Note 2 — Chapter VI · Salim.

Jayadeva wrote the “Gita-Govinda,” a pastoral drama, in about the twelfth century of our era. It relates to the early life of Krishna, as Govinda the cowherd, and sings the loves of Krishna with Radha and other of the cowherd damsels. But a mystical interpretation has been put upon it. There are some translations in the “Asiatic Researches,” by Sir W. Jones. Mr. Griffith has translated a few stanzas into English. He says, “the exquisite melody of the verse can only be appreciated by those who can enjoy the original.” A translation of the “Gita-Govinda” of Jayadeva was also published by Mr. Edwin Arnold in 1875.