Ṛtusaṃhāra · Chapter 1

pracaṇḍasūryaḥ spṛhaṇīyacandramāḥ sadāvagāhakṣatavārisaṃcayaḥ
dināntaramyo 'bhyupaśāntamanmatho nidāghakālo 'yamupāgataḥ priye //

niśāḥ śaśāṅkakṣatanīlarājayaḥ kvacidvicitraṃ jalayantramandiram
maṇiprakārāḥ sarasaṃ ca candanaṃ śucau priye yānti janasya sevyatām //

suvāsitaṃ harmyatalaṃ manoharaṃ priyāmukhocchvāsavikampitaṃ madhu
sutantrigītaṃ madanasya dīpanaṃ śucau niśīthe 'nubhavanti kāminaḥ //

nitambabimbaiḥ sadukūlamekhalaiḥ stanaiḥ sahārābharaṇaiḥ sacandanaiḥ
śiroruhaiḥ snānakaṣāyavāsitaiḥ striyo nidāghaṃ śamayanti kāminām //

nitāntalākṣārasarāgarañjitair nitambinīnāṃ caraṇaiḥ sanūpuraiḥ
pade pade haṃsarutānukāribhir janasya cittaṃ kriyate samanmatham //

payodharāścandanapaṅkacarcitās tuṣāragaurārpitahāraśekharāḥ
nitambadeśāśca sahemamekhalāḥ prakurvate kasya mano na sotsukam //

samudgatasvedacitāṅgasaṃdhayo vimucya vāsāṃsi gurūṇi sāmpratam
staneṣu tanvaṃśukamunnatastanā niveśayanti pramadāḥ sayauvanāḥ //

sacandanāmbuvyajanodbhavānilaiḥ sahārayaṣṭistanamaṇḍalārpaṇaiḥ
savallakīkākaligītanisvanair vibodhyate supta ivādya manmathaḥ //

siteṣu harmyeṣu niśāsu yoṣitāṃ sukhaprasuptāni mukhāni candramāḥ
vilokya nūnaṃ bhṛśamutsukaściraṃ niśākṣaye yāti hriyeva pāṇḍutām //

asahyavātoddhatareṇumaṇḍalā pracaṇḍasūryātapatāpitā mahī
na śakyate draṣṭumapi pravāsibhiḥ priyāviyogānaladagdhamānasaiḥ //

mṛgāḥ pracaṇḍātapatāpitā bhṛśaṃ tṛṣā mahatyā pariśuṣkatālavaḥ
vanāntare toyamiti pradhāvitā nirīkṣya bhinnāñjanasaṃnibhaṃ nabhaḥ //

savibhramaiḥ sasmitajihmavīkṣitair vilāsavatyo manasi pravāsinām
anaṅgasaṃdīpanamāśu kurvate yathā pradoṣāḥ śaśicārubhūṣaṇāḥ //

ravermayūkhair abhitāpito bhṛśaṃ vidahyamānaḥ pathi taptapāṃsubhiḥ
avāṅmukho jihmagatiḥ śvasanmuhuḥ phaṇī mayūrasya tale niṣīdati //

tṛṣā mahatyā hatavikramodyamaḥ śvasanmuhur dūravidāritānanaḥ
na hantyadūre 'pi gajānmṛgeśvaro vilolajihvaścalitāgrakesaraḥ //

viśuṣkakaṇṭhodgatasīkarāmbhaso gabhastibhir bhānumato 'nutāpitāḥ
pravṛddhatṛṣṇopahatā jalārthino na dantinaḥ kesariṇo 'pi bibhyati //

hutāgnikalpaiḥ saviturgabhastibhiḥ kalāpinaḥ klāntaśarīracetasaḥ
na bhoginaṃ ghnanti samīpavartinaṃ kalāpacakreṣu niveśitānanam //

sabhadramustaṃ pariśuṣkakardamaṃ saraḥ khanann āyatapotṛmaṇḍalaiḥ
ravermayūkhairabhitāpito bhṛśaṃ varāhayūtho viśatīva bhūtalam //

vivasvatā tīkṣṇatarāṃśumālinā sapaṅkatoyāt saraso 'bhitāpitaḥ
utplutya bhekastṛṣitasya bhoginaḥ phaṇātapatrasya tale niṣīdati //

samuddhṛtāśeṣamṛṇālajālakaṃ vipannamīnaṃ drutabhītasārasam
parasparotpīḍanasaṃhatairgajaiḥ kṛtaṃ saraḥ sāndravimardakardamam //

raviprabhodbhinnaśiromaṇiprabho vilolajihvādvayalīḍhamārutaḥ
viṣāgnisūryātapatāpitaḥ phaṇī na hanti maṇḍūkakulaṃ tṛṣākulaḥ //

saphenalālāvṛtavaktrasampuṭaṃ viniḥsṛtālohitajihvamunmukham
tṛṣākulaṃ niḥsṛtamadrigahvarād avekṣamāṇaṃ mahiṣīkulaṃ jalam //

paṭutaradavadāhocchuṣkasasya prarohāḥ paruṣapavanavegotkṣiptasaṃśuṣkaparṇāḥ
dinakaraparitāpakṣīṇatoyāḥ samantād vidadhati bhayamuccair vīkṣyamāṇā vanāntāḥ //

śvasiti vihagavargaḥ śīrṇaparṇadrumasthaḥ kapikulamupayāti klāntamadrer nikuñjam
bhramati gavayayūthaḥ sarvatastoyamicchañ śarabhakulamajihmaṃ proddharatyambu kūpāt //

vikacanavakusumbhasvacchasindūrabhāsā prabalapavanavegodbhūtavegena tūrṇam
taṭaviṭapalatāgrāliṅganavyākulena diśi diśi paridagdhā bhūmayaḥ pāvakena //

jvalati pavanavṛddhaḥ parvatānāṃ darīṣu sphuṭati paṭuninādaiḥ śuṣkavaṃśasthalīṣu
prasarati tṛṇamadhye labdhavṛddhiḥ kṣaṇena glapayati mṛgavargaṃ prāntalagno davāgniḥ //

bahutara iva jātaḥ śālmalīnāṃ vaneṣu sphurati kanakagauraḥ koṭareṣu drumāṇām
pariṇatadalaśākhānutpatanprāṃśuvṛkṣān bhramati pavanadhūtaḥ sarvato 'gnirvanānte //

gajagavayamṛgendrā vahnisaṃtaptadehāḥ suhṛda iva sametā dvaṃdvabhāvaṃ vihāya
hutavahaparikhedād āśu nirgatya kakṣād vipulapulinadeśāṃ nimnagāṃ saṃviśanti //

kamalavanacitāmbuḥ pāṭalāmodaramyaḥ sukhasalilaniṣekaḥ sevyacandrāṃśuhāraḥ
vrajatu tava nidāghaḥ kāminībhiḥ sameto niśi sulalitagīte harmyapṛṣṭhe sukhena //