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> O beloved of charming nature, abandon your groundless pride toward me! > At once the fire of Madana burns my heart; > grant me the drink of the honey from your lotus mouth! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.10.3) satyam eva asi yadi sudati mayi kopinī dehi khara-nakhara-śara-ghātam / ghaṭaya bhuja-bandhanam janaya rada-khaṇḍanam yena vā bhavati sukha-jātam // priye cāru-śīle muñca mayi mānam anidānam sapadi madana-analaḥ dahati mama mānasam dehi mukha-kamala-madhu-pānam // > If you are truly angry with me, O woman with beautiful teeth, > give me the strike of the arrows of your sharp nails; > fasten the bond of your arms, make marks with your bite, > or do whatever brings a host of pleasures! > O beloved of charming nature, abandon your groundless pride toward me! > At once the fire of Madana burns my heart; > grant me the drink of the honey from your lotus mouth! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.10.4) tvam asi mama bhūṣaṇam tvam asi mama jīvanam tvam asi mama bhava-jaladhi-ratnam / bhavatu bhavatī iha mayi satatam anurodhinī tatra mama hṛdayam atiyatnam // priye cāru-śīle muñca mayi mānam anidānam sapadi madana-analaḥ dahati mama mānasam dehi mukha-kamala-madhu-pānam // > You are my ornament, you are my life, > you are the jewel of the ocean of my existence; > may you always be accommodating toward me here, > to that end my heart makes its utmost effort! > O beloved of charming nature, abandon your groundless pride toward me! > At once the fire of Madana burns my heart; > grant me the drink of the honey from your lotus mouth! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.10.5) nīla-nalina-ābham api tanvi tava locanam dhārayati koka-nada-rūpam / kusumaśara-bāṇa-bhāvena yadi rañjayasi kṛṣṇam idam etat anurūpam // priye cāru-śīle muñca mayi mānam anidānam sapadi madana-analaḥ dahati mama mānasam dehi mukha-kamala-madhu-pānam // > Though resembling a blue water-lily, O slender one, your eye > assumes the form of a red lotus; > if you redden Kṛṣṇa with the arrows of the flower-arrowed god, > that is only fitting! > O beloved of charming nature, abandon your groundless pride toward me! > At once the fire of Madana burns my heart; > grant me the drink of the honey from your lotus mouth! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.10.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.10.6) sphuratu kuca-kumbhayoḥ upari maṇi-mañjarī rañjayatu tava hṛdaya-deśam / rasatu raśanā api tava ghana-jaghana-maṇḍale ghoṣayatu manmatha-nideśam // priye cāru-śīle muñca mayi mānam anidānam sapadi madana-analaḥ dahati mama mānasam dehi mukha-kamala-madhu-pānam // > Let the cluster of gems gleam upon the pitcher-like breasts > and adorn the region of your heart; > let the girdle also jingle upon the round circle of your hips > and proclaim the command of Manmatha! > O beloved of charming nature, abandon your groundless pride toward me! > At once the fire of Madana burns my heart; > grant me the drink of the honey from your lotus mouth! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.10.7) sthala-kamala-gañjanam mama hṛdaya-rañjanam janita-rati-raṅga-parabhāgam / bhaṇa masṛṇa-vāṇi karavāṇi pada-paṅkajam sarasa-lasat-alaktaka-rāgam // priye cāru-śīle muñca mayi mānam anidānam sapadi madana-analaḥ dahati mama mānasam dehi mukha-kamala-madhu-pānam // > Surpassing the land-growing lotus, delighting my heart, > creating an extraordinary beauty in the theater of love— > tell me, O sweet-voiced woman, shall I make your lotus foot > passionate with fresh, gleaming red lac? > O beloved of charming nature, abandon your groundless pride toward me! > At once the fire of Madana burns my heart; > grant me the drink of the honey from your lotus mouth! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.10.8) smara-garala-khaṇḍanam mama śirasi maṇḍanam dehi pada-pallavam udāram / jvalati mayi dāruṇaḥ madana-kadana-aruṇaḥ haratu tat-upāhita-vikāram // priye cāru-śīle muñca mayi mānam anidānam sapadi madana-analaḥ dahati mama mānasam dehi mukha-kamala-madhu-pānam // > Destroying the poison of Smara, an ornament for my head, > place upon me your noble, sprout-like foot! > Burning within me, fierce and red with the torment of Madana, > let it remove the perturbation caused by him! > O beloved of charming nature, abandon your groundless pride toward me! > At once the fire of Madana burns my heart; > grant me the drink of the honey from your lotus mouth! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.10.9) iti caṭula-cāṭu-paṭu-cāru muravairiṇaḥ rādhikām adhi vacana-jātam / jayati padmāvatī-ramaṇa-jayadeva-kavi- bhāratī-bhaṇitam atiśātam // priye cāru-śīle muñca mayi mānam anidānam sapadi madana-analaḥ dahati mama mānasam dehi mukha-kamala-madhu-pānam // > Thus, concerning Rādhikā, the array of words of Murāri's enemy, > clever in trembling flatteries and charming, > spoken through the voice of poet Jayadeva, the lover of Padmāvatī, > triumphs, exceedingly keen! > O beloved of charming nature, abandon your groundless pride toward me! > At once the fire of Madana burns my heart; > grant me the drink of the honey from your lotus mouth! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.10.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.10.10) parihara kṛta-ātaṅke śaṅkām tvayā satatam ghana- stana-jaghanayā ākrānte svānte para-anavakāśini / viśati vitanoḥ anyaḥ dhanyaḥ na kaḥ api mama-antaram stana-bhara-parīrambha-ārambhe vidhehi vidheyatām // > Cast off your fear, O anxious woman! In my heart, continually occupied by you > with your full breasts and hips, leaving room for no other, > no fortunate other enters, save for the Bodiless One; > yield compliance to the beginning of the embrace of the fullness of your breasts! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.10.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.10.11) mugdhe vidhehi mayi nirdaya-danta-daṃśa- doḥ-valli-bandha-nibiḍa-stana-pīḍanāni / caṇḍi tvam eva mudam añca na pañcabāṇa- caṇḍāla-kāṇḍa-dalanāt asavaḥ prayāntu // > O innocent woman, inflict upon me merciless biting of teeth, > the binding of the creepers of your arms, and the tight pressing of your breasts! > O fierce woman, you yourself take delight; do not let my breaths depart > from being shattered by the outcaste arrows of the five-arrowed god! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.10.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.10.12) vyathayati vṛthā maunam tanvi prapañcaya pañcamam taruṇi madhura-ālāpaiḥ tāpam vinodaya dṛṣṭibhiḥ / sumukhi vimukhī-bhāvam tāvat vimuñca na muñca mām svayam atiśaya-snigdhaḥ mugdhe priyaḥ aham upasthitaḥ // > Your silence pains me in vain, O slender one: utter the fifth note; > O youthful woman, dispel my burning heat with sweet conversation and with glances! > O fair-faced one, abandon your aversion, do not abandon me; > I, your beloved, exceedingly affectionate, have arrived in person, O innocent one! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.10.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.10.13) bandhūka-dyuti-bāndhavaḥ ayam adharaḥ snigdhaḥ madhūka-chaviḥ gaṇḍaḥ caṇḍi cakāsti nīla-nalina-śrī-mocanam locanam / nāsā abhyeti tila-prasūna-padavīm kunda-ābha-danti priye prāyaḥ tvat-mukha-sevayā vijayate viśvam saḥ puṣpāyudhaḥ // > This lower lip has kinship with the radiance of the bandhūka flower; the smooth cheek shines with the luster of the madhūka blossom, O passionate girl; / the eye steals away the loveliness of the blue lotus; the nose approaches the realm of the sesamum bloom, O you whose teeth gleam like jasmine blossoms, my love; / surely by serving your face, that flower-weaponed god conquers the universe. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.10.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.10.14) dṛśau tava mada-ālase vadanam indu-saṃdīpakam gatiḥ jana-manoramā vidhuta-rambham ūru-dvayam / ratiḥ tava kalāvatī rucira-citra-lekhe bhruvau aho vibudha-yauvatam vahasi tanvi pṛthvī-gatā // > Your eyes are languid with intoxication, your face illuminates the moon, / your gait captivates the minds of all, your two thighs outdo plantain stems, / your amorous pleasure is endowed with arts, and your brows are radiant, lovely lines: / ah, slender one, though on earth, you bear the beauty of divine maidens! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.2.10.1) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (4) - [Rasikapriyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!kumbhakarna.39.1) — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit - [Rasamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2!sankara-misra.38.1) — Śaṅkara, 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.10) · Pramāṇa