Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 227

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agrāhyaṃ śravaṇasya bhūṣaṇamalaṃkāro na bhāvocitaḥ kaṇṭhasyāñjanamujjvalaṃ nayanayoḥ sūkṣmatvamāvekṣitum /
vaktrasya kṣaṇiko'dhivāsanavidhiḥ kānte priye nābhavas saubhāgyapratikarmanirmitamahāvidyaiva yenātmanaḥ //

No earring was an ornament for the ear; no decoration was suited to your charm; collyrium was bright on your eyes, [yet] to gaze upon their fineness, / the perfume rite for the face was fleeting; for [your] beloved lover you were not [just a woman], by whom a great science was created out of her own good-fortune toilet.