Kuṭṭanīmata · Verses 61-80
śṛṇu tasya cāruhāsini veṣagrahaṇaṃ ca ceṣṭitaṃ caiva /
nipatati ca yathā tūrṇaṃ priyasurabhikusumaśarāsanaprasare
sthūlasthāpitacūlakapañcāṅgulamātrakeśavinyāsaḥ /
lambaśravaṇaniveśitakarapatrikaghaṭitadaśanapaṅktiśca
karaśākhāśritamudrikacāmīkarakaṇṭhasūtrikābharaṇaḥ /
parimṛṣṭagātrakuṅkumakiñcitpiñjaritavasanasaṃvītaḥ
pravilambikusumadāmakagalamaṇḍanajātarūpakṛtaśobhaḥ /
antarniviṣṭasikthitatauruṣkikakhuśśikādicaraṇatraḥ
nānāvarṇaviveṣṭitabahaladaśāpāśabaddhatatakeśam /
ekasmindalavīṭakamaparasminsīsapatrakaṃ karṇe
uccaṇḍakanakagarbhitakuṅkumapiñjaritavastiparidhānam /
sthūlatarakācavartakamālāṃ ca gale dadhānena
vṛścikarañjitakararuhakaramūlanibaddhaśaṅkhacakreṇa /
prathamavayastvaṃ bhajatā tāmbūlakaraṅkavāhinānugataḥ
śreṣṭhivaṇigviṭakitavapradhānaraṅgasya sumahato madhye /
śūlāpālasthāpitakatipayavadhrorupīṭhikāsīnaḥ
utsaṅgārpitakhaḍgairayathātathabhāṣibhirmahauddhatyam /
bibhrāṇairanujīvibhiradhiṣṭhitaḥ pañcaṣaiḥ puruṣaiḥ
caturatarasevakārpitapṛṣṭhaparikṣiptapūrvadehāṃśaḥ /
antarvidhṛtāvelaprocchūnakapolakalitakaraparṇaḥ
anapekṣitaprasaṅgaḥ punaḥ punaḥ paṭhati sonnatabhrūkaḥ /
gāthāślokaprāyaṃ bhāvitacetā yathātathādhītam
vismayalolitamauliḥ pārśvagatāntāḍayanrasāvegāt /
hākaṣṭasādhuvādairantarayati parasubhāṣitaśravaṇam
idamukto rahasi ruṣā tātena nṛpo nṛpeṇa tāto 'pi /
iti piturāviṣkurute mahībhṛtaḥ praṇayaviśvāsau
patracchedamajānan jānanvā kauśalaṃ kalāviṣaye /
prakaṭayati janasamāje bibhrāṇaḥ patrakartarīṃ satatam
brahmoktanāṭyaśāstre gīte murajādivādane caiva /
abhibhavati Nāradādīn prāvīṇyaṃ Bhaṭṭaputrasya
vasunandacitradaṇḍakamuktāyudhakhaḍgadhenubandheṣu /
vrajati purato 'sya niyataṃ bhārgavatāṃ Paraśurāmo 'pi
vātsyāyanamayamabudhaṃ bāhyaṃ dūreṇa dattakācāryam /
gaṇayati manmathatantre paśutulyaṃ rājaputraṃ ca
yaḥ prārthito 'pi yatnātkavacaṃ rādhāsuto dadāti sma /
avicintitavasuvarṣastyāgaguṇaṃ hasati tasyāyam
prapalāyanaikahṛdaye yo vikramamātanoti hariṇe 'pi /
siṃhasya tasya śauryaṃ trapākaraṃ bhaṭṭaputrasya
ākheṭake 'pi kautukamastyeva jayaśca cañcale lakṣye /
bhaṭṭabhayena na khelati bhaṭṭasutaḥ kiṃ tvatiprakaṭam
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