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# Gita Govinda 1.7.34

Gītagovinda 1.7.34

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.7.34)

sthala-jala-ruha-ruci-kara-caraṇena |  
luṭhati na sā hima-kara-kiraṇena ||

> The crescent moon shall seem to swim  
> Only that she may see  
> The glad eyes of my Krishna gleam,  
> And her soft glances he:  
> It shall be as a silver lamp  
> Set in the sky to show  
> The rose-leaf palms that cling and clasp,  
> And the breast that beats below.  
> — 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.p41) — Edwin Arnold 1875, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.1.7.34) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (4)

- [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna.22.3) — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit
- [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sankara-misra.21.3) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Śrutirañjanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmidhara.17.8.2) — Lakṣmīdhara 1567, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Mānāṅka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mananka.17.4) — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kāvyasaṃgraha (Jīvānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.kavyasamgraha-jivananda.96.34) — Sanskrit

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