[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) › 2.1 # Gita Govinda 2.1 Gītagovinda 2.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.1) meghaiḥ meduram ambaram vana-bhuvaḥ śyāmāḥ tamāla-drumaiḥ naktam bhīruḥ ayam tvam eva tat imam rādhe gṛham prāpaya / ittham nanda-nideśataḥ calitayoḥ prati-adhva-kuñja-drumam rādhā-mādhavayoḥ jayanti yamunā-kūle rahaḥ-kelayaḥ // > "The sky is dense with clouds; the forest grounds are dark with tamāla trees; / night approaches, and he is timid: you alone, Rādhā, take him home!" / Wandering thus at Nanda's command to the arbors and trees along the path, / victorious are the secret amorous plays of Rādhā and Mādhava on the bank of the Yamunā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.2) vāk-devatā-carita-citrita-citta-sadmā padmāvatī-caraṇa-cāraṇa-cakravartī śrī-vāsudeva-rati-keli-kathā-sametam etam karoti jayadeva-kaviḥ prabandham // > With the mansion of his mind painted by the deeds of the goddess of speech, / sovereign of wandering bards at Padmāvatī's feet, / the poet Jayadeva composes this lyric composition / accompanied by the story of the amorous play of the illustrious Vāsudeva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.3) vācaḥ pallavayati umāpatidharaḥ saṃdarbha-śuddhim girām jānīte jayadevaḥ eva śaraṇaḥ ślāghyaḥ durūha-drute / śṛṅgāra-uttara-sat-prameya-racanaiḥ ācāryagovardhana- spardhī kaḥ api na viśrutaḥ śrutidharaḥ dhoyī kavi-kṣmāpatiḥ // > Umāpatidhara causes words to sprout with blossoms; Jayadeva alone / knows the purity of verbal composition; Śaraṇa is praiseworthy for swift movement through the obscure; / no celebrated poet rivals Ācārya Govardhana in compositions of true knowledge heightened by erotic sentiment; / Dhoyī, king of poets, retains all he hears. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.4) yadi hari-smaraṇe sarasam manaḥ yadi vilāsa-kalāsu kutūhalam / madhura-komala-kānta-pada-āvalīm śṛṇu tadā jayadeva-sarasvatīm // > If your mind is passionate in remembering Hari, / if you have curiosity for the arts of amorous dalliance, / then listen to the words of Jayadeva, / a garland of sweet, tender, and lovely verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.5) pralaya-payodhi-jale dhṛtavān asi vedam/ vihita-vahitra-caritram akhedam // keśava dhṛta-mīna-śarīra jaya jagadīśa hare // > In the waters of the ocean of cosmic dissolution you preserved the Veda, / acting effortlessly as a boat. / Keśava, who took the form of a fish, / triumph, Hari, Lord of the world! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.6) kṣitiḥ ativipulatare tava tiṣṭhati pṛṣṭhe / dharaṇi-dharaṇa-kiṇa-cakra-gariṣṭhe // keśava dhṛta-kacchapa-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare // > The earth rests upon your exceedingly vast back, / heavily scarred by the calloused circle made from supporting the earth. / Keśava, who took the form of a tortoise, / triumph, Hari, Lord of the world! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.7) vasati daśana-śikhare dharaṇī tava lagnā / śaśini kalaṅka-kalā iva nimagnā // keśava dhṛta-śūkara-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare // > The earth rests fixed upon the tip of your tusk, / plunged like a dark mark upon the moon. / Keśava, who took the form of a boar, / triumph, Hari, Lord of the world! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.8) tava kara-kamala-vare nakham adbhuta-śṛṅgam / dalita-hiraṇyakaśipu-tanu-bhṛṅgam // keśava dhṛta-narahari-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare // > On your excellent lotus-hand the claw is a wondrous point / that tore apart the bee that was the body of Hiraṇyakaśipu. / Keśava, who took the form of the man-lion, / triumph, Hari, Lord of the world! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.9) chalayasi vikramaṇe balim adbhuta-vāmana / pada-nakha-nīra-janita-jana-pāvana // keśava dhṛta-vāmana-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare // > In your strides you deceived Bali, wondrous dwarf, / who purified people through the water from your toenails. / Keśava, who took the form of a dwarf, / triumph, Hari, Lord of the world! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.10) kṣatriya-rudhira-maye jagat apagata-pāpam / snapayasi payasi śamita-bhava-tāpam // keśava dhṛta-bhṛgupati-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare // > In water made of the blood of kṣatriyas, you bathed the world, / washing away its sins and calming the torment of existence. / Keśava, who took the form of the lord of the Bhṛgus, / triumph, Hari, Lord of the world! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.11) vitarasi dikṣu raṇe dikpati-kamanīyam / daśamukha-mauli-balim ramaṇīyam // keśava dhṛta-rāma-śarīra jaya jagadīśa hare // > In battle you scatter in every direction, desirable to the guardians of the directions, / the delightful offering of the heads of the ten-headed Rāvaṇa. / Keśava, who took the body of Rāma, / triumph, Hari, Lord of the world! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.12) vahasi vapuṣi viśade vasanam jalada-ābham / hala-hati-bhīti-milita-yamunā-ābham // keśava dhṛta-haladhara-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare // > On your fair body you wear a garment with the luster of a cloud, / dark like the Yamunā fleeing in fear of the strike of your plow. / Keśava, who took the form of the plow-bearer, / triumph, Hari, Lord of the world! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.13) nindasi yajña-vidheḥ ahaha śruti-jātam / sadaya-hṛdaya darśita-paśu-ghātam // keśava dhṛta-buddha-śarīra jaya jagadīśa hare // > Alas, you condemn the collection of Vedic texts for the sacrificial rite, / your heart full of compassion when the slaughter of cattle was displayed. / Keśava, who took the body of the Buddha, / triumph, Hari, Lord of the world! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.14) mleccha-nivaha-nidhane kalayasi karavālam / dhūma-ketum iva kim api karālam // keśava dhṛta-kalki-śarīra jaya jagadīśa hare // > For the destruction of the barbarian multitudes, you brandish a sword / terrible as a blazing comet. / Keśava, who took the body of Kalki, / triumph, Hari, Lord of the world! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.15) śrījayadeva-kaveḥ idam uditam udāram / śṛṇu sukhadam śubhadam bhava-sāram // keśava dhṛta-daśa-vidha-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare // > Listen to this noble utterance spoken by the poet Jayadeva, / which grants happiness and auspiciousness, the essence of worldly existence. / Keśava, who took ten kinds of forms, / triumph, Hari, Lord of the world! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.16) vedān uddharate jagat nivahate bhūgolam udbibhrate daityam dārayate balim chalayate kṣatra-kṣayam kurvate / paulastyam jayate halam kalayate kāruṇyam ātanvate mlecchān mūrcchayate daśa-ākṛti-kṛte kṛṣṇāya tubhyam namaḥ // > Rescuing the Vedas, carrying the world, bearing aloft the earth-globe, / tearing apart the demon, deceiving Bali, destroying the kṣatriyas, / conquering the descendant of Pulastya, wielding the plow, extending compassion, / and overcoming the barbarians—homage to you, Kṛṣṇa, who assumed ten forms! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.17) śrita-kamalā-kuca-maṇḍala dhṛta-kuṇḍala e / kalita-lalita-vana-māla jaya jayadeva hare // > Resting upon the orb of Kamalā's breasts, wearing earrings, / adorned with a lovely garland of wild flowers—triumph, God of victory, Hari! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.18) dina-maṇi-maṇḍala-maṇḍana bhava-khaṇḍana e / muni-jana-mānasa-haṃsa jaya jayadeva hare // > Adornment of the solar orb, destroyer of worldly existence, / swan upon the Manasa lake of the minds of sages—triumph, God of victory, Hari! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.19) kāliya-viṣa-dhara-gañjana jana-rañjana e / yadu-kula-nalina-dineśa jaya jayadeva hare // > Subduer of the venomous snake Kāliya, delighter of the people, / sun to the lotus of the Yadu race—triumph, God of victory, Hari! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.20) madhu-mura-naraka-vināśana garuḍa-āsana e / sura-kula-keli-nidāna jaya jayadeva hare // > O Destroyer of Madhu, Mura, and Naraka, whose seat is Garuḍa! > O source of play for the host of gods, hail, hail, O God Hari! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.21) amala-kamala-dala-locana bhava-mocana e / tribhuvana-bhavana-nidhāna jaya jayadeva hare // > O you whose eyes are pure lotus petals, liberator from worldly existence! > O treasure of the abode of the three worlds, hail, hail, O God Hari! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.22) janaka-sutā-kṛta-bhūṣaṇa jita-dūṣaṇa e / samara-śamita-daśakaṇṭha jaya jayadeva hare // > O you who are adorned by Janaka's daughter, conqueror of Dūṣaṇa! > O you who quelled the ten-necked \[Rāvaṇa\] in battle, hail, hail, O God Hari! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.23) abhinava-jaladhara-sundara dhṛta-mandara e / śrī-mukha-candra-cakora jaya jayadeva hare // > O you who are handsome as a fresh raincloud, upholder of Mount Mandara! > O cakora bird to the moon of Śrī's face, hail, hail, O God Hari! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.24) śrījayadeva-kaveḥ idam kurute mudam e / maṅgalam ujjvala-gītam jaya jayadeva hare // > May this auspicious, radiant song > of the poet Śrī Jayadeva bring delight: hail, hail, O God Hari! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.25) padmā-payodhara-taṭī-parirambha-lagna-kāśmīra-mudritam uraḥ madhusūdanasya / vyakta-anurāgam iva khelat-anaṅga-kheda-sveda-ambu-pūram anupūrayatu priyam vaḥ // > Imprinted with saffron clinging from an embrace against the slope of Padmā's breasts, > filled with the waters of perspiration born of the weariness of erotic play, as if manifesting passion— > may that chest of Madhusūdana fulfill your desired wish! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.26) vasante vāsantī-kusuma-sukumāraiḥ avayavaiḥ bhramantīm kāntāre bahu-vihita-kṛṣṇa-anusaraṇām / amandam kandarpa-jvara-janita-cintā-ākulatayā valat-bādhām rādhām sarasam idam ūce sahacarī // > In spring, to Rādhā wandering through the forest on limbs tender as vāsantī flowers, > seeking Kṛṣṇa in every direction, > overcome with intense torment through the agitation of anxiety born of Kandarpa's fever, > her companion spoke these passionate words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.27) lalita-lavaṅga-latā-pariśīlana-komala-malaya-samīre / madhukara-nikara-karambita-kokila-kūjita-kuñja-kuṭīre // viharati hariḥ iha sarasa-vasante nṛtyati yuvati-janena samam sakhi virahi-janasya durante // > When the breeze from the Malaya mountains is gentle from caressing graceful clove creepers, > when bower huts resound with the cooing of cuckoos mingled with swarms of bees— > Hari sports here in passionate spring, > dancing with young women, O friend, in this season so cruel to separated lovers! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.28) unmada-madana-manoratha-pathika-vadhū-jana-janita-vilāpe / ali-kula-saṃkula-kusuma-samūha-nirākula-bakula-kalāpe // viharati hariḥ iha sarasa-vasante nṛtyati yuvati-janena samam sakhi virahi-janasya durante // > When travelers' wives are made to lament by desires of intoxicating Madana, > when dense clusters of bakula flowers are crowded with swarms of bees— > Hari sports here in passionate spring, > dancing with young women, O friend, in this season so cruel to separated lovers! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.29) mṛgamada-saurabha-rabhasa-vaśaṃvada-nava-dala-māla-tamāle / yuva-jana-hṛdaya-vidāraṇa-manasija-nakha-ruci-kiṃśuka-jāle // viharati hariḥ iha sarasa-vasante nṛtyati yuvati-janena samam sakhi virahi-janasya durante // > When tamāla trees have rows of fresh shoots subject to the intense scent of musk, > when clusters of kiṃśuka flowers shine like the claws of mind-born love tearing the hearts of youth— > Hari sports here in passionate spring, > dancing with young women, O friend, in this season so cruel to separated lovers! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.30) madana-mahīpati-kanaka-daṇḍa-ruci-keśara-kusuma-vikāse / milita-śilīmukha-pāṭali-paṭala-kṛta-smara-tūṇa-vilāse // viharati hariḥ iha sarasa-vasante nṛtyati yuvati-janena samam sakhi virahi-janasya durante // > When the bloom of keśara flowers shines like the golden scepter of King Madana, > when clusters of pāṭali flowers, met by bees, display the splendor of Smara's quivers— > Hari sports here in passionate spring, > dancing with young women, O friend, in this season so cruel to separated lovers! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.31) vigalita-lajjita-jagat-avalokana-taruṇa-karuṇa-kṛta-hāse / virahi-nikṛntana-kunta-mukha-ākṛti-ketaka-danturita-āśe // viharati hariḥ iha sarasa-vasante nṛtyati yuvati-janena samam sakhi virahi-janasya durante // > When the fresh karuṇa tree seems to laugh at the sight of the world with its shame dissolved, > when all directions are bristling with ketaka blossoms shaped like spearheads that pierce separated lovers— > Hari sports here in passionate spring, > dancing with young women, O friend, in this season so cruel to separated lovers! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.32) mādhavikā-parimala-lalite navamālika-jāti-sugandhau / muni-manasām api mohana-kāriṇi taruṇa-akāraṇa-bandhau // viharati hariḥ iha sarasa-vasante nṛtyati yuvati-janena samam sakhi virahi-janasya durante // > Charming with the scent of mādhavī, fragrant with fresh mālika and jasmine flowers, > bewitching even the minds of sages, an unprompted friend of youth— > Hari sports here in passionate spring, > dancing with young women, O friend, in this season so cruel to separated lovers! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.33) sphurat-atimukta-latā-parirambhaṇa-mukulita-pulakita-cūte / vṛndāvana-vipine parisara-parigata-yamunā-jala-pūte // viharati hariḥ iha sarasa-vasante nṛtyati yuvati-janena samam sakhi virahi-janasya durante // > When mango trees are budding and bristling with horripilation at the embrace of swaying atimukta creepers, > in the forest of Vṛndāvana, purified by the waters of the Yamunā that encompass its borders— > Hari sports here in passionate spring, > dancing with young women, O friend, in this season so cruel to separated lovers! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.34) śrījayadeva--bhaṇitam idam udayati hari-caraṇa-smṛti-sāram / sarasa-vasanta-samaya-vana-varṇanam anugata-madana-vikāram // viharati hariḥ iha sarasa-vasante nṛtyati yuvati-janena samam sakhi virahi-janasya durante // > This description of the forest in passionate springtime, following the transformations of love, > spoken by Śrī Jayadeva, arises as the essence of remembering Hari's feet: > Hari sports here in passionate spring, > dancing with young women, O friend, in this season so cruel to separated lovers! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.35) dara-vidalita-mallī-valli-cañcat-parāga- prakaṭita-paṭa-vāsaiḥ vāsayan kānanāni / iha hi dahati cetaḥ ketakī-gandha-bandhuḥ prasarat-asamabāṇa-prāṇavat-gandhavāhaḥ // > Scenting the forests with perfumed powder revealed > by shaking pollen from gently opened jasmine creepers, > here the breeze—kinsman to the fragrance of ketakī blossoms, > like the very breath of the Bodiless One with his uneven arrows spreading wide—burns the heart! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.36) unmīlat-madhu-gandha-lubdha-madhupa-vyādhūta-cūta-aṅkura- krīḍat-kokila-kākalī-kalakalaiḥ udgīrṇa-karṇa-jvarāḥ / nīyante pathikaiḥ katham katham api dhyāna-avadhāna-kṣaṇa- prāpta-prāṇa-samā-samāgama-rasa-ullāsaiḥ amī vāsarāḥ // > A fever in the ear is cast out by the soft notes of cuckoos sporting > on mango sprouts shaken by bees greedy for the opening scent of nectar; > how, oh how, are these days endured by travelers, > except through the surging aesthetic flavor of reunion with their life's equal, attained for a moment in deep meditation? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.37) aneka-nārī-parirambha-sambhrama-sphurat-manohāri-vilāsa-lālasam / murārim ārāt upadarśayantī asau sakhī samakṣam punaḥ āha rādhikām // > Pointing out Murāri from nearby, longing for charming amorous dalliance > radiant in the flurry of embracing many women, > this confidante spoke again to Rādhikā before her: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.38) candana-carcita-nīla-kalevara-pīta-vasana-vanamālī / keli-calat-maṇi-kuṇḍala-maṇḍita-gaṇḍa-yuga-smita-śālī // hariḥ iha mugdha-vadhū-nikare vilāsini vilasati kelipare // > His dark body anointed with sandalwood paste, wearing yellow garments and a garland of wild flowers, > smiling, his cheeks adorned with jeweled earrings trembling in erotic play— > here Hari revels, O charming girl, amid a crowd of charming young women intent on erotic play! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.39) pīna-payodhara-bhāreṇa harim parirabhya sarāgam / gopa-vadhūḥ anugāyati kācit udañcita-pañcama-rāgam // hariḥ iha mugdha-vadhū-nikare vilāsini vilasati kelipare // > Clasping Hari passionately with the weight of her swelling breasts, > a cowherd girl sings in accompaniment to the heightened fifth melodic mode— > here Hari revels, O charming girl, amid a crowd of charming young women intent on erotic play! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.40) kāpi vilāsa-vilola-vilocana-khelana-janita-manojam / dhyāyati mugdha-vadhūḥ adhikam madhu-sūdana-vadana-sarojam // hariḥ iha mugdha-vadhū-nikare vilāsini vilasati kelipare // > Her mind-born love aroused by the play of his eyes restless with amorous dalliance, > a naive young woman meditates deeply on Madhusūdana's lotus face— > here Hari revels, O charming girl, amid a crowd of charming young women intent on erotic play! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.41) kāpi kapola-tale militā lapitum kimapi śruti-mūle / cāru cucumba nitambavatī dayitam pulakaiḥ anukūle // hariḥ iha mugdha-vadhū-nikare vilāsini vilasati kelipare // > Approaching the base of his cheek to whisper something in his ear, > a woman with shapely hips beautifully kissed her beloved, who was responsive with bristling hairs— > here Hari revels, O charming girl, amid a crowd of charming young women intent on erotic play! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.42) keli-kalā-kutukena ca kācit amum yamunā-jala-kūle / mañjula-vañjula-kuñja-gatam vicakarṣa kareṇa dukūle // hariḥ iha mugdha-vadhū-nikare vilāsini vilasati kelipare // > Eager with curiosity for the art of erotic play, on the bank of the Yamunā's waters, > another drew him by his fine cloth with her hand as he entered a lovely cane bower— > here Hari revels, O charming girl, amid a crowd of charming young women intent on erotic play! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.43) kara-tala-tāla-tarala-valaya-āvali-kalita-kala-svana-vaṃśe / rāsa-rase saha-nṛtya-parā hariṇā yuvatiḥ praśaśaṃse // hariḥ iha mugdha-vadhū-nikare vilāsini vilasati kelipare // > To the soft sound of the flute accompanied by rows of bracelets jingling with the clapping of hands, > a young woman devoted to dancing beside him in the aesthetic flavor of the rāsa was praised by Hari— > here Hari revels, O charming girl, amid a crowd of charming young women intent on erotic play! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.44) śliṣyati kāmapi cumbati kāmapi kāmapi ramayati rāmām / paśyati sasmita-cāru-parām aparām anugacchati vāmām // hariḥ iha mugdha-vadhū-nikare vilāsini vilasati kelipare // > He embraces one, he kisses another, he delights yet another lovely woman; > he looks at one beautiful smiling woman, and follows after another perverse woman— > here Hari revels, O charming girl, amid a crowd of charming young women intent on erotic play! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.45) śrījayadeva-kaveḥ idam adbhuta-keśava-keli-rahasyam / vṛndāvana-vipine lalitam vitanotu śubhāni yaśasyam // hariḥ iha mugdha-vadhū-nikare vilāsini vilasati kelipare // > May this secret of Keśava's wondrous erotic play, composed by the poet Śrī Jayadeva, > charming in the forest of Vṛndāvana, bestow blessings and fame: > here Hari revels, O charming girl, amid a crowd of charming young women intent on erotic play! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.46) viśveṣām anurañjanena janayan ānandam indīvara- śreṇī-śyāmala-komalaiḥ upanayan aṅôaiḥ anaṅga-utsavam / svacchandam vraja-sundarībhiḥ abhitaḥ prati-aṅgam āliṅgitaḥ śṛṅgāraḥ sakhi mūrtimān iva madhau mugdhaḥ hariḥ krīḍati // > Delighting everyone and producing bliss, bringing a festival of the Bodiless One with his limbs soft and dark like a cluster of blue lotuses, / embraced on every limb from all sides at will by the beauties of Vraja, / innocent Hari plays in spring, O confidante, like the erotic sentiment incarnate. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1.47) adya utsaṅga-vasat-bhujaṅga-kavala-kleśāt iva īśa-acalam prāleya-plavana-icchayā anusarati śrīkhaṇḍa-śaila-anilaḥ / kim ca snigdha-rasāla-mauli-mukulāni ālokya harṣa-udayāt unmīlanti kuhūḥ kuhūḥ iti kala-uttālāḥ pikānām giraḥ // > Today, as if from distress at the swallowings by serpents dwelling on its slopes, the wind of Mount Malaya / pursues the Lord's mountain with a desire to bathe in snow. / Moreover, seeing the buds at the tips of the glossy mango branches, from a surge of delight / the soft, loud voices of the cuckoos burst forth: “Kuhū! Kuhū!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.2.1.1) — 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) - [Padāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.maithili.vidyapati.padavali-vidyapati.11.p49) — Vidyāpati, Sanskrit - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.6.59.16) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.1) · Pramāṇa