> V.] =‘ BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. 547
- “Tn close retirement he was occupied in making
a compilation of his precious songs with a glad- some heart.’’ Govinda Das’s fadas were sung during his life-time by Gokuladas and Cridas, two brothers _—inhabitants of Kancha Gadiya, who enjoyed a great reputation in the, Vaishnava community as singers; and it is related in Narottama-vilasa that Vira Bhadra Gosvami and Jiva Gosvami, two great apostles of the Vaisnava faith, delighted in his songs and being full of admiration for the poet embraced him as a mark of their satisfaction when his padas were sung before them by the two gifted brothers. Besides his Bengali padas, Govindaas wrote two Sanskrit works of great* poetic beauty wz., Sangita Madhava and Karnamrita. Govinda Das was born at Crikhanda in 1537 A.D. and died at Telia Vudhuri in 1612 A.D. I give below two padas by Govinda Das. Radha feels that she cannot bear life forsaken by Krisna. She says :— T ‘‘ Let my body after death be reduced to the earth of those paths which will be touched by the
- “ নিজ্জনে বসিয়া নিজ পদরত্রগণে ।
করবেন একত্র অতি উল্লাসিত মনে ॥ Bhaktiratnakara, Chap. XIV. 1 “ SYR) Tel অরুণ চরণে চলি যাত । তাহ! তীহা ধরণী হইএ মৰু গাত ॥ যো সরোবরে পু নিতি নিতি নাহ। হাম ভরি সলিল হোই তথি মাহ ॥
