Arjuna and the Hunter 8.40

8.40

kimiti || punarnāyikāha-tarhi gatena taṃ prati gamanena kim | ko'rtha ityarthaḥ | ata upaituṃ gantuṃ na yuktaṃ hi | punaḥ sakhyāha-he subhagamānini saundaryamānini | subhagamātmānaṃ manyata iti | 'ātmamāne khaśca' iti cakārāṇṇinipratyayaḥ | tasminpriye viṣaye ko mānaḥ | māno na kartavya ityarthaḥ | yadvā | nahītyādi sakhivākyam | tatra nahītyekaṃ vākyam | tadyuktaṃ sakhītyarthaḥ | he sakhi, kiṃ tūpaituṃ yuktam | kutaḥ | subhagamānini priye ko mānaḥ | tādṛgjanasya durlabhatvāditi bhāvaḥ | ityevaṃrūpāsu yoṣitāṃ kathāsu viṣaye sametaiḥ | samīpamāgatyākarṇayadbhirityarthaḥ | kāmibhirbahurasāne kaskhādā dhṛtiḥ saṃtopa ūha ūḍhā | atra raukṣyotsukyanirvedādyanekabhāvaśabalyaparipūrṇakāntākathākarṇanāduttarottaramapūrva hṛdaya nandaniṣyandamānandasaṃdohamavindannityarthaḥ | prāyeṇānna prauḍhāḥ kalahāntaritāśca nāyikāḥ ||