[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Gnomic verse and anthologies](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita) › [Anthologies of verse](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita) › [Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha) › 227 # Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 227 Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha 227 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [227](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.227) 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 226](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.226) - [Next: 228](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.228) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha~en-mt.227) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.227](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.227) · Pramāṇa