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# Gita Govinda 1.7.8

Gītagovinda 1.7.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.1.7.8)

kusuma-sukumāra-tanum atanu-śara-līlayā |  
srag api hṛdi hanti mām ativiṣama-śilayā ||

> 'Tis too heavy, lacking him;  
> Like a broken flower I am--  
> Necklets, jewels, what are ye?  
> Yami hê kam sharanam!  
> — 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.p9) — Edwin Arnold 1875, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.1.7.8) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (4)

- [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna.20.5) — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit
- [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sankara-misra.19.5) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Śrutirañjanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!laksmidhara.14.8.4) — Lakṣmīdhara 1567, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Mānāṅka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!mananka) — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Kāvyasaṃgraha (Jīvānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.kavyasamgraha-jivananda.96.8) — Sanskrit
- [Padāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.maithili.vidyapati.padavali-vidyapati.5.p4) — Vidyāpati, Sanskrit

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