Kuṭṭanīmata · Verses 161-180
avivecitanakharakṣatirāmīlitalocanā nirutsāhā /
nāyakakāryasamāptau sthāsyasi śithilīkṛtāvayavā
jhagiti nitambāvaraṇaṃ niḥsahatanutāṃ smitaṃ savailakṣyam /
khedālasāṃ ca dṛṣṭiṃ janayiṣyasi mohanacchede
vṛtte ratābhiyoge spṛṣṭvā salilaṃ vikṛṣṭabhūbhāge /
prakṣālya pāṇipādaṃ sthitvā kṣaṇamāsane samūhya kacān
upayuktavadanavāsā śayyāmāruhya darśitapraṇayā /
iti vakṣyasi taṃ ramaṇaṃ dṛḍhataramāliṅgya rabhasataḥ kaṇṭhe
Bhaṭṭasuta nūnamiṣṭā tava jāyā yadanuraktahṛdayasya /
janayati parituṣṭimalaṃ nāpararāmāpariṣvaṅgaḥ
saphalaṃ tasyā janma spṛhaṇīyā saiva sakalalalanānām /
Gaurī tayaiva mahitā subhagaṅkaraṇaṃ tapastayācaritam
saivaikā guṇavasatistasyā evānvayaḥ sadā ślāghyaḥ /
yasyāḥ śubhaśatabhājaḥ pāṇigrahaṇaṃ tvayā vihitam
tiṣṭhatu sā puṇyavatī vaṃśadvayabhūṣaṇaṃ varārohā /
yā nāpayāti bhavato Lakṣmīriva Narakavairiṇo hṛdayāt
pātayasi kuvalayanibhe kautukamātreṇa locane yāsu /
tā api satyaṃ sundara harṣollasitā na mānti gātreṣu
tanurapi nāthapraṇayaḥ prāyo mukharīkaroti laghumanasaḥ /
svārthaniveśitacittā karomi te 'bhyarthanāṃ tena
tīvrasmaratāruṇyāccāpalataḥ kautukena ghṛṇayā vā /
madbhāgyasampadā vā dūtyā vā kauśalātsvabhāvādvā
yo 'yaṃ premalavāṃśaḥ pradarśito 'smāsu jīvanopāyaḥ /
bādhā nātra vidheyā gaṇikājanavṛttamanyathā buddhvā
yena snehaḥ krodhaḥ śāṭhyaṃ dākṣiṇyamārjavaṃ vrīḍā /
etāni santi tāsvapi jīvaddharmopanītāni
nirvyājasamutpannaprabalapremābhibhūtahṛdayānām /
dayitavirahākṣamāṇāṃ gaṇikānāṃ tṛṇasamāḥ prāṇāḥ
atrākarṇaya sādbhutamākhyānaṃ varṇayāmi yadvṛttam /
adyāpi bibharti vaṭo viśeṣaṇaṃ yadabhisambandhāt
asti mahītalatilakaṃ Sarasvatīkulagṛhaṃ mahānagaram /
nāmnā Pāṭaliputraṃ paribhūtapurandarasthānam
tribhuvanapuraniṣpādanakauśalamiva pṛcchato viriñcasya /
darśayituṃ nijaśilpaṃ varṇakamiva Viśvakarmaṇā vihitam
aśreyobhiranāśritamabhibhūtaṃ nābhibhūtidoṣeṇa /
na svīkṛtamupasargaiḥ kalikālamalairanālīḍham
pātālatalaṃ bhogibhirambhodhirvāriratnanicayaiśca /
surasadanaṃ vibudhagaṇairdraviṇopacayaiḥ puraṃ Kuverasya
ramaṇībhirasuravivaraṃ kaṭakaṃ hemācalasya gāndharvaiḥ /
Harinagaraṃ kratuyūpaiḥ śamavibhavairmunijanasthānam
Original text: Kuṭṭanīmata · Edition: Dāmodaraguptaviracitaṃ Kuṭṭanīmatam : The Bawd's Counsel, Being an eighth-century verse novel in Sanskrit by Dāmodaragupta Newly edited and translated into English by Csaba Dezso & Dominic Goodall. Groningen: Egbert Forsten, 2012. ISBN 978 90 6980 158 2 · Data entry Csaba Dezso Dominic Goodall · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0