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# Gita Govinda 1.7.30

Gītagovinda 1.7.30

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.7.30)

nāyātaḥ sakhi nirdayo yadi śaṭhas tvaṃ dūti kiṃ dūyase svacchandaṃ bahu-vallabhaḥ sa ramate kiṃ tatra te dūṣaṇam |  
paśyādya priya-saṅgamāya dayitasyākṛṣyamāṇaṃ guṇair utkaṇṭhārti-bharād iva sphuṭad idaṃ cetaḥ svayam yāsyati ||

> 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

### [1.7.30.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.7.30.p1)

|| prabandhaḥ 16 ||

> (What follows is to the Music DESHAVARÂDÎ and the Mode RUPAKA.)  
> — Edwin Arnold 1875, The Indian Song of Songs

> 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

### [1.7.30.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.7.30.p2)

deśavarāḍi-rāgeṇa rūpaka-tālena gīyate |

> 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.1.7.30) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (4)

- [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna.21.8) — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit
- [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sankara-misra.20.6) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Śrutirañjanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmidhara.16.8.9) — Lakṣmīdhara 1567, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Mānāṅka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mananka) — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (3)

- [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.6.80.73) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit
- [Śārṅgadharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.sarngadharapaddhati.141.8) — Śārṅgadhara, Sanskrit
- [Kāvyasaṃgraha (Jīvānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.kavyasamgraha-jivananda.96.30) — Sanskrit

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