[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) › 2.2 # Gita Govinda 2.2 Gītagovinda 2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.1) viharati vane rādhā sādhāraṇa-praṇaye harau vigalita-nija-utkarṣāt īrṣyā-vaśena gatā anyataḥ / kvacit api latā-kuñje guñjat-madhuvrata-maṇḍalī- mukhara-śikhare līnā dīnā api uvāca rahaḥ sakhīm // > While Hari amused himself in the forest, his love shared equally, / Rādhā, driven by jealousy because her own pre-eminence had slipped away, went elsewhere; / hidden in a certain vine-bower whose high crests hummed with swarms of buzzing bees, / dejected, she spoke in secret to her confidante: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.2) saṃcarat-adhara-sudhā-madhura-dhvani-mukharita-mohana-vaṃśam / calita-dṛk-añcala-cañcala-mauli-kapola-vilola-vataṃsam // rāse harim iha vihita-vilāsam smarati manaḥ mama kṛta-parihāsam // > His enchanting flute resounding with the sweet sound of the nectar from his moving lips, / with rolling glances from the corners of his eyes, his head shaking and his ear-ornaments swinging on his cheeks— / here, in the rāsa-dance, my mind remembers Hari who performed amorous dalliance, mocking me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.3) candraka-cāru-mayūra-śikhaṇḍaka-maṇḍala-valayita-keśam / pracura-purandara-dhanuḥ-anurañjita-medura-mudira-suveśam // rāse harim iha vihita-vilāsam smarati manaḥ mama kṛta-parihāsam // > His hair encircled with a crown of lovely peacock feathers bearing eyes, / well attired like a dense raincloud adorned with a vast rainbow— / here, in the rāsa-dance, my mind remembers Hari who performed amorous dalliance, mocking me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.4) gopa-kadamba-nitambavatī-mukha-cumbana-lambhita-lobham / bandhujīva-madhura-adhara-pallavam ullasita-smita-śobham // rāse harim iha vihita-vilāsam smarati manaḥ mama kṛta-parihāsam // > Seized with longing to kiss the faces of the cowherd women with shapely hips, / the sprout-like sweetness of his lips like bandhujīva flowers, the splendour of his smile shining forth— / here, in the rāsa-dance, my mind remembers Hari who performed amorous dalliance, mocking me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.5) vipula-pulaka-bhuja-pallava-valayita-ballava-yuvati-sahasram / kara-caraṇa-urasi maṇi-gaṇa-bhūṣaṇa-kiraṇa-vibhinna-tamisram // rāse harim iha vihita-vilāsam smarati manaḥ mama kṛta-parihāsam // > Surrounded by a thousand cowherd maidens whose sprout-like arms thrilled with broad horripilation, / the darkness shattered by the rays of jewel ornaments on his hands, feet and chest— / here, in the rāsa-dance, my mind remembers Hari who performed amorous dalliance, mocking me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.6) jalada-paṭala-valat-indu-vinindaka-candana-tilaka-lalāṭam / pīna-ghana-stana-maṇḍala-mardana-nirdaya-hṛdaya-kapāṭam // rāse harim iha vihita-vilāsam smarati manaḥ mama kṛta-parihāsam // > His forehead bearing a sandalwood mark that mocks the moon moving through clouds, / the door of his chest merciless in crushing the orbs of their full, firm breasts— / here, in the rāsa-dance, my mind remembers Hari who performed amorous dalliance, mocking me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.7) maṇi-maya-makara-manohara-kuṇḍala-maṇḍita-gaṇḍam udāram / pīta-vasanam anugata-muni-manuja-sura-asura-vara-parivāram // rāse harim iha vihita-vilāsam smarati manaḥ mama kṛta-parihāsam // > His cheeks adorned with handsome jewel-encrusted sea-monster earrings, noble, / clad in yellow garments, followed by an entourage of the best among sages, men, gods and asuras— / here, in the rāsa-dance, my mind remembers Hari who performed amorous dalliance, mocking me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.8) viśada-kadamba-tale militam kali-kaluṣa-bhayaṃ śamayantam / mām api kimapi taraṅgat-anaṅga-dṛśā manasā ramayantam // rāse harim iha vihita-vilāsam smarati manaḥ mama kṛta-parihāsam // > Met beneath a fair kadamba tree, quelling the fear of the defilements of Kali, / giving delight also to me somehow with his mind and with eyes brimming with desire— / here, in the rāsa-dance, my mind remembers Hari who performed amorous dalliance, mocking me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.9) śrījayadeva-bhaṇitam atisundara-mohana-madhuripu-rūpam / hari-caraṇa-smaraṇam prati saṃprati puṇyavatām anurūpam // rāse harim iha vihita-vilāsam smarati manaḥ mama kṛta-parihāsam // > This form of the enemy of Madhu, exceedingly handsome and enchanting, sung by Śrī Jayadeva, / is worthy now for the virtuous who remember Hari's feet: / here, in the rāsa-dance, my mind remembers Hari who performed amorous dalliance, mocking me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.10) gaṇayati guṇa-grāmam bhāmam bhramāt api na īhate vahati ca parītoṣam doṣam vimuñcati dūrataḥ / yuvatiṣu valat-tṛṣṇe kṛṣṇe vihāriṇi mām vinā punaḥ api manaḥ vāmam kāmam karoti karomi kim // > It counts his multitude of virtues; it does not seek anger even by mistake; / it bears satisfaction and casts faults far away. / When Kṛṣṇa sports without me, his thirst turned toward other young women, / my contrary mind still feels desire—what shall I do? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.11) nibhṛta-nikuñja-gṛham gatayā niśi rahasi nilīya vasantam / cakita-vilokita-sakala-diśā rati-rabhasa-rasena hasantam // sakhi he keśimathanam udāram ramaya mayā saha madana-manoratha-bhāvitayā savikāram // > Staying hidden in secret at night as I went to the solitary bower-chamber, / looking timidly in all directions, laughing in the excitement and passion of amorous pleasure— / O confidante, bring noble Keśi's slayer / into union with me, full of passion, overcome with erotic yearning! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.12) prathama-samāgama-lajjitayā paṭu-cāṭu-śataiḥ anukūlam / mṛdu-madhura-smita-bhāṣitayā śithilī-kṛta-jaghana-dukūlam // sakhi he keśimathanam udāram ramaya mayā saha madana-manoratha-bhāvitayā savikāram // > Brought round by hundreds of clever flatteries when I was shy at our first encounter, / my voice murmuring soft, sweet smiles, the silk cloth loosened from my hips— / O confidante, bring noble Keśi's slayer / into union with me, full of passion, overcome with erotic yearning! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.13) kisalaya-śayana-niveśitayā ciram urasi mama eva śayānam / kṛta-parirambhaṇa-cumbanayā parirabhya kṛta-adhara-pānam // sakhi he keśimathanam udāram ramaya mayā saha madana-manoratha-bhāvitayā savikāram // > Placed upon a bed of tender sprouts, he lay long upon my very chest; / embraced by me who kissed him, he embraced me and drank my lips— / O confidante, bring noble Keśi's slayer / into union with me, full of passion, overcome with erotic yearning! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.14) alasa-nimīlita-locanayā pulaka-āvali-lalita-kapolam / śrama-jala-sakala-kalevarayā vara-madana-madāt atilolam // sakhi he keśimathanam udāram ramaya mayā saha madana-manoratha-bhāvitayā savikāram // > My eyes languidly closed, his cheeks charming with rows of bristling hairs, / my whole body covered in drops of sweat from exertion, he restlessly agitated by the intoxication of supreme love— / O confidante, bring noble Keśi's slayer / into union with me, full of passion, overcome with erotic yearning! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.15) kokila-kala-rava-kūjitayā jita-manasija-tantra-vicāram / ślatha-kusuma-ākula-kuntalayā nakha-likhita-ghana-stana-bhāram // sakhi he keśimathanam udāram ramaya mayā saha madana-manoratha-bhāvitayā savikāram // > Cooing like the melodious cry of the cuckoo, he surpassed the teachings of the manual of love; / my hair dishevelled and loosened of flowers, he scratched with nails the weight of my firm breasts— / O confidante, bring noble Keśi's slayer / into union with me, full of passion, overcome with erotic yearning! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.16) caraṇa-raṇita-maṇi-nūpurayā paripūrita-surata-vitānam / mukhara-viśṛṅkhala-mekhalayā sa-kacagraha-cumbana-dānam // sakhi he keśimathanam udāram ramaya mayā saha madana-manoratha-bhāvitayā savikāram // > The jewel-anklets jingling on my feet, spreading out an awning for lovemaking, / the girdle of bells jingling and loose, he gave a kiss while seizing my hair— / O confidante, bring noble Keśi's slayer / into union with me, full of passion, overcome with erotic yearning! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.17) rati-sukha-samaya-rasa-ālasayā dara-mukulita-nayana-sarojam / niḥsaha-nipatita-tanu-latayā madhusūdanam udita-manojam // sakhi he keśimathanam udāram ramaya mayā saha madana-manoratha-bhāvitayā savikāram // > Languid with the flavor of the moment of love's joy, his eye-lotuses half closed, / my slender creeper-like body fallen helpless, Madhusūdana's desire aroused— / O confidante, bring noble Keśi's slayer / into union with me, full of passion, overcome with erotic yearning! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.18) śrījayadeva-bhaṇitam idam atiśaya-madhuripu-nidhuvana-śīlam / sukham utkaṇṭhita-gopa-vadhū-kathitam vitanotu salīlam // sakhi he keśimathanam udāram ramaya mayā saha madana-manoratha-bhāvitayā savikāram // > Spoken by Śrī Jayadeva, recounting the secret amorous sports of Madhu's foe, / spoken by the longing cowherd maiden, may this playfully spread joy: / O confidante, bring noble Keśi's slayer / into union with me, full of passion, overcome with erotic yearning! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.19) hasta-srasta-vilāsa-vaṃśam anṛju-bhrū-vallimat ballavī- vṛnda-utsāri-dṛk-anta-vīkṣitam atisveda-ārdra-gaṇḍa-sthalam / mām udvīkṣya vilakṣitam smita-sudhā-mugdha-ānanam kānane govindam vraja-sundarī-gaṇa-vṛtam paśyāmi hṛṣyāmi ca // > His playful flute slipped from his hand, his eyebrow-creeper curved, glances from the corners of his eyes driving off the throng of cowherd girls, / his cheek-region drenched with abundant sweat, / seeing me and embarrassed, his charming face sweet with a smile in the forest— / I see Govinda surrounded by the multitude of Vraja's beauties, and I rejoice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2.20) durāloka-stoka-stabaka-navaka-aśoka-latikā- vikāsaḥ kāsāra-upavana-pavanaḥ'pi vyathayati / api bhrāmyat-bhṛṅgī-raṇita-ramaṇīyā na mukula- prasūtiḥ cūtānām sakhi śikhariṇī iyam sukhayati // > Hard to behold, the budding blossom of the fresh young aśoka creeper, / and the breeze from the grove beside the lake, torments me; / nor does this blossoming crest of mango trees, delightful with the humming of wandering bees, / bring pleasure, O confidante! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.2.2.1) — 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 (1) - [Ujjvalanīlamaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.bhaktirasa.ujjvalanilamani.13.9) — Rūpa Gosvāmin 1540, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.2) · Pramāṇa