Subhāṣitaratnakośa · Chapter 43
anaṅga palitaṃ mūrdhni paśyaitad vijaya-dhvajam
idānīṃ jitam asmābhis tavākiṃcit-karāḥ śarāḥ //
anucitam idam akramaś ca puṃsāṃ yad iha jarāsv api mānmathā vikārāḥ
yad api ca na kṛtaṃ nitambinīnāṃ stana-patanāvadhi jīvitaṃ rataṃ vā //
prāyaścittaṃ na gṛhṇītaḥ kāntāyāḥ patitau stanau
ata eva tayoḥ sparśe loko 'yaṃ śithilādaraḥ //
dhig vṛddhatāṃ viṣalatām iva dhik tathāpi vāma-bhruvām upari sa-spṛhatām atanvīm
ko 'trāparādhyati vidhiś ca śaṭhaḥ kuṭhāra yogyaḥ kaṭhora-hṛdayaḥ kusumāyudhaś ca //
svasti sukhebhyaḥ saṃprati salilāñjalir eṣa manmatha-kathāyāḥ /
tā api mām ativayasaṃ tarala-dṛśaḥ saralam īkṣante //
kṣaṇāt prabodham āyāti laṅghyate tamasā punaḥ
nirvāsyataḥ pradīpasya śikheva jaratāṃ matiḥ //
paliteṣv api dṛṣṭeṣu puṃsaḥ kā nāma kāmitā
bhaiṣajyam iva manyante yad anyamanasaḥ striyaḥ //
eka-garbhoṣitāḥ snigdhā mūrdhnā sat-kṛtya dhāritāḥ
keśā api virajyante jarayā kim utāṅganāḥ //
gātrair girā ca vikalaś caṭum īśvarāṇāṃ kurvann ayaṃ prahasanasya naṭaḥ kṛto 'smi
no vedmi māṃ palita-varṇaka-bhājam etaṃ nāṭyena kena naṭayiṣyati dīrgham āyuḥ //
aviviktāv atistabdhau stanav āḍhyāv ivādṛtau
viviktav ānatav eva daridrāv iva garhitau //
Original text: Subhāṣitaratnakośa · Edition: D.D. Kosambi and V.V. Gokhale. Cambridge, Massachusetts 1957 (Harvard Oriental Series, 42) · Data entry Harunaga Isaacson · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0