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# Gita Govinda 2.7.40

Gītagovinda 2.7.40

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.7.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.7.40)

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.  
> — 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.2.7.40) — 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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