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# Gita Govinda 1.7.38

Gītagovinda 1.7.38

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.7.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.7.38)

śrī-jayadeva-bhaṇita-vacanena |  
praviśatu harir api hṛdayam anena ||

> Hari, Lord and King of love!  
> From thy throne of light above  
> Stoop to help us, deign to take  
> Our spirits to thee for the sake  
> Of this song, which speaks the fears  
> Of all who weep with Radha's tears.  
> — 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.p45) — Edwin Arnold 1875, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.1.7.38) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (4)

- [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sankara-misra.21.7) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna) — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit
- [Śrutirañjanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmidhara) — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Mānāṅka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mananka) — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit

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