Gita Govinda 1.2.18
Gītagovinda 1.2.18
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- Sanskrit
1.2.18
śrī-jayadeva-bhaṇitam idam atiśaya-madhu-ripu-nidhuvana-śīlam |
sukham utkaṇṭhita-gopa-vadhū-kathitaṃ vitanotu salīlaṃ ||
Listen to the unsaid things
Of the song that Radha sings,
For the soul draws near to bliss,
As it comprehendeth this.
I am Jayadev, who write
All this subtle-rich delight
For your teaching. Ponder, then,
What it tells to Gods and men.
Err not, watching Krishna gay,
With those brown girls all at play;
Understand how Radha charms
Her wandering lover to her arms,
Waiting with divinest love
Till his dream ends in the grove.
Translations (2)
- The Indian Song of Songs — Edwin Arnold 1875, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Commentaries (4)
- Rasamañjarī — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Śrutirañjanī — Lakṣmīdhara 1567, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Mānāṅka — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit
- Rasikapriyā — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Kāvyasaṃgraha (Jīvānanda) — Sanskrit