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# The Hundred Verses of Amaru 1.55

Amaruśataka 1.55

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.srngara.amarusataka.1.55)

urasi nihitastāro hāraḥ kṛtā jaghane ghane  
kalakalavatī kāñcī pādau kvaṇanmaṇinūpurau |  
priyamabhisarasyevaṃ mugdhe samāhataḍiṇḍimā  
yadi kimadhikatrāsotkampaṃ diśaḥ samudīkṣase ||28||(31)

> A radiant necklace is placed on your chest, on your plump hips / a jingling girdle is fastened, on your feet are ringing jewelled anklets; / thus you set out to meet your beloved, innocent girl, beating a drum as it were! / If so, why do you look about the directions, trembling with excessive fear? ||28  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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