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# Gita Govinda 1.2.15

Gītagovinda 1.2.15

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.2.15)

kokila-kala-rava-kūjitayā jita-manasija-tantra-vicāram |  
ślatha-kusumākula-kuntalayā nakha-likhita-ghana-stana-bhāram ||

> While I--what, did he deem light loves so tender,  
> To tarry for them when the vow was made  
> To yield him up my bosom's maiden splendour,  
> And fold him in my fragrance, and unbraid  
> My shining hair for him, and clasp him close  
> To the gold heart of his Rose?  
> — 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.p18) — Edwin Arnold 1875, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.1.2.15) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (4)

- [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna.8.5) — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit
- [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sankara-misra.7.5) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Mānāṅka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mananka.6.5) — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit
- [Śrutirañjanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmidhara) — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kāvyasaṃgraha (Jīvānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.kavyasamgraha-jivananda.91.6) — Sanskrit

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