[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) › 2.12.21 # Gita Govinda 2.12.21 Gītagovinda 2.12.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.12.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12.21) yat gāndharva-kalāsu kauśalam anudhyānam ca yat vaiṣṇavam yat śṛṅgāra-viveka-tattvam api yat kāvyeṣu līlāyitam / tat sarvam jayadeva-paṇḍita-kaveḥ kṛṣṇa-eka-tāna-ātmanaḥ sānandāḥ pariśodhayantu sudhiyaḥ śrīgītagovindataḥ // > Whatever skill in the art of music, whatever meditation upon Viṣṇu, / whatever discernment of the truth of erotic sentiment, and whatever playful charm in poetic verse \[there may be\]— / let wise people joyfully examine it all in the glorious Gītagovinda / composed by the learned poet Jayadeva, whose mind is single-pointedly devoted to Kṛṣṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.12.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12.20) - [Next: 2.12.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12.22) - [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.2.12.21) — 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-2.2.12.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12.21) · Pramāṇa