain encircles",p:15,x:94,y:460,w:201,h:19},
{t:"one who’s solitary, my friend.",p:15,x:94,y:483,w:218,h:19},
{t:"At the feet of radiant Krishna",p:15,x:94,y:523,w:216,h:19},
{t:"Jayadeva speaks, remembering",p:15,x:94,y:546,w:230,h:19},
{t:"how spring returned to forest meetings",p:15,x:94,y:570,w:288,h:19},
{t:"colours every hint of love.",p:15,x:94,y:593,w:190,h:19},
{t:"Look to Hari in the spring time,",p:15,x:94,y:633,w:234,h:19},
{t:"dancing with his youthful women:",p:15,x:94,y:656,w:253,h:19},
{t:"13",p:16,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"endlessly the pain encircles",p:16,x:89,y:83,w:201,h:19},
{t:"one who’s solitary, my friend.",p:16,x:89,y:106,w:218,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   *",p:16,x:89,y:146,w:72,h:19},
{t:"The wind that hums like arrows brings",p:16,x:89,y:186,w:286,h:19},
{t:"to hearts the frank Ketaka tree—",p:16,x:89,y:210,w:240,h:19},
{t:"inflaming them as forest clothes",p:16,x:89,y:233,w:237,h:19},
{t:"itself with Jasmine’s pollen scent.",p:16,x:89,y:256,w:248,h:19},
{t:"The hungry bees at Mango shoots,",p:16,x:89,y:296,w:254,h:19},
{t:"the cuckoo’s fever in the ear:",p:16,x:89,y:320,w:212,h:19},
{t:"sweet days when travellers must think",p:16,x:89,y:343,w:282,h:19},
{t:"how breath and amorousness unite.",p:16,x:89,y:366,w:265,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   *",p:16,x:89,y:406,w:72,h:19},
{t:"Again her girlfriend told her: see how, Rādhā:",p:16,x:89,y:446,w:337,h:19},
{t:"there he wantons, friends with all.",p:16,x:89,y:470,w:252,h:19},
{t:"Here’s Mura’s enemy, embracing many,",p:16,x:89,y:493,w:293,h:19},
{t:"how that trembling eagerness invites.",p:16,x:89,y:516,w:276,h:19},
{t:"Fourth Song",p:16,x:89,y:554,w:96,h:20},
{t:"With sandal smeared the darkish body,",p:16,x:89,y:586,w:289,h:19},
{t:"garlanded, with yellow clothes.",p:16,x:89,y:610,w:228,h:19},
{t:"With jewelled earrings on the cheeks,",p:16,x:89,y:633,w:275,h:19},
{t:"now to and fro the smiling roves.",p:16,x:89,y:656,w:243,h:19},
{t:"Carelessly the women play.",p:16,x:89,y:680,w:200,h:19},
{t:"14",p:17,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Burdened there by heavy breast",p:17,x:94,y:83,w:234,h:19},
{t:"is one embracing passionately.",p:17,x:94,y:106,w:226,h:19},
{t:"And here another, simple herder,",p:17,x:94,y:130,w:245,h:19},
{t:"sings in elevated key.",p:17,x:94,y:153,w:155,h:19},
{t:"Carelessly the women play.",p:17,x:94,y:176,w:200,h:19},
{t:"Yet another, young and artless,",p:17,x:94,y:216,w:230,h:19},
{t:"dreams of Krishna’s rolling glances.",p:17,x:94,y:240,w:263,h:19},
{t:"Sees in Madhu’s slayer’s gaze",p:17,x:94,y:263,w:215,h:19},
{t:"the beauty of a lotus face.",p:17,x:94,y:286,w:188,h:19},
{t:"Carelessly the women play.",p:17,x:94,y:310,w:200,h:19},
{t:"Someone to his ear has spoken,",p:17,x:94,y:350,w:232,h:19},
{t:"kissed him sweetly on the cheek:",p:17,x:94,y:373,w:241,h:19},
{t:"and someone with the splendid buttocks,",p:17,x:94,y:396,w:304,h:19},
{t:"as he bristles with delight.",p:17,x:94,y:420,w:193,h:19},
{t:"Carelessly the women play.",p:17,x:94,y:443,w:200,h:19},
{t:"Someone sporting, skilled and eager,",p:17,x:94,y:483,w:272,h:19},
{t:"along the slopes of Yamunā:",p:17,x:94,y:506,w:208,h:19},
{t:"now through hibiscus bowers she’s led him,",p:17,x:94,y:530,w:323,h:19},
{t:"beautiful, her hand on dress.",p:17,x:94,y:553,w:213,h:19},
{t:"Carelessly the women play.",p:17,x:94,y:576,w:200,h:19},
{t:"Hands are clapping, bracelets softly",p:17,x:94,y:616,w:263,h:19},
{t:"lift above the bamboo flute.",p:17,x:94,y:640,w:203,h:19},
{t:"15",p:18,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"What power and uproar in the dancing:",p:18,x:89,y:106,w:292,h:19},
{t:"one engrossed is praising Hari.",p:18,x:89,y:130,w:229,h:19},
{t:"Carelessly the women play.",p:18,x:89,y:153,w:200,h:19},
{t:"One by one he takes and kisses",p:18,x:89,y:193,w:228,h:19},
{t:"these most beautiful of girls.",p:18,x:89,y:216,w:211,h:19},
{t:"And then another, all surpassing,",p:18,x:89,y:240,w:246,h:19},
{t:"smiles and beckons, leads him on.",p:18,x:89,y:263,w:251,h:19},
{t:"Carelessly the women play.",p:18,x:89,y:286,w:200,h:19},
{t:"How marvellous this secret rapture",p:18,x:89,y:326,w:260,h:19},
{t:"Jayadeva grandly tells:",p:18,x:89,y:350,w:168,h:19},
{t:"through Brindavan and wantoning,",p:18,x:89,y:373,w:261,h:19},
{t:"now let it radiate in Krishna’s fame.",p:18,x:89,y:396,w:263,h:19},
{t:"Carelessly the women play.",p:18,x:89,y:420,w:200,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   *",p:18,x:89,y:460,w:72,h:19},
{t:"The love god’s festival a darkened body",p:18,x:89,y:500,w:288,h:19},
{t:"draws them garlanded as lotus blooms.",p:18,x:89,y:523,w:289,h:19},
{t:"How freely, through their limbs, the comely Vraja",p:18,x:89,y:546,w:367,h:19},
{t:"women sport with Hari through the spring.",p:18,x:89,y:570,w:320,h:19},
{t:"From pent with snakes in sandal trees, the mountain",p:18,x:89,y:610,w:390,h:19},
{t:"breezes plunge in Himalayan snows,",p:18,x:89,y:633,w:268,h:19},
{t:"and, sweet and loud, the cuckoo's coo coo callings",p:18,x:89,y:656,w:367,h:19},
{t:"echo from the shoots on Mango trees.",p:18,x:89,y:680,w:279,h:19},
{t:"16",p:19,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Part Two: Careless Krishna",p:19,x:94,y:87,w:248,h:23},
{t:"But still was Krishna equal with his kisses.",p:19,x:94,y:133,w:313,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā felt she should be first and left him,",p:19,x:94,y:156,w:314,h:19},
{t:"and in those thickets humming bees encircle",p:19,x:94,y:180,w:329,h:19},
{t:"now unhappily to girlfriend said.",p:19,x:94,y:203,w:243,h:19},
{t:"Fifth Song",p:19,x:94,y:241,w:78,h:20},
{t:"Such spilling sweetness from his flute and lips",p:19,x:94,y:273,w:340,h:19},
{t:"and tremulous the movement from his cheeks:",p:19,x:94,y:296,w:345,h:19},
{t:"In my heart I still see Hari dance",p:19,x:94,y:320,w:241,h:19},
{t:"in playful merriment and fun of me.",p:19,x:94,y:343,w:266,h:19},
{t:"His hair was plumed with moon-eyed peacock tails,",p:19,x:94,y:383,w:380,h:19},
{t:"his dress the rainbow out of darkened clouds.",p:19,x:94,y:406,w:336,h:19},
{t:"In my heart I still see Hari dance",p:19,x:94,y:430,w:241,h:19},
{t:"in playful merriment and fun of me.",p:19,x:94,y:453,w:266,h:19},
{t:"He had the heavy milkmaids dance about",p:19,x:94,y:493,w:305,h:19},
{t:"the red Kadambas of his smiles and kisses:",p:19,x:94,y:516,w:315,h:19},
{t:"In my heart I still see Hari dance",p:19,x:94,y:540,w:241,h:19},
{t:"in playful merriment and fun of me.",p:19,x:94,y:563,w:266,h:19},
{t:"His arms entwined about a thousand there;",p:19,x:94,y:603,w:321,h:19},
{t:"his body’s ornaments made day of night:",p:19,x:94,y:626,w:300,h:19},
{t:"In my heart I still see Hari dance",p:19,x:94,y:650,w:241,h:19},
{t:"in playful merriment and fun of me.",p:19,x:94,y:673,w:266,h:19},
{t:"17",p:20,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"From clouds his moon-like brow was rising,",p:20,x:89,y:83,w:324,h:19},
{t:"breasts with doorway to the heart he bruises:",p:20,x:89,y:106,w:333,h:19},
{t:"In my heart I still see Hari dance",p:20,x:89,y:130,w:241,h:19},
{t:"in playful merriment and fun of me.",p:20,x:89,y:153,w:266,h:19},
{t:"Rich the earrings on his cheeks, a dress",p:20,x:89,y:193,w:289,h:19},
{t:"that hangs with demons, sages, gods and princes:",p:20,x:89,y:216,w:364,h:19},
{t:"In my heart I still see Hari dance",p:20,x:89,y:240,w:241,h:19},
{t:"in playful merriment, and fun of me.",p:20,x:89,y:263,w:270,h:19},
{t:"At the Kadamba tree my fears were quiet,",p:20,x:89,y:303,w:306,h:19},
{t:"the love god darting to my soul in joy:",p:20,x:89,y:326,w:279,h:19},
{t:"In my heart I still see Hari dance",p:20,x:89,y:350,w:241,h:19},
{t:"in playful merriment, and fun of me.",p:20,x:89,y:373,w:270,h:19},
{t:"So speaks Jayadeva: led astray",p:20,x:89,y:413,w:225,h:19},
{t:"was Rādhā by an undissembling shape:",p:20,x:89,y:436,w:290,h:19},
{t:"In my heart I still see Hari dance",p:20,x:89,y:460,w:241,h:19},
{t:"in playful merriment, and fun of me.",p:20,x:89,y:483,w:270,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   *",p:20,x:89,y:523,w:72,h:19},
{t:"Ever roaming, ever fickle, why",p:20,x:89,y:563,w:222,h:19},
{t:"with women round him should he stop? I see",p:20,x:89,y:586,w:333,h:19},
{t:"the love god in him will delight and then",p:20,x:89,y:610,w:298,h:19},
{t:"desert me: what in conscience can I do?",p:20,x:89,y:633,w:292,h:19},
{t:"18",p:21,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Sixth Song",p:21,x:94,y:88,w:81,h:20},
{t:"I found him in his forest’s leafy home,",p:21,x:94,y:120,w:280,h:19},
{t:"in which in loneliness he lies concealed:",p:21,x:94,y:143,w:293,h:19},
{t:"in looking round was frightened, till I saw",p:21,x:94,y:166,w:308,h:19},
{t:"his violent passion in abounding laughter.",p:21,x:94,y:190,w:311,h:19},
{t:"Why can’t Keshi’s foe, my friend, reform",p:21,x:94,y:213,w:298,h:19},
{t:"his ways, and meet me in desiring him?",p:21,x:94,y:236,w:290,h:19},
{t:"At first meeting I was bashful, but",p:21,x:94,y:276,w:251,h:19},
{t:"his words were flattering and urgent, kind:",p:21,x:94,y:300,w:315,h:19},
{t:"he smiled and pressed me, and that cloth was loosed",p:21,x:94,y:323,w:386,h:19},
{t:"that left me standing with pudenda bare.",p:21,x:94,y:346,w:301,h:19},
{t:"Why can’t Keshi’s foe, my friend, reform",p:21,x:94,y:370,w:298,h:19},
{t:"his ways, and meet me in desiring him?",p:21,x:94,y:393,w:290,h:19},
{t:"How tenderly he treated me, as on",p:21,x:94,y:433,w:254,h:19},
{t:"my breast he lay as though asleep:",p:21,x:94,y:456,w:253,h:19},
{t:"To me alone he gave his arms and kisses,",p:21,x:94,y:480,w:301,h:19},
{t:"played and drank there fully at my lip.",p:21,x:94,y:503,w:282,h:19},
{t:"Why can’t Keshi’s foe, my friend, reform",p:21,x:94,y:526,w:298,h:19},
{t:"his ways, and meet me in desiring him?",p:21,x:94,y:550,w:290,h:19},
{t:"19",p:22,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"In indolence, my eyelids closed, I felt",p:22,x:89,y:83,w:272,h:19},
{t:"his cheeks there swell and quicken, charming me.",p:22,x:89,y:106,w:366,h:19},
{t:"How tired the body was and drenched with sweat",p:22,x:89,y:130,w:363,h:19},
{t:"with him in passion riding to and fro.",p:22,x:89,y:153,w:275,h:19},
{t:"Why can’t Keshi’s foe, my friend, reform",p:22,x:89,y:176,w:298,h:19},
{t:"his ways, and meet me in desiring him?",p:22,x:89,y:200,w:290,h:19},
{t:"By all love’s treatises he won his pleasure;",p:22,x:89,y:240,w:308,h:19},
{t:"like the cuckoo bird I cooed in murmurs.",p:22,x:89,y:263,w:302,h:19},
{t:"My massy breasts he scored with nailmarks, made",p:22,x:89,y:286,w:370,h:19},
{t:"my hair go all ways as it dropped its flowers.",p:22,x:89,y:310,w:326,h:19},
{t:"Why can’t Keshi’s foe, my friend, reform",p:22,x:89,y:333,w:298,h:19},
{t:"his ways, and meet me in desiring him?",p:22,x:89,y:356,w:290,h:19},
{t:"My jewelled anklets jingled as he delved",p:22,x:89,y:396,w:294,h:19},
{t:"in love’s complexities to pleasure me.",p:22,x:89,y:420,w:275,h:19},
{t:"I lost my girdle belt: he tore my hair,",p:22,x:89,y:443,w:270,h:19},
{t:"but gave me kisses, kisses violently.",p:22,x:89,y:466,w:261,h:19},
{t:"Why can’t foe Keshi’s foe, my friend, reform",p:22,x:89,y:490,w:325,h:19},
{t:"his ways, and meet me in desiring him?",p:22,x:89,y:513,w:290,h:19},
{t:"Resting, pleasured from that union, I,",p:22,x:89,y:553,w:279,h:19},
{t:"with budded lotus eyes still closed to me,",p:22,x:89,y:576,w:302,h:19},
{t:"with no more strength than has a creeper, felt",p:22,x:89,y:600,w:338,h:19},
{t:"in Madhu’s enemy the love increase.",p:22,x:89,y:623,w:268,h:19},
{t:"Why can’t Keshi’s foe, my friend, reform",p:22,x:89,y:646,w:298,h:19},
{t:"his ways, and meet me in desiring him?",p:22,x:89,y:670,w:290,h:19},
{t:"20",p:23,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"So Madhu’s enemy, sings Jayadeva,",p:23,x:94,y:83,w:263,h:19},
{t:"ever moving, laughing in his sport.",p:23,x:94,y:106,w:256,h:19},
{t:"By him deserted, Rādhā knows such sadness",p:23,x:94,y:130,w:329,h:19},
{t:"as the tale, and slowly, goes its way.",p:23,x:94,y:153,w:262,h:19},
{t:"Why can’t Keshi’s foe, my friend, reform",p:23,x:94,y:176,w:298,h:19},
{t:"his ways, and meet me in desiring him?",p:23,x:94,y:200,w:290,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   *",p:23,x:94,y:240,w:72,h:19},
{t:"Govinda with his curly eyebrowed Vraja",p:23,x:94,y:280,w:295,h:19},
{t:"women dancing in the forest saw me.",p:23,x:94,y:303,w:274,h:19},
{t:"Glancing, cheek in sweat, he dropped the flute,",p:23,x:94,y:326,w:345,h:19},
{t:"as I delighted when he looked at me.",p:23,x:94,y:350,w:269,h:19},
{t:"Though winds from forest lakes may coax the buds",p:23,x:94,y:390,w:376,h:19},
{t:"from spired Ashoka creepers, and the bees",p:23,x:94,y:413,w:313,h:19},
{t:"can wander happily in tufts of Mango,",p:23,x:94,y:436,w:281,h:19},
{t:"there is only care in me, my friend.",p:23,x:94,y:460,w:256,h:19},
{t:"21",p:24,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Part Three: Bewildered Krishna",p:24,x:89,y:87,w:290,h:23},
{t:"Therefore Kamsa’s enemy, now chained",p:24,x:89,y:133,w:294,h:19},
{t:"to all the inclinations of this worldly life",p:24,x:89,y:156,w:294,h:19},
{t:"by lodging Rādhā in his heart,",p:24,x:89,y:180,w:221,h:19},
{t:"has left his multitude of lovely women.",p:24,x:89,y:203,w:287,h:19},
{t:"And more, with love god’s arrows in his thoughts,",p:24,x:89,y:243,w:366,h:19},
{t:"and much repenting, he has followed Rādhā:",p:24,x:89,y:266,w:330,h:19},
{t:"the sloping thickets of the Yamunā",p:24,x:89,y:290,w:257,h:19},
{t:"now find him Mādhava with honey lost.",p:24,x:89,y:313,w:294,h:19},
{t:"Seventh Song",p:24,x:89,y:351,w:111,h:20},
{t:"All too plainly in my crowd of women",p:24,x:89,y:383,w:276,h:19},
{t:"her looking found me, and I feel ashamed.",p:24,x:89,y:406,w:311,h:19},
{t:"So thoughtlessly I acted, Rādhā left.",p:24,x:89,y:430,w:266,h:19},
{t:"Not knowing how she sees this absence, what",p:24,x:89,y:470,w:334,h:19},
{t:"are followers or home or wealth to me?",p:24,x:89,y:493,w:288,h:19},
{t:"So thoughtlessly I acted, Rādhā left.",p:24,x:89,y:516,w:266,h:19},
{t:"Those eyebrows bent I see as circling bees",p:24,x:89,y:556,w:308,h:19},
{t:"will irritate the reddened lotus flower.",p:24,x:89,y:580,w:280,h:19},
{t:"So thoughtlessly I acted, Rādhā left.",p:24,x:89,y:603,w:266,h:19},
{t:"Must I now follow her and call in woods",p:24,x:89,y:643,w:295,h:19},
{t:"who had the pleasure of her close to heart?",p:24,x:89,y:666,w:317,h:19},
{t:"So thoughtlessly I acted, Rādhā left.",p:24,x:89,y:690,w:266,h:19},
{t:"22",p:25,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"With courteous words your rage and jealousy",p:25,x:94,y:83,w:334,h:19},
{t:"I’d calm if I could know where you have gone.",p:25,x:94,y:106,w:338,h:19},
{t:"So thoughtlessly I acted, Rādhā left.",p:25,x:94,y:130,w:266,h:19},
{t:"Not here, not there, you’re gone, and do not hold",p:25,x:94,y:176,w:361,h:19},
{t:"me eagerly in passion as you did.",p:25,x:94,y:200,w:242,h:19},
{t:"So thoughtlessly I acted, Rādhā left.",p:25,x:94,y:223,w:266,h:19},
{t:"Forgive me for the things I’d not repeat",p:25,x:94,y:263,w:290,h:19},
{t:"with one so beautiful, whose love I seek.",p:25,x:94,y:286,w:297,h:19},
{t:"So thoughtlessly I acted, Rādhā left.",p:25,x:94,y:310,w:266,h:19},
{t:"So Jayadeva praises Krishna, star",p:25,x:94,y:350,w:246,h:19},
{t:"above the sea that is his native village.",p:25,x:94,y:373,w:281,h:19},
{t:"So thoughtlessly I acted, Rādhā left.",p:25,x:94,y:396,w:266,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   *",p:25,x:94,y:436,w:72,h:19},
{t:"Why, when coiling lotuses are not",p:25,x:94,y:476,w:250,h:19},
{t:"a snake, nor petalled neck has venomed hue,",p:25,x:94,y:500,w:329,h:19},
{t:"nor sandal paste be ash on this poor body,",p:25,x:94,y:523,w:311,h:19},
{t:"should the love god choose to ravage me?",p:25,x:94,y:546,w:306,h:19},
{t:"In sport you conquer. Do not lift at those",p:25,x:94,y:586,w:303,h:19},
{t:"who are already faint your Mango bow.",p:25,x:94,y:610,w:289,h:19},
{t:"Those fusillades of darting, deer-like glances",p:25,x:94,y:633,w:328,h:19},
{t:"find me torn and thoughts in disarray.",p:25,x:94,y:656,w:283,h:19},
{t:"23",p:26,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Her brow the love god has for archer, crossing",p:26,x:89,y:83,w:340,h:19},
{t:"glances for his arrows, earlobe even",p:26,x:89,y:106,w:262,h:19},
{t:"as his weapon. She, embodied in",p:26,x:89,y:130,w:240,h:19},
{t:"a goddess, has the moving world cast down.",p:26,x:89,y:153,w:322,h:19},
{t:"That arched brow hurts me with its loosened arrows,",p:26,x:89,y:193,w:390,h:19},
{t:"breath deserts me in those coils of hair,",p:26,x:89,y:216,w:290,h:19},
{t:"all consciousness is lost at those red lips,",p:26,x:89,y:240,w:300,h:19},
{t:"and life’s a plaything at those rounded breasts.",p:26,x:89,y:263,w:344,h:19},
{t:"A touch, her comfort in it, play of eyes,",p:26,x:89,y:303,w:286,h:19},
{t:"that mouth, its fragrance and uncertain words,",p:26,x:89,y:326,w:346,h:19},
{t:"a lip that fills with nectar: still I yearn",p:26,x:89,y:350,w:278,h:19},
{t:"for thought disordered in this separation.",p:26,x:89,y:373,w:306,h:19},
{t:"24",p:27,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Part Four: Tender Krishna",p:27,x:94,y:87,w:235,h:23},
{t:"Rādhā’s friend, to one love-burdened in",p:27,x:94,y:133,w:294,h:19},
{t:"the reeds of Yamunā, then came and said:",p:27,x:94,y:156,w:309,h:19},
{t:"Eighth Song",p:27,x:94,y:194,w:95,h:20},
{t:"Confused, she blames the sandal paste and moon,",p:27,x:94,y:226,w:367,h:19},
{t:"finds venomed serpents in Malaya winds.",p:27,x:94,y:250,w:305,h:19},
{t:"In Mādhava she dreads the love god’s arrows:",p:27,x:94,y:273,w:337,h:19},
{t:"apart and miserable, she thinks of you.",p:27,x:94,y:296,w:287,h:19},
{t:"She hopes in watery lotus leaves to shield",p:27,x:94,y:336,w:306,h:19},
{t:"her vital being from love’s raining arrows:",p:27,x:94,y:360,w:309,h:19},
{t:"In Mādhava she dreads the love god’s arrows:",p:27,x:94,y:383,w:337,h:19},
{t:"apart and miserable, she thinks of you.",p:27,x:94,y:406,w:287,h:19},
{t:"She'd turn the barbs to flowers, make her bed",p:27,x:94,y:446,w:337,h:19},
{t:"in blossom echoing to your embrace:",p:27,x:94,y:470,w:272,h:19},
{t:"In Mādhava she dreads the love god’s arrows:",p:27,x:94,y:493,w:337,h:19},
{t:"apart and miserable, she thinks of you.",p:27,x:94,y:516,w:287,h:19},
{t:"Her eyes are trembling and her gentle face",p:27,x:94,y:556,w:312,h:19},
{t:"is split as moon is by serrated tears:",p:27,x:94,y:580,w:263,h:19},
{t:"In Mādhava she dreads the love god’s arrows:",p:27,x:94,y:603,w:337,h:19},
{t:"apart and miserable, she thinks of you.",p:27,x:94,y:626,w:287,h:19},
{t:"25",p:28,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"She paints with musk how love has been,",p:28,x:89,y:83,w:303,h:19},
{t:"inclines to monsters with a Mango branch:",p:28,x:89,y:106,w:316,h:19},
{t:"In Mādhava she dreads the love god’s arrows:",p:28,x:89,y:130,w:337,h:19},
{t:"apart and miserable, she thinks of you.",p:28,x:89,y:153,w:287,h:19},
{t:"Though unapproachable and locked in thought,",p:28,x:89,y:193,w:353,h:19},
{t:"aloud she laughs and trembles at her tears:",p:28,x:89,y:216,w:318,h:19},
{t:"In Mādhava she dreads the love god’s arrows:",p:28,x:89,y:240,w:337,h:19},
{t:"apart and miserable, she thinks of you.",p:28,x:89,y:263,w:287,h:19},
{t:"Declares each step she takes is to your feet:",p:28,x:89,y:303,w:318,h:19},
{t:"how thin the moon is when you’ve turned away:",p:28,x:89,y:326,w:355,h:19},
{t:"In Mādhava she dreads the love god’s arrows:",p:28,x:89,y:350,w:337,h:19},
{t:"apart and miserable, she thinks of you.",p:28,x:89,y:373,w:287,h:19},
{t:"If thought would dance to Jayadeva’s words",p:28,x:89,y:413,w:325,h:19},
{t:"then study what the friend of Rādha said:",p:28,x:89,y:436,w:307,h:19},
{t:"In Mādhava she dreads the love god’s arrows:",p:28,x:89,y:460,w:337,h:19},
{t:"apart and miserable, she thinks of you.",p:28,x:89,y:483,w:287,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   *",p:28,x:89,y:523,w:72,h:19},
{t:"Her home’s the forest and her friends a snare;",p:28,x:89,y:563,w:339,h:19},
{t:"she fans her blazing griefs with sighs.",p:28,x:89,y:586,w:275,h:19},
{t:"The absence terrifies: as with a deer,",p:28,x:89,y:610,w:268,h:19},
{t:"your play becomes the deadly tiger’s sport.",p:28,x:89,y:633,w:315,h:19},
{t:"26",p:29,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Ninth Song",p:29,x:94,y:88,w:87,h:20},
{t:"She wears the bright and slender pearls",p:29,x:94,y:120,w:291,h:19},
{t:"upon her breasts as though a burden:",p:29,x:94,y:143,w:277,h:19},
{t:"Krishna, Rādhā feels deserted.",p:29,x:94,y:166,w:224,h:19},
{t:"She feels the soothing sandal cream",p:29,x:94,y:206,w:264,h:19},
{t:"as potent venom on her body:",p:29,x:94,y:230,w:220,h:19},
{t:"Krishna, Rādhā feels deserted.",p:29,x:94,y:253,w:224,h:19},
{t:"She sighs the compass of her love",p:29,x:94,y:293,w:247,h:19},
{t:"and in that breath the passion burns:",p:29,x:94,y:316,w:275,h:19},
{t:"Krishna, Rādhā feels deserted.",p:29,x:94,y:340,w:224,h:19},
{t:"She scatters everywhere a tear",p:29,x:94,y:380,w:223,h:19},
{t:"as lotus from its hollow stem:",p:29,x:94,y:403,w:218,h:19},
{t:"Krishna, Rādhā feels deserted.",p:29,x:94,y:426,w:224,h:19},
{t:"She holds her palm against her cheek",p:29,x:94,y:466,w:275,h:19},
{t:"as evening steadies with the moon:",p:29,x:94,y:490,w:257,h:19},
{t:"Krishna, Rādhā feels deserted.",p:29,x:94,y:513,w:224,h:19},
{t:"She sees a bed of tender leaves",p:29,x:94,y:553,w:225,h:19},
{t:"ordained for her as fire instead:",p:29,x:94,y:576,w:233,h:19},
{t:"Krishna, Rādhā feels deserted.",p:29,x:94,y:600,w:224,h:19},
{t:"Again she whispers Hari, Hari,",p:29,x:94,y:640,w:226,h:19},
{t:"as though your absence brought her death:",p:29,x:94,y:663,w:318,h:19},
{t:"Krishna, Rādhā feels deserted.",p:29,x:94,y:686,w:224,h:19},
{t:"27",p:30,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Let Jayadeva’s song so chanted",p:30,x:89,y:83,w:230,h:19},
{t:"please and lead to Krishna’s feet:",p:30,x:89,y:106,w:242,h:19},
{t:"Krishna, Rādhā feels deserted.",p:30,x:89,y:130,w:225,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   *",p:30,x:89,y:170,w:72,h:19},
{t:"With pain she bristles, sighs, she shuts her eyes,",p:30,x:89,y:210,w:354,h:19},
{t:"she rises, whirls about and falls in faints:",p:30,x:89,y:233,w:301,h:19},
{t:"unless your heavenly healing aid in this",p:30,x:89,y:256,w:291,h:19},
{t:"her raging fever holds until her death.",p:30,x:89,y:280,w:280,h:19},
{t:"But you, divine physician, by a touch",p:30,x:89,y:320,w:272,h:19},
{t:"of your blest body can relieve her pain,",p:30,x:89,y:343,w:286,h:19},
{t:"do not abandon Rādhā, lest you’d hurt",p:30,x:89,y:366,w:285,h:19},
{t:"her grievously as Indra’s thunderbolt.",p:30,x:89,y:390,w:279,h:19},
{t:"Against that wantoning and dragging fire",p:30,x:89,y:430,w:303,h:19},
{t:"she looks to lotus, sandalpaste and moon,",p:30,x:89,y:453,w:308,h:19},
{t:"and thinks of lover in his lonely place,",p:30,x:89,y:476,w:280,h:19},
{t:"and of his coolness as she lingers on.",p:30,x:89,y:500,w:270,h:19},
{t:"Before she would not even close her eyes",p:30,x:89,y:540,w:300,h:19},
{t:"a moment lest you leave her sight; no more",p:30,x:89,y:563,w:318,h:19},
{t:"she breathes with you away, nor bears to think",p:30,x:89,y:586,w:344,h:19},
{t:"of how the Mango trees were full of flowers.",p:30,x:89,y:610,w:323,h:19},
{t:"28",p:31,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Part Five: Desiring, Lotus-Eyed Krishna",p:31,x:94,y:87,w:354,h:23},
{t:"Krishna told the friend of Rādhā:",p:31,x:94,y:133,w:245,h:19},
{t:"here I wait but say these words",p:31,x:94,y:156,w:229,h:19},
{t:"to pacify and make her come.",p:31,x:94,y:180,w:216,h:19},
{t:"At this the friend to Rādhā went.",p:31,x:94,y:203,w:242,h:19},
{t:"Tenth Song",p:31,x:94,y:241,w:90,h:20},
{t:"Malaya breezes speak of swelling passions,",p:31,x:94,y:273,w:314,h:19},
{t:"blooms in opening tear at lovers’ hearts:",p:31,x:94,y:296,w:297,h:19},
{t:"forest-garlanded, he sits apart.",p:31,x:94,y:320,w:226,h:19},
{t:"To him the cooling moonbeam seems as fire,",p:31,x:94,y:360,w:330,h:19},
{t:"the falling love god’s arrows leave him hurt:",p:31,x:94,y:383,w:323,h:19},
{t:"forest-garlanded, he sits apart.",p:31,x:94,y:406,w:226,h:19},
{t:"As though beset by humming bees at night",p:31,x:94,y:446,w:315,h:19},
{t:"he puts the pain of absence out of mind:",p:31,x:94,y:470,w:297,h:19},
{t:"forest-garlanded, he sits apart.",p:31,x:94,y:493,w:226,h:19},
{t:"He leaves his pleasant house to live in thickets,",p:31,x:94,y:533,w:346,h:19},
{t:"and rolls on earth, his bed, and calls your name:",p:31,x:94,y:556,w:355,h:19},
{t:"forest-garlanded, he sits apart.",p:31,x:94,y:580,w:226,h:19},
{t:"Poet Jayadeva tells of loving’s",p:31,x:94,y:620,w:220,h:19},
{t:"parting: Hari favours fervent thought:",p:31,x:94,y:643,w:281,h:19},
{t:"forest-garlanded, he sits apart.",p:31,x:94,y:666,w:226,h:19},
{t:"29",p:32,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"      *   *   *",p:32,x:89,y:83,w:72,h:19},
{t:"As was passion first accomplished, now",p:32,x:89,y:123,w:290,h:19},
{t:"is Mādhava inside his river bower,",p:32,x:89,y:146,w:252,h:19},
{t:"constantly in thought and chanting prayers",p:32,x:89,y:170,w:320,h:19},
{t:"to have the ferment of your spilling breasts.",p:32,x:89,y:193,w:322,h:19},
{t:"Eleventh Song",p:32,x:89,y:231,w:115,h:20},
{t:"To the god of love’s own house he’s gone:",p:32,x:89,y:263,w:305,h:19},
{t:"where you must follow him with heavy hips.",p:32,x:89,y:286,w:326,h:19},
{t:"Steady breezes sweep the Yamunā",p:32,x:89,y:326,w:252,h:19},
{t:"and on its leafy shoreline Krishna lives.",p:32,x:89,y:350,w:289,h:19},
{t:"He plays your name and softly on his flute,",p:32,x:89,y:390,w:316,h:19},
{t:"adores the air’s light pollen you have touched.",p:32,x:89,y:413,w:340,h:19},
{t:"Steady breezes sweep the Yamunā",p:32,x:89,y:453,w:252,h:19},
{t:"and on its leafy shoreline Krishna lives.",p:32,x:89,y:476,w:289,h:19},
{t:"No leaf or feather falls but you are near,",p:32,x:89,y:516,w:294,h:19},
{t:"his eyes make incantations on the bed.",p:32,x:89,y:540,w:285,h:19},
{t:"Steady breezes sweep the Yamunā",p:32,x:89,y:580,w:252,h:19},
{t:"and on its leafy shoreline Krishna lives.",p:32,x:89,y:603,w:289,h:19},
{t:"Leave off the anklets that betray your sport,",p:32,x:89,y:643,w:323,h:19},
{t:"but in the darkest thicket, friend, delight.",p:32,x:89,y:666,w:304,h:19},
{t:"30",p:33,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Steady breezes sweep the Yamunā",p:33,x:94,y:83,w:252,h:19},
{t:"and on its leafy shoreline Krishna lives.",p:33,x:94,y:106,w:289,h:19},
{t:"Be on Krishna’s breast as falling cranes,",p:33,x:94,y:146,w:293,h:19},
{t:"the flash that lights up thunderclouds.",p:33,x:94,y:170,w:284,h:19},
{t:"Steady breezes sweep the Yamunā",p:33,x:94,y:210,w:252,h:19},
{t:"and on its leafy shoreline Krishna lives.",p:33,x:94,y:233,w:289,h:19},
{t:"Let fall the girdle cloth from your strong hips:",p:33,x:94,y:273,w:338,h:19},
{t:"your bliss his treasure in that bed of leaves.",p:33,x:94,y:296,w:319,h:19},
{t:"Steady breezes sweep the Yamunā",p:33,x:94,y:336,w:252,h:19},
{t:"and on its leafy shoreline Krishna lives.",p:33,x:94,y:360,w:289,h:19},
{t:"The night is ending, and in Krishna’s pride",p:33,x:94,y:400,w:314,h:19},
{t:"fulfil the words I gave to his desire.",p:33,x:94,y:423,w:259,h:19},
{t:"Steady breezes sweep the Yamunā",p:33,x:94,y:463,w:252,h:19},
{t:"and on its leafy shoreline Krishna lives.",p:33,x:94,y:486,w:289,h:19},
{t:"Jayadeva speaks to honour Krishna:",p:33,x:94,y:526,w:268,h:19},
{t:"bow to him who is compassionate.",p:33,x:94,y:550,w:254,h:19},
{t:"Steady breezes sweep the Yamunā",p:33,x:94,y:590,w:252,h:19},
{t:"and on its leafy shoreline Krishna lives.",p:33,x:94,y:613,w:289,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   *",p:33,x:94,y:653,w:72,h:19},
{t:"31",p:34,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Around and round about he sighs and watches,",p:34,x:89,y:83,w:349,h:19},
{t:"and fights, as bees in thickets, for his breath,",p:34,x:89,y:106,w:329,h:19},
{t:"and makes, remakes the bed, and still he watches:",p:34,x:89,y:130,w:368,h:19},
{t:"tired, by love bewildered, still he waits.",p:34,x:89,y:153,w:286,h:19},
{t:"Your stubbornness now quenched as setting sun,",p:34,x:89,y:193,w:362,h:19},
{t:"and Krishna’s passion thickening with night,",p:34,x:89,y:216,w:329,h:19},
{t:"the long-lamenting cuckoo bird repeats",p:34,x:89,y:240,w:291,h:19},
{t:"delay is useless: let the lovers meet.",p:34,x:89,y:263,w:261,h:19},
{t:"How many through the dark on some affair,",p:34,x:89,y:303,w:325,h:19},
{t:"impelled by pleasure and in passion keen",p:34,x:89,y:326,w:303,h:19},
{t:"to clasp and kiss and claw their bodies, find",p:34,x:89,y:350,w:321,h:19},
{t:"then bashfully it is their spouse they greet.",p:34,x:89,y:373,w:314,h:19},
{t:"Still fearful, trembling on the gloomy path,",p:34,x:89,y:413,w:317,h:19},
{t:"by each tree loitering, and with crossing step,",p:34,x:89,y:436,w:333,h:19},
{t:"she comes with promises of fortune in",p:34,x:89,y:460,w:282,h:19},
{t:"her face and love god moving through her limbs.",p:34,x:89,y:483,w:358,h:19},
{t:"32",p:35,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Part Six: Indolent Krishna",p:35,x:94,y:87,w:231,h:23},
{t:"With Rādhā passionate but in her bower",p:35,x:94,y:133,w:299,h:19},
{t:"and Krishna slow to act, to him she said:",p:35,x:94,y:156,w:299,h:19},
{t:"Twelfth Song",p:35,x:94,y:194,w:101,h:20},
{t:"Rādhā sees you everywhere",p:35,x:94,y:226,w:203,h:19},
{t:"as drinking sweetness of her lip.",p:35,x:94,y:250,w:236,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā serves you in her house.",p:35,x:94,y:273,w:229,h:19},
{t:"Moving in her haste to meet you",p:35,x:94,y:313,w:238,h:19},
{t:"she takes her little steps and falls.",p:35,x:94,y:336,w:248,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā serves you in her house.",p:35,x:94,y:360,w:229,h:19},
{t:"With bracelets of white lotus shoots",p:35,x:94,y:400,w:264,h:19},
{t:"she keeps alive that doubtful love.",p:35,x:94,y:423,w:251,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā serves you in her house.",p:35,x:94,y:446,w:229,h:19},
{t:"As I am ornament in play,",p:35,x:94,y:486,w:191,h:19},
{t:"she says, I’m Krishna too in this.",p:35,x:94,y:510,w:240,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā serves you in her house.",p:35,x:94,y:533,w:229,h:19},
{t:"Why won’t Hari haste to me?",p:35,x:94,y:573,w:215,h:19},
{t:"incessantly she asks her friend.",p:35,x:94,y:596,w:230,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā serves you in her house.",p:35,x:94,y:620,w:229,h:19},
{t:"33",p:36,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"The dark she kisses, hugs the clouds,",p:36,x:89,y:83,w:272,h:19},
{t:"from which she thinks her Hari comes.",p:36,x:89,y:106,w:287,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā serves you in her house.",p:36,x:89,y:130,w:229,h:19},
{t:"She moans and wails and decks herself,",p:36,x:89,y:170,w:291,h:19},
{t:"all modesty now thrown away.",p:36,x:89,y:193,w:225,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā serves you in her house.",p:36,x:89,y:216,w:229,h:19},
{t:"May the pride of Jayadeva",p:36,x:89,y:256,w:194,h:19},
{t:"spread to all who have his taste.",p:36,x:89,y:280,w:235,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā serves you in her house.",p:36,x:89,y:303,w:229,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   *",p:36,x:89,y:343,w:72,h:19},
{t:"In boundless ecstasy she bristles, brings",p:36,x:89,y:383,w:296,h:19},
{t:"a note of lamentation to her voice.",p:36,x:89,y:406,w:253,h:19},
{t:"On you, her great deceiver and her treasure,",p:36,x:89,y:430,w:324,h:19},
{t:"the fawn-eyed woman meditates and clings.",p:36,x:89,y:453,w:323,h:19},
{t:"She ornaments her body, has each leaf",p:36,x:89,y:493,w:284,h:19},
{t:"announce your coming, makes her couch a hundred",p:36,x:89,y:516,w:384,h:19},
{t:"times anticipating you in love:",p:36,x:89,y:540,w:223,h:19},
{t:"alone this beauty cannot pass the night.",p:36,x:89,y:563,w:293,h:19},
{t:"34",p:37,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Part Seven: Cunning Krishna",p:37,x:94,y:87,w:270,h:23},
{t:"A maze of beams, a mark of shame, a spot",p:37,x:94,y:133,w:308,h:19},
{t:"of sandal blemishing young beauty’s face:",p:37,x:94,y:156,w:308,h:19},
{t:"to light the paths that unchaste women take",p:37,x:94,y:180,w:325,h:19},
{t:"in Brindavan’s vast wood there swells the moon.",p:37,x:94,y:203,w:356,h:19},
{t:"Mādhava is lonely. She laments.",p:37,x:94,y:243,w:237,h:19},
{t:"A hare-marked disc of light hangs low.",p:37,x:94,y:266,w:284,h:19},
{t:"Thirteenth Song",p:37,x:94,y:304,w:125,h:20},
{t:"She says: no meeting Hari in the wood:",p:37,x:94,y:336,w:289,h:19},
{t:"in vain the shining figure of my youth.",p:37,x:94,y:360,w:283,h:19},
{t:"What refuge is there when a friend deceives?",p:37,x:94,y:383,w:330,h:19},
{t:"In dark frequenting of that wood was where",p:37,x:94,y:423,w:324,h:19},
{t:"unequally love’s arrow caught my heart.",p:37,x:94,y:446,w:296,h:19},
{t:"What refuge is there when a friend deceives?",p:37,x:94,y:470,w:330,h:19},
{t:"Shamed and useless, it is better death",p:37,x:94,y:510,w:278,h:19},
{t:"than burn continually as one apart.",p:37,x:94,y:533,w:261,h:19},
{t:"What refuge is there when a friend deceives?",p:37,x:94,y:556,w:330,h:19},
{t:"I am alone this ardent, sweet spring night",p:37,x:94,y:596,w:306,h:19},
{t:"while she, more merited, with Hari sports.",p:37,x:94,y:620,w:312,h:19},
{t:"What refuge is there when a friend deceives?",p:37,x:94,y:643,w:330,h:19},
{t:"35",p:38,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"My jewelled ornaments in glints convey",p:38,x:89,y:83,w:292,h:19},
{t:"too well the fires of Hari fled from me.",p:38,x:89,y:106,w:283,h:19},
{t:"What refuge is there when a friend deceives?",p:38,x:89,y:130,w:330,h:19},
{t:"Though delicate my body, as a flower,",p:38,x:89,y:170,w:279,h:19},
{t:"barbed, the flowers hung there hurt the heart.",p:38,x:89,y:193,w:339,h:19},
{t:"What refuge is there when a friend deceives?",p:38,x:89,y:216,w:330,h:19},
{t:"I linger in the innumerable thick reeds,",p:38,x:89,y:256,w:289,h:19},
{t:"that he for all his thinking never sees.",p:38,x:89,y:280,w:277,h:19},
{t:"What refuge is there when a friend deceives?",p:38,x:89,y:303,w:330,h:19},
{t:"The words of Jayadeva fall at Krishna’s feet",p:38,x:89,y:343,w:320,h:19},
{t:"to live supported in a woman’s heart.",p:38,x:89,y:366,w:274,h:19},
{t:"What refuge is there when a friend deceives?",p:38,x:89,y:390,w:330,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   *",p:38,x:89,y:430,w:72,h:19},
{t:"My love is somewhere wantoning or held",p:38,x:89,y:470,w:302,h:19},
{t:"by relatives or lost his way, his mind",p:38,x:89,y:493,w:268,h:19},
{t:"confused, the forest dark, to nowhere find",p:38,x:89,y:516,w:310,h:19},
{t:"the pleasing arbour of that thicket place?",p:38,x:89,y:540,w:303,h:19},
{t:"Returned without her Mādhava, the friend",p:38,x:89,y:580,w:315,h:19},
{t:"so tongue-tied and dejected, Rādhā knew",p:38,x:89,y:603,w:304,h:19},
{t:"he sported fecklessly with someone else.",p:38,x:89,y:626,w:297,h:19},
{t:"As though there seeing him, now Rādhā said:",p:38,x:89,y:650,w:334,h:19},
{t:"36",p:39,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Fourteenth Song",p:39,x:94,y:88,w:133,h:20},
{t:"Bedecked as courtesan, the hair now shaken",p:39,x:94,y:120,w:326,h:19},
{t:"in love’s long tournament where stems are broken.",p:39,x:94,y:143,w:374,h:19},
{t:"Krishna’s garland is some other girl.",p:39,x:94,y:166,w:266,h:19},
{t:"In shimmering necklaces above each breast,",p:39,x:94,y:206,w:324,h:19},
{t:"by Hari stirred and changed in each embrace.",p:39,x:94,y:230,w:335,h:19},
{t:"Krishna’s garland is some other girl.",p:39,x:94,y:253,w:266,h:19},
{t:"Around her moon-like face waves clouded hair",p:39,x:94,y:293,w:344,h:19},
{t:"as there, exhausted, of his lips she drinks.",p:39,x:94,y:316,w:307,h:19},
{t:"Krishna’s garland is some other girl.",p:39,x:94,y:340,w:266,h:19},
{t:"To and fro his earrings strike her cheeks,",p:39,x:94,y:380,w:300,h:19},
{t:"and then the stirrings of her girdle zone.",p:39,x:94,y:403,w:297,h:19},
{t:"Krishna’s garland is some other girl.",p:39,x:94,y:426,w:266,h:19},
{t:"Laughing bashfully at lover’s looks,",p:39,x:94,y:466,w:261,h:19},
{t:"and then what murmuring and long she makes.",p:39,x:94,y:490,w:350,h:19},
{t:"Krishna’s garland is some other girl.",p:39,x:94,y:513,w:266,h:19},
{t:"Broken, bristling, trembling sighs she sheds",p:39,x:94,y:553,w:323,h:19},
{t:"who has the love god under shuttered lids.",p:39,x:94,y:576,w:314,h:19},
{t:"Krishna’s garland is some other girl.",p:39,x:94,y:600,w:266,h:19},
{t:"The body fortunate and dewed in sweat,",p:39,x:94,y:640,w:295,h:19},
{t:"that chest in joy she rests on after fight.",p:39,x:94,y:663,w:291,h:19},
{t:"Krishna’s garland is some other girl.",p:39,x:94,y:686,w:266,h:19},
{t:"37",p:40,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"      *   *   *",p:40,x:89,y:83,w:72,h:19},
{t:"The moon-pale splendour of the lotus face",p:40,x:89,y:123,w:313,h:19},
{t:"of Mura’s enemy may stop my pain.",p:40,x:89,y:146,w:264,h:19},
{t:"To one left solitary in thought, the moon",p:40,x:89,y:170,w:300,h:19},
{t:"is friend to passion but no peace of mind.",p:40,x:89,y:193,w:305,h:19},
{t:"Fifteenth Song",p:40,x:89,y:231,w:116,h:20},
{t:"The face in rapture for a kiss he marks",p:40,x:89,y:263,w:283,h:19},
{t:"with musk as antelope attend the moon.",p:40,x:89,y:286,w:297,h:19},
{t:"On sandy Yamunā’s thick-wooded shore",p:40,x:89,y:310,w:298,h:19},
{t:"triumphantly is Krishna revelling now.",p:40,x:89,y:333,w:286,h:19},
{t:"A flower he places in the tumbling hair:",p:40,x:89,y:373,w:292,h:19},
{t:"as fast as deer or lightning to the mouth.",p:40,x:89,y:396,w:299,h:19},
{t:"On sandy Yamunā’s thick-wooded shore",p:40,x:89,y:420,w:298,h:19},
{t:"triumphantly is Krishna revelling now.",p:40,x:89,y:443,w:286,h:19},
{t:"He hangs a pendant on her musky breasts",p:40,x:89,y:483,w:310,h:19},
{t:"that shine resplendent as the deer-marked moon.",p:40,x:89,y:506,w:365,h:19},
{t:"On sandy Yamunā’s thick-wooded shore",p:40,x:89,y:530,w:298,h:19},
{t:"triumphantly is Krishna revelling now.",p:40,x:89,y:553,w:286,h:19},
{t:"Her arm he subdues with an emerald clasp",p:40,x:89,y:593,w:315,h:19},
{t:"as bees cool-clustered on a lotus shoot.",p:40,x:89,y:616,w:288,h:19},
{t:"On sandy Yamunā’s thick-wooded shore",p:40,x:89,y:640,w:298,h:19},
{t:"triumphantly is Krishna revelling now.",p:40,x:89,y:663,w:286,h:19},
{t:"38",p:41,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Around the golden house of love, the hips,",p:41,x:94,y:83,w:312,h:19},
{t:"he hangs a laughing girdle arch of gems.",p:41,x:94,y:106,w:296,h:19},
{t:"On sandy Yamunā’s thick-wooded shore",p:41,x:94,y:130,w:298,h:19},
{t:"triumphantly is Krishna revelling now.",p:41,x:94,y:153,w:286,h:19},
{t:"The feet that touch his heart he paints with lac,",p:41,x:94,y:193,w:348,h:19},
{t:"as garment covering love’s inner house.",p:41,x:94,y:216,w:291,h:19},
{t:"On sandy Yamunā’s thick-wooded shore",p:41,x:94,y:240,w:298,h:19},
{t:"triumphantly is Krishna revelling now.",p:41,x:94,y:263,w:286,h:19},
{t:"He’s mesmerized by beauty’s eyes, while I—",p:41,x:94,y:303,w:323,h:19},
{t:"say why, my friend—reside in sapless shoots.",p:41,x:94,y:326,w:330,h:19},
{t:"On sandy Yamunā’s thick-wooded shore",p:41,x:94,y:350,w:298,h:19},
{t:"triumphantly is Krishna revelling now.",p:41,x:94,y:373,w:286,h:19},
{t:"Jayadeva echoes Hari’s best",p:41,x:94,y:413,w:205,h:19},
{t:"that age’s discords end at Krishna’s feet.",p:41,x:94,y:436,w:296,h:19},
{t:"On sandy Yamunā’s thick-wooded shore",p:41,x:94,y:460,w:298,h:19},
{t:"triumphantly is Krishna revelling now.",p:41,x:94,y:483,w:286,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   *",p:41,x:94,y:523,w:72,h:19},
{t:"He’s false and hurts my messenger. He has",p:41,x:94,y:563,w:315,h:19},
{t:"too many loves, my friend: he will not come.",p:41,x:94,y:586,w:327,h:19},
{t:"Yet I am drawn to him and burst with longing:",p:41,x:94,y:610,w:343,h:19},
{t:"consciousness itself would go with him.",p:41,x:94,y:633,w:292,h:19},
{t:"39",p:42,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Sixteenth Song",p:42,x:89,y:88,w:119,h:20},
{t:"His eyes are round her like the wind-tossed lotus:",p:42,x:89,y:120,w:366,h:19},
{t:"a palliasse of leaves will never scorch her",p:42,x:89,y:143,w:300,h:19},
{t:"when she is pleasuring one forest-wreathed.",p:42,x:89,y:166,w:325,h:19},
{t:"His mouth volumptuous as open lotus,",p:42,x:89,y:206,w:288,h:19},
{t:"her blossoms will not break the love god’s arrows",p:42,x:89,y:230,w:363,h:19},
{t:"when she is pleasuring one forest-wreathed.",p:42,x:89,y:253,w:325,h:19},
{t:"With words so ever-living, sweet and soft",p:42,x:89,y:293,w:303,h:19},
{t:"she will not blaze up in Malaya breezes",p:42,x:89,y:316,w:287,h:19},
{t:"when she is pleasuring one forest-wreathed.",p:42,x:89,y:340,w:325,h:19},
{t:"Like the land-borne lotus on her are his hands",p:42,x:89,y:380,w:342,h:19},
{t:"and feet: the cool of moonbeams will not hurt",p:42,x:89,y:403,w:338,h:19},
{t:"when she is pleasuring one forest-wreathed.",p:42,x:89,y:426,w:325,h:19},
{t:"Coalescing, radiant as the clouds,",p:42,x:89,y:466,w:246,h:19},
{t:"no separation there can cleave the heart",p:42,x:89,y:490,w:294,h:19},
{t:"when she is pleasuring one forest-wreathed.",p:42,x:89,y:513,w:325,h:19},
{t:"His clothing leaves the touchstone gold:",p:42,x:89,y:553,w:295,h:19},
{t:"she pays no heed to how her servants sigh",p:42,x:89,y:576,w:309,h:19},
{t:"when she is pleasuring one forest-wreathed.",p:42,x:89,y:600,w:325,h:19},
{t:"This youth is better than a world of people,",p:42,x:89,y:640,w:318,h:19},
{t:"despite the pain and pity and the sorrow",p:42,x:89,y:663,w:298,h:19},
{t:"when she is pleasuring one forest-wreathed.",p:42,x:89,y:686,w:325,h:19},
{t:"40",p:43,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"May Jayadeva’s singing words so give,",p:43,x:94,y:83,w:281,h:19},
{t:"my friend, this Hari entrance to your heart",p:43,x:94,y:106,w:315,h:19},
{t:"when she is pleasuring one forest-wreathed.",p:43,x:94,y:130,w:325,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   *",p:43,x:94,y:170,w:72,h:19},
{t:"The Sandal winds delight and fill my mind,",p:43,x:94,y:210,w:317,h:19},
{t:"but move so variously in love or spite.",p:43,x:94,y:233,w:279,h:19},
{t:"The life-breath of the world you bring me for",p:43,x:94,y:256,w:331,h:19},
{t:"a moment, then as Mādava you’re gone.",p:43,x:94,y:280,w:294,h:19},
{t:"My friends deceive me, the chill wind is fire,",p:43,x:94,y:320,w:324,h:19},
{t:"the sweet light venom, and a scourge my mind:",p:43,x:94,y:343,w:347,h:19},
{t:"though forcibly the heart is drawn to hardness,",p:43,x:94,y:366,w:347,h:19},
{t:"auspicious looks and I am loving mad.",p:43,x:94,y:390,w:283,h:19},
{t:"Afflict me, Sandal wind, with love’s five arrows,",p:43,x:94,y:430,w:350,h:19},
{t:"take my life-breath back, I have no home.",p:43,x:94,y:453,w:307,h:19},
{t:"My sister-death, the Yamunā, relieve",p:43,x:94,y:476,w:272,h:19},
{t:"this conflagration in your cooling waves.",p:43,x:94,y:500,w:299,h:19},
{t:"41",p:44,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Part Eight: Abashed Krishna",p:44,x:89,y:87,w:262,h:23},
{t:"Somehow having spent the night’s long watches,",p:44,x:89,y:133,w:358,h:19},
{t:"in the morning, and still stung with arrows,",p:44,x:89,y:156,w:320,h:19},
{t:"with him in front of her, conciliatory",p:44,x:89,y:180,w:270,h:19},
{t:"and bowing even, angrily she said:",p:44,x:89,y:203,w:253,h:19},
{t:"Seventeenth Song",p:44,x:89,y:241,w:149,h:20},
{t:"With eyes still reddened from a wakeful night,",p:44,x:89,y:273,w:340,h:19},
{t:"would you in condenscension offer me",p:44,x:89,y:296,w:284,h:19},
{t:"a look belated as your sluggish love?",p:44,x:89,y:320,w:268,h:19},
{t:"I ask you, Hari: speak no lying words,",p:44,x:89,y:360,w:277,h:19},
{t:"nor, Mādhava, to make those eyes at me.",p:44,x:89,y:383,w:300,h:19},
{t:"Be off, the pair of you, Keshava, Krishna:",p:44,x:89,y:406,w:302,h:19},
{t:"following me will only add to grief.",p:44,x:89,y:430,w:256,h:19},
{t:"Besmirched by kissing of her lampblack lids,",p:44,x:89,y:470,w:329,h:19},
{t:"your morning lips are marked with that deep hue",p:44,x:89,y:493,w:363,h:19},
{t:"which is the colour, Krishna, of your shape.",p:44,x:89,y:516,w:320,h:19},
{t:"I ask you, Hari, speak no lying words,",p:44,x:89,y:556,w:277,h:19},
{t:"nor, Mādhava, to make those eyes at me.",p:44,x:89,y:580,w:300,h:19},
{t:"Be off, the pair of you, Keshava, Krishna:",p:44,x:89,y:603,w:302,h:19},
{t:"following me will only add to grief.",p:44,x:89,y:626,w:256,h:19},
{t:"42",p:45,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"How harsh love’s battle your scratched body shows:",p:45,x:94,y:83,w:383,h:19},
{t:"the nailmarks driven as dark emerald bits",p:45,x:94,y:106,w:307,h:19},
{t:"that write your victory in their gleaming strokes.",p:45,x:94,y:130,w:357,h:19},
{t:"I ask you, Hari, speak no lying words,",p:45,x:94,y:170,w:277,h:19},
{t:"nor, Mādhava, to make those eyes at me.",p:45,x:94,y:193,w:300,h:19},
{t:"Be off, the pair of you, Keshava, Krishna:",p:45,x:94,y:216,w:302,h:19},
{t:"following me will only add to grief.",p:45,x:94,y:240,w:256,h:19},
{t:"At heart and printed on your belly go",p:45,x:94,y:280,w:273,h:19},
{t:"the trail of pale lac feet: the tree of love",p:45,x:94,y:303,w:287,h:19},
{t:"displays—how charmingly!—its train of leaves.",p:45,x:94,y:326,w:344,h:19},
{t:"I ask you, Hari, speak no lying words,",p:45,x:94,y:366,w:277,h:19},
{t:"nor, Mādhava, to make those eyes at me.",p:45,x:94,y:390,w:300,h:19},
{t:"Be off, the pair of you, Keshava, Krishna:",p:45,x:94,y:413,w:302,h:19},
{t:"following me will only add to grief.",p:45,x:94,y:436,w:256,h:19},
{t:"For me her tooth mark on your lip is pain.",p:45,x:94,y:476,w:311,h:19},
{t:"By that you’d urge, and urge compellingly,",p:45,x:94,y:500,w:313,h:19},
{t:"I merge that splendid body into mine?",p:45,x:94,y:523,w:282,h:19},
{t:"I ask you, Hari, speak no lying words,",p:45,x:94,y:563,w:277,h:19},
{t:"nor, Mādhava, to make those eyes at me.",p:45,x:94,y:586,w:300,h:19},
{t:"Be off, the pair of you, Keshava, Krishna:",p:45,x:94,y:610,w:302,h:19},
{t:"following me will only add to grief.",p:45,x:94,y:633,w:256,h:19},
{t:"43",p:46,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Your mind is blacker than your colour, Krishna,",p:46,x:89,y:83,w:354,h:19},
{t:"to lead astray the followers brought down",p:46,x:89,y:106,w:308,h:19},
{t:"unequally with fevers of the heart.",p:46,x:89,y:130,w:253,h:19},
{t:"I ask you, Hari, speak no lying words,",p:46,x:89,y:170,w:277,h:19},
{t:"nor, Mādhava, to make those eyes at me.",p:46,x:89,y:193,w:300,h:19},
{t:"Be off, the pair of you, Keshava, Krishna:",p:46,x:89,y:216,w:302,h:19},
{t:"following me will only add to grief.",p:46,x:89,y:240,w:256,h:19},
{t:"Why would your lordship wander in the woods",p:46,x:89,y:280,w:346,h:19},
{t:"to prey on foolish women there, suck out",p:46,x:89,y:303,w:301,h:19},
{t:"their life as from the demoness Putana?",p:46,x:89,y:326,w:293,h:19},
{t:"I ask you, Hari, speak no lying words,",p:46,x:89,y:366,w:277,h:19},
{t:"nor, Mādhava, to make those eyes at me.",p:46,x:89,y:390,w:300,h:19},
{t:"Be off, the pair of you, Keshava, Krishna:",p:46,x:89,y:413,w:302,h:19},
{t:"following me will only add to grief.",p:46,x:89,y:436,w:256,h:19},
{t:"So Jayadeva of a girl deceived,",p:46,x:89,y:476,w:224,h:19},
{t:"and wailing. Sages listen: not in Heaven",p:46,x:89,y:500,w:294,h:19},
{t:"even is there sweetness heard as this.",p:46,x:89,y:523,w:274,h:19},
{t:"I ask you, Hari, speak no lying words,",p:46,x:89,y:563,w:277,h:19},
{t:"nor, Mādhava, to make those eyes at me.",p:46,x:89,y:586,w:300,h:19},
{t:"Be off, the pair of you, Keshava, Krishna:",p:46,x:89,y:610,w:302,h:19},
{t:"following me will only add to grief.",p:46,x:89,y:633,w:256,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   *",p:46,x:89,y:673,w:72,h:19},
{t:"44",p:47,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"My love is on the roads: your chest displays",p:47,x:94,y:83,w:321,h:19},
{t:"the decoration of her red-lac feet:",p:47,x:94,y:106,w:247,h:19},
{t:"my swollen heart is broken by some cheat,",p:47,x:94,y:130,w:313,h:19},
{t:"and worse than grieving is the shame I feel.",p:47,x:94,y:153,w:319,h:19},
{t:"45",p:48,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Part Nine: Languishing Krishna",p:48,x:89,y:87,w:285,h:23},
{t:"To her so separated, passion broken,",p:48,x:89,y:133,w:270,h:19},
{t:"hurt by Hari, now the girlfriend said:",p:48,x:89,y:156,w:274,h:19},
{t:"Eighteenth Song",p:48,x:89,y:194,w:133,h:20},
{t:"Hari’s speaking is as first month breezes;",p:48,x:89,y:226,w:302,h:19},
{t:"what further pleasure can there be, my friend?",p:48,x:89,y:250,w:343,h:19},
{t:"Why scorn the purposes of Mādhava?",p:48,x:89,y:273,w:278,h:19},
{t:"In essence fuller than the fan-palm fruit,",p:48,x:89,y:313,w:300,h:19},
{t:"why won’t you press on him those pitcher breasts?",p:48,x:89,y:336,w:373,h:19},
{t:"Why scorn the purposes of Mādhava?",p:48,x:89,y:360,w:278,h:19},
{t:"How soon and many times, must I repeat:",p:48,x:89,y:400,w:310,h:19},
{t:"do not withhold yourself from Hari’s gifts.",p:48,x:89,y:423,w:312,h:19},
{t:"Why scorn the purposes of Mādhava?",p:48,x:89,y:446,w:278,h:19},
{t:"Why such a spectacle of prostrate grieving?",p:48,x:89,y:486,w:320,h:19},
{t:"Your whole community of girls is laughing.",p:48,x:89,y:510,w:318,h:19},
{t:"Why scorn the purposes of Mādhava?",p:48,x:89,y:533,w:278,h:19},
{t:"A bed of cool and watery lotus leaves",p:48,x:89,y:573,w:272,h:19},
{t:"has Hari: feast on what your eyes have seen.",p:48,x:89,y:596,w:326,h:19},
{t:"Why scorn the purposes of Mādhava?",p:48,x:89,y:620,w:278,h:19},
{t:"46",p:49,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Why conjure up such heavy thoughts, but hear",p:49,x:94,y:83,w:346,h:19},
{t:"the parting words unwanted that I bear.",p:49,x:94,y:106,w:295,h:19},
{t:"Why scorn the purposes of Mādhava?",p:49,x:94,y:130,w:278,h:19},
{t:"When Hari comes to speak melodiously",p:49,x:94,y:170,w:293,h:19},
{t:"why would you make your heart so solitary?",p:49,x:94,y:193,w:326,h:19},
{t:"Why scorn the purposes of Mādhava?",p:49,x:94,y:216,w:278,h:19},
{t:"Let then Hari’s amorousness expressed",p:49,x:94,y:256,w:289,h:19},
{t:"by Jayadeva move the man of taste.",p:49,x:94,y:280,w:262,h:19},
{t:"Why scorn the purposes of Mādhava?",p:49,x:94,y:303,w:278,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   *",p:49,x:94,y:343,w:72,h:19},
{t:"He’s friendly, bows. You are unkind. He lifts",p:49,x:94,y:383,w:326,h:19},
{t:"his face, you turn away. Perverse, you make",p:49,x:94,y:406,w:322,h:19},
{t:"of sandal paste a poison, frost a fire,",p:49,x:94,y:430,w:266,h:19},
{t:"moon’s coolness sun, and love a suffering.",p:49,x:94,y:453,w:310,h:19},
{t:"47",p:50,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Part Ten: Four-Armed Krishna",p:50,x:89,y:87,w:274,h:23},
{t:"And then so gentle at her tears and rage",p:50,x:89,y:133,w:294,h:19},
{t:"he brought a brightness to her ravaged face:",p:50,x:89,y:156,w:326,h:19},
{t:"in joy and modesty a friend to her,",p:50,x:89,y:180,w:254,h:19},
{t:"so Hari, stammering that evening, said:",p:50,x:89,y:203,w:291,h:19},
{t:"Nineteenth Song",p:50,x:89,y:241,w:136,h:20},
{t:"A little even of your glowing teeth",p:50,x:89,y:273,w:248,h:19},
{t:"dispels my gloominess, as comes the moon’s",p:50,x:89,y:296,w:327,h:19},
{t:"rich nectar trembling from your lower lip",p:50,x:89,y:320,w:304,h:19},
{t:"to salve my longing in chakora eyes.",p:50,x:89,y:343,w:265,h:19},
{t:"My love, you have no cause to curse me so:",p:50,x:89,y:383,w:317,h:19},
{t:"I ask, as this fierce passion burns my mind,",p:50,x:89,y:406,w:318,h:19},
{t:"for nectar’s sweetness in that lotus mouth.",p:50,x:89,y:430,w:313,h:19},
{t:"If you, with teeth so beautiful, are truly",p:50,x:89,y:470,w:290,h:19},
{t:"angry, claw at me with arrow nails,",p:50,x:89,y:493,w:257,h:19},
{t:"bind, fetter me with arms, and with your teeth",p:50,x:89,y:516,w:341,h:19},
{t:"attack whatever happiness you find.",p:50,x:89,y:540,w:266,h:19},
{t:"My love, you have no cause to curse me so:",p:50,x:89,y:580,w:317,h:19},
{t:"I ask, as this fierce passion burns my mind,",p:50,x:89,y:603,w:318,h:19},
{t:"for nectar’s sweetness in that lotus mouth.",p:50,x:89,y:626,w:313,h:19},
{t:"You are my ornament, my breath, my world,",p:50,x:89,y:666,w:328,h:19},
{t:"my jewel in the endless sea of life:",p:50,x:89,y:690,w:249,h:19},
{t:"48",p:51,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"that you at last will yield to me I make",p:51,x:94,y:83,w:282,h:19},
{t:"perpetually the motive of this heart.",p:51,x:94,y:106,w:265,h:19},
{t:"My love, you have no cause to curse me so:",p:51,x:94,y:146,w:317,h:19},
{t:"I ask, as this fierce passion burns my mind,",p:51,x:94,y:170,w:318,h:19},
{t:"for nectar’s sweetness in that lotus mouth.",p:51,x:94,y:193,w:313,h:19},
{t:"As blue lotuses your eyes, that show",p:51,x:94,y:233,w:266,h:19},
{t:"the red of water lilies, slender Rādhā:",p:51,x:94,y:256,w:275,h:19},
{t:"those barbs that strike my body with their fiery",p:51,x:94,y:280,w:348,h:19},
{t:"passion find the darkness of your eyes.",p:51,x:94,y:303,w:286,h:19},
{t:"My love, you have no cause to curse me so:",p:51,x:94,y:343,w:317,h:19},
{t:"I ask, as this fierce passion burns my mind,",p:51,x:94,y:366,w:318,h:19},
{t:"for nectar’s sweetness in that lotus mouth.",p:51,x:94,y:390,w:313,h:19},
{t:"May gems which, trembling, hang beneath the pitcher",p:51,x:94,y:430,w:399,h:19},
{t:"breasts entreat those quarters of the heart,",p:51,x:94,y:453,w:315,h:19},
{t:"and girdle zone that circles those strong hips",p:51,x:94,y:476,w:330,h:19},
{t:"obey the love god who is murmuring there.",p:51,x:94,y:500,w:318,h:19},
{t:"My love, you have no cause to curse me so:",p:51,x:94,y:540,w:317,h:19},
{t:"I ask, as this fierce passion burns my mind,",p:51,x:94,y:563,w:318,h:19},
{t:"for nectar’s sweetness in that lotus mouth.",p:51,x:94,y:586,w:313,h:19},
{t:"Outshine the flared hibiscus, soft-voiced one,",p:51,x:94,y:626,w:334,h:19},
{t:"and let me paint your feet with pale red lac,",p:51,x:94,y:650,w:320,h:19},
{t:"that you in amorous disporting place",p:51,x:94,y:673,w:273,h:19},
{t:"a shining harmony about my heart.",p:51,x:94,y:696,w:261,h:19},
{t:"49",p:52,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"My love, you have no cause to curse me so:",p:52,x:89,y:83,w:317,h:19},
{t:"I ask, as this fierce passion burns my mind,",p:52,x:89,y:106,w:318,h:19},
{t:"for nectar’s sweetness in that lotus mouth.",p:52,x:89,y:130,w:313,h:19},
{t:"Place as ornament upon my head,",p:52,x:89,y:170,w:250,h:19},
{t:"to slake the love god’s venom, your soft feet,",p:52,x:89,y:193,w:326,h:19},
{t:"and douse the tawny-embered fire of passion",p:52,x:89,y:216,w:332,h:19},
{t:"that all too pitiless still burns in me.",p:52,x:89,y:240,w:266,h:19},
{t:"My love, you have no cause to curse me so:",p:52,x:89,y:280,w:317,h:19},
{t:"I ask, as this fierce passion burns my mind,",p:52,x:89,y:303,w:318,h:19},
{t:"for nectar’s sweetness in that lotus mouth.",p:52,x:89,y:326,w:313,h:19},
{t:"In words so sweet so pungent and so pleasing",p:52,x:89,y:366,w:335,h:19},
{t:"Mura’s enemy addresses Rādhā:",p:52,x:89,y:390,w:238,h:19},
{t:"so the poet Jayadeva, wins",p:52,x:89,y:413,w:196,h:19},
{t:"his joy in eloquence of Sarasvatī.",p:52,x:89,y:436,w:241,h:19},
{t:"My love, you have no cause to curse me so:",p:52,x:89,y:476,w:317,h:19},
{t:"I ask, as this fierce passion burns my mind,",p:52,x:89,y:500,w:318,h:19},
{t:"for nectar’s sweetness in that lotus mouth.",p:52,x:89,y:523,w:313,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   *",p:52,x:89,y:563,w:72,h:19},
{t:"How can there be, with spreading breasts and heavy",p:52,x:89,y:603,w:384,h:19},
{t:"haunches, latitude for someone else?",p:52,x:89,y:626,w:273,h:19},
{t:"In me alone, and bodiless, embracing",p:52,x:89,y:650,w:275,h:19},
{t:"you, the love god holds you in his heart.",p:52,x:89,y:673,w:294,h:19},
{t:"50",p:53,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Confuse, compress me in those urgent breasts,",p:53,x:94,y:83,w:344,h:19},
{t:"bind hard your arms about me, and, like Durga,",p:53,x:94,y:106,w:352,h:19},
{t:"have the rage of teeth and fivefold arrows",p:53,x:94,y:130,w:306,h:19},
{t:"tear in love the life-breath out of me.",p:53,x:94,y:153,w:272,h:19},
{t:"Disturb the young men with those serpent-sooted",p:53,x:94,y:193,w:368,h:19},
{t:"eyebrows frowning on a moon-like face,",p:53,x:94,y:216,w:294,h:19},
{t:"a danger, from the fear of which the only mantra",p:53,x:94,y:240,w:359,h:19},
{t:"is that sweet nectar spilling from your lip.",p:53,x:94,y:263,w:307,h:19},
{t:"Needlessly your silence hurts me: sing",p:53,x:94,y:303,w:282,h:19},
{t:"and cure my fevered longing with a glance.",p:53,x:94,y:326,w:315,h:19},
{t:"Do not withdraw your graciousness from one",p:53,x:94,y:350,w:333,h:19},
{t:"whose vast bewilderment must show his love.",p:53,x:94,y:373,w:337,h:19},
{t:"Bandūka are your lips, Madūka cheeks,",p:53,x:94,y:413,w:290,h:19},
{t:"your nose the Sesame, white Jasmine teeth",p:53,x:94,y:436,w:317,h:19},
{t:"the lotus glances: so the flower-weaponed",p:53,x:94,y:460,w:309,h:19},
{t:"god in worshipping has conquered all.",p:53,x:94,y:483,w:281,h:19},
{t:"Your face as is the languid moon and shining;",p:53,x:94,y:523,w:337,h:19},
{t:"thighs, as plantains moving, charm the races;",p:53,x:94,y:546,w:334,h:19},
{t:"pleasing’s skilful, and the brow-line’s bright:",p:53,x:94,y:570,w:329,h:19},
{t:"you lead all heavenly women here on earth.",p:53,x:94,y:593,w:320,h:19},
{t:"51",p:54,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Part Eleven: Blissful Krishna",p:54,x:89,y:87,w:250,h:23},
{t:"From long entreaty of the doe-eyed woman,",p:54,x:89,y:133,w:324,h:19},
{t:"rich-clothed, Keshava found his arbour bed.",p:54,x:89,y:156,w:326,h:19},
{t:"Then on that twilit evening someone went",p:54,x:89,y:180,w:310,h:19},
{t:"and to a jewelled and cheerful Rādhā said:",p:54,x:89,y:203,w:312,h:19},
{t:"Twentieth Song",p:54,x:89,y:241,w:123,h:20},
{t:"To you he offered graceful words",p:54,x:89,y:273,w:242,h:19},
{t:"and bowed in reverence to your feet,",p:54,x:89,y:296,w:268,h:19},
{t:"and at the border of his thicket bower",p:54,x:89,y:320,w:278,h:19},
{t:"awaits you on his loving bed.",p:54,x:89,y:343,w:213,h:19},
{t:"Innocent Rādhā, you must follow",p:54,x:89,y:383,w:245,h:19},
{t:"as Madhu’s foe has followed you.",p:54,x:89,y:406,w:244,h:19},
{t:"Firm the haunches and the breast",p:54,x:89,y:446,w:249,h:19},
{t:"when borne on slowly moving steps:",p:54,x:89,y:470,w:268,h:19},
{t:"with tinkling, jewelled anklets come",p:54,x:89,y:493,w:265,h:19},
{t:"and mimic the Marāla bird.",p:54,x:89,y:516,w:202,h:19},
{t:"Innocent Rādhā, you must follow",p:54,x:89,y:556,w:245,h:19},
{t:"as Madhu’s foe has followed you.",p:54,x:89,y:580,w:244,h:19},
{t:"Listen to the bees whose hum",p:54,x:89,y:620,w:219,h:19},
{t:"intoxicates the lovelorn girls.",p:54,x:89,y:643,w:214,h:19},
{t:"Watch as flocks of cuckoo birds",p:54,x:89,y:666,w:233,h:19},
{t:"announce the flower-arrowed one.",p:54,x:89,y:690,w:255,h:19},
{t:"52",p:55,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Innocent Rādhā, you must follow",p:55,x:94,y:83,w:245,h:19},
{t:"as Madhu’s foe has followed you.",p:55,x:94,y:106,w:243,h:19},
{t:"The winds make stir the early leaves,",p:55,x:94,y:146,w:271,h:19},
{t:"and thicknesses of creepers urge:",p:55,x:94,y:170,w:244,h:19},
{t:"as trunks of elephants now move",p:55,x:94,y:193,w:243,h:19},
{t:"in unison those supple thighs.",p:55,x:94,y:216,w:222,h:19},
{t:"Innocent Rādhā, you must follow",p:55,x:94,y:256,w:245,h:19},
{t:"as Madhu’s foe has followed you.",p:55,x:94,y:280,w:243,h:19},
{t:"The motion of your breasts betrays",p:55,x:94,y:320,w:259,h:19},
{t:"the love god trembling in their swell,",p:55,x:94,y:343,w:270,h:19},
{t:"and necklaces in his embrace",p:55,x:94,y:366,w:215,h:19},
{t:"are pure, clear water in a stream.",p:55,x:94,y:390,w:242,h:19},
{t:"Innocent Rādhā, you must follow",p:55,x:94,y:430,w:245,h:19},
{t:"as Madhu’s foe has followed you.",p:55,x:94,y:453,w:243,h:19},
{t:"All your girlfriends learn how body",p:55,x:94,y:493,w:258,h:19},
{t:"arms for passion’s joyful fight,",p:55,x:94,y:516,w:224,h:19},
{t:"and as the war-drums shake the girdle",p:55,x:94,y:540,w:283,h:19},
{t:"roar their passion shamelessly.",p:55,x:94,y:563,w:228,h:19},
{t:"Innocent Rādhā, you must follow",p:55,x:94,y:603,w:245,h:19},
{t:"as Madhu’s foe has followed you.",p:55,x:94,y:626,w:243,h:19},
{t:"Artless, clinging to a friend",p:55,x:94,y:666,w:199,h:19},
{t:"with a hand of sporting arrows,",p:55,x:94,y:690,w:231,h:19},
{t:"53",p:56,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"go to Hari as your bracelets",p:56,x:89,y:83,w:202,h:19},
{t:"tell by tinkling you approach.",p:56,x:89,y:106,w:217,h:19},
{t:"Innocent Rādhā, you must follow",p:56,x:89,y:146,w:245,h:19},
{t:"as Madhu’s foe has followed you.",p:56,x:89,y:170,w:244,h:19},
{t:"May Jayadeva’s shining words",p:56,x:89,y:210,w:224,h:19},
{t:"adorn the mind that’s drawn to Hari",p:56,x:89,y:233,w:268,h:19},
{t:"as will necklaces of pearls",p:56,x:89,y:256,w:189,h:19},
{t:"then blossom some beauty’s throat.",p:56,x:89,y:280,w:263,h:19},
{t:"Innocent Rādhā, you must follow",p:56,x:89,y:320,w:245,h:19},
{t:"as Madhu’s foe has followed you.",p:56,x:89,y:343,w:244,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   *",p:56,x:89,y:383,w:72,h:19},
{t:"She will look and speak, remembering words;",p:56,x:89,y:423,w:336,h:19},
{t:"and clasp my body eagerly, my friend:",p:56,x:89,y:446,w:280,h:19},
{t:"but in the arbour’s massy darkness, he,",p:56,x:89,y:470,w:289,h:19},
{t:"disturbed in thought, can see his lover come:",p:56,x:89,y:493,w:331,h:19},
{t:"swelled up with joy, but trembling, sweat and faint.",p:56,x:89,y:516,w:378,h:19},
{t:"So women mischievous, who flit in pleasure",p:56,x:89,y:556,w:324,h:19},
{t:"with eyes mascara’d, and tamāla’d ears: their heads",p:56,x:89,y:580,w:379,h:19},
{t:"are wreathed with lotuses and musk their breasts.",p:56,x:89,y:603,w:368,h:19},
{t:"My friend: how beautiful are lustrous eyes",p:56,x:89,y:626,w:312,h:19},
{t:"and limbs invested with the thicket's shade.",p:56,x:89,y:650,w:322,h:19},
{t:"54",p:57,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"The blackest night is thick and beautiful",p:57,x:94,y:83,w:297,h:19},
{t:"with gold when saffron wearing lovers meet.",p:57,x:94,y:106,w:327,h:19},
{t:"As though the cavernous Tamāla all",p:57,x:94,y:130,w:265,h:19},
{t:"around could act as touchstone for the streaks",p:57,x:94,y:153,w:342,h:19},
{t:"of loving’s probity and find it bright.",p:57,x:94,y:176,w:268,h:19},
{t:"Having at the entrance to his thicket",p:57,x:94,y:216,w:269,h:19},
{t:"arbour seen a richly jewelled Hari,",p:57,x:94,y:240,w:254,h:19},
{t:"the central gem ablaze in pearls, the wealth",p:57,x:94,y:263,w:318,h:19},
{t:"of armlet, bracelet, golden girdle string,",p:57,x:94,y:286,w:291,h:19},
{t:"to one now bashful so the girlfriend said:",p:57,x:94,y:310,w:303,h:19},
{t:"Twenty-first Song",p:57,x:94,y:348,w:134,h:20},
{t:"In this charming bower of pleasure,",p:57,x:94,y:380,w:263,h:19},
{t:"railing laughter urges love.",p:57,x:94,y:403,w:197,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā, enter in to Mādhava.",p:57,x:94,y:426,w:210,h:19},
{t:"Let on these soft Tamāla leaves",p:57,x:94,y:466,w:230,h:19},
{t:"your breasts appear with tumbled pearls.",p:57,x:94,y:490,w:303,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā, enter in to Mādhava.",p:57,x:94,y:513,w:210,h:19},
{t:"For you whose body is a flower",p:57,x:94,y:553,w:228,h:19},
{t:"is massed the flowering in this house.",p:57,x:94,y:576,w:277,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā, enter in to Mādhava.",p:57,x:94,y:600,w:210,h:19},
{t:"If fearful of the love god’s arrows",p:57,x:94,y:640,w:243,h:19},
{t:"here are cool Malaya winds.",p:57,x:94,y:663,w:205,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā, enter in to Mādhava.",p:57,x:94,y:686,w:210,h:19},
{t:"55",p:58,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"If slow to place your solemn hip",p:58,x:89,y:83,w:236,h:19},
{t:"here are creepers soft and thick.",p:58,x:89,y:106,w:236,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā, enter in to Mādhava.",p:58,x:89,y:130,w:210,h:19},
{t:"To manifest the god of love",p:58,x:89,y:170,w:200,h:19},
{t:"the bees are humming at the honey.",p:58,x:89,y:193,w:265,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā, enter in to Mādhava.",p:58,x:89,y:216,w:210,h:19},
{t:"Like flocks of singing cuckoos flash",p:58,x:89,y:256,w:259,h:19},
{t:"the ruby gemstones of your teeth.",p:58,x:89,y:280,w:248,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā, enter in to Mādhava.",p:58,x:89,y:303,w:210,h:19},
{t:"May meeting Padmāvatī be blessed",p:58,x:89,y:343,w:259,h:19},
{t:"with happinesses hundreds fold,",p:58,x:89,y:366,w:240,h:19},
{t:"so sings the king of poet kings.",p:58,x:89,y:390,w:226,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā, enter in to Mādhava.",p:58,x:89,y:413,w:210,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   *",p:58,x:89,y:453,w:72,h:19},
{t:"Why such agitation? Tired by passion,",p:58,x:89,y:493,w:282,h:19},
{t:"he seeks the nectar of your lips, your body's",p:58,x:89,y:516,w:322,h:19},
{t:"nearness. At your feet he is a slave",p:58,x:89,y:540,w:253,h:19},
{t:"a moment’s lifting of your brow has bought.",p:58,x:89,y:563,w:324,h:19},
{t:"Delighted are the darting glances",p:58,x:89,y:603,w:244,h:19},
{t:"fearfully now given Krishna.",p:58,x:89,y:626,w:208,h:19},
{t:"Beautiful, the anklets tinkle",p:58,x:89,y:650,w:205,h:19},
{t:"as she gains his hiding place.",p:58,x:89,y:673,w:212,h:19},
{t:"56",p:59,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Twenty-second Song",p:59,x:94,y:88,w:169,h:20},
{t:"On seeing Rādhā’s blossoming, his looks",p:59,x:94,y:120,w:299,h:19},
{t:"were sea in ecstasy when moon appears.",p:59,x:94,y:143,w:296,h:19},
{t:"Hari’s whole becoming spoke his joy",p:59,x:94,y:166,w:269,h:19},
{t:"at her now going to the love god’s house.",p:59,x:94,y:190,w:300,h:19},
{t:"Far off she saw the pearls on Hari’s chest",p:59,x:94,y:230,w:302,h:19},
{t:"as foam that rises on the Yamunā.",p:59,x:94,y:253,w:251,h:19},
{t:"Hari’s whole becoming spoke his joy",p:59,x:94,y:276,w:269,h:19},
{t:"at her now going to the love god’s house.",p:59,x:94,y:300,w:300,h:19},
{t:"Dark and soft the body with a saffron robe",p:59,x:94,y:340,w:313,h:19},
{t:"as pollen round the dark-blue lotus root.",p:59,x:94,y:363,w:300,h:19},
{t:"Hari’s whole becoming spoke his joy",p:59,x:94,y:386,w:269,h:19},
{t:"at her now going to the love god’s house.",p:59,x:94,y:410,w:300,h:19},
{t:"His loving glances shook his cheeks as will",p:59,x:94,y:450,w:313,h:19},
{t:"two wagtails lotus in an autumn pond.",p:59,x:94,y:473,w:284,h:19},
{t:"Hari’s whole becoming spoke his joy",p:59,x:94,y:496,w:269,h:19},
{t:"at her now going to the love god’s house.",p:59,x:94,y:520,w:300,h:19},
{t:"His lotus face had earrings like the sun,",p:59,x:94,y:560,w:291,h:19},
{t:"and lips that glittered splendidly with love.",p:59,x:94,y:583,w:315,h:19},
{t:"Hari’s whole becoming spoke his joy",p:59,x:94,y:606,w:269,h:19},
{t:"at her now going to the love god’s house.",p:59,x:94,y:630,w:300,h:19},
{t:"As moon through clouds appeared his flower-strewn",p:59,x:94,y:670,w:388,h:19},
{t:"and lofty lunar disc his sandal mark.                        hair",p:59,x:94,y:693,w:396,h:19},
{t:"57",p:60,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Hari’s whole becoming spoke his joy",p:60,x:89,y:83,w:269,h:19},
{t:"at her now going to the love god’s house.",p:60,x:89,y:106,w:300,h:19},
{t:"A long time bristling with the play of love,",p:60,x:89,y:146,w:309,h:19},
{t:"a body moonbeam-radiant with its jewels.",p:60,x:89,y:170,w:310,h:19},
{t:"Hari’s whole becoming spoke his joy",p:60,x:89,y:193,w:269,h:19},
{t:"at her now going to the love god’s house.",p:60,x:89,y:216,w:300,h:19},
{t:"May Jayadeva’s words adorn those twice",p:60,x:89,y:256,w:300,h:19},
{t:"who bow to Hari pondered in their hearts.",p:60,x:89,y:280,w:311,h:19},
{t:"Hari’s whole becoming spoke his joy",p:60,x:89,y:303,w:269,h:19},
{t:"at her now going to the love god’s house.",p:60,x:89,y:326,w:300,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   *",p:60,x:89,y:366,w:72,h:19},
{t:"Boundlessly, as stretching to her ears,",p:60,x:89,y:406,w:280,h:19},
{t:"so Rādhā, gazing on her most beloved,",p:60,x:89,y:430,w:283,h:19},
{t:"let fall the perspiration of her eyes",p:60,x:89,y:453,w:253,h:19},
{t:"in storms of agitation and of joy.",p:60,x:89,y:476,w:240,h:19},
{t:"When followers had left the place, their smiles",p:60,x:89,y:516,w:342,h:19},
{t:"concealed by hands as she approached the bed,",p:60,x:89,y:540,w:348,h:19},
{t:"such love’s auspiciousness was in his face,",p:60,x:89,y:563,w:310,h:19},
{t:"she found her modesty, ashamed, had fled.",p:60,x:89,y:586,w:317,h:19},
{t:"The son of Nanda in his joy at pressing",p:60,x:89,y:626,w:286,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā slowly slowly in his arms",p:60,x:89,y:650,w:235,h:19},
{t:"must hold her, look behind, and pray those jutting",p:60,x:89,y:673,w:373,h:19},
{t:"breasts do not protrude to pierce his back.",p:60,x:89,y:696,w:312,h:19},
{t:"58",p:61,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Like Rati Devi in her hoarded beauty",p:61,x:94,y:83,w:271,h:19},
{t:"so Rādhā in the lake where love is played:",p:61,x:94,y:106,w:307,h:19},
{t:"a sporting Vishnu shook those lifted breasts",p:61,x:94,y:130,w:324,h:19},
{t:"as geese the lotuses of Mānasa.",p:61,x:94,y:153,w:229,h:19},
{t:"59",p:62,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Part Twelve: Very Delighted Krishna",p:62,x:89,y:87,w:340,h:23},
{t:"When Rādhā’s many friends were gone, he saw",p:62,x:89,y:133,w:346,h:19},
{t:"her lower lip so brightly bathed with love,",p:62,x:89,y:156,w:308,h:19},
{t:"and on his bed of leaves so bashfully",p:62,x:89,y:180,w:268,h:19},
{t:"she looked, her eyes downcast, that Hari said:",p:62,x:89,y:203,w:338,h:19},
{t:"Twenty-third Song",p:62,x:89,y:241,w:143,h:20},
{t:"Lay on this leafy bed your lotus foot:",p:62,x:89,y:273,w:270,h:19},
{t:"in flowering, loving woman, conquer it.",p:62,x:89,y:296,w:290,h:19},
{t:"At once, now Rādhā, and as closely,",p:62,x:89,y:320,w:262,h:19},
{t:"follow Krishna as he’s followed you.",p:62,x:89,y:343,w:264,h:19},
{t:"My hand a lotus to that travelled foot:",p:62,x:89,y:383,w:281,h:19},
{t:"as valiant anklet I have followed you.",p:62,x:89,y:406,w:273,h:19},
{t:"At once, now Rādhā, and as closely,",p:62,x:89,y:430,w:262,h:19},
{t:"follow Krishna as he’s followed you.",p:62,x:89,y:453,w:264,h:19},
{t:"Spill nectar from that moon-like face in words",p:62,x:89,y:493,w:341,h:19},
{t:"as cloth I take that keeps me from your breasts.",p:62,x:89,y:516,w:350,h:19},
{t:"At once, now Rādhā, and as closely,",p:62,x:89,y:540,w:262,h:19},
{t:"follow Krishna as he’s followed you.",p:62,x:89,y:563,w:264,h:19},
{t:"How fierce and difficult is that embrace",p:62,x:89,y:603,w:292,h:19},
{t:"of breasts whose fullness takes the love god’s heat.",p:62,x:89,y:626,w:372,h:19},
{t:"At once, now Rādhā, and as closely,",p:62,x:89,y:650,w:262,h:19},
{t:"follow Krishna as he’s followed you.",p:62,x:89,y:673,w:264,h:19},
{t:"60",p:63,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Revive your slave with nectar from those lips,",p:63,x:94,y:83,w:336,h:19},
{t:"my thoughts are by that fiery body hurt.",p:63,x:94,y:106,w:297,h:19},
{t:"At once, now Rādhā, and as closely,",p:63,x:94,y:130,w:262,h:19},
{t:"follow Krishna as he’s followed you.",p:63,x:94,y:153,w:264,h:19},
{t:"In cuckoo-tortured ears your echoed voice",p:63,x:94,y:193,w:313,h:19},
{t:"will lift as girdle gems my long disgrace.",p:63,x:94,y:216,w:293,h:19},
{t:"At once, now Rādhā, and as closely,",p:63,x:94,y:240,w:262,h:19},
{t:"follow Krishna as he’s followed you.",p:63,x:94,y:263,w:264,h:19},
{t:"At last in shame you do not look on one",p:63,x:94,y:303,w:293,h:19},
{t:"you maimed so wantonly with futile anger.",p:63,x:94,y:326,w:316,h:19},
{t:"At once, now Rādhā, and as closely,",p:63,x:94,y:350,w:262,h:19},
{t:"follow Krishna as he’s followed you.",p:63,x:94,y:373,w:264,h:19},
{t:"May Jayadeva’s words that gladden Krishna",p:63,x:94,y:413,w:325,h:19},
{t:"create love’s sentiment in men of taste.",p:63,x:94,y:436,w:287,h:19},
{t:"At once, now Rādhā, and as closely,",p:63,x:94,y:460,w:262,h:19},
{t:"follow Krishna as he’s followed you.",p:63,x:94,y:483,w:264,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   *",p:63,x:94,y:523,w:72,h:19},
{t:"Clasped and brushing through such obstacles",p:63,x:94,y:563,w:336,h:19},
{t:"as bristling hair and blinking eyes, of talk",p:63,x:94,y:586,w:304,h:19},
{t:"that stops the nectar from the lips, the two",p:63,x:94,y:610,w:314,h:19},
{t:"are brought to love’s entitlement at this.",p:63,x:94,y:633,w:297,h:19},
{t:"61",p:64,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Pressed round by arms, by breasts, by fingernails,",p:64,x:89,y:83,w:367,h:19},
{t:"by pounding hips, by teeth on lips, his head",p:64,x:89,y:106,w:321,h:19},
{t:"pulled down but mad to have the honeyed stream:",p:64,x:89,y:130,w:372,h:19},
{t:"how curiously the loved one takes his joy.",p:64,x:89,y:153,w:307,h:19},
{t:"Conquering impetuously she falls:",p:64,x:89,y:193,w:253,h:19},
{t:"her arms go limp, eyes close, the breasts shake free.",p:64,x:89,y:216,w:379,h:19},
{t:"She holds the mount of pleasure motionless,",p:64,x:89,y:240,w:329,h:19},
{t:"for such are women in their manly sports.",p:64,x:89,y:263,w:309,h:19},
{t:"By morning tired, unloosed, dishevelled, hair",p:64,x:89,y:303,w:332,h:19},
{t:"awry, the garlands broken, body clawed,",p:64,x:89,y:326,w:297,h:19},
{t:"but still transfixed by his, the love god’s arrows,",p:64,x:89,y:350,w:352,h:19},
{t:"her look was to his mind a wondrous sight.",p:64,x:89,y:373,w:317,h:19},
{t:"Expired the radiance of her hair and lip,",p:64,x:89,y:413,w:295,h:19},
{t:"the necklace broken and the girdle lost:",p:64,x:89,y:436,w:291,h:19},
{t:"she puts a hand to hide her modesty,",p:64,x:89,y:460,w:272,h:19},
{t:"ashamed and artless in her pleasing him.",p:64,x:89,y:483,w:302,h:19},
{t:"Ecstatic in her half-closed lids, and bathed",p:64,x:89,y:523,w:314,h:19},
{t:"with play of teeth and love-words from her lips:",p:64,x:89,y:546,w:352,h:19},
{t:"so warm, the deer-eyed beauty in its tranquil",p:64,x:89,y:570,w:331,h:19},
{t:"body breathes a fortune with its kiss.",p:64,x:89,y:593,w:273,h:19},
{t:"Rādhā, tired but joyful at the end of sport,",p:64,x:89,y:633,w:312,h:19},
{t:"respectfully to Krishna said these words:",p:64,x:89,y:656,w:300,h:19},
{t:"62",p:65,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Twenty-fourth Song",p:65,x:94,y:88,w:155,h:20},
{t:"Anoint with sandal-dewy hands my breasts",p:65,x:94,y:120,w:319,h:19},
{t:"and, Krishna, make them worthy with your musk",p:65,x:94,y:143,w:364,h:19},
{t:"to be receptacles produced in thought.",p:65,x:94,y:166,w:284,h:19},
{t:"In this she spoke to him while Krishna",p:65,x:94,y:190,w:284,h:19},
{t:"played delighting in her heart.",p:65,x:94,y:213,w:222,h:19},
{t:"Make more glistening than the massing bees",p:65,x:94,y:253,w:328,h:19},
{t:"the eye’s collyrium you kissed away",p:65,x:94,y:276,w:262,h:19},
{t:"and loose the arrows of the loved one’s looks.",p:65,x:94,y:300,w:334,h:19},
{t:"In this she spoke to him while Krishna",p:65,x:94,y:323,w:284,h:19},
{t:"played delighting in her heart.",p:65,x:94,y:346,w:222,h:19},
{t:"Let the leaping freedom of the deer",p:65,x:94,y:386,w:259,h:19},
{t:"return with earrings fastened, that their arc",p:65,x:94,y:410,w:321,h:19},
{t:"restrain the splendour in the snaring glance.",p:65,x:94,y:433,w:328,h:19},
{t:"In this she spoke to him while Krishna",p:65,x:94,y:456,w:284,h:19},
{t:"played delighting in her heart.",p:65,x:94,y:480,w:222,h:19},
{t:"Forever may my presence here before",p:65,x:94,y:520,w:277,h:19},
{t:"you rearrange your shaken curls as bees",p:65,x:94,y:543,w:295,h:19},
{t:"unlock the shape of spotless lotus flowers.",p:65,x:94,y:566,w:311,h:19},
{t:"In this she spoke to him while Krishna",p:65,x:94,y:590,w:284,h:19},
{t:"played delighting in her heart.",p:65,x:94,y:613,w:222,h:19},
{t:"Remake with musk the deer-mark of the moon,",p:65,x:94,y:653,w:350,h:19},
{t:"and dress, O lotus-faced, that forehead damp",p:65,x:94,y:676,w:333,h:19},
{t:"but not as sprinkled as it was with sweat.",p:65,x:94,y:700,w:302,h:19},
{t:"63",p:66,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"In this she spoke to him while Krishna",p:66,x:89,y:83,w:284,h:19},
{t:"played delighting in her heart.",p:66,x:89,y:106,w:222,h:19},
{t:"Replace the blossoms fallen in our play",p:66,x:89,y:146,w:288,h:19},
{t:"from hair as fly-whisk tossed and in a plume",p:66,x:89,y:170,w:328,h:19},
{t:"of love astonishing as peacock’s tail.",p:66,x:89,y:193,w:266,h:19},
{t:"In this she spoke to him while Krishna",p:66,x:89,y:216,w:284,h:19},
{t:"played delighting in her heart.",p:66,x:89,y:240,w:222,h:19},
{t:"Reclothe with jewels and waist-string ornaments",p:66,x:89,y:280,w:360,h:19},
{t:"the cave so potent, firm and beautiful",p:66,x:89,y:303,w:277,h:19},
{t:"it held the elephant of love in sport.",p:66,x:89,y:326,w:263,h:19},
{t:"In this she spoke to him while Krishna",p:66,x:89,y:350,w:284,h:19},
{t:"played delighting in her heart.",p:66,x:89,y:373,w:222,h:19},
{t:"Thus Jayadeva’s nectar in a heart",p:66,x:89,y:413,w:246,h:19},
{t:"compassionate and at the feet of Hari",p:66,x:89,y:436,w:276,h:19},
{t:"wards off evil from the Kali age.",p:66,x:89,y:460,w:234,h:19},
{t:"In this she spoke to him while Krishna",p:66,x:89,y:483,w:284,h:19},
{t:"played delighting in her heart.",p:66,x:89,y:506,w:222,h:19},
{t:"      *   *   *",p:66,x:89,y:546,w:72,h:19},
{t:"Decorate my breasts and cheeks, arrange",p:66,x:89,y:586,w:302,h:19},
{t:"my girdle-string and tangled hair, replace",p:66,x:89,y:610,w:306,h:19},
{t:"my rows of bracelets and my jewelled anklets.",p:66,x:89,y:633,w:337,h:19},
{t:"He of yellow robe, delighted, did.",p:66,x:89,y:656,w:244,h:19},
{t:"64",p:67,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Let music skills of Gāndharvas, the thought",p:67,x:94,y:83,w:322,h:19},
{t:"that goes with love play and belongs to Vishnu,",p:67,x:94,y:106,w:347,h:19},
{t:"true discrimination, which is Krishna’s,",p:67,x:94,y:130,w:291,h:19},
{t:"purify the sense of Jayadeva.",p:67,x:94,y:153,w:213,h:19},
{t:"May poetry of Jayadeva, son",p:67,x:94,y:193,w:210,h:19},
{t:"of Bhojadeva and of Rāmādevī,",p:67,x:94,y:216,w:229,h:19},
{t:"in his song of Krishna, chief of cowherds,",p:67,x:94,y:240,w:303,h:19},
{t:"join the travellers with Parāshara.",p:67,x:94,y:263,w:250,h:19},
{t:"65",p:68,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"APPENDIX",p:68,x:89,y:114,w:95,h:23},
{t:"Commentary and Notes",p:68,x:89,y:157,w:236,h:23},
{t:"The poem contains twenty-four songs, each written in",p:68,x:113,y:198,w:378,h:17},
{t:"moric metres based on the number of beats to the line. Each",p:68,x:89,y:221,w:401,h:17},
{t:"ends with a dedication by Jayadeva. The intervening sections",p:68,x:89,y:245,w:401,h:17},
{t:"are introduction, narrative and comment written in classical",p:68,x:89,y:268,w:401,h:17},
{t:"Sanskrit metres, fixed patterns of light and heavy syllables.",p:68,x:89,y:291,w:390,h:17},
{t:"Part One: Joyful Krishna",p:68,x:89,y:321,w:191,h:20},
{t:"The poem opens by setting the scene. Rādhā is walking",p:68,x:113,y:348,w:378,h:17},
{t:"home through the forest, on the instructions of Nanda, the",p:68,x:89,y:371,w:402,h:17},
{t:"chief of the cowherds. She is also being led by thoughts of",p:68,x:89,y:395,w:401,h:17},
{t:"Krishna, and anticipating the joy of sexual congress with his",p:68,x:89,y:418,w:402,h:17},
{t:"incarnation as Mādhava. Tamāla trees (Garcinia morella),",p:68,x:89,y:441,w:401,h:17},
{t:"with their fragrant leaves, white blossoms and dark-coloured",p:68,x:89,y:465,w:401,h:17},
{t:"bark, are associated with night and nocturnal trysts. Mādhava",p:68,x:89,y:488,w:402,h:17},
{t:"may also be a personification of the sweetness of passion, an",p:68,x:89,y:511,w:402,h:17},
{t:"attribute of the springtime, a man of Krishna’s own Yadu",p:68,x:89,y:535,w:401,h:17},
{t:"family, an Orissa incarnation of Vishnu, or Shiva. Scholars",p:68,x:89,y:558,w:401,h:17},
{t:"disagree, and it may be simplest to see Mādhava as some erotic",p:68,x:89,y:581,w:402,h:17},
{t:"aspect of Krishna.",p:68,x:89,y:605,w:119,h:17},
{t:"Three verses of invocation follow. The first refers to",p:68,x:113,y:631,w:377,h:17},
{t:"Padmāvatī, who is Vishnu’s consort, but traditionally also the",p:68,x:89,y:655,w:401,h:17},
{t:"name of Jayadeva’s wife, who may have been a temple dancer.",p:68,x:89,y:678,w:402,h:17},
{t:"Shrī and Vāsudeva are the epithets of Rādhā and Krishna. In",p:68,x:89,y:701,w:401,h:17},
{t:"66",p:69,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"the second verse, Jayadeva offers his poem to Sarasvatī, the",p:69,x:94,y:85,w:401,h:17},
{t:"goddess of eloquence. Jayadeva claims in the third his work is",p:69,x:94,y:108,w:402,h:17},
{t:"more regularly correct than that of his fellow poets",p:69,x:94,y:131,w:401,h:17},
{t:"Umāpatidhara, Sharana, Dho",p:69,x:94,y:155,w:193,h:17},
{t:"yī, Shrut idhara and Govar dhana at",p:69,x:280,y:155,w:219,h:17},
{t:"the court of the last Hindu ruler in Bengal, Maharaja",p:69,x:94,y:178,w:402,h:17},
{t:"Laksmanasena (1175–1200).",p:69,x:94,y:201,w:189,h:17},
{t:"The First Song is a dedication to Vishnu, who takes the",p:69,x:117,y:228,w:378,h:17},
{t:"form of Hari (his incarnation as the tawny one) and Keshava",p:69,x:94,y:251,w:401,h:17},
{t:"(long-haired one, a reference to Krishna but also an",p:69,x:94,y:275,w:402,h:17},
{t:"incarnation of Vishnu). The eleven verses recall Vishnu ’s",p:69,x:94,y:298,w:401,h:17},
{t:"marvellous exploits. Vishnu took the form of a fish to rescue",p:69,x:94,y:321,w:401,h:17},
{t:"the sacred works of the Vedas from the Hayagrīva, the demon",p:69,x:94,y:345,w:403,h:17},
{t:"who had stolen them at the end of the past cosmic era. He",p:69,x:94,y:368,w:401,h:17},
{t:"became a tortoise to support the world, and took the form of a",p:69,x:94,y:391,w:402,h:17},
{t:"boar to rescue the earth from the sea into which it had been",p:69,x:94,y:415,w:401,h:17},
{t:"thrown by the demon Hiranyāksha. He also assumed the shape",p:69,x:94,y:438,w:402,h:17},
{t:"of half lion and half man to kill the demon Hiranyakashipu",p:69,x:94,y:461,w:402,h:17},
{t:"who had threatened to harm his son for worshipping Vishnu.",p:69,x:94,y:485,w:401,h:17},
{t:"The demon Bali was outwitted by Vishnu becoming a dwarf,",p:69,x:94,y:508,w:401,h:17},
{t:"and the same god caused the purifying waters of the Ganges to",p:69,x:94,y:531,w:401,h:17},
{t:"issue from the place where his toenail broke through the",p:69,x:94,y:555,w:402,h:17},
{t:"world-egg. Vishnu made himself chieften of the Bhrgu clan to",p:69,x:94,y:578,w:401,h:17},
{t:"reinstate the Brahmin priestly class over the Kshatriyas or",p:69,x:94,y:601,w:401,h:17},
{t:"warrior class: heat declined refers to the burning pain of",p:69,x:94,y:625,w:401,h:17},
{t:"existence. For his father’s honour, Rāma gave up his claim to",p:69,x:94,y:648,w:401,h:17},
{t:"Kosala’s throne for exile in the forest, and then fought Rāvana",p:69,x:94,y:671,w:401,h:17},
{t:"and his demonic powers to retrieve his kidnapped wife Sītā.",p:69,x:94,y:695,w:401,h:17},
{t:"67",p:70,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"The Plough-holder is Krishna’s brother, Balarāma: wanting to",p:70,x:89,y:85,w:402,h:17},
{t:"drunkenly disport himself in the Yamunā, he diverted the river",p:70,x:89,y:108,w:401,h:17},
{t:"by ploughing a vast furrow. Buddha is presented as an",p:70,x:89,y:131,w:401,h:17},
{t:"incarnation of Vishnu: possibly also a veiled reference to",p:70,x:89,y:155,w:401,h:17},
{t:"conflicts between Buddhists and Hindus. The comet is an",p:70,x:89,y:178,w:402,h:17},
{t:"omen of destruction, and the avenging Kalki is to appear on a",p:70,x:89,y:201,w:401,h:17},
{t:"white horse at the end of the present (Kali) age, perhaps to",p:70,x:89,y:225,w:402,h:17},
{t:"fight the invading Muslims. The ten heavenly directions refer",p:70,x:89,y:248,w:401,h:17},
{t:"to Krishna’s cosmic power.",p:70,x:89,y:271,w:177,h:17},
{t:"A summary of these achievements. The first and second",p:70,x:113,y:298,w:378,h:17},
{t:"songs may be intended to set Krishna’s adventures in the",p:70,x:89,y:321,w:401,h:17},
{t:"larger context of Vishnu’s conquests. Puslastya is the demon",p:70,x:89,y:345,w:401,h:17},
{t:"god Rāvana.",p:70,x:89,y:368,w:82,h:17},
{t:"The Second Song is another hymn to Vishnu, again with",p:70,x:113,y:395,w:377,h:17},
{t:"references to his achievements and incarnations. Vishnu’s",p:70,x:89,y:418,w:401,h:17},
{t:"consort, the Goddess Lakshmi, sits on a red lotus flower and is",p:70,x:89,y:441,w:401,h:17},
{t:"called Kamalā. Mānasa is a sacred lake, now located in Tibet,",p:70,x:89,y:465,w:401,h:17},
{t:"and its geese are symbols of the universal spirit. Krishna is a",p:70,x:89,y:488,w:401,h:17},
{t:"descendant of the Yanu clan. Vishnu subdued the serpent-",p:70,x:89,y:511,w:401,h:17},
{t:"demon Kāliya, making it worship him. Madhu stole the Vedas.",p:70,x:89,y:535,w:402,h:17},
{t:"Naraka kidnapped the celestial maidens, stole the umbrella of",p:70,x:89,y:558,w:401,h:17},
{t:"Varuna and the earrings of Aditi, taking them to a demon city",p:70,x:89,y:581,w:401,h:17},
{t:"guarded by Mura. Krishna is commonly called the enemy of",p:70,x:89,y:605,w:402,h:17},
{t:"Madhu and Mura. Garuda is the sun-bird vehicle of Vishnu.",p:70,x:89,y:628,w:401,h:17},
{t:"Dūshana was one of the demon king Rāvana’s generals killed",p:70,x:89,y:651,w:401,h:17},
{t:"by Vishnu. In his incarnation as a tortoise, Vishnu dived to the",p:70,x:89,y:675,w:402,h:17},
{t:"bottom of the sea so Mount Mandara could be used to churn",p:70,x:89,y:698,w:401,h:17},
{t:"68",p:71,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"the nectar of immortality from the ocean. The chakora is a",p:71,x:94,y:85,w:402,h:17},
{t:"partridge-like bird supposed to subsist on moonlight.",p:71,x:94,y:108,w:353,h:17},
{t:"Krishna is identified with Vishnu (the lotus goddess is",p:71,x:118,y:135,w:378,h:17},
{t:"Vishnu’s consort Lakshmi), and a third character, Rādhā’s",p:71,x:94,y:158,w:401,h:17},
{t:"unnamed girlfriend, appears to act as go-between for the",p:71,x:94,y:181,w:401,h:17},
{t:"lovers.",p:71,x:94,y:205,w:44,h:17},
{t:"The Third Song celebrates the spring when Hari (Vishnu’s",p:71,x:117,y:231,w:378,h:17},
{t:"incarnation as Krishna) is dancing with his women. The",p:71,x:94,y:255,w:401,h:17},
{t:"Malaya wind blows from the Western Ghāts, and is (fancifully)",p:71,x:94,y:278,w:402,h:17},
{t:"said to be impregnated with the fragrance of Sandalwood trees.",p:71,x:94,y:301,w:402,h:17},
{t:"The red-flowered Bakula (Minusops elengi) tree is said only to",p:71,x:94,y:325,w:401,h:17},
{t:"blossom when sprinkled with nectar from a young woman’s",p:71,x:94,y:348,w:401,h:17},
{t:"mouth. The Kinshuka or flame tree has brilliant crimson",p:71,x:94,y:371,w:402,h:17},
{t:"flowers. The Keshara is either the Bakula tree, or the safflower",p:71,x:94,y:395,w:401,h:17},
{t:"(Crocus sativus). The Karuna is a citrus tree with small white",p:71,x:94,y:418,w:401,h:17},
{t:"flowers. The Ketaka (Pandanas odoratissimus) is a s hrub with",p:71,x:94,y:441,w:404,h:17},
{t:"very fragrant flowers in the shape of long, pointed leaves. The",p:71,x:94,y:465,w:401,h:17},
{t:"Mādhaví is a creeper (Gaertnera racemosa) with white,",p:71,x:94,y:488,w:402,h:17},
{t:"heavily perfumed flowers. The Atimukta is a type of Jasmine.",p:71,x:94,y:511,w:402,h:17},
{t:"Brindavan is the wood surrounding the Yamunā (River",p:71,x:94,y:535,w:401,h:17},
{t:"Jumna), where the story takes place.",p:71,x:94,y:558,w:243,h:17},
{t:"The fervour of spring. The friend draws Rādhā’s attention",p:71,x:117,y:585,w:378,h:17},
{t:"to Madhu’s enemy (Krishna).",p:71,x:94,y:608,w:194,h:17},
{t:"The Fourth Song portrays Krishna as the darling of the",p:71,x:117,y:635,w:378,h:17},
{t:"cowherdesses.",p:71,x:94,y:658,w:95,h:17},
{t:"Krishna (darkened body) with the Vraja women. Krishna",p:71,x:117,y:685,w:378,h:17},
{t:"spent his youth in the Vraja region, the area around Agra and",p:71,x:94,y:708,w:401,h:17},
{t:"69",p:72,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Mathurā. Kalma is the god of love.",p:72,x:89,y:85,w:228,h:17},
{t:"Stanza 47 has been omitted from the translation as out of",p:72,x:113,y:111,w:378,h:17},
{t:"place and/or of doubtful authenticity. It runs:",p:72,x:89,y:135,w:303,h:17},
{t:"Thus came Rādhā drawn to Krishna,",p:72,x:89,y:170,w:214,h:14},
{t:"coy and dancing, clasped him to her breast",p:72,x:89,y:190,w:250,h:14},
{t:"and kissed him. Let that nectared, honest face",p:72,x:89,y:210,w:268,h:14},
{t:"now reign and fascinate and be with us.",p:72,x:89,y:230,w:231,h:14},
{t:"Part Two: Careless Krishna",p:72,x:89,y:264,w:208,h:20},
{t:"Rādhā is piqued that Krishna shows her no special",p:72,x:113,y:291,w:378,h:17},
{t:"attention and resolves to ignore him.",p:72,x:89,y:315,w:243,h:17},
{t:"The Fifth Song finds Rādhā attracted to Krishna. The",p:72,x:113,y:341,w:378,h:17},
{t:"Kadamba (Stephegyne genus) has deep red flowers that open",p:72,x:89,y:365,w:402,h:17},
{t:"in autumn for a day only.",p:72,x:89,y:388,w:167,h:17},
{t:"The Sixth Song sees Rādhā find Krishna in his forest hut",p:72,x:113,y:415,w:378,h:17},
{t:"and submit to him, though knowing her lovemaking may not",p:72,x:89,y:438,w:401,h:17},
{t:"secure his affections. Krishna is called the enemy of Keshi (an",p:72,x:89,y:461,w:401,h:17},
{t:"evil spirit) and of Madhu (see above).",p:72,x:89,y:485,w:247,h:17},
{t:"Rādhā reflects that she was happy to be noticed by Krishna,",p:72,x:113,y:511,w:378,h:17},
{t:"but now regrets giving herself. Govinda means chief of the",p:72,x:89,y:535,w:401,h:17},
{t:"cowherds, i.e. Krishna. Gita Govinda is therefore ‘The Song of",p:72,x:89,y:558,w:401,h:17},
{t:"Krishna as Chief of the Cowherds’.",p:72,x:89,y:581,w:227,h:17},
{t:"Part Three: Bewildered Krishna",p:72,x:89,y:611,w:243,h:20},
{t:"Krishna (identified as Madhu’s enemy and Mādhava)",p:72,x:113,y:638,w:378,h:17},
{t:"leaves his women and reproaches himself for treating Rādhā so",p:72,x:89,y:661,w:402,h:17},
{t:"cavalierly. Kamsa is Krishna’s cousin, the king who tried to kill",p:72,x:89,y:685,w:401,h:17},
{t:"the boy to forestall the prophecy that he would die at Krishna’s",p:72,x:89,y:708,w:401,h:17},
{t:"70",p:73,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"hand.",p:73,x:94,y:85,w:38,h:17},
{t:"The Seventh Song portrays Krishna repenting of his hasty",p:73,x:118,y:111,w:378,h:17},
{t:"actions. Jayadeva’s native village is taken to be Tindubilva in",p:73,x:94,y:135,w:402,h:17},
{t:"West Bengal, or the Purī district of Orissa.",p:73,x:94,y:158,w:280,h:17},
{t:"Krishna remembers Rādhā’s charms.",p:73,x:117,y:185,w:246,h:17},
{t:"Stanza 16 has been omitted from the translation for the",p:73,x:117,y:211,w:378,h:17},
{t:"previous reasons. It runs:",p:73,x:94,y:235,w:169,h:17},
{t:"Unseen the earring tossing on my neck",p:73,x:94,y:270,w:227,h:14},
{t:"for girls immovable at my soft flute,",p:73,x:94,y:290,w:207,h:14},
{t:"in song as sweet as moon of Rādhā’s face:",p:73,x:94,y:310,w:242,h:14},
{t:"may long such happy glances give them peace.",p:73,x:94,y:330,w:269,h:14},
{t:"Part Four: Tender Krishna",p:73,x:94,y:364,w:199,h:20},
{t:"Krishna hears of Rādhā’s distress from the go-between.",p:73,x:117,y:391,w:368,h:17},
{t:"The Eighth Song portrays Rādhā with tearful self-",p:73,x:117,y:418,w:378,h:17},
{t:"reproaches. Serrated tears refers to Rāhu whose teeth devour",p:73,x:94,y:441,w:401,h:17},
{t:"the moon in eclipses.",p:73,x:94,y:465,w:139,h:17},
{t:"Rādhā is as terrified as a deer pursued by forest fires or the",p:73,x:117,y:491,w:378,h:17},
{t:"tiger. The Ninth Song further shows Rādhā’s distress and",p:73,x:94,y:515,w:401,h:17},
{t:"failing confidence.",p:73,x:94,y:538,w:121,h:17},
{t:"Rādhā’s need for Krishna’s care.",p:73,x:117,y:565,w:214,h:17},
{t:"Part Five: Desiring, Lotus-Eyed Krishna",p:73,x:94,y:594,w:300,h:20},
{t:"Krishna asks the go-between to call Rādhā to him.",p:73,x:117,y:621,w:331,h:17},
{t:"The Tenth Song depicts Krishna’s longing.",p:73,x:117,y:648,w:279,h:17},
{t:"Krishna is waiting for Rādhā by the Jumna River.",p:73,x:117,y:675,w:328,h:17},
{t:"In the Eleventh Song the go-between urges Rādhā to",p:73,x:117,y:701,w:378,h:17},
{t:"71",p:74,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"hasten to Krishna.",p:74,x:89,y:85,w:121,h:17},
{t:"Krishna imagines Rādhā coming to him.",p:74,x:113,y:111,w:266,h:17},
{t:"Part Six: Indolent Krishna",p:74,x:89,y:141,w:196,h:20},
{t:"The go-between speaks to Krishna.",p:74,x:113,y:168,w:231,h:17},
{t:"The Twelfth Song describes Rādhā’s longing for Krishna.",p:74,x:113,y:195,w:376,h:17},
{t:"Rādhā imagines Krishna present.",p:74,x:113,y:221,w:221,h:17},
{t:"Part Seven: Cunning Krishna",p:74,x:89,y:251,w:228,h:20},
{t:"Rādhā and Krishna both wait in Brindavan forest.",p:74,x:113,y:278,w:331,h:17},
{t:"In the Thirteenth Song Rādhā tells of her disappointment",p:74,x:113,y:305,w:378,h:17},
{t:"at not meeting Krishna.",p:74,x:89,y:328,w:156,h:17},
{t:"She decides he has found someone else. In the Fourteenth",p:74,x:113,y:355,w:377,h:17},
{t:"Song, Rādhā imagines Krishna with his latest conquest.",p:74,x:89,y:378,w:367,h:17},
{t:"Rādhā has no peace of mind.",p:74,x:113,y:405,w:190,h:17},
{t:"In the Fifteenth Song, Rādhā torments herself with further",p:74,x:113,y:431,w:378,h:17},
{t:"imaginings.",p:74,x:89,y:455,w:77,h:17},
{t:"She decides Krishna will not come.",p:74,x:113,y:481,w:230,h:17},
{t:"In the Sixteenth Song, Rādhā is pictured as responding to",p:74,x:113,y:508,w:378,h:17},
{t:"Krishna’s lovemaking. The land-borne lotus may be the",p:74,x:89,y:531,w:401,h:17},
{t:"hibiscus.",p:74,x:89,y:555,w:59,h:17},
{t:"Rādhā is still despondent.",p:74,x:113,y:581,w:172,h:17},
{t:"Part Eight: Abashed Krishna",p:74,x:89,y:611,w:222,h:20},
{t:"An exhausted Krishna appears to court Rādhā.",p:74,x:113,y:638,w:310,h:17},
{t:"In the Seventeenth Song, Rādhā rejects Krishna in all his",p:74,x:113,y:665,w:378,h:17},
{t:"incarnations (Hari, Keshava, Mādhava). Trying to kill him, the",p:74,x:89,y:688,w:402,h:17},
{t:"72",p:75,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"demoness Putana offered Krishna her breast to suckle, but the",p:75,x:94,y:85,w:401,h:17},
{t:"73",p:76,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"infant was immune to such poison and sucked out the life",p:76,x:89,y:85,w:399,h:17},
{t:"from her.",p:76,x:89,y:108,w:62,h:17},
{t:"Rādhā feels shamed and heartbroken.",p:76,x:113,y:135,w:251,h:17},
{t:"Part Nine: Languishing Krishna",p:76,x:89,y:164,w:242,h:20},
{t:"The girlfriend tries to persuade Rādhā.",p:76,x:113,y:191,w:258,h:17},
{t:"In the Eighteenth Song the girlfriend speaks appreciatively",p:76,x:113,y:218,w:378,h:17},
{t:"of Krishna.",p:76,x:89,y:241,w:73,h:17},
{t:"She scolds Rādhā for her intransigence.",p:76,x:113,y:268,w:262,h:17},
{t:"Part Ten: Four-Armed Krishna",p:76,x:89,y:298,w:231,h:20},
{t:"Krishna comes to persuade Rādhā. In the Nineteenth Song,",p:76,x:113,y:325,w:378,h:17},
{t:"Krishna praises Rādhā’s qualities.",p:76,x:89,y:348,w:225,h:17},
{t:"Krishna tells her she need fear no competition. Durga is the",p:76,x:113,y:375,w:378,h:17},
{t:"fearsome warrior goddess, the mother of Ganesha, Sarasvatī",p:76,x:89,y:398,w:401,h:17},
{t:"and Lakshmi. The Madūka is a pale spring flower whose",p:76,x:89,y:421,w:402,h:17},
{t:"flowers and leaves are distilled to make an intoxicating drink.",p:76,x:89,y:445,w:401,h:17},
{t:"Stanza 16 has been omitted from the translation for the",p:76,x:113,y:471,w:378,h:17},
{t:"usual reasons. It runs:",p:76,x:89,y:495,w:148,h:17},
{t:"When Kamsa’s elephant he came to fight,",p:76,x:89,y:530,w:242,h:14},
{t:"in that rounded forehead Hari saw",p:76,x:89,y:550,w:203,h:14},
{t:"the breast of Rādhā—so recoiling and",p:76,x:89,y:570,w:218,h:14},
{t:"confused that Kamsa cried out victory!",p:76,x:89,y:590,w:225,h:14},
{t:"Part Eleven: Blissful Krishna",p:76,x:89,y:624,w:211,h:20},
{t:"Keshava (Krishna) goes to wait for Rādhā.",p:76,x:113,y:651,w:278,h:17},
{t:"The Twentieth Song sees the go-between urge Rādhā to go",p:76,x:113,y:678,w:379,h:17},
{t:"to Krishna.",p:76,x:89,y:701,w:73,h:17},
{t:"74",p:77,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"The Marāla is a goose or flamingo with an attractive gait.",p:77,x:118,y:85,w:377,h:17},
{t:"Krishna speaks with the go-between, who reports back to",p:77,x:117,y:111,w:379,h:17},
{t:"Rādhā. The Twenty-first Song describes Krishna’s love-bower.",p:77,x:94,y:135,w:402,h:17},
{t:"Rādhā goes to meet Krishna.",p:77,x:117,y:161,w:190,h:17},
{t:"The Twenty-second Song describes the mutual attraction",p:77,x:117,y:188,w:378,h:17},
{t:"between Rādhā and Krishna. Rati Devi is the consort of the",p:77,x:94,y:211,w:401,h:17},
{t:"love god.",p:77,x:94,y:235,w:59,h:17},
{t:"Rādhā embraces Krishna.",p:77,x:117,y:261,w:171,h:17},
{t:"Stanza 35 has been omitted from the translation for the",p:77,x:117,y:288,w:378,h:17},
{t:"usual reasons. It runs:",p:77,x:94,y:311,w:148,h:17},
{t:"By victory honoured with Mandāra flowers,",p:77,x:94,y:347,w:254,h:14},
{t:"the red there splashed as blood for having crushed",p:77,x:94,y:367,w:294,h:14},
{t:"the elephant Kuvalayāpída,",p:77,x:94,y:387,w:159,h:14},
{t:"may the arm of Mura’s conqueror prevail.",p:77,x:94,y:407,w:243,h:14},
{t:"Part Twelve: Very Delighted Krishna",p:77,x:94,y:441,w:285,h:20},
{t:"Krishna speaks to Rādhā. The Twenty-third Song gives",p:77,x:117,y:468,w:378,h:17},
{t:"Krishna’s grateful words to Rādhā.",p:77,x:94,y:491,w:230,h:17},
{t:"Their love-making. The Twenty-fourth Song gives Rādhā’s",p:77,x:117,y:518,w:378,h:17},
{t:"gratified words to Krishna.",p:77,x:94,y:541,w:178,h:17},
{t:"Krishna helps Rādhā to dress again. Dedicatory remarks.",p:77,x:117,y:568,w:378,h:17},
{t:"The Gāndharvas are heavenly musicians and Parāshara may",p:77,x:94,y:591,w:399,h:17},
{t:"be a friend who accompanied Jayadeva on various pilgrimages.",p:77,x:94,y:615,w:401,h:17},
{t:"Stanzas 26, 27, 29, 31 and 32 have been omitted from the",p:77,x:117,y:641,w:379,h:17},
{t:"translation for the usual reasons. They run:",p:77,x:94,y:665,w:287,h:17},
{t:"75",p:78,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"26. Honouring the daughter of the ocean,",p:78,x:89,y:84,w:243,h:14},
{t:"through the images reflected in",p:78,x:89,y:104,w:182,h:14},
{t:"the hooded serpent’s hundred jewelled eyes",p:78,x:89,y:124,w:254,h:14},
{t:"he sees: may Hari keep you in his care.",p:78,x:89,y:144,w:226,h:14},
{t:"27. Infatuated, Shiva, at your choice",p:78,x:89,y:184,w:210,h:14},
{t:"would drink the poison of the milky ocean.",p:78,x:89,y:204,w:249,h:14},
{t:"So Hari’s words, unclothing, seeing Rādhā’s",p:78,x:89,y:224,w:256,h:14},
{t:"breasts: and thus may keep you in his care.",p:78,x:89,y:244,w:250,h:14},
{t:"29. Let holy men examining at length",p:78,x:89,y:284,w:217,h:14},
{t:"the labour in such aspirants accept",p:78,x:89,y:304,w:203,h:14},
{t:"their true devotion and their errors pass",p:78,x:89,y:324,w:235,h:14},
{t:"that so a first impression long remain.",p:78,x:89,y:344,w:223,h:14},
{t:"31. More than vintage or the Mango, nectar,",p:78,x:89,y:384,w:257,h:14},
{t:"milk and sweetness at the lover’s lip:",p:78,x:89,y:404,w:212,h:14},
{t:"the cleverness of Jayadeva brings",p:78,x:89,y:424,w:194,h:14},
{t:"the best and essence of erotic love.",p:78,x:89,y:444,w:200,h:14},
{t:"The above draws heavily on the work of Lee Siegel, and to",p:78,x:113,y:475,w:378,h:17},
{t:"some extent of Barbara Stolles Miller. Both provide much",p:78,x:89,y:498,w:401,h:17},
{t:"fuller information than these brief notes, and are warmly",p:78,x:89,y:521,w:401,h:17},
{t:"recommended.",p:78,x:89,y:545,w:99,h:17},
{t:"Fidelity to the Text",p:78,x:89,y:600,w:172,h:23},
{t:"The Gita Govinda employs twelve different quantitative",p:78,x:113,y:641,w:379,h:17},
{t:"metres in lines that are generally longer than anything that will",p:78,x:89,y:665,w:402,h:17},
{t:"hold together in English. An example is stanza 18 in Part Five,",p:78,x:89,y:688,w:402,h:17},
{t:"written in the Sārdūlavikrïdita (- - - x x - x - x x x -, - - x - - x -)",p:78,x:89,y:711,w:401,h:17},
{t:"76",p:79,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"metre repeated in each of the two lines. The Sanskrit and its",p:79,x:94,y:85,w:401,h:17},
{t:"word-for-word renderings are:",p:79,x:94,y:108,w:204,h:17},
{t:"AzleshAd    anu cumbanAd anu nakho-lekhAd anu   svAntaja-",p:79,x:94,y:145,w:315,h:13},
{t:"embracing  then kissing      then claw stroke      then  heart-born",p:79,x:94,y:165,w:325,h:13},
{t:"prodbodhAd anu sambhramAd  anu ratArambhAd      anu prItayoH |",p:79,x:94,y:205,w:354,h:13},
{t:"rousing           then excited           then sexual_foreplay then bliss",p:79,x:94,y:225,w:324,h:13},
{t:"anyArtham        gatayor         bhramAn militayoH sambhAshaNair        jAnator",p:79,x:94,y:265,w:395,h:13},
{t:"other_purpose coming_and_going     wandering meeting conversing know",p:79,x:94,y:285,w:385,h:13},
{t:"dampatyor                 iha    ko na ko na tamasi                  vrIDA- vimizro rasaH||",p:79,x:94,y:325,w:400,h:13},
{t:"husband_and_wife here what no what no in_darkness bashful  mixed     taste",p:79,x:94,y:345,w:399,h:13},
{t:"Do the couple discover their identities only after having sex",p:79,x:118,y:375,w:378,h:17},
{t:"together, or simply have sexual pleasures on their minds when",p:79,x:94,y:398,w:401,h:17},
{t:"searching for a partner? The first seems an unlikely state of",p:79,x:94,y:421,w:402,h:17},
{t:"affairs, but is the interpretation of many translators:",p:79,x:94,y:445,w:346,h:17},
{t:"Lee Siegel",p:79,x:118,y:471,w:66,h:17},
{t:"From an embrace, then from a kiss, then from scratching with their",p:79,x:94,y:507,w:395,h:14},
{t:"nails, then from love’s rousing, then from shaking about [in coition],",p:79,x:94,y:527,w:400,h:14},
{t:"then from sexual exertion, both are pleased—when a husband and",p:79,x:94,y:547,w:386,h:14},
{t:"wife who have gone to an affair with another [lover] come-together",p:79,x:94,y:567,w:391,h:14},
{t:"by mistake and [then] recognize [each other] by their speech there,",p:79,x:94,y:587,w:391,h:14},
{t:"in the darkness, their pleasure is mixed with embarrassment, isn’t",p:79,x:94,y:607,w:385,h:14},
{t:"it? isn’t it?",p:79,x:94,y:627,w:60,h:14},
{t:"Desiraju Hanumanta Rao",p:79,x:118,y:658,w:170,h:17},
{t:"In these dark nights libertine couples start meandering in still",p:79,x:94,y:694,w:361,h:14},
{t:"darker bowers for their cherished lovers, but unwittingly one meets",p:79,x:94,y:714,w:393,h:14},
{t:"77",p:80,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"one’s own wife/husband, and then their escapade firstly starts with",p:80,x:89,y:84,w:391,h:14},
{t:"hugging, next with kissing, next with nail scratching, next highly",p:80,x:89,y:104,w:377,h:14},
{t:"excited by excitement and desire they enter into foreplay, and then",p:80,x:89,y:124,w:389,h:14},
{t:"step by step they culminate it into their conjugal bliss... after that",p:80,x:89,y:144,w:378,h:14},
{t:"when they converse, he comes to know that she is his wife, and she",p:80,x:89,y:164,w:389,h:14},
{t:"comes to know likewise... and caught unawares, they mix that bliss",p:80,x:89,y:184,w:389,h:14},
{t:"in shame and depart shamefully, nil desperandum... and in such",p:80,x:89,y:204,w:375,h:14},
{t:"passional nights, aesthetic pleasure seeking is null and void -",p:80,x:89,y:224,w:355,h:14},
{t:"Really?",p:80,x:89,y:244,w:42,h:14},
{t:"Barbara Stolles Miller leaves matters a little vague, but",p:80,x:113,y:275,w:378,h:17},
{t:"adds her own clarity elsewhere:",p:80,x:89,y:298,w:209,h:17},
{t:"Two lovers meeting in darkness",p:80,x:89,y:334,w:184,h:14},
{t:"Embrace and kiss",p:80,x:89,y:354,w:103,h:14},
{t:"And claw as desire rises",p:80,x:89,y:374,w:138,h:14},
{t:"To dizzying heights of love.",p:80,x:89,y:394,w:158,h:14},
{t:"When familiar voices reveal",p:80,x:89,y:414,w:162,h:14},
{t:"That they ventured into the dark",p:80,x:89,y:434,w:190,h:14},
{t:"To betray each other,",p:80,x:89,y:454,w:123,h:14},
{t:"The mood is mixed with shame.",p:80,x:89,y:474,w:185,h:14},
{t:"I have inclined to the second interpretation, supposing that",p:80,x:113,y:505,w:378,h:17},
{t:"Jayadeva is not being outlandishly humorous but only",p:80,x:89,y:528,w:401,h:17},
{t:"observing the sexual desire in both men and women:",p:80,x:89,y:551,w:348,h:17},
{t:"How many, through the dark on some affair,",p:80,x:89,y:587,w:261,h:14},
{t:"impelled by passion and in pleasure keen",p:80,x:89,y:607,w:240,h:14},
{t:"to clasp and kiss and claw their bodies, find",p:80,x:89,y:627,w:253,h:14},
{t:"then bashfully it is their spouse they greet.",p:80,x:89,y:647,w:246,h:14},
{t:"Much hangs on the wordrasaH, which means taste, juice,",p:80,x:113,y:678,w:378,h:17},
{t:"the essence of, mood or pleasure. And how do we interpret",p:80,x:89,y:701,w:401,h:17},
{t:"78",p:81,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"vrIDA, which can mean shame, embarrassment or abashed,",p:81,x:94,y:85,w:401,h:17},
{t:"words which carry very different connotations in English?",p:81,x:94,y:108,w:402,h:17},
{t:"Sanskrit poetry is often ambiguous on key points, and",p:81,x:94,y:131,w:402,h:17},
{t:"interpreters are obliged to make their own judgements. Since",p:81,x:94,y:155,w:401,h:17},
{t:"other words in the text also have alternative readings and",p:81,x:94,y:178,w:401,h:17},
{t:"shades of meaning, there is no one definitive rendering, even",p:81,x:94,y:201,w:401,h:17},
{t:"in a prose sense. Rao and Siegel, for example, interpret",p:81,x:94,y:225,w:401,h:17},
{t:"gatayor as coition, whereas I read it simply as moving about.",p:81,x:94,y:248,w:402,h:17},
{t:"A scholarly work—to the extent that S anskrit scho lars need a",p:81,x:118,y:275,w:380,h:17},
{t:"translation anyway—will probably much prefer something like",p:81,x:94,y:298,w:401,h:17},
{t:"the Siegel rendering. Something literary, which captures the",p:81,x:94,y:321,w:401,h:17},
{t:"grace and feeling of the original, is a more demanding",p:81,x:94,y:345,w:402,h:17},
{t:"proposition. It first needs a suitable form, since it is only within",p:81,x:94,y:368,w:405,h:17},
{t:"such a form that our reading skills and experience operate.",p:81,x:94,y:391,w:401,h:17},
{t:"Miller has used what is essentially prose, though set out as free",p:81,x:94,y:415,w:402,h:17},
{t:"verse. I have used an iambic with line run-on and various",p:81,x:94,y:438,w:402,h:17},
{t:"devices to give metrical coherence to the bare meaning.",p:81,x:94,y:461,w:402,h:17},
{t:"Secondly, a literary rendering will ne ed to subordinate the word",p:81,x:94,y:485,w:401,h:17},
{t:"choice to whatever mood or feelings we think the stanza is",p:81,x:94,y:508,w:402,h:17},
{t:"evoking, therasa of Sanskrit poetics. That in turn requires an",p:81,x:94,y:531,w:401,h:17},
{t:"understanding of what each stanza does in the narrative, and",p:81,x:94,y:555,w:401,h:17},
{t:"an appreciation of the rules ofkāvya, which were stricter and",p:81,x:94,y:578,w:401,h:17},
{t:"more conventional than ours. Thirdly comes the decision of",p:81,x:94,y:601,w:402,h:17},
{t:"what words to leave out. Certainly not what is crucial to the",p:81,x:94,y:625,w:401,h:17},
{t:"meaning, but nor should we add words that a prose meaning",p:81,x:94,y:648,w:401,h:17},
{t:"would demand. Poetry is very much an imaginative recreation,",p:81,x:94,y:671,w:401,h:17},
{t:"where gaps become richer by being filled by material supplied",p:81,x:94,y:695,w:401,h:17},
{t:"79",p:82,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"by the readers’ understandings of the poem as a whole, and",p:82,x:89,y:85,w:401,h:17},
{t:"what the stanza shape and poetic devices are guiding them",p:82,x:89,y:108,w:401,h:17},
{t:"towards. Jayadeva leaves many gaps in this stanza, which echo",p:82,x:89,y:131,w:402,h:17},
{t:"the distracted nature of the lovers, but also highlight their",p:82,x:89,y:155,w:402,h:17},
{t:"surprise (ko na ko na) at the end of the stanza.",p:82,x:89,y:178,w:306,h:17},
{t:"Metrical Issues",p:82,x:89,y:207,w:137,h:23},
{t:"The above is an extreme example, but does illustrate the",p:82,x:113,y:248,w:378,h:17},
{t:"problems all stanzas present to some degree, particularly in",p:82,x:89,y:271,w:401,h:17},
{t:"the songs, where the grammar is simplified. What I have done",p:82,x:89,y:295,w:402,h:17},
{t:"is first condense possible meanings to what could be",p:82,x:89,y:318,w:401,h:17},
{t:"accommodated in the stanza form, and then employ the",p:82,x:89,y:341,w:401,h:17},
{t:"traditional devices of English verse to explore and then create",p:82,x:89,y:365,w:401,h:17},
{t:"an acceptable meaning in and through the responses we expect",p:82,x:89,y:388,w:401,h:17},
{t:"of poetry, trying to ensure those responses were appropriate to",p:82,x:89,y:411,w:401,h:17},
{t:"the Sanskrit mood (rasa).",p:82,x:89,y:435,w:171,h:17},
{t:"In a prose sense, the resulting translation is reasonably",p:82,x:113,y:461,w:377,h:17},
{t:"close to the original—closer than Miller’s, terser than Siegel’s—",p:82,x:89,y:485,w:401,h:17},
{t:"but necessarily compressed or attenuated in places, though not",p:82,x:89,y:508,w:401,h:17},
{t:"usually to the extent illustrated in the example above. The",p:82,x:89,y:531,w:402,h:17},
{t:"guidelines adopted were: 1. to render one Sanskrit line by two",p:82,x:89,y:555,w:401,h:17},
{t:"(and occasionally three) English lines if the content demanded",p:82,x:89,y:578,w:401,h:17},
{t:"it, 2. use an octosyllabic line where possible for the songs, and",p:82,x:89,y:601,w:403,h:17},
{t:"a pentameter for the other sections, and 3. aim for a musical",p:82,x:89,y:625,w:401,h:17},
{t:"rendering but not consciously employ rhyme or pararhyme.",p:82,x:89,y:648,w:396,h:17},
{t:"What appears is a metrical prose making heavy use of",p:82,x:113,y:675,w:378,h:17},
{t:"assonance and verse cadences that carries the sense across the",p:82,x:89,y:698,w:402,h:17},
{t:"80",p:83,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"stanza in a way permitted by the free wor d order of the Sanskri",p:83,x:94,y:85,w:400,h:17},
{t:"t.",p:83,x:487,y:85,w:9,h:17},
{t:"There are many other ways of proceeding, and Siegel quotes",p:83,x:118,y:111,w:388,h:17},
{t:"(pp 236-8) previous renderings of Verse 49 in Part One:",p:83,x:94,y:135,w:372,h:17},
{t:"The ‘Victorian idyll’ approach of Edwin Arnold (India",p:83,x:118,y:161,w:377,h:17},
{t:"Poetry, London, 1881, 20-1):",p:83,x:94,y:185,w:191,h:17},
{t:"But may He guide us all to glory high",p:83,x:94,y:220,w:215,h:14},
{t:"Who laughed when Radha glided, hidden, by,",p:83,x:94,y:240,w:266,h:14},
{t:"And all among those damsels free and bold",p:83,x:94,y:260,w:250,h:14},
{t:"Touched Krishna with a soft mouth, kind and cold;",p:83,x:94,y:280,w:297,h:14},
{t:"And like the others, leaning on his breast,",p:83,x:94,y:300,w:243,h:14},
{t:"Unlike the others, left there Love’s unrest;",p:83,x:94,y:320,w:245,h:14},
{t:"And like the others, joining in his song;",p:83,x:94,y:340,w:230,h:14},
{t:"Unlike the others, made him silent long.",p:83,x:94,y:360,w:234,h:14},
{t:"The free verse renderings of George Keyt (Sri Jayadeva’s",p:83,x:117,y:391,w:378,h:17},
{t:"Gita Govinda: The Loves of Krsna and Radha, Bombay 1940):",p:83,x:94,y:415,w:403,h:17},
{t:"May smiling captivating Hari protect you, whom Radha, blinded by",p:83,x:94,y:450,w:393,h:14},
{t:"love,",p:83,x:94,y:470,w:27,h:14},
{t:"Violently kissed as she made as if singing a song of welcome saying,",p:83,x:94,y:490,w:393,h:14},
{t:"‘Your face is nectar, excellent,’ ardently clasping his bosom",p:83,x:94,y:510,w:342,h:14},
{t:"In the presence of the fair-browed herd-girls dazed in the sport of",p:83,x:94,y:530,w:383,h:14},
{t:"love!",p:83,x:94,y:550,w:28,h:14},
{t:"The theosophical approach of Dunc an Greenlee (The Song of",p:83,x:118,y:581,w:379,h:17},
{t:"Divine Love, Madras, 1962) with its language of Christian",p:83,x:94,y:605,w:402,h:17},
{t:"mysticism:",p:83,x:94,y:628,w:72,h:17},
{t:"This mystic Dance gives rapture, bliss untold,",p:83,x:94,y:664,w:264,h:14},
{t:"And overwhelms the Gopi devotees",p:83,x:94,y:684,w:205,h:14},
{t:"With dainty eyebrows. Radha, set aflame",p:83,x:94,y:704,w:238,h:14},
{t:"81",p:84,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"By madness of desire, with sudden cry:",p:84,x:89,y:84,w:227,h:14},
{t:"‘Ah, Love, how sweet! Your honeyed mouth",p:84,x:89,y:104,w:252,h:14},
{t:"Is filled with nectar!’ hurls herself upon",p:84,x:89,y:124,w:230,h:14},
{t:"His bosom, and with burning thirst assails",p:84,x:89,y:144,w:247,h:14},
{t:"Those smiling lips with fiery kiss of love.",p:84,x:89,y:164,w:235,h:14},
{t:"O crafty Radha! You pretend to praise",p:84,x:89,y:184,w:221,h:14},
{t:"His song; what sweets of ecstasy you steal!",p:84,x:89,y:204,w:246,h:14},
{t:"May this delightful Hari by his smile",p:84,x:89,y:224,w:212,h:14},
{t:"Of flowing grace protect you from all harm!",p:84,x:89,y:244,w:253,h:14},
{t:"The  ‘cosmic consciousness’  of Monika Varma (The Gita",p:84,x:113,y:275,w:378,h:17},
{t:"Govinda of Jayadeva, Calcutta, 1968) that aim",p:84,x:89,y:298,w:307,h:17},
{t:"s at the inherent",p:84,x:392,y:298,w:100,h:17},
{t:"meaning:",p:84,x:89,y:321,w:62,h:17},
{t:"Even in the sight of the distracted lovers,",p:84,x:89,y:357,w:238,h:14},
{t:"the infatuated Srimati, blinded by love,",p:84,x:89,y:377,w:227,h:14},
{t:"forgetting and throwing aside all modesty,",p:84,x:89,y:397,w:247,h:14},
{t:"holds close to her, her Madhava.",p:84,x:89,y:417,w:190,h:14},
{t:"Pretending to be chanting words of worship,",p:84,x:89,y:437,w:259,h:14},
{t:"Kesava whispers: Imortal nectar lies in your mouth;",p:84,x:89,y:457,w:302,h:14},
{t:"and then drinks deeply, clinging lip to lip.",p:84,x:89,y:477,w:243,h:14},
{t:"Satisfied, Kesava smiles,",p:84,x:89,y:497,w:142,h:14},
{t:"and may that smile lighten the burden",p:84,x:89,y:517,w:222,h:14},
{t:"of all your griefs, and sorrowed days.",p:84,x:89,y:537,w:215,h:14},
{t:"Lee Siegel’s rendering is more literal:",p:84,x:113,y:568,w:246,h:17},
{t:"In the presence of the cowherd’s beautifully-browed-women who",p:84,x:89,y:604,w:377,h:14},
{t:"were carried away by whirling about with a great amount of",p:84,x:89,y:624,w:347,h:14},
{t:"joy/jumping in the rasa (dance), Hari was passionately kissed by",p:84,x:89,y:644,w:377,h:14},
{t:"Radha who was blind with love, having ardently embraced his",p:84,x:89,y:664,w:361,h:14},
{t:"breast, having said, ‘Wonderful! your mouth/voice consists of",p:84,x:89,y:684,w:359,h:14},
{t:"nectar!’, under the pretext of praising his song, may Hari, ravishing",p:84,x:89,y:704,w:394,h:14},
{t:"82",p:85,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"with his smile, protect you!",p:85,x:94,y:84,w:158,h:14},
{t:"To complete the comparison, here is Baraba Stolles Miller’s",p:85,x:118,y:115,w:378,h:17},
{t:"rendering of an adjacent verse (I.44: she excl",p:85,x:94,y:138,w:291,h:17},
{t:"udes the I.49 verse,",p:85,x:376,y:138,w:120,h:17},
{t:"probably as inauthentic):",p:85,x:94,y:161,w:167,h:17},
{t:"He hugs one, he kisses another, he caresses another dark beauty.",p:85,x:94,y:197,w:379,h:14},
{t:"He stares at one’s suggestive smiles, he mimics a willful girl.",p:85,x:94,y:217,w:349,h:14},
{t:"Hari revels here as the crowd of charming girls.",p:85,x:94,y:237,w:277,h:14},
{t:"Which I render similarly as:",p:85,x:118,y:268,w:186,h:17},
{t:"One by one he takes and kisses",p:85,x:94,y:304,w:180,h:14},
{t:"these most beautiful of girls.",p:85,x:94,y:324,w:165,h:14},
{t:"Another even, all-surpassing,",p:85,x:94,y:344,w:171,h:14},
{t:"smiles and beckons: off he goes.",p:85,x:94,y:364,w:186,h:14},
{t:"The rendering in this translation of I.49 is in unrhymed",p:85,x:118,y:395,w:377,h:17},
{t:"pentameters:",p:85,x:94,y:418,w:88,h:17},
{t:"And so love-blinded Rādhā, drawn to Krishna,",p:85,x:94,y:454,w:270,h:14},
{t:"coy and dancing: clasped him to her breast",p:85,x:94,y:474,w:250,h:14},
{t:"and kissed him. Let that brimming nectar, honest",p:85,x:94,y:494,w:290,h:14},
{t:"face now smile, excite and rule in me.",p:85,x:94,y:514,w:218,h:14},
{t:"The Sanskrit is:",p:85,x:117,y:545,w:104,h:17},
{t:"rAso   ollAsa  bhareNa  vibhrama  bhRtam      AbhIra vAma bhruvAm",p:85,x:94,y:580,w:401,h:14},
{t:"dance merry abundant whirling    supporting  cowherd coy eyebrow",p:85,x:94,y:600,w:394,h:14},
{t:"abhyarNam parirabhya nirbharam uraH   premAndhayA    rAdhaya",p:85,x:94,y:640,w:395,h:14},
{t:"close            hugged      ardently     breast by_love_blinded by_Rādhā",p:85,x:94,y:660,w:395,h:14},
{t:"83",p:86,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"sAdhu tvad vadanam sudhA mayam      iti     vyAhRtya gIta",p:86,x:89,y:84,w:340,h:14},
{t:"honest your  face        nectar abounding thus spoken     song",p:86,x:89,y:104,w:345,h:14},
{t:"vyAjAd      utkaTa   cumbita smita  manohari      hariH pAtu     vaH",p:86,x:89,y:144,w:384,h:14},
{t:"appear excitedly kissed smiles heart_stealing Hari rule_over cause",p:86,x:89,y:164,w:389,h:14},
{t:"Readers will make their own choices, but I have tried for a",p:86,x:113,y:215,w:377,h:17},
{t:"plain rendering, one that makes minimal departures from the",p:86,x:89,y:238,w:401,h:17},
{t:"prose sense but is still musical, concise and moving.",p:86,x:89,y:261,w:342,h:17},
{t:"A close  rendering of metrical form is not possible. Sanskrit",p:86,x:113,y:288,w:378,h:17},
{t:"is a quantitative language, and none of its intricate metrical",p:86,x:89,y:311,w:401,h:17},
{t:"forms can be echoed in English. Repeated attempts to render",p:86,x:89,y:335,w:401,h:17},
{t:"the simpler Latin metres in English verse have all been",p:86,x:89,y:358,w:401,h:17},
{t:"failures: the centuries of effort, sometimes by gifted poets,",p:86,x:89,y:381,w:402,h:17},
{t:"should indicate that it cannot be done.",p:86,x:89,y:405,w:254,h:17},
{t:"Traditionally, classical Sanskrit poetry (kāvya) is not",p:86,x:113,y:431,w:379,h:17},
{t:"rhymed, but Jayadeva made important innovations in his",p:86,x:89,y:455,w:401,h:17},
{t:"songs. He rhymed line endings, and also built them on a moric",p:86,x:89,y:478,w:401,h:17},
{t:"verse principle. In place of fixed patterns of light and heavy",p:86,x:89,y:501,w:401,h:17},
{t:"syllables usual in kāvya, moric verse is organized on the",p:86,x:89,y:525,w:402,h:17},
{t:"number of beats to the line, a light syllable counting as one",p:86,x:89,y:548,w:402,h:17},
{t:"beat and a heavy syllable as two, the units being further",p:86,x:89,y:571,w:401,h:17},
{t:"organized into four-beat ganas, which had their own patterns.",p:86,x:89,y:595,w:402,h:17},
{t:"I have experimented with rhyme for the songs (see approaches",p:86,x:89,y:618,w:401,h:17},
{t:"in the Eighteenth Song), but its addition seems to over-regiment",p:86,x:89,y:641,w:401,h:17},
{t:"the lines, breaking the fluid nature of a rendering where the",p:86,x:89,y:665,w:401,h:17},
{t:"sense is allowed to run through the stanza as a whole.",p:86,x:89,y:688,w:355,h:17},
{t:"84",p:87,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"Sanskrit prosody is immensely complicated, but further",p:87,x:118,y:85,w:377,h:17},
{t:"discussion is academic, since the metres are not reproduced in",p:87,x:94,y:108,w:401,h:17},
{t:"this translation. Details on metrical and other issues can be",p:87,x:94,y:131,w:401,h:17},
{t:"found in Barbara Stolles Miller’s superb work of Sanskrit",p:87,x:94,y:155,w:401,h:17},
{t:"scholarship, however, and the book should be read by anyone",p:87,x:94,y:178,w:401,h:17},
{t:"seriously interested in the Gita Govinda (but n",p:87,x:94,y:201,w:301,h:17},
{t:"ote the paper back",p:87,x:385,y:201,w:111,h:17},
{t:"edition lacks the Sanskrit text). Miller went to heroic lengths to",p:87,x:94,y:225,w:402,h:17},
{t:"find the appropriate words for her translation—studying the",p:87,x:94,y:248,w:401,h:17},
{t:"metrical intricacies of Sanskri",p:87,x:94,y:271,w:194,h:17},
{t:"t verse, recording the v erse recited ,",p:87,x:282,y:271,w:213,h:17},
{t:"sung and danced to, learning the Indian flute, discussing",p:87,x:94,y:295,w:402,h:17},
{t:"interpretations with Indian scholars and referring her efforts to",p:87,x:94,y:318,w:402,h:17},
{t:"Sanskrit authorities—but the result to my mind was not a",p:87,x:94,y:341,w:398,h:17},
{t:"literary success. Verse-writing and scholarship are different",p:87,x:94,y:365,w:401,h:17},
{t:"skills, and, though Miller’s is the standard version to which",p:87,x:94,y:388,w:401,h:17},
{t:"many students are directed, her rendering  lacks the grace,",p:87,x:94,y:411,w:401,h:17},
{t:"charm and beauty of the original. The diction is an",p:87,x:94,y:435,w:401,h:17},
{t:"uncomfortable mixture of the elevated and the pedestrian,",p:87,x:94,y:458,w:401,h:17},
{t:"and the characters do not come alive.",p:87,x:96,y:481,w:247,h:17},
{t:"Translation is an individual act of homage, which",p:87,x:113,y:535,w:382,h:17},
{t:"collaboration can often hinder: ‘the camel is a horse designed",p:87,x:94,y:558,w:401,h:17},
{t:"by a committee’ problem. The second of Miller’s difficulties",p:87,x:94,y:581,w:401,h:17},
{t:"may have been the ‘free verse’ practised by academia,",p:87,x:94,y:605,w:401,h:17},
{t:"essentially a truncated prose lacking resources for lyricism and",p:87,x:94,y:628,w:401,h:17},
{t:"extended harmony. True free verse is an exacting medium, as",p:87,x:94,y:651,w:401,h:17},
{t:"contemporary poetry ",p:87,x:94,y:675,w:149,h:17},
{t:"is ",p:87,x:250,y:675,w:14,h:17},
{t:"apt ",p:87,x:270,y:675,w:25,h:17},
{t:"to show, but when written",p:87,x:300,y:675,w:195,h:17},
{t:"professionally, with an acute ear for the individual properties",p:87,x:94,y:698,w:401,h:17},
{t:"85",p:88,x:282,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"of words, can indeed generate compelling and beautiful",p:88,x:89,y:85,w:401,h:17},
{t:"sequences that have an idiomatic naturalness of phrasing. In a",p:88,x:89,y:108,w:401,h:17},
{t:"Sanskrit translation, however, where word s had already",p:88,x:89,y:131,w:399,h:17},
{t:"been selected for the many levels of prose meaning they",p:88,x:89,y:155,w:397,h:17},
{t:"could represent, that fir st selection largely ru led out the",p:88,x:89,y:178,w:399,h:17},
{t:"possibility that words would also cohere in satisfying",p:88,x:89,y:201,w:400,h:17},
{t:"patterns. Both criteria need to work together, at that deeper",p:88,x:89,y:225,w:401,h:17},
{t:"level of creation, where verse writing becomes a method of",p:88,x:89,y:248,w:402,h:17},
{t:"exploring ever more subtle shades of meaning. Poetry in all",p:88,x:89,y:271,w:402,h:17},
{t:"styles can be rewritten and improved, but free verse makes the",p:88,x:89,y:295,w:401,h:17},
{t:"task more difficult, as whole lines and stanzas have to be recast",p:88,x:89,y:318,w:401,h:17},
{t:"afresh. In contrast, traditional forms hold lines ‘steady’ in the",p:88,x:89,y:341,w:401,h:17},
{t:"metre while changes are made to individual words and",p:88,x:89,y:365,w:401,h:17},
{t:"phrases. No doubt the conventional iambic of this translation",p:88,x:89,y:388,w:402,h:17},
{t:"will seem less natural than today’s free verse, but classical",p:88,x:89,y:411,w:402,h:17},
{t:"Sanskrit verse was not in the slightest natural, contemporary",p:88,x:89,y:435,w:401,h:17},
{t:"or idiomatic.",p:88,x:89,y:458,w:85,h:17},
{t:"References and Further Reading",p:88,x:89,y:487,w:314,h:23},
{t:"The literature on Gita Govinda is fascinating, but immense:",p:88,x:113,y:528,w:378,h:17},
{t:"probably greater than any Sanskrit scholar could now",p:88,x:89,y:551,w:401,h:17},
{t:"encompass in a lifetime of reading. A guide to that material",p:88,x:89,y:575,w:401,h:17},
{t:"and extensive bibliographies can be found in the first two",p:88,x:89,y:598,w:402,h:17},
{t:"works listed below, which also explore dimensions of the poem",p:88,x:89,y:621,w:401,h:17},
{t:"far beyond this simple translation. The Rao translation is",p:88,x:89,y:645,w:401,h:17},
{t:"freely available on the Internet, and through vocabularies and",p:88,x:89,y:668,w:401,h:17},
{t:"commentaries gives the general reader an excellent sense of",p:88,x:89,y:691,w:403,h:17},
{t:"86",p:89,x:287,y:778,w:15,h:16},
{t:"how the Sanskrit verse is built up. Renderings can be checked",p:89,x:94,y:85,w:402,h:17},
{t:"in the online dictionary.",p:89,x:94,y:108,w:159,h:17},
{t:"Love Song of the Dark Lord, Jayadeva’s Gitagovinda. Barbara",p:89,x:94,y:135,w:402,h:17},
{t:"Stolles Miller. ed. and trans. (Princeton Univ. Press, 1977 &",p:89,x:94,y:158,w:401,h:17},
{t:"1997).",p:89,x:94,y:181,w:41,h:17},
{t:"Sacred and Profane Dimensions of Love in Indian Traditions",p:89,x:94,y:208,w:401,h:17},
{t:"as Exemplified in the Gitagovinda of Jayadeva (OUP, 1978).",p:89,x:94,y:231,w:401,h:17},
{t:"Gita Govinda: Word for Word transliteration. Desiraju",p:89,x:94,y:258,w:401,h:17},
{t:"Hanumanta Rao. 2003. http://www.geocities.com/giirvaani",p:89,x:94,y:281,w:401,h:17},
{t:"/gg/title_gg.htm.",p:89,x:94,y:305,w:116,h:17},
{t:"Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon",p:89,x:94,y:331,w:232,h:17},
{t:"(from Monier-Williams’",p:89,x:333,y:331,w:162,h:17},
{t:"‘Sanskrit-English Dictionary’):",p:89,x:94,y:355,w:202,h:17},
{t:"http://webapps.uni-koeln.de/tamil/",p:89,x:98,y:381,w:242,h:17},
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