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INDIAN SCHOOL, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Gita Govinda गीत गोविन्द (Song of the Cowherd): song two verse nine
circa 1790RCIN 1005114.t
Eighth verse of the second song:
वसन्तेवासन्तीकुसुमसुकुमारैरवयवै भ्रमन्तीम् कान्तारे बहुविहितकृष्णानुसरणाम् ॥
अमन्दम्कन्दर्पज्वरजनितचिन्ताकुलतयावलद्बाधाम् राधाम् सरसमिदमुचे सहचरी ॥७॥
vasantevāsantīkusumasukumārairavayavai rbhramantīm kāntāre bahuvihitakrisnānusaranām I
amandamkandarpajvarajanitachintākulatayāvaladbāadhām rādhām sarasamsdamuche sahacharī II 7 II
When spring came, tender-limbed Radha wandered like a flowering creeper in the forest wilderness, seeking Krishna in his many haunts.
The god of love increased her ordeal, tormenting her with fevered thoughts, and her friend sang to heighten the mood. 7
On the right of the painting, a distressed Radha leans on a tree trunk and grasps its leaves (known as a sālabhañjikā pose) while her girlfriends (sakhīs) fan her, rub her feet and sing. In the pavilion of a riverside garden, Krishna is surrounded by female attendants and musicians as he lounges on a bed and celebrates holī (the spring festival, or 'Festival of Love') by spraying them with coloured water.
वसन्तेवासन्तीकुसुमसुकुमारैरवयवै भ्रमन्तीम् कान्तारे बहुविहितकृष्णानुसरणाम् ॥
अमन्दम्कन्दर्पज्वरजनितचिन्ताकुलतयावलद्बाधाम् राधाम् सरसमिदमुचे सहचरी ॥७॥
vasantevāsantīkusumasukumārairavayavai rbhramantīm kāntāre bahuvihitakrisnānusaranām I
amandamkandarpajvarajanitachintākulatayāvaladbāadhām rādhām sarasamsdamuche sahacharī II 7 II
When spring came, tender-limbed Radha wandered like a flowering creeper in the forest wilderness, seeking Krishna in his many haunts.
The god of love increased her ordeal, tormenting her with fevered thoughts, and her friend sang to heighten the mood. 7
On the right of the painting, a distressed Radha leans on a tree trunk and grasps its leaves (known as a sālabhañjikā pose) while her girlfriends (sakhīs) fan her, rub her feet and sing. In the pavilion of a riverside garden, Krishna is surrounded by female attendants and musicians as he lounges on a bed and celebrates holī (the spring festival, or 'Festival of Love') by spraying them with coloured water.
