Nagananda 2.3

2.3

nītāḥ kiṃ na niśāḥ śaśāṅkadhavalā nāghrātamindīvaraṃ?
kiṃ nonmīlitamālatīsurabhayaḥ soḍhāḥ pradoṣānilāḥ?
jhaṅkāraḥ kamalākare madhulihāṃ kiṃ vā mayā na śruto?
nirvyājaṃ vidhureṣvadhīra iti māṃ yenābhidhatte bhavān? //

Jímútaváhana.
Am I not firm beyond measure? What! have I not passed through the nights, though radiant with the moon? Do I not drink in the scent of the blue lotus? and endure the jasmine-scented evening winds? Hear I not the humming of the bees upon the lotus pond? That you should thus openly taunt me, saying, "He is wanting in firmness in difficulties." (After considering.) Or rather, it was not so wrongly said, my friend Átreya, for am I not really wanting in firmness, since I cannot bear even flowery arrows, shot by a bodiless archer, woman-hearted that I am! How then can I say to you, "I am firm?"