[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Poetry (mahākāvya, lyric, messenger poems, stotra, Prakrit kāvya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya) › [Shorter narrative and descriptive poems](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda) › [Musical poems after the Gītagovinda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya) › [Gita Govinda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2) › 2.1.3 # Gita Govinda 2.1.3 Gītagovinda 2.1.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.3) vācaḥ pallavayati umāpatidharaḥ saṃdarbha-śuddhim girām jānīte jayadevaḥ eva śaraṇaḥ ślāghyaḥ durūha-drute / śṛṅgāra-uttara-sat-prameya-racanaiḥ ācāryagovardhana- spardhī kaḥ api na viśrutaḥ śrutidharaḥ dhoyī kavi-kṣmāpatiḥ // > Umāpatidhara causes words to sprout with blossoms; Jayadeva alone / knows the purity of verbal composition; Śaraṇa is praiseworthy for swift movement through the obscure; / no celebrated poet rivals Ācārya Govardhana in compositions of true knowledge heightened by erotic sentiment; / Dhoyī, king of poets, retains all he hears. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.2) - [Next: 2.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.4) - [Up: 2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.2.1.3) — 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.3) · Pramāṇa