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INDIAN SCHOOL, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Gita Govinda गीत गोविन्द (Song of the Cowherd): song two verse one
circa 1790RCIN 1005114.n
First verse of the second song:
दूसरागीतम् ॥
श्रितकमलाकुचमण्डलधृतकुण्डलये ॥कलितललितवनमाल
जयजयदेवहरे ॥१॥
dūsrāgītam II
shritakamalākuchamandaladhritakundala e I
kalitalalitavanamāla jayajayadevaare II 1II
Second Song:
You rest on the circle of Shri’s breast, wearing your earrings,
And fondling forest garlands. Triumph, God of Triumph, Hari! 1
Vishnu and Shri Devi sit enthroned on a lakeside terrace, Vishnu with a prominent kundala (hoop) earring, and both wearing floral garlands. The patron and his wife stand to the left. To the right sit a group of figures: two princes and three purple-robed saints:Tulsidas, Namdev, and the blind Surdas. To the far left, a group of female musicians play the saranghi, mridanga, tambūra and manjīra while a dancing girl leaps in the air. In a pavilion in the top left a seated lady claps along as two other musicians also play the tambūra and manjīra.
दूसरागीतम् ॥
श्रितकमलाकुचमण्डलधृतकुण्डलये ॥कलितललितवनमाल
जयजयदेवहरे ॥१॥
dūsrāgītam II
shritakamalākuchamandaladhritakundala e I
kalitalalitavanamāla jayajayadevaare II 1II
Second Song:
You rest on the circle of Shri’s breast, wearing your earrings,
And fondling forest garlands. Triumph, God of Triumph, Hari! 1
Vishnu and Shri Devi sit enthroned on a lakeside terrace, Vishnu with a prominent kundala (hoop) earring, and both wearing floral garlands. The patron and his wife stand to the left. To the right sit a group of figures: two princes and three purple-robed saints:Tulsidas, Namdev, and the blind Surdas. To the far left, a group of female musicians play the saranghi, mridanga, tambūra and manjīra while a dancing girl leaps in the air. In a pavilion in the top left a seated lady claps along as two other musicians also play the tambūra and manjīra.
