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Rasarnavasudhakara 3.496

Rasārṇavasudhākara 3.496

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Sanskrit

3.496

bālātapena parimṛṣṭam ivāravindaṃ
māñjiṣṭha-celam iva mānmatham ātapatram |
sālakta-lekham iva saukhya-karaṇḍam adya
yūnāṃ mude taruṇi tat padam ārtavaṃ te ||

"Like a lotus touched by the morning sun, / like Kāma's parasol made of red madder cloth, / like a casket of pleasure painted with red lac, / O young woman, today that private place of yours, covered in menstrual blood, brings joy to young men."

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3.496.p1

atra ārtavāruṇasyoru-mūlasya (asabhyasya) varṇanād idam anṛtam |

Here, due to the description of the base of the thighs reddened by menstrual blood—an indecent matter—this is falsehood (anṛta).

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3.496.p2

aparaṃ, yathā karpūra-mañjaryām, bhairavānandaḥ-

The second [variety is] as in Karpūramañjarī, Bhairavānanda [says]:

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