Nāgānanda · Chapter 2

iti prathamo 'ṅkaḥ /
dvitīyo 'ṅkaḥ
kuṇasi ghaṇacandaṇaladāpallavasaṃsaggasīalaṃ pi imaṃ /
ṇīsāsehiṃ tumaṃ evva kaalīdalamāruaṃ uṇhaṃ

vyāvṛtyaiva sitāsitekṣaṇarucā tānāaśrame śākhinaḥ
kurvatyā viṭapāvasaktavilasatkṛṣṇājinaudhāniva /
yad dṛṣṭosmi tayā munerapi purastenaiva mayyāhate
puṣpeṣo ! bhavatā mudhaiva kimiti kṣipyanta ete śarāḥ?

nītāḥ kiṃ na niśāḥ śaśāṅkadhavalā nāghrātamindīvaraṃ?
kiṃ nonmīlitamālatīsurabhayaḥ soḍhāḥ pradoṣānilāḥ?
jhaṅkāraḥ kamalākare madhulihāṃ kiṃ vā mayā na śruto?
nirvyājaṃ vidhureṣvadhīra iti māṃ yenābhidhatte bhavān?

strīhṛdayena na soḍhāḥ kṣiptāḥ kusumeṣavo 'pyanaṅgena /
yenādyaiva purastava vadāmi dhīra iti sa kathamaham?

candanalatāgṛhamidaṃ sacandramaṇiśilamapi priyaṃ na mama /
candrānanayā rahitaṃ candrikayā mukhamiva niśāyāḥ

śaśimaṇiśilā seyaṃ yasyāṃ vipāṇḍuramānanaṃ
karakisalaye kṛtvā vāme ghanaśvasitodgamā /
cirayati mayi vyaktākūtā manāk sphuritairbhruvo-
rviramitamanomanyurdṛṣṭā mayā rudatī priyā

niṣyandata ivānena mukhacandrodayena te /
etad vāṣpāmbunā siktaṃ candrakāntaśilātalam

akliṣṭabimbaśobhādharasya nayanotsavasya śaśina iva /
dayitāmukhasya sukhayati rekhāpi prathamadṛṣṭayem

priyā sannihitaiveyaṃ saṅkalpasthāpitā puraḥ /
dṛṣṭvā dṛṣṭvā likhāmyenāṃ yadi tat ko 'tra vismayaḥ !

yaddhidyādhararājavaṃśatilakaḥ prājñaḥ satāṃ sambhato
rūpeṇāpratimaḥ parākramadhano viddhān vinīto yuva /
yaccasūnapi santyajet karuṇayā sattvārthamabhyudyata-
stenāsmai dadataḥ svasāramatulāṃ tuṣṭirviṣādaśca me

na khalu na khalu mugdhe ! sāhasaṃ kāryamīdṛk
vyapanaya karametaṃ pallavābhaṃ latāyāḥ /
kusumamapi vicetuṃ yo na manye samarthaḥ
kalayati sa kathaṃ te pāśamudbandhanāya?

kaṇṭhe hāralatāyogye yena pāśastvayārpitaḥ /
gṛhītaḥ sāparādho 'yaṃ kathaṃ te mucyate karaḥ?

vṛṣṭayā piṣṭātakasya dyutimiha malaye meyutulyāṃ dadhānaḥ
sadyaḥ sindūradūrīkṛtadivasasamārambhasandhyātapaśrīḥ /
udūgitairaṅganānāṃ calacaraṇaraṇannūpurahrādahṛdyai-
rūdvāhasnānavelāṃ kathayati bhavataḥ siddhaye siddhalokaḥ

anyonyadarśanakṛtaḥ samānarūpānurāgakulavayasām /
keṣāñcideva manye samāgamo bhavati puṇyavatām