[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) › 2.12.10 # Gita Govinda 2.12.10 Gītagovinda 2.12.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.12.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12.10) māra-aṅke rati-keli-saṃkula-raṇa-ārambhe tayā sāhasa- prāyam kānta-jayāya kiṃcit upari prārambhi yat-sambhramāt / niṣpandā jaghana-sthalī śithilā doḥ-valliḥ utkampitam vakṣaḥ mīlitam akṣi pauruṣa-rasaḥ strīṇām kutaḥ sidhyati // > On the battlefield of love, at the onset of the tumult of erotic play, rashly, in her flurry / she mounted above to conquer her beloved; / but her hips grew motionless, the creepers of her arms slackened, her chest trembled, / her eyes closed: how can women succeed in the masculine role? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12.9) - [Next: 2.12.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12.11) - [Up: 2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.2.12.10) — 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 ## Linked texts (1) - [Ujjvalanīlamaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.bhaktirasa.ujjvalanilamani.13.18) — Rūpa Gosvāmin 1540, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12.10) · Pramāṇa