[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) › 2.4 # Gita Govinda 2.4 Gītagovinda 2.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.1) yamunā-tīra-vānīra-nikuñje mandam-āsthitam / prāha prema-bhara-udbhrāntam mādhavam rādhikā-sakhī // > To Mādhava, who sat dejectedly in a cane bower on the bank of the Yamunā, > distracted by the burden of love, Rādhā's confidante spoke: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.2) nindati candanam indukaraṇam anu vindati khedam adhīram / vyāla-nilaya-milanena garalam iva kalayati malaya-samīram // sā virahe tava dīnā mādhava manasija-viśikha-bhayāt iva bhāvanayā tvayi līnā // > She curses the sandalwood paste, and feels restless grief at the rays of the moon; > she considers the breeze from the Malaya mountains to be like poison from its contact with serpents' dens. > She is wretched in separation from you, > O Mādhava, absorbed in meditation on you as if out of fear of the arrows of mind-born love. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.3) avirala-nipatita-madana-śarāt iva bhavat-avanāya viśālam / sva-hṛdaya-marmaṇi varma karoti sajala-nalinī-dala-jālam // sā virahe tava dīnā mādhava manasija-viśikha-bhayāt iva bhāvanayā tvayi līnā // > As if to protect you from the arrows of Madana falling continuously, > she places an armor of fresh lotus leaves, wet with dew, over the core of her heart. > She is wretched in separation from you, > O Mādhava, absorbed in meditation on you as if out of fear of the arrows of mind-born love. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.4) kusuma-viśikha-śara-talpam analpa-vilāsa-kalā-kamanīyam / vratam iva tava parirambha-sukhāya karoti kusuma-śayanīyam // sā virahe tava dīnā mādhava manasija-viśikha-bhayāt iva bhāvanayā tvayi līnā // > A bed of arrows of the flower-arrowed god, charming with the arts of varied amorous play, > she turns into a bed of flowers, like a vow taken for the joy of your embrace. > She is wretched in separation from you, > O Mādhava, absorbed in meditation on you as if out of fear of the arrows of mind-born love. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.5) vahati ca galita-vilocana-jala-bharam ānana-kamalam udāram / vidhum iva vikaṭa-vidhuntuda-danta-dalana-galita-amṛta-dhāram // sā virahe tava dīnā mādhava manasija-viśikha-bhayāt iva bhāvanayā tvayi līnā // > Her noble lotus face bears the burden of fallen tears, > like the moon dripping a stream of nectar when crushed by the terrifying teeth of Rāhu. > She is wretched in separation from you, > O Mādhava, absorbed in meditation on you as if out of fear of the arrows of mind-born love. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.6) vilikhati rahasi kuraṅga-madena bhavantam asamaśara-bhūtam / praṇamati makaram adhaḥ vinidhāya kare ca śaram nava-cūtam // sā virahe tava dīnā mādhava manasija-viśikha-bhayāt iva bhāvanayā tvayi līnā // > In secret she paints you with musk as the god with uneven arrows; > placing a sea monster beneath, and a fresh mango sprout in your hand, she bows down. > She is wretched in separation from you, > O Mādhava, absorbed in meditation on you as if out of fear of the arrows of mind-born love. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.7) prati-padam idam api nigadati mādhava tava caraṇe patitā aham / tvayi vimukhe mayi sapadi sudhā-nidhiḥ api tanute tanu-dāham // sā virahe tava dīnā mādhava manasija-viśikha-bhayāt iva bhāvanayā tvayi līnā // > At every step she says this: “O Mādhava, I have fallen at your feet! > When you turn away from me, even the moon, that store of nectar, burns my body!” > She is wretched in separation from you, > O Mādhava, absorbed in meditation on you as if out of fear of the arrows of mind-born love. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.8) dhyāna-layena puraḥ parikalpya bhavantam atīva durāpam / vilapati hasati viṣīdati roditi cañcati muñcati tāpam // sā virahe tava dīnā mādhava manasija-viśikha-bhayāt iva bhāvanayā tvayi līnā // > Visualizing you before her through deep absorption, though you are so hard to reach, > she laments, laughs, desponds, weeps, trembles, and vents her burning pain. > She is wretched in separation from you, > O Mādhava, absorbed in meditation on you as if out of fear of the arrows of mind-born love. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.9) śrījayadeva-bhaṇitam idam adhikam yadi manasā naṭanīyam / hari-viraha-ākula-ballava-yuvati-sakhī-vacanam paṭhanīyam // sā virahe tava dīnā mādhava manasija-viśikha-bhayāt iva bhāvanayā tvayi līnā // > If this poem spoken by illustrious Jayadeva is to be deeply meditated upon in the heart, > these words of the confidante to the young cowherd woman, agitated by separation from Hari, should be recited. > She is wretched in separation from you, > O Mādhava, absorbed in meditation on you as if out of fear of the arrows of mind-born love. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.10) āvāsaḥ vipināyate priya-sakhī-mālā api jālāyate tāpaḥ api śvasitena dāva-dahana-jvālā-kalāpāyate / sā api tvat-viraheṇa hanta hariṇīrūpāyate hā katham kandarpaḥ api yamāyate viracayan śārdūla-vikrīḍitam // > Her home becomes like a wilderness; the circle of dear friends becomes like a net; > her burning fever, through her sighing, becomes like the mass of flames of a forest fire; > even she, alas, in separation from you, takes on the form of a doe; oh, how is it that > even Kandarpa turns into Death himself, enacting the sport of a tiger? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.11) stana-vinihitam api hāram udāram / sā manute kṛśa-tanuḥ atibhāram // rādhikā virahe tava keśava // > Even the splendid necklace placed upon her breast > she, of emaciated body, considers too heavy a burden, > O Keśava, in separation from you, Rādhā \[suffers\]! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.12) sarasa-masṛṇam api malayaja-paṅkam / paśyati viṣam iva vapuṣi saśaṅkam // rādhikā virahe tava keśava // > Even the moist and smooth paste of sandalwood > she looks upon with dread on her body, as if it were poison, > O Keśava, in separation from you, Rādhā \[suffers\]! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.13) śvasita-pavanam anupama-pariṇāham / madana-dahanam iva vahati sadāham // rādhikā virahe tava keśava // > She bears the breath of her sighing, of matchless expanse, > as if it were the fire of Madana burning her. > Rādhikā languishes in separation from you, Keśava! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.14) diśi diśi kirati sajala-kaṇa-jālam / nayana-nalinam iva vigalita-nālam // rādhikā virahe tava keśava // > In every direction she casts a shower of tears, > like a lotus-eye severed from its stem. > Rādhikā languishes in separation from you, Keśava! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.15) nayana-viṣayam api kisalaya-talpam / kalayati vihita-hutāśa-vikalpam // rādhikā virahe tava keśava // > Even the bed of sprouts within her sight > she considers to be a raging fire. > Rādhikā languishes in separation from you, Keśava! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.16) tyajati na pāṇi-talena kapolam / bāla-śaśinam iva sāyam alolam // rādhikā virahe tava keśava // > She does not remove her cheek from the palm of her hand, > like the young moon resting motionless at evening. > Rādhikā languishes in separation from you, Keśava! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.17) hariḥ iti hariḥ iti japati sakāmam / viraha-vihita-maraṇā iva nikāmam // rādhikā virahe tava keśava // > "Hari! Hari!" she chants with longing, > as if wholly resigned to death through separation. > Rādhikā languishes in separation from you, Keśava! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.18) śrījayadeva-bhaṇitam iti gītam / sukhayatu keśava-padam upanītam // rādhikā virahe tava keśava // > May this song uttered by Śrī Jayadeva, > brought before the feet of Keśava, bring delight. > Rādhikā languishes in separation from you, Keśava! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.19) sā romāñcati sītkaroti vilapati utkampate tāmyati dhyāyati udbhramati pramīlati patati udyāti mūrcchati api / etāvati atanu-jvare vara-tanuḥ jīvet na kim te rasāt svaḥ-vaidya-pratima prasīdasi yadi tyaktaḥ anyathā na antakaḥ // > Her hair bristles; she groans; she laments; she trembles; she languishes; > she meditates; she wanders wildly; she droops; she falls; she starts up; she even faints. > In such a fever born of the Bodiless One, how should the lovely-bodied girl survive, unless by your sweet love > you show favor, O you who resemble the physician of heaven? Otherwise, Death will not let her go. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.20) smara-āturām daivata-vaidya-hṛdya tvat-aṅga-saṅga-amṛta-mātra-sādhyām / vimukta-bādhām kuruṣe na rādhām upendra vajrāt api dāruṇaḥ asi // > Afflicted by Smara, pleasing to the heavenly physician, curable only by the nectar of your embrace— > if you do not relieve Rādhā of her distress, O Upendra, you are harder than a thunderbolt! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.21) kandarpa-jvara-saṃjvara-ātura-tanoḥ āścaryam asyāḥ ciram cetaḥ candana-candramaḥ-kamalinī-cintāsu saṃtāmyati / kiṃtu klānti-vaśena śītala-tanum tvām ekam eva priyam dhyāyantī rahasi sthitā katham api kṣīṇā kṣaṇam prāṇiti // > It is wondrous how, with her body tormented by the burning fever of Kandarpa, > her heart has long grieved amidst thoughts of sandalwood, the moon, and lotus ponds; > yet, overcome by exhaustion, meditating in secret on you alone, her beloved of cooling limbs, > she, wasting away, somehow breathes for a moment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4.22) kṣaṇam api virahaḥ purā na sehe nayana-nimīlana-khinnayā yayā te / śvasiti katham asau rasāla-śākhām cira-viraheṇa vilokya puṣpita-agrām // > Formerly, distressed even by the blinking of an eye, > she could not bear separation from you for a moment; > how does she draw breath now, gazing upon the mango branch > blossoming at its tip, through this long separation? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.2.4.1) — 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) - [Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.mahasubhasitasangraha.8566) — Sanskrit - [Kavicintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.samgraha.pracya-maithila.kavicintamani.15.4-2) — Gopīnātha Kavibhūṣaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.4) · Pramāṇa