Kuṭṭanīmata · Verses 301-320
atha tadvacasi kṛtādaramudbhūtamanobhavaṃ samavadhārya /
avagītibhītacetā ūce Guṇapālitaḥ suhṛdam
yadyapi Māraprasaro durvāraḥ prāṇināṃ nave vayasi /
cintyaṃ tadapi vivekibhiravasānaṃ veśayoṣitāṃ premṇaḥ
vārastrīṇāṃ vibhramarāgapremābhilāṣamadanarujaḥ /
sahavṛddhikṣayabhājaḥ prakhyātāḥ sampadaḥ suhṛdaḥ
tābhiravadātajanmā kurvīta samāgamaṃ kathaṃ yāsām /
kṣaṇadṛṣṭo 'pi praṇayī rūḍhapraṇayo 'pi janmano 'pūrvaḥ
pradyumnaḥ pradyumno virūpakaḥ khalu virūpakaḥ satatam /
susnigdhaḥ susnigdho rūkṣo rūkṣastu gaṇikānām
yāsāṃ jaghanāvaraṇaṃ parakautukavṛddhaye na tu trapayā /
ujjvalaveṣā racanā kāmijanākṛṣṭaye na tu sthitaye
māṃsarasābhyavahāraḥ puruṣāhatipīḍayā na tu spṛhayā /
ālekhyādau vyasanaṃ vaidagdhyakhyātaye na tu vinodaḥ
rāgo 'dhare na cetasi saralatvaṃ bhujalatāsu na prakṛtau /
kucabhāreṣu samunnatirācaraṇe nābhinandite 'sadbhiḥ
jaghanasthaleṣu gauravamākṛṣṭadhaneṣu no kulīneṣu /
alasatvaṃ gamanavidhau no mānavavañcanābhiyogeṣu
varṇaviśeṣāpekṣā prasādhane no ratiprasaṅgeṣu /
oṣṭhe madanāsaṅgo no puruṣaviśeṣasambhoge
yā bāle 'pi sarāgā vṛddheṣvapi vihitamanmathāveśāḥ /
klībeṣvapi kāntadṛśaḥ sākāṅkṣā dīrgharoge 'pi
svedāmbukaṇopacitā anārdratānijanivāsamanasaśca /
āviṣkṛtavepathavo vajropalasārakaṭhināśca
jaghanacapalā anāryāḥ parabhṛtayaḥ kṛtakanetrarāgāśca /
sarvāṅgārpaṇadakṣā asamarpitahṛdayadeśāśca
na-kulasamutpannā api bhujaṅgadaśanakṛtavedanābhijñāḥ /
kandarpadīpikā api rahitāḥ snehaprasaṅgena
ujjhitavṛṣayogā api ratisamaye naraviśeṣanirapekṣāḥ /
kṛṣṇaikābhiratā api hiraṇyakaśipupriyāḥ satatam
Merumahīdharabhuva iva kimpuruṣasahasrasevitanitambāḥ /
nītaya iva bhūmibhṛtāṃ suparihṛtānarthasaṃyogāḥ
bahumitrakarajadāraṇalabdhābhyudayāḥ saroruhiṇya iva /
ḍākinya iva ca raktavyākarṣaṇakauśalopetāḥ
pratipuruṣaṃ saṃnihitāḥ kṛtyaparā vividhavikaraṇopacitāḥ /
bahulārthagrāhiṇyaḥ prakṛtaya iva durgrahā gaṇikāḥ
sādaramāśliṣya ciraṃ kusumastabakaṃ ca naraviśeṣaṃ ca /
riktīkartuṃ nipuṇaṃ kṣudrāḥ kṣudrāśca cumbanti
paramārthakaṭhorā api viṣayagataṃ lohakaṃ manuṣyaṃ ca /
cumbakapāṣāṇaśilāḥ rūpājīvāśca karṣanti
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