[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) › 2.47 # Shatakatraya 2.47 Śatakatraya 2.47 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.47) līlāvatīnāṃ sahajā vilāsāsta eva mūḍhasya hṛdi sphuranti | rāgo nalinyā hi nisarga-siddhastatra bhramty eva vṛthā ṣaḍ-aṅghriḥ || saṃmohayanti madayanti viḍambayanti nirbhartsyanti ramayanti viṣādayanti | etāḥ praviśya sadayaṃ hṛdayaṃ narāṇāṃ kiṃ nāma vāma-nayanā na samācaranti || > The playful gestures of lovely women are natural; / they alone shine in the heart of a fool; / for redness is natural to the lotus, / yet the bee hovers there in vain. / They delude, they intoxicate, they mock, / they scold, they delight, they deject; / having entered tenderly into the hearts of men, / what indeed do fair-eyed women not do? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.46) - [Next: 2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.48) - [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.2.47) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.44.76-2) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.11.47) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.47) · Pramāṇa