GOVINDA, Gopala, and Gokala are names of Krishna, derived from his pastoral avocation of herdsman, from Go, a cow. Gopinath, husband or lord of the Gopi, another name is derived from his association with the Gopi hei-dwomen. Mr. Garrett says that Govinda was given by Indra as a name to Kiishna after he had raised Govardhan. It is a frequently recurring name amongst the Hindus. The Gita Govinda are songs of Krishna ; also a pastoral drama by Jayadeva in praise of Krishna. Jayadeva, the bard of the Yadu race, in the opeuing:of the gongs of Govimla,' says, If thy soul be delighted with the remembrance of Hari, or sensible to the raptures of love listen to the voice of Jayadeva, whose notes are both sweet and brilliant.' Jayadeva opens the first interview of Krishna and Radha with an animated descrip tion of a night in the rainy season, in which Hari or Krishna is represented as a wanderer, and Radha, daughter of the herd chief Nanda, is sent to offer him shelter in their cot. Nanda thus
speaks to Radha : " The firmament is obscured by clouds, the woodlands are black with tamala trees ; that youth who roves in the forest will be fearful in the gloom of night ; go, my daughter, bling the wanderer to my rustic mansion. ' Such was the command of Nauda the herdsman, and hence arose the love of Radha and Madhava.' The poet proc,eeds to apostrophize Hari, which the Hindu bard terms Rupaca, or personal description:— 0 thou who reclinest on the bosom of Catnala, whose ears flame with gems, and whose locks are embellished with sylvan flowers; thou from whom the day-star derived his effulgence, who slewest the venom-breathino Caliya, who beamest like a sun on the tribe ofbYadu, that flourished like a lotus ; thou who sittest on the plumage of Garuda, who sippest nectar from the radiant lips of Pedma, as the flutterino. chacora drinks the moonbeams. Be victorious Obliari.'—.21talcolnz's Central India.