Kuṭṭanīmata · Verses 921-940
nayanānandamakhaṇḍitamaṇḍalamabhirāmamamṛtaraśmimiva /
sāyantana āsthāne kṣitipatayastasthurudayanaṃ draṣṭum
uccārite 'tha nāmni tridaśamatau tatkṣaṇaṃ vyapetāyām /
utpannavismayaratirnidadhe narabharturātmajā hṛdaye
ayamudayanaḥ sa rājā tātaḥ satkṛtya māṃ dadau yasmai /
hanta parapreṣaṇamapi na niṣphalaṃ sāmprataṃ jātam
yāvanna vetti kaścittāvaditastvaritameva niryāmi /
iti kathamapi nāyakataḥ kṛṣṭvā dṛśamutsasarja raṅgabhuvam
kandarpamahamahotsavahṛtahṛdayairnāvadhārito 'smābhiḥ /
saṃdhyātikramakālaḥ paśya tvaṃ priyavayasyaka tathā hi
udayataṭāntaritamiyaṃ prācī sūcayati diṅniśānātham /
paripāṇḍunā mukhena priyamiva hṛdayasthitaṃ ramaṇī
devi tvanmukhapadmaḥ padmān vidadhāti paśya vicchāyān /
alayo 'pi lajjitā iva śanaiḥ śanaistadudareṣu līyante
evamabhidhāya citraiścaraṇanyāsaiḥ parikramaṃ kṛtvā /
naiṣkrāmikyā dhruvayā viniryayau nāyako 'pi saha sarvaiḥ
aṅke jātasamāptau gītātodyadhvanau ca viśrānte /
prekṣaṇakaguṇagrahaṇaṃ nṛpasūnuḥ pravavṛte kartum
nāṭyaprayogatattvaṃ matayo na viśanti mādṛśāṃ prāyaḥ /
vāhanayajanapadātigrāmādikakāryadattahṛdayānām
āste likhito grāmo gṛhāṇa taṃ satpradeśabahubhūmim /
vāsaya tatrāvāsaṃ bhavasi tataḥ ṭhakkuro divasaiḥ
kṛtajīvanasaṃstho 'pi tvamapi kimarthaṃ karoṣi vijñaptim /
arpaya vā yadi necchasi kuru sthitiṃ hastadānena
na ca pattayo na saptirna ca poṣyajanastathāpyasaṃtuṣṭaḥ /
labhamāno 'pi sa dāyaṃ cirantanatvābhimānena
vijñaptikonmukhatvaṃ dūrata evāvadhāritaṃ bhavataḥ /
tūṣṇīṃ kriyatāmasmācchroṣyasi kāryaṃ pratīhārāt
yūyaṃ kuṭumbamadhye kva gamyate gotraputrasāmānyam /
ādāya saṃvibhāgaṃ svagṛha iva sthīyatāṃ yathāsaukhyam
abhyantaravyayārthaṃ na vilabdho yo mayā mahodraṅgaḥ /
tatrāpi te 'nubandho no jāne kiṃ karomīti
prathamatarameva kalpitamanalpaphalajīvanaṃ pradeśastham /
adyāpi te na jātaṃ niyogināṃ paśya mantharatām
evaṃprāyairanudinalābhodayamohakāribhirvacanaiḥ /
phalaśūnyairanujīvī pratāritaḥ kaḥ kiyatkālam
etadviṣaye naipuṇamatra tu bhūmijñatāṃ samāśritya /
mukharatayā kathayāmo jaḍamatisāmājikocitaṃ kiṃ cit
saptāśrayaḥ ṣaḍātmā śārīrastripramāṇaparimāṇaḥ /
sattvādhikyājjyeṣṭho vyastasamastaistribhirviniṣpādyaḥ
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