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Shatakatraya 2.78

Śatakatraya 2.78

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Sanskrit

2.78

kṛśaḥ kāṇaḥ khañjaḥ śravaṇa-rahitaḥ puccha-vikalo
vraṇī pūya-klinnaḥ kṛmi-kula-śatair āvṛta-tanuḥ |
kṣudhā kṣāmo jīrṇaḥ piṭharaka-kapālārpita-galaḥ
śunīm anveti śvā hatam api ca hanty eva madanaḥ ||

Emaciated, one-eyed, lame, earless, tailless,
covered with sores, dripping with pus, his body swarming with hundreds of worms,
gaunt with hunger, worn out, an earthenware pot-shard fastened to his neck—
a dog still follows a bitch: Madana strikes even him who is already struck down.

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