[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) › 1.2.16 # Gita Govinda 1.2.16 Gītagovinda 1.2.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.2.16) caraṇa-raṇita-maṇi-nūpurayā paripūrita-surata-vitānam | mukhara-viśṛṅkhala-mekhalayā sa-kaca-graha-cumbana-dānam || > And sing him strains which only spirits know, > And make him captive with the silk-soft chain > Of twinned-wings brooding round him, and bestow > Kisses of Paradise, as pure as rain; > My gems, my moonlight-pearls, my girdle-gold, > Cymbaling music bold? > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs - [Previous: 1.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.2.15) - [Next: 1.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.2.17) - [Up: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.2) ## Translations (2) - [The Indian Song of Songs](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-arnold.2.p19) — Edwin Arnold 1875, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.1.2.16) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (4) - [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna.8.6) — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit - [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sankara-misra.7.6) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Śrutirañjanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmidhara.7.8.5) — Lakṣmīdhara 1567, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Mānāṅka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mananka.6.6) — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāvyasaṃgraha (Jīvānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.kavyasamgraha-jivananda.91.7) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.2.16) · Pramāṇa