[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Poetry (mahākāvya, lyric, messenger poems, stotra, Prakrit kāvya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya) › [Shorter narrative and descriptive poems](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda) › [Musical poems after the Gītagovinda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya) › Gita Govinda # Gita Govinda (Gītagovinda) गीतगोविन्द · The Song of the Cowherd · Jayadeva Jayadeva's lyrical poem in 12 sargas on the love, separation and reunion of Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā, combining ślokas with 24 sung aṣṭapadīs; central to later Kṛṣṇa devotion and temple performance. - **Language:** Sanskrit - **Date:** 1170–1210 CE - **Author:** [Jayadeva](https://indike.org/pramana/person/jayadeva) - **Place:** Vaṅga (Bengal) - **Extent:** 675 passages, 7,977 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** gretil · Based on the Kavyamala ed. (Calcutta 1878), checked against several other editions (cf. NOTE below) · Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.…; gretil · Based on the edition by Barbara Stoler-Miller (New York 1977), with occasional amendments · Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.…; sanskritdocuments · sanskritdocuments.org e-text (ITRANS) · sanskritdocuments.org terms: prepared by volunteers for personal study and research; not to be copied or… ## Contents - [1 Gītagovinda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1) — 13 parts - [2 Gītagovinda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2) — 12 parts ## Commentaries (77) - [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna) — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Mīrābāī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mirabai) — Mīrābāī, Hindi, not yet digitised - [Commentary of Kumbha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbha) — Kumbha, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Gītagovindaprathamāṣṭapadīvivṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!vitthaladiksita) — Viṭṭhalanātha, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Śrutirañjanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmidhara) — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Kamalākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kamalakara) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Bhāvavibhāvinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!udayana) — Udayana, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Bhāvavibhāvinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!udayanacarya) — Udayanācārya, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Commentary of Mānāṅka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mananka) — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit - [Gītagovindaprabodha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!ramakanta) — Rāmākānta, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Gītagovindaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!krsnadatta-maithila) — Kṛṣṇadatta Maithila, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Gītagovindaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!krsnadasa) — Varadarāja, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Gītagovindaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!caitanyadasa) — Caitanyadāsa, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Gītagovindaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!pitambara) — Pītāmbara Śarman, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Gītagovindaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!bhavacarya) — Bhāvācārya, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Gītagovindaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!ramadatta) — Rāmadatta, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Gītagovindaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmana-bhatta) — Lakṣmaṇasūri, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Gītagovindaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!vanamalin-bhatta) — Vanamālin Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Gītagovindaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!salinatha) — Śālinātha, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Gītagovindaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sriharsa) — Śrīharṣa, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Gitagovindaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!tirumala) — Tirumala Ācārya, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Gītagovindaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!cidananda-bhikshu) — Cidānanda Bhikshu, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Gītagovindaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!dhrtikara) — Dhṛtikara, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Gītagovindaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!bhagavaddasa) — Bhagavaddāsa, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Gītagovindaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!lakshmana-suri) — Lakshmaṇa, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Gītagovindaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!vanamalin) — Vanamālin, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Gītagovindaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!cidananda-bhiksu) — Cidānanda Bhikṣu, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Gītagovindaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!narayanadasa) — Nārāyaṇadāsa, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Gītagovindaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumarakhan) — Kumārakhān, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Gītagovindaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!srikanta-misra) — Śrīkānta Miśra, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Gītagovindatilakottama](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!hrdayabharana) — Hṛdayābharaṇa, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Padadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!narayana) — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Rasakadambakallolinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!bhagvaddasa) — Bhagvaddāsa, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Sāhityaratnākara Gītagovindaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sesaratnakara) — Śeṣaratnākara, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Sāhityaratnamālā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sesa-kamalakara) — Śeṣa Kamalākara, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Sāradīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!jagaddhara) — Jagaddhara, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Śaśilekhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!krsnadatta) — Kṛṣṇa Datta, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Vacanamālikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!vacanamalika) — Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Vyākhyāna of Paṇḍitācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!panditacarya) — Paṇḍitācārya, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Rasakandalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!rasakandali) — Nārāyaṇa (Mahiṣamaṅgalam), Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Sārāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sukladhvaja) — Śukladhvaja, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Rasakandalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!narayana-vyasa) — Nārāyaṇa Vyāsa, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Artharatnāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!gopala-bhatta) — Gopāla Ācārya, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Abhinayaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!abhinayatika) — Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Anūpodaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!anupasimha) — Anūpasiṃha, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Anūpodaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!anupodaya) — Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Bhāvabodhinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!maharaja-viradasimhaji) — Mahārāja Viradasiṃhajī, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Bhāvārthacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!srikantha-misra) — Śrīkaṇṭha, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Commentary of Mallinātha Bhaṭṭa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mallinatha-bhatta) — Mallinātha Sūri, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Commentary of Śrīdhara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sridhara) — Śrīdhara, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Dīpikā of Jayasimha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!jayasimha) — Jayasiṃha, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Mādhurī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!ramatarana) — Rāmatāraṇa, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Padabhāvārthacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!misra-srikanta) — Miśra Śrīkānta, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Padābhinayamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!vasudeva-vacasundara) — Vāsudeva Vācasundara, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Padadyotinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!narayana-padadyotini) — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Pītamuṇḍiyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!pitamundiya) — Sanskrit - [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!salinatha-rasamanjari) — Śālinātha, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sankara-misra) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Rasataraṅgiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!rasatarangini) — Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Sandarbhadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!dhrtidasa) — Dhṛtidāsa, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Sandehabhedikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sandehabhedika) — Pītāmbara Śarman, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Saṅgrahadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!svaprakasayati) — Svaprakāśayati, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Saṅgrahadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!svayamprakasa-yati) — Svayamprakāśa Yati, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Sarvaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sarvana) — Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Sarvāṅgasundarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!narayanadasa-kaviraja) — Nārāyaṇadāsa Kavirāja, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Śṛṅgārakāśikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!aprameya) — Aprameya, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Śrutirañjinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!visvesvara-bhatta) — Viśveśvara, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Śrutirañjinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!srutiranjini) — Lakṣmaṇasūri, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Subodhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!bharatasena) — Bharatasena, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Subodhinī (Caitanyadāsa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!subodhini-caitanyadasa) — Caitanyadāsa, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Vāṇībhūṣaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!ananta-ratha) — Ananta Ratha, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Vivaraṇa of Rūpadeva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!rupadeva) — Rūpadeva, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Vivaraṇa of Rūpadeva Kavi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!rupadeva-kavi) — Rūpadevakavi, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Vivṛti of Vallabha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!vallabha) — Vallabha, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Vivṛti of Vallabhatanuja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!vallabhatanuja) — Vallabhatanuja, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Vyākhyāsaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!vyakhyasangraha) — Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Tilakottama](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!tilakottama) — Sakhīhṛdayābharaṇa, Sanskrit, not yet digitised ## Translations (5) - [Gítagóvinda, or the Songs of Jayadéva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-jones) — English, not yet digitised - [The Indian Song of Songs](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-arnold) — English - [Love Song of the Dark Lord: Jayadeva's Gītagovinda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-miller) — English, not yet digitised - [Gita·govínda: Love Songs of Radha and Krishna (Clay Sanskrit Library)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-siegel) — English, not yet digitised - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt) — English ## Translates - [Gītgovindādarśan](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.anuvad.gitgovindadarsan) - [Bhāṣā Aṣṭapadi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.malayalam.pattu.bhasaastapadi) - [Rasabāridhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.odia.riti.rasabaridhi) ## Versions and retellings - [Gītavītarāga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.kavya.laghu.khandakavya.gitavitaraga) ## See also: more in [Musical poems after the Gītagovinda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya) - [Sangitaraghunandana (Saṅgītaraghunandana)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.sangitaraghunandana) — Sanskrit; partly digitised - [Krishnalilatarangini (Narayanatirtha) (Kṛṣṇalīlātaraṅgiṇī (Nārāyaṇatīrtha))](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.krsnalilatarangini) — Sanskrit; 1700 CE; partly digitised - [Krishnagiti (Kṛṣṇagīti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.krsnagiti) — Sanskrit; 1655 CE; partly digitised - [Abhinavagitagovinda (Abhinavagītagovinda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.abhinavagitagovinda) — Sanskrit; 1470–1497 CE; partly digitised - [Ramagita (Rāmagīta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.ramagita) — Sanskrit; 1669–1744 CE; partly digitised - [Shivalilamritamahakavya (Śivalīlāmṛtamahākāvya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.sivalilamrtamahakavya) — Sanskrit; 1700 CE; partly digitised _Discussed in 53 studies in Pramāṇa (listed on the page)._ --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2) · Pramāṇa