[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Poetry (mahākāvya, lyric, messenger poems, stotra, Prakrit kāvya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya) › [Shorter narrative and descriptive poems](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda) › [Musical poems after the Gītagovinda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya) › [Gita Govinda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2) › 1.7.24 # Gita Govinda 1.7.24 Gītagovinda 1.7.24 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.7.24) ghaṭayati sughane kuca-yuga-gagaṇe mṛga-mada-ruci-rūṣite | maṇi-saram amalaṃ tāraka-paṭalaṃ nakha-pada-śaśi-bhūṣite || > Vainly! all vain! > Make then the most of that whereto thou'rt given, > Feign her thy Paradise--thy Love of loves; > Say that her eyes are stars, her face the heaven, > Her bosoms the two worlds, with sandal-groves > Full-scented, and the kiss-marks--ah, thy dream > By Jumna's stream! > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs - [Previous: 1.7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.7.23) - [Next: 1.7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.7.25) - [Up: 1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.7) ## Translations (2) - [The Indian Song of Songs](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-arnold.7.p28) — Edwin Arnold 1875, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.1.7.24) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (4) - [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna.21.2) — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit - [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sankara-misra.20.2) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Śrutirañjanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmidhara.16.8.3) — Lakṣmīdhara 1567, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Mānāṅka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mananka.16.3) — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāvyasaṃgraha (Jīvānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.kavyasamgraha-jivananda.96.24) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.7.24) · Pramāṇa