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	In the ''{{IAST\|Haṃsadūta}}'' [[Krishna]] has left [[Vrindavan]] for [[Mathura, Uttar Pradesh\|Mathura]], abandoning the many cowherd girls who adore him. Chief among them was [[Radha\|Rādhā]], and she is distraught. Her friend Lalitā meets a swan on the banks of the Yamuna and begs him to take a message to [[Krishna]].<br />		In the ''{{IAST\|Haṃsadūta}}'' [[Krishna]] has left [[Vrindavan]] for [[Mathura, Uttar Pradesh\|Mathura]], abandoning the many cowherd girls who adore him. Chief among them was [[Radha\|Rādhā]], and she is distraught. Her friend Lalitā meets a swan on the banks of the Yamuna and begs him to take a message to [[Krishna]].<br />
	The theme, as of all messenger poems, is viraha, separation in love. Allusions to romance are never far away.<br />		The theme, as of all messenger poems, is viraha, separation in love. Allusions to romance are never far away.<br />
	The journey of the swan in the ''{{IAST\|Haṃsadūta}}'' is concluded in 35 of its 142 stanzas, as the distance of swan has to cover is fairly short, from Vrindavan to Mathura. ~~Lalitā’s~~ message takes up over half the poem, and dwells upon the state of the grief-stricken lover, [[Radha\|Rādhā]] in this case, while praising her sweetheart – though [[Krishna]] is chided for forsaking the cowherd girls.<br />		The journey of the swan in the ''{{IAST\|Haṃsadūta}}'' is concluded in 35 of its 142 stanzas, as the distance of swan has to cover is fairly short, from Vrindavan to Mathura. Lalitā's message takes up over half the poem, and dwells upon the state of the grief-stricken lover, [[Radha\|Rādhā]] in this case, while praising her sweetheart – though [[Krishna]] is chided for forsaking the cowherd girls.<br />
	In the ''{{IAST\|Haṃsadūta}}'', [[Rupa Goswami\|Rūpa Gosvāmin]] uses a number of puns which are ingeniously employed in order to weave the mythology of [[Krishna]] into the work.		In the ''{{IAST\|Haṃsadūta}}'', [[Rupa Goswami\|Rūpa Gosvāmin]] uses a number of puns which are ingeniously employed in order to weave the mythology of [[Krishna]] into the work.

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[[Rupa Goswami|Rūpa Gosvāmin]]'s '''{{IAST|Haṃsadūta}}''' (Hansa-duta, हंसदूत) or ''Swan Messenger'' was composed in the early part of the sixteenth century CE. In ''{{IAST|Haṃsadūta}}'' romantic and religious love are combined, to produce a poem that shines with the intensity of love for [[Krishna]], the godhead. It was composed in Bengal by [[Rupa Goswami|Rūpa Gosvāmin]], who was one of the most famous poets of the [[Gaudiya Vaishnavism|Gaudiya sampradāya]] established by his contemporary, [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu|Chaitanya]]. The Gaudiyas were devotees of [[Krishna]]. <br />
In the ''{{IAST|Haṃsadūta}}'' [[Krishna]] has left [[Vrindavan]] for [[Mathura, Uttar Pradesh|Mathura]], abandoning the many cowherd girls who adore him. Chief among them was [[Radha|Rādhā]], and she is distraught. Her friend Lalitā meets a swan on the banks of the Yamuna and begs him to take a message to [[Krishna]].<br />
The theme, as of all messenger poems, is viraha, separation in love. Allusions to romance are never far away.<br />
The journey of the swan in the ''{{IAST|Haṃsadūta}}'' is concluded in 35 of its 142 stanzas, as the distance of swan has to cover is fairly short, from Vrindavan to Mathura. Lalitā’s message takes up over half the poem, and dwells upon the state of the grief-stricken lover, [[Radha|Rādhā]] in this case, while praising her sweetheart – though [[Krishna]] is chided for forsaking the cowherd girls.<br />
In the ''{{IAST|Haṃsadūta}}'', [[Rupa Goswami|Rūpa Gosvāmin]] uses a number of puns which are ingeniously employed in order to weave the mythology of [[Krishna]] into the work.

==English translations==

The [[Clay Sanskrit Library]] has published a translation of ''{{IAST|Haṃsadūta}}'' by Sir James Mallinson as a part of the volume ''Messenger Poems''.

==External links==
*[http://www.claysanskritlibrary.org/ Clay Sanskrit Library] (official page)

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