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# Samayamatrika 2.59

Samayamātṛkā 2.59

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.satire.samayamatrka.2.59)

bhasmasmeraśarīrasañcitarucirdattākṣijīvāñjanā  
bibhrāṇā sphaṭikākṣasūtramamalaṃ vaicitryamitraṃ gale .  
niḥsaṅkocanilīnakañcukakacatsustabdhabāhustanī  
sābhūtkṣobhavidhāyinī hatadhiyāṃ bhikṣākṣaṇe nirgatā ..59..

> Her collected radiance flashing on a body smiling with ashes, applying life-giving collyrium to her eyes, / wearing an immaculate crystal rosary, a companion of variety, on her neck, / with stiff arms and breasts in a tight bodice that clung without shrinking, / she went out at the hour of alms-begging, causing agitation among the foolish.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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