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# Gita Govinda 1.4.7

Gītagovinda 1.4.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.4.7)

dhyāna-layena puraḥ parikalpya bhavantam atīva durāpam |  
vilapati hasati viṣīdati roditi cañcati muñcati tāpam ||

> Softly now she sayeth,  
> "Krishna, Krishna, come!"  
> Lovingly she prayeth,  
> "Fair moon, light him home."  
> Yet if Hari helps not,  
> Moonlight cannot aid;  
> Ah! the woeful Radha!  
> Ah! the forest shade!  
> — 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.4.p6) — Edwin Arnold 1875, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.1.4.7) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (4)

- [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna.11.2.4) — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit
- [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sankara-misra.10.2.4) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Mānāṅka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mananka.9.7) — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit
- [Śrutirañjanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmidhara) — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit

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