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Kuṭṭanīmata · Verses 861-880

861

trailokyagatā veśyāḥ svādhīnā yātudhānanāthasya /
tadapi jahāra kalatraṃ daśarathatanayasya Rāmasya

862

atha Mañjaryā jananī nijapakṣasamarthane kṛtotsāhā /
ākṣeptumācacakṣe nṛpasutasacivāśritaṃ vākyam

863

ghaṭayuvatiṣu pragalbho nāgarikādarśanena hṛtapuṃstvaḥ /
grāmoṣito 'vidagdho nindati gaṇikāṃ bhavadvidho 'vaśyam

864

nārdrayati manaḥ puṃsāmavagāhitamīnaketuśāstrāṇām /
nakhadaśanakṣatihīnaṃ jīvatpatibandhakīsuratam

865

sthāpaya ghaṭakaṃ tāvatkuru bhūmitale tṛṇaiḥ samāstaraṇam /
suratopakrama īdṛkprāyo grāmīṇataruṇamithunānām

866

bahalośīraviliptasthitajūṭakakāṇamallikāmālyaḥ /
pāmaranāryā dṛṣṭaḥ smaro 'hamiti manyate viṭo grāmyaḥ

867

gṛhakarmakṛtāyāsaprasvinnāṃ salilakāryaniryātām /
upapatirupaiti harṣaṃ niśāgame pāmarīṃ prāpya

868

kūpāvatāritaghaṭāyā nāryāḥ kāṣṭhanihitacaraṇāyāḥ /
valitagrīvaṃ vīkṣitamunnamayati mānasaṃ yūnaḥ

869

lagno 'si yatra gātre kathamapi daivena devayātrāyām /
adyāpi tanna muñcati pulakodgamakaṇṭakaṃ tasyāḥ

870

uccetuṃ karpāsaṃ praviṣṭayā gahanavāṭikāṃ śūnyām /
khaṅkāritena saṃjñā kṛtā tayā tvaṃ tu vetsi no mūrkhaḥ

871

āliṅgitamusalāyāstvayyeva niviṣṭacakṣuṣastasyāḥ /
āvṛttyā bhramati puro jātaḥ khalu śālikhaṇḍane vighnaḥ

872

tvāṃ vilvakaṃ kṣipantaṃ pārśvasthaiḥ stūyamānasāmarthyam /
gṛhakartavyaṃ tyaktvā sāpaśyad dvārarandhreṇa

873

tvayi mārganikaṭavartinyavivecitakhedayā tayā subhaga /
pratyāsannagṛheṣvapi kṛtaḥ prasahya smarāturo lokaḥ

874

iti caturadūtikoditavardhitasaubhāgyagarvapūrṇasya /
ūrmisahasrollalitaṃ bhavati mano grāmaṣiṅgasya

875

vinivārya taṃ pravartitavākyavikāsaṃ natottamāṅgena /
śrīsiṃhabhaṭasya sutaṃ samuvāca vaco 'tha nartakācāryaḥ

876

nāyakabhūmau Bharataḥ kuśīlavāḥ Kohalādayo munayaḥ /
apsarasaḥ strīnāṭye gāndharvaḥ Kamalajanmanastanayaḥ

877

suṣirasvaraprayogapratipādanapaṇḍitaḥ Mataṅgamuniḥ /
yadi rañjayanti hṛdayaṃ bhavato bhūmispṛśāṃ kutaḥ śaktiḥ

878

abhyadhikaṃ dhṛṣṭatvaṃ prāyeṇa hi śilpajīvināṃ bhavati /
āśritanartakavṛtterviśeṣato vijitaraṅgasya

879

vijñāpayāmyatastvāṃ nirmitanāṭye prajāsṛjā sadṛśam /
avalokayāṅkamekaṃ mā bhavatu mama śramo vandhyaḥ

880

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

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