Shatakatraya 2.7
Śatakatraya 2.7
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- Sanskrit
2.7
draṣṭavyeṣu kim uttamaṃ mṛgadṛśaḥ prema-prasannaṃ mukhaṃ
ghrātaveṣv api kiṃ tad-āsya-pavanaḥ śravyeṣu kiṃ tad-vacaḥ |
kiṃ svādyeṣu tad-oṣṭha-pallava-rasaḥ spṛśyeṣu kiṃ tad-vapurdhyeyaṃ
kiṃ nava-yauvane sahṛdayaiḥ sarvatra tad-vibhramāḥ ||
Among things to be seen, what is the best? The fawn-eyed woman's face, bright with love. / Among things to be smelled, what? The breath of her mouth. Among things to be heard, what? Her voice. / Among things to be tasted, what? The nectar of her sprout-like lip. Among things to be touched, what? Her body. / What is to be meditated on by connoisseurs in fresh youth? Her playful charms everywhere.
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Linked texts (3)
- Rasakalpadruma (Jagannātha Miśra) — Jagannātha Miśra 1600, Sanskrit
- Kāvyasaṅgraha — Sanskrit
- Bhartṛhariśataka — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit