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# Gita Govinda 2.8.8

Gītagovinda 2.8.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.gitakavya.gitagovinda-2.2.8.8)

bhramati bhavān abalā-kavalāya vaneṣu kim atra vicitram /  
prathayati pūtanikā eva vadhū-vadha-nirdaya-bāla-caritram //  
harihari yāhi mādhava yāhi keśava mā vada kaitava-vādam  
tām anusara sarasīruha-locana yā tava harati viṣādam //

> "You wander in the woods to devour weak women—what is strange about that?  
> Pūtanā herself proclaims your childhood deed of mercilessly killing women!  
> Alas, Hari! Go, Mādhava! Go, Keśava! Do not utter deceitful words!  
> Follow her, O lotus-eyed one, who takes away your grief!"  
> — 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.2.8.8) — 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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