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# Gita Govinda 1.2.3

Gītagovinda 1.2.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.2.3)

candraka-cāru-mayūra-śikhaṇḍaka-maṇḍala-valayita-keśam |  
pracura-purandara-dhanur-anurañjita-medura-mudira-suveśam ||

> O Dancer! strip thy peacock-crown away,  
> Rise! thou whose forehead is the star of day,  
> With beauty for its silver halo set;  
> Come! thou whose greatness gleams beneath its shroud  
> Like Indra's rainbow shining through the cloud--  
> Come, for I love thee, my Beloved! yet.  
> — 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.p4) — Edwin Arnold 1875, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.1.2.3) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (4)

- [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna.6.2) — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit
- [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sankara-misra.5.2) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Śrutirañjanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmidhara.6.8.2) — Lakṣmīdhara 1567, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Mānāṅka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mananka.5.2) — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kāvyasaṃgraha (Jīvānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.kavyasamgraha-jivananda.90.3) — Sanskrit

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