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# Shatakatraya 2.9

Śatakatraya 2.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.9)

kuṅkuma-paṅka-kalaṅkita-dehā  
gaura-payodhara-kampita-hārā |  
nūpura-haṃsa-raṇat-padmā  
kaṃ na vaśīkurute bhuvi rāmā ||

> Her body stained with the paste of saffron, / the necklace trembling on her fair breasts, / her lotus-feet resounding with the swans of anklets— / what man on earth does a lovely woman not captivate?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.2.9) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.9.9) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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