Shukasaptati 3.3.1

3.3.1

punaḥ prabhāvatī vivakṣuḥ pakṣiṇaṃ cacubhrtyāṃ lalīcakāra| tato 'bravītpatatrī| devi narottamannṛpativadgavatī
yadyabhiyogaṃ nirṇatuṃ pārayati tadetadādriyatām| tataḥ prabhāvatī tadvṛttāntamapṛcchat| pataṃgannṛpa caritaṃ
tadabhidhātavyamiti samabhihite śukaḥ sakalaṃ kathākautukamakathayat| viśālapurāhvayaṃ nagaram| tatra
narottamo nṛpatiḥ paripālayati dharitrīma| skandhāvatāre tasminvimalanāmā vaṇik| tasya dve bhārye
ekā rukmiṇī varṇavyāhāryā itarā ca sundarī saṃjñayā| tadve api striyau atyantameva cittapramāthinyau
vilokya kuṭilākhyo dhūrtaḥ smaraśaranikaraparihatitahatāmandapramodamahodayaḥ kamapi prakāraviśeṣaṃ cikīrṣuḥ
ārirādhayiṣuḥ ṣoḍaśopacārapracārācaraṇacāturyaparicayavaicitryacīyamānacittāṃ tadabhimatadevatāṃ
pratyakṣīkṛtyābhilaṣitaṃ pṛṇutāditi devatābhihitaḥ kuṭilo 'pyātmano rūpaṃ vimalasyevānadhikapramāṇavarṇavayo'vayavasaundaryasamudāyānekarapratīyamānapārthakyaṃ prārthitavān| tato devatayā tathā bhaviṣyatītyukte
tadākṛtyavalambanasamayasamanantaramanyasmindivase vimalaṃ grāmāntaragatamavagatya svayaṃ tadgāraṃ gatvā dvāryottāramadyaprabhṛti bhavato dviguṇaṃ jīvitaṃ bhaktaṃ śītacāmapaṭīyasīrddipaṭīḥ prayacchāmi tadānīmevetyābhāṣya
matsamānarūpaḥ kaścidadhantaḥ praveṣṭumadāttavya ityabhidhāya dhiṣṇyamadhyamadhyāsya saundaryādiguṇagaṇodārāndārānākārya jāyayorddayoḥ sucīni cīrāṇi alaṃkāranicayāṃca vitīrya sevaklokamācchādanāśanapriyoktibhiḥ paribhāṣya sarvāṃstānātmīyānvidhāya manīṣinānbhogānupabhuñjāno dānapuṇyaviśeṣāṃśca