Simhasanadvatrimshika f6.p2

f6.p2

api ca: yaḥ strīṇāṃ kaṭākṣavāṇair yāvan na bhidyate, tāvad eva pratiṣṭhāṃ dhairyaṃ ca vahati. tathā co 'ktam: tāvad dhatte pratiṣṭhāṃ, śamayati manasaś cāpalaṃ tāvad eva, tāvat siddhāntasūtraṃ sphurati hṛdi, paraṃ viśvalokaikadīpam, kṣīrākūpāravelāvalayavilasitair māninīnāṃ kaṭākṣair yāvan no hanyamānaṃ kalayati hṛdayaṃ dīrghalolāyatākṣaiḥ. 2 aho madanasya māhātmyam! kalākovidam api vikalayati. uktaṃ ca:

Moreover: As long as one is not pierced by the arrow-glances of women, just so long does he maintain his dignity and firmness. And so it is said: One maintains dignity so long, just so long does one quiet the mind's fickleness, / so long does the thread of doctrine, the supreme and sole lamp of the entire world, shine in the heart, / until the heart, struck by the long, tremulous, wide-eyed side-glances of proud women, gleaming like the circle of the shore of the ocean of milk, takes hold. (2) Ah, the majesty of love! It confounds even one skilled in the arts. And it is said: