Subhāṣitāvali 1-1040 · Verses 0927-0946

nityaṃ tathā śṛṇu kuśeśaya madvacāṃsi
snehena yāni bhavataḥ kathayāmi kiṃcit /
kāntyānayā vimalayā bhramarairguṇairvā
kiṃ yāsi ramyatamatāmuta kaṇṭakarddheḥ //

saṃkocamehi bisapuṣpa jahīhi śobhāṃ
doṣākaroyamadhunā samudeti paśya /
vakrātmani prabhavati kramaśo vicintya
pracchannatā guṇavatāṃ svayameva yogyā //

truṭyadguṇopi bahukaṇṭakatāṃ gatopi
randhrānvitopi hatakardamasaṃbhavopi /
bhṛṅgopabhogyavibhavopi tathāpi padmo
mitrodaye vikasanaṃ labhate sadaiva //

kāmaṃ bhavantu madhulampaṭaṣaṭpadaugha-
saṃghaṭṭaghuṃghumaghanadhvanayobjakhaṇḍāḥ /
gāyannatiśrutisukhaṃ vidhireva yatra
bhṛṅgaḥ sa kopi dharaṇidharanābhipadmaḥ //

tāpāpahe sahṛdaye rucire prabuddhe
mitrānurāganirate dhṛtasadguṇaughe /
svāṅgapradānaparitoṣitaṣaṭpadesmin-
yuktaṃ taveha kamale kamale sthitiryat //

na paṅkādudbhūtirna jaḍasahavāsavyasanitā
vapurdigdhaṃ kāntyā sthalanalina ratnadyutimuṣā /
vyadhāsyaddurvedhā hṛdayalaghimānaṃ yadi na te
tvamevaikaṃ lakṣmyāḥ paramamabhaviṣyaḥ padamiha //

utpannā bahavastaleṣu sarasāmambhoruhāṇāṃ cayā
ye yāminyadhipānukāriramaṇīvaktropamānaṃ gatāḥ /
nābhau bhaumariporajāyata mahāpadmaḥ sa kopyekako
yastrailokyasamudbhavaprabhaviturjanmāvanitvaṃ gataḥ //

puṣyenyatrāvakāśo nipuṇamapahṛtaḥ saurabhālobhanābhiḥ
svābhogentaḥpraveśopyaśithilaniviḍaḥ kośabhāvānna dattaḥ /
nītvā nairāśyamitthaṃ galitagatirasau mugdhabuddhiḥ pradoṣe
padmena śrīmatāpi prasabhamubhayato bhraṃśitaḥ paśya bhṛṅgaḥ //

bhrātaḥ paṅkaja saṃkocaḥ kaṃcitkālaṃ viṣahyatām /
saiva prabhāte śobhā te bhāte dinakare bhavet //

adhogatiṃ ca saṃprāpya bisāḥ paṅkakalaṅkitāḥ /
guṇino nirguṇairdāśaiḥ kṛṣṭāḥ svāṅkuradarśitāḥ //

tadaṅkurāṇi padmāni guṇairyuktāni mānibhiḥ /
śirasā dhāryamāṇāni mīlitāni jaḍātmanā //

marau nāstyeva salilaṃ kṛchrādyadyapi labhyate /
tatkaṭu stokamuṣṇaṃ ca na karoti vitṛṣṇatām //

caṭulacātakacañcupuṭātpata-
ñjalakaṇopi maroratigocaraḥ /
sa punaradya ghanāgamabandhunā
jaladhareṇa jalairaparaḥ kṛtaḥ //

kiṃ pāntha nirmathanasiddhyupayogivastu-
saṃbhāraśālini marau sugṛhītanāmni /
saṃdṛśyatetiviparītamidaṃ hi tatra
kūposti tatra ca jalaṃ yadayatnalabhyam //

asminmarau kimaparaṃ vacasāmavācyaṃ
mā muñca pāntha muhurāśritavatsalo bhūḥ /
etattvayā jalalavāmiṣalālasena
dṛṣṭaṃ jvalatparikaraṃ sikatāvitānam //

satpādapānvipulapallavapuṣpabhāra-
saṃpatparītavapuṣaḥ phalabhāranabhrān /
yo muñjuśiñjitaśakuntaśatāśritoru-
śākhānmarau mṛgayate na tatosti mugdhaḥ //

jalatarutṛṇaśūnyaḥ śrāmyatāmadhvagānāṃ
kimapi kila batāhaṃ nopakartuṃ samarthaḥ /
iti na paramabhīkṣṇaṃ nānuśete na yāvac-
chaṭhamaruranṛtāmbhaḥprāptaye tānprayuṅkte //

gatamatijavādbhrāntaṃ bhrāntaṃ samutkaṣitā ca bhūś-
cirataramatho niḥśvasyātho sadainyamavasthitam /
kimiva na kṛtaṃ pānthenetthaṃ tathāpi śaṭho maruḥ
prakṛtivirasaḥ kaṣṭaṃ yāto manāgapi nārdratām //

itaḥ kākānīkaṃ pratibhayamitaḥ kauśikakṛtā-
ditomī gṛdhrādyāḥ kulamidamitaḥ kaṅkavayasām /
śmaśānasthānesminnakhilaguṇavandhye hatatarāv-
api dvitrāḥ kecinna khalu kalavācaḥ śakunayaḥ //

kimasi vimatiḥ kiṃ vobmādī kṣaṇādabhilakṣyase
punarapi punaḥ prekṣāpūrvā na kācana te kriyā /
svayamajalakāṃ jānānopi praviśya marusthalīṃ
śiśiramadhuraṃ vāri prāptuṃ yadadhvaga vāñchasi //