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# Gita Govinda 1.7.15

Gītagovinda 1.7.15

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.7.15)

vicalad-alaka-lalitānana-candrā |  
tad-adhara-pāna-rabhasa-kṛta-tandrā ||

> Fair? yes, yes! the rippled shadow  
> Of that midnight hair  
> Shows above her brow--as clouds do  
> O'er the moon--most fair:  
> — 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.7.p18) — Edwin Arnold 1875, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.1.7.15) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (4)

- [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
- [Commentary of Mānāṅka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mananka) — Mānāṅka, 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.96.15) — Sanskrit

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