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# Shatakatraya 2.12

Śatakatraya 2.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.12)

keśāḥ saṃyaminaḥ śruter api paraṃ pāraṃ gate locane  
antar-vaktram api svabhāva-śuci-bhīḥ kīrṇaṃ dvijānāṃ gaṇaiḥ |  
muktānāṃ satatādhivāsa-rucirau vakṣoja-kumbhāv imāvitthaṃ  
tanvi vapuḥ praśāntam api terāgaṃ karoty eva naḥ ||

> Your hair is restrained; your eyes have gone even beyond the limit of the ears; / the inside of your mouth is filled with rows of teeth, pure and bright by nature; / and these jar-like breasts are charming with the constant presence of pearls: / slender girl, though your form is thus ascetic, it only produces passion in us!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.2.12) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.44.13) — Sanskrit
- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.9.12) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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