Gita Govinda 2.7.40
Gītagovinda 2.7.40
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- Sanskrit
2.7.40
ripuḥ iva sakhī-saṃvāsaḥ ayam śikhī iva hima-anilaḥ
viṣam iva sudhā-raśmiḥ yasmin dunoti manaḥ-gate /
hṛdayam adaye tasmin evam punaḥ valate balāt
kuvalaya-dṛśām vāmaḥ kāmaḥ nikāma-niraṅkuśaḥ //
When he has entered the mind, living with confidantes torments like an enemy,
the cool breeze like fire, the moon's nectar rays like poison;
yet toward him, heartless though he is, the heart turns again by force:
for lotus-eyed women, desire is perverse and utterly unchecked.
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- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Commentaries (4)
- Rasikapriyā — Kumbhakarṇa, Sanskrit
- Śrutirañjanī — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Mānāṅka — Mānāṅka, Sanskrit
- Rasamañjarī — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit