12. Rhetorical comparison

Gitagovinda is composed on the basis of luxurious art (vilasakala). The whole poem is a best example of alliteration. Baladeva has followed this pattern of Jayadeva. The sweetness of the diction and sonorous word composition is a major reason of the popularity of Gitagovinda Baladeva used the anuprasa and the upamalamkara in his Sanskrit composition, but those compositions though prove the intellect of the poet still not found attractive for general reader like the Gitagovinda In the Odia songs his composition is still unique and regarded as a master piece. 75. vedanuddharate jagannivahate ... Gitagovinda 1.16 (v) 76. tene yeneha krsna vasanavitaranodveganaipunyapunyam | Kishore-chandrananda-champu, 1 (v) 166

Jayadeva describes the condition of Radha as: purvam yatra samam tvayaratipaterasaditah siddhayah tasminneva nikunjamanmathamahatirthe punarmadhavah | dhyayamstvamanisam japannapi tavaivalapamantravalim bhuyastvatkucakumbhanirbharaparirambhamrtam vanchati || This emotion is expressed by Baladeva as - samasvasihi manini, tvadatidhairya jijnasaya | nicit kapatapatavam tavapurah pranitam vacah || amanda madhumandiram kimaravindatunam vina - nuvindati mudam hrktaragatam milindo yuva || Again he presents some prose lines on this occasion.' puspitamakandamanjarim vanapriya iva, sarojinim yuvaralamba iva, candrikam cakeाra iva pratyagramudira - mandalim cataka iva cintamanimakincana iva tvamanavaratam smaran kisorah sidati | tvam katham rodanena rodayasi rodasi || These lines are enriched with the gentle-word composition and the poet expresses his feelings in a natural way. Kishore-chandrananda-champu is the rebirth of Gitagovinda after seven hundred years of the composition of Gitagovinda it reborns again in the figure of Kishore-chandrananda-champu Kavisurya is the most eligible ancestor of Jayadeva and his Kishore-chandrananda-champu is a refined publication of Ggo. In the second song of Gitagovinda Jayadeva wrote - - Srita kamala kucamandala, dhrta kundala 79. • 77. Chatterji, S.K., Ed. Kavisurya Baladeva Ratha, p.97 78. Sastri Gayatri, Oriya Bhakti Sahityare Jayadevanka prabhava (Odia), Ph.D. Thesis of Utkal University, 1989, p.311 79. Gitagovinda, song-2 167

In Miller's language - You rest on the circle of Sri's breast 80. The same was sung by Kavisurya in the last song (ksa) of Kishore-chandrananda-champu- ksamanukampadhara he, ksirasagarasambha-kucakumbhayugala-parirambhacatura he // 81 The messenger of Radha calls Krsna as the physician of Radha who suffers in his desertion. etavatyatanujvare varatanurjivenna kim te rasat | svarvedapratima prasidasi yadi tyakto'nyatha nantakah || Divine physician of her heart, the love-sick girl can only be healed with elixir of your body.' Kavisurya repeats the situation in his language - vaidhye sadayah samudayadgatahrti cature yadayapeksanavadaye | yamah kamasya purti gatiriha jagatah kevalam te'valambah || Jayadeva wishes that in his poem may Hari's delight bring an end to this dark time (Kaliyuga)83. srijayadevabhanitahariramitam kalikalusam janayatu parisamitam | Kavisurya also prays for this welfare - dalitanjanapunjamanjulamga .. kavinam 1 84 The figure of Krsna described in the Gitagovinda by the companion of Radha as: 80. Miller, B.S., Ed. The Gitagovinda of Jayadeva, p.72 81. Kisoracandranandacampu, the ksa song 82. Miller, B.S., Ed. The Gitagovinda of Jayadeva, p. 89 83. Ibid, p.100 84. Patnaik, T., Ed. Kavisurya Granthavali, p.174 168

visvesamanuranjanena janayannanandamindivara srenisyamalakeाmalairupanayannangairanangotsavam | svacchandam vrajasundaribhirabhitah pratyangamalingitah srmgara sakhi murttimaniva madhau mugdha harih kridati || Miller presents it as - When he quickens all things to create bliss in the world his soft black sinuous lotus limbs begin the festival of love and beautiful cowheard girls wildly wind him in their bodies. Friend, in spring young Hari plays like erotic mood incarnate 85 Now in Kavisurya's expression - etasyeksanakonaviksanavalannilaravindasuga saraih sarasasarasundaradrsam kandarpadarpodayah || dasyam kim na vivesa visvamiyataih tat kim maninam ganaih | sambadham murali durantakhuralim vimbadharascumbati || The glances of Krsna is like an arrow made of a blue lily and the whole world is captured by that sharp side glance only then the play of the magic flute is of no need. It may create pain by touching the hard flute on the soft lips.8 5.