<!-- Pramāṇa, a library of Indian primary sources · https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.satire.samayamatrka.1.49 -->

[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Poetry (mahākāvya, lyric, messenger poems, stotra, Prakrit kāvya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya) › [Satire and burlesque](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.satire) › [Samayamatrika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.satire.samayamatrka) › 1.49

# Samayamatrika 1.49

Samayamātṛkā 1.49

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.satire.samayamatrka.1.49)

tasmānmānini kāpi hemakusumārāmoccayāya tvayā  
mātā tāvadanekakūṭakuṭilā kācitsamanviṣyatām .  
etāḥ subhru bhavanti yauvanabharārambhe vijṛmbhābhuvo  
veśyānāṃ hi niyogināmiva śaratkāle ghanāḥ sampadaḥ ..49..

> Therefore, proud girl, seek out some mother skilled in many crooked tricks  
> to harvest a garden of golden flowers.  
> For at the onset of the bloom of youth, O fair-browed girl, dense riches flourish  
> for courtesans, as for royal officials in autumn.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

- [Previous: 1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.satire.samayamatrka.1.48)
- [Next: 1.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.satire.samayamatrka.1.50)
- [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.satire.samayamatrka.1)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.satire.samayamatrka~en-mt.1.49) — English, machine translation

---
Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.satire.samayamatrka.1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.satire.samayamatrka.1.49) · Pramāṇa
