Gita Govinda--by Sri Jayadeva

Gita Govinda

by Sri Jayadeva

a collection of sung poems by the Bengali poet
Jayadeva, c. 1100.

Sanskrit: गीत गोविन्द
(Gita Govind)

original in Sanskrit, and sung in the Bengali dialect.
translated into many languages

aka: Geeta Govinda (The Song of the Cowherd)

It is basically a series of love songs sung by Krishna to
his lover Radha.

Geet Govind is something which should be sung.
Nothing can be said about it. It is a Baul song, the song
of a madman. If you dance and sing it, you will
understand it--there is no other way.
--Osho
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a page from an Oriya translation of the
Gita Govinda, c. 1840:

Gita Govinda, Song 1...to the melody of Malava, and the
accompaniment Rupaka:

In the flood of the sea of destruction the Vedas intact
You upheld, as if in the loaded boat,
O Kesava, you in the form of a fish--
Be triumphant, Hari, lord of the world!