Shringaratilaka 2.8

2.8

kathaṃ sa vallabhaḥ prāpyaḥ kiṃ kuryām asya siddhaye
kathaṃ bhaved asau vaśya iti cintā matā yathā //
satyaṃ durlabha eṣa vallabhatamo rāgo mamāsmin punaḥ ko'py anyo'sti gurur na cātinipuṇāḥ sakhyo'sya saṃbodhane
saṃcintyeti mṛgīdṛśā priyatame dṛṣṭe ślathāṃ mekhalāṃ badhnantyā na gataṃ sthitaṃ na ca galad-vāso na vā saṃvṛtam //

'How is that beloved to be obtained? What should I do for his attainment? / How might he become compliant?'—such is considered reflection (cintā), as in: // ''Truly this dearest one is hard to obtain, but my passion for him / is of an extraordinary, great sort; and my friends are not clever at addressing him'— / having reflected thus, when the dearest was seen, the deer-eyed girl, tightening her slipping girdle, / did not go, nor did she remain, nor was her slipping garment gathered up.'