Kuṭṭanīmata · Verses 221-240
kiṃ vayamutpāṭya gṛhaṃ prātargantāra īdṛgeva satām /
bhavati nivāso yasminnija iva pathikāḥ prayānti viśrāmam
adya rajanīṃ nayāmo yathā kathaṃ cittvadāśraye mātaḥ /
astaṅgato vivasvānvada samprati kutra gacchāmaḥ
iti bahuvidhadīnavacāḥ pratigehaṃ dvāradeśamadhitiṣṭhan /
nirbhartsyate varāko gṛhiṇībhiridaṃ vadantībhiḥ
na sthita iha gehapatiḥ kiṃ raṭasi vṛthā prayāhi devakulam /
kathite 'pi nāpagacchati paśya manuṣyasya nirbandham
atha yadi kathaṃ cidaparaḥ punaḥ punaryācito gṛhasvāmī /
nirdiśati sāvadhīraṇamatra svapihīti śīrṇagṛhakoṇe
tatra kalahāyamānā tiṣṭhati gṛhiṇī vibhāvarīpraharam /
ajñātāya kimarthaṃ vāso dattastvayeti saha bhartrā
īdṛgayaṃ saralātmā kiṃ kuruṣe bhagini tāvako bhartā /
sthāsyasi gehe 'vahitā bhramanti khalu vañcakā evam
iti bhājanādiyācñāṃ buddhau vinidhāya nikaṭavartigṛhāt /
nārī samabhyupetā brūte tāmāptabhāvena
gṛhaśatamadhikamaṭitvā kalamakulatthāṇucaṇamasūrādi /
ekībhūtaṃ bhuṅkte kṣudhopatapto 'dhvago bhaikṣam
paravaśamaśanaṃ vasudhāṃ śayanīyaṃ suraniketanaṃ sadma /
pathikasya vidhiḥ kṛtavānupadhānakamiṣṭakākhaṇḍam
iti nigaditavati tasmin Sundarasenasya cottarāvasare /
iyamupagītā gītiḥ kenāpi kathāprasaṅgena
nijavarabhavanaṃ suragṛhamurvītalamatimanoharaṃ śayanam /
kadaśanamamṛtamabhīpsitakāryaikaniviṣṭacetasāṃ puṃsām
samupaśrutya ca suhṛdaṃ Paurandariridamuvāca parituṣṭaḥ /
mama hṛdayagataṃ prakaṭitametena sataiva bhavatu gacchāvaḥ
atha sahacaradvitīyaḥ kleśasamudrāvataraṇakṛtacittaḥ /
niragātsundarasenaḥ Kusumapurādaviditaḥ pitrā
paśyan vidagdhagoṣṭhīrabhyasyannāyudhāni sakalāni /
śāstrārthānavagacchanvilokayankautukāni vividhāni
jānan patrachedanamālekhyaṃ sikthapustakarmāṇi /
nṛtyaṃ gītopacitaṃ tantrīmurajādivādyabhedāṃśca
budhyanvañcakabhaṅgīrviṭakulaṭānarmavakrakathitāni /
babhrāma suhṛtsahitaḥ Sundaraseno mahīmakhilām
atha viditasakalaśāstro vijñātāśeṣajanasamācaraṇaḥ /
nijagṛhagamanākāṅkṣī sa śiloccayamarbudaṃ prāpa
tatpṛṣṭhadeśadarśanalolamalaṃ Sundaraṃ parijñāya /
Guṇapālito babhāṣe vilokyatāmadrirāja iti
eṣa sutaḥ sānutaṭasyandacchītācchasalilasampannaḥ /
lokānukampayeva prāleyamahībhṛtā marau nyastaḥ
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