[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) › 1.4.4 # Gita Govinda 1.4.4 Gītagovinda 1.4.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.4.4) kusuma-viśikha-śara-talpam analpa-vilāsa-kalā-kamaṇīyam | vratam iva tava parirambha-sukhāya karoti kusuma-śayanīyam || > Her soul comes here beside thee, and tenderly and true > It weaves a subtle mail of proof to ward off sin and pain; > A breastplate soft as lotus-leaf, with holy tears for dew, > To guard thee from the things that hurt; and then 'tis gone again > To strew a blissful place with the richest buds that grace > Kama's sweet world, a meeting-spot with rose and jasmine fair, > For the hour when, well-contented, with a love no longer troubled, > Thou shalt find the way to Radha, and finish sorrows there. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs - [Previous: 1.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.4.3) - [Next: 1.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.4.5) - [Up: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.4) ## Translations (2) - [The Indian Song of Songs](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-arnold.4.p4) — Edwin Arnold 1875, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.1.4.4) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (4) - [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna.11.2.3) — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit - [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sankara-misra.10.2.3) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Mānāṅka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mananka.9.4) — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit - [Śrutirañjanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmidhara) — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.4.4) · Pramāṇa