THE GARDEN OF SANSKRIT LEGEND 35

child and his rovings Jayadeva sings in his Song of the
Cowherd:

"The firmament is obscured by clouds; the
woodlands are black with Tamala-trees;

that youth, who roves in the forest, will
be fearful in the gloom of night: go, my
daughter; bring the wanderer home to my
rustic mansion ",

said the cowherd, Nanda, to the milkmaid.

This youth who roved in the forests of Brindhavan
was one day to speak on an epic battlefield and deliver
his masterly message, the Song of Philosophy, the
Bhagavat Qita.

And. so to Muttra, the birthplace of Krishna, unto
Grokul, his nursery, and towards Brindavan and
Grovardhan, the playground of the growing lad that was
god incarnate, the devoted pilgrim turns his steps.