[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) › 1.2.4 # Gita Govinda 1.2.4 Gītagovinda 1.2.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.2.4) gopa-kadamba-nitambavatī-mukha-cumbana-lambhita-lobham | bandhujīva-madhurādhara-pallavam ullasita-smita-śobham || > Must love thee--cannot choose but love thee ever, > My best Beloved--set on this endeavor, > To win thy tender heart and earnest eye > From lips but sadly sweet, from restless bosoms, > To mine, O Krishna with the mouth of blossoms! > To mine, thou soul of Krishna! yet I sigh > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs - [Previous: 1.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.2.3) - [Next: 1.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.2.5) - [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.p5) — Edwin Arnold 1875, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.1.2.4) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (4) - [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna.6.3) — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit - [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sankara-misra.5.3) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Mānāṅka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mananka.5.3) — 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.90.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.2.4) · Pramāṇa