Question

The famous book "Geet Govind" is written by
(A) Jayadev
(B) Mahadevi Verma
(C) Jaishankar Prasad
(D) Kalidas

Answer 1

Hint: The author of 'Geet Govind' was the famous Sanskrit poet of the 12th century. He was also known for his skills in Odissi music. This book has also been translated into the English language by Sir William Jones in the year 1792.

Complete answer:
The book 'Geet Govind' is written by Jayadev. He was a great Sanskrit poet who was born in the year 1170 in Eastern India. He was the son of Bhojadeva and Ramadevi. He had his education in the Sanskrit language. At an early age, he was married to Padmavati.

He also wrote the Dasavatara which means ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu. Because of his detailed explanation of the posture of Krishna Tribhanga posture, in which Lord Krishna is playing the flute, he came into limelight. He has also got the credit of institutionalising the Devadasi System in the temples of the Oriya. Devdasi is the girl dancers who perform various kinds of dances in front of God.

His book 'Geet Govind' is divided into twelve chapters and each of these chapters are further divided into one or more divisions which are known as Prabhandas. Each of these Prabhandas is distributed into groups of eights which are known as Ashtapadis. In this book, he has beautifully elaborated the love story of Radha Krishna. He also spoke of Radha being greater than Krishna.

Hence, the correct answer is option (A).

Note: He was so great a poet that two of his choruses are mentioned in the holy book of Sikh, Guru Granth Sahib. This book has been translated into many other languages including Assamese, Tamil, English and many more. His work 'Geet Govind' is based on the theme of 'Divine Love'.