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# Gita Govinda 1.2.12

Gītagovinda 1.2.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.2.12)

prathama-samāgama-lajjitayā paṭu-cāṭu-śatair anukūlam |  
mṛdu-madhura-smita-bhāṣitayā śithilī-kṛta-jaghana-dukūlam ||

> Yes, go! say, if he will, that he may come--  
> May come, my love, my longing, my desire;  
> May come forgiven, shriven, to me his home,  
> And make his happy peace; nay, and aspire  
> To uplift Radha's veil, and learn at length  
> What love is in its strength.  
> — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs

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## Translations (2)

- [The Indian Song of Songs](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-arnold.2.p15) — Edwin Arnold 1875, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.1.2.12) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (4)

- [Śrutirañjanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmidhara.7.8.2) — Lakṣmīdhara 1567, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Mānāṅka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mananka.6.2) — 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 (2)

- [Kāvyasaṃgraha (Jīvānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.kavyasamgraha-jivananda.91.3) — Sanskrit
- [Padāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.maithili.vidyapati.padavali-vidyapati.2.p9) — Vidyāpati, Sanskrit

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