[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) › 2.5.18 # Gita Govinda 2.5.18 Gītagovinda 2.5.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.5.18) āśleṣāt anu cumbanāt anu nakha-ullekhāt anu svāntaja- prodbodhāt anu saṃbhramāt anu rata-ārambhāt anu prītayoḥ / anya-artham gatayoḥ bhramāt militayoḥ saṃbhāṣaṇaiḥ jānatoḥ dampatyoḥ iha kaḥ na kaḥ na tamasi vrīḍā-vimiśraḥ rasaḥ // > After an embrace, after a kiss, after a scratch of fingernails, after passion is aroused, > after breathless agitation, after amorous play begins, what aesthetic flavor mixed with bashfulness > is not experienced in the darkness by the loving couple who, having gone seeking another, > met by mistake and recognized each other through their conversation? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.5.17) - [Next: 2.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.5.19) - [Up: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2~en-mt.2.5.18) — 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.5.18) · Pramāṇa