[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) › 1.4.9 # Gita Govinda 1.4.9 Gītagovinda 1.4.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.4.9) śrī-jayadeva-bhaṇitam idam adhikaṃ yadi manasā naṭaṇīyam | hari-virahākula-ballava-yuvati-sakhī-vacanaṃ paṭhanīyam || > Strike soft strings to this soft measure, > If thine ear would catch its treasure; > Slowly dance to this deep song, > Let its meaning float along > With grave paces, since it tells > Of a love that sweetly dwells > In a tender distant glory, > Past all faults of mortal story. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs - [Previous: 1.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.4.8) - [Next: 1.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.4.10) - [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.p8) — Edwin Arnold 1875, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.1.4.9) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (4) - [Commentary of Mānāṅka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mananka.9.9) — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit - [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna) — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit - [Śrutirañjanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmidhara) — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit - [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sankara-misra) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāvyasaṃgraha (Jīvānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.kavyasamgraha-jivananda.93.10) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.4.9) · Pramāṇa