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# Gita Govinda 1.4.8

Gītagovinda 1.4.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.4.8)

prati-padam idam api nigadati mādhava tava caraṇe patitāham |  
tvayi vimukhe mayi sapadi sudhā-nidhir api tanute tanu-dāham ||

> Ah! if Hari guide not,  
> Moonlight is as gloom;  
> Ah! if moonlight help not,  
> How shall Krishna come?  
> Sad for Krishna grieving  
> In the darkened grove;  
> Sad for Radha weaving  
> Dreams of fruitless love!  
> — 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.p7) — Edwin Arnold 1875, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.1.4.8) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (4)

- [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sankara-misra.10.2.5) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Śrutirañjanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmidhara.9.8.6) — Lakṣmīdhara 1567, Sanskrit
- [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna) — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Mānāṅka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mananka) — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kāvyasaṃgraha (Jīvānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.kavyasamgraha-jivananda.93.8) — Sanskrit

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