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Shatakatraya 2.74

Śatakatraya 2.74

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Sanskrit

2.74

san-mārge tāvad āste prabhavati ca naras tāvad evendriyāṇāṃ
lajjāṃ tāvad vidhatte vinayam api samālambate tāvad eva |
bhrū-cāpākṛṣṭa-muktāḥ śravaṇa-patha-gatā nīla-pakṣmāṇa ete
yāval līlāvatīnāṃ hṛdi na dhṛtimuṣo dṛṣṭi-bāṇāḥ patanti ||

A man remains on the good path, he has mastery over his senses, / he displays shame, and he maintains humility— / only until these glance-arrows of playful women, released from the bow of the eyebrows, / reaching as far as the ear and tipped with black lashes, do not fall upon his heart, stealing his steadfastness.

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