Gita Govinda 1.6.10
Gītagovinda 1.6.10
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1.6.10
vipula-pulaka-pāliḥ sphīta-sīt-kāram antar-janita-jaḍimam-kāku-vyākulaṃ vyāharantī |
tava kitava vidhāyāmanda-kandarpa-cintāṃ rasa-jala-nidhi-magnā dhyāna-lagnā mṛgakṣī ||
For all so strong in Heaven itself
Is Love, that Radha sits drooping there,
Her beautiful bosoms panting with thought,
And the braids drawn back from her ear.
And--angel albeit--her rich lips breathe
Sighs, if sighs were ever so sweet;
And--if spirits can tremble--she trembles now
From forehead to jewelled feet.
And her voice of music sinks to a sob,
And her eyes, like eyes of a mated roe,
Are tender with looks of yielded love,
With dreams dreamed long ago;
Long--long ago, but soon to grow truth,
To end, and be waking and certain and true;
Of which dear surety murmur her lips,
As the lips of sleepers do:
Translations (2)
- The Indian Song of Songs — Edwin Arnold 1875, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Commentaries (4)
- Śrutirañjanī — Lakṣmīdhara 1567, Sanskrit
- Rasikapriyā — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Mānāṅka — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit
- Rasamañjarī — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit