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# Shatakatraya 2.49

Śatakatraya 2.49

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.49)

unmīlat-trivalī-taraṅga-nilayā prottuṅga-pīna-stanadvandvenodgata-  
cakravāka-yugalā vaktrāmbujodbhāsinī |  
kāntākāra-dharā nadīyam abhitaḥ krūrātra nāpekṣate  
saṃsārārṇava-majjanaṃ yadi tadā dūreṇa santyajyatām ||

> With the unfolding ripples of three waist-folds as its abode, with a pair of ruddy geese emerging in the pair of high, plump breasts, / shining with a lotus-face, / this cruel river wearing the form of a lovely woman spares no one here: / if you do not desire drowning in the ocean of the cycle of worldly existence, then abandon it from afar!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.2.49) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.44.81) — Sanskrit
- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.11.49) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit
- [Ātmānuśāsana (ed. A. N. Upadhye)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.moral.atmanusasana*upadhye.1.49) — Sanskrit

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