Gita Govinda 1.11.11
Gītagovinda 1.11.11
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- Sanskrit
1.11.11
akṣṇor nikṣipad añjanaṃ śravaṇayos tāpiñcha-gucchāvalīṃ mūrdhni śyāma-saroja-dāma kucayoḥ kastūrikā-patrakam |
dhūrtānām abhisāra-sambhrama-jūṣāṃ viṣvaṅ-nikuñje sakhi dhvāntaṃ nīla-nicola-cāru sudṛśāṃ praty-aṅgam aliṅgati ||
Hear'st him not, my Radha?
Lo, night bendeth o'er thee--
Darker than dark Tamâla-leaves--
To list thy marriage-song;
Dark as the touchstone that tries gold,
And see now--on before thee--
Those lines of tender light that creep
The clouded sky along:
O night! that trieth gold of love,
This love is proven perfect!
O lines that streak the touchstone sky,
Plash forth true shining gold!
O rose-leaf feet, go boldly!
O night!--that lovest lovers--
Thy softest robe of silence
About these bridals fold!
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NOTE: {abhisāra-satvara-hṛdāṃ iti haridāsa-saṃskaraṇa-pāthaḥ.}
Hear'st him not, my Radha?
Lo, night bendeth o'er thee--
Darker than dark Tamâla-leaves--
To list thy marriage-song;
Dark as the touchstone that tries gold,
And see now--on before thee--
Those lines of tender light that creep
The clouded sky along:
O night! that trieth gold of love,
This love is proven perfect!
O lines that streak the touchstone sky,
Plash forth true shining gold!
O rose-leaf feet, go boldly!
O night!--that lovest lovers--
Thy softest robe of silence
About these bridals fold!
Translations (2)
- The Indian Song of Songs — Edwin Arnold 1875, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Commentaries (4)
- Rasikapriyā — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit
- Rasamañjarī — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Mānāṅka — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit
- Śrutirañjanī — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Kāvyasaṃgraha (Jīvānanda) — Sanskrit