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Gita Govinda
Author: Jayadeva Goswami
Year: cerca 1100
Language: Sanskrit
The
Gita Govinda (“the Song of
Lord Govinda”) is a celebrated songbook written by Srila Jayadeva Goswami. It was written in the twelfth century. Even though
he was on earth prior to Lord Caitanya’s appearance,
his teachings and philosophy was in line with the sampradaya
of Lord Caitanya. During the writing of the Gita Govinda, Jayadeva
Goswami wrote that Srimati Radha’s feet are on the head of Sri Krsna (being that She
is Superior to Krsna), however, he erased that and took a bath. When he
returned, he saw that sentence he erased reappear. This is evidence that Sri
Krsna wanted that line in the song. These unique songs of the Gita Govinda sing of the
transcendental pastimes of Radha and Krsna and the gopis. Each song is
followed by introductory stanzas serving as a prelude to the song. Similarly,
each song ends with conclusive verses. The nature of the
songs presented in the Gita Govinda
are very intimate, and can only be appreciated with advanced and mature
devotees. Even Lord Caitanya never talked about or
sung the Gita Govinda
publicly, although He enjoyed these songs privately with a small group of
intimate associates.
Therefore,
KKSongs.org only has some of the songs of the Gita Govinda here.
Songs of the Gita
Govinda on KKSongs:
Radhika Krsna Radhika
Tava Virahe Kesava
UPDATED: July 24, 2010