Shatakatraya 2.58
Śatakatraya 2.58
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.58
jāty-andhāya ca durmukhāya ca jarājīrṇā khilāṅgāya ca
grāmīṇāya ca duṣkulāya ca galat-kuṣṭhābhibhūtāya ca |
yacchantīṣu manoharaṃ nija-vapu-lakṣmī-lava-śraddhayā
paṇya-strīṣu viveka-kalpa-latikāśa-strīṣu rājyeta kaḥ ||
Who would take pleasure in courtesans—axes to the wish-granting vine of discernment— / who offer their enchanting bodies for a mere fraction of wealth / to the blind from birth, to the foul-mouthed, to the decrepit whose whole body is worn out with age, / to the rustic, to the low-born, and to the one overcome with dripping leprosy?
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Linked texts (2)
- Kāvyasaṅgraha — Sanskrit
- Bhartṛhariśataka — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit