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# Gita Govinda 1.2.8

Gītagovinda 1.2.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.2.8)

viśada-kadamba-tale militaṃ kali-kaluṣa-bhayaṃ śamayantam |  
mām api kim api tarala-taraṅgad-anaṅga-dṛśā manasā ramayantam ||

> I will be patient still, and draw thee ever,  
> My one Beloved, sitting by the river  
> Under the thick kadambas with that throng:  
> Will there not come an end to earthly madness?  
> Shall I not, past the sorrow, have the gladness?  
> Must not the love-light shine for him ere long?  
> — 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.p9) — Edwin Arnold 1875, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.1.2.8) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (4)

- [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna.6.7) — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit
- [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sankara-misra.5.7) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Śrutirañjanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmidhara.6.8.5) — Lakṣmīdhara 1567, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Mānāṅka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mananka.5.7) — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kāvyasaṃgraha (Jīvānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.kavyasamgraha-jivananda.90.8) — Sanskrit

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