Kuṭṭanīmata · Verses 381-400
prārambha eva tāvatprajvalito dhagiti Manasijo yasmin /
tasya viśeṣāvasthā vaktumaśakyāḥ pravṛddhasya
sahajarasena jaḍīkṛtamiti yūnoḥ kāmaśāstranirṇīte /
nānākaraṇagrāme mālinyamavāpa pāṇḍityam
avidheyamanākhyeyaṃ pravicāryaṃ chādanīyamaviṣahyam /
na babhūva tayostasminnāviddhārabdhasuratasaṃmarde
abhyastā yā tanvyā suratavidhau vividhacāṭuparipāṭī /
tāmālūnaviśīrṇāṃ cakāra sahajaḥ smarāveśaḥ
sadbhāvarāgadīpitamadanācāryopadiṣṭaceṣṭānām /
kaḥ parigaṇanaṃ kartuṃ raticakrāviṣṭaramaṇayoḥ śaktaḥ
bālā mṛdugātralatā dṛḍhapuruṣākrāntavigrahā na param /
na vyathitā mudamāpa prabhavati khalu cittajanmanaḥ śaktiḥ
kiṃ ramaṇīṃ ramaṇo 'viśaduta ramaṇī ramaṇamiti na jānīmaḥ /
svāvayavāvagamastu praṇāśamagamattayostadā nipuṇam
tasyā nimīlitadṛśo niḥspandatanorbabhūva suratānte /
liṅgamanaṅgacchāyā jīvitasattānumānasya
śramajalabindūpacitā vṛttasmaraṇena jātavailakṣyā /
sā śuśubhe rativiratau paryākulakeśabhūṣaṇā nitarām
nirvyājārpitavapuṣornirvṛtimayameva gaṇayatorviśvam /
kṣaṇadā virarāma tayorakṣīṇākāṅkṣayoreva
mohanavimardakhinnā vijṛmbhamāṇā skhaladgatirmandam /
nidrākaṣāyitākṣī Hāralatā vāsaveśmano niragāt
paricitapārśvagatāhaṃ tena samaṃ pānabhojanaṃ kṛtvā /
nītā niśā kathābhirmohanakāryaṃ tu yatkiṃ cit
avidagdhaḥ śramakaṭhino durlabhayoṣidyuvā jaḍo vipraḥ /
apamṛtyurapakrāntaḥ kāmivyājena me rātrau
necchāviratiḥ kṣaṇamapi na ca śaktirvastuśūnyaratiyatnaiḥ /
kevalamalamadyāhaṃ kadarthitā vṛddhapuruṣeṇa
madyavaśādabhiyoktari mṛtakalpe talpabhāgamagnāyāḥ /
anirodhitanidrāyāḥ sukhena me yāminī yātā
sukumārasamprayogaḥ peśalavacanaḥ savakraparihāsaḥ /
śakunavaśenopanato mama sakhi ramaṇo manoharākāraḥ
paryaṅkāntanilīnaḥ parāṅmukho muktamandaniḥśvāsaḥ /
maccodanayā sutarāṃ niṣpandaḥ svedasalilasaṃsiktaḥ
paryastamitānaṅgo vyapagatanidraḥ kṣapākṣayākāṅkṣī /
grāmoṣitaḥ prahīṇo niṣpratipattiḥ sthito 'dya sakhi manujaḥ
śṛṇu sakhi kautukamekaṃ grāmīṇakakāminā yadadya kṛtam /
suratasukhamīlitākṣī mṛteti bhītena muktāsmi
aviditadeśaprakṛteḥ śaṭhātmakāddurvidagdhato 'smābhiḥ /
anubhūto rājasutādapi bhāṇḍaviḍambanākleśaḥ
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