Kuṭṭanīmata · Verses 861-880
trailokyagatā veśyāḥ svādhīnā yātudhānanāthasya /
tadapi jahāra kalatraṃ daśarathatanayasya Rāmasya
atha Mañjaryā jananī nijapakṣasamarthane kṛtotsāhā /
ākṣeptumācacakṣe nṛpasutasacivāśritaṃ vākyam
ghaṭayuvatiṣu pragalbho nāgarikādarśanena hṛtapuṃstvaḥ /
grāmoṣito 'vidagdho nindati gaṇikāṃ bhavadvidho 'vaśyam
nārdrayati manaḥ puṃsāmavagāhitamīnaketuśāstrāṇām /
nakhadaśanakṣatihīnaṃ jīvatpatibandhakīsuratam
sthāpaya ghaṭakaṃ tāvatkuru bhūmitale tṛṇaiḥ samāstaraṇam /
suratopakrama īdṛkprāyo grāmīṇataruṇamithunānām
bahalośīraviliptasthitajūṭakakāṇamallikāmālyaḥ /
pāmaranāryā dṛṣṭaḥ smaro 'hamiti manyate viṭo grāmyaḥ
gṛhakarmakṛtāyāsaprasvinnāṃ salilakāryaniryātām /
upapatirupaiti harṣaṃ niśāgame pāmarīṃ prāpya
kūpāvatāritaghaṭāyā nāryāḥ kāṣṭhanihitacaraṇāyāḥ /
valitagrīvaṃ vīkṣitamunnamayati mānasaṃ yūnaḥ
lagno 'si yatra gātre kathamapi daivena devayātrāyām /
adyāpi tanna muñcati pulakodgamakaṇṭakaṃ tasyāḥ
uccetuṃ karpāsaṃ praviṣṭayā gahanavāṭikāṃ śūnyām /
khaṅkāritena saṃjñā kṛtā tayā tvaṃ tu vetsi no mūrkhaḥ
āliṅgitamusalāyāstvayyeva niviṣṭacakṣuṣastasyāḥ /
āvṛttyā bhramati puro jātaḥ khalu śālikhaṇḍane vighnaḥ
tvāṃ vilvakaṃ kṣipantaṃ pārśvasthaiḥ stūyamānasāmarthyam /
gṛhakartavyaṃ tyaktvā sāpaśyad dvārarandhreṇa
tvayi mārganikaṭavartinyavivecitakhedayā tayā subhaga /
pratyāsannagṛheṣvapi kṛtaḥ prasahya smarāturo lokaḥ
iti caturadūtikoditavardhitasaubhāgyagarvapūrṇasya /
ūrmisahasrollalitaṃ bhavati mano grāmaṣiṅgasya
vinivārya taṃ pravartitavākyavikāsaṃ natottamāṅgena /
śrīsiṃhabhaṭasya sutaṃ samuvāca vaco 'tha nartakācāryaḥ
nāyakabhūmau Bharataḥ kuśīlavāḥ Kohalādayo munayaḥ /
apsarasaḥ strīnāṭye gāndharvaḥ Kamalajanmanastanayaḥ
suṣirasvaraprayogapratipādanapaṇḍitaḥ Mataṅgamuniḥ /
yadi rañjayanti hṛdayaṃ bhavato bhūmispṛśāṃ kutaḥ śaktiḥ
abhyadhikaṃ dhṛṣṭatvaṃ prāyeṇa hi śilpajīvināṃ bhavati /
āśritanartakavṛtterviśeṣato vijitaraṅgasya
vijñāpayāmyatastvāṃ nirmitanāṭye prajāsṛjā sadṛśam /
avalokayāṅkamekaṃ mā bhavatu mama śramo vandhyaḥ
iti kathayannarabhartuḥ putreṇa sa codito bhruvonnatayā /
racite sakalātodye niyojayāmāsa sūtradhṛtam
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