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Shringaratilaka 1.50

Śṛṅgāratilaka 1.50

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Sanskrit

1.50

anyadīyā dvidhā proktā kanyoḍhā ceti te priye
darśanāc chravaṇād vāpi kāmārte bhavato yathā //
kim api lalitaiḥ snigdhaiḥ kiñcit kim apy atikuñcitaiḥ kim api valitaiḥ kandarpeṣūn hasadbhir ivekṣaṇaiḥ
abhimata-mukhaṃ vīkṣāṃ cakre navāṅganayā tathā lalita-kuśalo'py ālīloko yathātivisismaye //
niśamayya bahir manoharaṃ svaram aikṣiṣṭa tathāparā yā &
tila-mātrakam apy abhūn nahi śraveṇendīvara-locanānantaram //
kasyāścit subhaga iti śrutaś ciraṃ yas taṃ dṛṣṭvādhigata-rater nirmīlitākṣyāḥ
nispandaṃ vapur avalokya sauvidallāḥ santepur vidhuradhiyo niśānta-vadhvāḥ //
kārśya-jāgara-tāpānyaḥ karoti śruto'py alam
tam eva durlabhaṃ kāntaṃ cetaḥ kasmād didṛkṣase //

The woman belonging to another (anyadīyā) is declared to be of two kinds: an unmarried maiden (kanyā) and a married woman (ūḍhā); / both become sick with love for their dear one through seeing him or hearing of him:
With glances somewhat charming and affectionate, somewhat slightly narrowed, / somewhat turned, as if laughing at Kāmadeva's arrows, / she looked at the face of her beloved with a fresh young woman's charm, / so that even her companions, skilled in graceful arts, were utterly astonished.
Another woman, having heard a delightful voice outside, gazed in such a way / that not even a sesame-seed's distance remained between her ear and her blue-lotus eyes.
Having long heard of a certain man, 'He is charming,' when a bride of the harem saw him / and experienced the joy of love, her eyes closed / and her body motionless, the harem guards / were distressed, their minds agitated with grief.
'He causes emaciation, sleeplessness, and fever merely upon being heard of; / why then, my heart, do you wish to see that very lover who is so hard to attain?'

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