Kuṭṭanīmata · Verses 401-420
priyasakhi lokasamakṣaṃ nagaraprabhuṇā haṭhena nītāsmi /
evaṃ bandhakadāturdviguṇārthaprārthane kuto 'nyāyaḥ
ākarṣantī jaghanaṃ vrajasi yathā vikṣatā nakhaistilaśaḥ /
manye tathopabhuktā tvaṃ Kerali dākṣiṇātyena
adhare binduḥ kaṇṭhe maṇimālā kucayuge śaśaplutakam /
tava sūcayanti Ketaki Kusumāyudhaśāstrapaṇḍitaṃ ramaṇam
iti śṛṇvannuṣasi giro nirvṛttaniśābhiyogagaṇikānām /
so 'pi yathākriyamāṇaṃ pravidhātuṃ nirjagāma kartavyam
suracitarāgopacitisvīkṛtamanasastayā samaṃ tasya /
yauvanasukhamanubhavato jagāma saṃvatsaraḥ sārdhaḥ
viśrambhakathāḥ kurvanvicarannudyānavedikāpṛṣṭhe /
sahacarakarasaktakaraḥ Sundarasenaḥ kadā cittu
sthūlaghanatantusantatitānitanānāmbarāvaraṇam /
yaṣṭiprāntaniyantritadalavīṭakakutapatumbakaprāyam
truṭitacaraṇatrasaṃgatavisphuṭitābhyaktapādamalinatanum /
tvaritagatilekhavāhakamārādāyāntamadrākṣīt
pratyāsannībhūtaṃ krameṇa Paurandariḥ parijñāya /
sākūtamanā ūce vayasya hanumānayaṃ prāptaḥ
avanitalalīnaśirasā kṛtanatinā tena vinihitaṃ bhūmau /
utkṣipya jhaṭiti lekhaṃ Sundara iti vācayāmāsa
svasti śrīkusumapurātpurandaraḥ Sundaraṃ samabhidhatte /
antarjṛmbhitaśokagrasto 'vispaṣṭavarṇapadam
kulamakalaṅkaṃ na gaṇitamavadhīritamagrajanmanāmucitam /
nāpekṣitamavagītaṃ śaṭhasevitavartmani tvayā patatā
vaṃśe 'kuṭilagatīnāṃ dvijihvatādoṣarahitacaritānām /
aparavināśaratānāmutpannaḥ kathamasi bhujaṅgaḥ
kva puroḍāśapavitritavedapadodgāragarbhavadanaṃ te /
kva ca madirāsavavāsitavāravadhūmukharasāsvādaḥ
kva kuśavipāṭanajanmā sahasoditavedanācamatkāraḥ /
kva ca dāsīratasaṅgaranirdayanakharakṣatiḥ prītyai
kva tretānaladhūmakṣobhitanayanāmbudhautavadanatvam /
kva ca gaṇikānirbhartsanaśokabharāyātabāṣpasalilaughaḥ
kva vaṣaṭkāradhvānaḥ ṣaṭkarmavibhūṣaṇaṃ śravaṇapūraḥ /
kva ca sādhāraṇavanitāratimaṇitākarṇanautsukyam
kvācāryapratanulatātāḍanasaṃkṣobhasambhavaḥ kampaḥ /
kva ca kupitavāralalanāniṣṭhurapādaprahāraviṣahitvam
kva hariṇacarmāvaraṇaṃ smṛtiśāstraniveditaṃ vrataṃ carataḥ /
kva ca paṇyastrīgātraspṛṣṭāmbaradhāraṇeṣu bahumānaḥ
samidhāmeva cchedanamabhyastaṃ śaiśavātsamārabhya /
śaṭhavanitādharakhaṇḍana utpannaṃ kauśalaṃ kuto bhavataḥ
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