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# Gita Govinda 2.1.36

Gītagovinda 2.1.36

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.36)

unmīlat-madhu-gandha-lubdha-madhupa-vyādhūta-cūta-aṅkura-  
krīḍat-kokila-kākalī-kalakalaiḥ udgīrṇa-karṇa-jvarāḥ /  
nīyante pathikaiḥ katham katham api dhyāna-avadhāna-kṣaṇa-  
prāpta-prāṇa-samā-samāgama-rasa-ullāsaiḥ amī vāsarāḥ //

> A fever in the ear is cast out by the soft notes of cuckoos sporting  
> on mango sprouts shaken by bees greedy for the opening scent of nectar;  
> how, oh how, are these days endured by travelers,  
> except through the surging aesthetic flavor of reunion with their life's equal, attained for a moment in deep meditation?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.2.1.36) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (4)

- [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
- [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sankara-misra) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit

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