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The Hundred Verses of Amaru 1.68

Amaruśataka 1.68

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Sanskrit

1.68

paṭālagne patyau namayati mukhaṃ jātavinayā
haṭhāśleṣaṃ vāñchatyapaharati gātrāṇi nibhṛtam |
na śaknotyākhyātuṃ smitamukhasakhīdattanayanā
hriyā tāmyatyantaḥ prathamaparihāse navavadhūḥ ||37||(41)

When her husband clutches her garment, she bows her head out of newly born modesty; / when he longs for a forceful embrace, she quietly pulls away her limbs; / she cannot speak, casting her eyes upon her smiling female confidantes; / overwhelmed with bashfulness within is the young bride at their first playful banter.

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