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# Gita Govinda 1.11.17

Gītagovinda 1.11.17

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.11.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.17)

mṛdu-cala-malaya-pavana-surabhi-śīte |  
NOTE: {mṛdu-cala-malaya- iti haridāsa-pāṭhāntaraḥ.}  
vilasa madana-śara-nikara-bhīte ||

> Cool and fragrant with the gentle, wafting breeze of the Malaya mountains, / revel, O you terrified by the multitude of Madana's arrows!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> Enter, with tender-blowing airs of heaven,  
> Soft as love's breath and gentle as the tones  
> Of lover's whispers, when the lips come close:  
> — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs

### [1.11.17.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.17.p1)

NOTE: {kusuma-śara iti, madana-rasa iti vā ni-pāṭhāntaraḥ.}  
NOTE: {vilasa rati-valita-lalita-gīte iti haridāsa-pāṭhaḥ. tatra pāthāntare rasa-valita- iti ca. }

> \[Note: Variant readings: “kusuma-śara-” (arrows of flowers) or “madana-rasa-” (the nectar of Madana); Haridāsa’s reading: “vilasa rati-valita-lalita-gīte” (revel, O you of lovely songs imbued with erotic pleasure!), with a variant “rasa-valita-” (imbued with flavor).\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (2)

- [The Indian Song of Songs](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-arnold.11.p18) — Edwin Arnold 1875, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.1.11.17) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (4)

- [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna.33.3) — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit
- [Śrutirañjanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmidhara.22.8.3) — Lakṣmīdhara 1567, 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

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