Braja : Vraja-bhumi (dominated by living reminders of the lives of Sri Krishna & Radha) covering an area of about 3,800 sq. km. comprises places like Gokul, Mahāvan, Baldeo, Mat & Bajna to the east of Yamuna & the Mathura region encompassing Vrindāvana, Govardhan, Kusum Sarovar, Barsāna & Nandagāon (Nandagram) on Yamuna’s west. Its most popular anecdotes are in Vraja-bhāśa, a dialect of classical Hindi popularised by Mirābāi, Sūradāsa, & Vallabhācharya.
... else to try, But I will make my soul one strong desire And into Ocean leaping die: So shall my heart be cooled of all its fire. Die and be born to life again As Nanda's son, the joy of Braja's girls, And I will make thee Radha then, A laughing child's face set with lovely curls. Page 209 Then I will love thee and then leave; Under the codome's boughs when thou goest ...
... brief words its only keys; Murmur but these and thou shalt hold Secret delights a thousand-fold. So true a lover all wide earth To another such gave never birth, And Braja's hearts with love are wild Of the noble gracious child. Page 172 Haste to thy king, sweet, pay him duty Of thy loving heart and beauty. ... art happy is enough to know. But O with laughing face half-willing, With eyes that half a glance bestow Once only our sad eyes beguiling Look backward ere thou go, On Braja's neat-herdess once only smiling. One last look all our life through burning, One last look of our dear delight And then to watch the great wheels turning Until they pass from sight... But I will make my soul one strong desire And into Ocean leaping die: So shall my heart be cooled of all its fire. Die and be born to life again As Nanda's son, the joy of Braja's girls, And I will make thee Radha then, A laughing child's face set with lovely curls. Then I will love thee and then leave; Under the Codome's boughs when thou goest by ...
... Karma, a pretty conceit is quickened with emotion; since Krishna will not come to Radha, she will now leap into the ocean and die - Die and be born to life again As Nanda's son, the joy of Braja's girls, And I will make thee Radha then... Then I will love thee and then leave... Then shalt thou know the bitterness of love. 14 Page 73 Vidyapati is often uninhibitedly ...
... to try, But I will make my soul one strong desire And into Ocean leaping die: So shall my heart be cooled of all its fire. Die and be born to life again As Nanda's son, the joy of Braja's girls, And I will make thee Radha then, A laughing child's face set with lovely curls. Then I will love thee and then leave; Under the Codome's boughs when thou goest by Bound to ...
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