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# Gita Govinda 1.1.43

Gītagovinda 1.1.43

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.1.43)

keli-kalā-kutukena ca kācid amuṃ yamunā-jala-kūle |  
mañjula-vañjula-kuñja-gataṃ vicakarṣa kareṇa dukūle ||

> And one with arch smile beckons him away from Jumna's banks,  
> Where the tall bamboos bristle like spears in battle-ranks,  
> And plucks his cloth to make him come into the mango-shade,  
> Where the fruit is ripe and golden, and the milk and cakes are laid:  
> Oh! golden-red the mangoes, and glad the feasts of Spring,  
> And fair the flowers to lie upon, and sweet the dancers sing.  
> — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs

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## Translations (2)

- [The Indian Song of Songs](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-arnold.1.p19) — Edwin Arnold 1875, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.1.1.43) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (4)

- [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna.5.5) — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit
- [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sankara-misra.4.5) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Śrutirañjanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmidhara.5.8.3) — Lakṣmīdhara 1567, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Mānāṅka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mananka.4.5) — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kāvyasaṃgraha (Jīvānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.kavyasamgraha-jivananda.89.6) — Sanskrit

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