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# Gita Govinda 2.11.11

Gītagovinda 2.11.11

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.11.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.11.11)

akṣṇoḥ nikṣipat-añjanam śravaṇayoḥ tāpiccha-guccha-āvalīm  
mūrdhni śyāma-saroja-dāma kucayoḥ kastūrikā-patrakam /  
dhūrtānām abhisāra-satvara-hṛdām viṣvak-nikuñje sakhi  
dhvāntam nīla-nicola-cāru sudṛśām prati-aṅgam āliṅgati //

> Casting collyrium upon their eyes, clusters of tāpiccha blooms on their ears, / a garland of dark lotuses on their heads, and musk-leaf patterns on their breasts, / the darkness, like a lovely blue cloak, embraces limb by limb / the beautiful women whose hearts hasten to the amorous rendezvous with their artful lovers all around the arbor, O friend.  
> — 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.2.11.11) — 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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