Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 243

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agre śyāmalabindubaddhatilakairmadhye'pi pākānvaya- prauḍhībhūtapaṭolapāṭalatarairmūle manāgbabhrubhiḥ /
vṛnte karkaśakīrapiccaharibhiḥ sthūlaiḥ phalairbandhurāḥ saṃpratyutsukayanti kasya na manaḥ pūgadrumāṇāṃ chaṭāḥ //

Charming with large fruits—marked with dark spots on the tips, / deeply pink like a ripening paṭola in the middle, faintly reddish-brown at the base, / and colored bright green like a parrot’s rough plumage at the stalk— / whose heart do clusters of betel-nut trees not captivate at present?