Shringaratilaka 2.14
Śṛṅgāratilaka 2.14
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- Sanskrit
2.14
santāpa-vedanā-prāyo dīrgha-śvāsa-samākulaḥ
tanūkṛta-tanur vyādhir aṣṭamo'yaṃ smṛto yathā //
tāpaḥ śoṣita-candanodaka-rasaḥ śvāsā vikīrṇotpalāḥ karpūrābhibhava-pracaṇḍa-paṭimā gaṇḍa-sthale pāṇḍimā
mlāyad-bāla-mṛṇāla-nāla-lalitā prāptā tanus tānavaṃ tanv-aṅgyāḥ kathitaḥ smareṇa guruṇā ko'py eṣa kaṣṭa-kramaḥ //
Characterized mostly by burning torment and pain, agitated by deep sighs,
and emaciating the body—this is remembered as the eighth stage, sickness (vyādhi), as in:
Her fever dries up the sandalwood water; her sighs scatter lotuses;
the paleness on the slope of her cheek shows a fierce intensity outdoing camphor;
her body, graceful as a fading young lotus stalk, has reached extreme thinness.
Some grievous course has been dictated to the slender-limbed girl by the severe Kāmadeva.
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