‘The sky is encompassed by clouds.
With the hue of Tama la trees
darksome appear the sites of woods.
This dear Ka hna
feels very timid at night.
O Ra dha! You therefore please
accompany him to reach home aright.’
Thus by the words of King Nanda,
stepped ahead both Ra dha and Ma dhava
towards the tree of bowers on the way.
Glory to their plays of love, secret and gay,
on the bank of river Yamuna.
[Translated from Jayadeva’s Sanskrit Kavya “Gita-Govindam”]
Harekrishna Meher
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/gita-govinda-first-verse/
