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Shatakatraya 3.16

Śatakatraya 3.16

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Sanskrit

3.16

stanau māṃsa-granthī kanaka-kalaśāv ity upamitī
mukhaṃ śleṣmāgāraṃ tad api ca śaśāṅkena tulitam |
sravan-mūtra-klinnaṃ kari-vara-śira-spardhi jaghanaṃ
muhur nindyaṃ rūpaṃ kavi-jana-viśeṣair guru-kṛtam ||

Breasts are knots of flesh, yet compared to golden jars;
the face is a dwelling for phlegm, yet likened to the moon;
hips, wet with trickling urine, are said to rival the brow of an elephant prince:
again and again, a despicable form is exalted by the eloquence of poets!

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