Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha 1-9979 · Verses 8476-8495

kathamapyadhigatarandhrair adhyuṣitā yadi guhākhubhiḥ kṣudraiḥ /
iyataiva kiṃ mṛgādhipa nijavikramanirvidaṃ vahasi //

kathamarthaṃ niṣedhantu śrutayaḥ smṛtayo'pi vā /
yāsāmekaṃ padamapi na calatyarthato vinā //

kathamavanipa darpo yanniśātāsidhārā- dalanagalitamūrdhnā vidviṣāṃ svīkṛtā śrīḥ /
nanu tava nihatārerapyasau kiṃ na nītā tridivamapagatāṅgairvallabhā kīrtirebhiḥ //

kathamasau na bhajatyaśarīratāṃ hatavivekapado hatamanmathaḥ /
praharataḥ kadalīdalakomale bhavati yasya dayā na vadhūjane //

kathamasau madano na namasyatāṃ sthitavivekapado makaradhvajaḥ /
mṛgadṛśaṃ kadalīlalitaṃ vapur yadabhi hanti śaraiḥ kusumodbhavaiḥ //

kathamiyati vanānte kaścideko na tādṛg varavanataruruccaiḥ puṣpavallīphalāḍhyaḥ /
jagadasukhavidhāturdagdhadhāturniyogā- ddhavakhadirapalāśāḥ kevalaṃ vṛddhibhājaḥ //

kathamiva tava saṃmatirbhavitrī samamṛtubhirmunināvadhīritasya /
iti viracitamallikāvikāsaḥ smayata iva sma madhuṃ nidāghakālaḥ //

kathamiha manuṣyajanmā saṃpraviśati sadasi vibudhagamitāyām /
yena na subhāṣitāmṛtam āhlādi nipītamā tṛpteḥ //

kathamutpadyate dharmaḥ kathaṃ dharmaḥ pravardhate /
kathaṃ ca sthāpyate dharmaḥ kathaṃ dharmo vinaśyati //

satyenotpadyate dharmo dayādānairvivardhate /
kṣamayā sthāpyate dharmaḥ krodhalobhairvinaśyati //

kathamupari kalāpinaḥ kalāpo vilasati tasya tale'ṣṭamīndukhaṇḍam /
kuvalayayugalaṃ tato vilolaṃ tilakusumaṃ tadadhaḥ pravālamasmāt //

kathametat kucadvandvaṃ patitaṃ tava sundari /
paśyādhaḥ khanane mūḍha patanti girayo'pi ca //

kathaya kathamivāśā jāyatāṃ jīvite me malayabhujagavāntā vānti vātāḥ kṛtāntāḥ /
ayamapi khalu guñjan mañju mākandamaulau culukayati madīyāṃ cetanāṃ cañcarīkaḥ //
kathaya kathamurojadāmahetor yadupatireṣa cinoti campakāni /
bhavati karatale yadasya kampaḥ priyasakhi matsmṛtireva matsapatnī //

kathaya kimapi dṛṣṭaṃ sthānamasti śrutaṃ vā vrajati dinakaro'yaṃ yatra nāstaṃ kadācit /
iti vihagasamūhān nityamevāsti pṛcchan rajanivirahabhītaścakravākī varākaḥ //

kathaya kimidaṃ jātyā khyātaṃ kimasya varāṭakaiḥ katibhirathavā labhyaṃ caitat prayojanamasya kim /
pratipadamiti grāmīṇānāṃ gaṇena laghūkṛtaṃ bata karatale ratnaṃ kṛtvā viṣīdati vāṇijaḥ //

kathayata iva netre karṇamūlaṃ prayāte sumukhi tava kucābhyāṃ vartya paśyāvanīṃ vā /
skhalati yadi kathaṃcit te padāmbhojayugmaṃ tava tanutaramadhyaṃ bhajyate nau na doṣaḥ //

kathayata kathameṣā menayā vipradattā śiva śiva giriputro vṛddhakāpālikāya /
iti vadati puraṃdhrīmaṇḍale siddhileśa- vyayakṛtavaraveṣaḥ pātu vaḥ śrīmaheśaḥ //

kathaya nipuṇe kasmin dṛṣṭaḥ kathaṃ nu kiyacciraṃ kimabhilikhitaṃ kiṃ tenoktaṃ kadā sa ihaiṣyati /
iti bahuvidhapremollāsaprakalpitavistarāḥ priyatamakathāḥ svalpe'pyarthe prayānti na naṣṭatām //

kathayānimiṣo'smyahaṃ kathaṃ te vapurālokanamātra eva jātaḥ /
adharāmṛtapāyināṃ bhavatyā suratāvāptirarālakeśi yuktā //
kathābhirdeśānāṃ kathamapi ca kālena bahunā samāyāte kānte sakhi rajanirardhaṃ gatavatī /
tato yāvallīlāpraṇayakupitāsmi prakupitā sapatnīva prācī digiyamabhavat tāvadaruṇā //

kathāsu ye labdharasāḥ kavīnāṃ ye nānurajyanti kathāntareṣu /
na granthiparṇapraṇayāścaranti kastūrikāgandhamṛgās tṛṇeṣu //
kathitāvadhijīvitāvadhir gaṇayantī divasānanukṣaṇam /
dayitāśrubhareṇa jīvyate bata rekhā katicidvilumpatā //