A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s8.221

v3.c35.s8.221

After a foreward in four stanzas by the poet, there is a hymn to Viṣṇu (Hari), in which the god has been extolled in his ten physical incarnations, and then follows a second hymn for the glorification of God with the refrain jaya jaya deva hare, "triumph to the Divine Hari". Then there is a narrative stanza that reports that while the confidante of Rādhā speaks to her, thereafter the song³ follows, in which the confidante describes how Kṛṣṇa in the thicket rejoices in the company of cowherd-maidens and dances with them. Three recitative stanzas describe the spring and reports that Rādhā's friend once more addresses her in the following octaves: and this prabandha describes how the cowherdesses are attracted towards the young god, crowd about him, admire him and allure him: