Nagananda 3.4
Nāgānanda 3.4
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.4
dṛṣṭā dṛṣṭimadho dadāti kurute nālāpamābhāṣitā
śayyāyāṃ parivṛtya tiṣṭhati balādāliṅgitā vepate /
niryantīṣu sakhīṣu vāsabhavanānnirgantumevehate
jātā vāmatayaiva me 'dya sutarāṃ prityai navoḍhā priyā //
When looked upon, she casts down her eye; when addressed, she makes no reply; on the couch, she remains turned away; when excessively embraced, she trembles; when her friends leave the room, she too wishes to go out: through the very perversity of her behaviour my newly-married love is still more to my liking. (Looking at Malayavatí.) O beloved Malayavatí, a vow of silence was kept by me, though accustomed to answer in haughty tones; this body of mine was bathed in the rays of the sun and moon, and in the flames of forest fires; and I was rapt in total abstraction of mind for many days and nights. Surely the fruit of all that penance is, that I now behold this face of thine.
Translations (1)
- Nágánanda, or The Joy of the Snake-World — Palmer Boyd 1872, English
Linked texts (1)
- Nāgānandanāṭaka — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice — Keith 1924, English