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Shringaratilaka 1.44

Śṛṅgāratilaka 1.44

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Sanskrit

1.44

kṛta-doṣe'pi sādhīrā tasmin nādriyate ruṣā
ākāra-saṃvṛtiṃ cāpi kṛtvodāste ratau yathā //
yad vācaḥ pracuropacāra-caturā yat sādaraṃ dūrataḥ pratyutthānam idaṃ svahasta-nihitaṃ yad-bhinnam apy āsanam
utpaśyāmi yad evam eva ca muhur dṛṣṭiṃ sakhī-saṃmukhīṃ tac chaṅke tava paṅkajākṣi balavān ko'py aprasādo mayi //
yat pāṇir na nivārito nivasana-granthiṃ saumudgranthayanbhrū-bhedo na kṛto manāg api muhur yat-khaṇḍyamāne'dhare
yan niḥśaṅkam ivārpitaṃ vapur aho patyuḥ samāliṅgane māninyā kathito'nukūla-vidhinā tenaiva manyur mahān //

Even when he has offended, that self-controlled woman does not respect him out of anger, / and concealing her feelings, she remains indifferent in love:
'That your speech is clever with abundant polite formalities, that from afar you respectfully / rise up to greet me, that you offer this separate seat with your own hand, / and that I see your gaze turned repeatedly toward your friends just so— / because of this, lotus-eyed woman, I suspect some powerful displeasure with me.'
'That his hand was not stayed as it untied the knot of her garment, / that her brow was not furrowed even slightly as her lip was bitten repeatedly, / that her body was surrendered without hesitation, as it were, into her husband's embrace— / by that very compliant conduct the proud woman indicated her great resentment.'

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