Nagananda 3.5

3.5

huṅkāraṃ dadatā mayā prativaco yanmaunamāsevitaṃ
yad dāvānaladīptibhistanuriyaṃ candrātapaistāpitā /
dhyātaṃ yat subahūnyanamanasā naktandināni priye !
tasyaitat tapasaḥ phalaṃ mukhamidaṃ paśyāmi yatte 'dhunā //

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.