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# Gita Govinda 2.3.12

Gītagovinda 2.3.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.3.12)

pāṇau mā kuru cūta-sāyakam amum mā cāpam āropaya  
krīḍā-nirjita-viśva mūrcchita-jana-āghātena kim pauruṣam /  
tasyāḥ eva mṛgī-dṛśaḥ manasija-preṅkhat-kaṭākṣa-āśuga-  
śreṇī-jarjaritam manāk api manaḥ na adya api saṃdhukṣate //

> Do not place that mango blossom arrow in your hand! Do not string your bow!  
> What manly valor is there in striking one who is already stunned, having conquered the universe in sport?  
> My mind, shattered by the shower of side-glance arrows fluttering with mind-born love from that fawn-eyed girl,  
> does not revive even a little, even now.  
> — 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.2.3.12) — 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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