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# Shatakatraya 2.42

Śatakatraya 2.42

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.42)

smṛtā bhavati tāpāya dṛṣṭā conmāda-kāriṇī |  
spṛṣṭā bhavati mohāya sā nāma dayitā katham ||

> Remembered, she causes torment; seen, she produces madness; / touched, she brings delusion. How, then, is she called a beloved?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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