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# Shatakatraya 2.8

Śatakatraya 2.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.8)

etāś calad-valaya-saṃhati-mekhalotthajhaṅkāra-  
nūpura-parājita-rāja-haṃsyaḥ |  
kurvanti kasya na mano vivaśaṃ taruṇyo  
vitrasta-mugdha-hariṇī-sadṛśaiḥ kaṭākṣaiḥ ||

> Whose mind do these young women not make helpless / with their side-glances like those of a frightened, bewildered doe, / surpassing royal female swans with the jingling of their anklets / rising from moving bracelets and girdles?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.2.8) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Kāvyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kavyasangraha.44.9) — Sanskrit
- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.9.8) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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