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G I T A G Q V I N D A; 



O R, 



THE SONGS OF j A Y A D EVA. 



4 ^T^HE firmament is obfcured by clouds j the woodlands are black 

 1 with Tamala-trecs ; that youth, who roves in the foreft, will be 



c fearful in the gloom of night : go, my daughter; bring the wanderer 

 4 home to my ruftick manfion.' Such was the command of Nanda, the 

 fortunate herdfman ; and hence arofe the love of Ra'dh a" and Madhava, 

 who fported on the bank of Yamuna, or haftensd eagerly to the fecret 

 bower. 



If thy foul be delighted with the remembrance of Hem, or fenfible to 

 the raptures of love, liften to the voice of Jayade'va, whofe notes are 

 both Tweet and brilliant. O thou, who reclineft on the bofom of Ca- 

 mala', whofe ears flame with gems, and whofe locks are embellifhed 

 with fylvan flowers j thou, from whom the day ftar derived his effulgence, 

 who fie wed the venom-breathing Ca'liya, who beamedfl, like a fun, on 

 the tribe of Yadu, that flourished like a Jo'os j thou, who fittefl on the 

 plumage of Garura, who, by fubduing demons, gaveft exquifite joy to 

 the aflembly of immortals; thou, for whom the daughter o£ Janaca 

 was decked in gay apparel, by who m Du'shana Was overthrown; thou, 

 whofe eye fparkles 1 ke the water-lily, who calledft three worlds into ex- 

 iillcnce ; thou, by whom the rocks of Mandar were eafily fupported, who 



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