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whose lower lip was bathed in a blossoming smile born of the overwhelming purpose of love surrendered to Smara with immense modesty, / her mind filled with passion, casting her eyes repeatedly upon the bed of fresh sprouts and flowers, Hari spoke to her: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12.2) kisalaya-śayana-tale kuru kāmini caraṇa-nalina-viniveśam / tava pada-pallava-vairi-parābhavam idam anubhavatu suveśam // kṣaṇam adhunā nārāyaṇam anugatam anusara rādhike // > "Place your lotus feet upon the bed of young sprouts, passionate woman; / let this lovely couch suffer defeat by the rivals of your sprout-like feet! / Radhika, yield for a moment now to Nārāyaṇa who is devoted to you!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12.3) kara-kamalena karomi caraṇamaham āgamitā asi vidūram / kṣaṇam upakuru śayana-upari mām iva nūpuram anugata-śūram // kṣaṇam adhunā nārāyaṇam anugatam anusara rādhike // > "With my lotus hand I will caress your foot; you have traveled far. / Grant a favor to me for a moment upon the bed, like an anklet bravely following you! / Radhika, yield for a moment now to Nārāyaṇa who is devoted to you!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12.4) vadana-sudhā-nidhi-galitam amṛtamiva racaya vacanam anukūlam / viraham iva apanayāmi payodhara-rodhakam urasi dukūlam // kṣaṇam adhunā nārāyaṇam anugatam anusara rādhike // > "Speak gracious words like nectar dripping from the treasure of the moon of your face! / Let me remove the fine silk on your chest that confines your breasts, as if dispelling separation itself! / Radhika, yield for a moment now to Nārāyaṇa who is devoted to you!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12.5) priya-parirambhaṇa-rabhasa-valitam iva pulakitam atiduravāpam / mat-urasi kuca-kalaśam viniveśaya śoṣaya manasija-tāpam // kṣaṇam adhunā nārāyaṇam anugatam anusara rādhike // > "Place upon my chest your jar-like breasts, thrilling with goosebumps as if stirred by the haste of a lover's embrace, / so hard to attain; quench the burning of mind-born love! / Radhika, yield for a moment now to Nārāyaṇa who is devoted to you!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12.6) adhara-sudhā-rasam upanaya bhāvini jīvaya mṛtam iva dāsam / tvayi vinihita-manasam viraha-anala-dagdha-vapuṣam avilāsam // kṣaṇam adhunā nārāyaṇam anugatam anusara rādhike // > "Offer the nectar of your lower lip, passionate woman; bring life to your servant who is as if dead, / his mind fixed on you, his body burned by the fire of separation, bereft of dalliance! / Radhika, yield for a moment now to Nārāyaṇa who is devoted to you!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.12.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12.7) śaśi-mukhi mukharaya maṇi-raśanā-guṇam anuguṇa-kaṇṭha-ninādam / śruti-yugale pika-ruta-vikale mama śamaya cirāt avasādam // kṣaṇam adhunā nārāyaṇam anugatam anusara rādhike // > "Moon-faced one, make your jeweled girdle jingle, matching the sweet sounds from your throat! / In my ears, tormented by the cuckoo's cry, put an end at last to sorrow! / Radhika, yield for a moment now to Nārāyaṇa who is devoted to you!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.12.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12.8) mām ativiphala-ruṣā vikalīkṛtam avalokitum adhunā idam / mīlita-lajjitam iva nayanam tava virama visṛja rati-khedam // kṣaṇam adhunā nārāyaṇam anugatam anusara rādhike // > "Seeing me now distraught with utterly vain anger, / your eyes close as if in modesty; cease, dismiss the weariness of love! / Radhika, yield for a moment now to Nārāyaṇa who is devoted to you!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12.9) śrījayadeva-bhaṇitam idam anupada-nigadita-madhuripu-modam / janayatu rasika-janeṣu manorama-rati-sabhāva-vinodam // kṣaṇam adhunā nārāyaṇam anugatam anusara rādhike // > "May this song uttered by Jayadeva, which proclaims at every step the delight of the enemy of Madhu, / awaken among connoisseurs the charming delight born of the true nature of love! / Radhika, yield for a moment now to Nārāyaṇa who is devoted to you!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [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) ### [2.12.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12.11) atha kāntam rati-klāntam api maṇḍana-vāñchayā / nijagāda nirābādhā rādhā svādhīna-bhartṛkā // > Then, though her lover was exhausted from amorous pleasure, Rādhā, unhindered, having her lover under her sway, / wishing to be adorned, / spoke to him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.12.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12.12) kuru yadu-nandana candana-śiśiratareṇa kareṇa payodhare / mṛgamada-patrakam atra manobhava-maṅgala-kalaśa-sahodare // nijagāda sā yadu-nandane krīḍati hṛdaya-ānandane // > "O son of Yadu, paint with your hand, cooler than sandalwood, upon my breast, / a decorative leaf pattern of musk, here on this brother to the auspicious jars of the Mind-born!" / She spoke while the son of Yadu made sport, delighting her heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.12.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12.13) ali-kula-gañjanam añjanakam rati-nāyaka-sāyaka-mocane / tvat-adhara-cumbana-lambita-kajjalam ujjvalaya priya locane // nijagāda sā yadu-nandane krīḍati hṛdaya-ānandane // > "Brighten with collyrium, which puts to shame a swarm of black bees, my eyes that loose the arrows of the lord of love, / my beloved, for the lampblack has run down from your kisses on my lips!" / She spoke while the son of Yadu made sport, delighting her heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.12.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12.14) nayana-kuraṅga-taraṅga-vikāsa-nirāsa-kare śruti-maṇḍale / manaasija-pāśa-vilāsa-dhare śubha-veśa niveśaya kuṇḍale // nijagāda sā yadu-nandane krīḍati hṛdaya-ānandane // > "Upon my ears, which dispel the rippling darting of the deer of my eyes / and bear the sport of the noose of mind-born love, place my earrings, you of fair adornment!" / She spoke while the son of Yadu made sport, delighting her heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.12.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12.15) bhramara-cayam racayantam upari ruciram suciram mama saṃmukhe / jita-kamale vimale parikarmaya narma-janakam alakam mukhe // nijagāda sā yadu-nandane krīḍati hṛdaya-ānandane // > "Arrange the curls upon my face, which surpass the spotless lotus and inspire playful delight, / forming a lovely swarm of bees right before my eyes for a long time!" / She spoke while the son of Yadu made sport, delighting her heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [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) ### [2.12.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12.17) mama rucire cikure kuru mānada mānasaja-dhvaja-cāmare / rati-galite lalite kusumāni śikhaṇḍi-śikhaṇḍaka-ḍāmare // nijagāda sā yadu-nandane krīḍati hṛdaya-ānandane // > "O giver of honor, place flowers in my lovely hair, the chowrie banner of mind-born love, / loosened by amorous pleasure, charming, magnificent as a peacock's plumage!" / So she spoke as the son of Yadu, the delighter of her heart, sported. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.12.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12.18) sarasa-ghane jaghane mama śambara-dāraṇa-vāraṇa-kandare / maṇi-raśanā-vasana-ābharaṇāni śubha-āśaya vāsaya sundare // nijagāda sā yadu-nandane krīḍati hṛdaya-ānandane // > "O noble-minded one, clothe my passionate, full, lovely hips, the cave for the elephant of the destroyer of Śambara, / with jewels, a girdle, and garments!" / So she spoke as the son of Yadu, the delighter of her heart, sported. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.12.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12.19) śrījayadeva-vacasi rucire hṛdayam sadayam kuru maṇḍane / hari-caraṇa-smaraṇa-amṛta-kṛta-kali-kaluṣa-bhava-jvara-khaṇḍane // nijagāda sā yadu-nandane krīḍati hṛdaya-ānandane // > O compassionate one, fix your heart upon the pleasing words of Śrī Jayadeva, an ornament / that dispels the fever of worldly existence and the taints of the Kali age through the nectar of remembering Hari's feet! / So she spoke as the son of Yadu, the delighter of her heart, sported. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.12.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12.20) racaya kucayoḥ patram citram kuruṣva kapolayoḥ ghaṭaya jaghane kāñcīm añca srajā kabarī-bharam / kalaya valaya-śreṇīm pāṇau pade kuru nūpurau iti nigaditaḥ prītaḥ pītāmbaraḥ api tathā akarot // > "Draw decorative leaf patterns upon my breasts, adorn my cheeks, / fasten the girdle of bells upon my hips, garland the mass of my braided hair, / place rows of bangles upon my hands, and put anklets upon my feet!" / Thus addressed, Pītāmbara, delighted, did just so. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [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) ### [2.12.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12.22) śrībhojadeva-prabhavasya rāmādevī-suta-śrījayadevakasya / parāśara-ādi-priya-varga-kaṇṭhe śrīgītagovinda-kavitvam astu // > May the poetic art of the glorious Gītagovinda, by the venerable Jayadeva, / son of Śrī Bhojadeva and born of Rāmādevī, / rest upon the throats of dear friends such as Parāśara and others! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.2.12.1) — 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 (2) - [Ujjvalanīlamaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.bhaktirasa.ujjvalanilamani.13.18) — Rūpa Gosvāmin 1540, Sanskrit - [Kavicintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.samgraha.pracya-maithila.kavicintamani.21.7.5) — Gopīnātha Kavibhūṣaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.12) · Pramāṇa