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Emulate the movement of a swan! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.3.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.3.p1) NOTE: {nikāram iti.} > NOTE: {Variant reading: nikāram.} > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.4) śṛṇu ramaṇīyataraṃ taruṇī-jana-mohana-madhupa-virāvam | NOTE: {ramaṇī-} NOTE: {madhuripu-rāvam} kusuma-śarāsana-śāsana-vandini pika-nikare bhaja bhāvam || > Listen to the most delightful buzzing of bees, enchanting young women! / Harbor affection, for the flock of cuckoos is a herald obeying the command of the Flower-Bowed God! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.5) anila-tarala-kiśalaya-nikareṇa kareṇa latā-nikurambam | preraṇam iva karabhoru karoti gatiṃ prati muñca vilambam || > With its hand of trembling tender shoots stirred by the breeze, the cluster of creepers / gives you an urge to go, as it were, woman with thighs like elephant calves! Abandon delay! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.6) sphuritam anaṅga-taraṅga-vaśād iva sūcita-hari-parirambham | pṛccha manohara-hāra-vimala-jala-dhāram amuṃ kuca-kumbham || > Ask this pitcher-like breast, which has trembled as if by the wave of the Bodiless One, indicating Hari's embrace, / and bears the pure water-stream of a captivating necklace! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.7) adhigatam akhila-sakhībhir idaṃ tava vapur api rati-raṇa-sajjam | caṇḍi rasita-raśanā-rava-ḍiṇḍimam abhisara sarasam alajjam || > All your confidantes have understood that your body too is prepared for the battle of amorous pleasure; / passionate woman, go without shame to the rendezvous, while the drum of your chiming girdle resounds passionately! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.8) smara-śara-subhaga-nakhena sakhīm avalambya kareṇa salīlam | cala valaya-kvaṇitair avabodhaya harim api nija-gati-śīlaṃ || > Holding your companion playfully by the hand with nails attractive as Smara's arrows, / proceed, and apprise even Hari of the habit of your gait through the jingling of your bracelets! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.8.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.8.p1) NOTE: {nigadita iti.} > NOTE: {Variant reading: nigadita.} > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.9) śrī-jayadeva-bhaṇitam adharīkṛta-hāram udāsita-vāmam | hari-vinihita-manasām adhitiṣṭhatu kaṇṭha-taṭīm avirāmam || > Spoken by auspicious Jayadeva, outdoing a pearl necklace, setting aside adversity, / may this reside continuously on the throat of those whose minds are placed on Hari! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.10) sā māṃ drakṣyati vakṣyati smara-kathāṃ praty-aṅgam āliṅganaiḥ prītiṃ yāsyati raṃsyate sakhi samāgatyeti cintākulaḥ | NOTE: {sañcintayan iti haridāsa-pāṭhaḥ.} sa tvāṃ paśyati vepate pulakayaty ānandati svidyati pratyudgacchati mūrcchati sthira-tamah-puñje nikuñje prīyaḥ || > "She will see me, speak of Smara, attain delight by embraces limb to limb, and will sport with me when she arrives, my friend!" Agitated by such thought, / in the bower packed with thick darkness, your beloved sees you, trembles, bristles with thrill, rejoices, perspires, steps forward, and swoons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > "Mine! "--hark! we are near enough for hearing-- > "Soon she will come--she will smile--she will say > Honey-sweet words of heavenly endearing; > O soul! listen; my Bride is on her way!" > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.11.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.11) 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 || > Applying collyrium to their eyes, clusters of tāpiñcha flowers to their ears, / a garland of dark blue lotuses on their heads, and musk markings on their breasts, / darkness, lovely as a blue cloak, everywhere embraces each limb of bright-eyed women in the arbor, my friend, / who are cunning and filled with excitement for the rendezvous. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 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! > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.11.11.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.11.p1) NOTE: {abhisāra-satvara-hṛdāṃ iti haridāsa-saṃskaraṇa-pāthaḥ.} > NOTE: {Reading in Haridāsa's edition: abhisāra-satvara-hṛdāṃ.} > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 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! > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.11.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.12) kāśmīra-gaura-vapuṣām abhisārikāṇāṃ ābaddha-rekham abhito ruci-mañjarībhiḥ | etat tamāla-dala-nīlatamaṃ tamisraṃ tat-prema-hema-nikaṣopalatāṃ tanoti || > With their bodies fair as saffron, having lines traced all about by the shoots of their radiance, / for these women going to meet their lovers, this darkness, black as leaves of the tamāla tree, acts as a touchstone for the gold of their love. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > See'st thou not, my Radha? > Lo, the night, thy bridesmaid, > Comes!--her eyes thick-painted > With soorma of the gloom-- > The night that binds the planet-worlds > For jewels on her forehead, > And for emblem and for garland > Loves the blue-black lotus-bloom; > The night that scents her breath so sweet > With cool and musky odours, > That joys to spread her veil of shade > Over the limbs of love; > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs > And when, with loving weary, > Yet dreaming love, they slumber, > Sets the far stars for silver lamps > To light them from above. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs > 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! > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.11.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.13) hārāvalī-tarala-kāñcana-kāñci-dāma-keyūra-kaṅkaṇa-maṇi-dyuti-dīpitasya | NOTE: {mañjīra iti haridāsasya pāṭhaḥ.} dvāre nikuñja-nilayasya hariṃ nirīkṣya vrīḍāvatīm atha sakhīṃ īyam ity uvaca || > Illumined by the glitter of gems on a pearl necklace, a shimmering golden bell-girdle, armlets, and bracelets, / having seen Hari at the door of the dwelling in the arbor, this confidante then spoke to the bashful maiden: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > So came she where he stood, awaiting her > At the bower's entry, like a god to see, > With marriage-gladness and the grace of heaven. > The great pearl set upon his glorious head > Shone like a moon among the leaves, and shone > Like stars the gems that kept her gold gown close: > But still a little while she paused--abashed > At her delight, of her deep joy afraid-- > And they that tended her sang once more this: > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.11.13.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.13.p1) || prabandhaḥ 21 || > || Lyric Composition 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > (What follows is to the Music VARÂDI and the Mode RUPAKA.) > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.11.13.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.13.p2) varāḍi-rāga-rūpaka-tālābhyāṃ gīyate | > Sung to the varāḍi melodic mode and the rūpaka rhythmic meter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.14) mañjutara-kuñja-tala-keli-sadane | vilasa rati-rabhasa-hasita-vadane || > In this play-chamber within the lovely bower, / revel, O you whose face smiles with the impetuosity of amorous pleasure! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > Enter, thrice-happy! enter, thrice-desired! > And let the gates of Hari shut thee in > With the soul destined to thee from of old. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.11.14.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.14.p1) praviśa rādhe mādhava-samīpam iha || dhruva-padaṃ || > Enter here, O Rādhā, near Mādhava! // Refrain > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.14.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.14.p2) NOTE: {haridāsasya saṃskaraṇe, ḥpraviśa rādheḥ ity-ādi dhruva-padaṃ pratiślokasya prathama-dvitīya-caraṇayor madhye gīyate.} > \[Note: In Haridāsa’s edition, the refrain beginning with “Enter, O Rādhā” is sung between the first and second lines of each stanza.\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.15) nava-lasad-aśoka-dala-śayana-sāre | NOTE: {bhavad- iti ni-pāṭhaḥ.} vilasa kuca-kalaśa-tarala-hāre || > Upon the excellent couch of fresh, gleaming aśoka leaves, / revel, O you whose pearl necklace sways upon pitcher-like breasts! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > Tremble not! lay thy lovely shame aside; > Lay it aside with thine unfastened zone, > And love him with the love that knows not fear, > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs > Because it fears not change; enter thou in, > Flower of all sweet and stainless womanhood! > For ever to grow bright, for ever new; > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.11.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.16) kusuma-caya-racita-śuci-vāsa-gehe | vilasa kusuma-sukumāra-dehe || > In this pure dwelling fashioned from heaps of blossoms, / revel, O you whose body is tender as a flower! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > Enter beneath the flowers, O flower-fair! > Beneath these tendrils, Loveliest! that entwine > And clasp, and wreathe and cling, with kissing stems; > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [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) ### [1.11.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.18) vitata-bahu-valli-nava-pallava-ghane | vilasa ciram alasa-pīna-jaghane || > Dense with the fresh sprouts of many spreading creepers, / revel long, O you of languid and plump hips! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > Enter the house of Love, O loveliest! > Enter the marriage-bower, most beautiful! > And take and give the joy that Hari grants, > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.11.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.19) madhu-mudita-madhupa-kula-kalita-rāve | vilasa madana-rasa-sarasa-bhāve || > Filled with the hum of swarms of bees intoxicated by honey, / revel, O you who are passionate with the flavor of Madana! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.19.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.19.p1) NOTE: {rabhasa-rasa- haridāsasya pāṭhaḥ.} > \[Note: Haridāsa’s reading is “rabhasa-rasa-”.\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.20) madhuratara-pika-nikara-ninada-mukhare | vilasa daśana-ruci-rucira-śikhare || > Resounding with the calls of flocks of sweetest cuckoos, / revel, O you the points of whose teeth gleam with loveliness! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > Thy heart has entered, let thy feet go too! > Lo, Krishna! lo, the one that thirsts for thee! > Give him the drink of amrit from thy lips. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.11.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.21) vihita-padmāvatī-sukha-samāje | kuru murāre maṅgala-śatāni | bhaṇati jayadeva-kavi-rāja-rāje || > Bestow hundreds of blessings, O Murāri, / as Jayadeva, king among prince-poets, / who has created joy for the assembly of Padmāvatī, recites! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > Thy heart has entered, let thy feet go too! > Lo, Krishna! lo, the one that thirsts for thee! > Give him the drink of amrit from thy lips. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.11.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.22) tvāṃ cittena ciraṃ vahann ayam atiśrānto bhṛśaṃ tāpitaḥ kandarpeṇa ca pātum icchati sudhā-sambādha-bimbādharam | asyāṅkaṃ tad alaṅkuru kṣaṇam iha bhrū-kṣepa-lakṣmī-lava-krīte dāsa ivopasevita-padāmbhoje kutaḥ sambhramaḥ || > “Bearing you in his heart for so long, he is utterly exhausted and intensely tormented by Kandarpa, / and he longs to drink the bimba-fruit of your lower lip, overflowing with nectar; / therefore, adorn his lap here for a moment—when his lotus-feet are attended by you who have bought him with a mere fraction of the charm of your arched brows, like a slave, why any timidity?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > Then she, no more delaying, entered straight; > Her step a little faltered, but her face > Shone with unutterable quick love; and--while, > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.11.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.23) sā sa-sādhvasa-sānandaṃ govinde lola-locanā | siñjānā mañju-mañjīraṃ praviveśa niveśanam || > With timidity and delight, her eyes fluttering toward Govinda / and her lovely anklets tinkling, she entered the bower. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > Then she, no more delaying, entered straight; > Her step a little faltered, but her face > Shone with unutterable quick love; and--while, > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs > The music of her bangles passed the porch-- > Shame, which had lingered in her downcast eyes, > Departed shamed ... and like the mighty deep, > Which sees the moon and rises, all his life > Uprose to drink her beams. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.11.23.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.23.p1) NOTE: {praviveśābhiveśanam iti haridāsasya pāṭhaḥ.} > \[Note: Haridāsa’s reading is “praviveśābhiveśanam”.\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > Then she, no more delaying, entered straight; > Her step a little faltered, but her face > Shone with unutterable quick love; and--while, > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs > The music of her bangles passed the porch-- > Shame, which had lingered in her downcast eyes, > Departed shamed ... and like the mighty deep, > Which sees the moon and rises, all his life > Uprose to drink her beams. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.11.23.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.23.p2) || prabandhaḥ 22 || > || Lyric Composition 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > Then she, no more delaying, entered straight; > Her step a little faltered, but her face > Shone with unutterable quick love; and--while, > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs > The music of her bangles passed the porch-- > Shame, which had lingered in her downcast eyes, > Departed shamed ... and like the mighty deep, > Which sees the moon and rises, all his life > Uprose to drink her beams. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.11.23.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.23.p3) varāḍi-rāga-yati-tālābhyāṃ gīyate | > Sung in the varāḍi melodic mode and yati rhythmic meter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > Then she, no more delaying, entered straight; > Her step a little faltered, but her face > Shone with unutterable quick love; and--while, > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs > The music of her bangles passed the porch-- > Shame, which had lingered in her downcast eyes, > Departed shamed ... and like the mighty deep, > Which sees the moon and rises, all his life > Uprose to drink her beams. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.11.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.24) rādhā-vadana-vilokana-vikasita-vividha-vikāra-vibhaṅgam | jala-nidhim iva vidhu-maṇḍala-darśana-taralita-tuṅga-taraṅgam || > In whom varied waves of emotion unfolded at the sight of Rādhā's face, / like the ocean whose towering billows are stirred by the sight of the moon's orb; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > The music of her bangles passed the porch-- > Shame, which had lingered in her downcast eyes, > Departed shamed ... and like the mighty deep, > Which sees the moon and rises, all his life > Uprose to drink her beams. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.11.24.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.24.p1) harim eka-rasaṃ ciram abhilaṣita-vilāsam | sā dadarśa guru-harṣa-vaśaṃvada-vadanam anaṅga-nivāsaṃ || \[dhru.\] > She beheld Hari, single-minded in passion, who had long desired amorous dalliance, / whose face was subject to intense joy, the dwelling-place of the Bodiless One. // Refrain > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > The music of her bangles passed the porch-- > Shame, which had lingered in her downcast eyes, > Departed shamed ... and like the mighty deep, > Which sees the moon and rises, all his life > Uprose to drink her beams. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.11.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.25) hāram amalatara-tāram urasi dadhataṃ parilambya vidūram | NOTE: {parirabhya iti ni-pāṭhāntaraḥ.} sphuṭatara-phena-kadamba-karambitam iva yamunā-jala-pūram || > Wearing on his chest a necklace of exceedingly pure, large pearls hanging down long, / like the current of Yamunā's waters mingled with clusters of glistening white foam; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > The music of her bangles passed the porch-- > Shame, which had lingered in her downcast eyes, > Departed shamed ... and like the mighty deep, > Which sees the moon and rises, all his life > Uprose to drink her beams. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.11.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.26) śyāmala-mṛdula-kalevara-maṇḍalam adhigata-gaura-dukūlam | nīla-nalinam iva pita-parāga-paṭala-bhara-valayita-mūlam || > Whose dark and soft bodily frame had donned fine pale silk, / like a blue lotus surrounded at its base by a mass of fallen yellow pollen; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > The music of her bangles passed the porch-- > Shame, which had lingered in her downcast eyes, > Departed shamed ... and like the mighty deep, > Which sees the moon and rises, all his life > Uprose to drink her beams. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.11.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.27) tarala-dṛg-añcala-calana-manohara-vadana-janita-rati-rāgam | sphuṭa-kamalodara-khelita-khañjana-yugam iva śaradi taḍāgam || > The passion of whose amorous desire was born of a charming face with restless sidelong glances, / like an autumn pool where a pair of wagtails frolic in the hollow of an open lotus; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > The music of her bangles passed the porch-- > Shame, which had lingered in her downcast eyes, > Departed shamed ... and like the mighty deep, > Which sees the moon and rises, all his life > Uprose to drink her beams. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.11.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.28) vadana-kamala-pariśīlana-milita-mihira-sama-kuṇḍala-śobham | smita-ruci-rucira-samullasitādhara-pallava-kṛta-rati-lobham || > Splendid with earrings resembling the sun that had met in contemplation of the lotus of his face, / who provoked longing for amorous pleasure with his sprout-like lower lip radiant with the beauty of a smile; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > The music of her bangles passed the porch-- > Shame, which had lingered in her downcast eyes, > Departed shamed ... and like the mighty deep, > Which sees the moon and rises, all his life > Uprose to drink her beams. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.11.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.29) śaśi-kiraṇa-cchuritodara-jaladhara-sundara-sakusuma-keśam | timirodita-vidhu-maṇḍala-nirmala-malayaja-tilaka-niveśam || > Whose flower-decked hair was beautiful as a cloud touched in its interior by rays of the moon, / upon which a pure forehead mark of sandalwood paste was placed like the moon's orb rising in darkness; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > The music of her bangles passed the porch-- > Shame, which had lingered in her downcast eyes, > Departed shamed ... and like the mighty deep, > Which sees the moon and rises, all his life > Uprose to drink her beams. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.11.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.30) vīpula-pulaka-bhara-danturitaṃ rati-keli-kalābhir adhīraṃ | maṇi-gaṇa-kiraṇa-samūha-samujjvala-bhūṣaṇa-subhaga-śarīram || > Thrilled with an abundance of bristling hairs, eager for the arts of erotic play, / his handsome body adorned with jewels glowing with a multitude of rays— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > The music of her bangles passed the porch-- > Shame, which had lingered in her downcast eyes, > Departed shamed ... and like the mighty deep, > Which sees the moon and rises, all his life > Uprose to drink her beams. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.11.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.31) śrī-jayadeva-bhaṇita-vibhava-dviguṇīkṛta-bhūṣaṇa-bhāram | praṇamata hṛdi vinidhāya hariṃ suciraṃ sukṛtodaya-sāram || > Bow down, holding in your hearts Hari, the essence of the dawn of merit, / whose weight of ornaments is redoubled by the glory spoken by the venerable Jayadeva! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > The music of her bangles passed the porch-- > Shame, which had lingered in her downcast eyes, > Departed shamed ... and like the mighty deep, > Which sees the moon and rises, all his life > Uprose to drink her beams. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.11.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.32) atikramyāpāṅgaṃ śravaṇa-patha-paryanta-gamana-prayāsenevākṣṇos taralatara-tāraṃ gamitayoḥ | NOTE: {patitayoḥ iti haridāsa-dāsasya pāṭhaḥ.} idānīṃ rādhāyāḥ priyatama-samāloka-samaye papāta svedāmbu-prasara iva harṣāśru-nikaraḥ || > Reaching past their outer corners, as if by the effort of traveling all the way to the path of the ears, / of her two eyes whose pupils had grown exceedingly tremulous, / now, at the moment of beholding her beloved, / there fell from Rādhā a flood of joyful tears, like an outpouring of sweat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > The music of her bangles passed the porch-- > Shame, which had lingered in her downcast eyes, > Departed shamed ... and like the mighty deep, > Which sees the moon and rises, all his life > Uprose to drink her beams. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.11.32.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.32.p1) NOTE: {samāyāta- iti ni-pāṭhaḥ.} > \[Note: Variant reading: “samāyāta-” (arrived).\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > The music of her bangles passed the porch-- > Shame, which had lingered in her downcast eyes, > Departed shamed ... and like the mighty deep, > Which sees the moon and rises, all his life > Uprose to drink her beams. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.11.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.33) bhajantyās talpāntaṃ kṛta-kapaṭa-kaṇḍūti-pihita-smitaṃ yāte gehād bahir avahitālī-parijane | priyāsyaṃ paśyantyāḥ smara-paravaśākūta-subhagaṃ salajjā lajjāpi vyagamad iva dūraṃ mṛga-dṛśaḥ || > As the deer-eyed woman approached the edge of the couch, / her smile hidden under the guise of scratching her face, / and the attending companions left the room with discreet attention, / looking at her beloved's face, charming with intention overcome by Smara, / even her shame, being ashamed, seemed to vanish far away. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > \[Footnote 5: This complete anticipation (salajjâ lajjâpi) of the line-- > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs > The music of her bangles passed the porch-- > Shame, which had lingered in her downcast eyes, > Departed shamed ... and like the mighty deep, > Which sees the moon and rises, all his life > Uprose to drink her beams. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.11.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.34) sānandaṃ nanda-sūnur diśatu mitaparaṃ saṃmadaṃ manda-mandaṃ rādhām ādhāya bāhvor vivaram anu drḍhaṃ pīḍayan prīti-yogāt | NOTE: {haridāsa-dāsa-saṃskaraṇe ayaṃ śloko nāsti.} tuṅgau tasyā urojāv atanu-varatanor nirgatau mā sma bhūtāṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ nirbhidya tasmād bahir iti valita-grīvam ālokayan vaḥ || > Joyfully, gently holding Rādhā between his arms and pressing her tight out of loving affection, / may the son of Nanda grant you boundless bliss—he who looked with turned neck, / \[wondering\] lest her two firm breasts, of magnificent and beautiful form, might pierce through her back and burst out from behind! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.35) jaya-śrī-vinyastair mahita iva mandāra-kusumaiḥ svayaṃ sindūreṇa dvipa-raṇa-mudā mudrita iva | bhujāpīḍa-krīḍā-hata-kuvalayāpīḍa-kariṇaḥ prakīrṇāsṛg-bindur jayati bhuja-daṇḍo murajitaḥ || > Honored as if with mandāra flowers cast by the goddess of victory, / marked as if by herself with vermilion in the joy of battle with the elephant, / spattered with drops of blood from the Kuvalayāpīḍa elephant slain in the sport of wrestling— / triumphant is the staff-like arm of the conqueror of Mura! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.36) saundaryaika-nidher anaṅga-lalanā-lāvaṇya-līlā-juṣo rādhāyā hṛdi palvale manasija-krīḍaika-raṅga-sthale | NOTE: {haridāsa-dāsa-saṃskaraṇe ayaṃ śloko nāsti.} ramyoroja-saroja-khelana-rasitvād ātmanaḥ khyāpayan dhyātur mānasa-rāja-haṃsa-nibhatāṃ deyān mukundo mudam || > Showing himself, through his taste for sporting on the lovely lotus-breasts / of Rādhā—that sole treasury of beauty, who delights in the playful grace of the Bodiless One's woman— / in the pond of her heart, the sole arena for the sport of mind-born love, / to be like the royal swan of the meditator’s mind, may Mukunda grant joy! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.36.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.11.36.p2) dvādaśaḥ sargaḥ suprīta-pītāmbaraḥ > Canto Twelve: / Pītāmbara Delighted > — 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.p8) — Edwin Arnold 1875, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.1.11.1) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (4) - [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna.32.1.1) — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Mānāṅka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mananka.23.1) — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit - [Śrutirañjanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmidhara.20.8.17) — Lakṣmīdhara 1567, Sanskrit - [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sankara-misra.31.1.1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (8) - [Saduktikarṇāmṛta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.saduktikarnamrta.1.2.628) — Śrīdharadāsa, Sanskrit - 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