[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) › 2.7 # Shatakatraya 2.7 Śatakatraya 2.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.6) - [Next: 2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.8) - [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.2.7) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Rasakalpadruma (Jagannātha Miśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasakalpadruma-jagannathamisra.6.14) — Jagannātha Miśra 1600, Sanskrit - [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.44.8) — Sanskrit - [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.9.7) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.7) · Pramāṇa