In Praise of Krishna: Songs from the Bengali - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226152316 ISBN 13: 9780226152318

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1981

Synopsis

Arising out of a devotional and enthusiastic religious movement that swept across most of northern and eastern India in the period from the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries, the powerful and moving lyrics collected and elegantly translated here depict the love of Radha for the god Krishna—a love whose intensity and range of emotions trace the course of all true love between man and woman and between man and God. Intermingling physical and metaphysical imagery, the spiritual yearning for the divine is articulated in the passionate language of intense sensual desire for an irresistible but ultimately unpossessable lover, thus touching a resonant chord in our humanity.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

'It is man's nature to long for that which is most beautiful: the gentlest of sound, the most radiant color, the sweetest scent, his whole body for that which is most tender and full of grace. The sound of Krishna's flute is gentlest. His body, glowing like a blue jewel, is most radiant. His scent is sweetest. And the grace of his posture and the tenderness of his love are the most soothing, and most exciting, to the heart which yearns.' -From the introduction by Edward C. Dimock, Jr.

Language Notes:

Text: English, Bengali (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0226152316
• ISBN 13: 9780226152318
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 118