1) O pleaser of the cows! O protector of cows! O bearer of the finest hair! O husband of the goddess of fortune! You are very merciful to the fallen souls!
2) You are supremely merciful, O Lord, supremely merciful! O Kesava! O Madhava! O Dina Doyal!
3) Wearing bright yellow garments and a peacock feather upon Your crown, You play the flute and make it sing the name of Radha!
4) You are the cowherd boy that gives great delight, O Lord, the cowherd boy that gives great delight! O Kesava! O Madhava! O Dina Doyal!
5) You take away our fear of being trapped on the wheel of repeated birth and death in the material world, and You are the splendorous killer of the demon Madhu. The destroyer of all tribulations, You are the supreme resting place for all souls.
Jayadeva goswami has written this song “He Govinda He Gopal Kesava Madhava”. This song is taken from the book Gita Govinda. In this song, Jayadeva Goswami glorifies the great Lord Krishna, whose various names are Kesava, Madhava and Dina Doyal.
(1)
he govinda he gopāla
keśava mādhava dīna doyāl
(2)
tumi parama doyāl prabhu, parama doyāl
keśava mādhava dīna doyāl
(3)
pīta basana pari mayūrera śikha dhori
muralīr vāṇī tule bole rādhā nām
(4)
tumi madera gopāla prabhu, madera gopāla
keśava mādhava dīna-doyāl
(5)
bhava bhaya bhañjana śrī madhu sūdana
vipada bhañjana tumi nārāyaṇa
Jayadeva Goswami.
Shri Jayadeva Goswami was the court pandit of Shri Lakshman Sena, the King of Bengal. Jayadeva’s father was Bhojadeva, and his mother’s name was Bamadevi. They lived in the Birbhum district of what is now West Bengal in a village called Kenubilva Gram. He was born at the beginning of the twelfth centrury AD.
Jayadeva Goswami’s wife was named Shri Padmavati. When he was the court pandit of Lakshman Sena, he lived on the banks of the Ganges. Approximately three hundred years before the appearance of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Shri Jayadeva Goswami lived in Bengal. He was the author of Shri Gita Govinda, which is mentioned by Krishnadas Kaviraja Goswami in the Chaitanya Charitamrita as follows (CC ML 2/11): “Day and night, in the company of Svarupa Damodara and Ramananda Raya, Shri Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to hear with great ecstasy the songs of Vidyapati and Chandidas, as well as a drama composed by Ramananda Raya. He also used to relish hearing the Krishna-Karnamrita and the Gita-Govinda. In his introduction, Jayadeva says that the Gita Govinda is a scripture describing the intimate pastimes of Shri Radha and Govinda. It may be worshiped and served by those who are extremely qualified in devotional piety. For those who are constantly remembering the rasik pastimes of Shri Hari within his mind, Shri Jayadeva has composed this divine poetic song glorifying the Lord’s internal pastimes. He requests the topmost spiritually advanced souls to hear it with gravity and attention.”
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