[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) › 2.64 # Shatakatraya 2.64 Śatakatraya 2.64 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.64) kiṃ kandarpa karaṃ kadarthayasi re kodaṇḍa-ṭaṅkāritaṃ re re kokila komalaṃ kala-ravaṃ kiṃ vā vṛthā jalpasi | mugdhe snigdha-vidagdha-cāru-madhurair lolaiḥ kaṭākṣair alaṃ cetaś cumbita-candra-cūḍa-caraṇa-dhyānāmṛtaṃ vartate || > Why do you trouble your hand, Kandarpa, making the bowstring twang? / Why, O cuckoo, do you uselessly warble your soft, sweet notes? / O charming girl, enough with your affectionate, clever, pleasing, sweet, restless sidelong glances! / My mind is absorbed in the nectar of meditation on Candracūḍa's feet. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.63) - [Next: 2.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.65) - [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.2.64) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.12.64) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.64) · Pramāṇa