Manaku’s most outstanding set of works illustrates Jayadeva’s Gita Govinda. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The love sport played in the Gita Govinda is rather human.
Reason (R): At a philosophical plane, Radha is a devotee or soul, and Krishna is the cosmic power in whom she is to be drowned.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A).
Assertion (A): The love sport played in the Gita Govinda is rather human. — True. Though the characters are divine, the love sport played here is rather human.
Reason (R): At a philosophical plane, Radha is a devotee or soul, and Krishna is the cosmic power in whom she is to be drowned. — True. This is how the divine characters are read at a philosophical plane.
Why R does not explain A? R gives the divine meaning of the two characters. The poem is human though the characters are divine, so R stands against A rather than causing it.
The correct reason for A: the story itself is a human one. Ignored by Krishna, heartbroken Radha sulks in a bower. Krishna then feels remorseful, looks for her and laments for her.
NCERT (2026-27): “Awaiting Krishna and the Hesitant Radha …Gita Govinda is Manaku’s most outstanding set of works. … Ignored by Krishna, heartbroken Radha sulks in a bower as her friend, sakhi, describes how Krishna continues to wander with the pretty cowherd girls. After sometime, Krishna feels remorseful and starts looking for Radha, and on not finding her, laments for her. … Though the characters are divine and enact the play at a philosophical plane, where Radha is a devotee or soul, and Krishna, the cosmic power, in whom she is to be drowned. The love sport played here is rather human.” |