“Sung Govinda” by Jayadeva in a brief summary


Erotic-allegorical poem in honor of Krishna – Govinda, the earthly incarnation of the god Vishnu

In the blossoming spring time in the Vrndavana forest on the bank of the Yamuna, Krishna Radha’s lover is languishing in separation from her beloved. The friend tells that Krishna leads cheerful round dances with charming cowherd boys, “hugs one, kisses another, smiles at the third, pursues timid, enchants the enchanting.” Radha complains of the betrayal of Krsna and her destiny: she bitterly looks at Ashoka’s blossoming shoots, listens to the melodious buzz of bees in the foliage of mango trees, even a light breeze from the river delivers her only torment. She asks her friend to help her meet Krishna, to extinguish the heat of passion that consumes her.

In the meantime, Krishna leaves the beauties of the cowherd boys and, remembering Radha, suffers from repentance. He mentally draws the features of her beautiful appearance and eager to taste her

love again. A friend of Radha comes and describes Krishna with her jealousy and torment: Radha seems a bitter aroma of sandalwood, poison is the sweet wind from the Malaya mountains, it is burned by the cool rays of the month, and, unable to bear solitude, she thinks only of Krsna. Krishna asks a friend to bring Radha to him. She, persuading her to go, assures her that Krsna is as sad as she is: then he makes heavy sighs, then he looks for her, looking with hope around, then falls desperately on a flower bed, then for a long time loses breath. However, Radha is so exhausted from the throes of jealousy and passion that he can not go to Krishna. And the friend returns to Krsna,

Night falls, and without meeting Krsna, Radha yearns even more. She imagines that the lying and ruthless Krishna still surrenders to pleasures with the cowherds, and she begs the wind from the Mountains to take her life away, the god of love Kama – to swallow her breath, the waters of the Yamuna River – to take her passion-burned body. The next morning, however, Radha suddenly sees Krishna in front of him, gently bending over her.

She is still full of indignation and drives him away, reproaching that his eyes are inflamed from a sleepless night of love with the cowherd boys, the mouth has darkened from antimony from their eyes, the body is covered with scratches left by their sharp nails during the passionate pleasures. Krsna leaves, pretending to be offended, and the girlfriend persuades Radha to forgive him, for meeting Krsna is the highest happiness in this world. And when, at the end of the day, Krishna appears again and assures Radha that she is the only ornament of his life,

Wearing the best jewelry, ringing bracelets on the hands and feet, with anxiety and bliss in the heart of Radha enters the arbor from the lianas, where she waits for her full of joy and eagerly hungry for the sweet embraces of Krishna. He invites Radha to go through all the steps of love with him, and she responds with pleasure to his more and more daring affection. Happy, he drinks the nectar of her muffled lips, which are washed with the brilliance of pearly teeth, presses her high, hardened breast to her mighty chest, dissolves the belt on her heavy thighs. And when the passion of lovers is quenched, Radha can not refrain from enthusiastic praise for Krishna – the center of all earthly pleasures, the guardian of gods and people, whose grandeur and glory extend to all ends of the universe.


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“Sung Govinda” by Jayadeva in a brief summary