Gita Govinda 1.7.22
Gītagovinda 1.7.22
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- Sanskrit
1.7.22
samudita-madane ramaṇī-vadane cumbana-valitādhare |
mṛga-mada-tilakaṃ likhati sapulakaṃ mṛgam iva rajanī-kare ||
When Madana has arisen on the lovely woman's face, her lips turned for a kiss, / thrilling with joy, he paints a musk forehead mark, like the hare on the moon.
In vain, in vain!
Earth will of earth! I mourn more than I blame;
If he had known, he would not sit and paint
The tilka on her smooth black brow, nor claim
Quick kisses from her yielded lips--false, faint--
False, fragrant, fatal! Krishna's quest is o'er
By Jumna's shore!
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ramate yamunā-pulina-vane vijayī murārir adhunā ||dhruva||||
Now the victorious Murāri sports in the groves of the Yamunā's banks. ||Refrain
Translations (2)
- The Indian Song of Songs — Edwin Arnold 1875, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Commentaries (4)
- Rasikapriyā — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit
- Śrutirañjanī — Lakṣmīdhara 1567, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Mānāṅka — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit
- Rasamañjarī — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Kāvyasaṃgraha (Jīvānanda) — Sanskrit