[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) › 1.12.12 # Gita Govinda 1.12.12 Gītagovinda 1.12.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.12.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.12.12) mārāṅke rati-keli-saṅkula-raṇārambhe tayā sāhasa-prāyaṃ kānta-jayāya kiṃcid upari prārambhi yat-sambhramāt | NOTE: {vāmāṅge iti ni-pāṭhaḥ. } niṣpandā jaghana-sthalī śithilitā dor-vallir utkampitaṃ vakṣo mīlitam akṣi pauruṣa-rasaḥ strīṇāṃ kutaḥ sidhyati || > At the inception of the confused battle of erotic play in the domain of love, when she boldly initiated the superior position to conquer her lover, / out of that exertion her hips became motionless, the creepers of her arms went limp, her chest heaved, her eyes closed: how could the active role of men succeed for women? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.12.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.12.11) - [Next: 1.12.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.12.13) - [Up: 1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.1.12.12) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (4) - [Śrutirañjanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmidhara.24.9.10) — Lakṣmīdhara 1567, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Mānāṅka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mananka.28.4) — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit - [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna) — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit - [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sankara-misra) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (6) - [Saduktikarṇāmṛta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.saduktikarnamrta.1.3.1420) — Śrīdharadāsa, Sanskrit - [Bhāvanāsārasaṅgraha (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.gaudiya.acara.smarana.bhavanasarasangraha*complete.2.2.778) — Sanskrit - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.6.54.17) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit - [Śārṅgadharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.sarngadharapaddhati.147.4) — Śārṅgadhara, Sanskrit - [Kāvyasaṃgraha (Jīvānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.kavyasamgraha-jivananda.101.12) — Sanskrit - [Padāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.maithili.vidyapati.padavali-vidyapati.10.p7) — Vidyāpati, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.12.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.12.12) · Pramāṇa