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Shatakatraya 2.46

Śatakatraya 2.46

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Sanskrit

2.46

no satyena mṛgāṅka eṣa vadanī-bhūto na cendīvaradvandvaṃ
locanatāṃ gata na kanakair apy aṅga-yaṣṭiḥ kṛtā |
kintv evaṃ kavibhiḥ pratārita-manās tattvaṃ vijānann api
tvaṅ-māṃsāsthi-mayaṃ vapur mṛga-dṛśāṃ mando janaḥ sevate ||

In truth, this face has not become the deer-marked moon, nor has a pair of blue lotuses / turned into eyes, nor is the slender body fashioned of gold; / yet, his mind deceived by poets in this way, even while knowing the reality, / the foolish man attends upon the fawn-eyed women's body of skin, flesh, and bones.

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