Kuṭṭanīmata · Verses 501-520
gandho 'pi kutaḥ premṇaḥ parabhṛtahārītagṛhakapotānām /
ujjvalayantyasameṣuṃ virutaviśeṣaistathāpi te yūnām
āhitayuktāhāryaḥ samyaksakalaprayoganiṣpattyā /
bhāvavihīno 'pi naṭaḥ sāmājikacittarañjanaṃ kurute
ye 'pi dhanakṣayadoṣaṃ paśyanti jaḍā vilāsinīśleṣe /
praṣṭavyāste bhavatā kimakṛtakaśipuvyayā dārāḥ
na ca lābha eka eva pravartane kāraṇaṃ manuṣyeṣu /
rāgādayo 'pi santi vaiśikaśāstrapraṇetṛbhiḥ kathitāḥ
kā vā vibhūtirāptā sundarasenāttayā tapasvinyā /
tadvirahakuliśabhinnā mumoca yā jīvitaṃ kṣaṇārdhena
uttamataruṇaprakṛtiḥ pulakādikasūcitānyatanusaktiḥ /
sphuṭasaṃnihitavibhāvo nivāryate kena śṛṅgāraḥ
antaḥkaraṇavikāraṃ guruparijanasaṃkaṭe 'pi kulaṭānām /
budhyanti tadabhiyuktā bhrūbhaṅgāpāṅgamadhuradṛṣṭena
anyā vihāya patigṛha mavicintitakulakalaṅkajanagarhāḥ /
rāgoparaktahṛdayā yānti digantaṃ manuṣya āsajya
apamānaḥ pativihito guruparikaratīvratā gṛhe 'pi daurgatyam /
śīlakṣataye yāsāṃ tāsāmapi rāgato 'nyanarasaktiḥ
yā apyacalitavṛttā bhartuḥ paricaraṇatatparāḥ pramadāḥ /
tā api rāgavimuktāstiṣṭhantyaucityamātreṇa
tasmādastvabhigamanaṃ vividhanimittaṃ nivāryate kena /
nijaparapaṇyastrīṇāṃ rāgādhīnaṃ tu hṛdayanirvahaṇam
evaṃvidhadṛṣṭāntairupapattiyutaistathedṛśairvākyaiḥ /
anyairapi cāṭupadairāvarjitamānasaṃ gamyam
vihitasvāpavibodhaṃ kiñcitprakaṭīkṛtaśramaglānyā /
utpāditajṛmbhikayā parirabhya ghanaṃ niśāpagame
vighaṭitapuṭamudradṛśā vilokya kakubhaḥ sadīrghaniḥśvāsam /
vaktavyamiti bhavatyā rajani khale kiṃ prayātāsi
abalā viṣaheta kathaṃ dṛḍhaśaktimanuṣyaratirasaprasaram /
madanajanito 'nurāgo na vidadhyādyadi balādhānam
dhanyā cakrāhvavadhūḥ priyatamasaṃghaṭanasamayasamprāptyā /
śaśinā viyujyamānā kumudvati kṣīṇapuṇyāsi
vikasitasurabhimanoharasaṃsthānaṃ sarasakusumamaprāptam /
na karoti tathā pīḍāmāsvāditavicyutaṃ yathā bhṛṅgyāḥ
vijñāpayāmyatastvāṃ racitāñjalimaulinā vidhāya natim /
paricārakajanamadhye gaṇanīyāhaṃ prasādena
atha dīpitarāgāṅgairapahastitalābhadikkramopacitaiḥ /
mṛdubhiścittānugatairupacāraiḥ pātitasya viśvāse
avalokito 'si lampaṭa kimapi vadan karṇasaṃnidhau nibhṛtam /
śaṅkarasenādhātryā adya mayā jālamārgeṇa
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