[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) › 2.41 # Shatakatraya 2.41 Śatakatraya 2.41 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.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! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.40) - [Next: 2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.42) - [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.2.41) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.44.73) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.11.41) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.41) · Pramāṇa