[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Gnomic verse and anthologies](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita) › [Shatakatraya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya) › 2.24 # Shatakatraya 2.24 Śatakatraya 2.24 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.24) prāṅ mām eti manāg anāgata-rasaṃ jātābhilāṣāṃ tataḥ savrīḍaṃ tad anu ślathodyamam atha pradhvasta-dhairyaṃ punaḥ | premārdraṃ spṛhaṇīya-nirbhara-rahaḥ krīḍā-pragalbhaṃ tato niḥsaṅgāṅga-vikarṣaṇādhika-sukha-ramyaṃ kula-strī-ratam || > First coming to me slightly, desire awakened though pleasure is not yet reached, / bashfully next, then with slackened resistance, then with fortitude shattered; / moistened with love thereafter, bold in the desirable, intense play of intimacy, / delightful with the heightened bliss of dragging off her clinging garments—such is making love with a highborn wife. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.23) - [Next: 2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.25) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.2.24) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.10.24) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.24) · Pramāṇa