[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) › 1.2.11 # Gita Govinda 1.2.11 Gītagovinda 1.2.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.2.11) nibhṛta-nikuñja-gṛhaṃ gatayā niśi rahasi nilīya vasantam | cakīta-vilokita-sakala-diśā rati-rabhasa-bhareṇa hasantam || > To him who had entered a secluded bower-home and was dwelling hidden in secret at night, / glancing timidly in all directions, laughing in the rush of amorous passion— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > Go to him,--win him hither,--whisper low > How he may find me if he searches well; > Say, if he will--joys past his hope to know > Await him here; go now to him, and tell > Where Radha is, and that henceforth she charms > His spirit to her arms. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.2.11.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.2.11.p1) sakhi he keśī-mathanam udāram ramaya mayā saha madana-manoratha-bhāvitayā sa-vikāram ||dhruvam || > O friend, make the generous slayer of Keśin delight / passionately with me, who am transformed by the longing of desire! // Refrain > — 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.2.p14) — Edwin Arnold 1875, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.1.2.11) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (4) - [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna.6.9) — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit - [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sankara-misra.6.1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Śrutirañjanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmidhara.7.8.1) — Lakṣmīdhara 1567, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Mānāṅka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mananka.6.1) — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāvyasaṃgraha (Jīvānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.kavyasamgraha-jivananda.91.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.2.11) · Pramāṇa