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# Gita Govinda 1.12.29

Gītagovinda 1.12.29

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.12.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.12.29)

sādhūnāṃ svata eva saṃmatir iha syād eva bhaktyārthinām ālocya grathana-śramaṃ ca vidusām asmin bhaved ādaraḥ |  
ye kecit para-kṛty-upaśruti-parās tān arthaye mat-kṛtiṃ bhūyo vīkṣya vadanto avadyam iha cet sā vāsanā sthāsyati ||

> The approval of good people will naturally arise here, as will that of those seeking devotion; / and considering the labor of composition, the wise will have regard for this work. / Whatever others there are who are intent on listening to the works of others, I entreat them: / having examined my work repeatedly, let them speak of any fault, if that inclination remains.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.1.12.29) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (4)

- [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sankara-misra.37.11) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna) — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit
- [Śrutirañjanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmidhara) — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Mānāṅka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mananka) — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit

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