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# Shatakatraya 2.4

Śatakatraya 2.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.4)

kvacit sa-bhrū-bhaṅgaiḥ kvacid api ca lajjā-parigataiḥ  
kvacid bhūri-trastaiḥ kvacid api ca līlā-vilalitaiḥ |  
kumārīṇām etair madana-subhagair netra-valitaiḥ  
sphuran-nīlābjānāṃ prakara-parikīrṇā iva diśaḥ ||

> Here with a knit of the brow, and there enveloped in modesty; / here full of fright, and there gracefully languid; / by these movements of young maidens' eyes, charming with love, / the directions seem strewn with a shower of blooming blue lotuses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.2.4) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.9.4) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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