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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