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# Gita Govinda 2.12.16

Gītagovinda 2.12.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.12.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12.16)

mṛgamada-rasa-valitam lalitam kuru tilakam alika-rajanīkare /  
vihita-kalaṅka-kalam kamala-ānana viśramita-śrama-śīkare //  
nijagāda sā yadu-nandane krīḍati hṛdaya-ānandane //

> "Draw a lovely forehead mark with musk upon the moon of my brow, / like the mark of a hare, O lotus-faced one, wiping away the drops of perspiration!" / She spoke while the son of Yadu made sport, delighting her heart.  
> — 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.2.12.16) — 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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