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# Gita Govinda 1.7.17

Gītagovinda 1.7.17

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.7.17)

dayita-vilokita-lajjita-hasitā |  
bahu-vidha-kūjita-rati-rasa-rasitā ||

> Coy as he grows fond, she meets him  
> With a modest show;  
> Shaming truth with truthful seeming,  
> While her laugh--light, low--  
> — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs

> And her subtle mouth that murmurs.  
> And her silken cheek,  
> And her eyes, say she dissembles  
> Plain as speech could speak.  
> — 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.p20) — Edwin Arnold 1875, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.1.7.17) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (4)

- [Śrutirañjanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmidhara.15.8.2) — Lakṣmīdhara 1567, Sanskrit
- [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna) — Kumbhakarṇa, 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

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