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Yoga / Hindu : Vaishnava (Krishna/Rama)
Sikh
12th Century

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English version by
Barbara Stoler Miller

Original Language
Sanskrit
When he quickens all things (from The Gitagovinda)

Themes
  Bliss
  Lotus
  Lover and Beloved
  Spring Blossom
  Water

 

Recommended Books

Love Song of the Dark Lord: Jayadeva's Gitagovinda, Translated by Barbara Stoler Miller
Songs and Saints from the Adi Granth, Translated by Nirmal Dass

When he quickens all things
To create bliss in the world,
His soft black sinuous lotus limbs
Begin the festival of love
And beautiful cowherd girls wildly
Wind him in their bodies.
Friend, in spring young Hari plays
Like erotic mood incarnate.

 

 

-- from Love Song of the Dark Lord: Jayadeva's Gitagovinda, Translated by Barbara Stoler Miller

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