[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) › 1.5 # Gita Govinda 1.5 Gītagovinda 1.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.1) — 2 parts - [1.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.2) — 1 part - [1.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.7) — 2 parts - [1.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.8) — 2 parts - [1.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.20) — 2 parts ### [1.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.1) aham iha nivasāmi yāhi rādhām anunaya mad-vacanena cānayethāḥ | iti madhu-rīpuṇā sakhī niyuktā svayam idam etya punar jagāda rādhām || > “I abide here; go, conciliate Rādhā with my words and bring her here.” / Thus appointed by the enemy of Madhu, the confidante herself went and spoke once more to Rādhā: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.5.1.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.1.p1) || prabandhaḥ 10 || > || Lyric Composition 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.5.1.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.1.p2) deśīvarāḍi-rāgeṇa rūpaka-tālena gīyate | > Sung in Deśīvarāḍi melodic mode and Rūpaka rhythmic meter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.2) vahati malaya-samīre madanam upanidhāya | sphuṭati kusuma-nikare virahi-hṛdaya-dalanāya || > While the breeze from the Malaya mountains blows, bringing near Madana, / and clusters of blossoms burst open to shatter the hearts of separated lovers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.5.2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.2.p1) tava virahe vana-mālī sakhi sīdati | dhruva-padam || > in separation from you, O friend, the one who wears a garland of wild flowers languishes! || Refrain > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.3) dahati śiśira-mayūkhe maraṇam anukaroti | patati madana-viśikhe vilapati vikalataro'ti || > When the moon burns, he imitates death; / when Madana’s arrow falls, he laments, utterly bewildered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.4) dhvanati madhupa-samūhe śravaṇam apidadhāti | manasi kalita-virahe niśi nisi rujam upayāti || > When a swarm of bees hums, he closes his ears; / with separation lodged in his heart, night after night he falls into torment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.5) vasati vipina-vitāne tyajati lalita-dhāma | luṭhati dharaṇi-śayane bahu vilapati tava nāma || > He dwells beneath the canopy of the forest, abandoning his charming abode; / he rolls on his bed of earth and laments your name repeatedly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.6) bhaṇati kavi-jayadeve viraha-vilasitena | manasi rabhasa-vibhave harir udayatu sukṛtena || > As the poet Jayadeva sings of the sports of separation, / may Hari arise through your merit in a mind rich with longing! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.7) pūrvaṃ yatra samaṃ tvayā rati-pater āsāditāḥ siddhayas tasminn eva nikuñja-manmatha-mahā-tīrthe punar mādhavaḥ | dhyāyaṃs tvām aniśaṃ japann api tavaivālāpa-mantrāvaliṃ bhūyas tvat-kuca-kumbha-nirbhara-parīrambhāmṛtaṃ vāñchati || > There where previously, together with you, the accomplishments of the Lord of Love were attained, / in that very bower, the great sacred ford of Manmatha, Mādhava once more, / constantly meditating on you and chanting the series of sacred mantras of your words alone, / yearns again for the nectar of tight embrace with the pitchers of your breasts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.5.7.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.7.p1) || prabandhaḥ 11 || > || Lyric Composition 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.5.7.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.7.p2) gurjarī-rāgeṇa ekatāli-tālena gīyate | > Sung in Gurjarī melodic mode and Ekatālī rhythmic meter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.8) rati-sukha-sāre gatam abhisāre madana-manohara-veśam | na kuru nitambini gamana-vilambanam anusara taṃ hṛdayeśam || > He who is the essence of amorous pleasure has gone to the rendezvous in attire captivating to Madana; / do not delay your going, O wide-hipped woman, follow that lord of your heart! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.5.8.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.8.p1) dhīra-samīre yamunā-tīre vasati vane vana-mālī | pīna-payodhara-parisara-mardana-cañcala-kara-yuga-śālī || dhruva|| > Where gentle breezes blow on the bank of the Yamunā, in the forest dwells the one who wears a garland of wild flowers, / his pair of hands restless to stroke the swell of your plump breasts! || Refrain > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.5.8.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.8.p2) NOTE: {This line does not seem to be in all versions. Prabodhananda does not comment on it.} > Note: \[This line does not seem to be in all versions. Prabodhānanda does not comment on it.\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.9) nāma-sametaṃ kṛta-saṅketaṃ vādayate mṛdu-veṇum | bahu manute'tanu te tanu-saṅgata-pavana-calitam api reṇum || > He plays his gentle reed flute calling your name, indicating the rendezvous; > he honors greatly, O slender one, even the dust stirred up by the wind that has touched your body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.10) patati patatre vicalati patre śaṅkita-bhavad-upayānam | racayati śayanaṃ sacakita-nayanaṃ paśyati tava panthānam || > When a wing flaps or a leaf rustles, he imagines your arrival; > he prepares the couch and with anxious eyes looks along your path. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.11) mukharam adhīraṃ tyaja mañjīraṃ ripum iva keli-sulolam | cala sakhi kuñjaṃ satimira-puñjaṃ śīlaya nīla-nicolam || > Discard your noisy, restless anklet like a foe of passionate erotic play; > go to the bower, O confidante, dense with darkness, and wrap yourself in a dark cloak. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.12) urasi murārer upahita-hāre ghana iva tarala-balāke | taḍid iva pīte rati-viparīte rājasi sukṛta-vipāke || > On Murāri's chest adorned with a necklace, as on a cloud with fluttering cranes, > like yellow lightning in inverted amorous play, you shine as the fruit of good deeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.13) vigalita-vasanaṃ parihṛta-raśanaṃ ghaṭaya jaghanam apidhānam | kiśalaya-śayane paṅkaja-nayane nidhim iva harṣa-nidhānam || > Offer your hips, their garments fallen away and girdle cast aside, uncovered; > on the couch of sprout-tendrils, O lotus-eyed woman, like a treasure that is a trove of joy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.14) harir abhimāṇī rajanir idānīm iyam api yāti virāmam | kuru mama vacanaṃ satvara-racanaṃ pūraya madhu-ripu-kāmam || > Hari is proud, and this night too is coming to an end; > heed my words, prepare swiftly, fulfill the desire of the foe of Madhu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.15) śrī-jayadeve kṛta-hari-seve bhaṇati parama-ramaṇīyam | pramudita-hṛdayaṃ harim atisadayaṃ namata sukṛta-kamanīyaṃ || > As the illustrious Jayadeva, devoted to the service of Hari, recites this supremely delightful verse, > bow to Hari, his heart rejoicing, profoundly compassionate, attainable through merit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.16) vikirati muhuḥ śvāsān āśāḥ puro muhur īkṣate praviśati muhuḥ kuñjaṃ gūñjan muhur bahu tāmyati | racayati muhuḥ śayyāṃ paryākulaṃ muhur īkṣate madana-kadana-klāntaḥ kānte priyas tava vartate || > He heaves sighs again and again; he looks ahead in every direction again and again; he enters the bower again and again, humming; he grieves deeply again and again; > he prepares the couch again and again; he looks around anxiously again and again; exhausted by the torment of Madana, O beloved, your lover waits. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > Lady, most sweet! > For thy coming feet > He listens in the wood, with love sore-tried; > Faintly sighing, > Like one a-dying, > He sends his thoughts afoot to meet his bride. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.17) tvad-vāmyena samaṃ samagram adhunā tigmāṃśur astaṃ gato govindasya manorathena ca samaṃ prāptaṃ tamaḥ sāndratām | kokānāṃ karuṇa-svanena sadṛśī dīrgha-mad-abhyarthanā tan mugdhe viphalaṃ vilambanam asau ramyo'bhisāra-kṣaṇaḥ || > Along with your obstinacy, the hot-rayed sun has entirely set; > and along with Govinda’s longing, the darkness has grown dense; > my lengthy entreaty matches the plaintive cry of the cakravāka birds; > so, O innocent woman, delay is in vain—this is the charming moment for the amorous rendezvous. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > Ah, silent one! > Sunk is the sun, > The darkness falls as deep as Krishna's sorrow; > The chakor's strain > Is not more vain > Than mine, and soon gray dawn will bring white morrow. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.18) āśleṣād anu cumbanād anu nakho-lekhād anu svāntaja-prodbodhād anu sambhramād anu ratārambhād anu prītayoḥ | anyārthaṃ gatayor bhramān militayoḥ sambhāṣaṇair jānator dampatyor iha ko na ko na tamasi vrīḍā-vimiśro rasaḥ || > After an embrace, after a kiss, after scratch-marks of nails, > after the stirring of mind-born love, after agitated flurry, after the onset of lovemaking, when the lovers, > having set out on other errands, meet by chance in the dark and recognize each other by their words— > what rasa mixed with bashfulness is not experienced by the couple here? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > And thine own bliss > Delays by this; > The utmost of thy heaven comes only so > When, with hearts beating > And passionate greeting, > Parting is over, and the parted grow. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs > One--one for ever! > And the old endeavour > To be so blended is assuaged at last; > And the glad tears raining > Have nought remaining > Of doubt or 'plaining; and the dread has passed. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs > Out of each face, > In the close embrace, > That by-and-by embracing will be over; > The ache that causes > Those mournful pauses > In bowers of earth between lover and lover: > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs > To be no more felt, > To fade, to melt > In the strong certainty of joys immortal; > In the glad meeting, > And quick sweet greeting > Of lips that close beyond Time's shadowy portal. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.19) sa-bhaya-cakitaṃ vinyasyantīṃ dṛśaṃ timire pathi pratitaru muhuḥ sthitvā mandaṃ padāni vitanvatīm | katham api rahaḥ prāptām aṅgair anaṅga-taraṇgibhiḥ sumukhi subhagaḥ paśyan sa tvām upaitu kṛtārthatām || > Casting fearful, startled glances along the dark path, > stopping at every tree, advancing her steps slowly, > somehow arriving at the secret bower, her limbs trembling with desire— > O lovely-faced one, seeing you, may that blessed youth attain fulfillment! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > And to thee is given, > Angel of Heaven! > This glory and this joy with Krishna. Go! > Let him attain, > For his long pain, > The prize it promised,--see thee coming slow, > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs > A vision first, but then-- > By glade and glen-- > A lovely, loving soul, true to its home; > His Queen--his Crown--his All, > Hast'ning at last to fall > Upon his breast, and live there. Radha, come! > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.20) rādhā-mugdha-mukhāravinda-madhupas trailokya-mauli-sthalī nepathyocita-nīla-ratnam avanī-bhārāvatārāntakaḥ | svacchandaṃ vraja-sundarī-jana-manas-toṣa-pradoṣodayaḥ kaṃsa-dhvaṃsana-dhūma-ketur avatu tvāṃ devakī-nandanaḥ || > The honey-bee to the charming lotus-face of Rādhā, the blue gem befitting the ornamentation on the diadems of the three worlds, > the destroyer of the burden of the earth, he who brings moonrise-joy to the minds of the fair women of Vraja at will, > a comet of destruction to Kaṃsa—may that son of Devakī protect you! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > Come! and come thou, Lord of all, > Unto whom the Three Worlds call; > Thou, that didst in angry might, > Kansa, like a comet, smite; > Thou, that in thy passion tender, > As incarnate spell and splendour, > Hung on Radha's glorious face-- > In the garb of Krishna's grace-- > As above the bloom the bee, > When the honeyed revelry > Is too subtle-sweet an one > Not to hang and dally on; > Thou that art the Three Worlds' glory, > Of life the light, of every story > The meaning and the mark, of love > The root and, flower, o' the sky above > The blue, of bliss the heart, of those, > The lovers, that which did impose > The gentle law, that each should be > The other's Heav'n and harmony. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.5.20.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.20.p1) iti śrī-gīta-govinde'bhisārikā-varṇane sākāṅkṣa-puṇḍarīkākso nāma pañcamaḥ sargaḥ ||5|| > Thus ends the fifth sarga, entitled “The Lotus-Eyed One Full of Longing,” in the description of the woman going to meet her lover, in the illustrious Gītagovinda. > || 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > (Here ends that Sarga of the Gîta Govinda entitled SAKANDKSILAPUNDARIKAKSHO.) > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.5.20.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5.20.p3) ṣaṣṭhaḥ sargaḥ sotkaṇṭha-vaikuṇṭhaḥ NOTE: {dhanya-vaikuṇṭha-kuṅkumaḥ iti kvacit dṛśyate } > Sixth Sarga: > Longing Vaikuṇṭha > Note: \[dhanya-vaikuṇṭha-kuṅkumaḥ is read in some editions\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > SARGA THE SIXTH. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ## Translations (2) - [The Indian Song of Songs](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-arnold.5.p20) — Edwin Arnold 1875, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.1.5.1) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (4) - [Śrutirañjanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmidhara.10.8.9) — Lakṣmīdhara 1567, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Mānāṅka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mananka.12.1) — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit - [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sankara-misra.13.1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna.14.1) — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (6) - [Ujjvalanīlamaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.bhaktirasa.ujjvalanilamani.8.107) — Rūpa Gosvāmin 1540, Sanskrit - [Kāvyasaṃgraha (Jīvānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.kavyasamgraha-jivananda.94.1) — Sanskrit - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.6.25.5) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit - [Padāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.maithili.vidyapati.padavali-vidyapati.3.p12) — Vidyāpati, Sanskrit - [Śārṅgadharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.sarngadharapaddhati.130.2) — Śārṅgadhara, Sanskrit - [Rasakalpadruma (Jagannātha Miśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasanirupana-works.rasakalpadruma-jagannathamisra.7.816-2) — Jagannātha Miśra 1600, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.5) · Pramāṇa