Shatakatraya 2.53

English (machine translation) 2.53

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2.53

The fisherman Makaraketana has cast into this ocean of worldly existence / a fishhook called woman, / with which, having swiftly hooked mortal fish who are greedy for the bait of her lower lip, / he roasts them in the fire of passion.

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Śatakatraya — Bhartṛhari (poet), Sanskrit