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# Shatakatraya 2.60

Śatakatraya 2.60

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.60)

kaś cumbati kula-puruṣo veśyādhara-pallavaṃ manojñam api |  
cārabhaṭa-cora-ceṭaka-naṭa-viṭa-niṣṭhīvana-śarāvam ||

> What man of noble family would kiss the petal-like lower lip of a courtesan, however charming— / a spitting-bowl for spies, soldiers, thieves, servants, actors, and paramours?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.2.60) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.44.62-2) — Sanskrit
- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.11.60) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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