[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) › 1.7.29 # Gita Govinda 1.7.29 Gītagovinda 1.7.29 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.7.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.7.29) iha rasa-bhaṇane kṛta-hari-guṇane madhuripu-pada-sevake | kali-yuga-caritaṃ na vasatu duritaṃ kavi-nṛpa-jayadevake || > O great Hari! purge from wrong > The soul of him who writes this song; > Purge the souls of those that read > From every fault of thought and deed; > With thy blessed light assuage > The darkness of this evil age! > Jayadev the bard of love, > Servant of the Gods above, > Prays it for himself and you-- > Gentle hearts who listen!--too. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ### [1.7.29.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.7.29.p1) NOTE: {racitam iti kvacit dṛśyate.} > O great Hari! purge from wrong > The soul of him who writes this song; > Purge the souls of those that read > From every fault of thought and deed; > With thy blessed light assuage > The darkness of this evil age! > Jayadev the bard of love, > Servant of the Gods above, > Prays it for himself and you-- > Gentle hearts who listen!--too. > — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs ## Translations (2) - [The Indian Song of Songs](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-arnold.7.p35) — Edwin Arnold 1875, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.1.7.29) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (4) - [Śrutirañjanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmidhara.16.8.8) — Lakṣmīdhara 1567, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Mānāṅka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mananka.16.8) — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit - [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna) — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit - [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sankara-misra) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.7.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.7.29) · Pramāṇa