Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 145

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akṣibhyāṃ kṛṣṇaśārābhyām asyāḥ karṇau na bādhitau /
śaṅke kanakatāḍaṅkapāśatrāsavaśādiva //

Her ears are not pierced by her dark and spotted eyes;
I think it is as if out of fear of the snare of her golden ear-ornaments.