Kuṭṭanīmata · Verses 621-640
vyājena kālaharaṇaṃ svāpāvasare vivartanaṃ śayane /
nidrābhibhavakhyāpanamudvegaḥ sammukhīkaraṇe
guhyasparśanirodhaḥ svabhāvasaṃsthā ratābhiyogeṣu /
cumbati vadanavikūṇanamāliṅgati kaṭhinagātrasaṃkocaḥ
asahiṣṇutvaṃ prahaṇanakararuhadaśanakṣatiprasaṅgeṣu /
dīrgharate nirvedaḥ svapihīti vaco 'bhiyojake bhūyaḥ
tadaśaktāvanubandho vaidagdhyavikāśane tathā hāsaḥ /
rātryavasānaspṛhayā punaḥ punaryāmikapraśnaḥ
niḥsaraṇaṃ vāsagṛhāduṣasi samutthāya talpatastvarayā /
sarabhasamudīrayantyā niśā prabhātā prabhāteti
ubhayecchayā pravṛttaṃ nirupādhi prema bhavati ramaṇīyam /
anyonyasamāsaktau saṃsthānamivābhijātamaṇihemnoḥ
yastvekāśrayarāgaḥ paribhavadaurbalyadainyanāśānām /
sa nidānamasaṃdigdhaṃ sītāṃ prati daśamukhasyeva
yāni haranti manāṃsi smitavīkṣitajalpitāni raktānām /
tānyeva viraktānāṃ pratibhānti vivartitānīva
vidadhātu kimapi kathamapi nigṛhyamāṇā muhūrtamāsiṣye /
iti yatra manaḥ strīṇāṃ tatrāpi rate ramanti paśutulyāḥ
yatra na madanavikārāḥ sadbhāvasamarpaṇaṃ na gātrāṇām /
tasminnujjhitabhāve paśukarmaṇi paśava eva rajyante
avadhīraṇayopahataḥ pratidivasaṃ hīyamānasadbhāvaḥ /
abhimānavānmanuṣyo yoṣitamūḍhāmapi tyajati
sākṣinikocaṃ sakhyāḥ pāṇitalaṃ pāṇinā samāhatya /
yaṃ naramupahasati strī dadātu tasmai mahī randhram
puruṣāntaraguṇakīrtanamanyoddeśena cātmano nindām /
śṛṇvannapi yaḥ svasthaḥ svastho 'sau kālapāśabaddho 'pi
avagatyābhiprāyaṃ svāminyāḥ parijano 'pi yaṃ puruṣam /
vyavaharati tiraskurvaṃstasya na mūlyaṃ varāṭikāḥ pañca
tattvātattvasamutthavyavahṛtayoryo 'ntaraṃ na jānāti /
sthānaṃ bhavati sa Paśupatirapasaṃśayamardhacandralābhasya
kramagalitagauravāṃśo riktatayā lāghavaṃ parāpatitaḥ /
aprāptaparicchedataṭaḥ plavate 'sau yuvatisarasi kumanuṣyaḥ
yatnena kapaṭaghaṭitāñśṛṅgārajñāpanārthamanubhāvān /
ratiśilpajīvikābhirmūḍhāstattvena gṛhṇanti
yā dhanahāryā nāryo nirmaryādāḥ svakāryatātparyāḥ /
tābhirapi samīhante bata mandāḥ saṃgatamajaryam
aparokṣadhano gamyaḥ śrīmānapi nānyatheti nirdiṣṭam /
Kandarpaśāstrakāraiḥ kutaḥ kathā luptavibhaveṣu
vyāsamunināpi gītaṃ dvāveva narādhamau mano dahataḥ /
yo 'nāḍhyaḥ kāmayate kupyati yaścāprabhutvayukto 'pi
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