[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) › 2.62 # Samayamatrika 2.62 Samayamātṛkā 2.62 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.satire.samayamatrka.2.62) pātraṃ tatra guṇocitaṃ karatale kṛtvātha bhikṣāspadaṃ jīrṇaṃ kāmukakūṭarāgasadṛśaṃ kāṣāyamādāya sā . cakre muṇḍanamaṇḍanaṃ pariṇamatkūṣmāṇḍakhaṇḍopamaṃ piṇḍāptyai viṭaṭakkanāparicayaśreṇīvihāraṃ śiraḥ ..62.. > Placing in her hand a bowl suited to her virtue as a receptacle for alms, / and taking an ochre robe, worn out like the false passion of a paramour, / she made an ornament of shaving her head, which resembled a piece of ripe gourd, / wandering among rows of familiar rakes and rogues to obtain rice-balls. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.satire.samayamatrka.2.61) - [Next: 2.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.satire.samayamatrka.2.63) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.satire.samayamatrka.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.satire.samayamatrka~en-mt.2.62) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.satire.samayamatrka.2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.satire.samayamatrka.2.62) · Pramāṇa