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Shatakatraya 2.41

Śatakatraya 2.41

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Sanskrit

2.41

kāntety utpala-locaneti vipula-śroṇī-bharety unnamatpīnottuṅga-
payodhareti samukhāmbhojeti subhrūr iti |
dṛṣṭvā mādyati modate 'bhiramate prastauti vidvān api
pratyakṣāśuci-bhastrikāṃ striyam aho mohasya duśceṣṭitam ||

"My beloved," "lotus-eyed," "she of wide hips," "with rising, / plump, high breasts," "with a face like a lotus," "fair-browed"— / seeing her thus, even a learned man is intoxicated, rejoices, revels, and praises / a woman who is palpably a bellows full of filth; oh, the wicked work of delusion!

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