ach andro day ), ▁Y ad un and an ▁and ▁others . ▁ ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁texts ▁are ▁lost ▁( some ▁may ▁never ▁have ▁been ▁composed , ▁as ▁the ▁songs ▁came ▁down ▁in ▁the ▁k irt an ▁tradition ). ▁ ▁The ▁later ▁anth ology ▁p Ad ak al pat aru ▁collect s ▁about ▁ 3 0 0 0 ▁Va ish n ava ▁lyr ics ▁by ▁ 1 5 0 ▁po ets . ▁ ▁Po etry ▁and ▁theme ▁ ▁The ▁subject ▁matter ▁of ▁the ▁poetry ▁is ▁the ▁love ▁of ▁Rad ha ▁and ▁Kr ish na , ▁on ▁the ▁banks ▁of ▁the ▁Yam una ▁in ▁V r ind av ana ; ▁their ▁secret ▁tr yst s ▁in ▁the ▁for ests , ▁Kr ish na ' s ▁char ms ▁including ▁his ▁magic ▁fl ute , ▁the ▁love ▁of ▁the ▁g op is ▁for ▁Kr ish na , ▁Rad ha ' s ▁v ira ha ▁on ▁being ▁separated ▁from ▁Kr ish na ▁and ▁her ▁an gu ish ▁on ▁seeing ▁him ▁sport ing ▁with ▁the ▁other ▁g op is . ▁ ▁Much ▁of ▁the ▁poetry , ▁though ▁written ▁by ▁men , ▁focus es ▁on ▁the ▁feelings ▁of ▁a ▁woman ▁in ▁love . ▁Here ▁is ▁a ▁poem ▁from ▁Ch andid as , ▁where ▁Rad ha ▁is ▁talking ▁to ▁a ▁friend : ▁ ▁How ▁can ▁I ▁describe ▁his ▁rel ent less ▁fl ute , ▁which ▁pull s ▁virt uous ▁women ▁from ▁their ▁homes ▁and ▁drag s ▁them ▁by ▁their ▁hair ▁to ▁Sh y am ▁as ▁th irst ▁and ▁hung