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# Gita Govinda 1.6.9

Gītagovinda 1.6.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.6.9)

śrī-jayadeva-kaver idam uditam |  
rasika-janaṃ tanutām atimuditam ||

> Shall not these fair verses swell  
> The number of the wise who dwell  
> In the realm of Kama's bliss?  
> Jayadeva prayeth this,  
> Jayadev, the bard of Love,  
> Servant of the Gods above.  
> — 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.6.p10) — Edwin Arnold 1875, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.1.6.9) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (4)

- [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna.17.7) — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit
- [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sankara-misra.16.7) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Śrutirañjanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmidhara.13.8.4) — Lakṣmīdhara 1567, 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.95.9) — Sanskrit

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