Gopalacampu 1.27.16

1.27.16

[21] atha khaṇḍitā | tatra ca taṃ prati sakhī-vacanam-
kuryās tvaṃ khaṇḍitāṃ kāṃcin nakharādy-aṅga-saṅgataḥ | taṃ vinā yāṃ tathākārṣīs tatra te mahatī kalā ||[22] khaṇḍitāṃ prati tasyāḥ suhṛd-upālambha-racanaṃ tad-dūtī-vacanam-
mānini vacmi tvām aham iha suhṛdāṃ tava śṛṇotu vṛndaṃ ca | sahajā yā nija-vṛttir govinde svayam upāsva tām eva || [23] tatra kaṭhorāyamānāṃ prati ca-

[21] Now the khaṇḍitā [the woman offended by signs of another woman on her lover]. In that connection, the friend's words to him:
"You might make some woman a khaṇḍitā through contact of limbs with fingernails and the like;
that you made her so without that—in that lies your great skill!"
[22] The reproaching of her friend toward the khaṇḍitā, spoken by her messenger:
"O proud girl, I tell you here, and let the circle of your friends listen:
your own natural disposition toward Govinda—worship that very disposition yourself!"
[23] And toward her as she becomes harsh: