[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Poetry (mahākāvya, lyric, messenger poems, stotra, Prakrit kāvya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya) › [Shorter narrative and descriptive poems](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda) › [Musical poems after the Gītagovinda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya) › [Gita Govinda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2) › 1.1.4 # Gita Govinda 1.1.4 Gītagovinda 1.1.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.1.4) vacaḥ pallavayaty umāpatidharaḥ sandarbha-śuddhiṃ girāṃ jānītejayadeva eva śaraṇaḥ ślāghyo durūha-druteḥ | NOTE: {durūhādbhuteḥ iti ni-pāthāntaraḥ | } śṛṅgārottara-sat-prameya-racanair ācārya-govardhana-spardhī ko'pi na viśrutaḥ srutidharo dhoyī kavi-kṣmāpatiḥ || > Umāpatidhara makes his speech sprout; Jayadeva alone knows the pure composition of words; > Śaraṇa is praiseworthy for swiftness in difficult passages; none is renowned to rival > Master Govardhana in compositions on true subjects heightened by erotic sentiment; > and the king of poets, Dhoyī, is a living storehouse of what he has heard. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.4.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.1.4.p1) || prathama-prabandhaḥ || > First Lyric Composition > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.4.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.1.4.p2) mālava-gauḍa-rāgeṇa rūpaka-talena giyate | aṣṭāpadī | > Sung in Mālava-Gauḍa melodic mode and Rūpaka rhythmic meter. An eight-stanza song. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.1.1.4) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (4) - [Śrutirañjanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmidhara.2.3) — Lakṣmīdhara 1567, Sanskrit - [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna) — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Mānāṅka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mananka) — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit - [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sankara-misra) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.2.7.70) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit - [Kāvyasaṃgraha (Jīvānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.kavyasamgraha-jivananda.86.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.1.4) · Pramāṇa